Chapter 328: Donglai Confrontation
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Donglai Huang County was the seat of Donglai County.
The whole Donglai County is also the small pointed part of the East Peninsula of the mountain, Huang County is in the north, and the location of Longkou in later generations is slightly different from that of Huang County in later generations.
As for Muping County, where Gan Ning landed, it was the location of the Weihai Port in the later generations.
After Gan Ning just landed, the captured Muping, continue to the east, through Dongmu County, you can reach Huang County, and it is only two hundred miles away from Huangcheng!
Now the entire Donglai County is weakly defended because the Xuzhou Army is fighting with the Qingzhou Army in Beihai County.
After all, the Xuzhou army basically went north by land, and the combat area was concentrated in the central and western parts of Qingzhou, and Donglai was "protruding" from such a piece......
Although it has the advantage of fish and salt, compared to Qi County and Beihai County, Donglai's sense of existence is not high, and it is not a war zone itself, so it is naturally underprepared!
Gan Ning pulled out Mu Pingling, and after judging the situation, he immediately pulled the navy under his command to become an army and continued to attack Huangcheng.
Regardless of the hard work of himself and his soldiers who had just been adrift at sea for several months, and the ground had not yet been trampled, they went to Huangxian County to share the pressure for the friendly troops in Xuzhou.
Just after the general's navy occupied half of Donglai County - the coast from Muping to Huangxian, including Dongmu, Changyang, Qucheng County, Ye County, and Xuan County, all of which were shared by the Xuzhou Army......
Guan Yu finally defeated Yuan Tan's main force in Beihai, and conquered Qi County, the core of Qingzhou, almost pushed the battle line to the Yellow River, Qingzhou under Yuan Tan's control, in the part south of the Yellow River, basically only Le'an County remained!
But at this time, something happened that Gan Ning regretted......
As an ally, the Xuzhou Army, because of communication problems, not only did not thank themselves for their selfless dedication, but instead Chen soldiers were in Donglai County, and some small frictions occurred between the two sides.
Gan Ning, as the governor of the navy, represents the general's office, and while maintaining restraint, he strives for reason, is neither humble nor arrogant, and while sticking to the bottom line, he suppresses the conflict at the bottom line.
Ultimately...... The two sides only had some skirmishes in Qucheng County, west of Donglai County and southwest of Huang County, and Gan Ning and Guan Yu had a verbal altercation in front of the battle, which turned into a fierce fight.
It is said that Guan Yu was already a Jinyu general when he fought against Lu Bu under the Tiger Prison, and Gan Ning was only gilded at that time, and he was not even at his peak, and in the case of the continuous inflation of "Jinyu", he was promoted to Jinyu six or seven years later than Guan Yu.
Of course, there is a reason why Gan Ning is younger, but ...... In terms of force, Gan Ning is first-class, but compared with Guan Yu, there is obviously a gap!
However, in recent years, Gan Ning has not only supervised the general's navy, but also incorporated Yizhou into the territory and built a port in Zhouhu, which can be described as a "pioneer of civilization", and even directly contributed to the emergence of Yizhou Kaihua Ji.
Just like Bai Tu's "Reincarnation Shennong" and "Grandmaster Mengxue", these also give Gan Ning blessings!
When Gan Ning entered the serious mode, a wide and large costume was formed outside the battle armor, which was embroidered with splendid rivers and mountains, embroidered with Chinese humanities, and embroidered with the prosperity of the city......
Just like when you need to show a beautiful side when you are civilizing the foreign country, Gan Ning's gorgeous clothes are also extremely gorgeous, how can they be full of flowers and dazzling.
At the same time, the invisible power of civilization also provides additional shelter and blessings for Gan Ning.
In the case that Guan Yu had not activated the power of the green dragon in the first place, he couldn't help Gan Ning at all......
After all, now Xuzhou Mansion and the General's Mansion are still allies, although Guan Yu is arrogant, and he is very unhappy with Gan Ning's "help" this time, but ...... It's not that you don't know the big picture.
