Chapter 367 Iron Chain Boat

Zhang Ni and Shamoko discussed carefully for a long time, but in the end they couldn't overcome the rising sleepiness. Shamoko left first and let Zhang Ni rest.

Whether as the Barbarian King of Wuxi or the County Magistrate of Hanshou, Samoko still has many things to be busy with.

Now the entire Hanshou battlefield has been beaten to a state of dilapidation, with corpses lying on the ground.

Han'er and Wu Lingman were lying here together, with their swords facing each other looking the same.

Shamoko patrolled among the ruins and then sighed deeply.

"war……"

Shamoko muttered this word. He once secretly went to watch Sun Cao from a distance fighting at Red Cliff, and the flames burned the sky and the river turned red.

At that time, Shamoko had endless yearning. In his view, war was the only thing Cao Cao could say, and Jingbei was completely destroyed, and 800,000 athletes went out to fight.

It is Zhou Yu who is majestic and heroic, destroying enemies with laughter and conversation, and forging a heroic name with the soul of a man.

But now in Hanshou, Shamoko heard the reactions of the athletes participating in the war very clearly.

The fields are filled with moaning and wailing, while the mountains are filled with people lying on the ground in silence.

Almost subconsciously, Shamoko thought of the smart Mr. Ma. The questions he had raised before had never troubled Mr. Ma. If he were here now, he would probably be able to answer his questions.

However, weak thoughts and expressions will not appear on this Wuxi Barbarian King. Even if he still has doubts, he must first win the battle for Xuande and destroy the enemy to bring peace to the world!

Zhang Ni, who rarely had a peaceful sleep, got up and received a message from Samoko:

"Han Dang has withdrawn his troops?"

Breakfast consisted of a local fruit from Hanshou plus some steamed cakes and some roasted animal meat. Zhang Yi ate it politely but very quickly.

Shamoko obviously got up earlier, but was just accompanying Zhang Ni to eat and telling what the scouts had seen in the morning.

According to what the scouts saw, the Jiangdong Army's military camp was very orderly, and nothing that should be taken away was left behind. It was a very neat empty camp, which showed that it retreated in an orderly manner.

In the early morning, the scouts expanded the search area and found that they were marching north as expected.

Zhang Ni listened quietly while eating. After finishing all the food on the table like a wind and a cloud, he said:

"There are changes in Jiangling, it's time for us to set off."

The situation in Jingzhou is already very clear, and Zhang Yi can see it without a brain as smart as Mr. Lu or Mr. Zhuge.

Now that Jiangdong's intention of gathering a large army to wipe out Wuling's army was shattered, Jiangling was the only one left to make a fuss.

As long as they find ways to capture Jiangling and rely on this strong city, it will be enough to make Xuande Gong feel like a stick in his throat.

It is not difficult to conquer Jingnan and enter Jiangdong in the end by slowly planning the strategy slowly.

And of course they are going to this battle!

"If I were Han Dang..." Zhang Ni frowned and thought, then looked at the simplified map contributed by Samoko and said slowly:

"If I were Han Dang, I would station an army north of Lishui.

"The Wuling Army is not good at water warfare. As long as more than a thousand people guard across the river, they can sit back and relax, and the Chinese Army can also rest assured to rush to Jiangling's aid."

After carefully observing the map, Shamoko agreed that what Brother Zhang said was very reasonable, but:

"What's so difficult about this!" Samoko laughed:

"Our Wuling barbarian ancestors have been rooted here for generations. If we are familiar with geography, who can be as good as us?"

"Since we want to rush to Jiangling, brother Zhang can lead the army and follow us! Let the Wu people guard Lishui and watch the fish!"

Zhang Yi was overjoyed and treated it as a gift:

"In that case, I'm sorry for bothering Brother Sha!"

Shamoko waved his hands modestly and said:

"Why should we be like this when we are both under the command of Duke Xuande? They are all..."

Shamoko sighed and said word by word: "They are all big men."

Looking north, Zhang Yi and Shamoko's guess was correct. Now Jiangling's attack has entered a fever pitch.

For Lu Meng, the result that the army besieged Jiangling and eventually failed was not what he wanted to see.

However, it is really impossible to attack from the land west of Jiangdong City.

After all, rather than facing a powerful crossbow, the soldiers would rather join forces to kill the enemy and abscond. This frontal attack was really unsustainable.

After receiving the news that Jingzhou Navy was going to Jiangdong, Lu Meng immediately prepared to return even if he didn't want to.

But the secret message delivered in Jiangling City that night made Lu Meng slightly interested.

Lu Meng had an impression of the name Pan Jun that was signed.

As Sun Hou's general, Lu Meng even saw the secret letter sent by Pan Jun when he was in Jianye.

Although Pan Jun was not a close confidant of Liu Bei so there was no useful information, the letter said that Liu Bei and his subordinates had secret discussions every three months, which impressed Lu Meng quite deeply.

