Chapter 68 The First Battle of the Naval Army
"Brother Gongjin, Brother Zijing, the war situation is urgent, I will go back to Jingzhou first to convey the alliance to General Zuo, and then greet the Jiangdong warriors in the Xiakou area, and hope that the two will urge the soldiers to move quickly. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" Ge Liang said goodbye to Zhou Yu and Lu Su.
Zhou Yu handed him over: "Zhuge military division, please rest assured, our military rations and equipment have already been prepared, and we will go to the battle today." ”
Ge Liang got on the clipper and urged several accompanying sergeants to hurry up and row hard, only hoping that Cao's army had not yet sailed to Jiangling and Xiakou, and in addition to informing Liu Bei that the alliance had been reached, he also needed to know whether Liu Qi would be able to enter Changsha as soon as possible.
It's so dangerous, when Ge Liang arrived at Xiakou day and night, and just before he saw Guan Yu and had no time to say hello, a sergeant came in and reported: "Cao Cao's army has arrived, and it is expected that it will be able to reach the mouth of the Jianghan River in two hours." ”
Guan Yu has been stationed in Xiakou for more than ten days, and he has already made preparations for battle, but he has only led the naval army to drill for more than half a year, and this is the first time in actual combat, so he is naturally more cautious, and asked Geliang how his trip to Jiangdong was while wearing armor.
"The Jiangdong Navy led by Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu will come over in a few days." Ge Liang was very relieved about Zhou Yu, because according to the historical records, Mei Zhoulang had great ambitions, and as soon as he heard that he was going to fight Cao Cao, it was like fighting chicken blood, and he shouted that Cao Cao was here to die, just because he had not been too valued by Sun Quan, so he waited for this opportunity to fight a big battle to show his talent.
Ge Liang is more concerned about seizing Changsha County: "Has the eldest prince been in contact with Liu Pan?" Where is he now? "If you don't rob the four counties in Jiangnan as soon as possible, in case they are all occupied by Zhou Yu at that time, Liu Bei will only occupy one southern county in the end, and the territory will be too small, and then he will have to give Sun Quan the handle of "borrowing Jingzhou".
"The eldest prince is in Xiakou, he has already sent a letter to Liu Pan, as for Changsha County, the military division does not have to worry, General Zuo has sent General Xiang Lang and Liu Feng to lead a thousand people, and I and the eldest prince have divided another 5,000 people, a total of 6,000 soldiers and horses to Changsha together. In the remote place of Changsha, there are only 1,000 soldiers in the county, and if Liu Pan leads the army to meet, Changsha is too protective of Han Xuan to resist. Guan Yu put on his armor and prepared to board the warship to meet the enemy.
Ge Liang looked at Guan Yu and said in his heart, if it weren't for the urgent military situation here, I would have hoped that you could go to Changsha! However, Huang Zhong is with Liu Pan, if Liu Pan is persuaded by Liu Qi, then Huang Zhong is a comrade-in-arms from the beginning, how can it be his turn to compete with Guan Yu?
"General Guan, where is the eldest prince, why didn't I see it? Is there any news that the Yi and others sent by the lord have come back from the four counties? Ge Liang still hopes that Liu Qi can go to Jiangxia, that unpromising guy, the only thing that can be useful may be his title as the eldest son, it is better to let him use this name to suppress the Taishou of those counties.
Guan Yu sent someone to invite Liu Qi. He didn't urge Liu Qi to go to Changsha, just because most of the naval forces he led now had just been received from Jiangling, and they originally belonged to Liu Qi's name, and most of the enemy's naval forces in the next war were the original Jingzhou troops, maybe Liu Qi could still play a role. Among the 5,000 people sent out, most of them belonged to Liu Bei's men and horses in Fancheng.
"What's going on in Gangneung City now?" That's where it all comes in.
Guan Yu replied: "Most of Cao's army should not have arrived yet, I just received a letter from Jiangling here. By the way, now it is time to send someone to report to General Zuo that Sun Quan has sent troops to unite. ”
"Strategist, you're back." Liu Qi came over sleepily.
