Chapter 111: Blossoming in more places
Ding Feng should be one of the only people who spanned the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms, and the Western Jin Dynasty.
Ding Feng was born in the Eastern Han Dynasty, was known for his bravery when he was young, he was not afraid of death in battle, and rushed to the front of the team, and was later appreciated by Zhou Yu, who took him with Xu Sheng and taught him morning and evening.
After Ding Feng followed Zhou Yu, he began to learn the art of war, changing from a tiger general to a general.
After Zhou Yu's death, he followed Lu Su, Lu Meng, and Lu Xun successively, and he has always been conscientious, and his art of war has also developed by leaps and bounds.
Later, when the fierce men of Eastern Wu were all dead, Sun Quan appointed Xu Sheng as the governor of the capital and Ding Feng as the deputy governor to jointly fight against Shu and Wei.
After Xu Sheng, Ding Feng was the governor of Eastern Wu.
After Sun Quan's death, Zhuge Ke took power, and Ding Feng followed Zhuge Ke's side, and he has been diligent and loyal.
After Sun Qi killed Zhuge Ke and seized power, he was fond of killing, and actually began to follow Dong Zhuo's example, abolished Emperor Wu Sun Liang, and set up Sun Xiu as the main master.
Ding Feng, with the assistance of a group of old ministers, got rid of Sun Qi, and Wu returned to normal.
In the Western Jin Dynasty, Ding Feng was still at the forefront.
It was not until after Ding Feng's death that the state of Wu perished.
Such a loyal and good general, how could Lin Yuan be unhappy.
After the army cleaned up the battlefield, Lin Yuan led the army and returned to the sailor camp in the waters of the hundred islands.
Lin Yuan directly fulfilled his promise.
He selected 1,000 elites from the 6,000 captured sailors to enrich his sailor troops, and the remaining 5,000 were all transported to the sailor base camp in Suizhou.
Chen Youliang's sailors are all second-order elite sailors, and the 1,000 people he picked out are third-order sailors.
These 5,000 second-order sailors are all good sailor seedlings, sent to the base camp of the sailor, used as a reserve, and the 3,000 sailors who were recruited in Huangzu Island at the beginning to receive formal training.
In the future, Lin Yuan's sailor battalion will expand the army, and this group of people can be directly recruited.
And Ding Feng was directly appointed by Lin Yuan as the commander of the second battalion of the water division.
The Sailor Battalion now has five battalions.
The commander of the first battalion is Huang Zu, who is currently sitting in Beidawan and is at odds with Yu Ban in Anlu City.
The commander of the second battalion is Ding Feng, who was appointed by Lin Yuangang.
And the third battalion, which is also a pioneer battalion, belongs to Wei Yan's direct troops.
The fourth battalion, which is the assault battalion and is commanded by Gan Ning, is currently pursuing the remnants of Chen Youliang's fleet.
The fifth battalion is located in the base camp of the Suizhou Water Division to prevent water thieves from the south of Yunmengze from going north.
Gan Ning pursued Chen Youliang and chased and fought all the way.
Moreover, Gan Ning's sailor battalion is mostly equipped with fast red dragon boats, and Chen Youliang can't get rid of it at all.
Therefore, the attack along the way made Chen Youliang miserable.
In the end, under pressure, Chen Youliang had to quit Yunmengze.
Lin Yuan received the news that it was the fifth day after the battle, and Gan Ning's sailor battalion pursued Chen Youliang and had reached the entrance of East Dongting Lake.
Chen Youliang's fleet of sailors had already fled into the waters of Dongting Lake.
Ganning asked if he wanted to continue the pursuit.
Lin Yuan thought about it, and asked Gan Ning to camp in Xiazhai at the east entrance, and not enter the waters of Dongting Lake for the time being.
Now, the battle on Dongting Lake has been carried out to the final stage.
The Southern Song Dynasty naval division led by Wang Yu blocked Yang Mi at Yangwukou, and the two sides were about to start the final decisive battle.
