… Ce and Zhou Yu returned to the division, and Zhang Xiu and others joined in the county office of Yulin Gucheng to discuss the military situation.

Seeing that on the main seat, Zhang Xiu was the first to say to Pang Tong: "Shi Yuan's suspicious tactics are used well, and Lu Meng is defeated, but it makes the general have no worries. ”

When Pang Tong heard this, he smiled uglyly and said: "The lord praised it falsely, it all depends on the arrangement of the lord, Wen Wei and filial piety, and the unification is just the icing on the cake." And it is not difficult to pretend to be 20,000 with 5,000 people. ”

Zhang Xiu nodded and said, "Okay, this time the merits you have made have been recorded one by one." After speaking, Zhang Xiu turned his head and asked Fa Zhengdao: "Filial piety." Have all the military vehicles on the Anhui side been evacuated? ”

Fa Zheng heard this, nodded and said, "My lord, rest assured, they have all crossed the river." ”

Zhang Xiu heard this, nodded his head, and said: "The matter over there in the Han Court, don't publicize it for the time being, otherwise it will affect the morale of the army." You all know that. What Zhang Xiu said was naturally that Liu Xie had designated himself as a thief. At this time, it was a big war, and if it was publicized, I was afraid that the morale of the army would be affected a lot. When everyone heard this, they naturally nodded yes.

After a pause, Zhang Xiu said again: "So, Wen Wei, you can talk about the situation." ”

Li Ru listened, nodded, and then said: "Now Sun Jian's army is concentrated in Moling, and the spies have also returned, and Sun Ce's army on the other side has also advanced towards Anhuikou. Now the situation in Jiangdong as a whole has become clear, and the enemy army has been divided into two divisions, one on the north and south banks of the Yangtze River. In this way, the decisive battle of the naval army has become the key to this battle. If our army wins this water battle, the two main forces of Jiangdong can be divided by our army, and then our army can block the Yangtze River and prevent Sun Ce's army from crossing the river, and the main force will wave the army to Moling and destroy Sun Jian first. Sun Jian was defeated, and the people of the Sun family were in their hands, so Sun Ce could not surrender. ”

Tai Shici heard it and asked, "Although what Wen Wei said is good. But what if my navy is defeated? After speaking, he glanced at Gan Ning next to him. But Gan Ning wasn't too excited. Instead, he looked at Li Ru with concern.

Seeing this, Li Ru nodded secretly, and said at the same time: "If it is defeated, then the grain road in the rear of our army will first face the invasion of the Jiangdong Army. However, our army was not without a chance to win, and there were still 70,000 troops in Hansheng to attack Huiji and Wu County. Therefore, Xingba, you don't have to worry about this battle at all, it is best to win; It is also a benefit for our army to lose both, even if it is defeated, it does not matter, just do your best. ”

Gan Ning knew that Zhang Xiu, Li Ru, Pang Tong, Fa Zheng and others arranged so much in order to have a decisive battle with the Jiangdong Navy without any worries. Thinking of this, Gan Ning's heart was hot, and a kind of heart that died for his confidant couldn't help but come to his mind. The next moment, I saw Gan Ning suddenly stand up, and arched his hand to Zhang Xiu, Li Ru and the others: "I would rather live up to the expectations of the lord and all the gentlemen, and do my best to fight with the Jiangdong Naval Army!" ”

Zhang Xiu heard this, high-fived and nodded: "It's enough for Xingba to have this heart." You are the strongest general in the heart of this general, and I believe that you can win and return! ”

Gan Ning heard it and said excitedly: "Thank you for your trust!" ”

Zhang Xiu smiled and nodded, lightly brushed his hand, and motioned for Gan Ning to sit down first. Then he turned his head and asked Fa Zhengdao: "Xiaozhi, what is the situation on the Jiangdong Navy now?" ”

Fa Zheng nodded and said, "According to the spies' report, the Jiangdong Navy is now mainly divided into two parts. Part of it was the naval army led by Sun Ce in Jiangbei, stationed at the downstream of the Susukou; The other part is in the south of the Yangtze River, on the side of Moling City. But there are signs. There are abnormal movements in the naval army on the Moling side, and there are signs of moving to the mouth of the water, but I am afraid that the Jiangdong side also has the intention of carrying out a decisive battle of the naval army. ”

Zhang Xiu heard this, and hurriedly asked: "Xingba, how is the run-in between the new ship and the old ship now?" ”

Gan Ning thought for a moment and replied, "Count the new ones." There are a total of 50 new-style warships, while the old-style warships are mainly the warships that captured the original Jingzhou Navy and the warships captured by the lord in Nanchang, plus the rest of the old ships, the total number is about 30. Originally, Ning wanted to transfer new warships from the other side of the Yellow River, but there was not enough time, so our army had 80 large ships. Now Zhong Miao and Zhong Ye have been training the navy day and night in the water village east of Hulin, and the cooperation between the new ship and the old ship has risen a lot, and the old ship is also undergoing the modification of the watertight cabin, which is also close to completion. However, Ning felt that there were other aspects of cooperation between the new ship and the old ship, so Ning separated the new ship and the old ship. ”

