Valley Emperor

Perhaps seeing the doubts of the generals under his command, Chen Keqiao said: "Don't be sullen, isn't it just fighting, I haven't fought a few wars in the past few years, I see that you are nervous, let's talk about it, Isn't this order yet to come down, why are you in such a hurry!"

"Looking at your appearance, you haven't had breakfast yet. Come on, bring breakfast to these adults. If you starve them, who will this officer go to fight!"

Looking at Chen Keqiao's appearance, the officers of the 5th Infantry Division were quite speechless.

Their last division commander, Wang Shanxu, although he said that his ability is not very good, like Cai Erhu, he relies heavily on the staff team to fight, but he doesn't look like he doesn't care when the war is approaching!

Perhaps because it knew that the Jiangnan battle plan was very important, the Privy Council believed that several major generals of the Second Army were not suitable for such arduous tasks, so they asked Li Xuan to change generals and send more capable generals there. The Second Army held the main post.

In particular, the 5th Infantry Division, the core main force of the Second Army, its division commander Wang Shanxu's ability is obviously inferior to other division commanders, and even the head of the mixed regiment. I'm afraid not.

And this proposal is just right to Li Xuan's appetite. Li Xuan's starting point is not because Wang Danxu is incompetent, but because he thinks that it is impossible to let the head of each department hold a certain position for a long time, so he has long thought about the high level of the division commander and the regiment commander. The rank of troop chiefs has undergone a rotation.

Therefore, in July, a small-scale appointment adjustment was made. Chen Keqiao, the former division commander of the 3rd Infantry Division, was transferred to the 5th Infantry Division as the division commander, and other units were also changed.

However, the scale of the transfer is not large. After all, the war is approaching, and large-scale personnel adjustments may cause some confusion in the front-line troops and reduce their combat effectiveness, so Li Xuan is still very cautious.

As the most conspicuous person in personnel transfer, Chen Keqiao has never seen him do anything since he took up the post of the Fifth Infantry Division. Almost all his daily affairs are left to his deputy division commanders and chiefs of staff, and he hardly interferes in the training of the troops. and daily affairs.

Occasionally come to a few strategy meetings, but also talk about something that doesn't matter.

This made the officers of the 5th Infantry Division a little puzzled. This is not the same as the rumored Chen Keqiao!

Chen Keqiao is a veteran with old qualifications. He was the brigade commander of the 3rd Infantry Brigade and also served as the commander of the Fourth Army. Later, the Fourth Army was reorganized into the 3rd Infantry Division. He served as the commander of the 3rd Infantry Division and fought in Huguang for a long time. .

In the first battle in Hengyang and the first battle in Changsha, their performances were quite eye-catching.

But when they actually got in touch with this person, the officers of the 5th Infantry Division found out that this person was different from the rumors.

At this time, they didn't know that when Chen Keqiao was fighting, he went to sleep before the battle was over, and handed over the rest of the war to his generals.

Seeing that his subordinates finished their breakfast, Chen Keqiao said, "Is that right? Your Majesty once said that rice is iron, and people are steel. This meal will make you hungry!"

"I've had enough to eat, and I'll have the strength to fight. Everyone says yes or no!"

However, Chen Keqiao obviously overestimated the sense of humour of his officers. No one matched the two sentences, so he immediately waved his hand: "Okay, this officer knows what you are here for, but not all battle plans have been formulated. Well, what else is there to discuss, let's go back and prepare after eating!"

Immediately, someone asked: "When will the army be launched?"

After listening to Chen Keqiao, he said: "No hurry, everyone go back first and prepare, and then talk about it later!"

Still ready?

They have all been preparing for today for half a year, are they still prepared?

But after Chen Keqiao said this, he left on his own. In this way, the officers of the 5th Infantry Division sighed each other, and then they could only go back first.

At noon, Chen Keqiao saw a person. Although this person was a major, he was Li Chunjing's adjutant. Exhausted all the way, he took out a letter and handed it to Chen Keqiao.

This letter was stamped with the seal of the Second Army and Li Chunjing's private seal. After opening it, Chen Keqiao said, "Please report back to the commander, and say that my Fifth Infantry Division will act according to the order. of!"

At the same time, he also wrote a handwritten letter, stamped with the seal of the Fifth Infantry Division and a private seal, and handed it over to Li Chunjing's adjutant!

After the person left, he looked out of the window with his hands behind his back, and then sighed: "This Li Chunjing is still as imaginative as before, but he has entrusted such a difficult task to me, and he looks down on me. "

In the end, he muttered again: "It seems that after this battle, it seems that I will ask His Majesty to cry and complain that I will be transferred from the Second Army and fight under this man surnamed Li, and sooner or later I will be killed by him."

After a while, he handed over his adjutants and messengers, and then began to formally issue the order to go south? Of course it is eastward, go there? It didn't say in the order.

When Chen Keqiao took the main force of the 5th Infantry Division and left Jiande, in Peng Ze at the rear, Li Chunjing was also leading the rest of the main force of the Second Army on the road, but their direction of travel was not Going east along the river, instead, it heads towards Huizhou Prefecture in the southeast.

