Most of Yuan Jun's soldiers were carried by large ships, sterns and other objects that blocked the sky and sun, and began to go straight down the river along Chao Lake, with a clear goal of pointing directly at the north bank of Jinling City.
Yuan Shu himself stood high-spirited on a huge ship in the middle of the navy with a banner with the word "Yuan" on it. He pinched his waist with his left hand and held his sword with his right hand. He looked at the rolling river water flowing eastward, and felt in his heart
He couldn't help but be filled with pride and high-spiritedness. An indescribable emotion surged into Yuan Shu's heart unconsciously.
What a magnificent river!
What a beautiful sunrise over the river!
At this moment, Yuan Shu didn't know why, but he felt like reciting a poem.
Turning to look at Yan Xiang and Ji Ling who were following him, Yuan Shu showed a rare brisk smile. He waved his hand and said to the two of them: "Thousands of warships are going down the river, flattening the Yangtze River.
This scene is so spectacular."
Yan Xiang bowed and said in admiration: "The general is mighty! This time he leads thousands of ships to open up Yangzhou. Soon he will be able to establish himself in the south of the Yangtze River. His dominance will be before his eyes. We deeply congratulate the general and wish him an early settlement in the south of the Yangtze River."
"
Seeing Yan Xiang praising him so righteously, Yuan Shu expressed his deep pleasure.
"In this situation, Yuan wants to write a poem. What do you think?"
Ji Ling laughed loudly, gave a thumbs up and said: "My lord is so heroic, how can we not join in the song? My lord, just let out the joy in your chest, and a certain family and Yan Xiang will sing for your lord!"
Yuan Shu nodded appreciatively at Ji Ling and gave a rare compliment to this reckless man: "It's rare to hear you speak a human word."
Turning around, Yuan Shu cleared his throat, and opened his mouth to say: "Ah! The mountains and rivers will never flow..."
Suddenly, a big wave hit the river, hitting the side of the boat, causing Yuan Shu's boat to sway up and down, left and right.
If you were an ordinary boatman in the south of the Yangtze River, you would not pay attention to such ups and downs at all. On the big river, some small waves are as common as rain.
But not all of Yuan Shu's soldiers and generals were on the water. Many of them were even entering the river by boat for the first time.
For soldiers and tourists who were taking a boat trip for the first time, the impact of this wave was almost fatal.
Ji Ling is one of them.
"puff!"
The boat bumped up and down a few times. Ji Ling couldn't hold it back and suddenly felt dizzy!
He couldn't control his mouth and nose, so he covered his big mouth, turned around and ran to the edge of the boat, lowered his head, and violently vomited against the water of the river.
It's a pity that all the breakfast I just had was spit out.
The powerful generals on land were on the river boats, but at this moment they were completely useless.
Seeing Ji Ling spraying nausea in the face of the river, Yuan Shu's face became a bit unbearable.
"Are the poems written by Yuan... so disgusting?" Yuan Shu raised his hand and pointed at Ji Ling, complaining to Yan Xiang dissatisfied.
Yan Xiang grinned in embarrassment and hurriedly tried to persuade Yuan Shu: "General, this is too much. General Ji does not know the nature of water. This is his first time boarding a ship. It is common for the wind and waves to cause nausea and vomiting. General, there is no need to remember
In his heart, he is not against you."
After hearing this, Yuan Shu's mood recovered a little.
However, at this moment, Yuan Shu no longer had the mood to continue composing poetry, and the elegance just now passed away in a trance.
It’s no wonder Yuan Shu is so petty. He finally came up with the desire to become a literary master. Before he could finish his sentence, he muttered something next to him...
Whoever it was, he would be so upset.
It seems that becoming a literary giant is really not for me... I'd better just stick to my old job of being a prince.
Yuan Shu turned to look at the sun and asked Yan Xiang, "How long is the distance to Jinling City?"
Yan Xiang also knows little about water warfare.
He didn't dare to guess blindly, so he immediately summoned the captain Le to report to Yuan Shu.
Among the generals under Yuan Shu's command, Le is a native of Lingling County. He has been swimming in the Xiangjiang River since he was a child and has some knowledge of water. He is one of the few talents in Yuan Shu's army who can understand water warfare.
Le calculated the time, looked at the sun, made a rough estimate, and then said to Yuan Shu: "General, if we travel at this speed, our navy can reach Jinling City within three days."
"Within three days..." Yuan Shu lowered his head and pondered for a while, then said: "Will the pottery merchants send troops to stop our advance?"
Yan Xiang came up and admonished Yuan Shu: "The Tao thieves are cunning and wise. We have mobilized warships from Jiujiang County. There is such a big movement. It is impossible for him not to send people to find out the truth in advance. Even if there are not many warships in Danyang County,
, but Jinling City is the home of the Tao Thief after all, and he will definitely do his best to send naval troops to stop us from attacking Jinling City."
After Yuan Shu's last defeat, although he was relieved now, he still had some scruples about the pottery merchant, and then asked Yan Xiang: "Would the pottery thief come up with something weird again to surround Yuan's water?"
Army?"
