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On the twentieth day of the first month of the sixth year of Jian'an, the Jiangdong Army launched a surprise attack on the Jiangxia Army.

The Jiangdong army poured out, with an army of 20,000 troops, divided into two routes, both by land and water, and officially launched the battle to destroy Huangzu.

Zhou Yu of the Central Protector Army led the generals Huang Gai, Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, Lü Meng, and Pan Zhang, leading 10,000 people and 300 large and small warships, to attack from the waterway and raid the pheasant. Cheng Pu, the general of Dangkou Zhonglang, led Song Qian, Dong Xi, Chen Wu and other generals, led 10,000 soldiers, and attacked Xunyang (originally belonging to Lujiang and occupied by Huang Zu).

At this time, Huang Zuzheng was at the request of Ma Han, and sent a large number of ships and troops to the two cities of Xiazhi and Xunyang to assemble, preparing to cooperate with the dragon and wolf army to kill the Jiangdong army. Unexpectedly, when the Jiangdong Army might be attacked by the enemy at any time, it would dare to strike first and launch a surprise attack on Jiangxia with its relatively superior forces.

At this time, the guard general stationed in Xia Pheasant was Su Fei, the commander under Huang Zu; And the guard general of Xunyang is an old acquaintance Liu Xun. The combined strength of the two cities was only five or six thousand, plus two or three thousand soldiers who went south one after another, and there were nearly 10,000 soldiers, but under the sudden unpreparedness, they were quickly divided by the Jiangdong army, one in the north of the river and the other in the south of the river, facing each other across the river, but each was in danger.

Huang Zu was shocked when he heard this, and immediately sent Zhang Shuo, a general close to his command, to lead 3,000 elite sailors to help. At the same time, a messenger was sent to Wanling to ask for help. But Huang Zu didn't expect that this was just the beginning.

On the twenty-ninth day of the first month, Huang Jie, the eldest son stationed in Jingling, sent urgent news: Cao Cao and Liu Bei joined forces with 10,000 troops, and more than 100 large and small ships went south along the Han River and both sides of the river, killing Jingling.

Huang Zu's head was N times bigger, and the east and west struck together. It's really frustrating to be attacked on the back of the abdomen. gritted his teeth, handed over the last elite fleet at hand to the general Chen Zhuo, and ordered him to quickly go up the river, join forces with Huang Jie, and reject Cao Liu together.

was beaten by the three strongest bosses of the Three Kingdoms at once, not to mention Huang Zu, who had to scream for anyone. At this time, Huang Zu was facing the powerful army entrenched in the northeast. It's like looking forward to nectar for a long time. Kneel and beg!

When will the nectar fall?

For the sudden offensive of the Jiangdong Army, the Ma Han Group was also very surprised, but they didn't expect Sun Quan and Zhou Yu to be so crazy, and they would ignore the offensive that the Dragon Wolf Army might launch at any time, and attack Huang Zu first.

What Ma Han didn't know was that even Sun Quan in history did exactly the same thing on the eve of Cao Cao's southern expedition - a brazen attack on Huang Zu. And admonishing the generals. But it was Gan Ning.

In the twelfth year of Jian'an (207), Cao Cao's army had entered Jingzhou, surrendered Liu Cong, and collected Cai Mao. In the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, it can go south at any time.

At that time, Wu General Gan Ning proposed: "Today, the Han Dynasty is declining, and Cao Cao is in trouble." Eventually a tomb robber. In the land of Nanjing, the mountains are convenient, and the rivers circulate. Honesty is the west of the country...... It is advisable to take Huang Zu first. Zu is old this year. Xiangge is very much, the time valley is not lacking, deceiving left and right, doing goods and profits, encroaching on the officials, and the officials are resentful...... To the sheep now, its destruction is inevitable. As soon as the ancestral army is broken, the drum marches to the west, and the west is according to Chu Pass, and the general trend is wide, and it can gradually regulate Ba and Shu. ”

Zhou Yu and other generals also believed that if Huang Zu was not eliminated in time, once he surrendered to Cao, Cao Cao would be like a tiger with wings, and it would become more and more difficult to resist. So Sun Quan made up his mind to pour the power of Jiangdong and attack Huang Zu with all his might.