So now that he saw this person's letter again, Lu Meng believed most of it immediately.

The letter also contains a lot of boastful words and oblique remarks about Pan of Hanshou. Lü Meng is not interested in any of these. How this person stays in the future depends on Sun Hou's wishes.

What made Lu Meng pay attention were the two pieces of news sent by Pan Jun. One of them said that Liu Bei secretly raised barbarians in Hanshou in Jingnan, and the Hanshou Pan family suffered greatly. Now that Sun Hou wants to take Jingnan, this army The barbarians cannot be ignored. If you want to get rid of them, Han Shoupan is willing to help.

The second is to offer a suggestion to break Jiangling.

Lu Meng, who was holding the secret letter at that time, vaguely remembered that Yun Mengze had previously sent a message saying that Dong Xi had launched an army to attack Linyuan, but there was no news after that.

Lu Meng didn't care before, thinking that Dong Xi was secretly plundering people again.

After all, it was very common during the expedition to Shanyue. The people in Jiangdong favored the Shanyue slaves and did not hesitate to pay a lot of money. Lu Meng thought that Dong Xi had returned to his old career.

Now that he saw this news and recalled that Linyuan was only a few dozen miles away from Hanshou, Lu Meng guessed that Dong Xi had probably kicked the iron plate.

In the early morning of the next day, Sun Quan's order was sent, forcing Lü Meng to conquer Jiangling, and said that he would personally guard Jianye, so that Lü Meng did not need to worry.

After receiving Sun Quan's handwritten letter, Lu Meng immediately kowtowed heavily to the east, and then swore with tears that he would capture Jiangling.

As Lu Meng made up his mind, the Wu army near Gong'an County began to recover and divided into three:

First, he directed a naval force to return to Jiangdong, and together with yesterday's 20,000 troops to rescue Sun Hou, although he said not to rescue, Lu Meng was very sensible. Which orders in the warrant needed to be executed meticulously, and which ones needed to be thought about. The weighing is very clear.

Then another 10,000 soldiers and horses were assigned to be led by Pan Zhang, and together with Han Dang stationed in Yunmengze, they attacked Hanshou. It was necessary to find out the reality of this barbarian army.

The remaining troops wanted to fight to the death with him outside Jiangling, and Lü Meng also had initial ideas about how to destroy the city.

The secret letter sent by Jiangling was actually quite simple. It just said that Jiang Wan, the governor of Jiangling, once joked that the west of Jiangling is as solid as iron and the east is as brittle as bamboo.

Pan Jun suggested that if you want to capture Jiangling, you might as well consider this aspect, and said that there are twenty dead soldiers in the palace, who can help the general to seize the city gate at a critical moment.

Lu Meng did not expect to cooperate with a leftover man, but what he said about attacking the city from other locations in Jiangling made sense.

In Jiangling City, the sound of silk and bamboo in General Zhenwei's mansion is still there, and Jiang Wan is still accompanied by his old friend Zhou Qun.

The arrest of Pan Jun and others was not big, but it was not a secret to Zhou Qun, so when chatting with Jiang Wan, he asked directly:

"According to someone's knowledge, Han Shou does have a Wuling barbarian army. Doesn't Gongyan's plan put this barbarian army in an embarrassing situation?"

Jiang Wan said indifferently:

"A secret letter that is completely false is not enough to be trusted, and a secret letter that is completely true has no place to be trusted. The truth and falsehood should be used to convince people."

"As for the Wuling Man..."

Jiang Wan also sounded a little apologetic:

"If you have lived in Wuling for a long time, you can detect the movements of Jiangdong's army. If you only need to escape into the mountains, what can Jiangdong do?"

Zhou Qun nodded slowly. He was from Langzhong. When he was in Yizhou, he had also heard about the Nanzhong barbarians and the conquest of Yizhou. The mountain barbarians could often take advantage of the land, so there was no need to worry.

However, Zhou Qun is inevitably curious:

"So, Gong Yan is putting his hope of relieving the siege in the north?"

Jiang Wan was silent for a moment and then asked something unexpected:

"By now Duke Xuande should have entered Chang'an. I really want to see him with my own eyes."

Zhou Qun was stunned. He didn't expect Jiang Wan to have such great confidence in Xuande Gong.

However, Governor Jiang did not want to talk any more. After drinking the cold tea, he stood up and said:

"Next, Lu Meng will probably try his best."

Jiang Wan pondered for a moment, and wanted to tell Zhou Qun to stay at Liu Zhang's house and study hard and not go out, but the words suddenly turned into a question:

"Zhongzhi, I heard from General Zhenwei that your fortune-telling skills are as good as those of Chang Yu?"

Zhou Qun couldn't answer these words for a while. After all, he had watched General Zhenwei cut off Chang Yu's head with his own eyes.

After struggling for a while, Zhou Qun said vaguely: "I just read some books obsessively."

