Chapter 585: The Great River on a Moonlit Night

The first battle between Liu Yi and the coalition army under the city of Luoyang lasted for four hours, until dusk when Han Sui Zhang Wei Fang Ming Jin withdrew, the coalition soldiers killed the city tower several times in the last hour, and the defenders started a hand-to-hand fight, although in the end they were all annihilated and above the city, but it brought great confidence to the attacking side, this is the first time they can climb the head of Luoyang City, tomorrow's offensive will be more targeted than today, and it will be more and more violent.

Watching the enemy army retreat slowly in a neat formation, Liu Yi had a hint of a smile on his calm face, now he is not sure whether Han Sui and the others have noticed that the defense of Luoyang City has been reduced compared to before, you must know that it is not easy to kill the enemy with all your strength, but it is also extremely laborious to show the enemy to be weak and just right, today's move He has discussed it many times with Zhang Yan and other generals, and there seem to be some clues from the enemy's last fierce offensive, but it still needs to be further verified.

Tonight's moonlit night is quite bright, the breeze has brought a little taste of late spring and early summer, the quiet Yangtze River is rolling and flowing under the moonlight, and from time to time it collides with the reef in the river to stir up a wave of flowers. At this time, the Yangtze River is wider than that of later generations, less of the destruction of modern cities, the reeds on both sides of the bank are also very dense, probably close to ten midnight, dozens of ships of all sizes were driven out on the north bank, most of them were mainly walking, and there were ten larger fighting boats that were guarded among them, all the ships only lit torches at the head and tail as marks, and carefully sailed to the opposite shore by the night, and saw that the depth of the draft of the hull of those fighting ships carried a lot of supplies.

The Yangtze River has been close to the mouth of the sea near the health of the river, the water flow is not turbulent, this is the end of March, the flood season has not arrived, and tonight's wind direction is the northeast, it is very suitable for ships to cross the river from north to south, but it saves a lot of effort than usual, if the wind direction on the waterway will turn to the southeast in January, and as the flood season is approaching, it will be much more difficult to rush across the river, which can be seen from the price of those ferries, most of them have to rise by three percent.

In the middle of the flotilla stood a white-robed warrior in the bow of the fighting ship, who was looking at the dark opposite shore with great vigilance, and with the darkness of the night, he could only see the shadow of the river wind blowing the reeds in his eyes, but in his heart he could be sure that the fleet of the Jiangdong Navy was hidden here, because three miles to the right of it was an open tidal flat, which was extremely conducive to the docking of ships, and they decided not to allow ships from the north to dock at this time.

This person is more than eight feet long, the sword eyebrows and starry eyes are very handsome, the age is twenty hanging zero, but the momentum of the sturdy body standing on the bow of the ship makes people dare not underestimate it, this white-robed warrior surnamed Xu Mingsheng character Wenxiang, a native of Langya County, Xuzhou, has been practicing martial arts with a famous teacher since he was a child, and his family has quite a lot of assets in addition to martial arts, but Xu Sheng is not interested in these subsets of scriptures and history, but he has a soft spot for military books and war strategies, and then cast himself under the command of Liu Xuan, the assassin of Yangzhou, and was promoted to the captain of Hengjiang River, and is very skilled in the water war. After Liu Xuan was defeated several times and Sun Ce's hand, he went to Xuzhou Liu Bei with his master, Liu Xuande admired this person very much when he saw him, and immediately appointed him as the commander of the navy.

At this time, if the world talks about the strength of the water army, it is natural to Liu Biao and Sun Ce as the leader, and Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, the deputy commander of the Jingxiang Water Army, are very good at the method of water warfare, Sun Jian came across the river that day, and finally failed in the hands of the two, it is indeed a rare general of water warfare, even Jinfan Gan Ning, who shocked the Yangtze River waterway, was quite jealous of the two, Luo Dada made a certain belittlement of Cai Mao in the romance, but also hinted at the power of these two people through the hands of Zhou Yu, Otherwise, with Zhou Gongjin's ability, how could he use all his strength to use the Qunying Society to send a false message through Jiang Gan's hands to get rid of these two? It shows that at that time, General Cai Zhang Er was put into Cao Cao's command to train the navy for him, which was a huge threat to Jiangdong.

