Meng Huo struggled in Yunnan for a while, and in the face of repeated defeats of the elite Chu army, he finally chose to surrender, Ma Hong named Meng Huo as the Marquis of Yunnan, and Yang Feng, who surrendered him in advance, as the Marquis of Yongchang, and ordered Meng Huo and Yang Feng to lead the army to help Wei Yan recover Yinan. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After that, Jiang Wei, Zhou Budo, Shangguan Qian and others returned to Xiangyang, and took the escort E Huan who was looking for Ma Hong.

In the fourth year of Ma Hong's reign, that is, in the twenty-third year of Jian'an, in 218 AD, the coal of Chu was able to develop 50,000 tons per year, and Zhuge Liang was responsible for manufacturing steam iron ships in Nanjun and Wuling County to cast 300 ships, each of which could carry 800 infantrymen. Ma Hong ordered Gan Ning, who was good at water warfare, to be transferred back to Xiangyang to train the navy. Ling Hu Du succeeded Gan Ning in charge of the defense of Yongliang Prefecture, and at the same time dispatched Wu Yi, Wu Ban, Zhang Yi of Yizhou, and Nanzheng of Hanzhong to order Zhang Wei to lead an army to assemble in Nanjun. At the same time, Chengdu was dispatched to order Ma Tan to lead an army of 20,000 to assemble in Nanjun.

Ma Hong began to plan to capture Eastern Wu, and ordered Hu Du to merge and Yong'er Prefecture, and Pang De as the deputy general and Chang'an to order Ma Liang to guard against the attack of Cao Cao's army. Zhang He was ordered to be the main general, Li Yan and Meng Da were the deputy generals, and Zhang Song was the military advisor, leading an army of 50,000 to defend Wancheng.

In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, in 219 AD, Ma Hong divided into five armies, including:

The first army was a naval army, with the general Gan Ning as the general governor of the naval army, leading 200 warships and 150,000 naval troops, with Zhang Ren, Wen Ping, Liu Pan, Wu Yi, Wu Ban, and Zhou Cang as generals, and Zhuge Liang and Fa Zheng as military advisors.

The second route army, with Pang Tong, the prime minister of Chu State, as the commander, led 100,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry. With Zhang Wei, Zhang Yi, Liao Hua, Jiang Xu, Jiang Yin, Pang Xi, and Wang Yan (Wang Yan who came back from herding sheep) as generals, and Liu Ye and Yang Yi as military advisors.

The Third Route Army, led by Wei Yan, a hussar general of the Chu State, led 50,000 infantry and 30,000 barbarians. Ma Yan, Liu Feng, Huo Jun; Including Meng Huo, Zhu Rong, Meng You, Yang Feng and dozens of southern and Chinese generals. With Jiang Wanfei Yi as the military advisor.

The Fourth Route Army, with Huang Zhong as the commander, led 50,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry. Wu Lan, Zhao Xian, and Jin Xuan were generals, and Deng Zhi was a military advisor.

The Fifth Route Army, led by Ma Hong himself, led 10,000 of the most elite bloodline regiments of the Chu State, 10,000 Wudang Flying Army, and 8,000 heavy armored cavalry, with Wang Ping, Deng Ai, and Jiang Wei as generals, and Zhou Budo as the military advisor.

The First Route Army went down the Yangtze River and attacked Jiangxia County garrisoned by Zhou Yu along the waterway, and the Fourth Route Army cooperated with the First Route to attack Jiangxia County; The second route army attacked Changsha County garrisoned by Zhu Ran from Nanjun, and the third route army attacked Changsha County from Wuling; Ma Hongqin led the Fifth Route Army to attack Jiangxia County. The five-way army marched together, with a total number of 420,000 people, known as a million lions, and the five-way army marched step by step to attack Sun Quan.

Sun Quan was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly convened the civil and military forces to discuss countermeasures, and finally Sun Quan adopted Zhang Zhao's suggestion and sent an envoy to Cao Cao to claim his vassal, asking Cao Cao to send troops to rescue him. And Sun Quan's deployment in Jingzhou, Zhou Yu of Jiangxia County was 50,000 people, and Zhu Ran of Changsha County was 40,000 people. Sun Quan hurriedly recruited 60,000 soldiers and handed them over to Lu Su, with Lu Su as the main commander and Lu Xun as the deputy general, to support Zhu Ran and Zhou Yu. Originally, this position of coach was Tai Shici's, but Tai Shici was seriously injured in the battle between Jiangxia and Guan Yu in Jingzhou, and died less than half a year after returning to Yangzhou.

