If the Xuzhou navy had performed better and the Ganning army was as powerful as the legend, Lu Dai thought that he would definitely have to face a tough battle. But look at the defeated Xu Sheng army, and there would be no flanking attacks from both front and rear.
What about ability?
Lu Dai sent people to warn Deng Dang and urged Deng Dang to completely defeat Xu Sheng's army and withdraw his troops as soon as possible to help in the battle. At the same time, Lu Dai directed the fleet to turn around and prepare to face Gan Ning.
"Ding Gong is good at everything, but he is too cautious."
After receiving the news from Lu Dai, Deng Dang sighed with regret, "There is internal strife in Jingzhou and repeated defeats at the hands of our Jiangdong Army. The morale of the army has long been on the verge of collapse. How can there be any fighting spirit left?"
?Gan Xingba is also good at taking tricks, so he has the so-called reputation of breaking through thirteen passes in a row and being invincible. You have to defeat him to know how it is?"
"That's what the general said. Even if the rumors are true, what Gan Ning is better at is night fighting. It's noon now, so how can he have a chance to take advantage of it? What's more, only 20 to 30% of the ships he started with are left now.
No matter how adaptable you are to using other boats, you won’t be able to handle it as well as the boats you are used to.”
"At the end of the strong crossbow, it can't penetrate Lu's silk. Gan Ning is just a wasted name, so how can he be called a strong crossbow? The general does not need to worry about it. He must first completely defeat Xu Sheng's son and make him unable to do any harm."
Several generals agreed one after another.
They didn't care at all how strong Gan Ning was. Jiangdong's navy was the best in the world. Although it was not the main force, there were still three thousand men and more than two hundred ships assembled. Even if the troops were divided, Lu Dai
The ships over there are more than three times as many as the Jinfan Thieves. No matter how hard we fight, we can't lose.
Of course, Gan Ning's side will definitely be more difficult to deal with, unlike the native chickens and dogs brought by Xu Sheng who are not as easy to deal with.
Everyone likes to pick on the weak. Anyway, when recording merits in the future, we will look at the heads, prisoners and seizures. Of course, beating Gan Ning was not as exciting as beating Xu Sheng, and he had more military merits.
Taking a step back, even if Gan Ning really defied fate and broke through Lu Dai's blockade, or even defeated Lu Dai, he would have no problem with his own general.
Although Xu Sheng was very tenacious, when the whole army collapsed, he still gathered 20 or 30 ships to fight and retreat. He fought in a very organized manner, but the defeat was already complete. Even if Sun Wu was reincarnated, it would be impossible to reverse it.
It's just to save some face. It won't take long. If he doesn't retreat with the large group of people, he will be dead. When the time comes, everyone will turn back to fight Gan Ning again.
Doesn't the incompetence of friendly forces just reflect one's own strength? On this point, Deng Dang and his generals were of the same opinion.
"Brother, we can't pursue him any longer. Xu Sheng is coming with great force, but he is defeated so easily. We must beware of any deceit among them!"
Hearing the unanimous support from everyone, Deng Dang felt very happy. He was twirling his beard and smiling, and when he was about to make a concluding speech, he suddenly heard a discordant voice. He frowned tightly. The speaker's voice was very familiar to him.
Because of this, he did not scold the other party immediately, but this inappropriate remark did ruin his good mood.
"Ziming, if you don't understand, don't talk nonsense. You came to our army privately. Neither your mother-in-law nor your sister know about it. They won't punish you when you get back. You are still talking nonsense in the army. Xiaoxiao
Even at your age, you must be careful not to be overly generous!"
"But……"
"I know, you want to say that Xu Sheng may be luring the enemy, but even if we fall into the trap, what can he do? This is Jiangdong, not Hebei, and the Qingzhou navy is beyond reach. Even if it comes, I will pursue the whole army, and he
What can you do to me? It should be noted that the soldiers under a certain command are the elites of Jiangdong, not Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao, Zhang Yang and others who are not familiar with water warfare."
Deng Dang is still very restrained towards his brother-in-law. After all, he is a member of his own family. Although he is young, he is worth looking forward to. He is a veteran in the army and has been fighting for decades. How can he get carried away and not be wary of the opponent's plans?
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The significance of this battle is not as simple as blocking Gan Ning and preventing Wang Yu from getting his wish. This battle is the first head-to-head confrontation between Jiangdong Army and Qingzhou Army! Winning this good start will wipe out the bad luck since the Yicheng Battle.
It is of great benefit to your own reputation and your status in the eyes of your master and colleagues.
This battle must not only be won, but also won beautifully, and the most beautiful way is of course to annihilate them all!
"Brother's words make sense, but before we set off, Governor Zhou also said..." Lu Meng was an ordinary eloquent person and could not argue with his brother-in-law, so he simply moved Zhou Yu out.
"When you are away, your orders are not accepted, let alone the governor?"
Deng Dang's face suddenly darkened, "If there is really an ambush in Qingzhou, why not join Xu Sheng in fighting together, at least to build up the momentum. The view on this river is wide and unobstructed, wouldn't it be unnecessary to set up an ambush? You are so young.
, you must see more, listen more and speak less... Okay, no need to say more, just go ashore and watch carefully how the army defeats the enemy, do you understand?"
Seeing Xu Sheng retreating faster and faster, Deng Dang didn't bother to talk to his brother-in-law. He waved his hand directly and ordered people to take Lu Meng away, while he commanded the army to pursue him.
He will take credit for killing the general!
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"This is the support force?" Gan Ning touched his chin and smashed his mouth, speechless.
Along the way, he still admired the Qingzhou Army's careful arrangements and heavy support. He was able to bypass the heavy troops in Xiakou in advance because the Intelligence Department provided intelligence in advance and sent people to guide the way. The same thing happened during the rest of the journey.
