Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 2049 Severe damage to the Navy, Flying Bear Erha

   Just as Fei Qian and Pang Tong were discussing about Liu Pan and the scepter he was carrying, in Jingzhou, the Cao army had already converged at one place, and the forwards Cao Hong and Xiahou Dun approached Xiangyang again.

  However, because of the fear of the Ganning navy, Cao Hong and Xiahou Dun did not set up camp close to Xiangyang, but put the main force in Fancheng, and then naturally discussed how to break the current situation in Xiangyang.

  Xiahou Dun said: "Although the Liu family has occupied Xiangyang for a long time, the foundation is solid, and it cannot be settled in haste, but Xiangyang cannot be won quickly, and it will inevitably delay the important affairs of the lord. Now that the Xiangyang navy is displayed in front, it is really worrying, if it is not cut off, it may be difficult to enter. 』

  Xiahou Dun's words are also the current difficulties. Gan Ning's navy has now become an obstacle in front of Xiahoudun. If it cannot be pulled out, it will be impossible to step into Jingzhou...

   As he spoke, Xiahou Dun and Cao Hong looked at Cai Mao.

   Neither Xiahou Dun nor Cao Hong had any problems in the battle on land, but both of them were inferior to Cai Mao in the battle mode on the water.

Before this, neither Xiahou Dun, Cao Hong, nor Cao Cao thought how important a navy was, or even thought it was necessary to form a navy, but now, after being deflated, they suddenly discovered There seems to be a piece missing.

  『If you want to conquer Xiangyang, you must first conquer the navy, otherwise, you will be worried about the future...』 Cao Hong also said, "Furthermore, if it is true that Xiangyang is passed, there is still Jiangdong... If it is allowed to come and go, how can it be done?" 』

  Cai Mao was a little helpless. Are there any people like you who come to find a hole when the **** is about to come?

   But in fact, this virtue is also in history. After Cao Cao conquered Jingzhou, when he faced Chibi, he was more anxious than he is now...

  From the Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States Period, and then until the Qin and Han Dynasties, the status of the navy has always been low. Of course, you can't laugh at fifty steps, after all, the feudal dynasties of later generations also saw how much they valued China's navy, and the Ming Dynasty abolished martial arts after a short-lived...

Cai Mao did have some methods, but these methods were originally meant to be kept and used to deal with Cao Cao when the time was right, so that he could finally gain control in Xiangyang, Jingzhou, but what he did not expect was that he was now It is imperative to show the means, because it is obvious that, except for him, neither Xiahou Dun nor Cao Hong can do anything about the Jingzhou navy...

  After intense preparations, Cao Jun always left Fancheng, went down the Han River, and marched into Xiangyang again.

  Gan Ning's scouts who stayed in the Han River soon discovered Cao Jun's movements, and immediately reported to Gan Ning Wenpin and others. Although the Xiangyang Bridge has been destroyed, if Cao Jun controls both sides of the Han River, it would not be so difficult to build a pontoon bridge.

Wenpin felt that Cao Jun’s arrival was a bit strange. After all, Cao Jun’s new defeat was not long ago, and he didn’t have enough naval forces. Wenpin was a little confused by Cao Jun’s actions this time, but Gan Ning didn’t understand it. Maybe if the stalemate continues like this, it will be fought after all. Since Cao Jun is dispatched, let's fight.

  Cao Jun took his time and walked thirty miles a day. The supply ship carrying food was in the Han River, accompanying the troops on land like a shadow. Every day when the sun is just westward, Cao Jun will set up a big camp and rest early.

  Such an attitude confused Scout Gan Ning.

  Cao Jun's marching speed is neither fast nor slow. It is quite satisfactory, and there is nothing wrong with it. But no matter how you look at the baggage boat in the Han River, it looks like a living bait. There are more than a dozen warships full of food and grass, and there is no decent naval escort. This is clearly a deliberate flaw.

  However, the obvious flaw made Gan Ning hesitate, so that the Jingzhou navy did not attack for a long time. Whether it is Cao Hong or Xiahou Dun, they are both veterans who have fought for many years. It is impossible not to know the importance of food and grass. If they were not beaten by Gan Ning before, such mistakes may have occurred, but now that Cao Jun is doing this, it is very likely. is a trap...

  However, with such a hesitation, Cao Jun has advanced to the attack circle of Xiangyang.

