Qiao Rui hurried back to the mouth of the water, and saw that Liu Xun had indeed arrived.

He was also secretly glad that he was injured by the enemy's arrows early in the morning, and it was estimated that Liu Xun was too embarrassed to attack.

The situation was indeed as he expected, Liu Xun did not want to see the wounded in general, but endured his anger and asked about the details of the battle.

On the one hand, he emphasized that the defeat of the battle was partly due to the miscalculation of the court's foreign relations, which led to his sneak attack. Secondly, his own communication work must not have been done well, and Liu Xunbu's itinerary was leaked, which caught him off guard.

After these two main pots were pushed out, Qiao Rui whitewashed how he fought bloodily and retreated from the enemy, pursued hard, and finally was wounded bravely, so he had to give up expanding the results.

Liu Xun asked about the specific results of the battle with a gloomy face, and Qiao Rui said, "Our army suffered no more than 1,000 casualties before and after, and shot and killed 35,000 people who pursued the enemy, just because the enemy ship could not be captured on the river, so it was impossible to behead the enemy's corpse."

This trick is the best excuse to use in a water war.

Liu Xun also knew that there must be a trick, but there was no evidence, and they had common interests in whitewashing the results of the battle and needed to fool Yuan Shu together, so they just turned a blind eye and forgot it.

"Don't worry about getting these for the time being, but Shuizhai has been hit so hard, it can't be explained if you don't fight back! Just now, I have calculated, and even most of the military rations for the expedition to Guangling have been burned.

At the moment, the remaining food is simply not enough for us to surround Guangling City, and we have to raise another one! You must take advantage of this time to make a counterattack victory before you can explain to Your Majesty! ”

He knows very well that the morale confrontation of a war is not only about how many advantages he seizes, but also about being good at propaganda.

The miserable vanguard of the Yuan army, after being shot in vain, finally recognized the situation.

All the soldiers stand directly on the deck, at most a roof similar to a canopy boat, but it is only protected from rain, not necessarily completely protected from arrows. Even if it is against arrows, it is only against throwing arrows falling from the top, and there is no protection against flat shooting.

Liu Xun and Qiao Rui's preparation was sluggish and the enemy lagged behind, giving Zhuge Jin a chance to prepare.

During the whole process, only one strategist on Liu Xun and Qiao Rui's side objected to this negotiation attempt, and that was Liu Xun's meritorious Cao Liu Ye.

Such an asymmetrical battle immediately caused Yuan's small boat soldiers to suffer a lot of casualties.

In the next few days, Liu Xun joined forces with Qiao Rui, first went to Hulin and Tongguan Town to show off his might, burned some houses, and ravaged several small fishing villages in Linjiang that traded with the Shanyue people, but he didn't catch the main force of the Zhuge army at all.

After setting the rules, Zhuge Jin took care of Guan Yu and asked him to take the soldiers to sharpen their guns in the past few days, adapt to the attack and defense of the jumping gang on the big ship, release arrows to suppress, and how to fight the dignified battle on the river.

If you don't give full play to these advantages, wouldn't it be too wasteful to give full play to the surname "Zhuge ".

Let the enemy clearly know that he has suffered a loss, and he has lost twice physically and mentally.

Fortunately, Gan Ning's fire attack burned all the three building ships in Qiaorui, even if Liu Xun still has a few building ships, the pressure will not be too great.

Even if there is, at least it can only be installed on a large ship of the fighting ship level, and there is definitely no one for a boat and a ship, and at most a bed crossbow can be installed on the ship.

However, the generals of the Han army were not too worried, Zhuge Jin made the comparison of the strength of the two sides very clear, and gave the generals a breath before the battle, and the enemy army was only 2.5 times that of our army.

He came to Lujiang just to avoid the war, and his ancestral home is Shouchun. Joining Liu Xun is also because he needs to find a backer in the local area, if the backer is not safe, then what is the use value?

And Liu Xun on the other side, although he didn't know how much he was shaken by this shout, he also hurriedly instructed his subordinates to stabilize the morale of the army:

Liu Beijun's original territory was in the north, and he had just fought all the way to the south, and it had only been less than half a year since the Zhuge family gained a firm foothold in Yuzhang.

That's Zhuge Liang personally guarding the city!

