Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 578 Gan Ning's Scum Licking Tactic

"Why panic?" Lu Meng scolded angrily.

The guard clasped his fists and replied: "Reporting to the governor, the scouts just came to report that hundreds of warships appeared in Yangshui, only thirty miles away."

Lu Meng turned to look at Gu Li: "Could it be Gong Yi's reinforcements?"

"Gong Yi's task is to intercept the Han River, and Guan Yu has quite a number of navy troops, so he still has spare energy to help the governor?" Gu Li frowned.

"Do you know whose reinforcements it is?" Lu Meng asked.

The guard bowed his head and replied: "Uh, there is a flag with the word Gan on the ship."

"Gan Ning?" Lu Meng and Gu Li were surprised at the same time.

Lu Meng resisted the pain in his left palm, turned over and stood up: "Order the whole army to gather immediately and prepare to face Gan Ning in Yangshui."

"Then Jiangling is about to be taken." Gu Li hesitated to speak.

"Let Xiang Xun take a breather for a few days. Gan Ning only has a hundred warships. We swallow such a small force first, otherwise it would be inappropriate to let this man go ashore." Lu Meng was still worried about Gan Ning's hundred cavalry robbing the camp, and then continued to the guards He ordered: "Send more scouts to find out Gan Ning's whereabouts, and keep bringing me news."

"Wei." The guard cupped his fists and left.

It wasn't because the pain affected Lu Meng's judgment. It was because Jiangdong's siege warfare was not as good as water warfare, and it was when the troops and warships were superior.

Lu Meng didn't know why Jiang Qin put Gan Ning into Yangshui. He guessed that it was because Gan Ning was defeated in the battle of Hanshui, and now he was fleeing towards Jiangling with the remnant soldiers. He naturally wanted to seize this opportunity.

Gan Ning was very powerful on land, and Lu Meng did not have the guts to send him to Jiangling.

Yangshui is a man-made canal, which starts from Jiangling in the west and ends at Yangkou in the southeast of Jingling. This canal successfully connects the Yangtze River and the Han River, and is the main water channel between Xiangyang and Jiangling.

The excavation of the Yang Canal shortened the water distance between Xiangyang and Jiangling, avoided diverting from Jiangxia in the southeast, and saved several days of transportation time.

Lu Meng left Gu Li and [-] soldiers to guard the Jiangling camp, and he himself led the main force of Jiangdong to board ships to meet Gan Ning.

While Lu Meng was in a coma, Gu Li secretly investigated the cause of Han Dang's death, and finally found that Fu Shiren was to blame, so that Lu Meng's prestige was not affected.

Two hours later, Lu Meng took all of Jiangling's main force, more than ten thousand soldiers, and encountered Gan Ning's fleet on Yangshui.

Gan Ning defeated Jiang Qin at a great price. There were less than 4000 people left in Jingzhou's more than [-] navy troops. He left thousands of people and the transport team to pretend to be on the front line, and he rushed to help Jiangling with the remaining navy. , the front line will surely collapse.

At this time, Gan Ning was not as panicked as Zhan Jiangqin, because not long after he entered Yangshui, he encountered Gao Shun's scouts, and when he learned that Lantian had arrived at Dongting, the boulder fell from his chest in an instant. As long as Mr. can defeat Lu Xun, the remaining Jiangdong rats are probably over.

"I didn't expect the Jinfan thief to be in trouble. I think you are good at martial arts, why don't you just switch to Jiangdong, and I would like to help you bear all the grievances and grievances before."

Lu Meng stood proudly at the bow of the boat, recalling those "unforgettable" memories, he was actually a little bit sad at the moment, thinking that the Jinfan Bandit also has today?

Gan Ning caught a glimpse of Lü Meng's left hand wrapped in a white cloth, and asked meaningfully, "The governor's hand is injured? The city of Jiangling is not easy to climb, right? It's hard to say who will end up in poverty."

