Cao Guang ignored one point, since his sentinel ship could discover the opponent's fleet, couldn't the other party discover his fleet?

Several scouts on the north and south sides of the strait had been following Cao Guang's fleet until they had entered Baishuitang before they turned their horses around and headed for Shanyang County.

Baishuitang is today's Hongze Lake, but the area of the lake is only one-third of today's Hongze Lake, forming a lake south of the Huai River, which is full of endless reeds, staggered and horizontal, like a labyrinth, and the fleet is very easy to hide in the reed waterway.

A few hours later, the Jin fleet sailed into the Huai River.

A soldier rocked the sentry boat to connect the scouts on the shore to the big boat, and the scouts reported to Luo Ziyu, "General Qiyu, the enemy fleet has taken refuge in the white water pond, a total of more than 200 warships!" ”

Luo Ziyu hurriedly asked someone to find Sima Lu Zhan to discuss, Luo Ziyu has been in the officialdom for many years, and he is no longer the stunned young man he was back then, he knows that Lu Zhan is the confidant of His Royal Highness the King of Jin, and there is no harm in listening to his opinions.

After a while, Lu Zhan walked over from the cabin and said with a smile: "The general has discovered the traces of the enemy so quickly?" ”

Luo Ziyu explained with a smile: "The scouts found that the fleet had entered the White Water Pond, and specially asked Sima to discuss how to deal with it. ”

"I don't know much about water warfare, how to fight General Luo can decide for himself."

"I still want to hear Sima's opinion."

Luo Ziyu's attitude made Lu Zhan's heart happy, he thought about it for a while, and said: "Your Highness attaches great importance to the naval warships, if you can make this naval army surrender and surrender without a fight, this will satisfy His Royal Highness the King of Jin even more than completely annihilating them." ”

"Thank you Sima for the reminder!"

Luo Ziyu immediately ordered: "The whole army enters the White Water Pond!" ”

More than 600 warships formed an army and slaughtered into the White Water Pond.

The water surface of the white pond is vast, looking up, a smoke wave is vast, and there are large reeds in the distance, which is actually a piece of land exposed to the water, which is covered with reeds, forming a criss-crossing waterway, the whole reed water swing is at least hundreds of hectares large, a fleet is hidden in the reeds, it is difficult to be found.

But the Jin army has a way, an eagle slave released an eagle, this eagle has undergone strict training, more sensitive to large-scale army gatherings, but it is only more suitable for playing a role in the sparsely populated wilderness, if it is in a densely populated place, it will treat ordinary villages as enemies, the sentry eagle flutters its wings and circles in the sky, and soon it chirps in the southwest direction.

"General, there is a discovery in the southwest direction!" Eagle Nu shouted excitedly pointing to the southwest.

The eagle spotted the situation in the sky, but it wasn't necessarily an enemy, it could also be a fishing boat that had gathered together, and at this time, a scout was needed to confirm it a second time.

"Sentinel Ship Dispatch!"

As soon as Luo Ziyu gave an order, several sentinel ships sailed to the southwest, and the army immediately followed from a distance.......

At this time, the Ziqing army fleet was hidden in a reed thicket, which was like a labyrinth, with hundreds of waterways of all sizes intertwined, and if the terrain was not familiar, it was likely to get lost in the reeds.

But the Ziqing army did not plan to stay for long, they only planned to stay for two days, and when the Jin army fleet went west, they sailed away from Shuidang.

Cao Guang also saw the eagle hovering in the sky, but he didn't realize that this eagle was actually a whistle eagle trained by the Jin army, and he didn't realize that danger was quietly approaching him.

Half an hour later, a Jin army sentry ship was the first to discover the enemy hidden in the depths of the reeds, and the sentry ship quietly withdrew, and quickly returned to the fleet to report to the main general Luo Ziyu.

Luo Ziyu stood on the bow of the ship and looked at the southwest direction, he pondered for a moment, and said to several sentry ships: "You can light the fire on three sides, leaving only the north side!" ”

"Obey!"

Several sentinel ships immediately turned around and headed for the reeds.

Luo Ziyu immediately laid a net of heaven and earth, waiting for the enemy fleet to come out, Luo Ziyu is very experienced, water warfare is not like land warfare, in the land battle, the main general is killed, there will be a deputy will continue to command, and in the water battle, they only need to catch the enemy's first ship, capture the enemy's main general, and the other warships will surrender without a fight.

In a short time, smoke billowed from the reeds in the distance, and flocks of quails and ducks flew out of the reeds and flew off into the distance.

Soon, there was also fire and smoke on the east and west sides, and the whole reed was filled with thick smoke and flames, and Cao Guang learned in a panic that there was no fire in the north, and immediately shouted: "Evacuate to the north!" Withdraw from the reeds! ”

One by one, the warships scrambled to flee north, and Cao Guang's thousand-stone warship took the lead, taking the lead in rushing out of the reeds, and he hung a handsome flag on the bow, and was immediately discovered by the Jin army fleet in ambush, and dozens of warships surrounded it from all directions.

The soldiers shouted: "Those who surrender can be sent back to their hometowns!" ”

There were more than 30 soldiers on Cao Guang's boat, and when they saw that they were cornered on all sides, and the other party promised to let them go back to their hometowns, the soldiers jumped into the water and swam to the other party's boat to surrender.

