Lantian asked Li Yi to go to Linxiang overnight to invite Xu Shu, and asked Xu Shu to rush to Dongting Water Village to garrison and provide support to prevent the Jiangdong warships from returning.
That night, Lantian, Gao Shun, and Li Yi deployed a battle plan, intending to use the Jiaozhou navy to attract Sun Jiao's attention and cover the enemy's successful landing on the north bank of the Yangtze River.
The waterway of the Yangtze River is wide. After the heavy rains in autumn, the water flow in the river is gentle, and there is little resistance to warships going upstream.
There was half a day's water journey between Dongting and the Public Security Bureau. Li Yi's fleet set out early in the morning. When they were halfway westward, Sima Chuqing, the accompanying army leader, discovered the exclusive signal flag of the scouts on the south bank of the Yangtze River.
The fleet stopped urgently and docked, and finally contacted the scouts sent before.
The scouts reported in detail the situation at the public security port. Governor Su Fei was currently in a constant confrontation with Sun Jiao on the riverside, but due to the disparity in strength, they were trapped in the port. Mi Fang, the prefect of Wuling, personally led the garrison to the riverside to set up defenses. The archery towers and terrain along the river Soldiers from the county were dispatched to garrison the low-lying landing points; although the public security port was now tense, the entire Wuling County was still in a stable state.
Lan Tian was a little surprised when he heard the news. Mi Fang in this dimension was much more competitive than in history. It is also possible that Lan Tian's appearance weakened Mi Fang's rights, leaving him no chance to appear in a key position.
After analyzing the intelligence, Lan Tian adjusted the plan and asked the scouts to return to the police by land. He made an agreement with Su Fei to attack both internal and external to find a way to defeat Sun Jiao's navy.
At two o'clock in the morning, the fleet arrived at the scheduled waters.
Li Yi followed the battle plan and ordered more than a hundred warships to line up horizontally. The ships, regardless of size, were covered with five-color tooth flags. This not only attracted Sun Jiao's attention, but also reminded Su Fei in the public security port that their main purpose was Covering the transport ship and successfully delivering the trapped troops to the landing point is considered a success.
Sun Jiao was quite surprised by the appearance of the Jiaozhou navy. It is said that from the time when the public security forces began to flow into the east into the sea, the waters along the Yangtze River had been completely controlled by Jiangdong, so he did not fortify the waters behind him.
Li Yi's fleet was beating gongs and drums, and the warships were advancing forward in unison. Although the number of Jiaozhou naval forces was not large, their skills in manipulating ships were exceptionally strong. Their ship-handling abilities developed in the ocean had actually surpassed those of Jiangdong. Navy.
Su Fei saw the ship coming in the public security port and immediately commanded the Jingzhou warship to leave the port to fight. When Sun Jiao saw this, he immediately panicked and thought to himself, why is this different from the previous plan?
The two sides' naval forces engaged in a fierce battle in the public security waters, but the outcome was very surprising. Sun Jiao's 10,000-person navy's combat effectiveness was far from the legendary strength, and even showed a disadvantage in the battle.
Seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, Sun Jiao actually took the initiative to retreat to Jiangling in the northwest despite the superior number of warships. Su Fei and Li Yi gradually discovered the problem.
Sun Jiao used a bluff to besiege the public security fleet. Although the number of these warships outside the harbor far exceeded the size of the ten thousand-man navy, many of the ships did not have enough soldiers.
When Li Yi's fleet advanced, Sun Jiao urgently changed the formation of the warships and inserted the ships behind them into the middle.
Sun Jiao secretly complained at this time that he might have been appointed as the governor, but due to Lu Meng's strength, he was reduced to supporting the rear army.
Seeing that the situation was so different from the plan, Sun Jiao didn't know what the entire Jingzhou battlefield would look like. He only hoped that Lu Meng had captured Jiangling City, otherwise his empty fleet would be surrounded by the Jingzhou navy. .
Thinking of the moment when he set sail in Jiangxia, the picture in Sun Jiao's mind was still very clear.
On that day, Sun Quan went to Jiangxia Pier in person to toast the four-pronged army that was about to go on the expedition.
