The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 175 Set sail and flood the seven armies
Just now Wu Shuo spoke quickly, Cui Qian didn't understand all of a sudden, Yue Hai translated it for him, and he immediately became angry.But his temperament was gloomy, and his emotions and anger were not displayed. After hearing Yue Hai's words, he just raised his eyebrows and said word by word: "It's useless to fight someone who hasn't fought a tough battle. It's useless to talk about it. The more aggressive you are, the faster you will flee when you start a fight, I see that you have a lot of ships, and I'm afraid it will be troublesome to escape."

Wu Shuo became impatient, and was furious at Cui Qian's words. He jumped three feet high, and was about to argue with Cui Qian, but Zhang Liang grabbed him.Zhang Liang smiled slightly: "So, the captain of your boat is just for the convenience of escaping?"

"Otherwise." Cui Qian waved his hand very arrogantly: "We have few ships. It's not that we don't have no ships. It's because Fancheng and Xiangyang are just a mere area. There is no need to mobilize people. There are too many people, and the credit is not enough." He glanced at Zhang Wuer At first glance, it felt as if they were here to share his credit, and the disdain in their eyes could be seen even by a blind man.

"General, you can rest assured." Zhang Liang remained calm: "We don't like being robbed of credit, so we won't rob you of your credit. If General Cui is afraid that we will rob you, you might as well suggest that the next general divide the tasks. Anyway, we can't swallow the two cities of Fancheng and Xiangyang."

Sun Shao in the cabin laughed when he heard the words outside: "General Zhenglu, your subordinates are very motivated."

Sun Jiao tilted his mouth: "It's okay. However, I think this plan is also good. Fancheng and Xiangyang should each attack one of them, and no one will delay the other."

"Are we here to claim credit?" Sun Shao asked back: "Don't General Zhenglu know the purpose of cooperating with Guan Gong this time? How can our goal be the two cities of Fancheng and Xiangyang? It's okay for the subordinates to say so. I understand, it’s a bit wrong for you to think so too.”

Sun Jiao was taken aback by what he said.

"Uncle Wu, hang up the map." Sun Shao waved his hand, and Sun Huan, who was standing behind him holding a knife, immediately stepped forward and spread out the map on the case.Sun Jiao didn't look at the map, but stared at Sun Huan steadfastly. He knew that Sun Quan had arranged for Sun Shao to be beside Sun Shao, but he didn't expect that the black boy standing behind Sun Shao was actually Sun Huan. He didn't look at the black face at all.

"Uncle Wu?"

"I have seen General Zhenglu." Sun Huan saluted respectfully, and then respectfully stood in his place.Sun Jiao didn't react for a while, he glanced at Zhou Xun who was standing on the other side, also dark and thick: "Zhou Boying?"

Zhou Xun bowed and saluted: "Zhou Xun has seen General Zhenglu."

Sun Jiao completely crashed.That's all for Sun Huan. Although he has a good reputation, he is just a captain. Although it is too much to be a personal guard for the general, he can barely accept it. Zhou Xun is a hereditary partial general. How can he... Be a bodyguard?And looking at them like this, they seem to be quite useful.

Sun Shao didn't give him too many chances to think. He knocked on the desk, attracted Sun Jiao's attention, and nodded in Hanzhong first: "Liu Yizhou and Cao Cao have been fighting fiercely in Bashu for nearly a year, and the situation is very critical. , asked the Supreme for support many times. Xiahou Dun's [-] troops used defense instead of attack, and Lu Meng and Jiang Qin had been unsuccessful for a long time. The key to the whole battle situation, if you win, you can drive straight in, take Nanyang, attack Xudu directly, cut off the connection between Cao Jun's east and west, lose, and lose Jingzhou. .”