What a guy who doesn't know whether he lives or dies, this is about to start a war, he hasn't woken up yet, no wonder he was snatched away by Mrs. Cai and Liu Cong, and he has no sense of crisis at all! Ge Liang wanted to scold him very much, but because of his identity, he couldn't speak, so he could only remind him: "Eldest prince, Cao's army is about to arrive here, you have to command the sergeants to fight with General Guan." ”
Although Liu Qi was a little stupid, he was still honest, and when he heard the news, he immediately straightened up and followed Guan Yu, and asked Ge Liang again: "Is the military advisor in Jiangdong okay?" ”
"Once connected, they'll be able to come here and fight with us in the next few days." Ge Liang knew that Liu Qi was also timid.
Guan Yu is about to get on the warship: "Is the military advisor going back to Jiangling or staying here?" ”
"I really want to go back to Gangneung, but I still need to contact the Jiangdong Army." Ge Liang looked around, "Wait for the next battle, I'm afraid that this river may be blocked by Cao Cao's army." General Guan, please give me a few horses and a few sergeants who are familiar with the land route. ”
Liu Qi was more familiar with Jiangxia, and immediately matched Ge Liang with good people.
Ge Liang instructed the rowing sergeants to set off to the downstream first.
On the boat, Guan Yu stood proudly, his long beard was blown up and down by the river wind, but his tall body stood majestically, and a pair of Danfeng eyes were half-squinted at the confluence of the Jiang and Han in front of him, which made people feel cold and mysterious.
Ge Liang stood beside Guan Yu, and suddenly felt that there was an invisible pressure that made him a little breathless, and looked up at this extremely majestic man who was two meters tall, and he had to be convinced. Alas, I don't usually think that this one is going to fight, and the murderous aura on the second master is together, and the whole god of war comes. I am a person of more than 1.8 meters, except for my height, my whole body circumference is several circles smaller than him.
The battle finally began, Cao Cao's navy in the distance had just entered the confluence of the river, because it was about to change from going down the Han River to going up the Yangtze River, all the ships and pulppers, the sails were also urgently out of the angle, and for a time many ships began to cross the river.
Guan Yu's lying silkworm raised his eyebrows, and his squinted Danfeng eyes opened suddenly, and he waved the command flag: "Kill!" ”
For a while, the drums were deafening, and Guan Ping and the generals drove large boats and small boats down the water quickly, violently attacking the Cao Jun ships that were out of formation.
Liu Qi also hurriedly commanded his part of the men to follow, and shouted desperately: "Kill!" Kill! "The eldest prince felt so excited for the first time in actual combat.
Cao Jun's pioneer ships were busy stabilizing their hulls and turning around, and before the ship could be stabilized, they were attacked violently, and suddenly they were in a hurry, and the boat was turning on the river. Some of the sergeants from the north were unable to stand on their feet, and where could they organize effective resistance, so they simply went down the Yangtze River to hide and dodge first.
The ships that followed those who had not yet sailed to the surface of the Yangtze River hurriedly stopped their boats and organized archers to send arrows to the bow of the ships to support.
Guan Yu saw that the enemy army was gradually stabilizing its position, and when he saw that it was good, he accepted it, and asked Guan Ping to lead the army to withdraw and continue to hold upstream.
Ge Liang saw that hundreds of enemy ships were destroyed and scattered by Guan Yu so quickly, he was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, and hurriedly patted Guan Yu's ass: "General Guan grasped the fighter plane and quickly attacked, gave Cao Jun a blow to the head, and greatly frustrated the enemy's spirit, which is really worthy of a good general!" ”
Guan Yu's Danfeng eyes had already narrowed: "I just hate that there are too few troops, and I can't take advantage of the victory to pursue." ”
Ge Liang said again and again: "The general only needs to retreat all the way to the battle, slowly move closer to the direction of Jiangling, retreat one or two hundred miles, give up Jiangxia, and wait for all the Cao army to enter the Yangtze River, we and the Jiangdong naval army can be attacked back and forth, and the Cao Cao naval army will be annihilated." ”
"General Guan, I'll go down first to meet Zhou Yu's army, and when the time is ripe, we will pass on good news and attack back and forth." With a small victory, Ge Liang felt that they were more confident to see Zhou Yu again.