He just wanted to force the Ganning Navy out of Qingzhou, and he didn't want to directly share life and death with the other party, otherwise Xuzhou Mansion would be attacked on both sides!
Since Bai Tu's attack on Jingzhou and Liu Coordination's ineffectiveness, Xuzhou's attitude towards Bai Tu has also changed, but ...... Don't talk about feelings, always talk about practicality.
After defeating this naval army, what should I do if the General's Mansion directly crosses the Huai River to the north to attack Xiapi?
In any case, now is clearly not a good time to go to war with the General's Palace.
Therefore, Guan Yu wanted to unleash the power of the green dragon again and again, and the power accumulated by the usual Wu Dao - if it broke out with three swords, the chance of directly cutting Gan Ning was not small, but ...... In the end, Guan Yu still lost his mind.
After all, once the power of the green dragon broke out, Guan Yu would not be able to control it as freely as usual.
Gan Ning also felt that every time Guan Yu narrowed his eyes, he had a feeling of extreme danger in his heart!
On the surface, he fought with Guan Yu for more than 30 years, and after winning or losing, he immediately shouted: "Our government has always cooperated wholeheartedly with Xuzhou Mansion to jointly undertake the great mission of supporting the Han family." Although my government maintains restraint, if there is a misunderstanding, I am willing to communicate with your government to solve it, but we reserve all the right to pursue it, and have the determination to resolutely fight back! "While turning the engine back into formation, I don't look back.
The navy is definitely in terms of morale now, except for Gao Shun's trapping camp, the most solid army!
Experiencing strong winds and waves at sea all the year round, and often not seeing land for several months, their mentality is completely different from that of ordinary troops, and the commander's strategic retreat while speaking cruelly will only make them laugh behind their backs, but it will not damage their fighting spirit at all - in tune with Gan Ningtian's thunder.
On the contrary, when Guan Yu heard this, his originally ruddy face became a little more colorful!
However, with scruples, he only transferred the main army, which was originally facing the north, to the east and pressed it in Donglai County, without further action.
At the same time, he sent a message to Peng Cheng and Liu Bei, who was in Xudu......
Gan Ning also sent a fast ship to return to Jiangdong along the coast and inform Baitu!
At the same time, Gan Ning actively confronted Guan Yu in the western part of Donglai County, and on the other hand, deployed more troops in the east of Huang County, in the coastal Chengshan area, and in the Muping coastal area at the time of landing.
It has even begun to mobilize manpower and expand ports on the spot with the help of relief grain stocks.
In the face of the garrison of the Xuzhou army, just to show his attitude, Gan Ning had already ordered all the troops to retreat immediately if the Xuzhou army attacked.
In short, he will not be deterred, but if he really wants to fight, Gan Ning will not fight such a completely uncertain battle.
The real bottom line of Ganning is these two ports, or the coastline from Muping to Huangxian, which is 300 miles of Han system......
Not to mention Muping County, where it landed, the mountainous area along the coast of Huang County, after Ganning's observation, is also a natural haven, from the surrounding terrain to the coastline structure, which makes Ganning's eyes shine.
Historically, when the Eastern Wu and the Gongsun clan of Liaodong met to rebel against Wei, the naval army of Eastern Wu stopped here......
At that time, Cao Rong appointed Tian Yu, that is, the important minister of Northern Xinjiang under Gongsun Zhan before, to lead the Qingzhou army and go to sea to intercept the Eastern Wu naval army.
It's just that Cao Rong immediately felt that the Dongwu naval army was powerful, and he should not use his own shortcomings and attack the enemy's strengths, so he ordered Tian Yu not to wave.
However, according to the wind direction and season at that time, Tian Yu judged that in the middle of winter, if the Soochow fleet returned, it was bound to dock at "Chengshan", and only there could avoid the strong wind, so he rushed to Chengshan in the starry night and hit the tired Soochow navy hard!
Where is the mountain?
The historical records record that when Qin Shi Huang sealed the Zen Zen, it was written, "So he joined the east of Bohai, passed through the Yellow and Xu, became poor and became a mountain, climbed the Zhifu, and stood a stone to praise Qin Deyan"—that is, "came to the east of Bohai County in Jizhou, passed through Huang County and Xuan County, walked along the Chengshan to the end, climbed Zhifu Mountain, erected a monument to praise the virtues of Qin, and then left" (5 points).