   It couldn't be dragged on any longer. As soon as Gan Ning and his water army tried to make contact, Cao Jun immediately stopped advancing and set up camp on the spot. Although the Jingzhou navy was still at a loss, after Gan Ning sent a large number of scouts to detect, they did not find any specific ambushes of Cao Jun, so after weighing, Gan Ning could no longer hold back his impulse and launched a tentative attack. s attack.

  Cao Jun relied on the military stronghold on land to defend, dragged all the supply ships to the shore, and then set up bow and crossbow positions on land, facing Gan Ning's water army in a full-scale counterattack. Facing numerous bows and crossbows, the Gan Ning navy did not dare to be careless, and tried step by step, looking for flaws.

  Cao Hong set up a command platform on the high ground by the bank, and looked at the soldiers of the two sides who were fighting, but his mind flew to other places. Cao Hong knew very well that Gan Ning's side would be limited even if they were tempted in the face of these food and grass. The real battle had not yet begun, and once the real battle started, it would be thrilling.

  The two sides fought fiercely for most of the day, each suffered injuries, but none of them were fatal.

The Ganning water army tried several times to ignite Cao Jun's supply ship, but it was clear that Cao Jun had already made a lot of preparations, and Cao Jun covered it up with wet sand as soon as there was a flame, and there was no chance of continuing to burn. The same is true, most of the casualties on both sides were caused by the arrows, and there were not many direct hand-to-hand injuries...

  After nightfall, Gan Ning's water army withdrew to a safe distance, maintaining surveillance on Cao's army.

For Gan Ning, it is not necessarily necessary to defeat Cao Hong immediately. As long as Cao Jun cannot approach Xiangyang easily, it is also a victory. It doesn't make much sense to rush in and burn with heavy casualties.

   In the middle of the night, Cao Hong closed his eyes and lay down with his clothes on.

  Suddenly there were footsteps outside the big tent. Cao Hong opened his eyes and immediately turned over and sat up. In fact, he hadn’t slept all this time, he was just dozing off, “What’s the matter? 』

  『General, there is news…』The guard outside the tent said in a low voice.

  Cao Hong opened the curtain of the big tent, walked out, and said in a deep voice, "What's the matter?" 』

  『Everything is ready...』

  Cao Hong didn't speak immediately, but stood outside the tent, and after thinking about it for a while, he waved his hand vigorously: "Send a general order, act according to the plan!" 』

  Gan Ning soon received a report from the scouts, saying that there was movement from Cao Jun, and then followed Cao Jun to investigate, and found that Cao Jun was secretly building a pontoon bridge upstream...

"I see! Gan Ning sneered, "Is this the camp to attract Yu, and then try to go around and attack Xiangyang?" Come, send a message to Xiangyang! 』

  The messenger left in a hurry to make the Xiangyang defenders more vigilant and not mention it.

  Gan Ning turned around twice with his hands behind his back. Now he has two choices, one is to retreat and defend with Xiangyang City, the other is to march forward to destroy the pontoon bridge and thwart Cao Jun's plan.

   Moments later, Gan Ning ordered an attack.

  The reason is very simple. Gan Ning doesn't like to retreat and defend.

  Gan Ning left a small part of the water army to monitor Cao Hong's part of the Cao army, and took most of them up the Han River to the place where the Cao army built the pontoon bridge. After all, Cao Hong was mainly an army, and the water surface was nothing more than a few supply ships, so Gan Ning naturally didn't think that Cao Hong would threaten his navy, so he just watched from a distance.

  The place where Cao Jun built the pontoon bridge was naturally a relatively narrow area on both sides of the Han River.

   Cao Jun cut down some trees, and it seems that they first used these woods to form a raft, and then connected the rafts to form a pontoon bridge. This is also a common way to build pontoon bridges.

  But what Gan Ning did not expect was that Cao Jun targeted him from the very beginning...

   Xiahou Dun and Cao Hong didn't know Gan Ning's temperament very well, but Cai Mao did. For these generals in Jingzhou, especially Gan Ning under Liu Biao, Cai Mao has always been careful to observe and figure out carefully, so Gan Ning's every move almost falls into Cai Mao's deduction!

  An ordinary person might have retreated to Xiangyang, but 80% of Gan Ning would choose to attack the pontoon bridge!

   On the battlefield, there is a 50% chance that you can gamble once, let alone an 80% certainty?

