Chapter 1278: The Battle of Wu
"Wen Zixi, I won't kill you and swear not to be a person!!"
At this point, Wen Shun withdrew his troops, and Cao Zhang, under Hao Zhao's strategy, successfully escaped from the encirclement of the Tang soldiers. This is the end of the Jianping War. When Wen Shun returned from collecting his troops, Wang Shuang had already taken Wucheng. Cao Zhang abandoned the city and fled, there was no Wei soldiers in Wucheng, and the people in the city saw the Tang soldiers rushing and did not resist, so they immediately offered the city, so Wang Shuang won Wucheng without much effort. That night, Wen Shun led troops into the city, set up a banquet, rewarded the three armies, and prepared troops and horses in Wucheng on the one hand, and sent people to inform Wenhan, the king of the Western Tang Dynasty, to report the results of the battle.
Since Wucheng fell into the hands of Wen Shun, there was no war in Xichuan, and the forty-one states of Xichuan were all summarized in the Western Tang Dynasty. The Western Tang Dynasty annihilated the Shu State, took the land of Xichuan, and Liang, Yong, and the three states, as well as the two counties of Hanoi and Hejian, and the borders of the country were prosperous, and they approached Cao Wei.
It is said that Cao Cao has been training sailors at the mouth of the Sanjiang River for a long time, when the Western Tang Shang and Shu Han fought a decisive battle in Chengdu. Cao Cao wanted to conquer Eastern Wu as soon as possible, so he led his troops into Xichuan, taking advantage of the defeat of the Western Tang Dynasty and Shu Han to take advantage of the fisherman. Cao Cao then wanted to raise troops and horses to cross the river and march, and Liu Ye admonished.
"Your Majesty doesn't need to be in a hurry. Today, our army has 360,000 soldiers and horses here. Eastern Wu only has 50,000 troops, how can it resist our Great Wei Army!? Why didn't Your Majesty send an envoy to Dongwu Dazhai to explain the benefits and disadvantages, and teach Na Lu Zijing to lead the people to surrender, so as not to lose their lives. ”
When Cao Cao heard this, he raised his eyebrows and said in a condensed voice.
"I'm afraid that the thieves of Dongwu will be stubborn and refuse to give in!"
"Your Majesty don't have to worry about it. If Zhou Gongjin is still alive, this person is courageous, strategic, and has a very high prestige in Eastern Wu, or dares to fight our army to the death. But now that Zhou Gongjin has passed away, although Lu Zijing has a strategy, he does not have the courage of Zhou Gongjin. Your Majesty can repair a letter and send it away, or it may have a miraculous effect. If Lu Zi is willing to surrender, my Great Wei can get the Eastern Wu without much effort, not only can save the troops, but also take the people of the Eastern Wu as the forerunner, from Jiaozhou, to attack Xichuan. Our army came out from Jiangling and entered Jianping, and the two armies went out together, and it did not take half a year to conquer Xichuan. At that time, with just a small country in the Western Tang Dynasty, how can it resist my Great Wei Xiong Army!? In a few years, Your Majesty will be able to dominate the country and put an end to the troubled times!! ”
Liu Ye talked eloquently, Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this, covered his palms and laughed, and said yes in a row, so he repaired a letter and sent an envoy to Dongwu Dazhai. But said that on the other side, Lu Su set up a big village on the side of the Yangtze River, looking at the flags on the south bank of the Yangtze River faintly, and the halberds were heavy, Lu Su knew that Cao Cao would soon march to attack Wu, so he discussed with the generals.
Cao Mengde gathered 360,000 troops at the mouth of the three rivers, claiming to be 400,000 soldiers and horses. Our army has only 50,000 troops, and a hard battle with the other army is undoubtedly a mantis arm blocking the car and hitting the stone with an egg. Do you have a plan!? ”
As soon as Lu Su's words fell, there was an angry roar under the table, like a tiger's roar. Lu Su fixed his eyes and saw that the man was burly, with long arms, and powerful all over his body.
"How can the Metropolitan Governor grow the morale of others and destroy his own prestige!! Hundreds of thousands of Wei thieves, in the eyes of a certain person, it is like child's play!! ”
Gan Ning's tiger eyes lit up, and he shouted angrily. When Lu Su heard this, he was not angry but happy, and asked anxiously.
"What do you say about Xingba!?"
