Sun Ce immediately told Zhou Tai that he had fallen into Luan Yi's plan to lure the enemy into the depths, and went deep into the siege of the church, and that his strong man had left 60,000 troops with broken arms and escaped to heaven.

Zhou Tai was shocked when he heard the news, "What? The hard-earned soldiers and horses are gone. ”

"It's gone, it's gone!" Sun Ce's eyes were red, and he looked up to the sky and sighed, "That's it!" Where there is life, there is hope. With all of you here, why worry about not being able to build a strong army. ”

While the two were talking, Zhou Yu let out an "oops" and knelt on the ground holding his chest.

Sun Ce and some Jiangdong civil and military officers panicked, and hurriedly went up to help, "Gongjin, how are you?" ”

"Just now, I was just talking, and I almost forgot about the big thing. After Youping withdrew from Zhuocheng, Zhuocheng really became an empty city. Luan Ziqi only needs to send a brigade to occupy it, and he can cut off the retreat of our army. In this way, our army is in danger! With that, Zhou Yu's eyes turned black and he fainted.

"Come on, save the military division." When the soldiers carried Zhou Yu away, as soon as he remembered the question raised by Zhou Yu just now, Sun Ce was so anxious that he turned around, "There are chasing soldiers in front and interception in the back, how can this be good." This phrase has become his mantra for days.

"Don't worry, lord!" Lu Su made a list of suggestions, "There are two large ports in the east of Jingzhou. The road to Wulin Port in the southeast was lost due to Zhuocheng, and now it has been cut off by Luan Ziqi. Obviously, there is no way back to Jiangdong on this road. Therefore, we should no longer go to Ulin, but should turn eastward and go to Hanjin. At the same time, a small number of scouts were sent to take the small road to inform Huang Gai and Gan Ning, who were stationed in Wulin, that they should immediately pull anchor and drive the big ship north to pick us up at Hanjin. As long as we get on the boat, Luan Ziqi has no way to take us. ”

Sun Ce immediately decided, "Zi Jing's words are reasonable. Pass my command, immediately turn due east, and speed up. Zijing went to select a few shrewd soldiers, gave them three horses each, and asked them to hurry up and go to Ulin to report the news. ”

"Whoa!" Lu Su took the order and left.

Subsequently, the Jiangdong army turned around and headed straight for Hanjin. After a long time, the outer probes reported that a few cavalry were following and chasing.

Sun Ce said at first that it was Luan Yi's men and horses who chased him, but later realized that the pursuer was none other than the fast horse he sent to Wulin Port for help. He couldn't help but wonder why it would take at least one day to get from here to Wulin, and it would take two days to go back and forth, so why did they come back in less than half a day.

He then raised his voice and asked, "Didn't I let you go to Ulin!" Why did you come back so soon? ”

"Back to my lord, we have found General Huang."

"General Huang, which General Huang?" Although Sun Ce heard that what the cavalry said was Huang Gai, because of his incredulous complex, he still couldn't help but ask for confirmation.

As soon as Sun Ce's words came out, he saw a dusty white-bearded old man flash out of the cavalry, and he fell down in front of Sun Ce, "Lord, I'm Huang Gai!" ”

"Huang Gongfu?" Sun Ce leaned over and looked at the person in front of him. It's really yellow...... I saw that this Huang Gai swept away his usual might, his armor was messily put on his body, his ragged clothes seemed to be fished out of the fire, there were holes everywhere, and Huang Gai himself was also blue and purple, and there were injuries everywhere. His cheeks were black under the fire, and his beautiful beard was jagged by the flames, and he looked miserable. At this time, his face was full of tears, and the tears ran down his cheeks like a stream, leaving a clear tear stain on his dark face.

"Aren't you supposed to be in Ulin with Gan Xingba? How did it come to be like this? Sun Ce asked in surprise.

"My lord! In the end, there will be a great trust from the Lord, and the port of Ulin will ...... Lost! Gan Xingba is also nowhere to be found. Huang Gai cried.

"How so? Why didn't Ulin have it? Lu Su inquired again and again.

Seeing that Huang Gai couldn't cry, Sun Ce was anxious, "I'm still crying at this time, say quickly, how did you lose Wulin?" In the end, which of Luan Yi's soldiers and horses captured Ulin. ”

"Donglai Tai Shi Ci."

"Tai Shi Ci?" Sun Ce was very familiar with him, "Isn't he stationed in Donglai, Qingzhou?" How did you get to Ullin? ”

"From the river." Sun Ce and Huang Gai asked and answered.

"How is that possible? Zhang Zhao guarded the upstream, how could Tai Shici's ship run to Wulin? ”

"I'm afraid that Zhang Zibu is more than lucky!"

"What?" Sun Ce finally understood why Guan Yu was not restrained by Zhang Zhao, but appeared in the east of Xinye City. It seems that Zhang Zhao is very likely to be in big trouble, and this trouble must come from Tai Shici. "Zibu and you have more than 400 warships combined. Can't you stop Tai Shici? ”

"Not only can't it be stopped...... I don't know about Zibu, but the ships in Ulin Harbor are all sinking. ”

"How is that possible!" Sun Ce threw out these four words again, but this time it was not a doubt, and he was still amazed.

