Soldiers come to the world

Gan Ning was standing by the mast, his eyes were fixed on the front, he vaguely saw the shadows of three small boats, gradually approaching a cargo ship in front of them, it was a [-]-stone cargo ship full of armor, it was huge , it is actually a bait used to attract Jiangyi thieves. In addition to [-] pairs of armor, there are also [-] of the most elite sailors on board.

This is also Zhou Buyi's suggestion. He researched the details several times and discovered a hobby of Jiangqi thieves. The dozens of stolen cargo ships were all two thousand shi, the largest among the surrounding cargo ships. This shows that Jiangqi thieves like to pick up big ones. steal.

Now it seems that Zhou Buyi's strategy is completely correct. The Jiangyi thief chose this three thousand shi cargo ship. Although Zhou Buyi is wise, he is still far behind in commanding operations. The shadow of a small boat couldn't help asking nervously: "Captain, we can go up!"

Gan Ning shook his head, "There's no rush, we'll talk about it when they get on the big boat."

After about a quarter of an hour, the light lantern hanging on the mast of the cargo ship in front flashed once. This was the signal, which meant that the other party had boarded the ship. Gan Ning immediately ordered: "Let the ship into the water!"

Immediately, soldiers slowly lowered the twenty fast boats into the water. Two hundred sailors slid down the long ropes from the big boats one after another, and drove the fast boats to outflank the front. At the bow of a fast boat, their sharp eyes were fixed on the river. At this time, they had surrounded the two big ships in a double fan shape.

At this moment, the big boat suddenly burst into shouts of killing, shouting, shouting, sword clashes, mixed with a few screams, and a few black figures jumped off the big boat in a panic, and fell into the water one after another. , a few black shadows climbed onto the boat, and faintly heard someone shouting: "It's been tricked, let's go!"

The three small boats immediately turned around and sailed towards the south bank, but they were surrounded by the fast boats of the Han army after only a few dozen steps. Hundreds of Han soldiers held strong crossbows and shouted: "Surrender now!"

The three small boats came to a halt, and seven or eight men in black looked at each other and raised their hands one after another, but at this moment, a tall man in black suddenly jumped into the river and disappeared without a trace. Ning was furious. He threw down his halberds and jumped into the river, disappearing quickly.

When Gan Ning was young, he was known as the Jinfan Bandit, and his underwater kung fu was unparalleled in the world. Although he was over forty years old, he was still extremely brave. No matter whether he was fighting fiercely or commanding water battles, few people could match him. Only a few sailors from Jiangdong General Zhan can barely stand shoulder to shoulder with him.

The soldiers on board captured the remaining seven men in black. He found the military badges from the men in black, and was surprised to find that these men in black were not Jiangyi thieves, but Jiangdong navy.

The soldiers of the Han army suddenly became nervous. More than a dozen sailors jumped into the river to look for the general, and the rest of the soldiers held crossbows and arrows to search for the general on the river. Suddenly, a soldier from the northeast corner shouted: "This way!"

More than a dozen fast boats immediately surrounded him, and saw the waves rolling on the water, and the general Gan Ning seemed to be fighting fiercely with the enemy. After a while, the water calmed down, "Wow! With the sound of water, a man in black was thrown onto the fast boat, and Gan Ning also jumped onto the boat, shouting, "Tied up!"

Several soldiers rushed forward and tied up the man in black tightly. The man in black was strangled by Gan Ning's arms and passed out in the water. Brave and brave, his martial arts skills are no less than his own, but he was captured by himself because of his lack of experience. He feels that this person is by no means an ordinary person.

A soldier whispered in Gan Ning's ear, "Captain, it's not a Jiangyi thief, but a Jiangdong soldier!"

Gan Ning was secretly surprised, it turned out to be Jiangdong Navy, so who is this person?Holding a torch in his hand, he stepped forward and tore off the fish skin mask from the man in black. He was stunned for a moment. This Jiangdong general who was extremely brave in the water turned out to be General Xu Sheng. Cao Jun, Gan Ning and Xu Sheng have had contacts, and the relationship between the two is not bad.

Gan Ning sighed for a long time: "So it's General Wen Xiang, no wonder!"

Xu Sheng bowed his head and said nothing, he was really ashamed that he was captured by mistake, Gan Ning cupped his hands and said: "I can't untie the rope in the middle of the river, General Xu please forgive me."

Xu Sheng sighed, "I didn't expect it to be you, and it's not worthless to fall into Gan Xingba's hands."

Gan Ning immediately realized that the problem was more serious. The Jiangdong Army would never just steal a few ships. There must be a major conspiracy. He ordered his men to escort Xu Sheng to the big ship, lock Xu Sheng in the hold, and sent people to interrogate the rest Captured Jiangdong soldiers.

Not long after, the interrogating officer came back and reported, "To the governor, the missing cargo ship is currently berthed in Pokou Town, Pengze Lake, but it is not four ships, it is fourteen ships, and another ten ships were stolen on the return journey, and they are all empty. I don't know."

Gan Ning was stunned, actually stealing an empty ship, what is Jiangdong Army trying to do?He asked again, "Why are they stealing so many ships?"

"Humble officers use torture to extract confessions. These Jiangdong soldiers really don't know what they are doing to steal ships? But..."

"But what?" Gan Ning asked immediately.

"One person said that he heard that General Ding Feng had also come and brought two thousand soldiers with him."

Gan Ning was puzzled, besides Xu Sheng, Ding Feng also led the army, what are they going to do?

Gan Ning turned his head to look at Zhou Busu, and saw Zhou Busu standing in front of the map with his hands behind his back, staring at Pengze Lake on the map. Gan Ning stepped forward and said in a deep voice, "If Sima can't figure it out, then I will Interrogate Xu Sheng."

