Crossing the Battle of the Three Kingdoms

With Li Huiyi's order this time, Xu Shu did not make a big move, but kept stationing troops on the border, trying to frighten Sun Ce so that he would not dare to easily mobilize the army.

Judging from the results, Xu Shu's move was somewhat effective, at least one-third of Sun Ce's troops were involved.

If you only think that Xu Shu is just involved, then you are wrong. The navy who has been training in Qingzhou for a long time has quietly rushed to Xuzhou since Xu Shu made a move.

The water army, without a three-year or five-year period, is difficult to form at all, and has almost no combat effectiveness on the water.

In this era of cold weapons, a navy without combat effectiveness, no matter how well-trained the formation is, it is only a vain chart that is vulnerable to a single blow.

However, as a traverser, how could Li Huiyi not have thought of this, so he ordered people to start building warships as early as he took Qingzhou.

And this warship is not an ordinary warship of this era, but a chariot and boat that used wheels instead of oars in the Tang Dynasty. Its endurance and resistance are far greater than the present.

In addition, Li Huiyi was equipped with an improved catapult on the warship. Its range can reach 150 meters against the wind and nearly 300 meters with the wind, which is regarded as the upper half of the artillery.

Therefore, these naval forces do not need to be very familiar with water combat. Under normal circumstances, the enemy has no chance to approach combat.

However, in order to avoid this situation, Gan Ning, the commander of the navy army, also made preparations. He selected nearly [-] soldiers with combat effectiveness from the army to form a ship guard to ensure emergency situations.

Gan Ning led an army of [-] troops to the border waters pass of Guangling quietly arrived a few days ago, and the news was tightly blocked, and the outside world could not hear it at all.

Chapter 780 The Navy

In the meeting room, Xu Shu and Gan Ning were burying their heads in the map, talking a few words from time to time, after about two or three hours, they finally stopped.

This situation has been going on since Gan Ning arrived, but judging from the expressions of the two of them today, they should have made a plan.

The two sat down, and Xu Shu asked, "Commander Gan, this is the first battle of the Navy, are you absolutely sure?"

Raising soldiers for thousands of days and using them for a short period of time, whether they can show their talents depends on this battle, so everyone in the navy is clenching their teeth, because they know that Li Huiyi has spent a lot of effort on them.

As the leader of an army, Gan Ning is the same, how can he not have confidence. "Xuzhou Mu, don't worry. Although Ning's navy has not fought a battle, if they are dispatched, they will surely stain Yangzhou with blood and become famous all over the world."

"Yes." Gan Ning's self-confidence is a good thing, Xu Shu reminded: "Okay, but the Yangzhou Navy is famous, so General Gan, don't be careless."

There is no need for Xu Shu to explain this point, Gan Ning is also clear in his heart, if he loses in the first battle due to carelessness, he will probably bear a bad name for the rest of his life.

"Xuzhou Mu, don't worry, Ning knows in his heart that as long as he follows the plan, there won't be much change, and at most it will take some more time."

"Okay, it's not too late, let's go, I'll wait for you to make your name." What should be said has been said, the rest is to wait for the result, Xu Shu urged Gan Ning to go.

There was a reason why Xu Shu was in such a hurry, because the weather had turned cold at this time, and conventional water battles seldom happened, because in this kind of weather, as long as anyone who fell into the water was basically equal to death in battle.

In this way, the Yangzhou navy will not be able to exert its advantage in water warfare, and Gan Ning will be more advantageous. This is also one of the results of their discussions for several days.

With the mobilization of Gan Ning's army, Xu Shu also began to arrange for the navy to keep up. However, these navy troops are not fighting, but ensuring logistics and taking over the city.

The two counties of Danyang and Jiujiang serve as a buffer zone against Xuzhou, while Liyang, Moling, and Qu'a are three important points of defense. No matter which point is breached, Yangzhou will be exposed to Li Jun.

Qu'a was stationed there, and there was no danger to defend, so Gan Ning set his sights here for the first battle.