Zhang Xiu heard this, nodded and said: "The water war is the director of Xingba, and the general will not give an opinion, you think it is feasible." ”

Gan Ning heard this, nodded and said, "Thank you for your trust." ”

Zhang Xiu turned his head again and asked Fa Zhengdao: "Filial piety, how many enemy ships are there?" ”

Fa Zheng replied: "The spies reported that there are nearly 100 big ships in the mouth of the water, and with the big ships from Moling, I'm afraid it's more than half of the big ships of our navy." ”

Zhang Xiu heard it and touched her chin. muttered, "Half more,"

At this time, Pang Tong suddenly spoke: "My lord, Tong suggests that before the big ship of Moling arrives, he will sneak attack the mouth of the Xukou!" ”

"Sneak attack on the mouth of the water?"

Pang opened his mouth in unison, but it was as if a boulder had been thrown in the calm water of the lake. After everyone in the hall listened, there was a lot of discussion for a while. After Li Ru and Fa Zheng glanced at each other, they also fell into deep thought, and Gan Ning was even more so.

After arguing for a long time, Li Ru spoke: "Lord, although Shi Yuan's strategy is bold. And yet it works.

There is a long distance from the Tiger Forest, but Sun Ce does not know that the new type of aircraft of our army is far from the old gear, and if it is carried out a sneak attack, the probability of success is extremely high. ”

Gan Ning heard this, and also nodded: "Lord, Mr. Wen Wei is right, and Ning also has experience in sneaking up on water plugs." Although the city has been built at the mouth of the water, the warships of the Jiangdong Navy still need to be parked at the riverside water village of the city, if the sneak attack is successful, then the remaining Jiangdong Navy will no longer be the opponent of our army! ”

Zhang Xiu heard this, turned his head to look at Fazheng, and Fazheng also nodded and said, "I think it's feasible." ”

Seeing that the three strategists and the general of the navy all agreed, Zhang Xiu did not hesitate any longer, and immediately ordered: "In this way, Gan Ning listened to the order and ordered you to lead the navy army as the main general, and go to attack the mouth of the water overnight tonight, there must be no mistake!" There are many generals in the Jiangdong Naval Army, Ziyi, and your father and son accompanied the army to assist Xingba. ”

Before that, in the Dazhai of Zhang Xiu's army, Gan Ning called all the 25,000 water troops to concentrate. In front of the whole army, Gan Yu shouted: "Bring all that thing." ”

Under the incomprehensible gaze of everyone, the soldiers of the Eight Hundred Jinfan Battalion carried out a hundred jars of fine wine and placed them behind Gan Ning, and at the same time there was a boiled cow, piled up behind it like a hill.

After that, listen to the two voices! "Ladies and gentlemen, I, Gan Ning, have heard people say that the most important Kenzhou naval army in the Han Dynasty is Cai Mao's Jingzhou naval army. It's just that the Jingzhou Navy was defeated by Lao Tzu! However, the name of the world's first naval army did not fall on us, but went to the head of the Jiangdong naval army. Brothers, I ask you, do you accept or not? ”

The 25,000 sailors were the sailors that Gan Ning had trained on the Yellow River for several years in the past, and when they heard it, they shouted one after another: "Not convinced!" Defy! All of a sudden, the crowd was surging with emotion.

Gan Ning tapped his hand lightly, motioned for everyone to stop, and then said: "Tonight, I will give everyone a chance to prove that we and others are the number one water army in the world!" The general has given the order for our army to go out tonight and attack the mouth of the water! As long as we defeat the Jiangdong Navy in this battle, then the name of the world's first Navy will be ours! ”

When all the soldiers heard this, they responded in unison: "We will win!" Win! ”

After Gan Ning saw this, he was secretly happy in his heart, and then said: "Everyone, the general has already asked people to cook a hundred cows and distribute them to our brothers in the navy. The general treats us like this, how should we repay it! ”

"Defeat the enemy! Defeat the enemy! ”

Gan Ning heard it and laughed: "Okay! After speaking, he picked up a jar of fine wine, slapped the sealing mud open, and then poured a whole jar of fine wine into the pool dug up early in the morning next to him, and said loudly at the same time: "Everyone, I, Gan Ning, will take out all the hundred jars of wine I have hidden and distribute them to the brothers, but the number of brothers is too large to be able to come out of each person." Now I will pour all these hundred jars of wine into this pool, and everyone will enjoy this blessing. Let's drink together! Let's eat meat together! After that, go kill the Jiangdong Army! ”

When the officers and men of the navy heard this, they laughed in unison: "Good! ”

Gan Ning did not hesitate, and asked Huo Jun, Wen Ping, and Gan Yang to lead the soldiers of the Jinfan Battalion to divide the meat, and put all the hundred jars of wine into the pool, and let all the soldiers come to take the meat and get the wine.