In just a moment, Cao Guang was left alone in the main boat, and even the boatman jumped into the water and ran away, and the boat was spinning on the water, and no one was driving the boat.

At this time, the two Jin warships approached, and dozens of soldiers pointed their crossbow arrows at Cao Guang who was standing at the bow of the boat, and Luo Ziyu, who had white hair, shouted sharply: "The old man is the general of the cavalry under the command of the King of Jin, and Luo Ziyu, the governor of the Yangtze River Naval Army, General Cao has not surrendered, but when?" ”

Cao Guang held the sword in his hand, and when he saw that the other party's crossbow arrows were aimed at him, he knew that the general trend had gone, so he had to sigh, put down the sword, and raised his hand to surrender to the Jin army.

With the white flag of surrender hoisted on the main ship, the warships of the Ziqing Navy also hoisted the white flag and surrendered.

In this battle, both sides did not hurt a soldier, Luo Ziyu took advantage of the terrain to surrender the soldiers without a fight, Luo Ziyu was immediately sent to Jiangdu to report to His Royal Highness the King of Jin, a few days later, Guo Song sent a reply, commending Luo Ziyu and his subordinates for their merits, and promised that as long as Luo Ziyu can intercept Zhu Zhu's southward army, he will be promoted to a knight after the war.

At the same time, Guo Song named Cao Guang as the general of the Tiger Benlang and gave him the viscount, and the rest of the surrendered generals retained their original positions, and the surrendered soldiers were designated as first-class soldiers.

At the same time that Guo Song pacified the surrendered Ziqing naval army, Li Na personally led an army of 40,000 to Haizhou.

Li Na wanted to capture Yangzhou for more than a day or two, as early as his father's time, they coveted the wealth of Yangzhou, but he attacked Hebei and was defeated by Guo Song, and the losses were so heavy that he did not dare to consider Yangzhou for the time being.

In the past two years, his vitality gradually recovered, and began to eyeing Yangzhou, Li Na not only to take Yangzhou, but also to take the entire south of the Huai River, he began to sharpen his knife, ready to attack Yangzhou next spring, but Li Na suddenly got the news, Guo Song led the army to exterminate Liu Pi and Ma Sui, unified the south of the Yangtze River.

Li Na was suddenly a little anxious, he immediately planned in advance, and ordered Cao Guang, the general of the navy, to lead 300 warships and 5,000 sailors to the south to block the Huai River, and he himself personally led 40,000 troops to the south, preparing to capture Yangzhou in one fell swoop.

Li Na led his army to Shuyang County, and led an army of 40,000 troops to be stationed on the north bank of Shushui, and he ordered his soldiers to rest for two days, and on the other hand, he also had to wait for the logistics and grain army to follow.

That afternoon, Li Na was pacing anxiously back and forth in the tent of the Chinese army, and he had just received news from Shuyang County that Chuzhou had been captured by the Jin army.

This news made Li Na extremely worried, Chuzhou was captured by the Jin army, so what about Yangzhou? It is impossible for Chuzhou to be occupied, and Yangzhou is safe and sound! The news really upset him.

At this time, there was a soldier outside the tent to report: "Lord Qiyu, His Royal Highness the King of Jin has sent a messenger!" ”

Li Na was startled and hurriedly said, "Hurry up, please come in!" ”

After a while, a scribe led the scribe into the big tent, and the scribe bowed and saluted, "In Xia Lu Zhan, His Royal Highness the King of Jin marches to the tent of Sima, see His Royal Highness the King of Qi!" ”

The position of the marching Sima is not low, after becoming a court official, at least the Shangzhou Assassin History, Li Na said politely: "It turned out to be Lu Sima, no need to be polite, please take a seat!" ”

Immediately, a soldier brought a chair, Lu Zhan sat down, took out a letter, and the soldiers hurriedly took it and presented it to Li Na.

Li Na didn't rush to read the letter, he asked tentatively, "His Royal Highness King Jin is in Jiangnan now?" ”

"His Royal Highness the King of Jin is now in Jiangdu!"

This sentence was like a basin of water, extinguishing the last glimmer of hope in Li Na's heart, the smile on his face was a little dull, and for a while, he lay on his back on the wide chair like a deflated ball, not moving.

Lu Zhan said lightly: "If the prince doesn't go back, I'm afraid Zhu Zhu's iron horse will step into the Qi Palace!" ”

Li Na's body froze, he sat up suddenly, and asked urgently, "What do you say about this?" ”

Lu Zhan pointed to the unopened letter on the table, Li Na suddenly woke up, hurriedly opened the letter, and hurriedly read it, Guo Song's content in the letter is very simple, they have already received the exact news, after the spring of next year, Zhu Jun will go east in a big way, I hope Li Na can actively prepare for the war, do not have the idea of dividing, so as not to lose more than the loss, and delay the fighter.

Li Na pondered for a moment and then asked, "Have you occupied Huainan?" ”

"Exactly, in the next step, we will seize Huaixi, surround Wei to save Zhao, and disperse the forces of Zhu Zhu's Eastern Expedition."

"Besides, what other ways can His Royal Highness King Jin help?"

"It's hard to say now, but one thing is certain, His Royal Highness the King of Jin will never sit idly by and watch Zhu Jun destroy the Qi Kingdom."

：。 ：m.x