The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 219 A Feast for Crows ([-])

"Sheng Man, the prefect of Jianping County in the Great Wu, paid a visit to the Great Sima of the Shu Dynasty. Dare to ask the Great Sima what he intends to do by mobilizing people to enter our territory of Great Wu?"

On November [-], the Jin army withdrew northward.Shu Han Si Wencao, who has been closely observing the movements of the Jin army, hurriedly reported the news to his side.After receiving the news, Guan Yi, who had been looking forward to it for nearly a month in Badong County, immediately ordered all the naval forces of the entire Shu Han to come out.

Thanks to the improvement of the Shu Han's finances in recent years, Guan Yi injected a lot of capital into the Shu Han's already weak navy, so this time the Shu Han's navy dispatched a total of 150 giant ships with more than 5000 stone, and more than [-] ships. of 艨艟.As for small sampans and the like, there are countless.This time along the east of the river, the number of naval officers and soldiers in the entire Shu Han reached more than [-] unprecedentedly.

Not only that, behind this fleet, there are as many as [-] merchant ships and cargo ships of various sizes.What exactly Sima Guan wants to do is clearly revealed!

Such a large fleet attracted the attention of Sheng Man, the prefect of Jianping County, Soochow, as early as when it was assembled.After Guan Yi's fleet entered the Wu Gorge and formally entered the territory of Wu State.Although he knew he couldn't please him, Sheng Man had no choice but to bite the bullet and board Guan Yi's ship.

"Hehehe, Prefect Sheng. That's it. Our country heard that your country is attacking the Bu family in Xiling. Well, this matter is your country's internal affairs. As allies of Han and Wu, our country has no responsibility for this matter of your country. The behavior is absolutely supportive! You see, didn't we launch the Hanzhong army to deter the Weixing County of the Jin State? We also successfully mobilized the Jin State's [-] troops to withdraw to the north. This support is very strong. But, this Xiling The Bu family, back then they leased [-] young adults from the Fuxing Society of our great Han as labor force to open up barren fields! The life and death of this Bu family is of course decided by your Majesty. As a foreign minister, I will not say anything Yes. But the [-] labor force we rented to the Bu family must be returned to us. So, I went to Xiling to pick up the people. Well, the alliance between the Han and Wu countries is absolutely unbreakable! Please return this point Prefect Sheng, don't worry!"

After hearing Guan Yi's mouthful of nonsense, Sheng Man only had one sentence in his heart: I have never seen such a brazen person!
"Da Sima, this matter is yet to be discussed! Otherwise, you will first stop your army in our Jianping County. Then the next official will take a fast boat to Xiling to report to my Zuo Da Sima. In this way, the relationship between the two countries can be reduced. misunderstanding."

"Hey, I am in love with the Zuo Da Sima of your country. There is absolutely no misunderstanding. Well, prefect Sheng, I am aware of the situation in Jianping County. It is relatively barren. I estimate the speed of your ship. It’s still not as good as my ship. Now, you and I will go down together. Hehehe, okay, don’t say any more, it’s settled like this. Well, left and right, please go down and rest, Prefect Sheng.”

Jianping County is just a buffer zone between Shuhan and Soochow.The entire county is surrounded by mountains and sparsely populated.So Soochow doesn't have many permanent troops here.Guan Yi put the prefect of Jianping County under house arrest, and the poor sampans in Jianping County didn't dare to say anything. The only thing they could do was to paddle desperately, trying to report to their own army downstream as soon as possible.

But how could their speed compare to Guan Yi's large fleet.

On November 22, the vanguard of the Guanyi Fleet had already appeared more than [-] miles upstream of Xiling City.The Soochow Fleet stationed here in advance can already see each other with the naked eye.

At this time, the commander of the Soochow Fleet was the son of Soochow General Sun Shao, the elder brother of Soochow Zongzheng Sun Yi, and the leading general Sun Yi.Seeing such a huge fleet appearing upstream of our own fleet, I was also inexplicably surprised.

Fortunately, Sun Yi is relatively reliable in this generation of Sun Wu clan.He quickly called Liu Li and Zhu Wan, the two generals under his command: "You two, this thief from Shu has not changed his character. Now we are exhausted from fighting against Wu and Jin. They want to learn from the big-eared thief again. So trick, take advantage of our weakness to pick peaches! Huh, unfortunately, this time is not a land battle but a water battle. You two will go down immediately to rectify the fleet and form a battle formation. I will go to the fleet of the Shu thief first Meet the people who are in charge of them. If the Shu thieves insist on going their own way, you must let those mountain monkeys in Yizhou see the might of our great Wu water army!"

Liu Lu and Zhu Wan were the distant nephews of Liu Zan and Zhu Huan respectively.Both the Liu family and the Zhu family had a miserable life during Sun Chen's rule in the early years.Both of them survived because of Sun Yi's protection.So when Sun Yi said that he was going to negotiate with the enemy fleet, the two bowed down in unison: "The general has the hope of leading an army, how can he risk it lightly? We all want to represent the general!"