Yan Xiang confidently said to Yuan Shu: "My lord, please rest assured. No matter how wise and cunning Tao Thief is, he can't pull any tricks on this river. I have thought carefully and felt that Tao Thief wants to deal with him now."
Our navy has only one solution!"
When Yuan Shu heard this, he immediately became energetic and asked hurriedly: "What method will Tao Thief use to deal with Yuan's navy?"
Yan Xiang narrowed his eyes slightly and sneered at the corner of his mouth: "In a head-on confrontation, Tao Thief has no chance of winning. Tao Thief cannot win on the river, so he will definitely find a way to lure our navy to the narrow river with land on both sides.
He then deployed crossbowmen on both sides of the river bank to attack hard crossbows, severely damaging the morale of our navy. He then took the opportunity to attack with his navy. This was the only way for the Tao thieves to defeat our army. As long as the general can be careful and take strict precautions.
Here, there will be no gap for the Tao thieves to take advantage of!"
"good!"
Yuan Shu clapped his hands heavily and praised Yan Xiang: "The Master of Yan can think about the pros and cons of the enemy and ourselves, and figure out the thoughts of both parties. He is truly an extraordinary person in the world. The Master of the Book can be said to be my ovary!"
Yan Xiang was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then his whole body trembled.
My son's room?
Damn it, are you allowed to say this casually?
Yan Xiang raised his sleeves, wiped the sweat from his head, and hurriedly admonished Yuan Shu: "General, please be careful, don't say this casually!"
Yuan Shu laughed loudly and said nonchalantly: "It comes out of my mouth and enters your ears. It can't go up to the sky or go down to the earth. Is there anyone else next to me?"
Yan Xiang glanced at the dumbfounded Lejiu and Ji Ling who was still vomiting in front of the river, feeling deeply regretful...
It turns out that in the eyes of the lord, these two people are not even human beings.
Just when he didn't know how to answer, he saw a pale-faced Ji Ling raise his head from the edge of the boat, stared blankly into the distance for a while, then turned around and asked: "General, Mr. Yan, you guys?"
Look what those are?”
Yuan Shu and others immediately turned to look around, and saw a dense row of small and medium-sized warships appearing on the river in the distance.
When Yan Xiang saw this, he suddenly became energetic and said happily: "It's Tao Thief! He is indeed here!"
Yuan Shu unconsciously pressed the hilt of the sword on his waist with his hand, and ordered to Le: "Le, did you hear clearly what Master Yan just said?"
Le did not dare to be careless and said loudly: "Report to the lord, every word, every word, the general will hear it clearly."
"Okay, just listen carefully... Go ahead, make proper arrangements, and prepare for the battle carefully. As long as you don't enter the narrow areas along the river, Yuan will let you command the entire navy!"
"promise!"
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After receiving Yuan Shu's instructions, Le immediately ordered the messengers to wave the colorful flags and commanded all the warships to prepare for the attack.
On the main battleship on the side of the pottery merchant, the pottery merchant was looking helpless. Looking at Guo Jia, who was lying on the edge of the boat, vomiting and throwing gold threads on the water, his eyes were filled with deep helplessness.
How pitiful it is to have so many seasick people.
"Brother... you have been vomiting for almost half an hour. If you continue like this, you will probably vomit out all the food last night... It's time to slow down."
Guo Jia weakly raised his head from the side of the boat and looked at the pottery merchant behind him. His usually agile eyes were almost dilated at this moment.
"Guo is from the Central Plains!"
Guo Jia yelled at the pottery merchant sadly: "Since I was a child, I have never experienced such a big storm... ugh!"
The potter shook his head helplessly and said: "Although I don't have the heart to interrupt you chewing the cud here, Yuan Shu's warships have already set up their formation."
"You are the one who chews the cud! You are the cow and sheep!" Although Guo Jia was weak, he still did not forget to use words to resist the pottery merchant: "Yuan Shu opens up the formation, let's just fight him, we can fight him how we want to fight, but don't
It’s too deep… ugh!”
The pottery merchant looked worriedly at Yuan Shu's huge fleet on the river, and hesitated: "It's no problem to defeat them, but the problem is, we can't win..."
Guo Jia snorted when he heard this: "Why do we have to win? This battle should have been lost... After the confrontation, we took advantage of the defeat and led Yuan Shu's navy to the river we arranged in advance!"
Tao Shang was a little confused. He frowned and whispered: "Gan Ning and Zhou Tai's navy should be the main force in the naval battle, but you don't let them go into battle at this moment, but act as partial troops... This way
If you do it, wouldn’t it be a waste of talent?”
"Ugh!" Guo Jia didn't seem to be in the mood to argue with Tao Shang. He just asked Tao Shang while vomiting and panting: "Do you believe me?"
“Not bad.”
"What do you mean it's just okay?"
"It means faith."
Guo Jia raised his head from the edge of the boat with difficulty and said weakly: "Xin, please follow Guo's instructions. If this battle is not won, Guo Jia's life will be at your mercy!"
After all the words were said, Tao Shang couldn't say anything else no matter how arrogant he was.
The strategy of a genius in this world, Tao believes in you this time!
"Send orders to Xu Rong to meet the enemy with all your strength, but don't go too deep!"