On the canal waterway, hundreds of naval warships are heading upstream, and hundreds of soldiers are standing on each warship. On one of the warships, a large embroidered gold flag floated in the air, and the big Zhou Xiu was on the big flag. These hundreds of big ships are Zhou Yu's headquarters who went north to support the emperor's battle, these soldiers are basically all the troops of the Jingzhou army, this time Zhou Yu knew the situation in the emperor's capital and couldn't help but show the slightest nervousness, but hahadaxiao got up. Although the situation in the imperial capital is serious, in Zhou Yu's opinion, it is indeed a great time, using the imperial capital as a bait can constantly mobilize the enemy's forces to be on the up, just take the opportunity to encircle, as long as you can annihilate a large number of enemies around the imperial capital, this time it is much easier to pacify the internal strife of the empire.

"The Grand Governor, the military report sent by the Imperial Capital. A pro-soldier walked in and sent a new piece of information that had just been sent to Zhou Yu's hands, and Zhou Yu, who was stroking the qin, stood up and took the information from the pro-soldiers. After reading the information, Zhou Yu casually made a few gestures on the map, waved his hand and said to the soldiers behind him: "Let all the generals immediately go to the commander to discuss matters, and let them come over now. ”

The soldiers quickly walked down, and soon the small liaison ships rushed to the generals' warships, and the war drums centered on Zhou Yu's handsome ship beat, and the rumbling war drums resounded throughout the fleet, and countless soldiers rumbled out of the cabin of the warship, and a bed crossbow was pushed out, and the bed crossbow arrows immediately hit the bed crossbow, and all the soldiers looked around with fierce eyes. Hearing the sound of war drums, the generals on the warships also rushed out of the warships and came to the deck, and the lookouts standing on the high places also conveyed the latest information to their generals.

The warship moved on. Zhou Yu's handsome ship was soon hung with a new march map. After a while, a general wearing different armor quickly boarded the warship. Zhou Yu sat on the handsome chair. A famous general also entered the interior of the warship, found his place and sat down, quietly waiting for Zhou Yu to hold a military meeting, as a general walked into the big tent, Zhou Yu glanced at the generals, his eyes suddenly closed, and looked at the generals under his command sharply.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the latest battle report of the Imperial Capital has been delivered, and now the army inside the city is fighting fiercely with the rebels outside the city. The battle in the palace has stabilized, but the situation is still very dangerous, and the enemy's naval troops have appeared on the canal. Zhou Yu pointed to the sand table in the warship and said to the generals: "Now the enemy's strength is still very strong, if our army advances at full speed, it is expected that the enemy's naval troops will be encountered in half a day." ”

Zhou Yu's words suddenly made the generals excited, they have been training troops in Jingzhou, and now the combat effectiveness of the Jingzhou army has achieved a little. Since receiving the information from Dijing, they are all gearing up, wanting to show their skills. However, they have not encountered any war since they set out from Jingzhou, and now they heard that the enemy army and naval warships were killing in a mighty way, which immediately made all the generals excited.

"The battle situation in the imperial capital is still very critical, and General Bai's military report requires us to rush to the imperial capital immediately to support. Therefore, this time the operation can only succeed and not fail. The canals and waterways are now blocked by the enemy's sailors, and we will only be able to continue northward if we defeat the enemy's sailors. So this time, we must defeat the rebels in the shortest possible time, and then immediately wave our troops to support the operation of the imperial capital. Zhou Yu shouted to all the generals under his command, and everyone was in good spirits, especially after Zhou Yu told all the information about the imperial capital, everyone was worried and excited.

"Governor Dadu, now that the enemy's heavy troops are attacking the city, and the two closest support troops to the imperial capital are our naval division and the corps of Yue Feisuo's division in Yongzhou, once we delay here for too long, will the imperial capital fall?" Gan Ning asked with a frown: " The Xiliang army in the north is strong in combat, and the intelligence of the past few days said that Wang Jian was fighting fiercely with Dong Zhuo, although they were supported by the elite troops of the Imperial Tomb, but the gap between the two sides was too big, and there was no latest battle report recently, and it was not dangerous for us to fight with the enemy on the canal like this?"