Sun Jiao nodded repeatedly, he was clearly aware of the situation of this battle, what he didn't expect was Sun Shao's plan to take Nanyang and hit Xu County directly.Sun Quan gave him the order to cooperate with Guan Yu, defeat Cao Ren, and attract Cao Cao to withdraw from Bashu to relieve Liu Bei's crisis.From his point of view, this matter is just helping, and there is no need to use too much force.But what Sun Shao said was different. His goal was not limited to breaking Fancheng and helping Liu Bei out of the siege. He wanted to take all of Nanyang and attack Xu County. What is the purpose of attacking Xu County?Of course it is to seize the emperor.The reason why Cao Cao is so powerful now is because he acted on the order of the emperor everywhere, and he took the lead in morality. Sun Quan is still the chariot general of the Han Dynasty. Regardless of whether they have an emperor in their eyes, this name is still required.

As soon as Sun Jiao's thinking was broken, he immediately discovered the mystery of it. If Nanyang was taken completely, Xiahou Dun would not be able to sit still. Lujiang, Jiujiang, and Guangling in the middle, although there are no people in these places, the land is fertile. Once they succeed, Jiangdong's strength will be greatly enhanced, and more importantly, Jianye will be safer.

To defend the great river, we must fight for the Jianghuai.Isn't Sun Quan's continuous attack on Hefei for so many years just trying to gain a foothold between Jianghuai and Jianghuai?
If this plan can be implemented, then they are not just a matter of assisting Guan Yu, they are great contributors.

Sun Jiao became a little excited.He stared at the map and stroked the short beard on his chin: "However, even if we reach Fancheng, our military strength is no more than that of Yu Jin and Cao Ren. It will not be so easy to defeat them."

"I don't think so." Sun Shao straightened his waist and tapped his fingers quickly on the desk. "Although Yu Jin's [-] troops are coming fiercely, Yu Jin has never commanded such a force alone. Cao Ren has the ability to command troops, but he was surrounded in Fancheng. Cao Jun's command may not be smooth, and Guan Gong has been in Jingzhou for a long time, with [-] to [-] troops It’s not difficult for him. More importantly, this is the Hanshui River, and now it’s almost the flood season, but have you heard that Yu Jin led the navy?”

Sun Jiao's eyes lit up, and he nodded repeatedly.As Sun Shao said, although Yu Jin was ranked among the five best generals, he had never commanded an army of [-] like this time. Only Cao Ren, Xiahouyuan, Xiahoudun, etc. were the only ones under Cao Cao who were qualified to lead an army of tens of thousands. They are said to be capable, but because they are the people Cao Cao can trust the most. In fact, people are capable, but they will not have this opportunity and experience.Commanding tens of thousands of horses is definitely not the same concept as commanding thousands of horses. The degree of complexity involved is far from being several times the relationship.Cao Ren does have this ability, but he is now blocked in Fancheng, and Yu Jin has no such experience before. Even if he is smart, it is difficult for him to use his hands for a while.What's more important is what Sun Shao said. It's almost the flood season now, but the people brought by Yu Jin are all cavalry. There is no navy, but Guan Yu has a navy who has been trained for many years. Although his men are not professional Navy, but they are also very familiar with water warfare, while Sun Shao's team is simply a professional navy focusing on water warfare.

Such a comparison greatly increases their chances of winning.

Sun Jiao was filled with emotion. It seemed that it was reasonable for Sun Shao to become the general after so soon. Before he arrived in Fancheng, he had already analyzed the strength of both sides clearly, but he had stayed in Xiakou for so long, but he did not Thinking so carefully, he was still limited to creating momentum for Guan Yu and couldn't extricate himself.

"Rational, reasonable." Sun Jiao repeatedly nodded.

"However, the most important thing now is that we must rush to Fancheng as soon as possible. After all, Guan Gong is currently short of troops and is at a disadvantage. If he is defeated before we arrive, then all this will be out of the question. Not only the credit No more, we still have to fight against Cao Jun's cavalry in Xiangyang, the navy will be useless, and in that case, we will be under too much pressure."

"That's right." Sun Jiao clenched his fists vigorously: "We should travel day and night, rush to Fancheng as quickly as possible, try to defeat the Jin on the Han River, and then go straight to Xu County."

"It's exactly what I want." Sun Shao smiled.He signaled to Zhou Xun: "Okay, we're done talking about business, let someone prepare a banquet. I want to invite General Zhenglu and his subordinates to drink."

