Gan Ning stroked his beard and sighed: "You are really a tiger in the general's door."
"Xingba, please don't joke with me. Our Lan family started from Qingping, so there is no general." Lan Tian shook his head and smiled bitterly.
"Haha, that's it from now on." Gan Ning responded with a smile.
Lan Tian looked at the river noncommittally. Fighting on the water was different from that on land. After the arrows were suppressed, it was a hand-to-hand battle to seize the ship. Because there was no land and if you couldn't fight, you would jump into the water. Therefore, people with agile hands and feet had the greatest advantage. On the contrary, heavily armored troops were not suitable.
Gan Ning's direct descendants were Jinfan thieves. They were all strong and agile, wearing light leather armor and carrying a variety of weapons. They did not look like regular soldiers, but they were particularly eye-catching when robbing ships, throwing hooks and ropes. Fix the Wu army's ships, then climb and jump like an ape.
As time went by, Wu Jun was persuaded to surrender on the way. Gan Ning commanded the battleships to form formations during the battle. Like cavalry on land, he forcibly cut Wu Jun's ships. In addition to preventing the ships from forming a joint force, Gan Ning also made it impossible for the ships to form a joint force. This prevented Lu Xun's orders from reaching the front line.
An hour after the battle started on the river, the sun slowly sank into the water on the west side of the Yangtze River, and the battlefield gradually became one-sided.
"Captain, the situation seems to be bad." Sun Quan came to Lu Xun with a serious look on his face.
Lu Xun was sweating profusely and answered with clasped fists: "The navy of Jingzhou is not comparable to the navy of Wei. Although our officers and men are fighting hard, the gap between the ships is somewhat obvious."
Sun Quan looked at the sky and reminded: "The sky is about to get dark. I just asked Hu Zong to send a boat to the south bank. The Jianye garrison also saw the battle on the Yangtze River. There were already troops waiting by the river to fight until night. We seem to be at a disadvantage.”
"But if we give in now, Jianye will be taken over by Lantian. We can only fight to the death, hoping that the enemy will not get used to it at night."
Lu Xun knew that there was no way out now, and the worst outcome would be death with Lu Fan, but retreating would be equivalent to admitting defeat to Lantian, and he would never be able to regain morale in the future. Trying to organize troops to counterattack Jianye was almost like a dream.
Sun Quan stroked his purple beard and remained silent. Sima Shi reminded him: "The situation may be worse at night. Someone from Jianye has come to the river to help. If all the remaining soldiers in Jiangdong are buried in the Yangtze River, your Majesty will have nothing." Why don't we take advantage of the small losses and survive? The reinforcements from Wu County and Kuaiji haven't even arrived yet."
Lu Xun smiled bitterly and said: "The prince-in-law doesn't know. Almost all the ships in Jiangdong are here. Wujun and Kuaiji are basically infantry. How can they defeat the trapped troops? If they can't stop the opponent at this time, Wuhui and other places will sooner or later. If it falls, we will no longer have a foothold."
"Actually." Sima Shi was about to speak, but quickly shut up.
Sun Quan looked at the two men and said to himself that Lu Xun was worried about Jianye's family. At this time, the situation was in chaos and it would be dangerous to continue to command. On the contrary, Sima Shi seemed to be very insightful.
"There are more than tens of thousands of civilian officials in Jianye? If it is left to Lantian to take over, how long does the governor think it will take for him to stabilize it? How many soldiers and horses will be left to garrison? King Qin's orders have been sent to various places. I believe that Danyang, Wu, We will send troops as soon as possible. When the county soldiers are free and the mountains and rivers are in chaos, can Lantian, the Yangzhou Mu, really be able to sit down?" Sun Quan meant that he wanted to withdraw his troops, saying in his heart that you Jiangdong nobles are difficult enough, and I don't believe that Lantian can straighten things out quickly.
"This will cause chaos in Yangzhou, which will not be good for us. How will the people of Jiangdong view us in the future?" Lu Xun still regarded himself as the master of Yangzhou.
Sun Quan clenched his fists and scolded him coldly: "Captain, you are confused. If Lan Tian hadn't invaded brazenly, would there have been such a big mess in Yangzhou? This is all the fault of Liu Xuande and Lan Tian. Furthermore, Liu Bei spent the first half of his life wandering around. At this time, If you ascend the throne and become emperor like Cao Pi, you will not give in easily."
