"Zhou Tai obeys!"

Zhou Tai shouted: "The end will be! ”

"The rest of the naval army will be temporarily led by you, widening the gap between the Chen soldiers and the river, bluffing to fill the main force to disrupt the heart of the Jiangling defenders, and at the same time to ensure the smooth flow of our army's water transportation, is there a problem?"

"My lord, no!"

"It's so decided, Zijing, Xingba, the key to taking Jingzhou is on you, I wish you a victory!"

Lu Su and Gan Ning glanced at each other, and said in unison: "Don't worry, our army will completely annihilate the invading enemy and help the lord achieve hegemony!" ”

Liu Zhang said: "Okay, you guys set off immediately!" ”

"Yes!" The two immediately got up and left, and soon, a large number of naval warships untied their cables and set sail, heading straight for the public security.

Gong'an is a small city, there are only a few hundred soldiers and horses in the city, but the Gong'an Port is one of the important places to communicate the north and south of Jingzhou, so there are 1,000 sailors stationed all year round, about 20 ships.

Such a force is naturally not the opponent of Lu Su and Gan Ning, when they saw the huge fleet that came with the stream, and saw Gan Ning's iconic golden bell, the public security navy was in chaos, and the port was blocked before the ship left the port, and countless arrows rained down, and after a while, more than half of the casualties of the public security navy begged to surrender.

After the port was attacked, hundreds of infantry troops opened the door and surrendered without firing a single arrow. In less than an hour, Lu Su and Gan Ning successfully captured the public security with a small number of casualties of less than 50 (only three people were killed, and most of the casualties were caused by the collision of two warships due to the rapid impact speed).

Lu Su and Gan Ning arranged the defense of the port and the city on the one hand, and sent spies to spy on the intelligence according to Liu Zhang's order, and at the same time transmitted the good news to Jiangling.

Jiangling's huge feint attack has begun, 20,000 infantry troops will be surrounded by Jiangling City, waving flags and shouting endlessly, no hundreds of ten pounds of boulders from time to time across the sky, falling into Jiangling City inside and outside, so that Jiangling City is shocked overnight, Bei Yu's messenger for help is pulling out and rushing out, under Liu Zhang's deliberate arrangement, there are often one or two lucky people who break out of the encirclement and go to Xiangyang.

Note: In his previous life, Liu Zhang thought that the catapult was the thunderbolt invented by Liu Ye, but after coming to the Eastern Han Dynasty, he learned that the catapult had been used on the battlefield as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, and it was definitely not a rare thing at this time, and Liu Ye's thunderbolt should have only improved it.

On the first day of the siege of Gangneung, the messengers who broke out of the siege hurried day and night, and finally arrived in Xiangyang on the third day.

When Wang Rui was discussing with Kuai Yue, Cai Mao and others how to destroy Huang Zu, enter all Jingnan, unify Jingzhou and conquer Yizhou in the west, and achieve hegemony, suddenly the guards came to report, and a messenger arrived in Jiangling.

Wang Rui immediately ordered someone to bring it, took the book and looked at it, Wang Rui almost vomited blood, just now he was still dreaming of the hegemony of the dynasty, who expected it to be in the blink of an eye......

After Kuai Liang read the letter, his brows furrowed, and then he passed the letter to Cai Mao, and Cai Mao's face changed greatly after reading it.

Kuai Liang read the letter, and immediately said to the frightened Wang Rui: "Lord, Liu Zhang came with a large army, and he must try the whole territory of Jingzhou, at this time Jiangling is besieged, and it is in danger, if the enemy breaks through Jiangling, our connection with Jingnan will be completely cut off, in order to protect my Jingzhou foundation, Jiangling cannot be lost, can not be lost!" Reinforcements must be sent, quick! ”

Wang Rui looked at the two of them and said: "If I had known that Liu Zhang had the intention of attacking Jing, I should have deployed heavy troops in Zigui, otherwise with Wang Wei's talent, I would not easily lose the city, alas, ......" After a long sigh of annoyance, he said: "If what Bei Yu said is true, the enemy's army has as many as 70,000 or 80,000 land and water troops, and the total strength of my Xiangfan and Nanyang is only 33,000, and the total number of naval and army troops is less than 60,000, even if all of them are sent, how can it be Liu Zhang's enemy?" ”

Cai Mao said: "My lord, Jingzhou's water network is vertical and horizontal, and the victory or defeat of the battlefield is determined by the water battle. As long as our army defeats Liu Zhang in the water battle, he will retreat without a fight, and then our army can go against the current, counterattack Yizhou, and achieve the grand wish of the lord in one fell swoop! ”