"You two, Sun Yixin accepts it. But..." Sun Yi raised his head and looked at the vast Yangtze River: "I, the great Wu, met with the Jin State this time, if we fight with the Shu State again now...so, I'd better go in person. The two generals, please don't think of me. After I set off, I will immediately set up a battle formation to block the river. As long as the Shu thief's navy dares to enter our army's range, you can just let it go Arrow attack! Cut it!"

"Promise, I will live up to the entrustment of the general! Take care, the general!"

……

Sun Yi's boat was very light. Under his urging, the soldiers on board paddled vigorously, and soon came to the front of the Shu Han fleet.

After hearing Sun Yi's self-reported name, the forward troops of the Shu Han politely took Sun Yi to Guan Yi's ship in the rear.

"Grand Sima, Wu and Shu were originally allies. When your country was in crisis three years ago, this general and the later general led troops thousands of miles away to support. Today, Da Sima led so many giant ships to break into I am in the territory of Great Wu? What do you intend to do? Do you betray the alliance? Do you want to join Jin?"

"Hey, General Sun's words are wrong. This general is only here to ask for the [-] laborers that the Bu family borrowed from my Fuxing Society. He has absolutely no intention of going to war with Soochow. We Dahan and Soochow are allies! Well, it's not us Sending troops in Hanzhong to threaten Weixing County of the Jin State. How could the Jin army retreat so quickly?"

"One hundred thousand laborers?!" When Sun Yi watched Guan Yi smile and uttered these words, a mouthful of old blood almost spewed out: "Da Sima, in Xiling City, where Bu Chan is now in charge, it's only a matter of death." There are 7 to [-] people, where did the [-] laborers come from? Da Sima is the pillar of the Shu Dynasty, with a high position and authority. His words and deeds are an example for a country! Please respect yourself!"

"Ah?! How is this possible! Well, it must be because they are scattered all over Xiling and haven't been collected yet? This, your country must be responsible to the end!"

Seeing Guan Yi's astonishment that couldn't be more fake, Sun Yi couldn't help laughing: "Da Sima, you said that the Bu family borrowed [-] labor from you, do you have evidence?"

"Evidence? Yes, yes. Come here, take care of me with pen and ink."

Soon the guards in the cabin brought pens and paper, and Guan Yi wrote an IOU in the name of Bu Chan on the spot under Sun Yi's gaze: "No, General Sun, this is the evidence!"

Seeing such shameless behavior, Sun Yi couldn't get angry anymore: "Did Sima make up his mind to fight with me, Da Wu, to destroy the alliance?"

"Hehe, this. Breaking the alliance will definitely not happen. As for fighting?" Guan Yi tugged at his beard: "When my prime minister passed away in the past, didn't the great emperor of your country also send troops into our country? County. Then the soldiers of the two countries conducted a real drill with real swords and guns?"

"Hmph! That's how it is! Then the general has nothing to say. Da Sima, the general will leave!"

"Hey, the soldiers are fierce and the battle is in danger. General Sun belongs to the clan. It would be bad if something happened. Please rest on the official ship for a while."

Just after Sun Yi was put under house arrest again, the messengers over there came over: "Da Sima, the Luo Dudu in front sent a message. It said that the Soochow navy had lined up on the river, blocking our army's advance." The route. Commander Luo asked for instructions, and the fleet of the Wu army will enter our army's range in three miles, so please give me instructions on how to proceed!"

"Give the order to Dudu Luo, he can do whatever he wants! In short, order him, and I will bear the responsibility!"

"promise!"

As a time traveler, all of Guan Yi's knowledge of ancient water warfare comes from movies and TV shows of later generations.Therefore, this time he went eastward along the river, and he handed over the command of the entire army to Luo Xianluo Lingze very wisely.Although in the historical plane, Luo Xian is not known for his outstanding ability in water warfare.But anyway, he has been the prefect of Badong for almost ten years.And all the naval forces of the Shu Han are basically in Padang.

However, as a traverser, he still added a lot of guys to Shu Han's navy.

For example, modeled on the equipment on ancient Roman naval warships, Guan Yi equipped all the large Louchuan-class ships in his own fleet with winch-type small catapults.

"Reporting to the governor, the chief minister sent an order again, the governor is fully responsible for this battle, and the chief minister is responsible for anything that happens!"

"Zifeng is so bold! Is the enemy ship within range of our army?"

"Report to Commander, Wu Gou's fleet is still about two miles away from us. It will be within range soon!"

"Well, the wind direction is very good today, northwest wind. Order, all buildings and ships move forward and face the enemy horizontally. All trebuchets are equipped with kerosene bombs!"

"promise!"

(End of this chapter)