When he woke up, Guo Shao found that there was a bright hall around him, not knowing the time. The morning exercises in the army were very early, and it was obvious that the time had passed. Even the sound of drums and trumpets had not woken him up, and he had slept until now.

He hurriedly sat up, and when he turned to look, Zhou Xian was still lying beside him. She was also awakened by Guo Shao, looking at him with a lazy and tired look on her face. After a moment, she realized something and felt ashamed.

"I have to go to see the soldiers immediately." Guo Shao slapped his forehead and said, "This is in the military camp. I really misled the matter. I actually slept until now."

He quickly got up and put on his clothes. After a while of turmoil, he finally calmed down and turned to Zhou Xian and said kindly: "Don't think about it all, I'm so busy. I have a way to deal with everything. Now I have to go to the Central Army tent first and leave first."

"Wait." Zhou Xian called out softly, "Come here."

She then touched a silk squid from the pillow, turned to see a cup of cold tea in the iron cup next to her, and then dipped it gently in the water. When Guo Shao walked up to her, she sat up and wiped off a rouge lip mark on Guo Shao's neck with a shy look on her face. Guo Shao felt beautiful when he saw the red marks on the silk squid.

"Then I'll leave first." Guo Shao's tone became gentler when he spoke again.

Before he could wash up, he just left the tent and saw a civil servant walking outside with his hands behind his back. He was looking up at the snow floating in the sky. There were also some snowflakes on his cloth robe.

"The King of the King." Guo Shao called out and said in surprise, "I heard you came today, but I didn't expect the King of the King of the King of the King to be so early."

Wang Pu turned around and bowed to Guo Shao calmly. So on the snow, the old and the strong men bowed to each other in a manner. Wang Pu then simply said, "I left before dawn, so I arrived early. Something happened..." He paused, "Let's find a place to talk."

"Go to the Central Army's tent." Guo Shao said, walking side by side with Wang Pu, and asked again, "How long have you been waiting for the King of Envoy?"

Wang Pu said: "I just arrived for a while."

The two walked into the empty central army tent, and Wang Pu sat down and said, "Wankou came to report, Hukou Zhu Lingyun's army has been dispatched and is heading for Wankou."

When Guo Shao heard this, his mood, who was originally relaxed, immediately tightened, picked up a ruler from the table, and measured it on the drawings on the wooden board next to him, "Zhu Lingyun shrank in the early stage and delayed his troops. Now that Jiangzhou (Jiujiang) is besieged by our army, and the rear road is in danger, why do you suddenly become flexible?"

Wang Pu said: "According to the Ankou Inquiry, it was probably Chen Qiao, the assistant to the Guangzhengyuan of Jiangning Prefecture, who rushed to Nandu (Nanchang), and met Li Jing, who was seriously ill, and obtained the power to control the troops in Nandu and other places."

"Chen Qiao..." Guo Shao turned around and said, "Let's go inside and say. Lu Chengyong, go call General Li, General Shi, and Mr. Zuo."

"Here." Lu Chengyong at the door answered with his fists.

Because some of Guo Shao's characters, terrain, and intuitive drawings deployed were placed in the "house" behind the big tent, the discussion came here instead. Soon, Li Chuyun and others also came in one after another, and Wang Pu told them about the military situation again.

"The naval warships in Ankou are unbearable to fight, and the troops are weak. If the main force of the Hukou army in the Southern Tang Kingdom is dispatched, it will be difficult for Ankou to stop it. Then along the river eastward, there is also a part of our navy in Chizhou, which is equally weak and can only serve as an early warning. The Southern Tang army goes down the river. If the speed is slightly faster, it will threaten our army's navy and ferry at the quarry." Guo Shao narrated briefly.

Hukou, Wankou, Chizhou Shuizhai, and Caishi are all place names along the Yangtze River, from west to east in turn.

Li Chuyun also said: "The navy of the Southern Tang Kingdom in Jingkou (Zhenjiang) is also very powerful. If it is deployed properly, seize the fighter jets of the Hukou Navy's Arrivals from the east; our quarrying navy will face the situation of being attacked from front and back, with few enemies. The military affairs of the Southern Tang Kingdom have always paid attention to the navy, and its combat power will not be weaker than that of the Great Zhou Navy... Or, when we originally planned to launch the Jingkou Water War in the near future, we cannot make the decisive battle and make the enemy in Hukou break through the western water surface defense line and appear on our army's back. We will also face the dilemma of being attacked from both sides."

Guo Shao estimated the distance between each section on the picture and paced back and forth two steps in front of the bench, "Chen Qiao... didn't expect this to happen at a critical moment."

Li Chuyun looked back at the tent and said, "The weather is cold and it is still snowing in the sky, so it is not suitable to send troops."

"Fortunately, the river (Yangtze River) will not freeze." Guo Shao pondered.

The original combat plan of the Zhou army center was to join forces with the Hantong Navy on the Cao canal near Guazhoudu to attack the enemy troops in Jingkou on both sides. The purpose of the battle was to eliminate the water surface power of the Southern Tang army on the eastern front and completely control the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. This was a tough battle because the Hantong army was blocked in the Cao canal and could not enter the river. In the early stage, Guo Shao used various feint attacks, intimidation, and released cigarettes and fog bombs, which made the Southern Tang Kingdom mistakenly believe that the capital would be threatened in the near future, so he prepared to wait for the right weather and fighter jets to launch the battle...

The Hukou army went down the river, adding variables to the battle; because the Zhou army was placed in the east, the strength of Li Chuyun's navy was also limited, and the navy transferred from Tokyo could not pass. As a result, the Jingkou war had the hidden danger of being attacked from both sides.

Wang Pu said, "Chen Qiao is a civil servant and is not familiar with military affairs. He cannot have military generals following him. I think even if he is a wise minister, it will be difficult for him to deploy this battle by himself. It is also because of his previous relationship that he can see Li Jing who is seriously ill."

Guo Shao said: "What the King Envoy said is so right, I thought so just now. After all, Chen Qiao is a civil servant and has never had the experience of leading troops. He can't be able to be at ease when facing such a large front for the first time?"

Wang Pu said: "Zhu Lingyun is also a qualified general. He was originally the governor of Zhennan. According to the situation of the Southern Tang Kingdom, it may be difficult to easily seize his military power. So I boldly speculate that Chen Qiao was just urging and putting pressure on him. Zhu Lingyun had the final say on how to fight this battle."

Guo Shao turned around and looked at the name of the person who was pasted on the wooden board. He said, "When Chen Qiao left Jiangning City, the military power to deploy Liu Cheng in the east of the Southern Tang Kingdom should be more stable; the only one who dares to attack Liu Cheng is probably Chen Qiao. Liu Cheng is a fool, and staying in Jingkou is beneficial to our army."

His eyes swept over Shi Yanchao and others, and they didn't express their opinions. Shi Yanchao was not very interested in water wars, and Li Chuyun waited for Guo Shao's attitude.

Guo Shao and Wang Pu looked at each other, and Wang Pu nodded slightly, "I and General Guo should have the same idea, and I will still launch a war of words in Beijing, but now it's time to get a quicker one."
Chapter completed!