Zhou Yu naturally knew what Gan Ning was worried about, just as Gan Ning said, and now Zhou Yu was also worried about the situation in the Northern Army. Their communication with the imperial capital is not very smooth, not to mention that the water gate of the imperial capital is now blocked. Zhou Yu looked at Gan Ning, and saw that Gan Ning was eager to try and knew what Gan Ning was thinking. If the naval army under the command of Zhou Yu could not quickly defeat the naval army troops on the canal waterway and were blocked on the canal, then the matter would be a big deal.

"General, the last general is willing to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses from the bank of the canal to support the north, and he must rush to the imperial capital as soon as possible. Gan Ning took the initiative to fight and said to Zhou Yu, now the forces supporting the battle in the imperial capital are not only the naval troops under Zhou Yu, but also a large number of infantry and a small number of cavalry are also taking the naval ships to the north. The generals were very worried about the battle in the imperial capital, and now there were still a lot of battles on the canal, and the cavalry and a large number of infantry could not play a role, so it was better to take them from the shore to the imperial capital than to let them stay in the warships like this.

Zhou Yu nodded solemnly and said, "Okay, you can order all the cavalry under your command to go north from the shore immediately, without any delay, and you can see the opportunity to act after arriving in the imperial capital." ”

"No!" Gan Ning turned to leave, and quickly counted all the 8,000 cavalry on the navy warship, and immediately let the sailor warship dock, and immediately led his army north after landing. The black cavalry corps of the Jingzhou Corps, under the leadership of Gan Ning, rushed towards the imperial capital, while the rest of the generals also returned to their own warships to reorganize the army under their command and prepare for a water battle with the enemy.

The canal is the lifeblood of the imperial capital of the empire, this waterway is the transportation artery linking the north and south of the empire, and the wealth and grain and grass of the south are continuously sent to the imperial capital through this important road, and then sent from the treasury of the imperial capital to the north of the empire to supply the food and salary supply of the armies in the north of the empire. And all kinds of materials from the north of the empire were continuously sent to the south of the empire through this canal and waterway, in exchange for a large amount of money, and the weapons produced in the north of the empire were continuously sent to the south of the empire. Armed with the armies of the Empire. Especially the Corps in Yizhou and Jiaozhou. This canal and waterway is their lifeline.

The canal waterway is unusually wide, and all the shipping in the north and south of the empire is transported from this waterway in normal times, and the life routes of the north and south of the empire are from the people who rely on this water transportation and live on this river. The canal is wide enough to accommodate six of the Empire's largest ships alongside each other, and even the Empire's steel ships can pass through this waterway, and it can be said that this road is the lifeblood of the Empire.

Today, the waterway is unusually quiet, and there are no ships on it. The naval armies of both sides blocked the entire canal waterway, and now the fierce battle of the imperial capital is in full swing. Since Jingzhou was occupied by Zhou Yu, shipping on the canal waterway has not been interrupted, and a large amount of grain and grass is still sent to the north in exchange for weapons and war horses in the north of the empire, but not even a single ship can be seen on the waterway today. The naval armies of both sides tacitly blocked their respective waterways, and to be honest, even if the two sides did not blockade them, there was nothing worthy of attention from both sides.

Zhang Bai's navy this time only had Liliang, the navy of Dijing, and compared with the strength of Zhou Yu's navy, they were almost negligible. But Zhang Bai is not stupid, he knows how to mobilize the liliang in his hand. Zhang Bai knew all the liliang that could be called in Liu Fan's hands. The Jingzhou army is close to the imperial capital, and the one who sits in Jingzhou is Zhou Yu, who is personally named and transferred back by Liu Fan, and his subordinates lead several fierce generals, even a group of sheep have become deadly jackals under the leadership of this group of lions, not to mention the Jingzhou army, which is already known for its bravery.

