A country is like a person, and a person has a character, and so is a country.

Whether it is the former Shu Han or the current Ji Han, although there are such and such noises, the mainstream from top to bottom is a group of idealists who work hard to realize their ideals.

Although Sima Jin is compared with Cao Weilai, his efficiency, political style, and combat effectiveness are all much worse. But in general, before Sima Yan hung up, it was basically reliable.

And what about the country of Soochow?

At both ends of the first rat, he does big things and spares his life, and he is greedy for small profits and forgets his life. This is the overall urine nature of the Jiangdong family that has begun to erode, and in Soochow, which has no choice but to become Jiangdong, such a national attribute can not be completely changed by an enterprising monarch.

Originally, according to the plan of Sun Hao and others, Wu was going to send troops in mid-to-late November. As a result, in December, neither Jingzhou nor Jiaozhou could be dispatched.

The reason is, of course, that the families of Soochow are dragging their feet.

On the Jingzhou side, there were 50,000 people under Lu Kang's command, and Zhong Hui supported another 20,000. But out of these 70,000 people, the country's army is only about 50,000, and the remaining 20,000 are all private soldiers of various families. Among these private soldiers, the family who was originally in Jingzhou is easy to say. The private soldiers of the Lu family, the Lu family, the Lu family and other families are basically waiting for the day and can fight at any time. But the soldiers from the family here in Yangzhou, hey, I don't know what to say.

Instead of Jingzhou, the situation in Jiaozhou is even worse. The commander here, Xue Jue's ability is much worse than Lu Kang's, not to mention, the key is that Xue Jue is still sick, and he doesn't have much energy to take care of things at all. You said that if you are not well, you should rest, and leave the matter to the people below to do it. For example, Cangwu Taishou Tao Huang is a very capable general. But this Xue Jue controls the power and refuses to let go, he can't do things himself, and he doesn't allow others to do things. As a result, even if Zhonghui had sent Yangzhou reinforcements to Jiaozhi, the entire Jiaozhou Army was still unable to act.

Faced with such a situation, Sun Hao, who was in Jianye, was of course very angry and issued a strict urging. In addition, the Jin Kingdom in the north did move in Bingzhou and Tongguan, which involved a large number of Ji Han's troops. At the same time, the Jin State on Shangyong's side also fought with Cao Wei, and it is said that it was going well, and two of the three counties of Shangyong were taken. At this time, the families of Eastern Wu began to be anxious: we initially wanted to let the Jin Kingdom take the lead to help us attract the attention of the Shu thieves. But the progress of the Jin Kingdom is too fast, right? Accidentally, this Cao Wei has just raised the flag and is about to be destroyed again? If Wei and Jin stopped the army, the Jin State retreated, and the Shu thief pulled out his hand, we only pounced at that time, wouldn't we be looking for a fight? Therefore, it is better to hurry, taking advantage of the fact that the Shu thieves are being pinned down so much, we will give full play to the fine tradition of the previous emperor, and hurry up to steal a handful of chickens.

Finally, on December 15, 269 AD, Lu Kang sent troops in Xiling.

At this time, the Yangtze River is in the dry season, and it is completely devoid of the hideous appearance of the wanton roar in summer, except for the occasional reef under the river surface that is more annoying, and it is generally very friendly. Therefore, on December 20 of this year, Lu Kang's army crossed Jianping County and entered Badong County in Jihan.

After entering Padang-gun, crossing the narrowest Wu Gorge on the river, and entering the Qutang Gorge, where the water is slightly gentler. Lu Kang ordered the whole army to stop.

"What do you mean by that?"

"Our army has been preparing in Xiling for too long, and in view of the ability of the Shu thief Si Wencao, Yong'an City must be prepared at this time. It's no longer possible to think of a simple sneak attack. So, let's take a break here and see if we can find an opportunity to lure out the defenders of Yong'an City. ”

When Lu Kang said this, many generals of the Jingzhou Legion, such as Zhang Zheng, Lu Mu, Lu Shu, etc., felt that there was no problem. But the generals from Yangzhou were not very convinced. Among them, Gu Li relied on the fact that he was a relative of Lu Kang, and openly choked: "Young, Your Majesty's order to us is to take Yong'an and then enter Fuling." My Great Wu sent a full 60,000 troops this time (and 10,000 stayed in Xiling to guard against the Jin State's betrayal of the alliance). How many soldiers and horses can Shu thieves have in Yong'an? What if you are prepared? Besides, the thieves in Shu are up and down, and Jiang Wei and Guan Yi can be beaten. The other generals are like chickens and dogs...... As soon as my army arrives, wouldn't it be better to crush it directly? ”

"Hehehe, Ji Xun must not underestimate the Shu thief in Yong'an. Guan Zifeng has arranged 15,000 soldiers and horses here, including 10,000 sailors. And their general is Sun Gang and Sun Dinglie, the patriarch of the Shu Thief Revival Society. Although this man is not well-known in the Renaissance Society, the Governor knows that this person is calm, resolute and cautious. With this person in charge, Yong'an's defense must be extremely complete. You can't win by just having a lot of troops. ”

"Otherwise, I also know Sun Dinglie. I admit that I am good at raising pigs, but I have to lead the troops to fight, hahahaha~~~"

It seems that you Gu Li really led the troops to fight.

