Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

Zhang Shun did not notice anything unusual among the crowd, but opened his mouth to explain again:

"Sir, ever since Yangzhou City was occupied and abandoned by Chu Mo's bastard, it has become the target of competition between the Jiangnan East Road of the Tang Dynasty and the Huainan Road of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Both Li Shimin and Chu Xin have their plans there."

"After successive battles, the once prosperous city of Yangzhou has almost become a ruin. The people in the city are dying and fleeing, and basically no one is left alive."

"Had it not been for the rise of Yang Hongyu from Lingnan Road, which made Datang and Zhou Dynasty feel a sense of crisis, which allowed the two sides to temporarily cease fighting. In order to show their sincerity, both sides did not continue to compete for Yangzhou City, but regarded it as the two sides. a buffer zone."

Hearing Zhang Shun's words, Chu Mo became even more confused:

"Since that place is already in ruins, why do you still want me to take it down?"

Zhang Shun chuckled:

"Your Excellency, you don't know. Although it is a place of hundreds of battles, before the Tang Dynasty and the Great Zhou Dynasty broke up with each other, it was a land of no one."

"Because of the current embarrassing situation in Yangzhou City, the surrounding businessmen and people regard it as a place for mutual trade between the two countries."

"If your Excellency can capture that place, there will definitely be no shortage of military expenditures and supplies in the future."

"More importantly, I heard someone say that in Yangzhou City, as long as you can afford the price, there is nothing you can't get."

"The general has also heard that occasionally there are even some fire blunderbuss made by the Tang Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty leaking out, but the general is not sure whether the news is true or false."

After listening to Zhang Shun's introduction to the situation in Yangzhou City, Chu Mo rubbed his eyebrows.

If I had heard about such a geomantic treasure before going to the Japanese island, I would have definitely tried every means to occupy it.

But now. . .

Damn it, what I don’t lack most is gold and silver.

Go to that filthy place for a mere stinky thing.

If Li Shimin and Chu Xin suddenly lose their mind, tear up the contract, and start working directly, then they will be caught in the middle and become cannon fodder.

Therefore, you can’t go to Yangzhou City anywhere.

Thinking of this, Chu Mo shook his head directly, interrupted Zhang Shun and said:

"Everyone is staring at Yangzhou City now. If an unknown force suddenly appears and captures it, I'm afraid something will happen. Our main goal now is Dengzhou."

Speaking of this, Chu Mo suddenly paused.

Then he immediately ordered Chu Ruowan to get a map and start drawing.

Seeing Chu Mo drawing on the map, Zhang Shun immediately stepped forward and helped him explain.

"Datang's troops are now mainly stationed in Suzhou and Jiangning. According to the information obtained by previous spies, the total strength of the two places combined is almost 50000."

"The armies of the Great Zhou Dynasty were mainly stationed in Nanjing and Chuzhou, with only 40000 troops stationed."

"Although there are only 40000 troops stationed in the Zhou Dynasty, they have built countless forts and have fleets at sea to support them, so their real strength is much stronger than that of the Tang Dynasty."

After listening to Zhang Shun's explanation, Chu Mo asked about the military deployment of several coastal cities one by one.

According to Zhang Shun, because a group of bandits appeared on the sea and plundered all the cities along the coast of Datang, the Great Zhou Dynasty had stepped up their vigilance.

However, if Chu Mo's current military strength is used, he can still attack one or two cities by gritting his teeth.

As for the city on the other side of the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Shun said that the other side had just been attacked and must have rearranged heavy troops. He did not know the specific situation.

Hearing this, Chu Mo finally saw clearly that Zhang Shun was a reckless man who didn't like to use his brain. If he could use his hands, he should use his brain as little as possible.

He sighed, there was no one under his control.

Glancing at Chu Ruowan and Samurai Yu who were standing aside with their arms folded, watching the excitement, Chu Mo rolled his eyes, pointed at the map and said:

"Do you have any good ideas?"

The warrior Tong stroked his beard and said solemnly:

"Sir, have you ever heard of besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao?"

As soon as these words came out, Chu Mo immediately understood the other party's intention, shook his head and said:

"No, we don't know the specific force deployment in each city now. If we attack rashly, we may break our teeth."

Seeing that Chu Mo didn't pay attention to what he meant, Warrior Xun said something cryptic:

"Sir, have you forgotten your hobbies?"

After saying that, he raised his head and glanced at the pirate flag on the mast.

Following Samurai Yu's gaze, Chu Mo saw the pirate flag fluttering in the wind, and instantly understood Samurai Yu's intention, and immediately clapped his hands and said:

"This is a good idea. We are now the overlord of the sea. We can't defeat them on land. How can we not control them in the sea?"

After saying that, Chu Mo turned directly to Zhang Shun and said:

"Lao Zhang, I will give you a task now. From now on, you and Lao Wu will lead a fleet and patrol along the coastline. Whenever a ship is found entering the sea, we will capture it."

After saying that, he turned around and looked at the warrior Xun and said:

"Lao Wu, you and Zhang Shun will work together. The two of you will work together to muddy the water here."

When he heard that Chu Mo wanted to leave him behind, the warrior Yun immediately understood that he wanted to keep an eye on Zhang Shun.

He didn't refuse and agreed directly.

After deciding on the plan, Chu Mo allocated an armored warship, 20 three-story ships, 40 two-story ships, 200 other types of ships and 5000 soldiers to the warriors Xun and Zhang Shun.

The mission of the two men is to guard the waters around Yangzhou and not allow anyone to enter the sea.

After assigning the tasks to the two of them, Chu Mo took the remaining fleet and headed straight for the opposite city of Pyongyang.

I ran in the wrong direction and wasted two days here. I figured I must have already handed over to Li Junxian.

Now go over and stab Goguryeo directly from behind, which will definitely catch them off guard.

Thinking of this, Chu Mo immediately asked the fleet to move forward at full speed and rushed to Pyongyang City.

As soon as Chu Mo left, warriors Xun and Zhang Shun came to do business.

It turned out that the navy here in Dengzhou discovered that the fleets of Chu Hua and Zhang Shun had gone out early in the morning and had not returned yet. They were worried that something unexpected had happened, so they sent people out to investigate.

Seeing the navy from Dengzhou coming out, Zhang Shun did not rush to launch an attack. Instead, relying on his side's far superior speed, he directly surrounded them, and then sent one of his former subordinates to persuade them to surrender.