Gan Ning and Tai Shici are more professional and experienced, and those roles that need to be roundabout and flexible are handed over to them, and when assigning warships, they are also given to Gan Ning and them as clippers. Guan Yu's people were deployed on a few fighting ships and were responsible for the attack of the Chinese army-

In the afternoon, on the Yangtze River more than 20 miles west of Chungu County, the Yuan army was in the upper reaches and the Han army was in the lower reaches, and the two sides were in a mighty position.

For this, Qiao Rui does not object.

Of course, this kind of command also has a disadvantage, that is, it will occupy the large ship strength of the Yuan army, resulting in the small number of large ship troops of the Yuan army being held back by Gan Ning.

Tai Shi Ci took 4,000 old troops and went upstream again, and came to Chungu County to report the victory: Wuhu City had been taken under the joint efforts of him and Guan Yu, and Sun Ce had no movement for the time being.

Zhuge Jin saw that the second brother judged it this way, and it was true that there was no need for brave generals to defend the city, as long as the quality and morale of the soldiers were enough, and the wise generals defended the city the same, so he no longer had to worry about it.

The vanguard of the two armies was still hundreds of steps apart, and Zhuge Jin made a banner move, signaling the vanguard of the Ganning Department to shout in unison to hit the morale of the enemy.

On June 20, after several days of emergency assembly and running-in, the Han army finally ushered in the initiative of Yuan Shujun's all-out attack.

Zhuge Jin, who was sitting on the big ship of the Chinese army, although he couldn't know what the enemy was thinking, he was still very satisfied when he saw that Gan Ning successfully shouted out the words that disturbed the enemy's army.

Yuan's indiscriminate shooting from a long distance yielded almost no results, and he could only be incompetent and furious.

The loud-voiced soldiers in the Ganning army took out the wooden horns that Zhuge Jin had prepared before the battle, and began to shout: "Liu Xun is unscrupulous, Qiao Rui is indecisive, and he has allowed our army to join forces with Captain Guan who asked Zulang for his ancestors!" You have fallen for Zhuge Zhonglang's scheme! ”

Before Yuan Shu became emperor, he had a faint bad premonition. Yuan Shu really became the emperor and was betrayed by so many "allies", so Liu Ye couldn't help but weigh up: how long did Yuan Shu betray his relatives and leave, and should he find an opportunity to jump ship and run away.

However, the agility of the ship is higher than that of the fighting ship, and it is not much worse than the walker.

Guan Yu in history, the ability of the navy army in the later period is also good, but those abilities are really after he went to Jingzhou and sat in Jingzhou for nearly ten years, and then slowly sharpened them.

Of course, this request made Zhuge Jin laugh - the other party still thought that it was Tai Shi Ci who did it directly that night.

Even if it was only three days, they could only deal with more than 6,000 people in Taishi Jiagan.

Every time you grasp the slightest advantage, when it comes to fighting for your life, you must fully publicize it.

Zhuge Jin explained: "Yun Chang, although you are now a captain, and Xingba and Ziyi are only captains, you are above the generals. But if you want to participate in this battle, you must have three chapters.

So much so that when Liu Xun and Qiao Rui finally made a formal general attack, it was already the end of mid-June.

Guan Yu couldn't help but blush, hesitated for a moment, and still admitted calmly: "It is true that a certain person has not experienced a water war, but the enemy is at present, and if he has the opportunity to do his part, how can he be afraid to move forward!"

"Cloud Chief...... Are you familiar with water warfare? As far as I know, you don't seem to have ever fought a water war. ”

It's like Zhang Fei in the later stage is good at mountain warfare, which is also slowly honed with Liu Bei Pingshu, who is born with it.

Liu Xun thought about it for a while, and then agreed with Qiao Rui's judgment.

Liu Ye said that this kind of ruffle is definitely a waste of time, and it is better to send troops in anger, relying on the fact that his own soldiers have just been provoked by a sneak attack, and they can also fight with the enemy and resolve it quickly.

At the same time, he asked his own ships and fighting ships to outflank and intercept Gan Ning on a large scale, blocking Gan Ning's position, so that Gan Ning could no longer fight like this.

"Quickly order all departments not to listen to the enemy's rumors! What is there to delay the fighters! In this battle, our army is still 20,000 and thousands, and the advantage is mine! Just look at the number of boats on the river! ”

After all, compared to land warfare, water warfare is too rare. Previously, only the two water battles between Sun Jian and Liu Biao, Sun Ce and Liu Miao could exceed this scale.

