Chapter 631

After the main force was assembled, Liu Bu ordered the main force to leave Taizhou and go to Guazhou town. At this time, as many as 40000 of Liu's elite troops came from the south of the sea. This is still the main force. It can be said that the mobile forces that can be mobilized by the three eastern prefectures of Shandong and southern Liaoning have basically been mobilized. The four main divisions, And they all arrived in Yangzhou, assembled in Taizhou, and then went all the way west to Guazhou, entered the temporary camp and prepared to cross the river.

Guazhou town is located 40 miles south of Jiangdu County, Yangzhou, on the Bank of the Yangtze River. The annals of Yuanhe said: in the past, it was Guazhou village, which covered the sand moraine in the Yangtze River. The sand gradually rose out, shaped like a melon, and connected to the Yangtze ferry remotely.

Since the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, it has gradually become the throat of the north and the south. It is located at the mouth of the canal, opposite Jiangyin in nanzhili. There was an old city and now it is a town. In this dynasty, thousands of households were stationed here.

Guazhou qianhusuo is called qianhusuo. The actual number of soldiers is less than 100. After Liu Jiajun arrived, he immediately gave up his resistance, took refuge in Liu Jiajun and became a member of Liu Jiajun.

Liu Bu set up the camp of his river crossing Corps here, and the main force gathered here. After his main force was ready to gather, he would cross the river to fight.

His two fleets have moved westward along the river and shelled cities along the river, especially Jiangyin City opposite the Yangtze River. Jiangyin is an important coastal defense town and the gateway of Nanjing. The imperial court has a large army stationed here for defense.

However, its usual military strength is very empty. It is rare that it can only bully the people and have no ability to deal with bandits and mountain bandits. However, since Liu Jiajun appeared here, Nanjing garrison urgently mobilized thousands of people here for garrison. Governor Shuntian also quickly mobilized reinforcements here. They know that if Liu Jiajun moves westward, Zhenjiang county will be the first to win.

Zhenjiang was called Jingkou in ancient times.

A water room in Guazhou, Jingkou,

Zhongshan is only separated by ten thousand mountains.

Spring breeze and green river south bank,

When will the moon shine on me.

This well-known "berthing Guazhou" by Wang Anshi is the impression of Guazhou among most people.

Zhenjiang is located in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. It is adjacent to the great river in the north and the steep mountains in the south. The situation is dangerous and is important to strategists.

It is located at the north entrance of the Jiangnan canal and connects with the Jianghuai canal through the Yangtze River.

The eastern Wu set up garrisons here. The general's office of Zhengbei, Zhenbei, Anbei and Pingbei and the general's office of beizhonglang are often located here, because they are called "Beifu".

During the northern expedition in the late Eastern Jin Dynasty, the territory expanded to Huaibei, and the military status of Jingkou began to decline gradually. In the second year of Yongming in the Southern Qi Dynasty, Wang xiaoshuo of Guiyang was an assassin of Southern Xuzhou. He stopped the military house in Jingkou, the chaos of Hou Jing at the end of Liang Dynasty, the fall of Jiangbei and the restoration of heavy troops in Jingkou.

Thousands of sails pass by the side of the sunken boat and thousands of trees spring in front of the dead tree pile. The ancient battlefield used to dominate the world has become a place of interest, an ancient battlefield for scholars and scholars, and a county seat for economic prosperity ships and ships.

However, the sudden appearance of Liu Jiajun today has turned this place into a battlefield and the key to the struggle for hegemony between the north and the south.

Liu Jiajun has many differences from other armies, that is, their navy is particularly strong, even stronger than those in the south.

In the past, during the confrontation between the north and the south, the navy of the Southern Dynasty was strong, which could give the northern army a fatal blow at a critical time and stop it from crossing the river.

Moreover, when Emperor Taizu dominated the world, the water army he founded was almost invincible in the world and defeated all the enemies. The water army of Daming was powerful and invincible, but with the corruption of his military system and politics, the invincible water army that swept the world gradually declined.

Moreover, due to the long-term peace and prosperity on both sides of the Yangtze River, most places have been put into storage. There are no heavy troops at all. Even in important towns such as Zhenjiang, there are no more than 1000 troops, and there is an extremely serious problem of empty pay.

Since the rise of the Liu family army, the garrison generals in Nanjing and the governor Ying Tian have quickly dispatched troops here for reinforcement.

However, this method of embracing Buddha's feet in front of the battle did not enhance their defense strength, but after the soldiers were in place, they did not have enough weapons. There was a situation that the general had soldiers in his hands, but did not know how to command, and the soldiers guarded the city, but did not know how to defend. On the city wall, the weeds grew higher than the head, and most sections were very dilapidated.

More importantly, they lack the heavy weapons to defend the city. If they do not have artillery and stone catapults, it is difficult to cause damage to the enemy attacking the city.

The most powerful navy of the Liu family has visited here for a long time. Using their cannons, they have shelled the gate of Zhenjiang City for many times, making it even more dilapidated and dilapidated.