As for Jiangdong Sun Ce's subordinates, they are even more heroes, Zhou Yu is proficient in everything for the time being, and the remaining Cheng Pu, Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai, Ding Feng and others are also among the leaders, the latter two can almost be on top of the river with Gan Xingba, with the nickname of Hengjiang and treading waves, it is precisely because of the existence of these generals that the Jiangdong Navy has faintly had the meaning of overshadowing Jingxiang, and the biggest worry raised by Kuai Liang when he visited Guo Jia that day was here, and let Liu Yi try his best to help!

The battle for Yangzhou in front of him, if the river can be crossed smoothly and the Jiangnan battlefield can play a pivotal role in the victory or defeat of both sides, and it will be more beneficial to the Xuzhou side, which Liu Bei has long seen in his eyes, so he also made Liu Xian's remaining Yangzhou naval army try to transport soldiers across the river, Jiangdong naval army will naturally not give in, the two sides have had several water battles before, and the result ended in Liu Bei's defeat, otherwise he would not beg Liu Yi to send troops to help, Liu Bei still knows a lot about General Liu's temper of only taking advantage and not suffering losses.

However, even if the war is defeated, the navy of Xuzhou is not useless, Xu Sheng is the highlight, he can fight with the Jiangdong general Jiang Qin with a difficult victory, and the final defeat is not in his body, but because the warship is really inferior to the other party, the command ability is roughly similar, as the first warship of the water war has become a decisive factor, but he is also very unconvinced, thinking that the Jiangdong navy is also borrowing the power of equipment, and its water combat ability may not be on him.

After that battle, Xu Sheng was ordered to guard Liuhe Water Village, but he was strictly ordered not to go out, only to expand the scale of the Water Village, the arrival of the Ganning Flying Tiger Army in Xuzhou, Youzhou is highly confidential, even Xu Sheng did not know, but as a general, he will not hesitate to implement the lord's orders, and he also got some hints from here, presumably there must be reinforcements to help.

Five days ago, a year of young scribes under the escort of General Zhang Fei's personal guards to Liuhe Water Village, this person's name is Pang Tong, is the head of the General's Mansion, he carries the official orders of the lord and the military division, Xu Sheng and all the soldiers of Liuhe Water Village have to listen to this person's dispatch for the time being! He has also heard a little about the name of Pang Tong, the battle of Jizhou has been over for nearly a year at this time, as a military general, he will definitely explore in it, Pang Shiyuan's deception of the city and the ancient ambush soldiers to break Gao Rou are all brilliant strokes, and what makes Xu Sheng even more excited is the news that Gan Ning personally led the Flying Tiger Army to help.

More than ten years ago, the Jianghai Zhuang lord and the king of justice, Jinfan Gan Ning, for the eldest brother and broke his family, left his long-term Yangtze River waterway, but left countless legends to future generations, the essence of its water war is said to be godly, until now there is Jingxiang people's home for the tablet of the king of justice, in this Yangtze River waterway that stretches for thousands of miles, the name of Jinfan is undoubtedly a myth!

And left the waterway Gan Ning's momentum did not weaken in any way, with Liu Yi's eastward expedition to the west to make countless contributions, set Liaodong, destroy Goguryeo, and open up remote lands for the Han Dynasty, Gan Ning used his own strength to prove that the name of Jinfan is not only on the water, but also on the land where he is vertically and horizontally, and then lost a lot of opportunities for big battles due to the Xingba in Jingxiang Liaodong, and the two soldiers of the state division and the two soldiers did not see the figure of the two generals, but when Yuan Shao and Dong Chengli should cooperate with the outside world and tried to take advantage of Liu Yi's absence in Youzhou to raise troops, It was Gan Ning who stood up again, and the Jizhou War was even more exciting, running thousands of miles and attacking the granary, and his people almost single-handedly decided the direction of the war!