Strange to say, although there are many fine wines in a hundred jars, after pouring them into a large pool and mixing them with water, the aroma and smell of those wines should become extremely light. But when Gan Ning took a bowl of wine from the pool, not only did he feel that the aroma of the wine had not diminished much, but the taste of the wine was also the same. After drinking it in your mouth, you will feel spicy. And when a glass of wine goes down to the stomach, from the throat to the stomach, the heat does not stop dissipating and spreads throughout the body, and then I feel more energetic.

After a full meal and a good drink, the officers and men of the whole army boarded the battleship one after another under the leadership of the four. The new warships led by Gan Ning and Tai Shici and Tai Shici and his son were in front, and Huo Jun and Wen Ping led the old warships in the back, and eighty warships and hundreds of small walkers rushed straight to the mouth of the water.

Although the degree of new warships is much faster than that of old warships, Gan Ning did not let the new warships go. Both ships headed towards the mouth of the Wet Beard at the same degree, but due to the tailwind and downflow at this time, the advance was not too slow.

Time flew by, and soon it was the second watch, which was only a little more than an hour away from the mouth of the wet beard.

At this moment, the soldier in charge of the lookout suddenly said loudly: "General, there are ships in front of you, and there are a lot of them!" ”

Gan Ning heard this, although he was not shocked, and immediately climbed onto the lookout of the battleship. This lookout tower is also based on the lookout of Western ships, which is unique to new warships.

After Gan Ning climbed onto the lookout, he snatched the long cylindrical thing from the soldier's hand, put it on his eyes and looked ahead. Such a small cylindrical thing is naturally a telescope that Zhang Xiu and Ma Jun made up and was named clairvoyant. In fact, the principle of the telescope is very simple, Zhang Xiu made a simple telescope by himself when he was studying. It's just that although it is easy to make, the materials are not easy to find, and the whole Han has no transparent glass at all. In desperation, Zhang Xiu only needs to replace it with colored glass, so although it is affected by some influence, it is better than nothing.

As for the glaze, it is an item that appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period, and according to legend, it was given to Xi Shi by Fan Du as a token of love, but it was used by Zhang Xiuran in the military.

Gan Ning looked ahead through this colored clairvoyant. Through the faint moonlight, Gan Ning saw countless dark shadows in front of him. These dark black shadows are in the shape of a boat, and you don't have to think about it to know that they are enemies. Gan Ning swept left and right with clairvoyance, but unfortunately there were too many shadows of the ship to be counted.

Gan Ning handed the clairvoyant back to the soldier and said, "Keep a close eye on the enemy army, and report any movement immediately." At the same time, he shouted: "Raise the flag, give the order, there are a large number of ships ahead, and the number is no less than that of our army." It is very likely that it is the Jiangdong Naval Army, so that the fleet will form a formation and prepare for a big battle! ”

After finishing speaking, Gan Ning secretly rejoiced in his heart: "Fortunately, there is a year in the eye, so that our army can show the enemy army early and prepare early, otherwise it will be a big trouble!" ”

And Gan Ning gave an order, and the soldiers above the flagship couldn't help but give instructions to the nearby warships to let the army form a formation. The training of the battle formation had already been carried out for a long time, and as soon as the order was issued at this time, the warships immediately began to act.

I saw fifty new warships in front, each in a group of nine, divided into front, middle and rear arranged in a phalanx, with three warships in each row. Then the nine ships began to move closer to the middle, and when the nine ships were very close, the soldiers on the ships pushed out the beams inside the ships, and then detained the battleships, and then connected them with iron cables.

Soon, the new warships on the river formed a huge chain of five ships consisting of nine warships. In addition, the five warships that were vacated formed into an ordinary "" formation, behind the five huge chain of ships, for command and flexible rescue.

In addition to the battle formation of the new-style warships, the thirty old-style warships in the back, under the command of Huo Jun and Wen Ping, also formed three huge conical formations. Each cone-shaped array consisted of ten warships, and four more warships were added to the triangular battle array of the Jingzhou Navy in the past. Don't look at it, there are only four more warships than the conical formation listed by the Jingzhou Navy before, but the difficulty of forming the formation is several times greater. That is, Zhang Xiu's elite navy can only do it after several years of hard training on the Yellow River.

In addition to these battle formations, all the books that were originally tied to the back of the battleship were released. At this time, the surroundings of the battle array were already surrounded by a large number of walkers.

When Gan Ning's side finished forming a formation, the opposing army had already been clearly seen by Gan Ning. I saw that there were more than 100 warships on the opposite river, and the flags of eight generals such as "Dadu Governor Zhou" and the rest of the "Chen Panxu" were floating on the ship. The one who came was the main force of the Jiangdong Navy led by Zhou Yu!

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