In order to deal with the threat of the Han State to Jiangdong, Sun Quan not only prepared for war at any cost, but also hoped to obtain outside assistance, he sent people to Cao Cao for help, begging the Cao army to send troops to attack Nanyang or Jianghuai to divert the threat of the Han State to Jiangdong, but Cao Cao politely refused his request on the grounds of lack of national strength, and then the news of the marriage of Cao Liu came, and Sun Quan also despaired of Cao Cao.

He then sent people to Jiaozhou, hoping to form an alliance with Liu Bei, and the two families would jointly resist the Han army's pace of unifying the south, so he asked Zhuge Jin to write a letter to Zhuge Liang, hoping to persuade Zhuge Liang.

But there was no news from Jiaozhou, and Zhuge Liang didn't seem to hear back, which made Sun Quan a little anxious, and just two days ago, Sun Quan got a report from the secret agent, Zhuge Jin secretly sent his second son Zhuge Qiao to Jiaozhou, which made Sun Quan suspicious of Zhuge Jin and sent people to monitor his every move day and night.

Zhuge Jin hurriedly bowed down and said, "Qiqi Wuhou, there is no news for the time being." ”

Sun Quan didn't believe his words, if Zhuge Liang didn't reply, how could Zhuge Jin send his son away? Sun Quan sneered, "It's been more than two months, how can there be no news?" Zhuge Duhu, are you hiding something from me? ”

Rao is Zhuge Jin is generous and has an excellent temper, but at this time, he can't stand Wu Hou's suspicion of him, and his face is flushed, "Weichen has followed Wu Hou for fifteen years, and he is loyal, why should Wu Hou be suspicious of Weichen?" ”

"Then you sue me, where did your second son go?" Sun Quan simply made his words clear, and looked at him coldly.

Zhuge Jin was shocked, it turned out that Wu Hou knew his secret, and he simply told the truth, "My brother Zhuge Kongming has been married for nearly 20 years, and there is only one daughter under his knees, and he has no heirs, he wrote to me several times, hoping that I can pass on my second son Qiao to him, and I agreed, so two days ago, I sent my second son to Jiaozhou, and passed it on to my brother as a son, this is my private matter, why is Wu Hou so concerned?" ”

"Humph! If he didn't have a letter, why did you send your son away at this time, and you still said that Zhuge Liang had no news? ”

"Back to Wu Hou, my brother really has no news, I sent my son away at this time because"

"Because of what?" Sun Quan stared at him with blazing eyes.

Zhuge Jin took a deep breath and said, "Because I know that the Han army is preparing for war in Chaisang, if I don't send it away, I'm afraid there will be no chance." ”

Sun Quan was suddenly furious, slapped the table and shouted: "You mean, is my Jiangdong going to perish?" ”

"The minister has no such intention!"

"And what did you mean?" Sun Quan roared like thunder.

Zhang Zhao next to him was also frightened, he had never seen the lord roar at his subordinates like this, he hurriedly persuaded: "The lord is angry, Zhuge Duhu must be worried about the blockade of the Yangtze River waterway, and taking the land route is not only far away, but also very dangerous."

Sun Quan also gradually calmed down, he sat down again, Zhang Zhao reminded him with a word, is there no news in Jiaozhou, is it because the Han army blocked the waterway?

In fact, Sun Quan also believed that Zhuge Jin was telling the truth, and it had already been decided between their brothers to succeed his son Zhuge Liang, but Sun Quan hated Zhuge Jin for sending his son away at this time, obviously implying that Jiangdong would not be guaranteed, leaving him without face.

Sun Quan glared at Zhuge Jin fiercely and ordered, "You stand down!" ”

Zhuge Jin also bowed with a gloomy face, turned around and left, only Sun Quan and Zhang Zhao were left in the room, Sun Quan sighed and said: "Military advisor, the Han army is about to send troops, what should I do?" ”

Zhang Zhao pondered for a moment and said: "When Wu Hou sent troops to Wuchang, killed Huang Zu, tens of thousands of Jingzhou troops were wiped out, only Chaisang was left as a lonely city, less than 10,000 soldiers, there will be only a few members, and our enemy is undoubtedly an egg to hit the stone, but Liu Jing actually defeated the strong with the weak, defeated us, and the battle of Chibi, Cao Cao swept the power of the north, personally led hundreds of thousands of troops to the south, but in the end could not defeat Sun and Liu's tens of thousands of coalition troops, it can be seen that there is no absolute strong victory and weak defeat on the battlefield, Jiangdong is weak today, weaker than Chaisang back then, the Han army is prosperous today, It can't be as good as the Cao army of the year, the lonely city of Chaisang can still be reversed, and the Cao army is as strong as the defeat, why should Wu Hou be arrogant and lose his confidence? ”

Zhang Zhao's words made Sun Quan suddenly wake up, he drew his sword and gritted his teeth and said: "I would rather fight to the last moment than surrender without a fight!" ”

Although Chaisang did not send troops, the fire of war was quietly ignited in Jiangdong, and at two o'clock in the night, dark clouds shrouded the endless surface of Taihu Lake, the water surface was high in wind and waves, and fishing boats did not dare to enter the lake to fish.

At this time, a fleet of thirty thousand-stone warships and seventy hundred-stone clippers were sailing eastward in the rough Taihu Lake, the wind and waves were high, and the ships were violently undulating, but they were not in danger of being overturned, and the fleet sailed with the wind, moving extremely fast and steady, without deviating from the course at all.