On this day, the surface of the river was filled with mist and the visibility was extremely low. A huge fleet was quietly approaching.

On the first battleship, Gan Ning stood on the deck, looking ahead carefully, although he couldn't see anything, he still didn't dare to get distracted.

As it got closer and closer to the Qu'a defense line stronghold to close the building, Gan Ning ordered the army to prepare for war.

Upstairs, Sun Jun was chatting and spanking, rubbing his hands back and forth a few times from time to time to ensure blood circulation and prevent frostbite.

At this moment, a veteran corporal moved his ears, suddenly stopped in the middle of speaking, and looked into the distance vigilantly, but because of the heavy fog, he couldn't see anything at all.

"Listen, is there a sound of a boat moving?"

"Boss, are you dizzy from the cold? In this damn weather, even those who have been fishing all year round dare not sail a boat. Who would come out to die?"

"That's right, boss. If you're cold, go back first. Anyway, it's not a big deal."

……

Several people took turns talking about it, and the corporal laughed a few times, thinking that he had heard it wrong, so he laughed and said a few perfunctory words, and then exposed the matter.

Fortunately, the corps leader didn't send anyone to look, otherwise Gan Ning would be found.

Know yourself, know your enemy, and win a hundred battles. Although Gan Ning has been in Jingzhou and Xuzhou not long ago, and Yangzhou has rarely been to several times, he still remembers these strongholds of Sun Jun by heart.

It was estimated that the distance from the stronghold was only 600 meters. Gan Ning ordered the whole army to speed up, and all the cannons were fired, ready to defeat Sun Jun in one go.

As soon as the speed was increased, within a few minutes, the scene of closing the building ahead was looming, and Gan Ning quickly ordered the messengers to blow the attack horn.

"Woooooooo..."

"Sususususu..."

"Oh!"

"boom!"

……

As soon as the trumpet sounded, dozens of catapult artillery fired the first round of artillery fire neatly. Sun Jun was still in shock and was buried by the violent bombing.

Cold weapons, facing half-firearms, were unexpected, and the result can be imagined. The moment the battle started, it was almost over, because the result was already doomed.

As Gan Ning's warship landed, Qu'a's first line of defense was declared lost.

Occupying the Guanlou without any effort, Gan Ning did not choose to go all out to pierce a point, but chose to divide his troops into two groups, preparing to take Moling as well.

Gan Ning acted so boldly, it can be seen that he is eager to make contributions, and at the same time proves that he has full confidence in the army under his command.

Qu'a's frontier defense was occupied by Gan Ning, and the news reached Zhu Zhi's ears one day later.

It was beyond Zhu Zhi's expectation that Xuzhou chose to send troops suddenly at this time. He never thought that Xu Shu's unsightly navy would dare to launch an active attack.

Sun Ce arranged him here, and Zhu Zhi was angry for a long time, and complained that he was not allowed to go to Jingzhou to fight.

It's all right now, Xu Shu took the initiative to send it to the door, which made Zhu Zhi very happy, and without thinking about it, he ordered the army to go out and prepare to take back the border defense.

Seeing the mobilization of the army, Zhu Zhi's adopted son, Zhu Ran, went to inquire curiously. When he learned that Xuzhou had invaded, he quickly broke through the first line of defense and immediately tried to persuade him.

"Father, Xu Shu is not a simple person. Since he chooses to attack at this time, he must be fully confident. At this time, he should defend the city and report the news to the Lord immediately, waiting for instructions."

Finally, there was a fight, and Zhu Zhi would not agree to it, even if Xu Shu was sure, he could still swallow him in one bite.

"Huangkou kid, what do you know? This is in the army. If you don't prepare, do you want to disobey orders?"

Although Zhu Zhi recognized Zhu Ran as his adopted son, he was reluctant in his heart, because Sun Ce kissed all of this.

Seeing that the suggestion was rejected, Zhu Ran felt uneasy and retreated helplessly. The whole army was ready to go, but he still quietly sent someone to spread the news.