A country is like a human being, and a human being has a personality, so is the country.

Whether it was the Shu Han in the past or the Ji Han in the present, although there were all kinds of noises, the mainstream from top to bottom was a group of idealists working hard to realize their ideals.

Although Sima Jin was much worse than Cao Wei's efficiency, political style and combat effectiveness. In general, before Sima Yan died, it was basically reliable.

And what about the country of Dongwu?

The two ends of the rat, who do big things and cherishes one's own life, and greedy for small profits and forgets one's life. This is the overall nature of the Jiangdong family that has begun to decay. In Dongwu, where the regime had to transform into Jiangdong, such a national attribute cannot be completely changed by an enterprising monarch.

According to the plan of Sun Hao and others, the Wu Kingdom would send troops in mid-to-late November. As a result, it was December, and neither Jingzhou nor Jiaozhou could be dispatched.

The reason is of course the families of the Eastern Wu dragged their backs.

In Jingzhou, Lu Kang had 50,000 people under his command, and Zhong Hui supported another 20,000. However, among these 70,000 people, the country's army was only about 50,000, and the remaining 20,000 were all private soldiers from various aristocratic families. Among these private soldiers, the aristocratic families that were originally in Jingzhou were okay. The private soldiers of the Lu family, Lu family, and other families were basically waiting for battle and could fight at any time. But the aristocratic soldiers from Yangzhou came, hey, I don't know what to say.

If it weren't for Jingzhou, the situation in Jiaozhou was even worse. The commander Xue Yu here was much worse than that of Lu Kang. The key was that Xue Yu was still sick and had no energy to manage the matter. If you say you were in poor health, just rest and leave the things to the people below. For example, Tao Huang, the prefect of Cangwu, is a very capable general. However, Xue Yu controlled the power and refused to let go. He could not do anything by himself, and was not allowed to do things. As a result, even if Zhong Hui had sent Yangzhou reinforcements to Jiaozhi, the entire Jiaozhou Legion could not take action.

Faced with such a situation, Sun Hao in Jianye was of course very angry and issued strict orders to urge him. In addition, the Jin State in the north was indeed in Bingzhou, and Tongguan was moving, involving Ji Han's large number of troops. At the same time, the Jin State on Shangyong also fought with Cao Wei, and it was said that the progress was going smoothly, and two counties in Shangyong's three counties were taken. At this time, the families of the Eastern Wu began to worry: At the beginning, we wanted to let Jin State take action to help us attract the attention of the Shu thieves first. But Jin State progressed too fast, right? Is it because Cao Wei was about to be destroyed just as soon as the flag was raised? If the Wei and Jin stopped their troops, Jin State retreated and the Shu thieves drew their hands, we rushed forward at that time, wouldn't we look for a fight? So, hurry up, take advantage of the strong restraint of the Shu thieves, we should use the fine traditions of the previous emperor and quickly steal a chicken.

Finally, on December 15, 269 AD, Lu Kang sent troops in Xiling.

During this period of time, the Yangtze River was in a dry season, and there was no hideous face of roaring in summer. Except for the occasional reefs under the river that are more annoying, they are generally very friendly. So on December 20 of this year, the Lu Anti's army passed through Jianping County and entered the Badong County of Jihan.

After entering Badong County, crossing Wu Gorge, the narrowest river surface, and entering Qutang Gorge, where the water is slightly calmer, Lu Kang ordered the entire army to stop.

"What does the governor mean?"

"Our army has been preparing for Xiling for too long. Given the ability of the Shu thief Si Wen Cao, Yong'an City must have been prepared at this time. It is impossible to simply attack. So, let's take a break here and see if we can find an opportunity to lure the defenders in Yong'an City."

When Lu Kang said this, many generals of the Jingzhou Legion, such as Zhang Zheng, Lu Mu, Lu Shu, etc., felt that there was no problem. But the generals from Yangzhou were not very convinced. Among them, Gu Li relied on being a relative of Lu Kang and openly retorted: "Young Festival, Your Majesty gave us the order to take Yong'an and enter Fuling again. Our Great Wu sent a total of 60,000 troops this time (there are 10,000 left to Xiling to prevent Jin from falling into the alliance). How many troops can the Sichuan thieves have in Yong'an? What if they are prepared? Besides, the Sichuan thieves are Jiang Wei and Guan Yi can fight. The other generals are like native chickens and tiles... Once my army arrives, wouldn't it be better to crush them directly?"

"Haha, Ji Xun should not underestimate the Shu thieves in Yong'an. Guan Zifeng has arranged 15,000 troops here, of which 10,000 naval troops. And their general is Sun Gangsun Dinglie, the elder of the Shu thief Fuxing Society. Although this person is not famous in the Fuxing Society, this governor knows that this person is calm and firm but cautious. With this person in charge, Yong'an's defense must be extremely complete. It is not possible to win by relying solely on more troops."

"Otherwise, I know Sun Dinglie. I admit that I am good at raising pigs, but I have to lead troops to fight, hahahaha~~~"

It seems that you, Gu Li, have really led troops to fight.

