PS: The chapter rank number of the first two chapters is wrong, it should still be six hundred chapters.

Sun Ce's 200,000 sailors entered Hongze Huze to pursue Cao Hong's defeated army, and since his army entered, there has been no news of it.

Sun Ce's army, because Ganning's navy had not yet returned to Qu'a City, had not yet opened, but the 200,000 navy army had no news back, which made Sun Ce restless, and rushed to the entrance of Hongze Huze early to wait.

This waited for several days, and when I was anxious, the weather finally cleared, and then I saw the already embarrassed navy retreating from Hongze Lake.

The Jiangdong Naval Army, which was originally full of morale, came back at this time, and all of them were like defeated roosters, and everyone was depressed.

In this count, nearly half of the warships have not yet returned, and nearly half of the 200,000 sailors and soldiers have not been able to return from Hongze Lake before dark.

That is to say, the remaining 100,000 Jiangdong naval troops, in Hongze Lake, I am afraid that there are many more auspicious ones.

Of course, this does not mean that the 100,000 Jiangdong naval troops are completely finished, it is estimated that there are still tens of thousands of Jiangdong naval troops who have lost their way in Hongze Huze and have not retreated for a while. However, no one dared to guarantee whether they would be able to finally kill a bloody way out of this dangerous lake in Hongze Lake.

Sun Ce's mood was quite bad, he really didn't expect that just one lake would make him lose so many sailors.

His uncle Sun Jing, in Hongze Lake, encountered Cao Cao's army led by Cai Mao, and the two armies fought a big battle in Huze. As a result, the damage was heavy, Sun Jing herself. He was also seriously injured.

Because of this defeat, Sun Jing was furious. vomited blood and fell ill, and had to send Sun Jing back to Fuchun to let her recover from her injuries.

The next day, Honghu Lake was foggy again, and Sun Ce did not dare to rashly lead the army into Hongze Huze again. Only the soldiers were at the mouth of Hongze Lake, waiting for Gan Ning to lead his naval army to arrive, and asked Gan Ning for advice on how to solve the problem of Cao's naval army in Hongze Lake.

It was three days later before Gan Ning led his naval army. and used a warship to carry Sun Ce's army in Jiangdu City.

As soon as Sun Ce saw Gan Ning, he immediately visited Gan Ning and asked Gan Ning for advice.

Gan Ning was also very angry when he learned that Sun Ce's Jiangdong Navy had lost so many military horses, but his mind was clear and calm.

After thinking about it for a while, he asked Sun Ce about his Jiangdong naval army.

He said: "General Sun Ce, you Jiangdong Naval Army. How are their armaments? In terms of food and grass, how long can the soldiers on each boat be maintained? ”

Gan Ning asked the question of food first, only if there is enough food, then. Those Jiangdong naval forces who fell into Hongze Lake, they may not have no way to survive. After all, treacherous circumstances. are their natural enemies, but. In terms of combat effectiveness, Gan Ning knows the combat effectiveness of the Jiangdong Naval Army. It will definitely not be weaker than Cao's army's navy, and if it meets the enemy, even if it is not an enemy, it is impossible for the whole army to be destroyed. He felt that even if there were still Jiangdong naval troops who had not withdrawn from Hongze Huze, they would definitely still be alive, just lost in Hongze Huze. Well, they only need to wait until this rainy day has passed, and as soon as the sky clears, they can identify the direction and then they can withdraw. However, it is difficult to say this time, it may be ten days and a half months, but it may also be as long as a month, and it will be difficult for the Jiangdong naval forces in Hongze Lake to withdraw.

"My Jiangdong Navy Army will generally prepare more than half a month's worth of food." Sun Ce responded.

"Half a month, well, barely." After hearing this, Gan Ning nodded and said, "Don't worry about those Jiangdong Navy soldiers trapped in Hongze Lake, if they are okay, they should be fine." All they have to do is wait until the weather improves, and they can find their way out. ”

"Huh? Brother Gan, are you saying that we don't care about the Jiangdong Navy soldiers trapped in Hongze Lake now? You...... Aren't you going to lead your army into a search and rescue them? Sun Ce asked a little stunned.