Compared with some other famous generals, Gan Ning has a more legendary place, that is, his identity as a tycoon in the rivers and lakes, it can be said that he is a pure reckless background, such a famous general in the world is enough to attract the most attention, that is, his brother Liu Yi's reputation is not weak at all. The arrival of this person will definitely play a great role in the battle of Yangzhou, and Xu Sheng is convinced of this.

Xu Sheng, who often frolicked on the beach when he was a child, knew more about the terrible wind and waves on the sea than others, and if the Jiangdong warships in front of him on the Yangtze River were at sea, I am afraid that half of them will be destroyed, and Youzhou to Yangzhou has a distance of more than 1,000 miles, and Gan Ning's smooth arrival here proves that the rumored Flying Tiger Army is indeed strong, And Xu Sheng can be sure that the sturdiness of his warships is still higher than that of the Jiangdong naval army.

With these ideas and the military order of the lord, the meeting between Xu Sheng and Pang Tong was very harmonious, according to this person's plan, what he had to do tonight was to disguise and transport troops across the river before the flood season arrived, to lure the Jiangdong naval army hidden on the opposite bank out of the riverbank, not only that, but he also had to be able to lead the warship to retreat to the center of the river, as long as the enemy followed, Gan Ning's Flying Tiger Army would appear at this moment to strike at it, if it could be defeated, then Zhang Fei's army would cross the river tonight.

For Pang Tong's strategy, Xu Sheng still quite agreed, because the timing of his choice was extremely appropriate, he had also reported the matter to the lord several times before, but Liu Bei had never responded, and now the lord of the view must be waiting for the arrival of reinforcements. For being able to cooperate with Jinfan Ganning against the enemy, Xu Sheng also has a lot of expectations in his heart, although this name has left the Yangtze River waterway for more than ten years, it has been mentioned countless times by people from all walks of life, of course, there will be people who say that Jinfan was strong in the beginning, and now I am afraid that it is no longer the courage of the year, after all, the blank of more than ten years is a fact, and after him, there have been many heroes and heroes on the waterway, since ancient times, it is the back waves of the Yangtze River that push the front waves.

At that time, Xu Sheng was quite unimpressed by such remarks, and now he is even more scornful, Gan Ning's Flying Tiger Army can still gallop across the sea, not to mention the river in front of him? He absolutely believed that the Flying Tiger Army had the strength to defeat the Jiangdong Navy in front of him, the question was that this strategy to lure the enemy was very dangerous, with the speed of the enemy's warship, could he complete the turn of the fleet while spotting them? And this move can not be too obvious, the necessary abandonment is indispensable, but he also has to ensure enough strength to attract the enemy to pursue, in his heart the reason why Gan Ning chose to fight with the enemy in the heart is to give full play to the advantages of the ship, the depth of the river is also the key, if he lures the enemy not deep and is escaped back to the shore by the Jiangdong navy, I am afraid that it will not be good.

After careful consideration, Xu Sheng still decided to personally lead the army to take the risk, in addition to his confidence in himself, he also believed that Jin Fan would not let him down, as a general, there were several people who had never taken risks in his life, and no one except himself could do this trick of luring the enemy. As soon as he made up his mind, Xu Sheng did not hesitate to arrange it, at this time, the soldiers transported on the big ship were genuine, and the opponent's eyesight was also extremely accurate, and he would definitely engage with him in the process of luring the enemy, and at that time it would be difficult to conceal any means, and the necessary abandonment was inevitable.

For Pang Tong, the mood is much more relaxed, this abandoned son has nothing to do with him, but he still greatly appreciates Xu Sheng's talent, this person's deployment of troops and the decision of the opportunity are all like a general, saving him a lot of hands and feet will also greatly increase the success of this battle!

As the fleet gradually approached the opposite shore, Xu Sheng's heart also hung up at this time, and immediately ordered more than ten warships to sail to the reeds on the left, and his own brigade slowed down, he was afraid that the enemy would wait for him to be extremely close to the shore before making a move, and this response is also a common thing in water warfare, as expected, after the more than ten warships gradually approached, there were dots of fire in the reeds on the left and right, and they rushed towards the location of their fleet, and their speed was also extremely fast!

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