Although he secretly despised it in his heart, Lu Kang and Lu Xun's personalities are in the same vein: when colleagues don't believe their words, the Lu family will never be hard-headed. Instead, he'll make you do what you originally thought until you hit your head and bleed, and then come back and admit your mistake.

Therefore, at this time, Lu Kang also said to Gu Li with a smile: "Since Ji Xun thinks so, then good, this governor will give you one hundred and fifty fighting ships, three hundred building ships, six hundred ships, a total of 20,000 soldiers and horses." Ji Xun can be the vanguard of our army, and he will attack Yongan first. Is that good? ”

"Great goodness! Please rest assured that there will be good news later! ”

There is a ghost when there is good news. However, although I must have allocated to you an army dominated by private soldiers, this is 20,000 men. If the loss is too bad, it will not look good. Therefore, not long after Gu Lile went down to reorganize the army, Lu Kang also called over a general with a square face, three long beards under his chin, and extremely majestic at a glance: "Zizhong, you also go and prepare, lead 10,000 Wuchang troops, and respond later." ”

"The last general commands!"

This son is Zhang Zheng, the general of Eastern Wu. On the basis of history, Yanghu and Lu Kang died of illness one after another. The military chiefs of the Western Jin Dynasty and the Eastern Wu Dynasty in Jingzhou were successively replaced by Du Pre and Zhang Zheng. In the face of the Jingzhou defense line presided over by Zhang Zheng, even Du Wuku felt at a loss. In the end, he had to use a counter-plot to let Sun Hao remove Zhang Zheng by himself.

Therefore, with this response, in Lu Kang's view, there may be a small defeat on this side, but it will not suffer heavy losses. In this way, Yangzhou's reinforcements will become obedient to command.

In exchange for a small defeat in exchange for a high degree of unity in the command of the whole army, whether it was Lu Xun in the past or Lu Kang now, he would feel that it was worth it.

However, Lu Kang completely underestimated Sun Gang's reaction this time.

On December 20, Gu Li divided his troops with Lu Kang, and then led 20,000 men to attack Yong'an.

In the end, he is a child of a family, Gu Li still has a bit of a brain. He controlled the pace of the flotilla well. By the time the entire fleet appeared in the sight of Yong'an City, the sun had completely set. Nightfall acts as a good cover - yes, most ships in this era are looking for a place to stop at night, but who are we? The world's No. 1 Wu Water Army! Back then, the Chibi broke Cao Man and fought at night! So night flights or something, it's not a problem at all!

However, Sun Gang densely packed all kinds of buoys in the waterways of the Yangtze River. These buoys are meant to ignite the oil at night: in normal times, they are like the lightboats that mark inland reefs in modern society, pointing out the dangers of ships sailing at night. In wartime, a large number of warships sailed in, and the large ships that broke the waves formed waves that were transmitted from the center of the river to the riverside. This caused the buoys in the river to shake violently. From this the buoy suddenly became a sentinel: the enemy is coming!

When Gu Li's fleet sailed into the Yongan waterway, many buoys in the waterway shook violently one after another. Hearing only a whistle, the surface of the upper river, which had been dark and dreary, suddenly brightened.

All the warships of Ji Han Yongan's naval army have long been placed in the Yangtze River waterway, and all of them are facing the enemy horizontally.

With the sound of drums on the warship, countless fireballs rose from the battleship of the Ji Han Navy and pulled an extremely bright arc in the pure black night sky - the soldiers of the Ji Han Navy did not care about the black and unclear status quo in the downstream direction. I just started shooting blindly like crazy!

Although the hit rate of blind shots is extremely low, it is a hit in the end. With Soochow the first battleship was hit, then the fire spread afterward. The entire Soochow fleet had nothing to hide against the backdrop of the firelight.

"Herald! Unleash the fireboat! ”

"No! Unleash the fireboat! ”

As a calm voice sounded on a huge fighting ship of Ji Han, Ji Han's navy across the river instantly released more than a hundred small fireboats downstream.

This kind of fireship, the construction is extremely simple, and the protection of the bow is completely absent. But there was a very large sail in the middle of the whole hull, and the hull was filled with all kinds of hay and oil. There was a pointed barb sticking out of the bow of the boat. This kind of ship is a natural advantage for the upstream side to face the downstream side in inland water warfare.

After the fireship had been released some distance, the few sailors on board adjusted the angle of the sails one last time to bring them to maximum speed. He then lit the hay on the boat, and quickly jumped into the water.

"The fireship is coming! Beware of avoidance! ”

"Plug in and block the fireship!"

"The fireships are concentrated in the center of the river, and the fleet is scattered, moving to the direction of both sides to evade!"

Seeing this posture, commanders at all levels quickly issued the most correct orders.

Unfortunately, whether the order is correct or not also depends on the development of the times and changes in the geographical environment.

As the Soochow fleet began to turn, especially after the main warships in the fleet were transferred from the position in the center of the river to both sides of the river. Another whistle. On the originally towering cliffs on both sides of the strait, countless fireballs actually fell from the sky!

"Trebuchet! The Shu thieves actually installed trebuchets on the cliffs on both sides! ”