Prancing Horse Xiliang

Chapter 454 Battle of Chibi ([-])

"It's a waste of money for the people!"

Luo Zheng sighed: "Sun Quan and Liu Bei are really hateful for consuming my national power for a year for a corner of Jiangdong."

Jia Xu persuaded: "There is no way to do this. It is worthwhile to exchange one year's national strength for the unification of the world."

Luo Zheng nodded, and asked again, "How is the combat power of the water army better than that of Wu and Han water army?"

Gan Ning said: "I have fought against the Wu and Han water armies many times, and they all won each other. In terms of the quality of soldiers, our army is indistinguishable from Wu and Han water armies; in terms of military equipment, our army is better than Wu and Han water armies. The water army is superior; however, Wu and Han are good at training the water army, and every time our army confronts the Wu and Han water army, it is difficult to take advantage of it!"

Luo Zheng said happily: "This is enough, as long as the navy sends my million-strong army across the river!"

Gan Ning hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, it is still no problem to send a million troops across the river."

Luo Zheng made a 'hmm' sound, and said: "Quickly summon the generals of all ministries, and come to Shuai Zhang to discuss sending troops!"

"I will obey your orders!"

All the ministers responded in unison.

In July, the captain of the Xigan Navy led thousands of warships and 20 sailors to attack.A total of 15 naval forces of the Wu and Han allied forces fought a decisive battle with the Chibi and Xigan naval forces. The battle of Chibi was so blazing that the fire burned for a whole day and night.

The Wu and Han water armies wanted to use fire to attack, but there was no southeast wind for the Wu and Han water armies.

Although the Xigan water army has an advantage in strength, and the warships and equipment are also stronger than the Wu Han water army, but apart from Gan Ning, there are basically no superior water army generals. How can Gan Ning be alone in a battle of hundreds of thousands of troops? Can cover everything.

In this battle, the Xigan water army and the Wu and Han water army were both defeated, and tens of thousands of people were buried at the bottom of the river.

The Xigan army wanted to cross the river and had to fight.

The Wu-Han coalition forces wanted to stop the Xigan water army, so they had to fight.

This is a decisive battle where there is no way to retreat, and the only option is to fight to the death. There is no choice but to move forward bravely.

After the war, Gan Ning only led thousands of remnant soldiers to defeat and fled back to the Navy Dazhai.

Although the Wu and Han water armies still had nearly ten thousand remnants defeated, almost all of the thousands of warships were destroyed, and they were no longer able to block the river. In the Dazhai of the Xigan navy, there were still several spare warships. thousand ships.

When Luo Zheng took advantage of the inability of the Wu and Han Shuijun to block the river, he immediately led a million troops across the south of the Yangtze River.

In September, Gao Shun, the general who conquered the east, broke through the important town of Baling, and then sent his troops westward to take Liu Bei's hometown Public Security.

Liu Bei and his family fled to Hanshou. Zhang Fei led an army of [-] officers and soldiers, and died in the army without retreating.

In October, Gao Shun's soldiers encircled Hanshou, and Liu Bei fled with his family. General Huang Zhong and Situ Xu Shu were killed in battle. Taiwei Pang Tong was captured and surrendered. On the way to Guiyang, Liu Bei was led by Luo Cheng, a big man from Xigan. The cavalry caught up, surrendered and were killed.

In November, the four counties in southern Jing were pacified.

In December, Luo Zheng moved Kuailiang to serve as the governor of Jingzhou, and ordered Zhang Liao, the general who conquered the south, to guard Xiakou, and then returned to the court.

The first month has just passed, and the early spring is warm and cool.

Chang'an, in a courtyard.

"Did you lose?"

Zhou Yu muttered to himself, looking disappointed.

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers from the Xigan Navy and the Wu Han Navy died together. Qiandi Luo Zheng personally led a million-strong army across the south of the Yangtze River. The news of Liu Bei's demise has reached Chang'an, and the pace of unification of the world has become unstoppable.

With the weak national strength of Wu and Han, once Xigan's million-strong army crossed the river, it would be impossible to resist.

