Chapter 60 War Eastern Wu and Southern Han Yang Wei Drive Cao Wei Zhongyuan Unification 8
When the soldiers and horses of the Southern Han Dynasty heard that Lu Meng was dead, they followed Huang Zhong to shout and persuade him to surrender. When Wu Jun heard the sound of persuading surrender, he saw the handsome flag fall. Two of the three Wu generals died and one captured him at all. They knelt down and asked for surrender one after another.
Lv Meng saw that the general trend had gone and had to lead tens of thousands of soldiers to retreat. Huang Zhong led his troops all the way to Xuchang City. At this time, Xu Changcheng had already lost the Thunderbolt car, and Huang Zhong said to the generals, "Can Lv Meng defeat me? Don't wait for him to rescue the troops and attack them quickly!"
Wei Yan was eager to make contributions and ordered his sergeants to erect a hundred ladders, and more than a dozen people could stand on it, covering the surroundings with wooden boards. The sergeants grabbed the short ladder and soft rope, listened to the drums in the army, and went to the city together.
Lv Meng was on the enemy building and saw the soldiers of the Southern Han Dynasty equipped with ladders and came on all sides. He ordered 30,000 soldiers to launch rockets, distributed on all sides, waiting for the ladder to approach the city and shoot them all at once.
Huang Zhong thought that there was nothing in the city, so he saw that Wei Yan used a ladder to attack the city directly without stopping him, which made the three armies shout and enter. Unexpectedly, the rockets in the city were launched, and the ladders were exhausted. Many of the sergeants on the ladder were burned to death. The head of the city was like rain, and the soldiers of the Southern Han Dynasty had to retreat temporarily.
Zhang Liao saw that the ladder could not reach the city and said angrily, "Lv Meng burned my ladder. You can use the method of rushing!"
The next day, the soldiers of the Southern Han Dynasty pushed the car again and shouted on all sides. Lv Meng urgently ordered the soldiers to carry stones to chisel their eyes, and used ropes to fly through, and the punching cars were discounted.
When Jia Xu saw that the ladder and the rushing car could not break through the city, he made people transport soil to fill the city trenches. He ordered E Huan and Sha Moke to lead 10,000 shovel troops to dig tunnels at night and secretly enter the city. Lv Meng dug a trench in the city again. In this way, the two armies are deadlocked day and night.
Nanye learned in Jianye that Ma Chao was blocked by Jinyang, and Huang Zhong was blocked by Xu Chang and was not anxious. He continued to besiege Jianye and stand with Sun Quan. In fact, whether it is Nan Ye, Huang Zhong or Ma Chao, if they had attacked the city regardless of losses, they would have won at this time. However, the three people and horses are very tacitly restrained, because there are still two armies that have not arrived.
The sails were heavy on the east sea of Xuzhou, and a fleet came from far and near to Xuzhou. The building ship that makes up the fleet is more than ten feet high and tens of feet long. The ship is divided into five floors, each carrying 3,000 soldiers and horses. The ship's spears stood, the flags were swaying, and the guard was tight, like a fortress on the water.
Gan Ning stood in the bow of the ship, indescribably happy and complacent. Looking at the naval fleet behind him and recalling the days of looting in the river, Gan Ning couldn't help shaking his head. Before meeting Nan Ye, Gan Ning felt that it was amazing that he could cross the river. It was not until Gan Ning led the navy to sea that he knew that he was just a frog in the well before.
"Your Majesty, there is a Dongwu naval fleet ahead." A watchman with a telescope around his waist jumped off the mast and returned to Gan Ning, interrupting Gan Ning's thoughts.
Gan Ning stared at the lookout and pointed to the top of the mast and said, "Kid, see it clearly! Above is the Hanlong flag, not the skeleton flag. What should you call me?
The lookout scratched his head and said shyly, "General Gan, the little one is smooth."
Gan Ning waved his hand and did not have the same knowledge as him. Over the years, Gan Ning has been responsible for the private fleet, specializing in looting and attacking merchant ships and navies of various countries, and has become the frightening pirate king on the sea. Today, as a regular naval battle, Gan Ning and his sailors are really not used to it.
