The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 280 Raid on Wulin
Li Yuan's warships are not less than those in Jingzhou. Over the years, he has built a lot of warships in Lujiang. After occupying Jiangxia, he took the warships in Jiangxia Port as his own. Now his number of warships is more than that of Jingzhou. More than that, Yu Jin transported the warships from Lujiang and Jiangxia to the Han River for use by the army. In fact, most of them were from Jiangxia, because almost all the warships from Lujiang were driven away by Gan Ning.

Although Li Yuan has a lot of warships, the real navy has been taken away by Gan Ning, and now Yu Jin only has 1 sailors, so it is impossible for them to easily cross the river. Li Yuan estimates that Liu Biao has deployed no less than [-] With a navy of ten thousand people, if it wasn't because the Han River was not as wide as the Yangtze River, Liu Biao would have arranged more warships. It seems that there will be another water battle before attacking Xiangyang.

When Liu Biao learned that Li Yuan's army had arrived at the Han River, Liu Biao decided to go out to check in person, and all the generals followed Liu Biao.When everyone came to the river, they saw countless soldiers and horses on the other side, and there were at least 700 warships on the shore, even more than their Xiangyang warships. This surprised Liu Biao and asked: "Li How could Yuan have so many warships? It seems to be more than our warships in Jingzhou."

Kuai Liang replied: "Li Yuan has been building warships in Lujiang for four or five years. Their own warships are not as many as ours, but after they occupied Jiangxia, they also took Jiangxia's warships as their own, so the number of their warships The number will be more than ours."

After hearing this, Liu Biao suddenly realized that Jiangxia had the most warships in Jingzhou. Jiangxia had more warships than Xiangyang. Now Li Yuan used all Jiangxia’s warships. No wonder there are so many warships now. warship.

"My lord, it seems that Li Yuan has set up so many warships to cross the river by force. We must be prepared." Kuai Liang was slightly worried, "I heard that Li Yuan had Gan Ning train a team of no less than 2 soldiers in Lujiang River. People's navy, and now this navy may already be on the other side, we can't be careless."

"Kai Zirou, what you said is wrong. We may not be Li Yuan's opponent on land, but our Jingzhou army is definitely stronger on the water. Gan Ning also joined us at the beginning, but I don't think he has much ability, so he sent us He drove him away, if I meet him this time, I will definitely let our Jingzhou navy teach him a lesson." Cai Mao is very confident in his own navy.

"Lieutenant Cai is right. Many of our soldiers have grown up by the river since they were young. They are very good at water. We also often train naval tactics. Gan Ning's navy may not be bad, but our Jingzhou army is It’s impossible to lose.” Wenpin seldom boasted because he had absolute trust in the Jingzhou Navy.

Liu Biao was very satisfied when he heard this. Compared with Li Yuanjun, they finally had an advantage. He originally wanted to shrink all his troops to Xiangyang for defense, but Wenpin and Huang Zu tried their best to persuade him to deploy defenses on the river, so he decided to deploy [-] sailors were deployed on the banks of the Han River to intercept Li Yuan from crossing the river. As long as Li Yuan could not cross the river, he would not be able to attack Xiangyang.

In fact, the soldiers Liu Biao summoned have already arrived in Xiangyang one after another, otherwise he would not be able to take out so many people at once. The battle of Jiangxia has caused him to lose nearly 4 people. If he is not careful, Jingzhou will be in danger.

Li Yuan and Liu Biao confronted each other by the Han River. Gan Ning's navy had arrived at Chibi, which is opposite Wulin. Wulin is a port southeast of Jiangling. Unknowingly attacking Jiangling will not give the soldiers stationed in Wulin a chance to escape, otherwise the fleeing soldiers will definitely report to Jiangling.

Before starting from Lujiang, Cheng Yu, the prefect of Lujiang, suggested that Gan Ning lead the water army to Chibi first. Chibi is opposite Wulin, very close. If more than 2 water troops appeared in Wulin, they would be discovered by the soldiers stationed there. Therefore, Gan Ning could only choose a naval army of hundreds of people to take Wulin by surprise, and he could not let the enemy go to Jiangling to report the news.

After taking Wulin, let the army take a warship from Chibi to Wulin, and then raid Jiangling, so that no one will notice.

Gan Ning finally adopted Cheng Yu's strategy, and decided to attack again in rainy days, because soldiers generally do not go out to patrol in rainy days, and the defense will be more lax. This is an opportunity for Gan Ning.

Wulin is a very important port, because after leaving Wulin, you can take a boat to Chibi. Through Chibi, you can quickly attack Chaisang and Yuzhang, and enter Sun Ce's territory. In order to avoid being attacked by Sun Ce, Liu Biao stationed in Wulin for three or four times. Thousands of soldiers, you must know that under normal circumstances, so many soldiers will not be stationed at the port, but in order to prevent Sun Ce and Liu Biao had to do so.

However, now that it is time to use troops, half of Jiangling's soldiers and horses have been transferred to Xiangyang, so there are far fewer soldiers stationed in Wulin than in the past, probably less than 500. Li Yuan's threat to Xiangyang created a surprise attack on Wulin for Gan Ning Opportunity.

Gan Ning had already arrived at Chibi a few days ago. He was waiting for the opportunity to raid Wulin. He had lived by the river for many years and had a certain understanding of the weather by the river. He predicted that it would rain heavily soon.

Today, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and the wind was strong, and purple lightning bolts fell, illuminating the entire earth.The waves on the river are rough and the waves are rolling. At this time, all Wulin's warships are docked on the shore. No one is stupid enough to sail in this kind of weather. Even the most experienced sailors can hardly cope with this kind of weather. Swallowed by the waves.

The wind is getting stronger and stronger, the waves are getting higher and higher, the original sunny weather gradually disappears, and the only light left is lightning. The weather on the riverside is unpredictable.

"I won't go out for patrol today, go back and take shelter from the rain." Some soldiers who were planning to go out for patrol ran back to take shelter from the rain, and many houses were built in the port for the soldiers to live in.

"It's really unlucky. I was drenched in the rain as soon as I went out." Some soldiers took off their clothes. The cold rain made them feel cold, and their bodies trembled uncontrollably.

Just when all the soldiers ran back to the house, a fleet of ships was approaching. This fleet was so courageous that it dared to sail in this kind of weather. If an experienced boatman saw it, he would definitely say that he was in command of the ship. The general of the army is a fool, because doing so is tantamount to letting the soldiers under his command die with him.

But God seems to take good care of this fleet. Although the wind and waves are very strong, the fleet is still moving forward steadily. Taking advantage of the wind, it keeps approaching Wulin. Chong, there is not a single boat, just think about it, it is impossible for a boat to sail in this kind of weather, only a stronger boat can withstand this kind of strong wind and waves.

However, the shoals built in Lujiang are much stronger than ordinary shoals, otherwise it would be difficult to withstand the huge waves, because Li Yuan attached great importance to the development of warships, so he was able to create such a powerful shoal.

(End of this chapter)