Water warfare is different from land warfare, two completely different wars are not the same at all, Zhang Bai can mobilize all the naval troops only 100,000 imperial capital naval division, and this time he collected nearly 200,000 naval troops from all sides, a total of 300,000 naval troops blocked on the waterway of the canal, Zhou Yu also only brought 300,000 Jingzhou troops into Beijing. Zhou Yu's army was trained by him, and his combat effectiveness was strong, and he was even more proficient in water warfare, while the 300,000 sailors that Zhang Bai looted were not so proficient in water warfare, and it could even be said that except for the 100,000 sailors in the imperial capital, the rest were forcibly conscripted people.

"Metropolitan Governor, the other party's sailor is right in front of us, are we going to attack?" The two brothers, Su Xing and Su Hai, followed Zhou Yu's side, they were both the sons of Su Fei, the general of Jingzhou, since Su Fei took refuge in Liu Fan. Liu Fan ordered Zhou Yu to take his two sons as apprentices and teach them the art of war, and the two brothers lived up to everyone's expectations, successfully won Zhou Yu's approval, and became Zhou Yu's apprentice.

Zhou Yu stood on the handsome tower and looked at Zhang Bai's navy in front of him, and said to the two brothers, Su Xing and Su Hai: "You have been following me for a long time, and now that the enemy is in front of you, what can you see from the enemy's formation? If you are fighting this battle, how will you fight?"

The two brothers, Su Xing and Su Hai, suddenly showed joy on their faces when they heard Zhou Yu's words, over the years, they have followed Zhou Yu's side to exterminate many rivers and rivers, but they have never had the opportunity to lead the troops to fight alone, and even Zhou Yu never asked their opinions when fighting. When the two brothers saw Zhou Yu asking such a question this time, they immediately understood that there was a drama this time, even if they couldn't lead the army to fight alone, at least the position of the main force of the battle this time would not be able to escape.

"Grand Governor, judging from the formation of the other party, the other party's general is also a general who is proficient in water warfare. And from the mooring position of these warships, as well as the raising and lowering of their signal flags, it can be seen that this army is obviously divided into two armies, and the ones in front are obviously the elite of this army, they are very likely to be the sailors of the emperor's capital, and the ships in the rear, whether in terms of the size of the warships or the basic quality of the soldiers, are far from the former. Su Xing looked at the troops in the distance through the clairvoyance in his hand, and said to Zhou Yu, who nodded with satisfaction. From the deployment of the opponent's warships, to the purpose of their formation, and how to break the formation, Su Xing analyzed the head of the way.

"Su Hai, tell me what you saw again?" Zhou Yu was very satisfied with Su Xing, Su Xing had only studied with him for a few years, and with Su Xing's talent, it was natural for Zhou Yu to be very satisfied. However, satisfaction is satisfaction, the most haode inspection result is actual combat, Zhou Yu also wants to use this war to check the learning results of the two brothers. Use this to prepare for future expeditions.

"The Grand Duke. The last general didn't see as much as the big brother looked in. The last general only looked at a defeated army, an army that was about to disappear forever. Su Hai said to Zhou Yu loudly, and Zhou Yu was also very satisfied after listening to Su Hai's words. The combat styles of the two brothers are completely different, and Su Xing's personal strength is far inferior to Su Hai, so Su Xing likes to use his brain in battle. And Su Hai's personal strength is very strong, but he is not good at thinking, and there is only one thinking, that is, if you think of it, you have to do it. The battle proposed by Su Xing and Su Hai was very satisfying to Zhou Yu.

"This battle is very important, and we have to break the enemy in the shortest possible time. Attacking the Imperial Capital, how long will it take for you to fight this battle?" Zhou Yu smiled and looked at the two of them and asked, all the generals who followed Zhou Yu were shocked, how could these two people have never fought before, how could they hand over such an important battle to them, not to mention that the opponent was still the elite Imperial Capital's sailor troops.

