At this time, the Han army's fleet was also chopping waves on the Yangtze River and sailing down the river. It was about a thousand miles away from the Jiangdong fleet. It was a three-day voyage. On the river, eight hundred thousand-stone warships had their sails swollen, and they were sailing in strong

Blow by the northwest wind, the ships moved very fast, and eight hundred warships lined up, stretching for dozens of miles.

This time the Han army dispatched 35,000 troops for the Eastern Expedition, including 30,000 naval troops and 5,000 Liu Jing's direct troops, and brought sufficient food and supplies. In fact, Liu Jing was not on an eastern expedition, but to monitor

Cao Jun, to control the situation in Jiangdong, must not only split Jiangdong, but also prevent the situation in Jiangdong from getting out of control. It is best to maintain a balance in Jiangdong in a divided state, which is in the best interests of the Han army.

In the cabin, Liu Jing was writing a letter to his family at his desk. When he set off, he received a letter from his family. Tao Zhan said in the letter that Ye Du had confirmed Cao Xian's identity. The Cao Xian who rashly broke into Liu's house was really Cao Cao.

This made Liu Jing a little surprised as to what Cao Xian's motives were. Although Tao Zhan vaguely revealed a little bit in the letter, Liu Jing was not willing to think in that direction.

Liu Jing stopped writing and saw Cao Xian's beautiful face, tall and plump figure, and graceful temperament. It cannot be denied that Cao Xian has a strong attraction to men, and Liu Jing is no exception. Although

She was Cao Cao's daughter, but Liu Jing still felt attracted to her.

Liu Jing pondered for a moment and then wrote: 'If this girl is unwilling to return north, she can stay in the house temporarily. After asking her father's attitude, she can be asked to return north. She can be treated kindly...'

After writing the letter, Liu Jing read it carefully, dried the pen and ink, carefully put it into the envelope, stamped it with lacquer, and said to the soldier next to him: "You can give this letter to the messenger. Please return to Chengdu as soon as possible and give the letter to him."

princess.'

The soldier took the letter and left quickly. Liu Jing walked to the window of the ship with his hands behind his hands. Looking at the scenery on the north shore, his heart was ups and downs. He had gone from the young man who escaped from the war to today step by step. In a flash, he was already thirteen years old.

Years have passed, but sometimes I feel like everything has happened

Yesterday, the real Liu Jing, Liu Jingsheng and his son, Jiangdong Zhoulang, all flowed away like river water, and time will never look back. But I don’t know when he will be able to complete this journey of time, and when he will be able to realize what he started from back then.

An unprecedented idea to unify the world.

While he was deep in thought, there was a knock on the door outside the cabin, interrupting Liu Jing's thoughts. He felt slightly unhappy and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Your Highness, a scout has reported that the Lu family in Jiangdong has an urgent message for Your Highness."

Liu Jing was slightly startled. The Jiangdong Lu family actually came to find him. How did they find him? Liu Jing immediately ordered: "Bring the scouts on board the big ship!"

He simply walked to the deck and looked at a small boat sailing on the river. After a while, the small boat approached the boat. A soldier used a ladder to pull up the scout who reported the news. The scout took out a letter and knelt down on one knee in front of Liu Jing.

Report, "This is a letter from the Lu family to His Highness. Please read it."

Liu Jing took the letter and asked, "Why did you receive a letter from the Lu family?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, the Lu family has a transfer station at Wankou ahead. They sent people to find us after receiving the pigeon letter."

Liu Jing nodded, opened the letter and read it, a little surprised. The letter was not only about the Lu family, but also Sun Yu wanted to get his support, and actually involved Sun Yu. At this time, Lu Xun hurriedly heard the news

Came over, "Your Highness, I heard there was a letter from the Lu family?"

Liu Jing handed the letter to him, "Take a look! It's very surprising."

Lu Xun took the letter and read it again. He was also a little surprised, but then he thought again that this was actually normal. Lu Xun said: "If your highness understands the cause and effect, maybe you won't be surprised."

Liu Jing nodded and said with a smile: "Go and talk in the cabin!"

The two walked back to the cabin. Liu Jing asked Lu Xun to sit down, then smiled and said, "Go ahead! I'm all ears."