Zhou Xun responded and went out to make arrangements.Sun Shao turned his face, and said to Sun Jiao with an apologetic expression: "Uncle, it was a matter of business just now, so I had to be stern, now that the business talk is over, let me apologize to Uncle, please forgive me disrespectful gift."

Sun Jiao is now immersed in the achievements of defeating Cao Jun, and he is very satisfied with Sun Shao, so he doesn't care about his rudeness. On the contrary, he thinks that Sun Shao is doing the right thing. Humble and polite, public and private.He laughed loudly: "Fengxian, don't be polite. I'm an uncle who is petty. I offended you just now. Please don't take offense."

Sun Shao chuckled: "I have heard that Uncle is good at recruiting talents, so I would like to ask Uncle to introduce you."

Sun Jiao was even more proud, pointed at Liu Jing and said, "This is Mr. Liu Jing and Liu Wenjie, a famous scholar in Lujiang. He is resourceful and decisive. This is my long history. I have benefited a lot from his help on weekdays."

Sun Shao bowed his hands, but Liu Jing didn't dare to do it, so he hurriedly returned the gift. Sun Shao called Zhou Xundao: "Boying, this is a celebrity from the same county as you. You can ask for more advice in the future. You are from Lujiang, and you have never stepped on Lujiang. .”

Zhou Xun stepped forward and made a ninety-degree salute, which was much more than a bowed hand salute. How could Liu Jing dare to do it? The Zhou family is a rich family in Lujiang. When Zhou Yu was alive, he wanted to see Zhou Yu very much. It's hard, who would have thought that Zhou Yu's son would be so respectful to him.He felt a radiance on his face and was a little agitated.

Sun Shao asked Wu Shuo, Zhang Liang and others to come in again, and met one by one. Then he introduced his generals, especially Cui Qian, saying that he was the most famous pirate in the South China Sea. Pirate's Nest avenged his father, and became the de facto overlord of the South China Sea in just a few years.Only then did Wu Shuo and the others know that this man who spoke incomprehensible birdsong was actually the king of pirates in the South China Sea, and they couldn't help being a little embarrassed.

The two parties were seated, and after a short while, the banquet began. After a few rounds of drinking, some of the unfamiliarity between the two parties melted away. During the exchange of drinks, they talked and laughed loudly, as if they had been friends for many years.Sun Jiao deliberately relayed the great prospect that Sun Shao had just described to Wu Shuo and the others. When they heard that they had made great contributions, they immediately regained their spirits. Coupled with Sun Shao's deliberate modesty, their aversion to Sun Shao became even more intense. It has become a past tense, and everyone is full of fighting spirit, and they will defeat Cao Jun under the leadership of Sun Shao.Regardless of how much sincerity there is in these words, the scene is already pretty good.

At the banquet, Sun Shao decided that the fleet would rush all night, trying to arrive at Fancheng to join the battle within two days, and all the generals responded loudly.

Sun Shao then negotiated with Sun Jiao to drag his warships, especially the small and medium-sized warships, behind his large ship, and transfer the upper sailors to the large ship for rotation, so that the sailors can always maintain sufficient physical strength and ensure speed.At first, Sun Jiao felt that it was of little use, but later he was guided by Sun Shao to visit the cabin below the deck, and after seeing the speed of Sun Shao's ship with his own eyes, he was amazed and immediately agreed to Sun Shao's proposal.

Connecting the boats in series, and pulling them in front of the fast boats not only reduces the overall water flow resistance, but also ensures the strength of the sailors of the boats by taking turns, thus ensuring the speed.After this adjustment, the speed of the entire fleet has been greatly improved, which surprised Sun Jiao and others.They watched the sailors on their own boats trying their best to row the oars, but they could barely keep up with Sun Shao's boat which was pulling twenty or thirty boats. They looked at each other and felt a little lucky.If they really wanted to compete with Sun Shao, they would lose based on speed alone.

Sun Shao left Sun Jiao and Liu Jing on his Yingyang, discussing the upcoming battle, analyzing various situations that may be encountered, and at the same time, arranging the work that needs to be prepared in advance.Especially if you want to go deep into Nanyang to do battle, you must start hoarding food, grass and supplies. Sun Shao and Sun Jiao jointly wrote to Sun Quan, asking him to prepare for the war immediately.