This battle lasted half a year, extremely tragic, the Jiangdong army suffered great damage, and finally after a desperate struggle, the main generals of the Jiangxia army were killed one after another, and finally the overall situation was determined, and the Xiling army was captured and killed. It was precisely because Sun Quan seized Jiangxia that there was the Battle of Chibi in the future - because Chibi was in the waters south of Shaxian City south of Jiangxia.

If there was no Sun Quan's westward expedition, the decisive battle between the Sun-Liu coalition army and Cao Cao would never have taken place in Chibi, but somewhere in Yuzhang or Lujiang, and there would have been no Chibi through the ages. If it were not for Sun Quan's westward expedition and Cao Cao, who was assisted by Huang Zu, the strength of the naval army was greatly enhanced, and with the help of Huang Zu and his generals, who were experienced in water warfare, the fate of his southern expeditionary army was very likely to be rewritten. It is even possible to defeat the Sun-Liu coalition army in one fell swoop and win the war. In this way, there will be no so-called Three Kingdoms......

Sometimes, a small decision determines the outcome of a battle, and a large decision affects the direction of history. Sun Quan's decisive westward expedition is exactly like this.

And in this time and space, Sun Quan's situation is even more dangerous. Because Ma Han's southern expeditionary army was killed from Jiangdong, the distance was close and fierce, and even offset the geographical advantage of Sun Quan's Jiangdong army. Compared with the hundreds of thousands of troops of Cao Cao's southern expeditionary army in history, the dragon wolf army may be small in number, but the degree of elite is even greater. In particular, the army is all men and horses, morale is high, and command and dispatch are extremely smooth.

In this time and space, Sun Quan had just taken over the military and political affairs of Jiangdong, his prestige had not been established, and he had successively lost the foundation of Wu County and Danyang, and the only poor prestige was questioned. If it weren't for Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao supporting him, one helping him to the saddle, and the other riding a horse to guide him, Sun Quan would have been unable to sit in this position.

At this time, the Sun Group, with wolves in front and tigers in the back, had no way out except for struggle. Therefore, when Zhou Yu proposed the western expedition to Huangzu, Sun Quan unconditionally supported it, and immediately gave him a soldier talisman bow and arrow, and gave him full command.

Sun Quan also desperately needed a big victory to boost his popularity and consolidate his position. It is undeniable that Zhou Yu's position in the Jiangdong military far surpasses history, and together with the military, it can almost be decided in a word.

A warfighter who dares to take risks, a new master who has not yet consolidated his position, and a crisis of being caught between two sides have contributed to a crazy military adventure.

With such a good opportunity, Huang Zu didn't need to ask for help, Ma Han reacted immediately.

On the twenty-fifth day of the first month, Ma Han issued an order in Wanling, the base camp of the Southern Expedition: The Left Route Army, with Guan Cheng as the left vanguard, led 2,000 Bohai Navy to sail into the area of present-day Hangzhou Bay from the open sea, rushed to the beach, and landed on the beach, and attacked Huiji; With Zang Ba, Sun Kang, and Sun Guan as the pioneers of the middle road, he led 3,000 Langya troops to the south along the cold water and cut off the Zhejiang water; With Gan Ning as the right vanguard, he led 3,000 elite sailors and 50 warships to the south along the Yangtze River and went straight to Pengze. The rest of the army should step up transportation, training, and assembly, and attack as soon as possible according to the predetermined plan.

In the three-way vanguard army, the left and center roads did not have much pressure, and they only faced the 5,000 miscellaneous soldiers of Sun Jing of Huiji County and Sun Ben, the commander of the capital. The one who really has to face a strong enemy is Gan Ning. In Pengze, a 5,000-strong naval army led by Han Dang, Zhu Zhi, He Qi, and Sun He was waiting for a strong battle and made every effort to block it.

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Gan Ning's fleet was small in number, but it was very elite: 500 Shanyue soldiers, 800 Bashu menke, 1,000 Danyang sailors, 700 pawns and helmsmen. Of the 3,000 soldiers, there are 2,000 soldiers, of which 1,000 are fierce on land and water, all of whom are warriors who can fight tigers in the mountains and catch turtles in the water.

