Xiaoguangong

Chapter 28
Sure enough, many boats appeared on the broad river, which made Zhang Yun nervous immediately.

But he looked around and couldn't help laughing.

These ships vary in size, although there are quite a few of them, but there are no combat ships such as warships, and all the ships are clustered together, obviously not preparing for a big war.

If it was an enemy, it must be Jiangdong's navy coming from this direction. Zhang Yun did not believe that there were people like Cao Ren who were completely incapable of water warfare and commanded blindly.

"Captain, what should we do with these ships?" Zhang Yun's subordinates asked subconsciously.

Zhang Yun pondered for a moment, with a serious expression on his face:
"Send a boat, take the people on that boat...wait, I ask General Cao to give an order!"

Seeing the accident on the river, Cao Ren's bodyguards were not able to stop him, so they muttered for a while before letting Zhang Yun go to see Cao Ren.

Zhang Yun scrambled and crawled into the cabin, quickly reported the military situation to Cao Ren, and said that he should divide up the troops quickly and capture and kill the people on those ships.

"Why?" Cao Ren said weakly.

The bumping of the big boat along the way really made Cao Ren suffer a lot. Although the speed of the boat was not fast, Cao Ren was still dizzy.

Zhang Yunxin said that there is no need to explain it?
This time the [-] navy marched, using more than [-] large and small warships. This is already nearly half of the property of the Jingzhou navy. If this ship is an enemy, isn't Jiangling unprepared?
However, Cao Ren was an official, and Zhang Yun had no choice but to lower his eyebrows and be pleasing to the eye, reluctantly said:
"I'm afraid those ships are enemies. I'd better be cautious."

Cao Ren cast his eyes on the guard behind Zhang Yun. The guard took out Xu Shu's "Bao Liu Yao Jue" from his bosom and looked at it carefully. Sure enough, he found from it that if there is a boat on the river, we will divide the troops to destroy it.

He nodded to Cao Ren, Cao Ren snorted, stood up with difficulty, looked out through the small window of the cabin, and saw more than 20 private boats floating in the fog in the distance, he was really indescribably depressed .

"Zhang Yun," he said unhappily, "Captain Zhang, do you know how to fight?"

Zhang Yun shivered, and even said he didn't dare.

Cao Ren sneered and said:
"Since ancient times, when the enemy's situation is unknown, it has been a taboo for military strategists to divide troops hastily. Our army is advancing with a thousand sails, and the momentum is huge. It is the time when Liu Bei is crushed. If the troops are divided randomly, the fleet of ships will be scattered, and the march of the big ship will inevitably be delayed.

If Liu Bei has taken precautions, what should he do? "

Zhang Yun waited to say more, Cao Ren waved his hand impatiently:

"Even if those people are enemy troops, at most no more than a thousand, can they still take down Jiangling? When I commanded a large army to fight against Huguan, high-ranking officials frequently attacked our army's flanks with more than a thousand people. If I stopped every time to fight with them , I’m afraid I’m still fighting in Hebei. Needless to say, Jiangling is as solid as gold, and we just need to advance all the way to eliminate Liu Bei.”

Zhang Yun cursed in his heart, but there was nothing he could do, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and go back, telling everyone to leave the boats alone and continue heading towards Xiakou.

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Guan Ping stood at the bow of the ship, looking at the densely packed Cao Jun fleet in the distance, and couldn't help but feel a little fear in his heart.

With so many boats, it looks like the main force of the Jingzhou navy. If they suddenly divide their troops to attack themselves, they can only escape quickly with the advantage of small boats in this big battle on the river.

But looking from a distance, these big ships were too lazy to divide their troops and went straight to Xiakou, obviously not paying attention to their own side.

Guan Ping was a little surprised, but looked at Lu Yi with great admiration.

Before leaving Xiakou, Lu Yi had already made a prediction.

In Xiakou, Lu Yi briefly told Guan Ping what had happened. Of course, he didn't say that his uncle had a problem with Zhang Zhao. chess.

This made Guan Ping admire Zhang Zhao's idea even more.

He didn't know that all of this was the joint plan of the Confucian general in front of him and Sun Quan - Lu Yi deeply felt Sun Quan's care and was unwilling to betray Sun Quan just because of this.