Relying on the accurate information from the Intelligence Department, he can always detect the enemy's interception in advance, either avoid it, or break in at night to complete a breakthrough.
However, seeing that the last step was reached, something was obviously wrong with the situation.
I couldn't even see the responding force completely, and the information provided by the Intelligence Department was that there was no way forward and there were pursuers behind, but the responding force would definitely provide strong support... Wouldn't this be strong support now?
"It should be, right?" Li Shiyi was not very sure. He saw Xu Sheng's general flag. Based on the latter's status in the army, unless Governor Zhang Jaw was behind, he should be the main force. But he was also very worried.
It is clear that Xuzhou didn’t have many naval forces in the first place. It was not necessarily possible to plunder and piece together the scale it has now. It is normal for it not to be able to defeat Jiangdong’s army.
"Probably?" Gan Ning shook his head and said very depressedly: "Let's put it this way, what should we do now? To rush or not to rush? There is no problem to rush, but I have to say that I don't have many ships left.
It’s daytime again. There’s no way we can defeat so many ships in front of us. When the fighting begins, the safety of all the people in the cabin won’t be guaranteed..."
"...Then just wait!" Li Shiyi thought for a moment and said decisively.
"Wait?" Gan Ning looked back, with a half-smile on his face: "Are you sure? There are pursuers behind you, but that's what you said. Even if there are no pursuers, when the winner is determined from the front, we can turn around and come back.
The odds of winning are even lower. I’m not worried about myself, but this mission..."
Li Shiyi replied calmly: "General Gan, please don't worry. If the mission fails, the lord will have his own responsibility."
"Pa!" Gan Ning raised his hand and patted Li Shiyi on the shoulder with great force. He staggered and said with a smile on his face: "Brother Li, you are good, responsible, and a good person! Just
Listen to you, if I can't wait for a stick of incense, I have no choice but to abandon the ship and land. With me here, at least I can protect Duke Pang De and Duke Cheng Yan."
Li Shiyi grinned and nodded, thinking that these ruthless people in the army always like to pat people on the shoulder for no reason. None of them are serious or serious. Do they know if others will feel pain?
Enduring the pain, he raised his head and looked downstream, and found that just as he was speaking, Deng Dang's fleet was pursuing Xu Sheng, but they had just turned a bend in the river and were out of sight.
To say that I wasn't panicked at all would be a lie, but since the lord sent a message saying that he would send a strong response force, it couldn't be wrong.
Li Shishi has full confidence in his lord, even in this situation where no improvement can be seen.
"Beng! Bang! Bang..." At this moment, he vaguely heard a familiar voice. When he raised his head, he found that Gan Ning and the leaders of several Jinfan thieves around him also had shocked expressions on their faces. This group of
People's hearing is not generally good. Li Shiyi's heart skipped a beat. This was not his illusion!
"Boom! Boom! Boom..." After a while, another sound sounded at almost the same frequency, which made Li Shi very excited.
"What is this sound?" Gan Ning asked in confusion: "The one before was the sound of a bowstring flicking? Is there such a powerful big bow? The one at the back is also very strange. It seems that something hit the ship's deck, and the ship's deck was shaken.
The sound of smashing... Hey, there are still people screaming, many people..."
"It's the reinforcements that have arrived! It's the navy that's coming!" Li Shiyi couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart and shouted loudly.
"Navy..." Gan Ning wanted to ask again, but he heard a shout from the mast: "I saw it, it's the flag of our Qingzhou Army, it's a ship, what a big ship! There's a big crossbow on the ship!"
"
Gan Ning suddenly raised his head and saw where Deng Dang's fleet was going and where it was returning from. It was just that when they were chasing, it was going with the wind and the current was very fast, but when they came back, they were going against the current, which seemed very difficult. However,
Their real disaster did not come from the river, but from the black lights carrying huge wind and power!
From Gan Ning's point of view, he couldn't see where the black light came from, but he could clearly see its power. The black light accurately hit the Jiangdong navy ship, swept across the deck, and turned people upside down.
There was immediately a big hole in the cabin or the side of the ship.
The Jiangdong navy also had large ships, but most of them followed the main force to attack Jingzhou. The blocking force was mainly composed of sterns. The black light should be the arrows fired by the big crossbows that the lookout said. They are extremely powerful and slightly
A small boat can only withstand two or three arrows at most. Some unlucky ones may even be sunk by one arrow. Even a big ship cannot withstand a single shot.
Gan Ning saw with his own eyes that a ship similar to his flagship was hit by more than ten crossbow bolts at the same time, and was overturned.
"What kind of magical weapon is this? Is it a little too powerful?"
"I saw it, I saw it, it's really a big ship!"
"My hussars are mighty!"
Gan Ning's men were young and their moods fluctuated easily. One moment they were almost desperate and very depressed, but now they saw the power of the ballista and the sea ship, and they immediately cheered.
Amid their cheers, Deng Dang's fleet collapsed, and a huge ship with a strange shape turned across the river bay and appeared in front of everyone.
The cheers and screams became more and more enthusiastic.
"This is our navy in Qingzhou?" Gan Ning pointed to the large sailboat in the distance and asked in disbelief, feeling as if he was in a dream: "Brother Li, you said that the lord wants me to be the admiral of the navy and the commander-in-chief.
Is this the fleet?”
Li Shiyi chuckled and said: "Exactly."
"Well, that's really..." Gan Ning swayed, suddenly tilted, and fell onto the deck with a "bang!" Li Shiyi was startled, and when he hurried to check, he found that Gan Ning was still holding his position.
He held the same posture just now, raising his hands like that, with an extremely happy expression on his face. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)