Lu Xun briefly sorted out his thoughts and said: "In the fourth year of Jian'an, the Sun family had already had an internal conflict to compete for the master of Jiangdong. Sun Quan won that time, while Sun Jing and Sun Ben failed, but the conflict was not eliminated. After Sun Yi

After her sudden death in an accident, Sun Jing completely fell out with Sun Quan. This time, in name, it was the Sun family's Wujun clan who supported Sun Shao in inheriting his father's business, but in fact, it was Sun Quan who supported him.

Sun Yu, the second descendant of Jing, wanted to replace Sun Quan, but among the three Sun clan forces in Jiangdong, Sun Yu was the weakest. Once Sun Ben established himself in Kuaiji County, he would definitely march north, and Wu County would bear the brunt. Sun Ben had the support of Cao Cao.

Sun Yu was under great pressure, and he could only look for foreign aid. It happened that the Lu family also expressed support for Sun Shao, so Sun Yu would naturally place his hopes on the Han army."

Liu Jing walked a few steps with her hands behind her back, turned around and said with a smile: "Does Boyan think I accept Sun Yu's request, or turn a blind eye?"

Lu Xun knew that Liu Jing had made a decision and was just considering himself. He thought for a while and said: "I think that if His Highness wants to maintain the balance of power in Jiangdong, he should support Sun Yu. As long as Sun Yu remains neutral and undefeated, then Sun Quan and

Sun Ben would not be able to fight in the final duel, and the division of Wu between the three grandsons would be established."

Liu Jing laughed and said, "What Boyan said is exactly what I want. I will give Boyan three thousand elite soldiers, even the Lu family soldiers. Boyan will lead the troops into Wu to support Sun Yu in resisting Sun Ben's Northern Expedition."

Lu Xun was overjoyed. This way, he was no longer a rebellious Jiangdong. He bowed deeply and said, "Thank you for your highness's love for the Lu family."

Liu Jing added: "Bo Yan doesn't need to get off the ship. When we arrive in Wuhu the day after tomorrow, Boyan will directly lead a fleet from Wuhu into Wu County. I will also station troops in Wuhu and wait and see the situation in Jiangdong."

....

Two days later, the Han fleet gradually arrived at Ruxukou. General Shen Mi led a scout fleet of twenty fast boats to approach the north shore. When approaching the shore, two double towers and two towers could be clearly seen.

The military city behind the Shuangque was densely packed with soldiers.

The soldiers of Cao's army on the shore discovered them and began to rush to the shore and shoot arrows into the river. The dense arrows were fired at the Han army's sentinel boat. The sentinel boat was forced to retreat and left the range of the arrows. At this moment, a drum sounded at the mouth of the river.

Sound like thunder, a Cao warship

The team came quickly. This was a patrol boat of Cao's army. The leader of the general was named Xue Ju. He was a general of Zhang Liao's army. He was originally the leader of the Yangtze River water thieves and the Black Flag Army. After leading hundreds of his troops to surrender to Cao's army, he won the respect of Zhang Liao and became the most respected member of Cao's army.

A rare navy general.

Cao Cao's fleet had about fifty ships, all of which were small boats of two to three hundred stones. They were very flexible. The soldiers on board were all strong and proficient in water. They were all water thieves on the Yangtze River. They quickly formed formations and attacked the Han from all directions.

Surrounded by military ships.

When Shen Mi saw that the opponent had a deep water formation and that the number of people far exceeded his own, he did not dare to underestimate the enemy and immediately led the fleet to break out to the northwest. Xue Ju pointed at Shen Mi and cursed, "Surround them. No one is allowed to escape. The leader of the enemy is

They will be captured and skinned alive!”

Shen Mi was furious and rushed towards Xue Ju with his boat. Arrows rained from all sides. Shen Mi held a shield in one hand and a steel spear in the other to resist and deflect the arrows. He rushed to the enemy ship in a moment. Shen Mi shouted: He jumped onto the enemy ship and stabbed Xue Ju with his gun. Xue Ju fought with his sword. The two fought fiercely on the ship.