Although his uncle Lu Ji had a great reputation, he was still young and full of scholarly views, so he didn't realize that he had fallen into Zhou Yu's plot to lure the snake out of the cave. No matter who wins Sun Quan and Cao Cao in the future, the Lu family will definitely suffer disaster.

So he made a difficult choice.

Taking advantage of Zhuge Liang's arrival in Jiangdong, Lu Yi immediately contacted Pang Tong, Zhou Yu's military adviser, and asked him to convey to Zhuge Liang his willingness to cooperate with Cao Cao in fighting against Cao Cao. If it is properly resolved, it will never harm the Lu family, and Sun Quan also highly appreciates Lu Yi's loyalty.

The two scholars, Zhang Zhao and Lu Ji, thought that they had already controlled the overall situation, and that everything would be over when Cao Cao's Eastern Expedition, and the army they carefully organized to kidnap Guan Ping was naturally detained by Liu Bei in Xiakou, and Liu Bei also showed his respect for Lu Yi. Based on his trust, he selected a thousand soldiers from the most capable naval forces under his command, and they were jointly commanded by Guan Ping and Lu Yi.

Lu Yi asked his soldiers to change into white clothes (clothes of civilians), and the warships into civilian ships. More than 1000 people pretended to be merchants and continued to advance to Jiangling according to the detailed plan of Zhuge Liang and others.

Lu Yi's abilities were finally put to good use, and Zhang Zhao and the others thought that everything had been arranged properly, and Zhou Yu was not afraid of returning, and now they were waiting for the good news of Guan Ping's capture.

Little did he know that Guan Ping was not in command of Jiangdong's family soldiers, but Liu Bei's elite soldiers who harbored an unforgettable hatred for Cao Cao—oh, besides Guan Ping and Lu Yi, there was also Liu Dun who was bewildered but asked to come with him.

The plan is shocking, but this is only slightly stabilizing Jiangdong, basically confirming the framework of the Sun-Liu Alliance, but it cannot fundamentally change the strength comparison between Cao Jun and the Sun-Liu Alliance.

Now, Guan Ping and others still need to work hard to restore the situation a little bit.

"Cao Jun is defenseless, gentlemen, let's wait for the opportunity to cover up and kill him!"

Liu Dun, who voluntarily asked to leave Xiakou, seemed to be resurrected. He was chattering all the way, giving full play to his expertise when he was a military adviser to Sun Fu, and kept giving advice to Guan Ping. He was very excited for a while.

He could tell at a glance that General Cao Jun was completely incapable of commanding a water army, and that the large ship carrying food and grass was at the end of the whole army, and there was no protection around it. You must know that the ships on the river are not as easy to mobilize as the troops on land. At the level of formation, Guan Ping and others may not be able to react when they get on the boat and the trouble is over.

Lu Yi also turned his attention to Guan Ping, and seemed to agree with Liu Dun's suggestion.

When they send troops this time, as long as they gain something and bring some damage to Cao Jun, the mission will be considered complete. Lu Yi can almost guarantee that with the commanding ability of the three-legged cat in front of Cao Jun, they will definitely be able to kill them. run away.

Now it depends on Guan Ping's decision.

Guan Ping looked at the Cao Jun fleet not far away, and slowly shook his head.

"No, forget it."

Liu Dun grinned, secretly scolding Guan Ping for being cowardly.

If you dare not, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is a good opportunity.

If it was Guan Yu, he would definitely lead his army to rush up.

"Brother Lu, do you dare to fight Jiangling again according to the original plan?" Guan Ping asked.

Liu Dun blurted out:

"The boat is gone, who are we going to fight?"

The previous plan was to go to the vicinity of Jiangling, find a night to sneak attack the Cao Jun navy warships moored on the shore, and try to burn some of them, even if the mission is completed.

But now that Cao Jun's warship has set off, if there is a commotion in Jiangling, there is a risk of being pinched by two sides when fleeing.

He believed that Lu Yi would never agree to this suggestion.

But he cast his eyes on Lu Yi, and actually noticed a trace of burning and madness in Lu Yi's eyes.

"The little general dares to go, why wouldn't Lu dare?"

"Uh..." Liu Dun swallowed, "What do you two mean?"

"The previous plan was to hit and run, but this time we can do great things. This time, Cao thief will definitely have trouble sleeping and eating!"

(End of this chapter)