Chapter 683: Gan Ning's Pleading
The battle on the water was won, and at this time, Li Hugo was also relieved and boldly handed over the sailor to Sun Jian's command.
Sun Jian is worthy of being a veteran, and he has rich experience and super strength, and immediately led the remaining sailors to directly attack the Nanjiang River, which is a stepping stone to enter Shouchun, with many soldiers and horses, and it is the base of the sailors.
"If the Nanjiang River is broken, Yuan Shu can be broken. Li Hugo said with burning eyes.
"Don't underestimate it, five years ago, the general trend in the world, in fact, Yuan Shu's power was one of the best. Sun Jian kindly said.
Li Hugo also knows the strength of Yuan Shu, after all, this Yuan Shu is also one of the powerful warlords in the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, and it is also one of the most powerful warlords in the early days of warlord secession.
The fourth and third dukes of the Yuan family are the top wealthy families in the Eastern Han Dynasty, with protégés and former officials all over the world, and the court resources, connections and social reputation are extremely high.
The concubine Yuan Shao can be mixed in Hebei with a signboard of the Yuan family, and has become the overlord of the north, the influence of the Yuan family can be imagined, the sister-in-law Yuan Shu inherited most of the power and influence of the Yuan family, and was named a general by the imperial court as soon as he debuted, a veritable heavy general, Liu Bei mixed for half a lifetime before he got a left general, climbed to the same level as Yuan Shu, who had just debuted, when Yuan Shu was mixed, Liu Bei didn't even have to play soy sauce.
In terms of territory, Yuan Shu occupies the rich Nanyang, Runan and Jianghuai area, although the territory is not large, but the population is large, the money and grain are sufficient, Nanyang is the first largest county in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Runan is the second largest county, which can top other places and a state, Yuan Shu occupied Yangzhou, Yuzhou, Sili and Jingzhou in his heyday, is a veritable overlord in the south, fighting for the population and national strength, Yuan Shu dares to call the emperor naturally has his confidence.
In terms of military strength, Yuan Shu had an army of 200,000 in his heyday, which was the largest number of troops among all warlords at that time, and Cao controlled the entire Yanzhou at that time only 70,000 or 80,000 people, and Liu Bei and Sun Quan's soldiers and horses combined were less than 780,000 during the Battle of Chibi, and the great power of the Yuan family can be imagined.
In terms of power, Yuan Shu is the boss of the southern camp, and he has formed an alliance with Gongsun Zan and Tao Qian, which can be said to affect half of China, the Jiangdong Sun family is so powerful, and has served under its account for a long time, Sun Jian is the number one thug under Yuan Shu, and the Sun family is the home that started by climbing the big tree of Yuan Shu.
At that time, the only one who dared to argue with Yuan Shu was his brother Yuan Shao, who he had always looked down on, if the two Yuan were in harmony, they would be unanimous with the outside world, and it was estimated that none of the warlords dared to squeak.
It's a pity that the two Yuan competed with each other, allowing others to sit and reap the profits, the Yuan family lost the world, after Yuan Shu's death, Cao, Sun Jian, and Liu Bei desperately went to grab the land and fight for the inheritance, some people said that Yuan Shu is everyone's father, although some exaggerations are not unreasonable.
So now, although Yuan Shu has lost 80,000 sailors, he still has quite enough soldiers and horses, so Sun Jian naturally doesn't underestimate it.
At this time, the ironclad ship also had a nickname, called "River Dragon King".
"We have the Dragon King of Jiang, and we are still afraid of his Yuan Shu?" Sun Ce said.
Sun Jian glared at Sun Ce angrily: "Silly boy, although the Lord Jianglongwang is invincible on the rivers and seas, what about taking the land route? Once it reaches the shore, it is ten times larger than the Jianglong King, it is not enough, because its range can only be in the water, and we have to defeat Yuan Shu, there is only one chance!"
"Oh?" Li Hugo also walked over, and he said, "General Sun, what chance?"
"Now that Yuan Shu's army has been defeated, and the navy army has almost been wiped out, this is great news, if we take Shouchun in one go, Yuan Shu will be defeated! But if Yuan Shu is relieved, let him breathe, and start to accumulate strength to recruit troops and horses, and build a new water division, when the time comes, we will attack Jingzhou together on the water road, you said that we still have a Lu Bu in the east, and another Yuan Shu will attack on both sides of the waterway in the west, what will we do?" Sun Jian said.
Li Huguo said in his heart that Sun Jian deserved to be the successor of the soldier saint Sun Wu, and he read the book of Sun Tzu's Art of War very thoroughly, knowing that despising the enemy was a matter of self-destruction, so he also wanted the people around him to pay attention to it.
The Nanjiang Naval Division had been defeated, so Sun Jian led his troops to dispatch, and occupied all the three wharves of Nanjiang by three routes, and the soldiers who came by waterway also came to Nanjiang County one after another.
The people and horses of Nanjiang County have already been like frightened birds, and when they heard that the King of Jianglong was coming, where did they dare to fight, they fled very quickly one by one, and only hated that their parents had two legs.
After all, Li Hugo's sailors had already played quite majestic before, and this time as soon as he made a move, it caused people and horses from all directions to tremble, and in an instant, Nanjiang became an undefended city.
Li Hugo immediately asked people to be stationed here, and he planned to launch an attack on Yuan Shu in the fastest time.
Nanjiang is a stepping stone, and now the stepping stone is in Li Hugo's hands, which means that as long as Li Hugo is willing, he can launch an attack at any time.
By the river, Li Hugo saw Gan Ning, and he said, "Xingba, what's wrong with you?"
"Today is Su Fei's first seven. Gan Ning said that he had placed an incense burner by the river and was praying.
Li Hugo smoked three incense sticks, and he also knelt down to the river, after all, the dead are the greatest, Li Hugo said: "Why do you pray to the river?"
"We Jinfan thieves have a tradition, the dead brothers all choose the water burial, that is, a fire boat, with a corpse, floated into the river, when the fire boat burned almost the same, the body will become ashes, and then sink into the river, we have to pray, that is, to pray and worship by the river, thank the lord for ......" Gan Ning said.
"You seem to have something on your mind. Li Hugo said.
As soon as these words came out, Gan Ning burst into tears, and he knelt on the ground with a thud: "Lord, please let me go back to Jiangxia, I will personally fight Lu Bu to the death! I want to avenge my brother, I want to avenge my brother!"
As he spoke, his head slammed into the ground with a "thump", and when he looked up again, he was already bleeding profusely.
Li Hugo couldn't bear it: "Gan Ning, it's not that I won't let you go back, it's useless for you to go now, Jiangxia is only defending and not attacking, Zhao Yun and they are all buying time for us, we have to take Yuan Shu before the city is broken, otherwise when Yuan Shu and Lu Bu attack on both sides, we will die without a place to bury!"