"Hehe......" Gan Ning spread his hands, shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "We led the army into Hongze Lake?" Such an environment, in fact, is not only for your Jiangdong navy, but also for Cao Cao's navy, for our navy, are the same, whoever goes in will be blind, Hongze Lake, lake after lake, river longitudinal and horizontal, water flow is also very complicated, hundreds of miles, to tell you, our new Han Dynasty navy, have not explored the entire Hongze Lake. Therefore, under the current weather conditions, we can no longer go deep into the Hongze Lake. ”

"So, then we can only watch, and we can't do anything? In addition, our army is preparing to launch an attack on Shouchun through Hongze Huze. Wouldn't we be able to pass it? Or...... Let's attack Shouchun by land? So, how much more do you have to walk? ”

"Heh, you kid, you're too anxious, aren't you? Hear me out first. Gan Ning also watched Sun Ce grow up, and seeing his impatient appearance, he couldn't help but pat him on the head, and said with a smile: "We have our own safe waterways, I mean, let's not care about the Jiangdong Navy caught in the Hongze Lake." At this time, none of us can rescue those soldiers who don't know where they are lost. Therefore, everything can only be determined by their own creation, whether they are strong enough to face the harsh climate and the invisible enemy, and whether they have the courage to face it, to overcome the difficulties to destroy their enemy. When did we, the New Han Army, ever fear difficulties and fear the enemy? So, this time, it's also a test for them. As for us, we can directly kill Shouchun from our safe passage. ”

"In this way, there are several benefits. First, that is, General Sun Ce, you can attack and kill Shouchun as planned, and you can synchronize with the armies of the New Han Army on several other roads, and when the time comes, after capturing Shouchun, you can attack Xuchang with several armies. Second, this is also equivalent to encircling Wei to save Zhao, and now, in Hongze Lake, we don't know how many Cao Cao's sailors are hidden in it, but our army is killed after Shouchun. Cao Cao's naval army in Hongze Huze, they must definitely withdraw from Hongze Huze. Go back to Shouchun. Hehe, estimate. Cao Cao's navy, they wanted to borrow the unique and complex environment of Hongze Lake and Han as the main battlefield to deal with our new Han army. However, it is not up to them to decide where the battlefield is, and we don't care about them, they naturally have to withdraw from Hongze Huze. In this way, without the threat of Cao Cao's army, wouldn't our soldiers trapped in Hongze Lake be much safer? What they need. It's just a matter of finding a way out of the lake. ”

"That's right." After Sun Ce heard what Gan Ning said, he thought that it was indeed such a truth.

"Well, as for Hongze Lake, we only need to seize the land around it in the future, and it will be controlled by us sooner or later. But even so, they managed to jump for a long time. When Gan Ning said this, he winked and said to Sun Ce: "Tell you something." Our lord, we have a grand plan. The lord plans to build a dam at the mouth of the river after we have taken control of the surrounding area of Hongze Lake. The water of the Huai River was cut off and then impounded. In this way, the entire Hongze Lake forms a deep lake. In this way, Cao Cao's water army. Is there still a place to stay? ”

"Huh? Impounding water into a lake? Sun Ce was a little dumbfounded, turning hundreds of miles of lakes into a huge real lake? This seems to be a bit big.

That one. Hongze Lake, in fact, is equivalent to an artificially formed large lake, Liu Yi just wants to let the historical events happen in advance, so that Hongze Lake is directly connected into a large lake, so that it is also easy to govern. This idea was mentioned privately by Liu Yi and Gan Ning a long time ago, and it was precisely because of this that the navy of the New Han Army did not attach too much importance to Hongze Lake, and did not deliberately manage and control this lake.

"Hehe, don't make a fuss, just wait, sooner or later. Now, let's get our horses in order and prepare to attack Shouchun, we set off one day earlier, kill Shouchun a little earlier, and the sailors and soldiers who are trapped in Hongze Lake will be safe as soon as possible. ”

……

No one had any objections, and on the same day, Sun Ce led his army to take the naval warship of Ganning to enter Hongze Lake from the safe passage of the New Han Army.

Soon, the military horses of Gan Ning and Sun Ce suddenly came out of the vast Huze Huze and directly broke through a Cao army's water village at the mouth of the Huai River into Hongze Huze, and Sun Ce led the New Han Army to land on both sides of the Huai River and launched an attack directly on Xuyi and Si County.

Once it falls into the hands of the New Han Army, it will be equivalent to cutting off the retreat of Cao Cao's water army, which does not know that the New Han army has passed through Hongze Huze and is still fighting with the Jiangdong Navy in Hongze Lake.