Huang Gai said miserably: "Lord, you haven't seen it!" Tai Shici's boat was too big, more than forty zhang long, and it had to be more than four zhang high above the water. A ship with five floors on the roof is the size of a ship, how can this be fought? We can't even reach the side of the ship when we are berthed at close range! Not to mention...... Our ship can't get along with anyone, and in addition to the thunderbolt, there is a more powerful throwing weapon than the thunderbolt. The explosives thrown out were many times more powerful than the hand melons, and the entire building ship was gone after one shot...... And a bunch of guns and a bunch of ships sank like this...... It became sawdust. Huang Gai was deeply trapped in the memory of fear, and muttered incoherently. It's not a ship at all, it's a monster! ”

Seeing that Huang Gai was stimulated a lot, he spoke with a beginning and an end. Lu Su handed him a pot of water and fed him to pour it, "General Huang, don't worry. Can you tell us from the beginning how the port of Ulin was lost? ”

Huang Gai let out a long breath to suppress his restless emotions, and then spliced together the chaotic fragments of memory.

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On the fourth day of the tenth month of the sixteenth year of the Holy Dynasty, in the early morning of this winter, the morning mist was hazy on the sea like a sea of clouds. After several days of silence, Donglai Harbor became lively, and truckloads of baggage, grain, grass, and gunpowder were transported onto brand-new treasure ships overnight.

At the third watch, when the people on the seashore were deep in sleep, twelve huge warships, more than 20 sea-building ships, and more than 80 boats quietly left the harbor with sails embroidered with blood-red cross emblems.

This fleet is constantly growing in size, but the combat power is the East Sea Fleet of the Notre Dame Sect, and the commander is none other than Tai Shici himself.

According to the plan, in the future, the East China Sea Fleet will have 36 large treasure ships, 72 building ships, and more than 300 ships and ships. The total strength of the army is 45,000 men.

It's not full yet, but it already has the combat power to fight a war.

According to Luan Yi's battle plan, Tai Shici left Donglai, Qingzhou in mid-September, went south along the coastline, and arrived at the north of the Yangtze River estuary in early October, quietly waiting for Luan Yi's next order.

Half a month later, Tai Shici received a courier from the direction of Shouchun: Sun Ce really fell for Luan Yi's plan to lure the enemy, sent troops to attack Wulin, and successfully landed in Wulin Port and attacked Xiangyang. Luan Yi also told Tai Shici that in the future, Cao Cao would contain Sun Ce in Xiangyang for at least ten days, and that the various armies of the church needed to dare to complete the assembly in all directions of Xinye by November 5. He hoped that Tai Shici would help Guan Yu solve the Jiangdong Zhang Zhao people who were holding back the Xuzhou army before that. Then he rushed to Wulin, decided Sun Ce's retreat in one fell swoop, blocked the river, and left Sun Ce with no way out.

Tai Shici immediately acted according to the order, and the huge ships of the East China Sea Fleet sailed into the Yangtze River from the sea, and with the help of more than 30,000 Xuzhou slender men on the north bank, they sailed upstream, day and night, and sailed to Shouchun.

In the process, the people on both sides of the river saw such a huge warship as a treasure ship, and showed diametrically opposite performances.

To the north of the river, the people of the diocese, seeing the blood-red cross on the giant ship, all clapped their hands and rejoiced for the Church to have such a powerful ship, and shouted: Holy Mother bless! The Sect Leader is wise and powerful...... Yunyun.

In this case, during the winter farming slack time, some local believers took the initiative to rush to the river and voluntarily acted as lurkers for free to help the big ship speed up. There were also local gentry and wealthy people, slaughtering chickens and sheep, rewarding the guards in the army, praying for them, hoping that they would win the battle and defeat the Jiangdong heresy. It can be said that those who have money pay, and those who don't have money contribute.

In contrast to the enthusiastic believers in the Diocese of Jiangbei, the people who lived on the banks of the south of the Yangtze River and belonged to Sun Ce's rule all showed disbelief when they saw the skyscrapers passing in front of them, and once thought that they were hallucinating. "How can there be such a big ship in this world?" After opening and closing his eyes more than ten times and confirming that it was correct, he exclaimed in surprise and hurriedly reported to the local government. The government didn't believe it at first, and said that the people were alarmist, but after sending a spy to the Malay River to investigate, it was determined that the people were not exaggerating, and the real situation was even more serious than they said - the warship was equipped with a thunderbolt!

Local officials hurriedly reported the situation and gave Zhang Zhao the information of the Emergency Army.

With Zhang Zhao's wisdom, he immediately realized the seriousness of the matter. Organized 50,000 sailors overnight, commanded by Han Dang, a veteran general of Jiangdong, drove 30 ships, more than 70 ships and more than 70 ships, and more than 100 ships went out of the port to meet the enemy.

At first, Han Dang didn't take the so-called "Holy Mother Sect Skyscraper" in the military situation seriously, in his eyes, the northerners were not good at water warfare, and even if they fought in the river, no matter how brave they were, they could not be the opponent of the Jiangdong Naval Division. He pinched his waist and looked at the sails of the Holy Mother of God warship slowly rising at the end of the horizon, like the morning sun, rising little by little, and then rising again, followed by a small black spot, which was the hull of the so-called giant ship.

Then, the enemy ship went from far to near, and then a few points closer, and when it was half a mile away, Han Dang saw the true size of the enemy ship—it was really a huge ship! "How could they build a big ship?"

He was the first to throw out such an exclamation, and he was equally shocked by a group of Jiangdong sailors.

They originally thought that the Lou Ship was the largest warship in the world, and today they knew that there was a sky outside the sky, and an enemy warship was at least the size of three Lou Ships, oh no, maybe four.