Chapter 167

Flee overseas

AD 201, the first year of the Han calendar, winter...

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Winter has just entered at this time, but it is not particularly cold on both sides of the Yangtze River, especially there will be no heavy snowfall, so the impact on the war is not as great as in the north.

At the same time that Liu Xuan ordered the final attack on Jiangdong, Xu Shu had also set off for Yizhou, and Liu Xuan's plan began to be accelerated.

And on this day, he himself stood on a battleship, watching his army rampage across the wide river towards the Jiangdong Army water stronghold on the opposite side.

"strangeness!"

Along with Liu Xuan, there were all the civil servants and military generals who went south this time, including Dian Wei, Xu Chu, and Qin Yilu, the generals of the Tiger Guard.

Their presence makes the surrounding ships very nervous. If the enemy rushes onto this ship, it will be a big sin - but the actual situation is that if anyone runs to where Liu Xuan and the others are without opening their eyes,

On this warship, you are simply throwing yourself into a trap.

The one who made the noise at this time was Guo Jia, who was accompanying him. After looking at it for a while, the current Minister of War found that the behavior of the Jiangdong Navy was very strange: "The resistance of the Jiangdong Army does not seem to be that determined!"

Not far ahead, the fleet led by Lu Bu completely ignored all kinds of harassment and attacks from the Jiangdong navy and rushed towards the water stronghold on the other side with determination.

It's nothing so far, but what happens next is incomprehensible.

After the Jiangdong navy saw that their harassment had no effect and that instead they were sunk by the opponent's strange weapons, several warships were sunk. At the same time, the close combat was completely suicidal. They actually slightly adjusted their formation and fled downstream.

, he has a completely indifferent attitude towards Shuizhai.

Not to mention Guo Jia noticed something was wrong, even Diao Chan, who didn't know anything about military affairs, noticed something strange.

"Why did you run away without fighting?"

In the confrontation just now, although Jiangdong Army lost several warships, their actual loss of combat power was not large, especially the largest warships did not participate in the battle at all, and the losses were all small ships.

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Even if it was a close battle, they were just a group of ordinary sailors, and no generals were seen - the two sides always maintained communication, and Liu Xuan never heard the news about the execution of a certain general.

"There are many military generals in Jiangdong. Ding Feng, Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, Ling Cao, etc. are all considered heroes of the moment. Why are none of them seen in this battle?"

If it is someone like Chen Wu, it is not surprising that he has not seen it. Sun Ce's life and death are unknown now, and the imperial army has shown such a strong performance. Those who come from the Jiangdong clan will inevitably appear to be very wavering.

Historically, when the Sun family was in power, it was not without these considerations that they did not use the descendants of these big families to control the army. Especially the military commanders they used in the beginning were loyal and had no rich family background.

The few people Liu Xuan thought of just now are such people.

Jia Xu also came with the army this time. He thought of something at this time, but with his character, if no one asked him, he would definitely keep the words in his stomach and never say it for the rest of his life.

But Liu Xuan noticed it, and he couldn't even think about it.

"What do Wen He think?"

"The Sun family seems to have given up!"

Jia Xu's guess surprised everyone, but most people felt that it seemed a bit unreasonable. If the Sun family gave up for a while and allowed the imperial army to cross the river, then there would be no barrier to the east of the river. What would they do to continue the war?

Confrontation with the imperial court? Could it be that he wants to surrender?

It’s no wonder these people couldn’t figure it out, because they didn’t know that Yu Ji and Liu Xuan had reached an agreement, and Liu Xuan passed on some ‘knowledge’ that didn’t belong to this era to the Sun family through Yu Ji.

With that map, the Sun family has one more choice. Although this road is not that easy, under the current circumstances, it is better to retain enough strength and build a new foundation overseas than to wait here in Jiangdong.

It would be better if he died and was exterminated by the imperial court.

At least, if they develop well overseas, they still have hope of counterattacking, but if they insist on holding on, there seems to be no other choice but a dead end.

Liu Xuan couldn't help but look at Jia Xu a few more times. This guy was indeed the top counselor in the Three Kingdoms. Even if he didn't have enough information, he could still deduce the truth from some clues.

When Jia Xu gets the support of the entire Han intelligence agency in the future, how far can he go? If nothing else, he may be able to play a considerable role in building a defense system to prevent the "empire" from attacking.

However, if Jia Xu wants to achieve that step, he needs to "understand more things". At present, it is far from enough.

Stepping to the bow of the ship, Liu Xuan took a look at the warship.

The square hull and flat bottom structure looked quite impressive, but in fact a ship like this was not what Liu Xuan wanted at all.

Even Huang Yueying doesn't like this ship. It's just that the ships developed by the imperial court are still in the exploratory stage. They haven't even built a test ship, so they can only deal with it first - as long as it can carry people.

As for the current research work of the imperial court, there is no need to rush to popularize the ships currently being studied. They can continue to research, upgrade, and update until they can build a ship that satisfies Liu Xuan, and then proceed to large-scale manufacturing.

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Just as he was thinking wildly, Xu Chu next to him suddenly spoke: "Your Majesty, General Lu's troops have already rushed into the Jiangdong Army's water stronghold!"

