If the Dahua army wants to attack Huainan, it must cross the river. Now the river surface is controlled by the Jianghuai Army. Ships are constantly patrolling back and forth. It is found that a large-scale enemy is approaching to cross the river, which will definitely attract the encirclement of the Jianghuai Navy. If you fight on the river surface, then the Jianghuai Navy will have an absolute advantage.

This is the current problem. It is quite difficult to send a hundred thousand troops across the Huaihe River quietly. Even if there are tens of thousands of people, it will be difficult to be discovered.

Because it takes a lot of time to get close to ships, boarding, crossing the river, and landing, there are guard posts on the other side, temporary beacon towers are being observed, and there are ships on the river surface patrols, which are not easy to hide.

Unless the team keeps going west, reaching the upper reaches of the Huaihe River, finding a place to cross the river, and entering the west of Huainan County, it will delay the trip for more than ten days, which seems safe. When you have to go, go back and cross the river, and then turn back to the opposite bank, it will be more distant.

A hundred thousand troops, going back and forth, are not really the best in using troops. They can easily affect their aura, become tired soldiers, and decline before fighting.

"Your Majesty, will the counties in Jiangbei send river workers and ship workers to speed up shipbuilding and recruit sailors to train..." A counselor made a suggestion.

Luo Zhaoyun shook his head and laughed: "It's too late, it takes too much time. Moreover, the temporary naval commander, even if he has enough people, cannot be able to fight. It is futile to not be able to defeat the Jianghuai Navy."

When all the soldiers heard this, they were a little discouraged.

Luo Zhaoyun looked around and smiled and said, "Generals, there is no need to do this. I have already made a decision to defeat the Jianghuai Navy!"

After hearing this, all the soldiers showed curious expressions, not knowing what his Majesty had.

Even Zhang Zhenzhou, Du Ruhui and others were surprised. They were extremely wise, but they did not think of any good idea. When they heard that His Majesty had a plan to defeat the enemy, they were all surprised and admired.

"Have you heard the story of burning Red Cliff?"

"Burning the Red Cliff?" Everyone was stunned and looked at each other.

Luo Zhaoyun originally wanted to use the example of Cao Cao of the Three Kingdoms, Sun Quan and Liu Bei, burning the Red Cliff, but when he saw everyone's confused expression, he suddenly realized. The story of burning the Red Cliff comes from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. In history, there is a difference between the Battle of the Red Cliff and the Battle of the Red Cliff in the Romance of the Romance of the Red Cliff.

According to the research of later scholars, Cao Cao led his troops south at that time, not the 800,000 troops in the Romance of the Romance, but only 70,000 to 80,000. According to the clear records of the Three Kingdoms, there were 30,000 people, and Liu Bei sent a group of 10,000 or 20,000 troops.

Therefore, Sun and Liu fought against Cao Cao in 50,000 to 80,000, which can be considered as winning the more with less, but the difference is not as huge as in the Romance.

Secondly, Cao Cao advanced along the water and land at that time, and the navy was only a few, less than 10,000 people. When approaching Chibi, he was repelled by the Wu Navy. Cao Cao then ordered the navy to land on the north bank and gather in Wulin. Later, the three parties' big burns and kills in Wulin were the decisive battle.

At that time, Cao's ships and military camp were on the north bank. Huang Gai took people to set fire, burning Wulin on the north bank of the Yangtze River, not the Red Cliff on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and there was no such thing as Zhou Yu attacking Huang Gai, borrowing arrows from the straw boats, borrowing the east wind, and locking ships to burn Cao's camp.

Luo Zhaoyun coughed dryly and explained: "I was in Youzhou and heard stories about the story of the burning of Red Cliffs during the Three Kingdoms period. Although it was exaggerated in Romance, it sounded like this. Storytelling is said in this way..."

He briefly explained how Cao Cao's army went south to see how Liu Bei and Sun Quan joined forces, Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang were deployed. Everyone had never heard of this version, so they were fascinated by it.

"This is the burning of Red Cliffs."

The generals suddenly realized that the so-called burning of Red Cliffs is to attack fire, and use warships to burn the other side's ships.

"Now it is autumn, and the west wind is prevalent in the Jianghuai area. Whether it is water flow or wind, it is beneficial for us to climb the boats and ride the wind down the river. Therefore, we linked some ships with iron chains, covered the river, rushed towards the enemy warships, and then ignited the ships and attacked the fire, causing the Jianghuai army to fall into the sea of ​​fire."

"At that time, the archers will shoot arrows on both sides of the river, and the river will be filled with fire boats. The river will block the ship's retreat. Under the sea of ​​fire, the Jianghuai Navy will only have the failure."

Luo Zhaoyun explained his strategy, which was to rely on fire attacks to defeat the navy of the Jianghuai Army.

Veteran Zhang Zhenzhou nodded and said, "Your Majesty is wise and powerful. Thinking of such a good plan, you can avoid water battles and win with fire."

"Yes, it's a good plan!"

"Your Majesty's wise!"

Most of the generals were straightforward, and when they saw someone praise Your Majesty’s wiseness, they all agreed.

But as a strategist, Chu Suiliang would consider more factors and hesitate: "Your Majesty, what should we do if the Jianghuai Army finds that the situation is not good and flees downstream along the water and wind, what should we do? Our warships caught fire and no one controls them, and we may not be able to pursue them."

Luo Zhaoyun smiled and said, "The key point is to lead out the main ships of the Jianghuai Army, and use large iron chains to block the ship's retreat on the river surface behind the enemy. In addition, other trees, huge rocks and chains cooperate to cause the ships to be blocked on the river surface. As long as you stay for an hour and the fire attacks, it will be enough to destroy most of the Jianghuai Navy."

Chu Suiliang then understood why before the march, His Majesty specially told him to let the large and thick iron chains built by the arsenal be carried with the army. When he counted military supplies, he was still very puzzled. What were the iron chains that were taken from Chang'an City and headed south?

Luo Zhaoyun continued: "I have already thought about the specific marching and ambush arrangements. I will continue to allocate them today. All of them will follow the steps, lead the navy, lure the enemy into depth, eliminate the fire attack, seize control of the Huaihe River, and then cross the river as soon as possible and penetrate into the side of Du Fuwei's Jianghuai Army. If Du Fuwei can be captured alive, the Jiangdong rebels will lose their leader."
Chapter completed!