"Metropolitan Governor, give the last general forty large warships, the last general is willing to make a military order, and he will destroy the enemy in half an hour!" Although the two brothers Su Xing and Su Hai were very surprised like the other generals, the two of them were more excited. The two had been by Zhou Yu's side for a long time, and they had never had the opportunity to lead the troops alone, and now Zhou Yu wanted to hand over such an important battle to the two of them. How can you not make the hearts of the two of you.

"Okay, I'll give you forty ships. I'm just waiting here for you to see you break the enemy in half an hour!" Zhou Yu said to the two with a smile, and the generals behind him wanted to stop them, but they were stopped by Zhou Yu. All the generals also know Zhou Yu's temper, and since the order has been issued, the generals can only accept their fate. Su Xing and Su Hai almost jumped up when they heard Zhou Yu's order, so they hurriedly assured Zhou Yu and hurriedly walked down.

"Knock knock!" Three heavy war drums sounded in the formation of the Jingzhou Army's sailors, and as soon as the three war drums ended, the war drums suddenly became urgent, and the ships understood the rest and immediately began to act according to the order. The forty warships walking in front of them were the first to rush out of their own team and slaughter the enemy team in front of them, and the rest of the warships also followed slowly, and rushed to support as soon as the soldiers did not go well.

"Brother, are you really sure that you can destroy these 300,000 enemy troops in half an hour?" Although Su Hai doesn't like to move his head, he is not stupid. After the two set off with their troops, before the excitement in their hearts disappeared, Su Hai began to worry. This time, they made a military order to defeat the 300,000 sailors within half an hour, otherwise the military will be punished.

"No, but I don't want to miss this opportunity to lead the troops, we already have a jihua in our hearts, but we don't know whether this jihua is feasible yet. Su Xing's brows were also furrowed, looking at the dense enemy troops in front of him. Saying that you are not afraid is definitely sending people, the number of forty warships is less than one-fifth of the opponent's, and it is obviously not possible to defeat the opponent hard.

Su Hai looked at Su Xing's smile and knew that Su Xing must have thought of something, but he hadn't decided to implement it yet. Su Xing looked at Su Hai with a smile and said, "Now the weather has entered autumn, it is the northwest wind, and the weather is very dry, so I want to use fire!"

"Use fire?" Su Hai was stunned for a moment, is it okay to use fire in water warfare? Su Hai looked at the secret enemy's warship in front of him and asked: "But big brother, the enemy's warships are lined up so closely, and there are a lot of cowhides outside the warships, and if you want to set their warships on fire, half an hour is not enough to open the Grand Canal." ”

"Who said I was going to open the Grand Canal?" Su Xing looked at his younger brother curiously and said: "I never thought of opening the Grand Canal to make the army completely in the past, and now the Grand Canal is staggered, and it is very complicated. Behind these people must be standing against Liu Fan's big shili, otherwise no one would dare to run out and rob the daimyo can be used to scare children who dare not cry loudly at night, no one expected that they would be able to use the same rebellious thoughts as me. Teasing the boss and making him uncomfortable for a while now,

"We don't need to open the Grand Canal, we just need to cut through the enemy's formation and open up a road for the army to enter, so that our mission will be much reduced, so the delay is to make the opponent have no anti-attack chance, and force a road after setting the opponent's ship on fire. As long as we can ram away from the opposing ship, our mission is accomplished. Su Xing looked at his younger brother and said helplessly, Su Hai is good at everything, but he doesn't like to read, so when he fights, he can only overturn the other party's bed blocked in front, and this battle is basically won.

"Big brother, what to do, you say, I will do it. Su Hai looked at his eldest brother and said with a smile, he naturally knew what his eldest brother was thinking, as usual, he controlled the army to charge into battle, and Su Xing was directing the battle in the rear. (To be continued......)