The two armies fought, with the state of Chu dispatching an army of 420,000 and the Eastern Wu dispatching an army of 150,000.

"Chu Feng! Wind! Wind! Wind! ”

Gan Ning led 200 ironclad warships to approach Sha Xian, and after Zhou Yu and Lu Su joined forces, Zhou Yu dispatched 500 warships and led 80,000 naval troops to meet Gan Ning.

"Governor Dadu, the enemy army is menacing, if our army sends 80,000 sailors to the Yangtze River, then can the army resist the Chu army?" Xu Sheng said to Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu stood on the side of the Yangtze River and looked at the surging Yangtze River, and was silent for a long time before he slowly spoke: "Our foot soldiers are not the opponents of the Chu army, and if the Chu army wants to attack our Jiangdong, its water army must be the main force, if we destroy its water army, then even if we lose Jiangxia, our Jiangdong can be protected, if the water army is defeated, it will really be defeated." ”

"I heard that the commander of the naval army is Gan Ning, the general of the Chu State, and this person knows the method of water warfare very well." Xu Sheng said.

Gan Ning's name, how could Zhou Yu not have heard it, the first time he heard Gan Ning's name, it was the first time he fought with Ma Hong, Gan Ning beheaded Cheng Pu, Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, and then killed Huang Gai when he was fighting in Shaxian, this person can be described as the killer of the Eastern Wu generals.

"In this battle of Shaxian, either I was buried in the Yangtze River, or he Ganning was buried in the Yangtze River. Go down and count the soldiers and horses, and fight Ganning with me. Zhou Yu said loudly.

"No!" Lu Meng, Xu Sheng, Zhu Huan, Han Dang, Chen Wu, He Qi and others will speak in unison.

When the generals retreated, Zhou Yu slowly pulled out the sword at his waist, this Sun Ce's sword, he once said to Sun Ce, the sword of the person who always draws the sword is easy to break, Sun Ce did not listen to him, and finally died.

"Bo Fu, this battle is related to the survival of my Jiangdong, and I will fight to the end."

"Bo Fu, if I lose, you won't blame me!"

"Impossible! I, Zhou Gongjin, will not be defeated, Bo Fu, you can watch it from the sky! ”

"I, Zhou Gongjin's sword, will protect Jiangdong on your behalf."

Above the Yangtze River, the Chu army camp.

The surging Yangtze River was pressed by two hundred huge ironclad warships as if angry, and the wind and waves on the river were very strong, and the oncoming wind was very strong, wanting to hinder the advance of the Chu State Naval Army. The flags on the river are spread with stars, and the Qinglong Flag is blown by the wind.

Gan Ning, Zhuge Liang, and Fa Zheng were standing on the deck, facing the wind. Zhuge Liang squinted his eyes and used a feather fan to cover the wind that blew in his eyes.

Fa Zheng stroked his beard and said with a smile: "The sailboat goes with the wind, and the headwind will go slowly, but who would have thought that the lord would actually develop this steam engine, of course, Brother Kong Ming and Brother Kong Ming's wife also made a lot of efforts." ”

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "Zhou Yu, the opposite side is the first general in Jiangdong, this battle will be the most critical battle, if we win, we will definitely go down the river, Jiangdong Navy Division will no longer have combat strength, but if it is defeated, the king will launch this war and end in failure." General Gan, do you have confidence? ”

"The king asked two gentlemen to help me, and sent me the most elite sailors, the generals who are the best at water warfare, how could Gan Ning lose! This battle will definitely let Zhou Yu be buried under the water of the Yangtze River to pay tribute to the brothers who died in the war that year! Gan Ning showed a wild smile, flicked the bell hanging from his waist, and pulled out the streamer sword at his waist.

Zhuge Liang looked at Gan Ning, if you say where Gan Ning was defeated in the first water battle, it is this Sha Xian, Gan Ning followed Huang Zu to face Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, Gan Ning was the vanguard general, the whole army was wiped out in the first battle, this battle fought with Zhou Yu again, and it was also what Gan Ning had been looking forward to for a long time, that war, with Gan Ning entering Jingzhou together, there was not much left of the Shuzhong brothers, Gan Ning had been looking forward to this war for a long time, and he was looking forward to fighting Zhou Yu again.

"What about the brothers in the river? You look, I'm Gan Ning back, this time, I will definitely defeat Zhou Yu, you watch it well, watch it! ”

Gan Ning spoke loudly in the wind. (To be continued.) )