On the second night, Sun Shao and Sun Jiao were talking in the cabin. Liu Jing walked in from the outside with a happy face, his hands were wet, and he smiled as soon as he entered the cabin: "Congratulations to the two generals, great joy, great joy! .”

"Why do you like it?" Sun Shao smiled lightly.

"The water is rising, and the flood peak is coming soon." Liu Jing took the towel and wiped his hands, and said with a smile: "When the Han River rises, Yu Jin, who is not familiar with water warfare, will be greatly restricted. General Guan can at least maintain the situation and wait for it." Our support."

Sun Shao's heart tightened, and he quickly walked out of the cabin, leaning on the railing to look into the distance.The surface of the river was shimmering, and the sound of the waves hitting the warships was endless. Looking closely, the current seemed to be much faster than yesterday, and the surface of the river seemed much wider.

I don't know if Guan Yu can seize the opportunity to flood the Seventh Army as in history.Sun Shao was uneasy. For the first time, he was worried that he would change history and blow away the great military achievements of this mighty Huaxia Guan Erye.If you really want to die with Yu Jin's [-] army, it will be really difficult.

"Fengxian, are you worried about General Guan?" Sun Jiao walked behind Sun Shao, and put his hand gently on Sun Shao's shoulder: "Don't worry, he can persist until now without showing defeat, which means the old man The sky is on our side, when we arrive, how can Yu Jin be our opponent."

Sun Shao nodded with a smile: "I hope so."

"Go back to the cabin and take a rest. If there is any news, I will notify you immediately." Sun Jiao said to Sun Shao with concern: "You came from Jianye Starry Night, you are too tired, and you will have to fight for a long time, but Don't wear yourself out."

Sun Shao felt warm in his heart: "Thank you uncle for your concern."

"Who made us all surnamed Sun? A broken bone is still connected to a tendon." Sun Jiao smiled lightly, leaning on the railing and looking into the distance: "When General Polu raised his army, there were only a few thousand people. It is impossible for the Sun family to have what it is today. Is it because the children of our Sun family are hugging each other?"

Sun Shao was stunned for a moment, then turned his face to look at Sun Jiao, trying to figure out what he wanted to say.Sun Jiao's face looked tough under the moonlight, his eyes were solemn, and he stared straight at the dark night ahead.Sun Shao knew that Sun Jing's team was relatively strong. Sun Jing was originally the longest-lived among Sun Jian's brothers, and because of his thick personality, he was not easy to compete with others, so from Sun Ce to Sun Quan he always treated him More polite, when he was still alive, several sons led the army one after another. In the past few years, because of the unremitting struggle of the clan and Sun Quan's concern about the expansion of the power of Jiangdong's subjects, their strength has further increased. Sun Jiao is now He is General Duhu Zhenglu, who has more than 3000 men. His second brother, Sun Yu, is similar in personality to their father, Sun Jing, and is more stable. He is also General Fenwei, Prefect Danyang, and his fourth brother Sun Huan and Sun Jiming are Yangwu Zhonglang Generals.It should be said that compared to the decline of Sun Qiang's branch, Sun Jing's branch has a very good prospect, and they should least want internal strife in the Sun family.

Sun Jiao said this to him now, probably because he heard something, and took this opportunity to remind him.

"Uncle, I understand this truth." Sun Shao said with a wry smile, "It's just that not everyone understands it."

Sun Jiao looked at him and turned his head to look at him, thinking for a moment: "Rumors are limited to wise men, why should you listen to gossip, as long as you stand upright and behave well, others will understand you one day."

Sun Shao secretly laughed, Sun Jiao's words were a bit off.Now Sun Quan is on guard against me, you let me let it go and let Sun Quan deal with me?I don't want to be killed inexplicably, and then pretend to be rehabilitated, saying that you were a loyal minister, I misheard the slander, and killed the wrong one.I don't want to pin my fate on the discovery of other people's conscience, especially for those who want to be No.1 in the world, conscience is a scarce commodity.