Zhifu Mountain is naturally the "Zhifu" of Zhifu District of Yantai in later generations, and the mountain range is connected to the overseas Zhifu Island, passing through Huang County and Yu County, and walking along the "Cheng Mountain...... That is to say, the Chengshan Port, which can be sheltered from the wind, probably refers to the location of Yantai Port, which is now east of Huangxian County, and there is indeed a concave coastline here.
In his report to Bai Tu, Gan Ning also explained the situation in Qingzhou and the terrain he discovered to Bai Tu.
After Bai Tu saw Gan Ning's report, he "cautiously" took the sea route to Qingzhou to increase troops, authorized Gan Ning to make decisions in Qingzhou, and sent envoys to Xudu, and after meeting Huaxin, he clarified the misunderstanding with Liu Bei.
The increase in troops is mainly based on the navy, and at the same time there is a considerable part of the army, as well as various military supplies, when the increase in troops is as many people as possible in the ship, so that the size of the fleet looks smaller, and there are no obvious weapons on the deck of the troop carrier, so as not to irritate the Xuzhou government.
There were only three orders to Gan Ning, one was Chengshan Port in Huangxian County, the second was to avoid a full-scale war with the Xuzhou Army, and the third was Muping Port - the importance of it decreased in turn!
That is, it is best to occupy both ports, but the premise is that the Xuzhou army will not go crazy to really attack, but the bottom line is to occupy at least one of the more important ports in Huangxian County Chengshan in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
If Xuzhou really doesn't even want to let a mountain, Bai Tu feels that it is necessary to maintain the majesty of the Han general, and he is also part of the Kuangfu Han family!
As for whether he can get an inch, Bai Tu didn't mention it to Gan Ning.
Based on Bai Tu's understanding of Gan Ning's house, even if Bai Tu doesn't mention it, in terms of the "upper limit", Gan Ning will definitely jump up and down.
If the Xuzhou Army really does not move now, this dog-faced person even dares to write to the Xuzhou Army to retreat a little further - he can definitely do this kind of thing!
However, it is Guan Yu who is leading the Xuzhou army now......
In history, when Liu Bei pulled the main force into Shu and let Guan Yu sit in Jingzhou, Guan Erye himself got up with Dongwu and Cao Wei.
And with the partial division left behind in Jingzhou, Cao Cao considered moving the imperial court from Xudu, if it wasn't for Lu Meng taking the opportunity to send troops to seize Jingzhou, Northern Jingzhou would really be beaten down by Guan Yu!
Therefore, Bai Tu did not deliberately motivate Gan Ning again, lest the dog-faced one really get up with Guan Yu.
At the same time, it is just right to let Gan Ning stay in Qingzhou first, otherwise with Guan Yu's temperament, even if Bai Tu talks with Xuzhou Mansion, once there is a chance, Guan Yu will definitely take the initiative to attack, and Liu Bei will inevitably give Guan Yu considerable autonomy, so the people left in Donglai by the General's Mansion cannot be too "soft".
Of course, Gan Ning will not stay in Qingzhou for a long time for the sake of two ports, after all, there are more important tasks waiting for him.
Bai Tu was going to transfer Lü Meng back from Nanyang, let Gan Ning take a belt first, and when Gan Ning set off again, let Lü Meng stay in Qingzhou.
On the one hand, Lu Meng's talent and potential are obvious to all in the General's Mansion, and there is history in Bai Tu's heart, and on the other hand, he ...... It is also from a metaphysical point of view to restrain Guan Yu, who may be "unexpected" at any time.
In short, the goal of the local defenders is to avoid being easily driven back to the sea because of Guan Yu's "temptation" or their own attack, and the goal of the general's mansion is to come forward to negotiate with Liu Bei and Xuzhou Mansion to ensure that it does not develop into a full-scale war - reasonable! Why should we give you back the Donglai County that we have won with our strength?