In the thirteenth year of Jian'an, Gan Ning served as the chief of Yi and was stationed in Yi, which was close to Jiangdong, so it was easy for Gan Ning to find out what news he had, and Gan Ning secretly summoned his original subordinates and some water thieves on all sides to expand his strength.

Soon, Gan Ning heard signs of the movement of troops and horses in Chaisang and Poyang, and immediately keenly judged that Jiangdong might be attacking Jiangxia, and couldn't help but rub his fists and prepare to do a big job.

secretly contacted Jiangxia's eyeliner, and got in touch with Liu Bei's people in Jiangxia, asking to collect fire oil, saltpeter, bows and arrows, etc. for him.

After Liu Bei got the report, he ordered Mi Zhu to do it, and after the order was neat, he sent it to Gan Ning in batches.

In February of that year, Jiangdong raised 30,000 troops and went straight to Jiangxia.

Huang Zu led the crowd to meet the enemy, ordered Gan Ning to be the vanguard, Deng Long was second, the general Chen was in command of the Chinese army, and the governor Su Feihe stayed in Xiakou.

Gan Ning led 800 people under his command to the forefront, and was coming to visit the sentry with Ling Tong, the pioneer of Jiangdong.

Ling Tongyi saw that it was Gan Ning's banner, and it was the enemy who was very red when he saw each other, and there were only a hundred people around him at this time, but he still rushed to Gan Ning, and Gan Ning fought with him.

Ling Tong attacked desperately to avenge the killing of his father, but Gan Ning didn't want to fight to the death, so he retreated one after another, saw the opportunity, and went around the reeds.

Ling Tong was willing to let go there, and immediately ordered to chase after him, and Lu Meng in the back arrived and chased Ling Tong back.

Ling Tong was avenging, a little anxious, Lu Meng said: "Gongji, I know that you are eager for revenge, but if you look carefully, the direction of Gan Ning's retreat is the reed swing, the reed swing waterway here is complicated, we are not familiar with it, it is very likely that there will be an ambush, you have to have three long and two short, how to avenge your father?" ”

Ling Tong was silent, and his subordinates reported that Jiangxia's soldiers and horses were coming, and Lu Meng said, "I know, let's go down."

Turning his head to Ling Tong, he said: "If you break Huang Zu first, then Gan Ning will be a grass without roots, which can be destroyed with a snap of your fingers, you should know which is more important and which is lighter." You're the vanguard, the thieves are approaching, what are you waiting for? ”

Ling Tong calmed down, arched his hand, led the acceptance to meet Deng Long's soldiers and horses, Deng Long took a big ship behind, learned that Gan Ning was defeated and fled, and came to prepare to engage Jiangdong soldiers and horses, at this time it was getting late, Ling Tong first pretended to fight, and then retreated, Deng Long was overjoyed, thinking that he had won, so he did not take Jiangdong soldiers and horses to heart.

Ling Tong didn't go far, when night fell, Deng Long returned, Ling Tong took advantage of the fast speed of the boat, quietly detoured in front of Deng Long, launched a surprise attack, Lu Meng attacked in the back, Deng Long was caught off guard, Ling Tong killed Deng Long's ship, killed Deng Long, and Deng Long's naval army surrendered either dead. Chen saw the light of the fire and arrived too late.

Huang Zu learned that Deng Long had been killed, Gan Ning's whereabouts were unknown, and Jiangdong's soldiers and horses were unstoppable, so he ordered Su Fei and Chen to withdraw and send two Mengchong giant ships built by himself to guard the danger.

The Jiangdong scout found out and reported to Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu sent Lü Meng and Chen Wu to lead the battleships to attack, and the Jiangdong warships were not as tall as Huang Zu's Mengchong giant ships, and they were suppressed, and then, the archers who were ambushed on the top of the cliff in advance condescendingly shot arrows at the Jiangdong ships.

Lü Meng and Chen Wu commanded the Jiangdong soldiers and horses to fight more than once, dividing their troops to resist the archers on the top of the cliff while attacking the Mengchong giant ship. After three hours, the Jiangdong soldiers and horses, exhausted and suffering heavy casualties, were forced to retreat. For ten days in a row, I couldn't make progress.

Lu Meng couldn't attack, and after withdrawing the army, he saw Zhou Yu and said: "Dadu Governor, the two Mengchong giant ships are difficult to attack, if you continue to fight like this, not to mention the heavy casualties of my Jiangdong disciples, I'm afraid it will be difficult to take Xiakou." ”

Zhou Yu said: "I'm also worried about this matter, I don't know what Ziming's plan is?" ”

Lu Meng said: "The cliffs on both sides are steep and not easy to attack, so it is best to break through the Mengchong giant ship at the mouth, these two giant ships are one south and one north, supporting each other, and it is difficult to attack." Tomorrow, I will lead my troops to attack in the front, and secretly send Jian'er to break through and cut off the connection between the two Mengchong giant ships, so that it may be broken. ”

Zhou Yu said: "Ziming's words are reasonable, I have seen that the two giant ships have been very stable in the past few days, and the wind and waves have been large in the past two days, and the shaking is also very limited, it seems that there must be something to stabilize the two giant ships." ”