When the lookout saw that Gan Ning did not pursue it, he continued to ask, "General Gan, are we sinking or captured those Dongwu ships?"
Gan Ning curled his lips and said, "It's just a few broken ships. There is no need to capture them, and they are all sunk."
After the lookout got the order, he went to inform the flag bearer on the mast, and the flagbearer played a flag to inform the ships to be ready to meet the enemy. Guan Hai, Pei Yuanshao, Zang Ba, Zhang Yan and others will see Qiyu each lead a huge ship and line up the ships to wait for the enemy.
Since Zhou Yu sent troops to Sanhan and Goguryeo, Sun Quan realized the importance of the navy, so he ordered Sun Jing and Zhang Wen to form a navy. The foundation of the water army in Eastern Wu was not weak, and Sun Jing took over the task without much thought. However, when the ship reached the sea, Sun Jing and Zhang Wen realized that the navy and the navy were not the same thing at all, and the wind and waves on the sea were much stronger than those in the rivers. The Eastern Wu Water Army has been trained for more than a year, and can only travel along the offshore coast. It can't reach the far sea at all, let alone eliminate pirates.
On this day, Zhang Wen was training at sea when he saw a fleet coming from a distance, and the ships were all under the flag of the Southern Han Dynasty. Zhang Wen had heard that Nan Ye had raised an army against Wu, but he didn't expect that a fleet would bypass Yangzhou and come to Xuzhou.
The Jiaozhou navy is strong, but it has always been shown as pirates. Therefore, Zhang Wen did not know the strength of the Southern Han navy and thought that the Eastern Wu Water Army was the world's largest water force. At this time, Zhang Wen was not nervous when he saw Gan Ning's troops coming. Instead, he felt that the newly formed Eastern Wu navy had a place to use it and ordered the ships to rush to Ganning's fleet to start a fight.
Gan Ning looked at the largest ship in the Eastern Wu navy, which was half as small as the smallest ship under his command. The ships were ordered to use T-head tactics to arrange the ships horizontally and point their flanks at the Dongwu fleet.
After Zhang Wen urged the ship to approach, he was a little afraid to see the huge ship of the Southern Han Dynasty, but when he saw Gan Ning adjusting his formation and his wings facing him, he was not afraid. He smiled at his generals and said, "I don't know who the Southern Han navy is in charge of the army. I will go forward quickly and capture his big ship."
The officers of the Eastern Wu navy cheered after hearing the words. In their impression, the water war should be urged to move forward and meet the ship head-on. The side against the enemy is like looking for death, and it is easy for the opponent to break through the formation and overturn the ship. At this time, seeing that the ships of the Southern Han Dynasty were facing themselves with weak sides, the Eastern Wu soldiers tried their best to urge the boat to catch the fighter plane.
Gan Ning couldn't help smiling when he saw Wu Jun's ship approaching quickly. Once upon a time, he also fought water war, but now the practice of the Eastern Wu navy is like a dead fool in Gan Ning's eyes. Gan Ning ordered, "Fire the Thunderbolt!"
With Gan Ning's order, the small improved Thunderbolt car installed on the deck of the ship began to project pieces of barn stone. Giant stones hit the Dongwu ship like shells.
The Eastern Wu soldiers were dumbfounded when they saw the boulders flying all over the sky. Zhang Wen didn't expect that the ships of the Southern Han Dynasty would still fire cannons anyway. With a bang~", a boulder hit the mast of Zhang Wen's flagship, and the thick mast of the thigh broke in response, and the falling sail covered several Eastern Wu soldiers under the sail.
Zhang Wen's flagship is the largest ship in the Dongwu Water Army. After being hit, it just broke the sail. Those smaller warships were miserable. The boulder hit the deck and hit a hole in the ship's starboard. The sea water was directly poured into the cabin, and the whole ship began to sink. The Eastern Wu soldiers on the ship jumped off the boat and fled for their lives.
"Retreat! Withdraw your troops!" Zhang Wen was so anxious that he was about to cry. No one ship was lost in the opposite South Han navy, and he was about to destroy the whole army. This kind of competition was simply not the same level.
