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Chapter 837 The Opening of the Yellow River Water Battle

On the Yellow River, a group of water thieves appeared at some point, hijacking merchants traveling from south to north, but they did nothing to the tourists.The key point is that this group of thieves went north at every turn, and the deepest one went directly to the surroundings of Yecheng.

If Yuan Shao hadn't been attacking Gongsun Zan at that time, and the main force was not here, he might have been chasing him thousands of miles away.But also because of this, this group of thieves naturally came into her line of sight, a little investigation: You Mengmeng evil-minded, actually disguised the water army as water thieves to harass my territory!
It's a pity that there is no evidence. These guys come and go in such a hurry, it is difficult to catch them, and it is useless to scold them without evidence.

Gan Ning is also very powerful. Usually wearing armor, the soldiers below also behave like elite soldiers of a big man, no matter how serious they are.But once you become a water thief, you will immediately take off the formal armor and put on a dilapidated leather armor. The key is all kinds of non-mainstream decorations, and your temperament and personality will become the same as that of a hooligan. It is hard to think that the two are the same personal.

For example, Gan Ning, when the water thief is dressed up, she looks like a non-mainstream female hooligan, with thick lead powder on her face, long and thick eyelashes, and thick lipstick. thick.Combined with the turban and colorful chicken feathers on the head, the exposed left shoulder and the suanni above, it is a female hooligan at all.

However, after taking off the makeup and putting on the armor, the whole person is delicate and dignified, serious and upright, completely different.

The key is to be vigilant, Yuan Shao sent people to follow up several times, but in the end these people never came back.Therefore, for such a long time, Yuan Shao has no evidence to prove that the Han navy and the Jinfan bandits are the same group.

But this does not prevent her from training the navy in the Bohai Sea. The purpose is to go south to contain or even defeat this group of navy when necessary.She doesn't have suitable naval personnel under her command, but there are quite a few talents, and there are quite a few who can build ships. There are not enough naval generals, so the number of ships and soldiers will be used to make up for it.

In the end, Lu Xiang was appointed as the chief general, with Jiang Yiqu and Mao Kai as assistants to lead the navy.After two years of preparation, there are hundreds of ships of all sizes and five thousand sailors.A lot of money was spent for this, and the expansion of her regular army was somewhat delayed.

But there is no way without building a water army. If you go south, you have to cross the river, and you have to prevent Cao Jun from crossing the river.Even if you go to Hanoi, or even enter Hedong, you have to cross the river if you want to get to the Central Plains!
"General, we are about to enter the course of the Yellow River!" From the Bohai Sea, along the coast south, and finally near the mouth of the Yellow River, the soldiers below came to report.

"Very good, set up the formation. Tell the ships, keep the formation, and don't rush into it. The opponent is an experienced water thief, and we are a new water army that has just been formed. Interspersed between ships, or the skills of water warfare They are not as good as the opponent! But we have enough ordnance, and we have stronger and larger warships, just push them over, and I will see where the opponent can escape!" Lu Xiang immediately announced that their target this time is the Han Navy. water village.

As long as they take down here, the opponent will be a dog of bereavement. Even if they can wander around on the Yellow River, they will either give up the boat or fight them desperately. There is no third way to go.

In this way, they controlled the line of the Yellow River, and Yuan Shaojun could go south at any time, but it would be extremely difficult for Cao Jun to cross the river!
One day after entering the Yellow River, they had already entered Qingzhou, which was ruled by Yuan Tan and could be regarded as Yuan Shao's territory.Not long after arriving here, a troop came over, and after a while, some soldiers came out and waved a flag to signal the comers to identify themselves.

Seeing this, Lu Xiang immediately ordered to reveal his identity, and hoped to rest here for a day before continuing to sail westward.

After the semaphore was played, the Qingzhou soldiers on the shore breathed a sigh of relief.The Han navy not only harassed the north, but also harassed the coast of Qingzhou from time to time.Most of the eastern parts of Qingzhou are mountains and wooded areas, and most of the inhabitable areas are the plains near the sea in the west.

Being close to the sea, they are naturally within the attack range of the navy. In the past two years, many aristocratic families along the coast had to reluctantly move away from the seaside.The gang of thieves specially targeted the aristocratic families, and then distributed what they couldn't take away to the local people.

Many people were worried about the disaster and did not dare to accept them. After many people accepted them, they gritted their teeth and wanted to join the bandits. In the past three years, at least thousands of people from Qingzhou and Jizhou were brought to Yanzhou by Gan Ning, and then sent to other places. place settled down.

During the period, a group of good quality people were also selected and added to the navy, which expanded the Han navy to five thousand.It's just that on the bright side, there are only three thousand.More ships and soldiers were placed in the water village secretly opened in Qingzhou, and supplies were regularly transported from the Dongjun water village.And only Cao Cao, San Gong and Liu Xie knew about it.

"Water bandits are so rampant?" After getting ashore, Lu Xiang had to come into contact with the generals of Qingzhou, and only then did he know how arrogant they were.

"The problem is that when something goes wrong, they get on the boat and leave. This state has formed several naval armies, but in the end they were destroyed once by the opponent. In the end, they could only defend passively like this." General Cen Bi of Qingzhou, Yuan Tan's general, said helplessly. replied.

"It doesn't matter, we've already arrived, they can't continue rampant!" Lu Xiang replied.

"Thank you everyone!" Cen Bi also hoped so, the key point he saw this fleet, the warships were bigger than the thieves, and there were more people at the same time. Sheng Shao is just using a big boat to crush a small boat.

In other words, if a large ship of this scale is really going to hit it, an ordinary small boat will basically capsize directly, and an ordinary warship will crack the wood and enter the water if it hits it.Combined with rockets and even the catapult above, it is more powerful.

The large army rested overnight, mainly to replenish some food and water, and then began to continue westward.Three days later, when Cao Cao began to enter the range of Chenliu in Yanzhou, he was still less than two hundred miles away from the water village of the Han Navy.

"Head...General, the Hebei navy has been 'caught'!" At the same time, the small boat that went out to investigate on the side of the Han navy came back to report soon.

"Very good, follow me to fight!" Gan Ning nodded. At this moment, she was serious, with a cold expression, giving people a sense of alienation that strangers should not enter.It's just that for her old subordinates, this is actually a disguise. Everyone knows who she is, and if they really fight, she is a crazy woman.

"Get on the boat and go to battle!" Gan Ning ordered, and the whole water village immediately began to prepare.She also just returned to the barracks, wrote the situation here as a battle report, and then sent someone to send it to Cao Cao.She had sent a similar battle report earlier.

As the saying goes, "The general is outside, and the emperor's order is not subject to it." Since she served as the general of the navy, the court has promised to only give her a general policy, and she will decide how to act.At most, it is the appointment of personnel and the supply of warships, which need the approval of the court to replenish.

The imperial court can give certain autonomy to the navy, but it cannot be independent from the administrative scope of the imperial court.

"It's really troublesome, I have to write so many battle reports..." After Gan Ning finished explaining, seeing the battle reports sent out, she couldn't help complaining. Fortunately, after two years, she was used to this.The initial complaints were more than that.

"Let me see how capable this Hebei navy is!" Gan Ning licked his lips, showing a playful expression.

Immediately boarded the warship, and seeing that the soldiers and ships were ready, he immediately ordered: "Follow me!"

　There may be only two chapters today, after all, I want to take a break occasionally...

　　
　
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