When Lu Meng heard this, he said, "Du Du asked me to find the rope that fixed the Meng Chong giant ship. Let the giant ship lose its stability. ”

Zhou Yu nodded and said, "Yes, exactly, it's just too dangerous, remember to be careful." ”

Lu Meng arched his hand and said, "The last general understands." ”

The next day, Lü Meng sent Ling Tong and Dong Xi to lead a hundred men each, wearing light and fine armor, to hide in the cabin of the big ship, and the big ship braved the bow and arrow to rush forward and kill a hundred steps away from the giant ship. Ling Tong and Dong Xi went into the water, dived to the bottom of the water, and found a fixed rope, but the four iron cables made of pure iron were very strong, and they could not be cut at all in a short time.

As soon as the two discussed, the brave won when they met on a narrow road, leaving more than a dozen people to find a way to cut the iron chain, leading the rest of the Jiangdong soldiers and horses to go around the back, climb up along the iron cable, and attack from behind the giant ship.

Ling Tong and Dong Xi first boarded the giant ship to cover the Jiangdong soldiers and horses behind, and after the Jiangxia soldiers and horses found out, they immediately turned back to fight and wanted to drive the Jiangdong soldiers and horses down.

Ling Tong and Dong Xi are fierce generals themselves, and they are already in a desperate situation, so they naturally use their whole body strength to fight hard. The Jiangdong soldiers and horses in the back boarded the ship quickly, gathering more and more, fighting and killing while setting fires.

Seeing the firelight in front, Lu Meng immediately went into battle to charge in person, braving the rain of guns and arrows to intensify the attack, and the Jiangxia army on the Mengchong giant ship had already shaken its military heart. Lü Meng rushed to the bottom of the giant ship and immediately boarded the ship, the general Chen came to resist, Chen just cut down several Jiangdong soldiers, Lü Meng stepped forward to fight, Chen missed the opportunity, and was killed in only three rounds. The Jiangxia army, which lost its command, was in chaos and was quickly annihilated by Jiangdong soldiers and horses.

Su Fei, who was on another giant ship, saw that the giant ship guarded by Chen had fallen and could not support it alone, so he ordered the ship to be burned and retreated quickly.

After Lü Meng completely annihilated Chen's army, he divided his troops to attack Xiakou. He came to besiege Su Fei who was retreating.

Huang Zu received a report from his subordinates that there was a fire in the direction of the giant ship. Huang Zu was shocked, the distance between Xiakou and Xiakou was very close, and if something happened to the giant ship, I was afraid that Xiakou would not be able to defend it, and he had no danger to defend, and he was unable to resist the Jiangdong Army, so he could only go up.

Huang Zu led his cronies to escape from Xiakou, but on the way he encountered fallen trees, obstructing the road and delaying time, as a result, he was caught up by Ling Tong, Huang Zu had no way to enter the ground in the sky, desperately fought with Ling Tong, and was beheaded by Ling Tong.

Huang Zu's soldiers and horses scattered and fled, and Ling Tong drove and killed for a while, and collected his troops back to Xiakou. When I returned to the army, I couldn't help but think about the fallen trees, "How can a good tree fall?" Could it be that someone secretly helped me rob and kill Huang Zu. ”

When he was returning to the army, dozens of Jiangdong soldiers rushed straight over, saw Ling Tong's banner, and hurriedly rushed to Ling Tong and cried: "Captain Ling, the big thing is not good, Xiakou has been lost." ”

Ling Tong was shocked: "What's the matter, you can tell me in detail." ”

The soldier said: "After capturing Xiakou, we will guard Xiakou City, and you go to chase Huang Zu." Soon, a force of about 500 people arrived at the south gate, saying that it was the Jiangdong Army, afraid that we would have too few people, so we should not suffer, and were ordered to support us. After opening the city gate, the thieves entered the city to rob the city, and the brothers at the south gate tried their best to resist, and then they came in and did not know how many people came in, and we only had three or five hundred people, and we were outnumbered, so we had to be defeated. to report to the captain. ”

Ling Tong was furious and shouted, "Follow me." "Horses rushed to Jiangxia.

When he arrived at Jiangxia City, he shouted and scolded: "Listen to the thieves in the city, you have eaten the bear's heart and leopard gall, dare to attack Xiakou City, surrender quickly, Rao Er and wait for the dog's life, otherwise, when I break the city and cut off your heads, it will be too late to regret it." ”

After Ling Tong finished shouting, there was no movement in the city, only one person poked his head out to take a look, and then shrank back. Ling Tong didn't know the truth and didn't dare to attack rashly, but it was a pity to give up.

Ling Tong shouted, "Thirty of you will go with me to explore the city." Everyone behind him agreed.

Everyone approached the city, and when they were dozens of steps away from the city wall, suddenly, more than 300 people stood up at the head of the city, and the bows and crossbows shot at Ling Tong, Ling Tong waved his knife to block, and there were only ten people left behind the thirty people in a blink of an eye, Ling Tong did not dare to delay, and immediately retreated.