Unexpectedly, although the garrison was at an absolute disadvantage, their will was quite tenacious. If they saw Liu's invincible artillery after several rounds of shelling elsewhere, these officers and soldiers would have raised their flags and surrendered long ago.

However, most of these garrisons are mainly local people. The local people have a characteristic of being regimented and xenophobic. They are very afraid that after the Liu family army occupied this place, they would slaughter their children and enslave their children. They also know that Zhenjiang is the key to guarding Nanjing. If they hold here and wait for the reinforcements from Nanjing, they can hold Nanjing.

Otherwise, we can't defend here. If we don't buy enough time for the defense of Nanjing City, the whole war situation will be ruined, and the whole South will be under the attack of Liu Jiajun.

Therefore, Liu Jiajun's Navy shelled Jiangyin City for many times and sent troops to attack. They were well-trained and well-equipped, so that their opponents could not lift their heads, and the casualties were very heavy. However, the garrison was very tenacious. They would rather die than retreat, clinging to the position, and blocking the Siege of Liu Jiajun's water and land army just above the city wall.

However, everyone knows that they can stop the siege of the Liu family army, which is only temporary. If the Liu family army gathers and their reinforcements do not arrive, they will break the city.

The life and death of Zhenjiang depends on the reinforcements of Nanjing. Its anti Japanese war in Zhenjiang is to win more time for Nanjing's defense.

Liu Jiajun's surprise occupation of Yangzhou can be said to have disrupted all the arrangements of the imperial court and made them out of touch. They don't know what to do.

To put it bluntly, Liu Jiajun defeated his command center and head office in one fell swoop, making them lose their ability to respond to the situation, so that when Liu Jiajun suddenly appeared, they were panicked and in a mess.

The whole so-called Yangtze River defense line has not been formed at all. Liu's Navy appears in the Yangtze River. If it enters a deserted territory, the so-called defense line is in vain.

Originally, the strongest thing to deal with the northern army going south was the water army. It has been a custom for thousands of years that the southern people's water army is superior to the north. Now, it is very embarrassing for the northern army to have a strong water army to ride the wind and waves, cut through thorns and thorns and defeat all the way, and the southern army has no resistance at all.

Because Liu Jiajun had a navy in hand, they swept the cities along the Yangtze River, blocked all ferries, shelled the cities along the Yangtze River, panicked them and covered the army to cross the river.

Of course, the main force of Liu Jiajun's Army crossing the river is Liu Busuo's headquarters stationed in Guazhou. His main force is up to 40000 people, and he also has a huge Navy as support.

Their plan is to occupy Zhenjiang, then move west along the river and take Nanjing in one fell swoop.

The other way is the army led by Liu Zhongyong. Liu Zhongyong led the army to bypass Fengyang and go straight to Chuzhou. After quickly conquering the defenceless Chuzhou, he took it as a foothold and forcibly crossed the Yangtze River with the support of the Navy.

At the same time, they also sent a partial division to capture the city of Yizheng along the Yangtze River. Liu's army went south and Liu Bu's army. The two sides successfully met at Yizheng, and the two armies merged, and used it as a ferry to cross the Yangtze River.

So far, hundreds of miles along the Yangtze River from Guazhou ferry to Chuzhou ferry are the landing sites of Liu's army. Under the cover of warships, they used merchant ships to cross the Yangtze River and rush to the south bank.

Liu buta led his own soldiers, and the main force also landed from Guazhou ferry and forcibly crossed the Yangtze River.

Although they haven't won Jingkou yet, they have the upper hand. It's a matter of time to win here.

So Liu Bu decided to move his former enemy headquarters forward, cross the Yangtze River and directly participate in the war against Zhenjiang.

Liu Bu crossed the Yangtze River in his main ship Donghai. It was only a small matter for him to cross the Yangtze River like this main warship crossing the sea. Liu Bu Zhuo stood in the bow of Donghai and watched his subordinates advance and launch ships to cross. The scene was very huge, with a prosperous lineup, amazing momentum and great pride.

Commanding such a huge army, crossing the Yangtze River and besieging Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty can be called great martial arts.

Looking at the world, few people can compete with them, so Liu Bu was very proud and heroic, so he read a seven law poem as soon as he came out:

The wind and rain in Zhongshan turn pale and yellow, and millions of heroes cross the river.

The tiger occupies the dragon's position. This is better than the past. The earth is turned upside down, generous and generous.

It is better to chase down the poor bandits than to learn from the overlord.

If the sky is sentimental, the sky is also old. The right way in the world is the vicissitudes of life.

Once this poem was published, everyone around him was shocked and sighed inexplicably. Although he did not have gorgeous words, he was majestic and heroic. He could be called a man with mountains and rivers in mind and swallowing the world. Everyone was also shocked by the spirit of millions of heroes crossing the river.

Qian Qianyi, who was beside him, applauded the festival and said, "good poetry! Good poetry!"