The prince is five and a half years old, and he is reclaiming land and becoming a group favorite.

Gu Yufan and his party met the Lingnan Navy led by Qi Guogong when they arrived at the border of Ningzhou.

Duke Guo of Qi didn't know what was going on in the capital now, nor did he know that Gu Yuzhi had received the order and was rushing to the south of the Yangtze River with all his strength.

When he saw the Chu flag hanging on the warship, Qi Guogong instinctively felt bad. Before Gu Yufan could react, he had someone sneak into the water quietly and explore carefully.

Half an hour later, the explorer finally came back and breathed heavily: "My lord, I have investigated carefully and found that the opponent is indeed the Jiangnan Navy, and the King of Chu is also in the army."

While wringing the water from his clothes, he took a deep breath: "My lord, according to my judgment, the number of troops led by King Chu is conservatively estimated to be 120,000."

"The younger one roughly counted, there are twenty large ships, fifty medium warships, and hundreds of small warships."

Although small warships can accommodate fewer people, they are flexible and convenient, just like vanguards in land battles. Therefore, half of the small warships of the Jiangnan Navy opened the way in front, and half were at the end of the team.

"The large warship is surrounded in the center. The younger one thinks that the King of Chu should be on top of the large warship."

Duke Guo of Qi did not speak, but waved his hand, and the investigating soldiers quickly went down to rest.

After staying underwater for an hour and being easily spotted by a boat, the exploring soldiers were already exhausted.

After the soldiers retreated, the Duke of Qi hurriedly summoned the generals to discuss the battle: "The opponent has hundreds of thousands of people and twenty large warships! Most of the opponent's elite must be distributed on the large warships."

The generals nodded one after another, and Qi Guogong sketched out the distribution of the opponent's warships on the paper: "Judging from the number of people, we definitely do not have the advantage."

"But in terms of ships, ours is obviously better!"

The warships of the Lingnan Navy have experienced strong winds and waves at sea, and the shipbuilding materials are stronger in all aspects than the warships of the Jiangnan Navy.

"Not only the ships, but also our soldiers are more experienced, so in order to make up for the huge gap in numbers, I decided to attack the opponent tonight!"

Duke Qi secretly thought that maybe Gu Yufan thought the same way, so tonight, it was up to us to see who could come out on top.

The generals naturally understood what Qi Guogong meant, and they had a heated discussion about the night raid, hoping to frighten each other's courage in the first meeting!

It is not easy to be noticed when entering the water at night, so they first send soldiers who are good at water to sneak into the water to attack, first deal with the soldiers on the opponent's light and small warships, and try to cut off the connection between the small warships and the rear as soon as possible.

All the generals recommended themselves and recommended the soldiers under their command. After deciding on the candidates, they moved on to the next step.

Duke Guo of Qi led the people to discuss until the moon was above the treetops, and then everyone hurried down to set up defenses.

Duke Guo of Qi wanted to show off to Gu Yufan, but Gu Yufan was arrogant and believed that Gu Yuchen's decree had not yet been issued. Duke Guo of Qi still had to salute respectfully when he saw him. Therefore, when the naval general proposed a surprise attack at night, Gu Yufan refused without thinking. .

"I am a prince, and Duke Qi is just a prince. When you see me, you must kneel down and salute!"

He was extremely conceited and said: "Didn't our people be sent to Lingnan to find out more? The Duke of Qi only brought 50,000 people. How can he compare with our 140,000 navy?"

Gu Yufan sat leisurely on the chair, ignoring the ugly looks on the sailors' faces: "I will give him one night to think about it."

"If the Duke of Qi does not come alone to apologize to me before the sun rises tomorrow, we should not be polite to them!"

Gu Yufan was favored since he was a child. He was not good at literature, let alone martial arts. He could fool ordinary people, but in front of a real navy, his level was simply not good enough. He knew only a little about formations and fighting methods.

Just thinking that he has a crushing victory in terms of numbers, no matter how brave and good the Duke of Qi is, it will be in vain!

Several generals looked at each other, obviously dissatisfied with Gu Yufan's arrogant decision.

Some people wanted to persuade him, but they were afraid of ending up like Ling Changshi, so they had to keep their mouths shut.

Gu Yufan briefly looked around the canal, pointed to one of them and said: "This is relatively close to Ningzhou. Tomorrow morning you will lead a battalion of people to borrow the road from Ningzhou, and by the way, notify the prefects of Ningzhou and Yunzhou to send escorts." City army support."

He sneered and pointed at the map of the canal, where Duke Qi and the others were: "One battalion, plus two city guards from the state capital, cut off from the back, it should be okay, right?"

The general who was pointed at frowned: "Your Highness, one battalion plus two state defense armies can only have 5,000 people at most, while the navy opposite is tens of thousands, this..."

Gu Yufan frowned and said: "The purpose of going around the back is just to prevent them from being defeated and escaping. The pressure is on the front. They are just defeated soldiers. You have thousands of people and you can't stop them?"

As soon as these words came out, the general's expression changed: "Your Majesty, the city defense army is not good at water warfare. Besides, the general will borrow the road from Ningzhou, so there is no fighting..."

Before the word "ship" came out, Gu Yufan raised his hand and interrupted him: "Then what do you think we should do? If we don't go to the rear to stop them, who will be responsible if the other party is defeated and escapes?"

"If there are no warships, there must be civilian ships, right? Let the prefects of Ningzhou and Yunzhou requisition civilian ships."

Gu Yufan sneered and said: "Just requisition the commercial ships of those merchants!"

"I have protected these merchants for so many years, and it's time for them to repay me!"

The general opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything. He just stood with his eyes lowered. It wasn't until the meeting was over and he stood on the deck that he hammered the railing hard.

The generals following him also had huge heads. One of them whispered: "Why don't you all come to my room for a drink?"

Another person said: "Why don't you have a drink? Now the arrow is on the string and it may be released at any time. How can I drink!"

The man Weiwei grabbed his hand and said, "Just a small drink, just a small drink!"

This is obviously based on the excuse of drinking.

All the generals went forward together one after another. As soon as the door of the room was closed, there was silence for a while, and then they started to complain in a low voice.

From the time he brought a woman to the battlefield, to the fact that he didn't understand tactics, he didn't know how to strike first, and he blindly commanded him to lead a battalion of navy to intercept the rear.

The generals in this room are all from the Jiangnan Navy, and naturally they are not as scrupulous about what they say as private soldiers.

Everyone knows that since King Chu lost the Mobei Market, his fortune has declined repeatedly.

Not only that, when something happened, the King of Chu seemed to have lost his mind. First, he madly chased and killed King Wen's men, and then he killed Ling Changshi.

The more people talked, the more frightened they became. They secretly speculated that if King Chu ascended the throne, their lives would be difficult... (End of Chapter)