"Then now" Lu Xun was speechless. Liu Bei spent the first half of his life in chaos, so he had the opportunity to accumulate strength. Now that the three-legged confrontation is about to be broken, why don't you admit defeat easily? Where can we find a foothold without Jiangdong?
"Like Marquis Wen said, cut off the tail to survive. The large ships will try their best to withdraw to Jiangcheng, and use small ships to drag Gan Ning's main force. Fortunately, it is getting dark now, and Lantian will not continue to pursue. Let's go smoothly. We can evacuate quickly." Sun Quan urged.
"Wei." Lu Xun could only accept the order.
"Marquis Wen, go back to the cabin with Gu." Sun Quan ordered Sima Shi.
"Yes, foster father." Master Sima nodded and clasped his fists.
Lu Xun followed the command of the ship to retreat, and the Yangtze River water battle, which lasted for more than an hour, ended in an anticlimactic manner.
Master Sima followed Sun Quan back to the cabin. Sun Quan motioned for him to sit down, and then asked meaningfully: "Just now outside, I saw that Marquis Wen seemed to have something to say. Can you tell your adoptive father?"
"Ahem. Foster father, I have an immature idea. If Jiangdong is really unsafe, why don't we go to sea and go north to Liaodong?" Master Sima proposed a bold idea.
"Liaodong? It's too far from south to north, isn't it? Besides, the Gongsun family has been there for many years, so you want your adoptive father to stay with someone else?" Sun Quan looked at Master Sima in disbelief.
Master Sima shook his head and said: "A few days ago, the horse buyer from the north came back. I have learned about the situation in Liaodong. The garrison there is actually only 20,000 to 30,000. The Wei State has not sent troops to conquer. Firstly, it is because of the long distance and inconvenient supply. , the second is because Sun Liu continued to fight against Wei in the Central Plains.
If we take the remaining elite soldiers from Jiangdong and go north, and land directly in Liaodong via the sea route, the Gongsun family may not be able to stop us. At that time, we will first annex Liaodong, then gather the surrounding foreigners, and then recharge our batteries to wait for Liu Bei and Cao Pi to fight with each other. The vitality of the two families was severely damaged, and the adoptive father led the land and sea army south to clean up the mess, and at the end he was able to occupy half of the country. "
Although Sima Shi's idea was bold, it rekindled Sun Quan's passion that had been dormant for a long time. He said in his heart that Marquis Wu was indeed worthy of his reputation. Fortunately, he had stayed in the country by changing his position, otherwise the world would have been unified by Wei.
"Gongsun Gong has a cowardly character, and he also wrote books to befriend me. In addition, the north is rich in horses, and the lonely cavalry should be able to be formed in large numbers. However, the climate in Liaodong is colder." Sun Quan hesitated.
"The so-called heaven will confer great responsibilities on this people, they must first." Sima Shi stopped mid-sentence because he found that Sun Quan's eyes gradually became firm.
"Gu Zheng is in his prime, and he is not a man who is greedy for pleasure. My adoptive father should think about it carefully." Although Sun Quan likes to play with power, he is a descendant of Sun Jian after all. The wildness in his blood is always there. He said in his heart that he is two years younger than Lan Tian. At the age of three, he still has tens of thousands of soldiers to command, so he may not be able to carve out a niche in Liaodong.
The main reason why Master Sima was able to think wildly was because he had nothing now. He could go to Wu County and take Sun Luban with him for a "just-go trip." It was not easy for Sun Quan to give up the wealth in front of him, but at this time Facing the huge pressure from Lantian, it is better to go to Liaodong and start over instead of surrendering and being humiliated.
The building ship Feiyun was originally lying across the river, leaving a five-story wide attack surface. However, it suddenly turned the rudder and turned the bow, which caught Lan Tian and Gan Ning by surprise. As Feiyun sailed away to the east, the Yangtze River water battle Slowly begin to finish.
Gan Ning left some of the ships to finish off, and the rest of the warships moved towards the south bank one after another. An old man stood under a torch at the dock and waited. When he saw the Dongwu warships retreating in despair, his heart finally fell calmly. .
Jiangdong is settled.
(End of chapter)