Although he secretly despises him, Lu Kang and Lu Xun's personalities are in line with each other: when his colleagues don't believe in his words, the Lu family will never force him. On the contrary, he will ask you to do what you originally thought, until he gets bleeding and comes back in shame to admit his mistake.

So, at this time, Lu Kang also smiled and said to Gu Li: "Since Ji Xun thinks so, then I will give you 150 bucket ships, 300 tower ships, 600 ships, and a total of 20,000 troops. Ji Xun can be the vanguard of our army and launch an attack on Yong'an first. Is that good?"

"Great kindness! Please rest assured when you are young, you will receive good news in a while!"

Only with good news can there be ghosts. However, although the army I assigned to you must be mainly composed of private soldiers, it is 20,000 people. The losses are too terrible and it is not good to see. So, shortly after Gu Li continued to reorganize the army, Lu Kang also called a square-looking general with three long beards under his jaw. He looked extremely majestic: "Zizhong, go and prepare, lead 10,000 Wuchang troops, and then support him."

"The last general will receive the order!"

This son was Zhang Zheng, the general of the Eastern Wu. In the historical perspective, Yang Hu and Lu Kang died of illness one after another. The military chiefs of the Western Jin Dynasty and Eastern Wu in Jingzhou were successively replaced by Du Yu and Zhang Zheng. Faced with the Jingzhou defense line chaired by Zhang Zheng, even Du Wuku felt nowhere to be heard. In the end, he had to use counter-espionage strategy and let Sun Hao remove Zhang Zheng himself.

Therefore, with this supporter, in Lu Kang's view, our side may suffer a small defeat, but there will be no heavy losses. In this way, the reinforcements in Yangzhou will become obedient to the command.

If you use small defeats to exchange for a high degree of unification of the entire army's command, Lu Xun in the past or Lu Kang in the present, you will feel it is worth it.

However, Lu Kang completely underestimated Sun Gang's reaction this time.

On December 20, Gu Li and Lu Kang divided their troops and then led 20,000 people to attack Yong'an.

Gu Li was still a little brained when he was a family of aristocratic families. He controlled the speed of the fleet's advance very well. When the entire fleet appeared in Yong'an City's sight, the sun had completely set. The night was a good cover--yes, most ships in this era looked for places to stop at night, but who are we? The world's number one Dawu naval army! Cao Man, the big blast in the Red Cliff, was a night battle! Therefore, night sailing and other things were not a problem at all!

However, Sun Gang covered various buoys in the Yangtze River waterway. These buoys would light tinder at night: in normal times, they were like light boats that marked inland rivers and reefs in modern society, pointing out dangers for ships sailing at night. During wartime, as a large number of warships sailed in, the large ships traveling through the waves formed waves transmitted from the middle of the river to the riverside. This made the buoys in the river shake violently. As a result, the buoys suddenly became sentinels: the enemy is coming!

When Gu Li's fleet sailed into the Yong'an Waterway, causing the many floats in the waterway to shake violently one after another. With a whistle, the originally dark upper river surface suddenly became brighter.

All the warships of Ji Han Yong'an Navy had long been placed in the Yangtze River waterway, and all of them were horizontally facing the enemy.

With the sound of drums on the warship, countless fireballs rose from the Ji Han Navy warship and pulled out an extremely bright arc in the pure black night sky - the soldiers of Ji Han Navy were not careful in the darkness of the downstream direction, and they just started shooting blindly like crazy!

Although the hit rate of blind shots is extremely low, it actually hits. As the first warship of the Eastern Wu was hit and the fire spread, the entire Eastern Wu fleet had nowhere to hide against the fire.

"Send the order! Release the fire ship!"

"No! Release the fireboat!"

As a calm voice sounded on Ji Han's huge fighting ship, Ji Han's navy, which was lying across the river, instantly released more than a hundred small fireboats downstream.

This kind of fire ship is extremely simple to build, and there is no protection at all. However, there is indeed a huge sail in the middle of the hull, and the hull is filled with various hay, not to mention tinder oil. A sharp barb is stretched out from the bow. This kind of ship is a natural advantage in the upstream side in the inland river war, facing the downstream side.

After the fire ship released a distance, the few sailors on the ship adjusted the angle of the sails for the last time to maximize their speed. Then they lit the hay on the ship and then quickly jumped into the water.

"The fire ship is coming! Be careful to avoid it!"

"Put in front of the siege to block the fireboat!"

"The fire ships are concentrated in the middle of the river, the fleet is scattered, and they are diverted to the two sides of the strait to avoid!"

The Eastern Wu naval army was fighting a water battle. Seeing this attitude, commanders at all levels quickly issued the most correct order.

Unfortunately, whether the order is correct depends on the development of the times and changes in the geographical environment.

As the Eastern Wu fleet began to turn, especially after the main warships in the fleet moved from the center of the river to the two sides, another whistle sounded. On the originally towering cliffs of both sides, countless fireballs fell from the sky!
Chapter completed!