Kuai Liang also said: "The training of the navy is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the financial expenditure is like flowing water, and the water system in Yizhou is barren, and throughout the 400 years of our Han Dynasty, we have never been able to establish a navy. Liu Zhang has only been in charge of Yizhou for three years, although he has been in charge of Yizhou well, but Yizhou's congenital deficiencies determine that he cannot establish a water army that can compete with our Jingzhou Navy within three years. Although there are about 30,000 sailors in Yizhou today, the number is roughly the same as that of our Jingzhou navy, but the combat power is low, and it is difficult to become an atmosphere, and my Jingzhou sailors will definitely be invincible! ”

Speaking of the navy, Wang Rui finally has a little confidence, the Han has two powerful naval armies, one for Jingzhou and the other for Yangzhou, the two armies are of the same size, but Jingzhou occupies the advantage of the upstream, so it has always pressed the Yangzhou navy, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the combat strength of the Jingzhou navy is in the world. The Yizhou Naval Division, like the Xuzhou and other naval divisions, has always been the child of the stepmother, with very few people, insufficient funds, old warships, and most importantly, it has never been valued by the imperial court.

"Yes, yes, immediately send a naval army to rescue Jiangling, as long as the Yizhou naval division is defeated, it will be difficult for the Yizhou infantry army to gain a foothold in the land of Jingchu! Deju, you are my first general in Jingzhou, and the annihilation of the Yizhou Navy is related to my Jingzhou foundation and your and my lives, and the stakes are very high, I can only ask you, here, I ask you to personally lead the Navy to rescue Jiangling! After that, he solemnly bowed to Cai Mao.

Where does Cai Mao dare to accept it? Hurriedly got up and flashed to the side, and said honestly and fearfully: "The lord must not be like this, the last general will never dare to be!" The last general has inherited the lord's kindness for a long time, and he has not had time to repay, and his heart has been uneasy for a long time, this time Liu Zhang came unreasonably, and the last general, as a minister of Jingzhou, should deal with him until the last breath, in order to repay the kindness of the country! "This gentleman is not the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, but Wang Rui.

Wang Rui said repeatedly: "Good, good, good ......"

Kuai Liang said: "My lord, just in case, our army should advance by land and water to contain the enemy's land forces to relieve the pressure on Jiangling." Once the water war is won, the naval army immediately joins hands with the infantry army to annihilate the enemy on land, Yizhou soldiers and horses are only more than 100,000, this time almost airspace, as long as our army is completely annihilated, Yizhou is difficult to form a new army in the short term, our army can take advantage of the situation to take Yizhou! ”

Wang Rui said again: "However, my Xiangfan and Nanyang troops are empty, if we send troops south, if Hanzhong Wei Yan, Yingchuan Cao Cao, Luoyang Lu Bu, and even Dong Zhuo in Guannei take advantage of the void, how can our army be good?" ”

Kuai Liang said: "Lord, many large families in Xiangfan are rich in money and food, but thieves are everywhere, on the grounds of protecting family property and business transportation, they have raised a very large number of private soldiers, and these private soldiers have a large number of people, which has far exceeded their needs to protect their family business, and gradually began to influence the politics of Jingzhou, which can be said to be a source of turmoil, and it will become a big trouble for me in Jingzhou over time." Why didn't the lord take advantage of Liu Zhang's attack to recruit large private soldiers, accompanied by some soldiers, and go south to relieve the danger of Jiangling! ”

Wang Rui said: "Zirou's plan is very clever, it can be described as killing two birds with one stone. But are the rich willing to sacrifice their private soldiers? What's more, the situation in Gangneung is critical, and it will take a lot of time to recruit private soldiers, will you misunderstand the opportunity to relieve the siege? ”

Kuai Liang Zhizhu said in his hand: "Don't worry, the rich family raises private soldiers, this is against the law and discipline of our Han Dynasty, if they are not willing to hand over the private soldiers, the lord can gather a crowd to kill one or two people for the crime of rebellion, in order to achieve the goal of killing chickens and monkeys, the rest of the relatives, dare not obey?" What's more, for more than a year, our army has spread the bad deeds of Yizhou throughout Jingzhou, and the officials and people of Jingzhou have a deep hatred for Liu Zhang in Yizhou. If the lord is worried that he will miss the opportunity to relieve the siege and lose a heavy city, the lord can send the Xiangfan garrison as the main force in advance, accompanied by a small number of private soldiers, to go south immediately. The action of recruiting private soldiers in Xiangfan continued, and the soldiers recruited could be incorporated into the Jingzhou army to ensure the stability of Xiangfan, and carry out unified training, strengthen military discipline and combat effectiveness, and then give favors. In addition, the lord should write letters to Jiangxia, Changsha, Wuling, Lingling, and Guiyang counties to show affection and reason, and ask each county to send troops to help. At the same time, we should send someone to report the news to the Holy Lord, ask the Holy Lord to issue an edict to arrest Liu Zhang, and send someone to contact Liu Zhang, and strictly order him to immediately withdraw his troops and return to the garrison. ”