Lu Meng blushed when he heard this, and secretly put his left hand behind his back, and asked coldly: "Thief, you are still so arrogant when you are about to die. Jingzhou soldiers are as stubborn as you, but they are all ignorant of current affairs. Guan Yu is not dead yet. Bar?"

"General Guan, who is like a god, will naturally live well. Lu's hand is disabled, so he should think more about his own situation." Gan Ning teased loudly.

Gan Ning was born as a Jinfan bandit, and he is good at giving people nicknames. Using a physical disability as a title is insulting. Lu Meng was really furious when he heard this, and he cursed hysterically: "You are a poor man, the governor kindly persuaded you to surrender, you But blindly looking for death, Yangshui is your burial place."

"I'm so scared." Gan Ning teased blankly.

"Bastard, shoot me random arrows." Lu Meng ordered angrily.

"Pick up the shield." Gan Ning responded calmly.

Water battles are different from land battles. They cannot be punched to the flesh quickly. They need to be suppressed with long-range weapons first, and finally board the enemy's ship and kill the general to capture the flag.

The number and force of Jiangdong warships are four times that of Gan Ning, but because Yangshui is manually excavated and the width is limited, only [-] warships can be deployed side by side, so the attack surface is relatively narrow, and the advantage of having more ships and more soldiers is become less obvious.

Lü Meng's warships had ample reserves of arrows. They set off from Jiangxia and had never experienced water battles, and they could not take advantage of upward shooting in siege battles. Jiangdong soldiers were finally able to shoot wantonly.

Arrows rained like locusts flying from west to east. Compared with the wealthy Jiangdong soldiers, Gan Ning's arrows were stretched. In desperation, he could only passively defend. He could only let the sailors keep the distance between the boats. His goal now is not to defeat Lu Meng, but to buy time for Lan Tian as much as possible.

Lu Meng saw that Gan Ning was suppressed by the arrow rain, so he ordered the battleship to advance forward. He wanted to quickly get rid of the tail, so he had to return to the Jiangling battlefield to continue the attack.

Gan Ning had already prepared to fight and leave, Lu Meng led the warship to bite the opponent, the two sides were stuck in the Yangshui, sometimes stopping the boat to shoot bows and arrows, sometimes chasing each other.

Gan Ning's behavior is like 'green tea', wanting to refuse but still welcoming, and always acting indifferent, which makes Lu Meng scratch his ears and heart.

The two sides fought for a long time, seeing the sky getting darker, Lu Meng wanted to retreat back to Jiangling, he just ordered the fleet to turn around, Gan Ning chased back like a 'licking dog', so they continued to fight until night fell.

At night, the sky was cloudy and foggy, and the land and water were dark. The fleets of both sides set aside a safe distance to rest, but the surveillance patrol boats stayed up all night. The two fleets continued to fight in the early morning of the next day. , Walked on the Yangshui for more than 200 miles for three days.

In order to hold Lu Meng back, Gan Ning used his warship as bait to keep his tail off. In three days, nearly half of his warship was damaged, but the closer he got to the Yangkou where the Han River meets, the more Lu Meng felt that something was wrong. Why? At this position, Jiang Qin still doesn't come?
Lv Meng had just captured a wounded prisoner of war, so he asked his followers to torture Gan Ning for his intentions.

It turned out that Jiang Qin's troops had been defeated by Gan Ning, and that cunning Lantian would have come out of Dongting to cut his back. After hearing this, Lü Meng was sweating all over his body, and the wound on his left palm was soaked in sweat. The pain caused Lv Meng to clench his teeth tightly. Tight.

The Jiangdong Fourth Army broke all the way in this way. Lu Meng doubted that Lu Xun might not be able to stop Lan Tian. He felt that he could not be led by the nose by Gan Ning.

The dying prisoner of war should not lie, Lu Meng made a decisive decision to go west overnight, Gan Ning got the news and wanted to pester him, but was stopped by the broken fleet left behind by the other party.

(End of this chapter)