At this time, Cao Hong had actually fled back to Xuyi County and was resting in Xuyi County. These days, he is in a very good mood, because he keeps receiving good news from Cai Mao's army, and good news comes back to him every day. According to the statistics of the good news reported back, in Hongze Lake, Cai Mao's army, taking advantage of the environment, attacked and killed 50,000 Xinhan troops.

There are 50,000 New Han troops, this is almost the same as the result of his defeat of the New Han Army at the mouth of the river outside the Jiangdu. Hearing those good news, Cao Hong's mood was much better, and his mentality was much more balanced. Because although he also lost more than 100,000 Cao troops, didn't the New Han Army also lose more than 100,000 men and horses? This can be regarded as a draw, and he can be regarded as having an explanation for Cao Cao.

However, the New Han army suddenly passed through the vast Huze Huze and killed Si County and Xuyi County, which shocked him and made him feel that something was wrong.

At present, he only has 30,000 or 40,000 Cao troops in his headquarters, Cai Mao's army, and nearly half of the military horses are left in Hongze Lake to deal with the New Han Army's naval army, and now they are on the front line of the Huai River, and the military horses guarding in Shouchun are less than 200,000.

The army of the New Han Army has arrived, with the more than 200,000 military horses of him and Cai Mao, can they hold Shouchun?

In the face of the menacing New Han army, Cao Hong did not dare to rely on his 30,000 or 40,000 Cao troops to defend Xuyi County, on the one hand, he sent people to urgently order the Cao army in Hongze Huze to withdraw to Shouchun quickly, on the other hand, led the army to rush back to Shouchun by land and joined Cai Mao in Shouchun.

This section of the Huai River from Hongze Huze to Shouchun is guarded by the water village of Cai Mao's water army along the river, and the New Han Army also has to attack one by one water village in order to get through and kill Shouchun, so there is still time for Cao Hong to rush back to Shouchun and discuss with Cai Mao how to deal with the enemy.

However, Cao Hong directly abandoned Xuyi, which also made a serious mistake, because as soon as he retreated, it was tantamount to handing over the control of Hongze Huze to the New Han Army. Those who still have the Cao army in Hongze Lake and Ze really have no way out.

Even if Cao Hong could hold Xuyi for two days, the Cao army and navy in Hongze Huze, even if they could not escape back to Shouchun by water, could withdraw by land. But now, they are equivalent to turtles in an urn, and there is no way to escape at all.

It's a pity that Cao Hong has a sense of fear in his heart for the New Han Army, and he doesn't dare to deal with the New Han Army with weak forces.

When Cao Hong led the remnants of his defeated army to return to Shouchun, Cai Mao was a little furious by Cao Hong's desperate escape.

Well, over the years, after Cai Mao surrendered to Cao Cao, she has been walking on thin ice, for fear of provoking the dissatisfaction of the unpredictable Cao Cao. Therefore, he is very attentive and really wholeheartedly builds an elite naval army for Cao Cao.

There are more than 300,000 sailors, this force is even more powerful than when it was under Liu Biao's account. Cai Mao believes that under certain environmental conditions, he dares to say that he has the strength to fight in a battle with the same New Han army. Especially if he has an army of 300,000 in hand, he can base himself on the Huai River, and he will definitely be able to resist the attack of the New Han Army from the waterway.

Cai Mao also borrowed a lot of naval tactics from the New Han Army, and when he was under Liu Biao's account, he got a relatively complete training program for the New Han Army to train the naval army, so he was quite familiar with the naval army of the New Han Army.

It is precisely because of this that Cai Mao dared to operate in the area of Hongze Huze, and dared to deal with the naval army of the New Han Army in Hongze Huze.

However, the Cao Army and the Navy Army that he painstakingly set up are now equal to half of the military horses lost all of a sudden, can Cai Mao not be in a hurry? The difference between 300,000 and more than 100,000 is not just a number, but a kind of momentum and confidence.

There are more than 100,000 sailors, what is the difference between him when he was in Liu Biao? It's not enough for the New Han Army to swallow it in one bite.

Therefore, Cai Mao couldn't suppress his anger for a while, regardless of Cao Hong's close brother, and lost his temper at Cao Hong. (To be continued.) )