V2.Chapter 438

When Dong Sheng was alive, Shao Fang was upset when he saw him. Now that Dong Sheng died in front of him, Shao Fang was sad from his heart. It was rare for him to burst into tears. People are so strange.

The three suggestions put forward by Dong Sheng for Shao Fang were not discarded and accepted completely.

First of all, he burned the memorials of the accusations to stabilize the people's hearts, so that the civil and military ministers in the court can no longer have worries at home and unite with the outside world. Later, he reactivated Nanyan, restored his official position, continued to serve as the commander of the Huben army, granted the Marquis, and ordered Nanyan to lead the Huben army south to meet the two armies of an and Huan in the south. Next, he urgently enlisted Gao Hang and appointed him marshal of Zhenjiang water division to guard Zhenjiang.

Gao Hang was originally Xu Lengzhi's deputy general. He was not very old, but he was very talented. He was deeply appreciated and valued by Xu Lengzhi. If the East China Sea Navy didn't need someone to take charge of the overall situation, Xu Lengzhi would certainly take him to Haowan county to resist the wind Army.

Of course, thanks to Xu Lengzhi's failure to take Gao Hang with him, the latter will have to die with him in Pufeng city.

Zhenjiang is the northern barrier of the capital of Mozambique, where there are 100000 permanent water troops of Mozambique. When Gaohang was recalled to the capital, the water troops of the East China Sea were also called back. Mo's East China Sea Navy has as many as 150000 people, and often participates in water warfare. Both combat strength and actual combat experience are far better than Zhenjiang Navy. If the East China Sea Navy arrives in Zhenjiang, it will undoubtedly add an insurmountable barrier to the southward movement of Fengyu coalition army. After all, neither Feng state nor Yu state is a vassal state famous for its water army.

The only good thing is that it will take a long time for the East China Sea Navy to get to Zhenjiang. When Gaohang returns to the capital city from Donghai County, it only needs to ride a horse or take a carriage on land, but the ships of the navy can't go on land. It has to start from Donghai County, bypass the coastal area, enter the sea entrance of Zhenjiang River, and then go upstream along Zhenjiang River and cross two counties to reach the capital city, even at the fastest speed and such a long distance, Donghai navy has to walk for at least two months.

Therefore, for the Mozambican side, as long as their Zhenjiang navy can hold on for two months, they can wait for the strong support of the East China Sea Navy to make it an absolute advantage in water warfare.

Similarly, for the Fengyu coalition, they have to defeat the Zhenjiang Navy and transport the main force of the whole army across the river within two months before the East China Sea Navy arrives, so as to ensure the smooth progress of the war against Mozambique.

After returning to the capital, Gao Hang accepted the seal granted by Shao Fang, took office immediately, began to deploy defense in Jiangnan, and trained and dispatched Zhenjiang Navy. Gao Hang is only in his thirties. He is handsome and has a baby face. He looks much younger than his actual age.

However, his style is not as weak as his appearance. He is resolute and firm. As soon as he took office, he carried out a drastic rectification of the Zhenjiang Navy and formulated a series of assessment systems. Those who are capable and those who are mediocre will be severely punished for only money, corruption and dereliction of duty.

Zhenjiang Navy is a typical young master army in Mo country. It is a place to raise big masters. Since its establishment, it has never fought a war and has neglected training on weekdays. Most of the generals in the army are not familiar with water warfare. Nine out of ten of them are dandies of noble origin. They come to Zhenjiang navy to gild and earn some qualifications in the army for promotion in the future.

For such a Navy corps, Gao Hang also had a headache. He moved one and led the whole. Fortunately, Shaofang gave him great support and gave him full trust, which enabled Gao Hang to implement a series of measures.

If it is said that Gao Hang is definitely a layman in land war, but he is an expert in water war. Four generations of Navy generals have been promoted to his ancestors, and Gao Hang can be regarded as a real Navy family.

Soon after Gao Hang served as the commander of Zhenjiang Navy, he has achieved great results. A large number of capable young nobles were promoted by him and held important positions in the army.

However, Gao Hang also has his limitations. No matter how much he values talents, the promoted and reused generals are basically of noble origin. For those talented soldiers who are of civilian origin, he is still excluded from the scope of the core of power.

At this point, he is far inferior to Tang Yin.

For the situation of Mo country, the Fengyu allied forces have understood it clearly through the spies of Tianyan and geonet. In this war against Mozambique, the Fengguo sent out the army. Now it's going to fight Zhenjiang, and it's finally going to use the Navy.

In fact, the old wind country (the wind country before the annexation of Ningguo) has no water army. Until the wind country annexes the eight counties in ningbei and receives the water army originally belonging to Ningguo, it makes the wind country have a water army that is not strong but not weak.

Fengguo's navy is in Ningdi, and there is no water area leading to Zhenjiang. It seems that Fengguo's navy is unlikely to appear in Zhenjiang.