Started the late Han Dynasty so far, the scale of the absolute top three water wars.

Guan Yu's main force temporarily stayed in Wuhu County to prepare for vigilance, while Tai Shi Ci's troops returned to join forces with Gan Ning to prepare for a possible counterattack by the enemy.

It's a pity that Liu Xun and Qiao Rui didn't have such a decision, and Liu Ye didn't bother to talk nonsense.

If someone else said this, Guan Yu would definitely be a little unconvinced, but Zhuge Jin said that it would be no problem at all. In the past ten months, Mr. Zhuge has accumulated enough prestige in his heart to make him admire.

So he temporarily changed his mind and decided to personally sit on the largest fighting ship and supervise the battle with Guan Yu at that time.

However, Guan Yu said that he left Zhuge Liang with 4,000 soldiers to guard Wuhu, and two or three thousand Zulangbu Shanyue soldiers who had just been selected and subdued recently, which was enough to ensure that there would be no problems in Wuhu City in a short time.

But they were so slow, and in the end they had to face more than 8,000 people from Taishi, Gan, and Guan Heli. Everything was caused by Yuan Shujun's internal confusion, ineffective sentinel detection, and misscheduling, and he was to blame.

The so-called hearing has a precedence, and there is a specialization in the art industry, and you must obey the unified dispatch in this battle. The details of the battle can be dialed according to Xingba, improvised, and must not be trusted. As long as you can win this battle, you can touch the doorway of water warfare, and you can do it yourself in the future. ”

Liu Xun and Qiao Rui were dragged back and forth by the messenger and negotiating, and they did not launch an attack for a long time. Three days later, Guan Yu also brought 2,000 people to add icing on the cake, and joined forces with Gan Ning and Tai Shici, so that the total strength of Zhuge Jin's water division exceeded 8,000 people.

Zhuge Jin was secretly glad that he had no preconceived ideas.

Moreover, Zhuge Liang also wrote a letter in his own hand, asking Guan Yu to hand it over to the eldest brother, just to let the eldest brother not worry, saying that according to the scout sentry he sent to investigate, Zhuge Liang judged that Sun Ce's mood had stabilized, he should have recognized the situation, and it was almost impossible to impulsively try to recapture Wuhu.

Seeing Guan Yu's arrival, Zhuge Jin was still a little worried about the defense of Wuhu City, so he asked Guan Yu a few words.

Gan Ning's ship also generally reinforces the wooden planks on the side of the gunwale, and the arrows are nailed to the wood, and they can be directly returned when they are pulled, and even the grass boat borrowing arrows is saved-

But Zhuge Jin did not refuse directly, but played more tricks and delayed for a few days before refusing, giving his side as much time as possible to gather troops.

Zhuge Jin still attaches great importance to his personal safety, but with a strong ship, it is not impossible to go to the battlefield.

……

Zhang Duo and Xu Qian, two generals who were born as water thieves in Chaohu Lake, successively took it upon themselves to give orders: let the warships bypass Ganning, go to those clumsy Han ships, use torches to attack, and rely on absolute numerical superiority to besiege and fight.

The number of warships seems to be seven or eight times different, which just shows that Yuan's big ships were burned too much, and a large number of small boats were used to make up the number.

There were nearly 1,000 warships of the Yuan army, covering the river, while there were more than 100 warships of the Han army, which looked lonely.

However, for Guan Yu's assistance, Zhuge Jin has a prudent consideration, and there is one last point that must be investigated and explained:

They didn't know that if they moved six days faster, they would have had the opportunity to fight Gan Ning's 3,000 people alone first (of course, if that happens, Zhuge Jin will not fight, he will abandon the water village in Chungu County and run away, delaying time)

The two chatted, and Zhuge Jin also realized this, so he felt that it was better for him to personally supervise the army in this battle, and maybe he could better coordinate Guan Yu and Gan Ning Tai Shici.

The construction period of the Lou ship, the largest warship in the late Han Dynasty, was too long, and half a year was definitely not enough to search for craftsmen, prepare materials, and plan and build.

It's all to blame on the generals, rubbish! Listen to the enemy, if we had come a few days earlier, we would have encountered much fewer enemies? It's all to blame for wasting time in Tongguan Town and Hulin Port!

But today's Guan Yu has just come to the south, and in the previous battles of Ping Yuzhang, none of the battles in which Guan Yu participated were water battles, and the water battles were all handled by Gan Ning, a professional. The upcoming battle is the first battle of Guan Yu's water war.