Gan Ning took this army all the way south from Yanzhou, participated in the Battle of Shouchun, and then crossed the river to chase his grandson, and after more than half a year, he had completely won the trust of the soldiers, and his command was like an arm.

Before leaving, Ma Han's instructions to Gan Ning were to reconnoiter Peng Ze's military situation, find out Peng Lize's water situation, and if necessary, he could try to attack, but he should not venture into a decisive battle with the enemy. Gan Ning obeyed the order, but when the ship approached Peng Ze, he found that Jiang Dongjun's idea seemed to be the same as his mission.

Peng Lize (i.e., Poyang Lake), a radius of 300 miles, communicates Lujiang and Yuzhang two counties, divides Nanze and Beize, Ze is full of reeds, swamps, and clouds and mist all year round. If there is no local person who is familiar with geography to lead the way, the ship will enter the middle of it, and the nineteen will be lost.

On the last day of the first lunar month, a fleet of ships flying the wolf's head flag appeared at the entrance of Peng Lize Beize.

Gan Ning held a bow with a halberd, standing on the bow of the largest building ship in front, not caring about the cold wind of the river, looking down on the rolling river and overlooking the east. Dozens of miles away on the east bank is the county seat of Pengze, which must be ready at this moment, and I really want to lead the elite soldiers to knock on the city. It's a pity that there is no such thing in his mission.

The fleet was moving slowly, but it had no intention of sailing into Peng Lize. Gan Ning is waiting, waiting for information, waiting for guidance.

Half an hour later, the person they were waiting for finally appeared, and three small boats were heading towards them, the two on the left and right were the guard boats sent by Gan Ning, and the small boat sandwiched in the middle was the ship they were waiting for.

After a while, the guard brought several people on the boat, and the first middle-aged man smiled cutely, and introduced himself as soon as they met: "In Xia Qiaoyi, he is the manager of Qiaowu, and he once had the honor to lead the general into the dock and break the thief." I wonder if the general is okay right now? ”

Gan Ning didn't hear the lord talk about this experience in detail, but he also knew that the lord had indeed stayed in Qiaowu in Anhui City for a while, so it was not surprising that people knew him. nodded lightly at the moment: "I have a heart, the general dragon spirit tiger is fierce...... Tell me what you know. ”

Qiao Yi should have said yes.

Qiao Yi's boatload was all ordered by Lu Jun, the Taishou of Lujiang, to sneak into Pengze to reconnoiter before the army set off. The reason why Qiao Yi was sent was because his wife was from Peng Ze, and he had no pressure to sneak into Peng Ze. With this convenience, coupled with Qiao's connections, Peng Ze has no secrets to speak of.

"In Pengze County, only Zhu Zhi and Sun He led 2,000 people to defend the city; Han Dang and He Qi led 3,000 boats to Peng Lize ten days ago, each leading more than 1,000 people on the boat, their whereabouts were secretive, and they haunted the Dangze, thinking that they were taking advantage of the danger and wanted to attack our army. "Qiao Yi's report on information is clear and organized, and he deserves to be in charge.

Gan Ning touched the short mustache on his chin, as if he was pondering something, and said for a while: "Did the guide bring it?" ”

Qiao Yi bowed down and said: "Bring three people, they are three brothers, who once became thieves from Lei Bo." Later, he was inspired by the general, surrendered anyway, and was ordered to guard the city of Anhui. This time, General Wen rebelled, volunteered, and was willing to lead the way for the captain. ”

Gan Ning immediately summoned these three brothers, and sure enough, they were all strong men, these days, such a person is either a soldier or a thief, there is no other possibility. These three brothers, who have also been thieves and soldiers, must know what the right choice is.

Gan Ning asked directly: "If you want to enter Ze to capture and kill the traitor, can you find out the enemy's traces for me?" ”

The three of them said: "I am willing to serve the captain." ”

The river wind was fierce, blowing the bell on Gan Ning's waist sharply, and the sound of the bell was like a conjuring spirit. (To be continued......)