When he raised his head, he saw densely packed warships heading towards Jiangdong Army from the entrances of various water villages.

Shuiying rushed in, but in fact Liu Xuan no longer had any interest in this battle.

"That water village is 80% empty!"

The fact is just as Liu Xuan guessed. When Lu Bu stepped into the water camp with a painted halberd, he jumped up and down looking at Shuiying, who had no popularity at all: "You have no courage!"

After cursing a few words and venting his frustration, Lu Bu directly arranged the next move.

Anyway, occupying the water camp is a must. Regardless of whether it is an empty camp or not, the first thing to do is to check if there is anything fishy in the water camp. If you live here, Jiangdong Army will come to attack you with fire or something.

His soldiers and horses were burned to pieces, a crime he could not afford.

"Go, give me a thorough inspection of the camp, and send out the detective horses to detect everything within fifty miles of the water camp. Don't miss the slightest abnormality!"

The generals took the order and left, while Lu Bu patrolled the camp on his own and reported all the situation to the emperor.

After Liu Xuan learned the news, he could almost conclude that there must be something strange in the water camp. However, it was better for Lu Bu to handle these matters by himself. He could not rely on himself for everything.

The realm of the Han Dynasty is not that big yet, and he can still cope with it. He can't follow him when he conquers various galaxies in the future, right?

"Anyway, even if we are ambushed, we will still lose some soldiers, horses and ordnance, but we won't be injured at all!"

As for himself? Liu Xuan had no interest in putting himself in piles of fire and then escaping in a panic like smoked black charcoal.

But after that night, Liu Xuan found that Lu Bu did better than he expected.

Of course, it is also possible that the generals led by Lu Bu are of excellent quality. The pre-placed fire starters in the camp were cleared out in almost half a day, and the people who were originally lying in ambush nearby wanted to carry out a sneak attack and ignite the fire at night.

Jiangdong soldiers were also captured one by one by Tan Ma.

Even though this group of people dug a hole and buried themselves, they were still caught by these sharp-sighted guys, leaving them puzzled as to how they were exposed.

Of course they don't know that the disguise they think is perfect is nothing more than a child's play in front of these detective horses who have received 'special' guidance.

In particular, this group of detective horses are all elite soldiers of various armies. In other words, with the expansion of the Forbidden Army in recent years and the main elite regiments have not changed, appropriate elimination and replacement have resulted in some elite soldiers that no longer meet the standards.

He was eliminated from the ordinary imperial army.

But even those who have been eliminated are still the best among the elite in the Forbidden Army. These people's vision and strength far exceed that of ordinary Forbidden Army soldiers, and the Jiangdong soldiers are not even as good as ordinary soldiers of the Forbidden Army, let alone these people.

Catching these people, even if a few of them slip through the net, will be difficult to achieve. Even if they have to light a fire, it will have no effect other than sending themselves to the Forbidden Army - Lu Bu has already arranged it

With fire prevention measures in place, even if a fire breaks out somewhere, it can be extinguished in the shortest time.

Under such precautions, Zhou Yu failed to deliver the final gift he wanted to give to the imperial army.

"Alas! Let's go, there is no place for us and others in Jiangdong anymore!"

Standing in the distance and looking in the direction of Red Cliff, no fire was seen rising until sunrise. Zhou Yu knew that all his arrangements were in vain.

There was also a young man standing next to him. His green eyes made him look very special. He was standing there, stroking the ancient ingot knife that Zhou Yu had brought back with him. This knife did not fall into the hands of the imperial court. Zhou Yu

When he ran away, he took the sword with him - the sword that his father had used had come into his hands after his brother had used it for a while.

"Are you just leaving like this?"

Sun Quan was still a little unwilling, but Yu Ji and Zhou Yu both told him clearly: At present, they do not have enough strength to confront the imperial army head-on. Instead of fighting to the death and ending up with certain death, it is better to give in temporarily, then work hard to become stronger, and finally pursue

Counterattack.

Sun Quan also understands this truth, and he also understands one thing: as long as he nods, then the Sun family will be in charge of himself in the future. Even if his brother's son Sun Shao grows up, it will not threaten his status. If Zhou Yu shakes his head, Zhou Yu is likely to

He took Sun Shao and most of the people loyal to Sun Ce and left directly.

"Can you buy time by staying abroad?"

Sun Quan looked at Yu Ji, but Yu Ji did not answer. Instead, Zhou Yu answered: "The sea is vast and dangerous and is a hundred times more dangerous than the Yangtze River. With the sea blocking it, even the imperial court is helpless..."

"Since the sea is so dangerous, can we get through it smoothly?"

This time it was Yu Ji who answered: "Maybe it's not realistic for everyone to arrive safely, but I can ensure that all important people are safe and sound..."

With this guarantee, Sun Quan no longer hesitated and nodded directly: "In that case, let's set off!"

p.s: The second volume is almost over. I will start the third volume after gathering my thoughts... The time flow of the third volume will be much faster. I will not write it year after year like this. After all, a group of old people will never die.

There is no difference between years and three or five days.
Chapter completed!