"Need not!"

Zhou Buyi said coldly: "I already know their intention of stealing the ship."

"What's their intention?" Gan Ning asked eagerly.

Zhou Buxin tapped Chaisang heavily with his index finger, and said slowly: "If I'm not mistaken, their target is Chaisang's warehouse. They set fire to the warehouse first, and when the Han army is in chaos, the outside army will rush in to meet it." .”

"Why steal the ship?"

"It's very simple. There are heavy troops deployed around Chaisang's warehouse, and the guards are tight. Ordinary people can't get in at all. But after winter, damaged cargo ships usually sail into the warehouse area for repairs. Although the boatmen on board must leave immediately, as long as they hide In the bilge, you can stay in the warehouse area. The soldiers of the Jiangdong Army will hide in the bilge and sneak into the warehouse area, waiting for the opportunity to set fire. They have already stolen fourteen large ships, and there is still one more ship to make up for. Fifteen ships, but unfortunately they fell short."

"Why does it have to be fifteen boats?" Gan Ning was still a little puzzled.

Zhou Buyi smiled lightly and said: "It's normal for the governor not to understand the key, but I am Sima, and I made the rules myself. I know their purpose very well. There are only warships and cargo ships in the Sang waters. They can’t get warships, so there are only cargo ships, but individual cargo ships are not allowed to enter the waters, only transport fleets can enter, and the minimum fleet size must be fifteen. This is According to the rules I set, if there are fewer than fifteen ships, they will not be allowed to enter the Chaisang waters, or they will be strictly investigated."

After a pause, Zhou Buyi pointed to Wuhu and Ruxukou again and said: "Maybe there are still some cargo ships in Jiangdong, but the Han army double blockades the Yangtze River in Wuhu and Ruxukou. The idea of ​​attacking the cargo ships of the Han army, the Jiangdong army usually stole the empty ships on the return journey, because the guards of the warships of the Han army were loose at that time, so they stole ten empty ships. As winter was approaching, there were not many cargo ships on the return journey. , They couldn't wait, so they started stealing the big ship with cargo, and tonight is their last ship."

Speaking of this, Zhou Buyi smiled and said: "Now I know why they want to steal a big ship worth more than [-] shi. Because there are too many cargo ships, Chaisang can't stop at one place. Sang is only allowed to moor large ships over [-] shi, while cargo ships under [-] shi are allowed to berth in Qichun County."

Zhou Buyi's explanation solved the doubts in Gan Ning's mind, but at this time he still had another question in his mind. The [-] Jiangdong Army who were about to attack Chaisang must have arrived. Where would they be now?

Gan Ning pondered for a moment and said, "In any case, this matter must be reported to His Highness the King of Han immediately."

"It is true that we need to report to His Highness the King of Han, but this is the last ship of the opponent. I suspect that the Jiangdong Army is ready. Once they find something unusual, they will probably raid Chaisang. I suggest that while reporting to the King of Han, we must immediately report to the King of Han. Enemy forces take necessary measures."

Gan Ning nodded. What Zhou Buji said made sense. This kind of matter should be reported to the King of Han, but it is not necessary to get instructions to act. The enemy must be wiped out in time to eliminate hidden dangers.

But what's the next step?Gan Ning looked at Zhou Buyu in confusion.

Zhou Buyi understood Gan Ning's confusion, and said with a smile: "Find some soldiers to pretend to be boatmen, and persuade some Jiangdong soldiers to surrender, and promise them a lot of money, and drive an empty boat to Pokou Town, Pengze Lake, don't you know? "

"But how can Xu Sheng explain it?"

Zhou Buyi smiled slightly, whispered something to Gan Ning, Gan Ning nodded slowly, this method is feasible.

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Poyang Lake in the Eastern Han Dynasty was not the same as it is now. Large areas of the lake are distributed on both sides of the Yangtze River. The current Poyang Lake area is just a swamp without forming a lake.

At that time, Poyang Lake was called Penglize, Gongtingze or Pengze. Chaisang was located on the west bank of Pengze Lake.

This afternoon, a large ship moored slowly by the river outside Pokou Town. Pokou Town is located at the entrance where Poshui flows into Pengze Lake. Although the name is a town, it has nothing to do with a small town in the traditional sense. They are all swamps, uninhabited.

There are quite a lot of land in the swamp, covered with dense forests, and there are very few fishermen in their lives, who make a living by fishing.

But at this time, there were more than a dozen cargo ships moored by the Po River, all of which were more than two thousand stones. At this time, the boatmen and Jiangdong soldiers on board saw a large ship approaching from a distance, and immediately cheered, which meant that they finally got together. There are fifteen cargo ships.

A small boat went up to meet him, and the leading officer on board was a Jiangdong army military marquis. The small boat approached the big ship, and the military marquis asked loudly, "General Xu can go?"

A soldier pointed his head and smiled, "General Xu went directly to Chaisang, not in the boat."

The Marquis Jun was surprised and didn't dare to ask more questions, so he immediately sent someone to inform the general Ding Feng.

This time, Jiangdong planned to sneak attack on Chaisang's logistics center. It was an adventure decided by Sun Quan to summon Zhang Zhao in the middle of the night. Of course, it was also a strategy under the coercion of Cao Cao. Although Jiangdong could not participate in the battle of Hefei, Sun Quan knew very well that Once Hefei is captured by the Han army and Cao's army is forced to retreat northward, Liu Jing will most likely launch a campaign to wipe out Jiangdong.

What's more, the Han army has now captured Kuaiji and controlled the waterways of the Yangtze River and Taihu Lake. Sun Quan was terrified. Come to Chaisang to act.

This is, hundreds of small boats appeared in the depths of the water, and the boats were full of Jiangdong soldiers. This is Ding Feng leading an army of [-] people.