That is to say, the Second Army was divided into two parts, one south and one north marched east at the same time, the Fifth Infantry Division moved eastward along the river, and the rest of the main force of the Second Army entered Huizhou Prefecture.

At this time, Li Chunjing's chief of staff, An Zichen, also said with a puzzled expression: "My lord, didn't we plan to gather all the main forces of the army, go east along the river, and then go to Jinling? Why did we suddenly change the plan? It's gone!"

Li Chunjing said: "Well, this officer also made a temporary decision, but this is the eastward move, and it is not necessary to go to Jinling with the 5th Infantry Division to call the eastward move!"

"Then let's go there now? Are we going to Jinling after going to Huizhou Prefecture?"

Li Chunjing said: "Well, let's look at it later. If this official has not mistaken Chen Keqiao, we don't need to go to Jinling City!"

Not going to Jinling?

An Zichen felt that he couldn't keep up with Li Chunjing's thoughts again. The last time he fought in Yuezhou and Changsha, this Li Chunjing was like this, and there was no battle plan at all.

Although the staff of the Second Army had discussed a lot of battle plans before, An Zichen was very suspicious that his immediate boss didn't even listen to him, and even he thought that Li Chunjing had not yet made up his mind. What kind of battle plan to use.

Otherwise, Li Chunjing would not have blindly asked his chief of staff to prepare all kinds of materials as much as possible, and then formulated many messy marching routes, including some even crossing the river to attack Anqing, and even marching all the way to the northern expedition. route.

And it is precisely because of this that the reconnaissance cavalry of the Second Army will work tirelessly to carry out large-scale activities, not only in Jiangnan, but also in Jiangbei.

It is also because of this that Wang Yiqi never understood the main direction of the Second Army's upcoming attack, whether to cross the river to attack Anqing, or directly attack Jinling, or ignore Anqing and Jinling and go to attack other places.

Not to mention Wang Yiqi, even An Zichen, chief of staff of the Second Army, who has partnered with Li Chunjing for more than a year, is somewhat confused about what Li Chunjing wants to do, and he guesses that Li Chunjing himself does not know What do you want to do, just like the raid on Yuezhou last year.

Before arriving in Yuezhou, Li Chunjing had clearly told An Zichen that he had no clear tactical goal at all!

And this time, I'm afraid it's almost the same!

Li Chunjing's wars have never been carried out according to the battle plan executed by the staff team. It will be confused by Li Chunjing.

The second army came out in full force, and the Ming army also acted quickly, and a large number of reconnaissance cavalry appeared. Of course, if you let them go out of the city to fight directly, it would not have the courage!

A few days later, Chen Keqiao led the 5th Infantry Division to reach Guichi, and the local Ming army in Guichi was well prepared and did not resist tenaciously at all. After the similar fortifications killed and wounded some of the thieves of the 5th Infantry Division, they just slipped away.

Since the Tang Army took the lead in using landmines on the battlefield, the Ming army also followed suit and began to use landmines in defensive operations.

Their gunpowder production is too low, and they are reluctant to spend more on this grenade, and even more reluctant to use mines that require more gunpowder, so although there are, they are used very rarely.

In Guichi, it is used a lot!

After taking Guichi, the 5th Infantry Division rested a little and continued eastward.

At this time, the Second Army has already penetrated into the range of Nanzhili as much as possible, and at the same time, the rear is also extremely empty!

At this time, it is a perfect opportunity for the Ming army in Anqing. If they are brave enough to cross the river directly under the cover of the navy, they can easily cut off the supply line of the Second Army.

However, the Ming army was also really scared of being beaten. The defenders in Anqing saw such a great opportunity, but they did not move at all. They still didn't move in Anqing, and they used the Anqing fort to continue to block the Yangtze River.

After Li Chunjing learned that the land of Anqing did not move at all~www.wuxiaspot.com~ sighed: "These pseudo-ming thieves have learned to be smart, and since they are not in the river, they will not let the fourth mix. The regiment is in ambush in Dongliu, there is no chance to cross the river and attack Anqing, let them withdraw!"

At this time, the Ming army in Anqing City did not know at all. They were afraid of the enemy like tigers and dared not move. It just happened to let them survive a catastrophe. Li Chunjing had already ambushed the fourth mixed regiment in Dongliu, and was ready to cross. Jiang's ships and other tools, as long as the enemy of Anqing crosses the river south, the fourth mixed group will directly cross the river in the dark, and then attack Anqing.

But soon Li Chunjing gave another order, ordering the 5th Infantry Division to prepare to cross the river!

As soon as this order came out, An Zichen was very frightened.

You must know that there has always been a Ming army cavalry on the north bank of the Yangtze River accompanied by the 5th Infantry Division on the southern bank of the Yangtze River. After crossing the river, the 5th Infantry Division may face great danger.

An Zichen asked, "Really let the Fifth Infantry Division cross the river?"

Li Chunjing said: "Look at it and then talk about it!"