Chapter 573: Mid-volley

It is a slightly narrow side aqueduct, and the entrance is especially narrow, like the mouth of a valley, and the banks are densely forested. Yuan Shaojun, who fled by boat, seemed to be in a panic and rushed directly into this waterway, and the Ganning Navy behind him had already chased and killed him, and began to slaughter and plunder.

Such terrain naturally aroused Gan Ning's vigilance immediately, and he felt that something was wrong the first time he saw the entrance of this narrow river, but this sense of vigilance was quickly overshadowed by the excitement in his heart.

"Kill!" Looking at the captured opponent's ship full of money, food and ordnance, Gan Ning continued excitedly.

The abundance of materials on Yuan Shaojun's warship made Gan Ning, a "big family" who had seen a lot of the world, feel a little surprised. If these dozens of ships are so rich, then he will make a lot of money!

The wealth was moving, and the money and rich supplies on the boat, which were not counted as falling into the water, made the soldiers under Gan Ning's command excited and fought one after another. You must know that Yuan Shu's treatment of the army under his command is very good, and two or three percent of these spoils will fall into their hands in the end.

Gan Ning's army pursued all the way through the slightly narrow entrance and poured into the waterway, constantly pursuing, fighting all the way, and soon completely wiped out this fleet that did not have much combat power. In order to avoid damage to the ships, Ganning's sailors basically adopted broadside warfare. Looking at dozens of ships full of supplies, Gan Ning was extremely excited: "Count the harvest, move all the supplies up, gather the soldiers, we are ready to retreat!" ”

Gan Ning's corporal rushed to the ship excitedly and moved the money, food, and ordnance from it, but they soon discovered the problem.

Zhang Nian stood in the cabin of Yuan Shaojun's ship, unhurriedly directing his subordinates to move supplies to his own warship, with some joy in his eyes.

As a centurion under Gan Ning, he has followed Gan Ning since the beginning of the formation of the Jiangdong Water Army, and he was still an ordinary soldier at the beginning. Over the past few years, he has followed Gan Ning to the south and north to see countless worlds, and has escorted a large amount of gold and silver in Yingzhou, boatload by boat of gold and silver; I have escorted pearls in Zhu Xuanzhou and Yizhou, and I have seen a large basket of pearls, and my knowledge can be said to be really wide. Although there was a lot of money and food in Yuan Shao's warship, it couldn't shock him, but he was only a little moved.

Watching the soldiers under his command finish moving the box placed on the outside, Zhang Nian was bored and opened a box located inside.

"Bang!"

After the box was opened, Zhang Nian's eyes suddenly widened. The sight was not gold, silver, copper, or ordnance, but a pile of sand.

"Not good!" Zhang Nian ran out of the cabin as soon as possible and shouted, "Evacuate!" Withdraw to the ship! We've been tricked! ”

Gan Ning, who was full of joy in the distance, heard this shout, as if he had been awakened from drunkenness, and immediately came back to his senses and shouted: "All back to the ship!" Come back, leave these supplies alone! Let's withdraw! ”

Gan Hu was puzzled and asked, "General, what's the matter?" ”

Gan Ning looked back at the entrance of the tributary in the distance, and said with a solemn face: "I'm afraid we have been tricked." ”

At this time, Yuan Shujun's well-trained advantages were brought into play, although there was some confusion and reluctance in his heart, but the soldiers under Gan Ning's command immediately threw down everything as soon as Gan Ning spoke, and reflexively rushed towards his own warship and retreated. The entire army was quickly withdrawn from these ships and assembled.

Gan Ning did not dare to delay at all, and after all the troops were withdrawn, he quickly commanded the withdrawal towards the entrance of the tributary.

However, by this time it was too late. Discovering the movements of Gan Ning's army, a large number of archers suddenly poured out from the dense forests on both sides, and they shot towards Gan Ning's army one after another. At the same time, bursts of fire erupted at the entrance to the tributary.

Looking at the dense firelight in the distance, Gan Ning only felt that his hands were extremely cold, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Damn!" It's a fireboat! ”

His worst fears came up. As the general of the world's first naval army, in the face of these landlubbers in Hebei, Gan Ning thinks that as long as he does not leave the water, absolutely no one can help him. But the power of fire and water is irresistible to Gan Ning, and the fire boat is what Gan Ning is most afraid of.

If it was above the Zhangshui, with the wide river, Gan Ning would consciously be able to pass through this kind of fireboat rush unharmed. But now this small tributary, such a dense fireboat, he can't dodge it head-on, and he can't retreat to dodge. Because of this narrow tributary, the river will only become narrower and narrower, and the length is too short, with Yuan Shaojun in ambush on both sides, his vitality will only become more and more dim at that time.

"Rush! Try to avoid the fireboats rushing from both sides! ”

When the brave meets on a narrow road, Gan Ning, who understands that retreating at this time will only kill himself, has no idea of waiting to be killed, and directly breaks the cauldron and sinks the boat.

Under Gan Ning's command, the warships quickly dispersed, heading into the gap between the oncoming fireship array, ready to dodge. Fortunately, the entrance to this tributary is narrower than the river where Ganning is located, and the influx of fireboats is quite scattered, leaving some gaps. The sailors under Gan Ning's command were all well-trained and experienced, driving warships like arms, trying their best to avoid the oncoming fireships.

But Gan Ning was not just facing a wave of fireships, the fireships at Taniguchi were coming down the river one after another. It's like a plane battle game, and it's constantly colliding.

Even if Gan Ning's command was an experienced sailor, when he encountered this kind of endless array of fireships that were about to die, there were soon a lot of losses. The water surface was too narrow, and there were constant arrows on both sides, but after two quarters of an hour, most of Ganning's sailors had already been killed or wounded. At this time, the opponent's fireboat finally ran out, and Gan Ning immediately led the army to rush forward quickly.

Xu You, who led all this, stood on the shore not far away, watching this scene with a sneer under the protection of a large number of soldiers, his eyes full of sarcasm and excitement. He had been planning for this moment for days.

In order to be able to deceive the shrewd Gan Ning, Xu You can be said to have worked hard. In order not to show his feet, Xu You didn't even notify his own people, and even lied to his own people. This transport team did exist, and the letter ordering the county lieutenant to lead the army to escort it was also true, but it was sent to all the counties along the coast. Gao Gan really didn't know about it, Xu You secretly let Gao Gan's herald and delayed his support. Except for the fact that the route is a little detoured, all this arranged by Xu You can be said to have no flaws at all, how could Gan Ning's upright and impatient personality not take the bait?

Later, he borrowed Xun Chen's spiritual talent to disturb Gan Ning's thinking in advance at the most critical moment, making him impatient. The material transport ships were also specially arranged by Xu You, and the ships that fell behind and were looted by Gan Ning at the beginning were indeed full of money, food, and ordnance, while only the outer layer of the other ships was real.

All of this cost a lot of money, which was enough to make Yuan Shao feel distressed. But in order to ensure that the action was foolproof, Xu You did it directly without scruples, and sure enough, Gan Ning was earned.