If you want to defeat Gan Ning's water army, you must create favorable geographical conditions so that Gan Ning can't escape and severely damage his water army in a short period of time. The small water area at the pontoon bridge just meets this condition. Pick a good battlefield.

At first, Gan Ning thought that the Cao army on land was moving slowly anyway, and if he couldn't make a single blow, it wouldn't be a big problem to go down the river and go to Xiangyang. Besides, on the water, who else can beat himself?

  So Gan Ning thought there was nothing wrong with it.

  However, Cao Jun's goal this time did not intend to fight Gan Ning on the water at all, but instead focused his attack on Gan Ning's ships.

  No matter how powerful Gan Ning is, it is impossible to protect all the ships under his command from harm, and once these ships are destroyed, Gan Ning is useless no matter how strong his water combat ability is...

  So, when Gan Ning and his water army began to attack Cao Jun who was pretending to build a pontoon bridge, Xiahou Dun gave the order to attack in an orderly manner.

  As the battle progressed, Gan Ning, who had just landed ashore and was about to destroy the pontoon bridge, soon realized that something was wrong...

   These guys don't care about boardwalks!

   Cao Jun obviously came prepared. The rafts that looked like they were **** to build a pontoon bridge were actually used to destroy ships! A large iron nail is installed at the front of the raft. As long as it hits a ship, it is easy to get stuck on the side of the ship. The fire igniters piled on top of the raft were also caught by the rockets shot by the archers on the shore. Quickly ignite!

There are raft stakes constantly thrown along the current ahead, and Gan Ning originally set up a formation to land and destroy the pontoon bridge, but now he wants to retract the anchor and turn around, and because he is in a narrow water area, it is difficult to maneuver for a while .

The iron chains that were originally hidden on the river bed of the river were twisted, crossing the water surface of the Han River. At the same time, more and more rafts were thrown out, and even half-cut branches and branches rolled in disorder in the current. Crashing and mingling between Gan Ning's ships.

  The soldiers of the Jingzhou Navy tried their best to push these debris away, but the barbs and iron nails mixed in the debris were not so easy to deal with once they were nailed to the side of the ship. More and more wooden piles and rafts are lingering, and the speed of the boat is getting slower and slower, and they are jammed together...

   The more congested, the more things gathered together, and the flames began to spread from the raft to the ship!

"kill! Get out! 』

Gan Ning drew out his saber, roared fiercely, fought hard, and broke through the siege of Cao Jun on the shore. He led his men back to the ship, and at the same time ordered the ship to turn around. He knew very well that if he could not quickly open the breakthrough, he would be congested by Cao Jun If they live in the waterway, these Jingzhou ships on the water will sooner or later become torches one by one, and they will not be able to escape even if they want to escape.

Every Jingzhou navy understands this. They followed Gan Ning and struggled to break out of the siege, pushing away the rafts blocking the way, and even their own boats. Flames rose and smoke billowed. Into the Han River!

Xiahou Dun was not idle either. Although he failed to leave Gan Ning directly on the land, he continued to issue orders amidst the sound of war drums. Under the cover of shield soldiers, the crossbowmen continued to shoot arrows from the shore The crossbow arrows, interspersed with rockets, made Gan Ning's Jingzhou navy even more flustered and confused.

   Fortunately, the Han River is rushing, and it is convenient to escape along the water. In addition, even if Xiahou Dun cut down a large number of trees, it is limited. After the intensive attack waves, he is somewhat weak in follow-up.

Gan Ning abandoned the ignited boats and fled Xiahoudun's pursuit in embarrassment. Before he could catch his breath, he saw the dozens of Cao Hong's baggage boats that he didn't care about before. When Gan Ning was about to pass, he rushed out. The bow of the ship was obviously a newly added ram, shining coldly...

  『Turn! Avoid! 』

  Gan Ning roared.

  The fire is raging.

  The baggage that the Jingzhou navy tried to ignite was now ignited by Cao Jun himself. However, the situation in front of him did not bring any joy to the Jingzhou navy, only endless fear...

  ...(⊙﹏⊙|||)...

  Feixiongxuan is located in the southwest of Chang'an, beside Fengshui. Within a radius of a hundred miles, many villages were originally abandoned during the military chaos in Xiliang, but now they have become Feiqian's farms. There is a farm station located in Fengshui, so naturally it also takes care of the guards. Duties of Liu Qi and Yuan Shang.