Jiang Wan didn't care, turned to look at Zhou Qun and said:

"A certain person is not a short-lived person. He will be extremely valuable in the future."

Zhou Qun was dumbfounded, staring at Jiang Wan's graceful appearance, and finally nodded and said:

"The prefect has the sign of longevity, and he is truly noble."

Jiang Wan had a smile on his face, nodded towards Zhou Qun and said:

"The war will be fierce next. If Zhong Zhi is fine, there is no need to leave the house."

After saying that, Jiang Wan left with a big smile, his steps moving like tigers and tigers, but Zhou Qun actually laughed and shook his head.

In order to attack Jiangling, Lu Meng planned to attack Jiangling at any cost, and he did so.

Lü Meng was inspired by Jingzhou Navy's forceful defeat of Jiangxia, so at noon, the defenders at the north gate of Jiangling made a loud noise:

"Fire ship! There is a fire ship!"

After being notified, Jiang Wan quickly boarded the north gate.

The defensive strength of Jiangling's four sides is uneven. Since the west side has land for easy siege, the defensive force of the west wall is also the strongest and is full of crossbows.

The other three city walls are much inferior, because there is no land and the city walls are directly adjacent to the river, not even a foothold for the attacking party.

The most special thing is the north. There is a water gate in the north of Jiangling City, which usually allows boats to sail directly into the city for trade.

What Jiang Wan saw was two warships burning with small flames heading towards the city gate on the water to the north.

The boat was not strong, and it quickly fell apart after hitting the solid city gate. The contents of the warship also flowed out directly along the cracks in the ship.

"Fire oil!" Many soldiers looked a little lucky: "Fortunately, there are only two warships."

But the soldier who said this quickly wanted to give himself a big mouth.

From their position, they could clearly see that after the two fireships collided to pieces and ignited fire all over the sky, the Jiangdong Army on the northern shore burst into cheers.

Then three warships sailed out, and their goal was still undisguised, and they wanted to continue to hit the city gate.

Jiang Wan's face also became serious. If it were in the north, kerosene would still be a treasure, but Jingzhou, Yizhou, and Jiangdong were all rich in it.

If Lu Meng had put all his heart into it, it was hard to say how many ships of kerosene he could have mobilized.

The soldiers immediately burst into a buzzing sound, and some urged the crossbowmen to use the giant crossbow to sink the fire ship, but they only got a helpless answer:

"We tried it just now, and the crossbow arrows either got stuck in the hull or shot through directly. It will take a while to sink it."

Jiang Wan frowned, shook his head and said:

"Send a batch of ignited fire arrows to try."

The confidant was ordered to go down the city quickly, and then the runner went to execute Jiang Wan's order.

Soon several special crossbow arrows were brought up, and the crossbowmen swallowed their saliva, watching the crossbow arrows being loaded on the crossbow machine, and then they heard the governor's order:

"Aim."

"Ignite."

"Shoot."

The hollow crossbow arrow shaft was also filled with kerosene, and the smoldering hemp rope in it was ignited before shooting. When it hits, it explodes and ignites the kerosene. The principle is not complicated.

Jiang Wan watched as a crossbow arrow made a great success, setting a fireboat ablaze. It stopped moving before hitting the city wall. It was obviously burning too fast, and the soldiers had jumped off the boat to save their lives.

Shaking his head, Jiang Wan no longer had hope for crossbow arrows to set fireboats ablaze. He just tried his best to tell the crossbowmen to do their best, and if they had spare energy, they could just shoot the soldiers who jumped off the boat.

Jiang Wan himself led the soldiers to transport soil to the north gate to put out the fire.

In the following days, Jiang Wan also saw the financial resources of Jiangdong. One after another, ships filled with kerosene hit the north gate directly, and the kerosene floating on the water burned the city gate.

The inner river leading to Jiangling had been blocked and filled by Jiang Wan and Zhou Qun to prevent the kerosene from drifting into the inner city and causing greater riots.

After burning for several days, the entire North Gate garrison, including Jiang Wan, felt a little shabby.

These boats seemed to be just a drop in the bucket for Jiangdong.

After the small boats were used up, Jiang Wan saw the iron chain boats.

Middle-sized ships such as warships were connected with iron chains, one ship locked with another to form a large and long fleet, and then they came down from the upstream together.

There were so many ships that they temporarily locked the river surface, and Lu Meng obviously wanted this effect.

The redundant buildings on these warships had been dismantled and turned into a plank boat style. After connecting to each other, Jiang Wan thought of something very familiar: a floating bridge.

It's just that the scale of this floating bridge is too grand now.

But with the help of dozens of ships' kerosene and hundreds of warships linked by iron chains, the Jiangdong army also arrived at the foot of Jiangling City in a real sense.

A crazy smile appeared on Lu Meng's face: Jiangling belongs to Jiangdong!