But although he was disdainful in his heart, he said it very beautifully: "Uncle is right, I used to have too many scruples. In fact, as long as the supreme trusts me, I don't need to care too much about what others say."

"That's right." Sun Jiao said with a smile: "The Supreme Master arranged for you to lead the army to assist General Guan in defeating Cao Cao. This is trust in you and the best refutation of those people. As long as you trust each other, why are you afraid of others?" Make irresponsible remarks."

"Exactly." Sun Shao nodded sincerely.

Early the next morning, Sun Quan was still asleep when he was woken up by Zhou Xun. Zhou Xun told him that there were many corpses on the river, and it seemed that there was a big battle ahead. Most of the dead were Cao Jun, and most of them drowned.

Sun Shao jumped up and couldn't help being ecstatic. Could it be that Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army?He put on his clothes, strode out, and took a deep breath. There were corpses floating everywhere on the river, some lying on their backs in the water, showing pale and swollen faces, and some lying in the water, only their backs were exposed. , Sandwiched among shields, flags and drums and all kinds of sundries, it is shocking to see.He has participated in several wars, but he used to watch more broken ships, but the number of dead people is limited, and most pirates will not drown after falling into the water. They can all struggle to survive, and the scene is very lively, but now What was there was a dead silence, only corpses, no living people.

This feeling is completely different.

Most of the soldiers on the upper boat were also silent, and they couldn't see the excitement they should have. The battlefield is still a hundred miles away, and so many corpses can be seen here, so this battle must have been fierce.

Sun Jiao hurried over, but he was a little excited: "Fengxian, it seems that General Guan has the upper hand."

Sun Shao recovered from the shock, and smiled unnaturally: "It should be, if nothing unexpected, I will receive the news at noon."

Before noon, Sun Shao received the news.Guan Yu was defeated by Jin yesterday. Yu Jin's [-] army was washed away by the rushing Han River. The [-] army did not use Guan Yu's hands, and was washed away by a third of the water, and the rest were divided into several groups. On the high slope, I looked at the flood in despair.

In fact, Sun Shao and the others saw the water rising yesterday, which was already after Guan Yu won the battle. The tide peak of the Han River arrived a few days ago, but Guan Yu built a dam upstream, and then blew it down, and immediately rushed to Yu Jin. caught off guard.

"Pound?" Sun Shao suddenly remembered a person: "How is he?"

The scout was puzzled, how could he care about Pound, he thought about it, and could only honestly say: "I haven't heard of it."

"Send someone to notify General Guan immediately. If Pang De is caught, don't kill him." Sun Shao was a little terrified when he remembered that Pang De's son had killed off all of Guan's family in order to avenge Pound.Since the battle is won, there is no need to kill more people, and maybe this causal relationship can be broken.Since Guan Yu can still flood the Seventh Army as in history, who can be sure whether Pang Hui can enter Chengdu?Cao Cao is in Bashu now, maybe Pang Hui is in the army.

Sun Shao immediately ordered to advance at full speed and rush to the battlefield as soon as possible.Sun Jiao and the others saw that their most worrying thing had been solved in this way, and they were full of anticipation for the following battle. They all shook their heads and were gearing up to fight Cao Jun.

On the Han River, Guan Yu sat high on the building boat, watching Cao Jun struggling in the water in the distance, without saying a word.Zhao Lei, Yin Guan and others stood behind him with happy faces.No one expected that a flood would wash away the mighty Cao Jun.In just a few days, all their worries were washed away like Yu Jin's [-] troops. Now no one is as frightened as before, and no one persuades Guan Yu to retreat. They are full of confidence in the future , the [-] army was defeated, what reinforcements can Cao Cao send?Where else could Cao Ren, who was trapped in Fancheng, go?Liu Bei's plight can be solved, and Guan Yu has made great achievements.

"Father." Guan Ping drove the boat over. After the boat approached, he quickly climbed into the boat, saluted Guan Yu who was sinking like water, licked his lips, and said nervously: "Father, Pound will not surrender!" .”

"Don't surrender?" Guan Yu raised his eyebrows, and his murderous aura burst out: "At this moment, does he still want to escape? If he doesn't surrender, he will be killed."

(End of this chapter)