At the bow of the head of the Qianshi warship, Shen Mi, the general of the navy, held an iron gun in his hand, and his eyes were resolutely looking at the water in front of him, he was the chief general of Wuhu and Weixukou, leading 5,000 soldiers and 300 warships to garrison, and at the mouth of the Taihu Lake in Lishui, there were also 1,000 soldiers and dozens of warships, although there were not many garrisons, but they firmly controlled Lishui and West Taihu Lake.

Just yesterday afternoon, Shen Mi received an order from Gan Ning, ordering him to send troops to destroy the shipyard in Jiangdong, Jiangdong secretly built warships in East Taihu Lake, but could not hide the eyes and ears of the Han army, Shen Mi knew every move of the shipyard, and knew that Jiangdong had built more than 30 thousand-stone ships called merchant ships, which were actually warships, and they were moored in the shipyard.

After receiving the order, Shen Mi immediately led two thousand troops to the expedition, after a day and a night of sailing, they have gradually arrived at the Jiangdong shipyard, the shipbuilding workshop is located in a bay on the east bank, the bay is called Hengwan, the water surface is a thousand hectares, there is a deep water river leading directly to the Xu River.

There is a small island outside the inlet, and there are 500 Jiangdong soldiers stationed on the island, who can block fishing boats from entering the inlet at any time, and it is also a sentry to monitor the water surface of Taihu Lake, and once there is an enemy situation, they can light a beacon fire to notify the boats in the inlet to retreat.

The Han fleet arrived at Hengwan at the third watch, when the lake became darker and darker, and the small island outside Qingshui Bay could no longer be seen three hundred paces away, only a ridge was faintly visible.

"General, sail close to the north side, you can't see us on the island!" A Taihu fisherman whispered to Shen Mi.

Shen Mi nodded, he also saw that the waterways on both sides of the island were different in width, the north was much wider than the south, but they could only enter by fast boats, and their thousand-stone warship waterways would inevitably be discovered.

It's not that he was afraid of the attack of the garrison on the island, but that he was worried that the beacon fire would be lit on the island and let the Jiangdong warships in the inlet escape, Shen Mi immediately ordered, "The big ship will stop sailing, and the fast ship will sail on the north shore!" ”

The flotilla headed northeast, the big ships anchored a few miles away from the island, and seventy hundred-stone clippers moved slowly close to the north shore, the northern channel was three hundred paces wide, and under the heavy night, the fast fleet sailed three hundred paces away, and the defenders of the island could not detect it.

The Jiangdong shipyard is brightly lit, surrounded by dozens of torches as high as two zhang high, the flames are blazing, illuminating the workshop as if it were day, nearly 1,000 shipwrights recruited from all over the world are busy building warships, and groups of soldiers are patrolling everywhere, and they are heavily guarded.

Jiangdong has rich experience in shipbuilding, they know that it is impossible to build a thousand stone ships in one year, it will take one to two years to prepare the keel alone, and in half a year, they will build some hundred stone boats at most, but they cannot compete with the Han army by relying on a hundred stone boats, and only a thousand stone warships can fight with the Han army.

However, Jiangdong had its own way, they dismantled all the dozens of large merchant ships and rebuilt them with their keels and planks, so that dozens of thousand-stone warships could be built in a short time.

This is the last capital of the Jiangdong naval army, if the loss of these dozens of warships, Jiangdong's largest naval advantage will be completely wiped out, in order to defend the shipyard, Sun Quan did not hesitate to send 5,000 troops to be stationed here.

Bu Qi was also patrolling the workshop, and he received a message from Wu Hou that Liu Jing had left Chang'an, and the war was about to break out, and there was not much time left for them, so he ordered the craftsmen to work day and night, and be sure to build a main ship of 3,000 stones within ten days.

The 3,000-stone main ship is 70 percent complete, the hull is complete, the craftsmen are working on the interior, as well as preparing the mast and sails, and if they work around the clock, they can complete the main ship in five days at most, and maybe dozens more 100-stone ships.

"Everyone has worked hard, hurry up and finish the ship, I will double the salary!"

Buqi constantly encouraged the craftsmen and gave them rich promises to make them work harder.

At this moment, there was a shout on the water in the west, and he was stunned and asked the soldiers around him, "What happened?" ”

The soldiers all looked at each other, and they didn't know what was happening, when suddenly, the flames rose into the sky, and the drums and shouts of killing were loud, and a soldier stumbled and shouted: "Qi Qi Changshi, an enemy army has come in and set fire." ”

Bu Qi was taken aback and asked urgently, "How many enemy troops are there?" ”

"I don't know the specifics, but it's all enemy clippers, probably in the thousands."

In a hurry, his worst fear really came, and he immediately shouted: "Order all the troops to go up to meet the battle!" ”

Five thousand Jiangdong troops did not rest, under the order of Bu Qi, the soldiers of the Jiangdong army have killed the lake, although they are numerous, can prevent the Han army from landing, but they can not stop the spread of the fire, the fire is burning more and more fiercely, has engulfed half of the shipyard, the workshop is in chaos, more than 1,000 shipwrights left their work and ran for their lives, Jiangdong soldiers also fled back, to the outside of the workshop.

"Changshi, retreat!"

Several guards set up their horses and withdrew to the outside of the workshop, and soon, the fire was soaring into the sky, thick smoke was billowing out, and seeing that the completed three-thousand-stone main ship was also engulfed in the fire, Buqi couldn't help but sigh, it's a pity! Still a few days late.

But he did not pause to beat his chest, but fortunately breathed a sigh of relief, just after he received the message from Wu Hou Feige, he immediately ordered more than 30 thousand stone warships to withdraw into the inland river to prevent the Han army from sneaking attack.

Bu Qi's judgment was not wrong, the Han army really came, although he burned the unfinished main ship, which made him deeply regretful, but he kept the last capital of the Jiangdong naval army, which was the regret of the Han army.

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