Although Zhou Yu is under house arrest in Chang'an, he has always been well aware of the situation in the world, and he is also very concerned about the Soochow Wu established by his best friend Sun Ce. Now that the ending is doomed, the glimmer of hope in his heart is finally shattered.

Zhou Yu sighed, full of ambition, but useless.

The pain of life is nothing more than this.

The only thing Wu and Han can rely on is the water army. In Zhou Yu's view, if he is allowed to lead this war, there is still hope for the Wu and Han water army to defeat the Xigan water army. Unfortunately, there is no such thing in this world.

The Wuhan navy and the Xigan navy died together, and after all they failed to lock the natural danger of the river.

"If there is an afterlife, Yu Bofu should raise a million soldiers, and the tiger will watch the eagle!"

Zhou Yu murmured something in a low voice, then pulled out the sword at his waist, and yanked it across his shin.

puff!
With hot blood splashing, the look in Zhou Yu's eyes disappeared, and he fell down slowly.

Qianyuan Palace, Imperial Garden.

"Your Majesty, it's time for Yan'er to get married!"

Gan Qian looked at Luo Zheng, who was lying on the recliner with his eyes closed, and couldn't help but say.

"Well!"

Luo Zheng raised his eyelids and asked: "Yan'er is only nineteen this year?"

Gan Qian sighed and said: "Historically, women will get married when they are fifteen years old. Yan'er is already 20 years old. If she doesn't marry again, she will become an old girl. The concubine has already selected several good families, and I ask the emperor to give her a marriage!" "

Luo Zheng was noncommittal and asked: "What is Yan'er thinking?"

"This one……"

Gan Qian looked troubled, as if she had an unspeakable addiction.

Ren Yan next to her is sad. The eldest princess Luo Yan is her own daughter, but the emperor refuses to let her marry, and insists on keeping her until she is 20 years old. She will become an old girl. How can she be a mother like this? don't worry.

What's even more disturbing is that the daughter fell in love with a craftsman, which made her unacceptable anyway.

Although the emperor has long said that the daughter's marriage must be decided by himself, but in ancient times, the parents' order and the matchmaker's words, the marriage of the daughter of a wealthy family is not up to the decision, let alone the princess of the royal family.

In the eyes of Gan Qian, Ren Yan and other women, it is up to them to choose who they want to marry if they let their daughters decide their own marriage.

After they have made their selection, it is enough to ask for the daughter's consent at the end. There is no one who really chooses her husband's family by herself.

What's more, the one chosen is a craftsman, which is simply an insult to the face of the royal family.

In the thinking of the ancients, scholars, farmers, workers, and merchants, scholars are also scholars, and the social status is undoubtedly the highest, and they are farmers who cultivate the land, while craftsmen and speculative businessmen have extremely low social status, and are not as good as farmers who cultivate the land. .

No matter how rich a businessman is, in the eyes of scholar-bureaucrats, he is like a pig or a dog.

If the royal princess married a craftsman, it would really disgrace the royal family.

Luo Zhengdao: "Why, Yan'er disagrees?"

Gan Qian sighed and said, "Yan'er has taken a fancy to a craftsman!"

Luo Zheng waved his hand indifferently, and said: "What's the matter with the craftsman? They are all raised by their parents. As long as their hands and feet are healthy, and they are not obsolete, sick and disabled, since Yan'er has taken a fancy to it, let her do it. There is no hesitation!"

"Your Majesty, no!"

Ren Yan said anxiously: "Yan'er is the eldest princess, how can she marry a craftsman, it really loses the face of the royal family!"

"What a disgrace!"

Luo Zheng frowned and said: "How can it be so serious, I see that you have eaten rice for a few days, and you don't know what the taste of the chaff is. What happened to the craftsman? I am also from the grassroots. You, don't hold on to those rigid Many Confucian etiquettes are unreasonable. In my eyes, there is no distinction between high and low. These bad things, I will definitely get rid of them in the future. Well, you two don’t have to say much , I have my own measure, go and call Yan'er over!"

"The concubine obeys!"

Gan Qian didn't dare to persuade her anymore, so she had to agree.

(End of this chapter)