  Liu Qi sat blankly on the high platform of Feixiongxuan, his clothes disheveled. Anyway, my family is already in such a state, and I don't need to pay special attention to appearance, I can come here as I please, and now it's June, and the weather is gradually getting hotter, so I'm showing my **** and my body is dissolute.

As for the supply of Feixiongxuan, Fei Qian did not intentionally embarrass Liu and Yuan. After all, with the current strength of the hussars, it would not be a problem to raise two hundred more idlers, let alone two, anyway. Generally, you can't die from hunger, but if you want to eat deliciously, you are still as picky as before, so naturally you don't.

In fact, Liu Qi has fantasized about it more than once, imagining that suddenly his father will ride the colorful auspicious clouds from the sky... Uh, cough cough, anyway, it is almost like that, and suddenly someone comes to rescue him, and he can stand proudly At the head of Chang'an City, he then trampled the hussar general Fei Qian under his feet.

   And then woke up.

  There is everything in the dream, but after waking up from the dream, it is empty, lonely and cold.

Sometimes Liu Qi would also think, if he had worked harder, listened to his old man Liu Biao more, or learned more from that guy Liu Cong, pretending to study scriptures for a few days, dropping some book bags and so on. , his father, Liu Biao, would it not be difficult to hate him, so naturally he didn't have to leave Jingzhou, and finally came to such a ghostly place...

  I would have known...

  I knew it earlier!

Some teenagers in the second year of middle school would fantasize about what they would do when they grow up, just like Liu Qi felt that studying was so painful when he should have gone to school, thinking that he would not need to study when he grew up, but now he really I'm getting older, I stopped studying, and after being beaten up by the cold reality, I remembered that if I could study hard back then...

  Thinking of reading, Liu Qi inevitably thought of Yuan Shang.

  Compared with Yuan Shang, Liu Qi is like a sloppy beggar.

  Yuan Shang would get up early every day, and even if he didn’t have many servants, he would take care of himself carefully, and then put on clean and tidy clothes, and sit in the courtyard to read~www.readwn.com~…

   Besides eating and sleeping, Yuan Shang spends most of his time reading.

  Sometimes Liu Qi couldn’t help but think, if he had half of Yuan Shang’s, no, a quarter of his strength in reading and reading, it would be Liu Qi himself, not Liu Cong, who could not please Liu Biao.

Whenever this happens, Liu Qi is very envious of Yuan Shangneng's temperament to sit down and read a book, and every time Liu Qi himself picks up the scroll, he feels that the ink characters on the slips of the book seem to be able to dance, twisting and turning on the bamboo slices Turning, shaking arms and legs, and then I can’t see clearly. If I look hard for a while, I will feel dizzy and drowsy...

  Liu Qi got up, staggered down the high platform, turned around the corridor, and saw Yuan Shang was still sitting cross-legged in the courtyard, holding a scroll of letters in his hand, and seemed to be reading with gusto.

...

  Yuan Shang couldn't help frowning.

"what? Sorry..." Liu Qi moved aside, "I..."

  『…』Yuan Shang didn't put down the letter, nor did he say anything.

  『Actually, I really envy you...』 Liu Qi looked at Yuan Shang with real emotion in his eyes, 『When I read a book, I get a headache...』

  Of course, Liu Qi envies Yuan Shang far more than this.

Whether it is Yuan Shang's appearance or his daily behavior, Liu Qi is envious of him, because these are what he lacks. In comparison, Yuan Shang is more in line with the standards of a child of a family, while Liu Qi is like a dog that has been mixed in. Huskies of wolves.

  Liu Qi was chattering, talking about his troubles, his confusion, anyway, in this Feixiongxuan, the only one who could listen to him was Yuan Shang.

  Yuan Shang seemed to be listening, but also seemed not to be listening. He was reading a book, and he seemed not to be reading a book. He sat still, like a delicate statue.

  After a while, suddenly a soldier outside the courtyard shouted loudly: "Bo Yiji is here to visit!" 』

"what? The machine is here? ’Liu Qi froze for a moment, then said, ‘Maybe there is something, I’ll go…’

  Yuan Shang remained motionless.

It was only when Liu Qi walked out of the courtyard that Yuan Shang slowly put down the letter in his hand. Before he knew it, a tear fell from the corner of his eye~www.readwn.com~ Hehe, hehe, now... besides reading, I can also do What...at least, you still have Yi Jibo, and I...hehe, woohoo...」

  (end of this chapter)