Entering Dongting Lake at this time may lead to a joint crusade between the forces of both sides.
Therefore, Lin Yuan just ordered Gan Ning to lead his troops to guard the entrance of Yun Mengze into Dongting Lake, so as to avoid Chen Youliang from killing a horse gun and running back to Yun Mengze.
At the same time, with the help of the Southern Song Dynasty and Zhong Chu's forces, a small part of Chen Youliang's sailors can be eliminated!
Now, the eastern region of Yunmengze is basically under Lin Yuan's control.
The northern islands have also been taken by Lin Yuan long ago.
Now, the huge Yun Mengze is left, and only the central island region, as well as the southern island region, and even the western island region, have not been taken by Lin Yuan.
The army rested for three more days and set out again.
Wei Yan led the pioneer battalion, and the second battalion led by Ding Feng marched hand in hand and attacked the central island.
Now, the central island region is just controlled by a group of water pirates.
Under Lin Yuan's sailors, the water thieves in the central island region fled in despair, or chose to surrender one after another.
Lin Yuan successfully occupied the central island.
The army did not stagnate, but went on the offensive.
Wei Yan's vanguard battalion attacked the western islands, and at the same time, the fifth battalion, which was on standby with the Zhou Navy Division's camp, also moved south to flank the Zhong Chu forces on the western islands.
Ding Feng led the second battalion and attacked the southern islands.
The southern islands completely fell into the hands of Li Jun, the dragon of the mixed river, at this time.
And Li Jun has completely taken refuge in the Zhong Chu court.
It's just that the current Zhong Chu court is already too busy to take care of itself, where is there any spare energy to take care of Li Jun's affairs.
Therefore, Li Jun could only face Lin Yuan's sailor alone.
After Ding Feng entered the southern island, he adopted the method of encirclement and division.
He first led a fleet deep into the hinterland to surround Li Jun's islands in one fell swoop and form a standoff, and then sent the rest of the fleet to attack the surrounding islands.
After three days, all the surrounding islands were conquered.
In the southern island area, only one of Li Jun's islands is left to resist stubbornly.
However, Li Jun is very thief, he actually snare 30,000 water thieves, hoard them on his own island, and build his island like an iron bucket, which is extremely difficult to attack.
Seeing this, Ding Feng did not attack immediately, but adopted the strategy of besieging but not attacking.
Li Jun and other water thieves make a living by looting, and it is impossible to hoard a large amount of grain and grass on the island.
He only needs to surround it like this, and when the island is short of food, he will be defeated.
Lin Yuan agreed with this decision.
Anyway, the command of the second battalion, he has completely delegated to Ding Feng, and Ding Feng can follow him whatever tactics he takes, because he is already in Shazhouba at the moment, and he has joined the cavalry battalion.
Chen Youliang fled into Dongting Lake, and at this time, it was a good time for him to take Hanyang.
On March 26, Huang Zu received an order from Lin Yuan to lead the First Fleet to transfer from Beidawan to Shazhou Dam, and enter the Yangtze River system through Shazhou Dam.
Shazhou Dam is located in the southwest corner of Hanyang.
It leads to the Yangtze River in the north and Yunmeng Daze in the south.
Chen Youliang was stationed at Shazhou Dam at that time, and he adopted a strategy that was desirable to advance and retreat.
Enter the Yunmeng ** island, entangle with Lin Yuan, and retreat through the Hanyang Inland River into the Yangtze River.
Advance and retreat freely, foolproof.
Who knows, Lin Yuan directly ordered Yuwen Chengdu to bypass Hanyang City and cut off the connection between Shazhou Dam and the Yangtze River.
Chen Youliang's back road was cut off and he had to take a risk.
Otherwise, Lin Yuan's sailors and cavalry battalions would be caught between the front and back, and his sailors would become turtles in the urn, and it would be too late to escape.
And now, Chen Youliang has been driven away, and the Shazhou Dam, along with the waterway of the Yangtze River, has also been used by Lin Yuan.