Wu County Port is located in the rear of Liu Biao's navy, so there are not many soldiers stationed there.
Cai Mao concentrated his main defense forces in Wu County. As long as Wu County was not lost, the land route would be guaranteed and the Jingzhou Army's retreat path would not be cut off.
The sky was already very dark, and there were only sporadic firelights in the entire water stronghold. Judging from the soldiers' lazy stance, the defense had become extremely perfunctory.
But in the darkness, it was not as peaceful as usual. Countless figures were moving and gathering towards the water village.
"Brother Gan, these are real warships. There are probably hundreds of them! If we have these warships, why should we be afraid of the Jingzhou Navy!"
Zhou Tai's eyes were full of envy, thinking that the Jinfan Army was still training with bamboo rafts and small boats, but the Jingzhou Navy was full of warships!
"It's okay. My lord once told me privately that there will be bread and milk!"
Gan Ning said this, but actually looked at the warships in the water village and kept swallowing his saliva.
"Brother Gan, what is milk? What is bread?"
Faced with Zhou Tai's doubts, Gan Ning's cheeks kept twitching.
He also asked Liu Zhang the same question, but Liu Zhang hesitated to explain for a long time, and in the end he still couldn't understand.
"Milk is the milk of the cow, and bread is the buns made of flour!"
Zhou Tai actually believed Gan Ning's nonsense and nodded in realization, with admiration in his eyes.
"That's it! As expected of you, my lord, I have never heard that cow's milk can be drunk before!"
"Well, cough! Youping, are you ready with all the fire starters?"
Gan Ning quickly changed the topic, even he felt embarrassed.
"Brother Gan, do you really want to burn it? It's such a pity! If we can get these warships back to our water village, wouldn't we make a fortune!"
As expected of a water thief, he is still here thinking about making a fortune at this time.
Although Gan Ning was also a water thief, he was much more rational than Zhou Tai and immediately rejected Zhou Tai's idea.
"Youping, don't you understand why Cai Mao parked his ship here? If the Three Gorges was really so easy to swim upstream, Jingzhou's warship would have stopped at the gate of Yufucheng!"
"Besides, we don't have any water fortress. Wasn't it destroyed before we entered the city?"
When Cai Mao attacked, Gan Ning and Xu Huang made a decisive decision to abandon the water fort outside the city and retreat to Baidi City.
When we evacuated the water village, every soldier, from Gan Ning to Zhou Tai to Jiang Qin, showed no signs of reluctance, and some even had secret joy in their eyes!
The water village is too simple. According to Zhou Tai's description, it is only a little better than his previous water thief village!
When Cai Mao arrived with his troops, he was surprised to find that the water stronghold had not been destroyed.
If the water fortress is intact, he can ask the navy to bring the warship up, which will only cost some energy at most.
But when he stood at the entrance of the water village, he immediately gave up this idea.
Cai Hao had no desire to go in, so he turned around and left without a trace of nostalgia!
Too broken!
Cai Mao had never seen such a dilapidated water fortress since he was born, and immediately gave up the idea of moving the warship.
In the end, the situation was maintained as it was before, and all the warships were parked at the port of Wu County.
"Youping, I heard that General Taishi captured General Jingzhou in Hanzhong. As long as we capture Cai Mao and others, it will be easy to exchange them for some warships! Especially Cai Mao and Kuai Yue, Liu Biao dared not to save them.
Then he, the Jingzhou Shepherd, has come to an end!"
Why Gan Ning is so confident is because Xun You has already calculated everything!
How would Gan Ning and others who usually trained on bamboo rafts and boats look like when they saw the stern of the warship of the Jingzhou Navy?
It's like a local leopard entering the city, opening your eyes!
Xun You gave Gan Ning numerous warnings and exhortations, telling him not to be reluctant to part with them. He also assured him that after this battle, the Yizhou navy would definitely not be short of these.
Gan Ning had great ambitions, and naturally he would not disobey military orders for a few warships, so he immediately patted his chest and made a promise to Xun You.
Gan Ning was very happy at this moment. Fortunately, Xun You warned him specifically, otherwise he would have been influenced by Zhou Tai and become obsessed with money!
"Okay, everything depends on Brother Gan! Just tell me, I will do whatever you want me to do!"
Zhou Tai has the temperament of a water thief, but he also has one particularly good advantage.
Zhou Tai is very obedient, especially what Gan Ning says, Zhou Tai will implement it seriously in the end.
"Youping, you and I will lead five hundred people each to get in from both sides. Move quickly and try not to wake up the soldiers inside."
No matter how small the number of people in the water village was, there must have been hundreds of people. After the arson, Gan Ning had other tasks and could not waste time fighting with the enemy.
"Don't worry, the brothers we will bring this time are all old brothers of Jiujiang water thieves!"
Gan Ning nodded, not only Zhou Tai, but he also brought the old Jinfan thief team with him, just to be sure.
"Go, take action!"
Gan Ning and Zhou Tai bit the branches with their mouths to prevent unnecessary noise, and then led their respective soldiers towards the gate of the water village.
The two men moved very quickly. The two sleepy soldiers did not react at all, and their necks were cut off without making a sound until they died!
"Youping, move quickly!"
"As you command!"
The two immediately split up and rushed to the warship with the fire starter.
At the same time, there were faint unusual movements outside Cai Mao's camp.
However, the night enveloped the earth, and the soldiers guarding the camp did not notice anything at all. At this time, they were also drowsy against the fence.
"Commander, all three armies are already in place. We only need to give the order from the military counselor to launch a surprise attack immediately!"
Xu Huang quietly approached Xun You and reported to him the situation of the army.
"Okay, just wait until General Gan Ning succeeds and Wu County is on fire, then launch an attack immediately!"
In more than a month of confrontation, Yufu and Baidi City never dispatched a single soldier, and they never had any intention of taking the initiative to attack.
Since there is no combat mission, the Jingzhou Army is completely lax from top to bottom.
The chief general Cai Mao was the most exaggerated. He drank and had fun all day long, and left all military affairs to his younger brother Cai He.
Even the only wise man in the army, the second-in-command of the Kuai family, Kuai Yue, did not offer any words of advice.
The current situation is too clear. The total number of armies from all walks of life is at least 400,000! Even if Liu Zhang has great power, it will be difficult for him to deal with it.
There is no need for the Jingzhou navy to be anxious at the moment, waiting for all armies to break through the Yizhou defense line, then Yufu and Baidi City will naturally surrender.
However, all the good things will not come as promised. The messenger who suddenly arrived from Xiangyang broke all Kuai Yue's thoughts.
"What did you say? Zhang Yun of Hanshui was defeated? His entire army was wiped out!"
Kuai Yue's eyes widened, he could not accept the news.