However, this view is very wrong. As early as when the Feng army attacked Mo country southward, the water army in Ningdi began to move eastward and enter the territory of Feng country. Then, at the suggestion of the military administration hall, the Fengguo Navy went to Zhenjiang by land.

In terms of Fengguo, it first made a huge wooden board to fix the ship on it, and then the round wood was used as a roller, and the wooden board at the bottom was pushed and pulled manually to make the ship move on the land. There are hundreds of thousands of water troops in Fengguo, and there are no less than 200 ships of different sizes. All of them are transported on land. We can imagine the vastness of their projects.

Not counting the 100000 sailors and soldiers, more than 200000 people have been collected for labor alone. They can reach Zhenjiang only by going all the way from Fengguo to the south, passing through half of Fengguo, passing through the five counties of Mobei, and then traveling a small half of Mozuo. The huge cost of this has cost the wind country a lot of money.

When the dry land fleet entered the territory of Mozambique, it was a lot easier. At least there was no need for domestic labor, and all the labor was replaced by the prisoners of the Mozambican army, which saved the Fengguo a lot of expenses. Of course, the Fengren treated these Mozambican Army prisoners as well as slaves. On the way of transporting the fleet, countless Mozambican Army prisoners died on the way.

In any case, soon after the Fengyu allied army was stationed on the North Bank of Zhenjiang, the water army of Fengguo was simply transported from Fengguo to Zhenjiang. The commander of the water army of Fengguo is Fengren, whose name is He Yi, and the deputy commander is Ning Ren, sun Bing and Xu Yan respectively.

In that era when the army was king, the water army was always ignored in the wind country. Although there were 100000 people and there was a corps, there was no Corps number and was not included in the Central Army Corps of the wind country.

Most of the commanders of other legions are top generals, and most of them are middle generals. But he Yi's rank is only one level higher than that of the regiment commander, while sun Bing and Xu Yan's rank is half a level higher than that of the regiment.

After the navy ship arrived in Zhenjiang, Tang Yin personally met he Yi, sun Bing and Xu Yan.

He Yi was born in the army corps directly under him and can't fight a water war at all. Sun Bing and Xu Yan are serious 800 Navy generals. Their combination is a typical layman leader.

The reason for this is that Tang Yin trusted the wind man in the early stage and ensured that the wind man occupied a dominant position in the army. In addition, the water army has not been within the scope of Tang Yin's attention, so he has been so wrong.

After he Yi, sun Bing and Xu Yan saluted Tang Yin, he asked him if he Yi had any plan to defeat the navy of Mo state opposite him.

He Yi used to be the head of the army under the direct command of Tang Yin. He has never seen the king since he became the commander of the Navy. Now he is inevitably a little excited.

He didn't even think about it. He replied loudly: "tell the king, our army has the determination to die in the battlefield and the confidence to defeat the enemy. Our army will defeat the water army of Mozambique in one go!"

Tang Yin looked up and smiled. He appreciated He Yi's high morale, but the plan seemed a little rough. Did he just fight straight?

He smiled for a moment, and Fang softly asked, "He Yi, according to our investigation report, the new commander of Zhenjiang naval division of Mo country is Gao Hang. This man knows water warfare deeply. There are abundant scenic spots in Donghai County, where water warfare is the most common in Mo country. Are you confident of winning him?"

Gao Hang? He Yi has never heard of this name. He hesitated for a long time, scratched his hair and said, "as far as the last general knows, the military discipline of Zhenjiang Navy is loose and its combat effectiveness is insufficient. It should be... It should not be our opponent."

Tang Yin shook his head when he heard this, He said: "the intelligence you got was from the past, but the situation now is very different from that in the past. Since the change of the commander of Zhenjiang Navy, most of the mediocre generals in the army have been replaced by Gao Hang, a large number of generals proficient in water warfare have been promoted, and the whole army is diligent in training and the chief officer's combat strength has been improved. Don't you know these?"

Hearing the dissatisfaction from the king's mouth, He Yi quickly lowered his head and stammered, "the last general... The last general has been on his way, so... So I don't know some news..."

"I don't know. Won't you ask?" Tang Yin frowned and said, "you know the war is coming, but you don't even care about your opponent. What do you care about all day!"

This was a reprimand from Tang Yin, but he Yi replied solemnly: "at the end, we will supervise the transportation of the fleet. We can't let the ship lose anything on the way. Otherwise, even if Mo will have ten heads, he can't afford it!"

Why was Tang Xiaoqi so stupid?

Of course, he must have forgotten that Wu Ying recommended He Yi at the beginning, but he signed the approval himself.

When he Yi didn't meet, Tang Yin thought he was good. Now that he met, Tang Yin became more and more discouraged. With such a confused commander, can he really beat Gao Hang, who was entrusted with an important task by Shaofang?