Chapter 603 Speaking of Gao Yao, Gao Yao will be here soon!

Chapter 603 Speaking of Gao Yao, Gao Yao will be here soon!

However, this time the incident took an unexpected turn because of Gao Yao's intervention. With his keen insight and decisive decision-making, Gao Yao drove Xiang Yu out of the Kuaiji area early, making Xiang Yu lose the opportunity to grow and develop. As a result, Xiang Yu naturally could not subdue Zhao Shuo, and Zhao Shuo had no choice but to follow Feng Yu and eventually obtained his current status.

Despite this, when Zhao Shuo listened to Feng Yu's speech, he could not calm down deep in his heart. Although he did not speak out again, his worries were still with him. The reason why Zhao Shuo felt uneasy was not complicated. The key was the attitude shown by Gao Yao on this matter.

Logically speaking, if Gao Yao was really determined to attack Nanjun, he should have taken swift and decisive action to quickly capture Nanjun and other places and defeat Wu Rui as soon as possible to prevent other princes from taking the opportunity to send troops and form a barrier to attack him. After all, in this situation, time is undoubtedly crucial for the Southern Border Army.

However, what is puzzling is that although peace talks and trying to persuade Wu Rui to surrender are also reasonable strategies, and even attacking Hanzhong is not a bad idea, Zhao Shuo always feels that there is something wrong. Especially on the key factor of time, the Southern Border Army should be more anxious about the urgency of time, but they do not show any urgency at all, which is really puzzling.

It seemed that he had been constantly urging Wu Rui to negotiate and hoped to get an appropriate result, but in fact, his behavior revealed an attitude of not caring about Wu Rui's delay. If Zhao Shuo was leading the army now and Wu Rui refused to negotiate, then Zhao Shuo would definitely lead the army to the north without hesitation, at least let 50,000 troops cross the Yangtze River in full, exerting obvious military pressure on Wu Rui and forcing him to make a decision as soon as possible.

However, the reality is that Gao Yao did not do so. He just kept sending messengers to urge Wu Rui to make a decision as soon as possible. This practice was too abnormal in Zhao Shuo's opinion. Zhao Shuo believed that there were only two possibilities for this situation: either Gao Yao's main target was not Wu Rui, but Hanzhong; or the attack on Wu Rui was just a cover from the beginning, a smokescreen to confuse the enemy.

If this is true, then Gao Yao's real purpose is probably not to launch a direct attack, but to achieve his goal through threats and intimidation. In this way, Zhao Shuo might feel a little relieved.

However, what Zhao Shuo was really worried about was another possibility. The reason why Gao Yao did not further mobilize the army to cross the river to put pressure on him was not because he had never thought of this strategy, but because he simply did not dare to do so. This was what Zhao Shuo was most worried about. After all, there was only one reason that could deter Gao Yao, and that was that doing so would expose his actual troop deployment.

If this is true, it would undoubtedly be the worst situation for Zhao Shuo. You know, it doesn't take more than 200,000 troops to capture Hanzhong, 100,000 is enough. Even if Gao Yao sends more troops, it will be in vain. Anyone with a little military knowledge knows this.

When more people fight fewer people, the impact of this difference is actually negligible when the difference in the number of people on both sides reaches a certain level. For example, there is no essential difference between 20,000 troops fighting against 50,000 troops and 20,000 troops fighting against 100,000 troops in actual combat. This is because in a short period of time, the number of people who can directly participate in the battle is relatively fixed, or in other words, on the same battlefield, the number of people who can charge at the same time is limited.

Take the attack on Hanzhong for example. This is a siege war. Even with 200,000 troops, it may not be able to play a big role. Because the number of people who can launch an attack at the same time is still limited. Therefore, Gao Yao has no need to send 200,000 or even more than 200,000 troops to do what 100,000 troops can do. Isn't this putting the cart before the horse?

This is what Zhao Shuo is most worried about. If Gao had not transferred the army to Hanzhong, where would the rest of the troops have been transferred to? This is why Zhao Shuo reminded Feng Yu. After all, if a part of the army was really hidden and was about to attack them, the consequences would be disastrous. That was what Zhao Shuo was most worried about.

But now Feng Yu was very sure that there was no need to worry about this matter, and Zhao Shuo could only give him this advice. After all, this was just Zhao Shuo's guess. In the short term, the cooperation with Gao Yao would bring more benefits to Feng Yu than a little bit. If he made any extreme reactions just because of speculation, it would attract Gao Yao's attention to Feng Yu, which would be inappropriate.

"Report... a large number of Southern Border Army ships have been spotted in the coastal area of ​​Qingshan County, no less than fifty in number!"

Just as the singer was about to perform again, the urgent voices of soldiers were suddenly heard in the courtyard. The voices were like thunder, exploding in everyone's ears.

The originally relaxed and joyful atmosphere was instantly broken, the musicians' fingers froze on the strings, and the singing stopped abruptly. The faces of the people present changed drastically, and they looked in the direction of the sound in astonishment.

The size of warships is clearly divided. Large ships can accommodate 200 to 500 people, medium-sized ships can accommodate less than 100 people, and small ships can accommodate less than 10 people. But now, according to the report from the messenger, the number of large ships appearing in the coastal areas is no less than 50! What does this mean? At least 10,000 troops have arrived at the coastal areas of Donghui!

Everyone looked at each other, and an indescribable fear surged in their hearts. They were just talking about the Southern Border Army, but they didn't expect them to come to their doorstep so soon. Feng Yu's face was even more livid. He never thought that he had just sworn that Gao Yao had no intention of attacking him, but in the blink of an eye, he was slapped in the face.

If there were only a few warships, it might be explained as an accident or a small-scale test, but now there are fifty ships with at least 10,000 soldiers on board. This is definitely not a coincidence or a small-scale action. If Feng Yu still said that this was an accident or that it was not aimed at him, Feng Yu himself would not believe it.

"General, notify all counties to strengthen their vigilance immediately. If Gao Yao makes a move, he will definitely not send only the navy to attack our army. It will take at least a day and a half to reach Xiayuan from the coastal areas. By then, Gao Yao's navy may have landed. Gao Yao chose to land in Qingshan County in order to prevent our army from moving north. At the same time, the infantry should have already started the attack!"