When Gan Ning saw that the Dongwu ship wanted to turn, how could they succeed? The new warships vigorously developed by Nanye are hundreds of times stronger than the Eastern Wu ships in terms of attack power and speed. Gan Ning waved his army and rushed forward for a fierce attack. During the Battle of Chibi, the majestic Eastern Wu water army was completely destroyed, and Zhang Wen sank into the sea with his flagship.
After the destruction of the Eastern Wu navy, Gan Ning took advantage of the situation to lead troops into the water village by the East Wu Sea. With the power of the Thunderbolt car, Dongwu Shuizhai was smashed to pieces, and the new ship moored in Shuizhai was smashed into wood chips before it went to sea.
The Wu soldiers and soldiers in Xuzhou were transferred to Yangzhou, Yuzhou and Bingzhou to resist Nanye, so as soon as the water army was destroyed, Xuzhou was like a piece of fat meat on the table for slaughter. Gan Ning landed from the east of Xuzhou and attacked to the west. Wherever he went, the wind fell. It soon occupied the whole territory of Xuzhou.
The battle situation in Qingzhou is similar to that in Xuzhou. The navy led by Taishici easily defeated the Eastern Wu navy led by Sun Jing. After landing, it swept Qingzhou and captured Qingzhou effortlessly.
Before sending troops, Nanye had an agreement that any soldier or horse would attack Yanzhou first after completing the strategic goal. Gan Ning and Tai Shici took Xuzhou and Qingzhou almost at the same time, and then marched to Yanzhou together.
Gan Ning left half of the soldiers and horses for Guan Hai and Pei Yuan Shao to guard Xuzhou, and Tai Shi Ci left half of the soldiers and horses for Yu Jin and Yan Yan to guard Qingzhou, and then the two led their armies to Yanzhou. The two soldiers and horses happened to meet on the border of Yanzhou, so they joined forces and ordered Xu Shu, the governor of Erzhou, to take Lu Xun as a military division to Yanzhou.
Just when Gan Ning and Taishi Ci joined forces, Lu Su also met Sima Yi's army in Yanzhou and went to Yangzhou together. Before Wu Wei's army arrived in Yangzhou, they came to visit Ma to report. Qing and Xu Erzhou had already been obtained by the Southern Han Dynasty, and soldiers and horses were coming to Yanzhou.
Sima Yi was shocked when he heard the news and hurriedly discussed with Lu Su: "Qing and Xu Erzhou were all obtained by Nanye. If we go to Yangzhou, Yanzhou will be lost, and our army will have no way back."
Lu Su was also very surprised that Nan Ye could take the green and Xu Erzhou. He didn't expect that Nan Ye's soldiers and horses would come from the sea. For Lu Su, it doesn't matter whether Sima Yi can return to Ye City. The important thing is to defeat Nan Ye. So Lu Su said to Sima Yi, "Don't worry about Sima Dudu. Building a business and storing grain is enough for the governor's military. It doesn't matter if the way back is cut off. As long as Nanye's soldiers can be retreated, why can the governor worry about not returning to the army?
Sima Yi knew in his heart that Lu Su was fooling himself into fighting Nanye. However, Sima Yi did not dare to agree. Gan Ning and Tai Shici's two soldiers and horses fell from the sky, and Nanye's troops changed from 300,000 to 500,000, which caught Sima Yi off guard.
The so-called war is impermanent, and water is impermanent. If the battlefield situation changes, the battle plan must be reformed. If it is still carried out according to the original plan, it will definitely lose badly. What Sima Yi was most afraid of was that the two extra South Han soldiers and horses captured Ye City and killed Cao Pi when he went to fight against Nanye. In this way, it would be meaningless even if Sima Yi defeated Nan Ye.
After thinking about it for a moment, Sima Yi said to Lu Su: "Bian Yun: If you want to win, worry about defeat first. Nanye used troops like a god. It is not known whether we can retreat from the enemy in Yangzhou, but we fell into the Jedi first. If we don't beat Nanye, won't we be in danger? In my opinion, why not let His Majesty the King of Wu abandon his construction and join forces to defend Yanzhou? It is defeated by Nanye, and you can retreat to Sanhan and Goguryeo through Wei.