But there is no way to do this, if you don't make such a sacrifice, let Gan Ning fight and slaughter his own boat, I'm afraid that the morale will soon be unable to hold on.

Gan Ning defended the enemy's main output, so he took advantage of the situation to shuttle and move around the battlefield, picking on Yuan's army's brisk and roundabout walking boats to intercept them, directly pulling out the arrows on the ship's board and firing arrows at the walking boats.

And now it has only been two years of Jian'an, the battle of Guandu is far from being fought, and trebuchet weapons have not yet ushered in the great development of the second spring on the land of China, and water warfare generally does not use catapult equipment.

The torches thrown by Yuan Jun fell one after another on the river, and they could not be thrown on Gan Ning's boat at all.

After wasting a lot of time, it was finally confirmed that the main force of the Zhuge family's naval army was stationed in Chungu County, and then the whole army was ready to press and go to Chungu County to find a field.

……

In fact, Sun Jian did this kind of thing when he fought with Liu Biao six years ago. At that time, it was also Sun Jun's warship that was better protected, and he directly used the wall of the ship to block the arrows, and shot when he pulled it out.

Zhuge Jin has not built a building ship so far, nor has he equipped a building ship.

On June 16, the third day after Gan Ningqi's attack was successful, Zhuge Jin, who was stationed in Chungu County, eighty miles downstream of the mouth of the river, waited for a piece of good news from the downstream direction.

The Yuan soldiers on those small boats could also adapt to the situation, and immediately took out countless sesame fiber torches poured with tung oil, trying to throw them at Gan Ning's ship, trying to attack.

Moreover, Zhuge Jin's current official position is Danyang Taishou and Pingyue Zhonglang General, Zhonglang General is above the school captain, and only Zhuge Jin's official position can suppress him.

Gan Ning changed his previous domineering style, and became a little "bullying the soft and afraid of the hard", and when he saw the enemy's ships and fighting ships rushing up, Gan Ning avoided the battle and did not shoot at him.

What's more, most of the soldiers under his command are from Guangling, Danyang, and Yuzhang counties, and they are generally a little watery, and I, as the main general, even if I have never commanded a water battle, as long as I follow Xingba and Ziyi to learn from each other, and carefully follow the dispatch, I will not miss anything. ”

The Yuan army, which rushed up, first had to face Gan Ning, who was the vanguard of the Han army. As soon as the two sides entered the range of the bow and crossbow, Yuan Jun immediately released his arrows frantically, looking quite imposing.

Although the soldiers of the Yuan Army on the opposite side could not all understand the reason, the grassroots officers could still understand it to some extent, and some of them were active, and they couldn't help but start to waver:

Subsequently, Liu Xun was so angry that he asked the left and right armies to speed up the outflanking, take advantage of the upstream downstream, rush up to surround the Han army on three sides, and fight a bloody battle, so as not to give the Han army more opportunities to talk nonsense.

……

On the way back, he had already thought that the enemy was Zhuge Jia and Tai Shici, so he could have a target and tell Liu Xun that the enemy army was in Chungu County, Tongguan Town, Hulin Port and other places, and he could take revenge.

Therefore, it is enough for Wuhu to have 6,000 people to defend the city, and there is no need to worry about the misappropriation of troops.

Of course, before finally launching a general attack, they also sent envoys to negotiate and test according to what Qiao Rui thought at the beginning: let Zhuge Jin hand over the head of Tai Shici, saying that as long as he killed Liu Xuan's old department who attacked the mouth of the Xukou, he could go to His Majesty to intercede and pardon the Zhuge family and allow the Zhuge family to rejoin Yuan.

Under the condition that there is not much difference in the mobility and flexibility of the two sides, Gan Ning's Jinfan Battalion has a better level of boat management, always keeping a distance from the enemy, and is good at predicting the position, not giving a large number of enemy boats a chance to surround him.

Liu Xun and Qiao Rui, who had lost a considerable part of the military rations and the big war ships, were annoyed and ashamed, and gathered 20,000 sailors to attack Zhuge Jin's 8,000 sailors from the mouth of the Susu to Chungu County.

Zhuge Jin immediately integrated the Taishi Ci Department into it, and asked them to speed up the transformation of the warship, add some small equipment, and train to run in the use environment.