"The Wei people are not familiar with water, and under the whole world, if you talk about the essence of water warfare, it should be my Dongwu soldiers. Besides, my Soochow ships are elite, and they are more advantageous. Our army is guarding the Yangtze River, if the other army arrives, I will lead thousands of soldiers and horses, and I can kill them without leaving a piece of armor!! ”
Gan Ning was full of fighting spirit, and seemed to have really regarded Cao Cao's 360,000 soldiers as nothing. Lu Su listened to the words, and now Lu Meng, Ling Tong, Ding Feng and other generals also came out one after another, and loudly expressed their will to fight, and they were willing to fight to the death.
Lu Su's spirit was shocked, and at this moment, suddenly a soldier came to report, and Cao Cao sent an envoy to deliver a book.
Lu Su's face changed, and in an instant, the murderous spirit in the tent was full of anger, and all the soldiers were gearing up, as if they wanted to rush out of the tent and break the body of the Wei envoy into thousands of pieces, in order to vent their hatred.
"Hmph. It seems that Cao Mengde despised the Metropolitan Governor very much, and if I am correct, the Wei envoy must have come here with the intention of recruiting our army. ”
Suddenly, Lu Xun, who had been silent on the left seat, snorted coldly and suddenly opened his mouth. When Lu Su heard this, his face suddenly changed drastically, and he shouted.
"How dare Cao Mengde insult me like this, it's really too deceitful!!"
Lu Xun's bright eyes shone brightly, as if he intended to provoke Lu Su, he rose up angrily and said in a condensed voice.
"I have heard that Cao Cao and his soldiers have a saying. If Zhou Lang was still alive, with his peerless talent, how could Da Wei dare to cross the river and commit Wu. Fortunately, Zhou Lang was damaged, and the number of Dongwu qi was exhausted, and there was no one in Dongwu! ”
When Lu Su heard this, his complexion suddenly changed drastically, and he, who had always had a gentle temper, was also angry by Lu Xun's words, his face was flushed, his eyes were fierce, and he gritted his teeth and shouted.
"What a Cao Mengde, I, Lu Zijing, want to fight you to the death, to see if I have no one left in Dongwu!!"
Lu Su's drink is a little more momentum and a little less elegant. Lu Xun was overjoyed, and he and Lu Meng and the others looked at each other, and everyone realized that they hurriedly shouted in unison.
"I'll wait for the Governor to follow the Metropolitan Governor, and fight with the Cao thief, and never die!!"
"Good!! All the princes are the heroes of the world, and with the help of all the princes, how can I be a thief!? ”
Lu Su's spirit was shocked, and his fighting spirit was high, so he ordered Wei to call the envoys left and right to enter the account. Suddenly, I saw that the Wei envoy was wearing a beautiful brocade robe, stepping in with his head held high, and he was very arrogant. When the generals saw this, they were all furious. Ding Feng glared at the huge eyes like copper bells and shouted angrily.
"Presumptuous!! I'm the Governor of Soochow here, so don't hurry up and salute!! ”
Ding Feng's voice was like thunder, and the shock made Na Wei's face change drastically, his body trembled, and he almost fell. At this time, Gan Ning snorted coldly again, his eyes were as sharp as sharp, and he looked over suddenly. Wei Envoy only felt that his heart froze instantly, how dare he slack off, and hurriedly bowed, and saw that Lu Su in the high hall had no reaction, his eyes were full of power, and his momentum was terrifying, where was it like a rumor in the army, he was a gentle and elegant gentleman. The Wei envoy immediately did not dare to be presumptuous, and after the salute, he only submitted the letter. Lu Su cast his eyes, and the cover was judged to be cloudy, and the Great Wei Emperor Fu Lu Dudu opened it.
When Lu Su saw it, his face immediately turned angry, and he was angry, and shouted.
"Cao Mengde usurped the emperor, persecuted the monarch, and forcibly seized the great weapons of the society, everyone can be punished, how dare he call the emperor in vain!!"
After Lu Su finished drinking, he didn't even open it, tore the book to pieces, and threw it on the ground. Gan Ning rushed out suddenly, and was about to drink and kill the Wei envoy. The Wei envoy suddenly fell to the ground in fright, begging for mercy repeatedly. Lu Xun pretended to be colorful, and said in hindrance.
