"Why are you so alarmed?" Lu Meng scolded angrily.

The guard clasped his fists and replied: "Reporting to the Governor, the scouts have just arrived to report that hundreds of warships have appeared in Yangshui, which is only thirty miles away."

Lu Meng turned around and looked at Gu Li: "Could it be Gong Yi's reinforcements?"

"Gong Yi's mission is to block the Han River. Guan Yu's navy is quite large. He still has the energy to help the governor?" Gu Li frowned.

"Do you know whose reinforcements it is?" Lu Meng asked.

The guard lowered his head and replied: "Well... there is a flag with the word "Gan" hanging on the ship..."

"Gan Ning?" Lu Meng and Gu Li were surprised at the same time.

Lu Meng held back the pain in his left palm and turned over to stand up: "Call the entire army to assemble immediately and prepare to fight Gan Ning in Yangshui."

"Then Jiangling is about to be captured..." Gu Li hesitated.

"Let Xiang Xun breathe for a few days. Gan Ning only has a hundred warships. Let's swallow up such a small force first, otherwise it will be inappropriate to let this man go ashore." Lu Meng was still frightened by Gan Ning's hundreds of cavalry hijacking the camp, and then continued to the guards.

Instructions: "Send more detective horses to learn about Gan Ning's whereabouts, and bring the news back to me continuously."

"Wei." The guard clasped his fists and left.

It was not because of the pain that Lü Meng affected his judgment. In fact, a siege battle in Jiangdong was not as good as a water battle, and it was a situation where the troops and warships were superior.

Lu Meng didn't know why Jiang Qin put Gan Ning into Yangshui. He guessed that it was because Gan Ning was defeated in the battle of Hanshui River and was now fleeing for his life with the remaining soldiers in the direction of Jiangling. He naturally wanted to seize this missed opportunity.

Gan Ning's land strength was very strong, and Lu Meng did not have the courage to send him to Jiangling to join him.

Yangshui is an artificially dug canal river. It starts from the east of Jiangling in the west to the Yangkou southeast of Jingling. This channel successfully connects the Yangtze River and the Han River and is the main water channel between Xiangyang and Jiangling.

The excavation of the Yangshui Canal shortened the water distance between Xiangyang and Jiangling, avoided diversion from Jiangxia in the southeast, and saved several days of transportation time.

Lü Meng left Gu Li and three thousand troops to guard the Jiangling camp, and he personally led the main force from Jiangdong to board the ships to attack Gan Ning.

While Lü Meng was in coma, Gu Li secretly investigated the cause of Han Dang's death, and finally discovered that Fu Shiren had himself to blame, leaving Lü Meng's prestige unaffected.

Two hours later, Lü Meng led Jiangling's entire main force, a total of more than 10,000 soldiers, and encountered Gan Ning's fleet on Yangshui River.

Gan Ning defeated Jiang Qin at a great cost, leaving less than 4,000 men in Jingzhou's 10,000-strong naval force. He left a thousand men with the transport team to show off at the front, and rushed to Jiangling's aid with the remaining naval forces. He knew that once there was a threat to Jiangling,

If it is lost, the troops on the front line will definitely be demoralized.

At this time, Gan Ning was not as panicked as Jiang Qin, because not long after he formed his army and entered Yangshui, he encountered Gao Shun's scouts. When he learned that Lan Tian had arrived in Dongting, the big stone in his chest fell instantly. He thought

As long as Mr. Lu can defeat Lu Xun, the rest of these Jiangdong rats will probably be doomed.

"I didn't expect that the Jinfan thief has reached the end of his rope. I think you are good at martial arts, so why not just switch to Jiangdong. I am willing to help you bear all the grudges and grudges you have had in the past."

Lu Meng stood proudly on the bow of the ship, recalling those 'unforgettable' memories. He felt a little secretly happy at this moment, thinking that the Jinfan Thief would also be like this?

Gan Ning caught a glimpse of Lu Meng's left hand wrapped in white cloth and asked meaningfully: "The governor's hand is injured? Isn't it difficult to climb the city wall of Jiangling? It's hard to say who will end up in despair."

