Whale Falls and Becomes a God

Chapter 107 The fisherman’s advantage
The moon is bright and the night is deep, everything is quiet, and the river is surging!

Hundreds of thousands of figures spread over an area of ​​dozens of miles along the Tianjiang River, like a dense swarm of busy ants.

Shen Kang and others who were loyal to Shangliang King Shen Faxing were captured. With the assistance of surrenderists such as Li Baiyao, the Sui army quickly captured the loyal Liang elements, and then everything went smoothly!

The first step is to thoroughly investigate the Liang army and persuade the old, weak, sick and disabled to retreat, and they can return home or go to Jiangdu.

Just because of this, the Liang army, which claimed to have a million troops but actually had 400,000 troops, with more than 200,000 auxiliary troops and logistics, was reduced by half. It can be imagined how much water there was in this Liang army!
Although their numbers seemed to be several times greater than those of the Sui army, they were facing elite Sui soldiers in fine armor and helmets. Defeat was natural. It was thanks to Li Baiyao's rationality and wisdom that he would have suffered heavy casualties otherwise!

Secondly, they organized the ships and transported the Liang army and the auxiliary troops willing to follow them to Jiangdu. The Sui army was not an insurgent army or a rebel, so they would not take the civilians with them.

Most of the Liang army doesn't even have weapons and armor, let alone military training. Xiao Ying naturally won't take them directly to the battlefield. It would be better for them to return to the base camp to replenish the population and increase manpower!

Third, the elite surrendered troops will be selected and will follow the Sui army fleet to the main battlefield in the east to join forces with the Sui army in the east!
Led by Li Baiyao, assisted by three Liang generals, they only selected four generals and more than 10,000 elite soldiers to follow!

This once again proves the weakness of the Liang army...

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The sun is rising, the dawn light is gentle.

With hundreds of thousands of troops busy, one night passed in the blink of an eye.

Now the Sui army is focusing on dealing with the main forces of the Shangliang army in the east and south, and is not in a hurry to annex the Shangliang army's territory, so it is not in a hurry to counterattack, but transports the soldiers to Jiangdu, and the elite troops go directly to the main battlefield in the east!
All in all, it only took King Jingwu Xiao Ying three days and three nights to eliminate the one million (so-called) Liang troops in the south!
It is conceivable that this battle will become another great achievement of King Jingwu that will shock the world. If it cannot be said to be a miracle, it can be regarded as a classic battle!
The Sui army fleet, with the Zhenshitian ship as its flagship.

Xiao Ying, four generals, military advisor Wang Caixuan, Li Baiyao and four other surrendered generals, more than a dozen people gathered on the top floor of the sky ship, looking at the sand table thousands of miles away, and discussing the subsequent war!

"It only took our army three days and three nights to defeat the enemy in the south. The army in the east has not yet reached Hailing City and is expected to arrive tomorrow evening..."

Princess Wang Caixuan pointed at the sand table and analyzed and reported slowly in a pleasant voice.

Wang Caixuan played no significant role in this war, and her presence barely registers. However, she had at least experienced a war on a million-man scale, and with her intelligence and talent, she had gained something, and had gained a great deal of insight.

This is experience and qualifications!
Now when discussing military affairs again, Wang Caixuan finally behaves like a military strategist, analyzing the battle situation consciously and wisely!

"At our current speed, we will reach the nearest waters to Hailing City by noon tomorrow, and then disembark and march. At the fastest, we will reach Hailing City by noon the day after tomorrow, and at the slowest, by dusk the day after tomorrow. We will be at the gates of the city, forming a two-pronged attack with the eastern army!"

Wang Caixuan pointed her little finger, as white as a scallion, at the Tianjiang River, land, etc. on the sand table, and talked freely and gave a detailed analysis.

"..."

Wang Caixuan spoke with great confidence, but Li Baiyao and the other four generals had strange expressions on their faces, with their old faces getting hot and red!
A mighty army of one million was defeated so quickly by Prince Jingwu and his 170,000 elite soldiers. It was really embarrassing!