Jiang Qin and Lu Xun's fleet set out first, their purpose was to cut off Jingzhou's grain route;
Pan Zhang followed Jiang Qin's fleet across the river and landed on the north bank, then slowly detoured to the north of Jiangling by land, cutting off Guan Yu's return route on land;
Sun Jiao finally set off with Lu Meng, following Lu Xun's fleet and was not in a hurry, because their journey was the key to capturing Jingzhou.
Lu Xun unexpectedly captured the stronghold of Dongting Lake. Lu Meng took a short rest near Dongting. According to the previously discussed strategy, he had twenty boats disguised and ambush elite soldiers in the cabins. The boatmen on the deck who were rocking oars and sailing were all dressed in white. , dressed as a merchant ship plying trade.
The merchant ship in white headed towards the police, but the beacon towers along the way did not arouse any alarm.
Every time a merchant ship passed a beacon tower sentry, people would come ashore with wine and meat to work the troops, and finally captured the sentry in the tower by surprise.
In order to make the ship go smoothly, the merchants were very considerate and sophisticated in making arrangements along the way. Lü Meng seized the loopholes and followed the same method, successfully uprooting all the beacon towers between Dongting and the Public Security Bureau.
Lu Meng's plan could only be hidden from the sentries at the beacon tower, but the Suzhou fleet was something he couldn't ignore.
Lu Meng originally wanted to imitate Lu Xun and attack the police unexpectedly, but Su Fei was reminded many times by Gan Ning and Xu Shu, so the waters he was responsible for were patrolled every day.
When the Jiangdong navy appeared in the waters east of the Public Security Bureau, Su Fei not only actively organized a battle but also sent people to Jiangling to report the news.
When he discovered that Jiangdong had nearly a thousand warships, it would be unwise to attack them with ten times the force. Su Fei decisively retreated to the public security port and relied on the defense facilities on the shore to resist.
The public security port was originally the mouth of Youjiang River. Because it was located at an important location on the Yangtze River, when Lantian was the governor of Jingnan, he assigned General Gan Ning to supervise the construction of the port.
Taking into account the location advantage of the Public Security Bureau, Liu Bei moved Wuling's headquarters there and continued to expand it based on the original Public Security Port. After Su Fei became the governor, he strengthened the defenses.
Lu Meng found that the defense of the public security was comparable to that of Jiangxia. At that time, he accompanied Sun Quan to attack Jiangxia to kill Huang Zu and capture Su Fei. Unfortunately, Su Fei was finally rescued by Gan Ning's Baiqi. Su Fei has now become a stumbling block on his way forward.
Lü Meng commanded the ships to engage in water battles with no progress for two days. On the third day, he led the main force to Jiangling. The purpose of his trip was to seize Jiangling and capture Guan Yu, so he did not want to waste time and troops on the police.
Although there was nothing he could do against Su Fei in the two-day battle, Lu Meng already knew the truth and falsehood of the opponent, so he left 10,000 navy troops for Sun Jiao. His mission was to trap Su Fei in the public security port.
Later, Lu Meng's attack on Jiangling was blocked, and he gradually took away soldiers and generals from Sun Jiao, leaving Sun Jiao's more than 300 warships as empty shells.
Although Su Fei was trapped in the police station, his news was successfully delivered to Jiangling.
Not long after the news arrived in Jiangling, the city became tense. The city defense captain Xiang Xun immediately ordered the four gates to be closed and transferred supplies to each city gate to send additional defenders.
In an ordinary military camp in the west of the city, there are fierce fighting sounds every day in the school grounds.
Twelve-year-old Lan Ji sat in the stands, watching his subordinates sparring with prisoners of Cao's army.
"General Yu, your soldiers are not that good. They can't even compare to us children." Lan Ji turned to smile at Yu Jin in the prison car.
Yu Jin had been choked like this dozens of times, and at this moment he was unwilling to speak again.
He was brought to "watch the battle" by Lan Ji for more than a month. He didn't know who to talk to about the humiliation in his heart. He thought to himself, "My soldiers are hungry and fighting against you. Who can guarantee that I can defeat you?"
Besides, can these guys be called children? Not only are each of them not short in stature, they are also flexible and powerful. They can be used as elite soldiers when brought to the front line.
Just when Lan Ji was looking bored, Guan Xing suddenly appeared on the sidelines of the school field. He ran and shouted: "Zhong Ling, our opportunity has come."