"The two countries compete with each other, and they don't cut each other. General Gan also asked to calm his anger. ”
As soon as Lu Xun's words fell, Lu Meng suddenly came out and said angrily.
"Cao Mengde is a traitor and cunning, causing trouble in the world, and he is really an immortal traitor. You can be slashed to demonstrate!! ”
After Lu Meng finished speaking, Ling Tong and Ding Feng also echoed him. Lu Su's face was as pale as frost, and with a move of his hand, he responded to everyone's wishes and beheaded the messenger. When Wei heard this, he was so frightened that he cried and begged for mercy. The two Wu soldiers pounced like wolves, pushed them out of the tent, and let out a miserable cry, and the pig-like screams stopped. Lu Su then took the head of Fu Congren back and went to see Cao Cao.
Then, I saw Lu Su standing in front of the tent, pulling out the sword at his waist, and shouting.
"Cao Mengde's wolf ambition wants to swallow the world, and this heart is obvious. Now that Eastern Wu has the disaster of destroying the country, I hope that the public will be able to die and repay the grace of King Wu!! ”
"I'm going to fight to the death!!"
Gan Ning, Lu Meng, Ling Tong and others shouted in unison, and the momentum was like a tide, shaking all directions. Lu Su then made Gan Ning the vanguard, Ling Tong the left wing, and Ding Feng the right wing. Lu Su led Lu Meng and Lu Xun generals to respond. In the coming day, the fourth watch will make rice, and the fifth watch will start the boat, beat the drum and shout, and will fight to the death with the Wei army.
However, it was said that Cao Cao was waiting in the tent, and suddenly heard that the soldiers had come to report that Lu Su had destroyed the book and beheaded the envoy and sent him back from the first rank. When Cao Cao heard this, he was immediately furious, and called Pan Zhang to lead a group of Jingzhou generals to the front, and Cao Cao personally led Zhang Jaw and Cao Ren to be the rear army, urging the warships to prepare for war at the mouth of the three rivers.
The Wei soldiers of the various departments were rearizing, and suddenly, the sound of drums shook the opposite river, like an angry wave rolling. I saw the ships of Soochow, came from the river, only saw the middle of the river, at first glance, the seer saw the big ships, wrapped in iron armor, the wings were biased and sharp, the boat was more than five zhang high, there was a golden tiger in front of it, it was extremely majestic, like a giant beast in the river. Each large ship is surrounded by dozens of smaller boats. Cao Cao saw it on the ships of the rear army, his face changed continuously, and he urgently summoned the soldiers of Eastern Wu who had surrendered to inquire about it.
"What is the big boat on the river!?"
"Back to Your Majesty, that big ship is the Iron Tiger fleet, I heard that there are one hundred and thirty-six ships in total, each ship can carry a thousand people, if you want to stop, each ship is equipped with iron blades, you need to be on guard."
A member of the Eastern Wu generals did not dare to hesitate, and hurriedly replied. When Cao Cao heard this, his face changed, and he quickly ordered all the troops to be careful of the big ship in the river. Cao Cao was talking when suddenly a strong wind blew on the river, and the big boat on the river walked like the wind and drove quickly. I saw a big iron tiger ship in front of the fleet, and the first general, sitting on the bow of the ship, shouted.
"I'm Gan Xingbaye! Who dares to fight me?!! ”
However, it was said that when Wei soldiers saw the iron tiger ships, they were already timid, and now they heard the fierce battle of Gan Ning, the fierce general of Eastern Wu, but no one dared to respond. Pan Zhang heard it on the boat, his face froze, and the two members of the Jingzhou Descendant drove the boat forward to greet each other. In the Wei convoy, the sound of drums shook violently, and I saw dozens of ships suddenly move and meet the Wu confluency. Seeing the ships on both sides meeting in the river, Gan Ning saw it clearly, shouted, drew his bow and arrows, and looked at the soldiers on a big ship in front of the Wei army's ships, and shot arrows. There was a loud bang, and the arrows on the bow shot out like thunder. That Wei Jiang thought that it was far away, and he was not prepared, but he knew that the arrow was extremely powerful, and it suddenly shot from a distance. Seeing this, Gan Ning's expression was overjoyed, his tiger eyes lit up, and he quickly ordered the sergeant to beat the drum and drive the boat forward. Suddenly, the big ships and small boats in the Soochow fleet crashed into each other one after another.