Lu Meng blushed when he heard this, secretly put his left hand behind his back, and asked coldly: "Thief, you are still so arrogant when you are about to die. All the soldiers in Jingzhou are as tough-talking as you, but they are all ignorant of current affairs. Guan Yu is not dead yet."

Bar?"

"General Guan, a god-like figure, will naturally live a good life. Lu Shoucan, you should think more about your situation." Gan Ning teased loudly.

Gan Ning Jinfan was a thief, and he was good at giving people nicknames. Using a mutilated body as a nickname was insulting. After hearing this, Lu Meng became furious. He yelled hysterically: "You're a bad man. I have the kindness to persuade you to surrender. You

But you are seeking death, and Yang Shui will be your burial place."

"I'm so scared." Gan Ning teased expressionlessly.

"Beasts, fire a volley of arrows at me." Lu Meng ordered angrily.

"Pick up your shield." Gan Ning responded calmly.

Water battles are different from land battles. You can't get to the point quickly with fists. You need to use long-range weapons to suppress them first, and finally board the enemy ship to kill the enemy and capture the flag.

The number and strength of Jiangdong's warships were four times that of Gan Ning's. However, because Yangshui was manually dug and the width was limited, only twenty warships could be deployed side by side. Therefore, the attack surface was relatively narrow. The advantage of more ships and more soldiers was

becomes less obvious.

Lü Meng's warships had abundant arrow reserves. They set out from Jiangxia without going through a water battle, and they could not take advantage of upward shooting during the siege. Jiangdong soldiers were finally able to shoot at will.

Arrows were flying like locusts from west to east. Compared with the wealthy Jiangdong soldiers, Gan Ning's arrows were stretched thin. He had no choice but to defend passively, and could only let the sailors keep the distance between the ships. If that was not possible, he could only fight and walk.

His current goal is not to defeat Lu Meng, but to buy as much time as possible for Lan Tian.

Lu Meng saw Gan Ning being suppressed by the rain of arrows, so he ordered the battleship to advance forward. He wanted to quickly deal with this tail, so he had to quickly return to the Jiangling battlefield to continue the siege.

Gan Ning was prepared to fight and move away. Lu Meng led the warship to bite the opponent. The two sides fought in a stalemate on the Yangshui River, sometimes stopping the ship to shoot with bows and arrows, and sometimes chasing each other.

Gan Ning's behavior was like "green tea" and he wanted to refuse but still welcomed him, and he always behaved indifferently, which made Lu Meng scratch his head and heart.

The two sides fought for a long time. Seeing that the sky was getting darker, Lu Meng had the intention of retreating back to Jiangling. He had just ordered the fleet to turn around, but Gan Ning chased him back like a "licking dog", so he continued to fight until nightfall.

The sky was cloudy and foggy at night, and there was darkness on the ground and in the water. The fleets on both sides left a safe distance to rest, but the surveillance patrol boats stayed up all night. The two fleets continued to fight in the early morning of the next day. They just stopped and went, fighting intermittently.

, walked for three days on Yangshui River for more than 200 miles.

In order to hold back Lu Meng, Gan Ning kept cutting off the tail of the warship to survive and used the warship as bait. In three days, nearly half of his warship was damaged. But the closer he got to the mouth of the Han River, the more Lu Meng felt that something was wrong. Why?

At this point, Jiang Qin still won’t come?

Lü Meng had just captured a wounded prisoner of war, so he asked his personal followers to torture Gan Ning about his intentions. The prisoner could not withstand the torture and finally revealed all the information he knew. After hearing this, Lü Meng almost dropped his jaw.

It turned out that Jiang Qin's troops had been defeated by Gan Ning, and the cunning Lantian should have come out of Dongting to cut off his retreat. After hearing this, Lu Meng was sweating all over his body, and the wound on his left palm was invaded by sweat. It hurt so much that Lu Meng clenched his teeth.

Tight.

The four armies of Jiangdong were defeated in this way. Lu Meng doubted that Lu Xun might not be able to stop Lan Tian. He felt that he could not be led by Gan Ning.
Chapter completed!