Chapter 732: It Takes Seconds to Attack

Both Cao Cao and Liu Ye understand that the situation in the world has become increasingly clear. Liu Biao is protecting Jianghan, Liu Zhang is unwilling to make progress, Yuan Shao was beaten to death by Liu Ye's expedition, and now Liu Ye is respected in the west, and Cao Cao is respected in the east. The strongest force.

The two people coincidentally did not engage in a decisive battle. Instead, they first attacked other princes and strengthened their own strength before engaging in a decisive battle.

Therefore, Liu Ye led his army to attack Bashu, while Cao Cao intended to go south and annex Jiangdong.

Wu Jun, Lou County, Xunjiang Camp.

Boom!

A bolt of angry lightning, like a wild dragon with its fangs and claws, instantly tore through the dark night sky and released shining electric light. However, this lightning flashed away, and the sky quickly returned to darkness.

The rain was pouring down, and huge raindrops fell on the ground. The rain was so heavy that it hurt a little when it hit people.

There was a thunderstorm and strong winds, which made the Jiangdong soldiers on patrol unable to open their eyes. They tightened the rain cushions on their bodies and cursed in a low voice.

"God, it's raining so heavily, but it's my turn to be on duty today."

Now the center of Sun Wu's rule is in Wu County. Wu County is located in Wu County, and Lou County is the eastern barrier of Wu County, close to the sea. Although it is almost impossible for the enemy to land along the coast, there are still some water thieves. There were activities nearby, so Zhu Zhi, the captain of Fengche, was stationed here.

The trembling Jiang Dongbing glanced at his comrades who were snoring loudly in the barracks, and couldn't help showing an expression of envy. Then he sighed and looked into the rain curtain. The heavy rain made the visibility extremely low, and all he saw was darkness.

"With such bad weather, the brothers in the patrol camp don't have to go out for patrols. I am the only one who suffers, alas."

Zhu Zhi is a cautious man with a mature and prudent personality. He sends patrol warships to search every day. But today is a bit special, because the weather is really bad, and all the soldiers don't want to go out in this weather. After all, the wind is so strong, it will be bad if the boat capsizes.

Therefore, Zhu Zhi acquiesced to allow the patrol soldiers to take a day off, and special circumstances would be dealt with accordingly.

And in the dark rain curtain, there was a fleet sailing south along the coastline.

The heavy rain was pouring, and the sea water was naturally rolling, and the water was quite turbulent. The sergeants on the fleet all looked fearful, but one general stood on the bow of the ship, covering himself with water, letting the rain fall on the water. He was draped down and stretched out his hand to hold on to the mast. His figure remained motionless despite the shaking of the ship and the rain, as if he were a rock on the seashore that had existed for an unknown length of time.

A young general rushed out of the cabin on the ship, came to him wearing a water raft, and persuaded him: "Uncle, it's raining heavily outside, so you'd better come in first to take shelter."

"No need, Boren, you are not allowed to return to the cabin. Stand still for me!" Xia Houyuan said in a deep voice.

"Yes, uncle."

Xia Houshang had a bitter look on his face when he heard this, and had no choice but to walk to Xia Houyuan's side, also standing upright in the rain. The falling water droplets flowed from the water to his clothes, and a chill made him tremble all over, and he cried out in his heart. But after taking a look at Xia Houyuan who was motionless, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and nail his legs to the deck.

It was a dark rainy night, but Xia Houyuan's eyes were as bright as pearls.

"Boren, it's just raining, what are you afraid of?"

"Leading troops in battle requires a general to know the terrain and experience various environments. You have to adapt in advance, you know?" Xia Houyuan taught him a lesson.

Xia Houshang nodded and said firmly: "Uncle, I understand. From now on, I will take the lead and never be afraid of harsh environments."

Xia Houyuan nodded with satisfaction and stopped talking.

The fleet has been sailing along the coastline, but some time has passed and it has not reached its destination. Xiahou Shang can't help but feel a little anxious.

"Uncle, is this strategy proposed by Chen Yuanlong reliable? When will our army arrive in Lou County?"

Xia Houyuan said slowly: "Chen Yuanlong is a prodigy in this world and has a lot of research on Jiangdong. There should be no problem with his strategy."

As a powerful family that has been entrenched in Xuzhou for a long time, the Chen family has a profound influence. Therefore, even Cao Cao had to rely on him and appointed Chen Deng as the prefect of Guangling County.

In fact, in the past few years when Liu Ye focused his attention on the Central Plains and Hebei, friction broke out between Sun Ce and Cao Cao.

At that time, Cao Cao was in Shouchun, while Sun Ce was occupying the Lujiang River in the north of the Yangtze River. Zhou Yu believed that Jiangdong's army was better at water warfare, while Cao's army was better at infantry warfare. Therefore, attacking Shouchun from the Lujiang River was to use his own shortcomings to attack the other's strong points. Take it.

Therefore, Sun Ce sent troops from Jiangdong and crossed the sea to attack Guangling. The distance between Xuzhou and Yangzhou is extremely wide across the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Chen Deng relied on the Danyang elite soldiers recruited to defend Sun Ce's attacks from the sea many times.

This time, Cao Cao led an army to attack Lujiang. On the surface, it was a main attack, while Xiahou Dun and Cao Hong's attacks from Yanzhou and Jizhou respectively were feint attacks. However, this was actually Xi Zhicai's plan to "build a plank road to cross Chencang secretly" planned by Xi Zhicai. Cao Cao's attack on Lujiang was actually a cover for Xia Houyuan's cross-sea expedition to Wu Commandery.

Cao Cao's clan was vast and there were many clan generals, and the most outstanding among them was Xia Houyuan. In history, Xia Houyuan often served as the sharp knife in Cao Cao's hands, undertaking the most difficult combat tasks. When the generals in Guanzhong rebelled, it was Xia Houyuan who led his troops to encircle and suppress them. He defeated Ma Chao, wiped out Song Jian, and swept across Guanzhong. He was known as "Tiger Steps on the Right Side of Guanzhong".

Later, when Cao Cao met with the generals in Guanzhong, he took Xia Houyuan with him in order to intimidate the generals in Guanzhong.

Therefore, Xia Houyuan served as the commander of this surprise attack on Jiangdong.

Hearing what Xia Houyuan said, Xia Houshang didn't know what to say, so he could only continue to stand motionless.

Gradually, the coastline finally appeared in front of us, as well as rows of barracks, docks and ships.

Xia Houshang said in surprise: "Uncle, this is the Jiangdong Army patrol camp!"

"Quietly."

Xia Houyuan said coldly: "Send an order to the whole army, prepare to attack, surround on all sides, and do not let any enemy soldiers go!"

"promise!"

Xia Houshang hurriedly conveyed Xia Houyuan's military order. The nearly 10,000 soldiers of Cao Cao who were nesting on the ship could not restrain themselves for a long time. They all poked their heads out of the cabin, grasped the weapons in their hands, and geared up one by one, preparing for the big battle. Show off your skills.

Jiang Dongbing, who was on duty, rubbed his eyes in disbelief. Why did there suddenly appear so many warships in front of him, and they didn't seem to be his own?

Thinking of this, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked sternly: "Who is coming? Tell me the command from the army!"

Jiang Dongjun naturally had his own set of passwords, but what came in the rain was not the passwords, but a loud sound.