After fighting for seven or eight rounds, Xue Ju gradually became exhausted. He slowly retreated to the side of the boat, roared, struck several times with his sword, turned around and jumped into the river. Shen Mi had expected that he was going to jump off the boat, and stabbed him quickly with his spear. The gun pierced his left shoulder. Xue Ju screamed and fell into the river, disappearing from the river.

This is the most commonly used method in water warfare to capture the thief first. As long as the enemy leader is killed, the remaining ships will lose their command and will collapse without a fight. When the Han ships see that the enemy is about to fall into the water, their morale will immediately rise and they will attack the enemy ships. , there were shouts of killing on the river, Cao Jun's sentinel boats were not interested in fighting, and after losing more than a dozen sentinel boats, they withdrew to the mouth of the Ruxu River. Xue Ju was also rescued by a boat, and fled back to the military camp in embarrassment.

At this time, Shen Mi had already discovered the water stronghold set up by Cao Jun at the mouth of the Ruxu River. The water stronghold was small in size, with about five hundred warships, half of which were thousand-stone warships. The water stronghold was surrounded by two layers of wooden piles. A passage was built on the wooden piles, and thousands of Cao soldiers were waiting with crossbows. The defense was very tight and it was extremely difficult to get close. When Shen Mi saw that his men had picked up his brothers who fell into the water and a dozen Cao soldiers, he waved and said: "Retreat! "

The fleet quickly sailed away from the north bank and headed towards the Han fleet anchored in the center of the river. Not long after, Shen Mi boarded Liu Jing's boat, clasped his fists at the bow of the ship and reported to Liu Jing: "Your Majesty, your humble position has been roughly completed." Find out the situation of Cao Jun’s water stronghold.”

Liu Jing nodded and asked: "How many warships does the enemy have?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, there are about 500 warships, half of which are thousand-stone warships, and a naval force of 8,000 people. The commander of the navy is Li Dian. In addition, Cao Cao himself is in the military city on the north bank. The prisoners of war captured in humble positions have seen him with their own eyes today. Come to the water village to inspect."

Liu Jing frowned. How could Cao Jun have more than 500 warships? Where did they come from? He was puzzled. At this time, Shen Mi ordered someone to push up a prisoner of war. The prisoner of war was the commander of the village and a native of Hefei. He was so frightened that he knelt down, kowtowed, and begged for his life. Liu Jing glanced at him and said, "You answer my questions carefully, and I will let you go back."

"Young man...understand!"

Liu Jing looked at him and asked: "I want to know how come there are more than 500 warships in Cao's army, and when did they get them?"

The prisoner of war said tremblingly: "Most of them are Jiangdong Army's grain ships. When Sun Quan was defeated in Hefei, he had no time to evacuate in Chao Lake and was captured by Cao's army. The other more than a hundred ships were built by Zhang Liao's high-priced shipwrights in the past two years. Many ships The craftsmen all come from Jiangdong."

Sun Quan was really a prodigal. He was defeated in many battles. He even gave up his ships to Cao Jun. He also slandered that the reason for the defeat was that the Han army came too late to rescue. Liu Jing cursed secretly and ordered people to take the prisoners down. At this time, Pang Tong stepped forward. He smiled and said, "Is His Highness planning to go to war with Cao's army in Jiangdong?"

Liu Jing shook her head, "This time I came east not to start a war with Cao Jun, but for Jiangdong. Once the balance is broken, the situation in Jiangdong will probably get out of control."

Speaking of this, Liu Jing turned back and asked Shen Mi: "How far is it from Wuhu?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, there are still about twenty miles left."

Liu Jing immediately ordered: "Garrison troops in Wuhu!"

The Han fleet set sail again and sailed slowly towards Wuhu City, which was ten miles away. At this time, on the double platform, Cao Cao was looking at the Han fleet on the river with his hands behind his back.

The Han fleet was so huge that it was impossible to see the end at a glance, which made Cao Cao look very solemn. He had fought with Liu Jing countless times and had never defeated Liu Jing on the water, which made him have a deep feeling in his heart about fighting Liu Jing on the water.

of fear.

It was at this time six years ago that he was defeated in Chibi, which became a turning point in his rise and fall. It still scares him to this day. Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh softly and said to himself: "I hope this time, there will be no more defeats."
Chapter completed!