Although Li Baiyao and the three generals were not high-ranking officials in the Southern Liang Army, there were many other factors involved. However, they were also quite powerful and influential, so if they said it had nothing to do with them, they would have no right to deny it!
Now Wang Caixuan's fair and rational analysis report naturally made Li Baiyao and others feel ashamed, and they wished they could find a hole to crawl into!

"Well! Not bad!" Xiao Ying knew that Wang Caixuan was forced to do this. It was true that this was her first military experience and her first practice. Naturally, she was generous with her praise and gave her full encouragement.

"What about the Fengming Army and the Jianghuai Army? How long will it take for them to arrive at the Hailing City battlefield?"

After dealing with the Liang army in the south, Xiao Ying was full of confidence in defeating the Liang army in the east. If nothing unexpected happened, there would be no suspense. The difference was whether they would be completely destroyed or defeated!

However, there are two major variables in this battle...Fengming Army and Jianghuai Army!

Even though Xiao Ying had vowed to persuade the Liang army to surrender, he also knew the trajectory of his previous life. The Liang army was destroyed by the joint efforts of the Fengming army and the Jianghuai army.

However, under the influence of the butterfly wings, in the previous life's trajectory, the rebels led by the Yuwen family had already abandoned Jiangdu and left. Except for the King of Shangliang Shen Faxing, the other two kings of Jiangnan were naturally not in a hurry to seize the capital.

In the current situation, the "remnants of the Great Sui Dynasty" led by Empress Xiao have occupied Jiangdu and are still powerful. It is not certain that the Fengming Army and the Jianghuai Army will join forces to first destroy the Shangliang Army and then fight the Sui Army in Jiangdu.

If Xiao Ying were in Fengming King Li Zitong's and Jianghuai Governor Du Fuwei's shoes, they would first join forces to defeat the Sui army, and then engage in a three-way melee to decide the outcome.

This is the difference between the orthodox and the rebels. They are completely two camps. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are in opposition. The enemy of my enemy is my ally!

Even though Xiao Ying and Du Fuwei got along quite well before, like close friends, that was just a superficial statement.

In the big picture, everyone will handle matters impartially. This is what a qualified leader of a faction should do!
"The Fengming Army is the closest. They can reach Hailing City in three days at the fastest and seven days at the slowest!"

Wang Caixuan pondered for a moment, took the flag representing the Fengming Army, and planted it not far from Shanghai Lingcheng on the sand table, and responded.

After saying this, he stared at the sand table for a long time with frowns, and then he planted the miniature flag representing the Jianghuai Army and analyzed:
"The Jianghuai Army is the farthest away and should have arrived last. However, according to our intelligence, their marching speed is significantly slower than expected, which is contrary to common sense. If we estimate... it will take at least ten days, or at most a month, to reach the vicinity of Hailing City..."

"So slow? Why?" Li Baiyao was surprised and confused, but asked directly and looked at Xiao Ying in confusion.

This is somewhat inconsistent with what Xiao Ying said before!
Of course, if you think about it carefully, you can actually understand that no matter how good a personal relationship is, in the end, each person serves his or her own master. How can one really ignore the power and act on impulse!
Wang Caixuan narrowed her eyes and continued unhappily, "Why else? It's obvious they want to sit back and watch the tigers fight, and reap the benefits!"

"Indeed!" Li Baiyao didn't care about Wang Caixuan's attitude and nodded in agreement!

Xiao Ying laughed at himself, shook his head, and spat, "This old thief...it turns out that the old ones are still the wisest!"

"Ok?"

Wang Caixuan, Li Baiyao and others looked at Xiao Ying in surprise and confusion.

Didn't Xiao Ying say that he and Jiang Huai's General Manager were close friends? The intelligence did show that, and they were almost allies of life and death. But now he was the first to curse them?

"That's fine! This is a favor, not too small, and I accept it! Let's see... who will win in the end!"

(End of this chapter)