Chapter 360 Carrot Meeting

Sun Quan had been exchanging letters with Lu Meng, and he was well aware of the war situation in Jingnan.

Jingnan's progress is in an orderly manner, and the blueprint for demarcating the river and governing it outlined for him by Lu Meng and Lu Yi is slowly becoming a reality step by step.

Although Jiangling is difficult to attack, once Jingnan is completely destroyed, Jiangdong will have enough capital to carry out a long confrontation.

If Jiangling can hold on for one month, can it hold on for half a year? Can you hold on for a year?

When Jiangling is defeated, the power of crossing the river will take hold, and Jiangdong can sit back and relax.

Under such circumstances, Sun Quan could not restrain his complacency in the end, so he invited guests to the high platform and filled the wine bar with wine to entertain relatives and friends.

The smoke curled up from the stove, and I felt slightly tipsy.

A chamberlain hurried in, approached the Lord of Jiangdong and whispered a few words.

A few words are like a basin of cold water, dispelling all the charming thoughts that arise after the drunkenness rises.

"Impossible!" Sun Quan's first reaction was this, but then he stopped speaking, waved his hand behind him and turned into the back hall.

The sudden disappearance of the host of the party did not cause any disturbance.

After entering the back hall, Lu Yi saw that Sun Quan had taken off a sword from the wall.

Lu Yi remembered that the original owner of this sword was Sun Jian, the Polu general. Although it was not a sword, it had witnessed the rise of the Sun family in Jiangdong, so it was of great significance.

It's just that this sword has been hung up since Jiangxia was defeated, and it was not taken down even during the expedition to Hefei last year. Now...

"The chamberlain said that a naval force was coming, with the words "Liu Guan" on the ship, and a warship that was extremely large, like a treasure ship."

The treasure ship is Sun Quan's naval vehicle. It has a huge hull and is expensive to build.

But because the hull was too large, it traveled slowly. Sun Quan basically used it as a palace on the water, but he didn't expect Liu Bei...

A look of surprise flashed across Lu Yi's face, but he understood in an instant:

"There must be something wrong in Jiangxia. The navy crossed the border and attacked Jianye directly to break the siege of Jingnan."

Sun Quan nodded and began to put on his armor. Lu Yi also hurriedly stepped forward to help.

While changing clothes, Sun Quan analyzed methodically:

"Bo Yan is right. If this navy appears so quietly, it must be avoiding Zi Ming and not fighting."

"I want to use a sudden attack to disrupt the enemy's position."

Sun Quan also made up his mind:

"Bo Yan quickly prepared a letter with my seal, and sent his trusted followers to circumambulate Baidu Mountain to avoid the traitors and the navy to deliver it to Ziming."

Lu Yi nodded, and even drew a piece of paper. While studying the ink, he looked at Sun Quan, his eyes asking what he wanted to write.

"Instruct Lu Ziming to step up the attack. Don't worry about Jianye." Sun Quan sneered.

The navy's intentions were too straightforward, and Sun Quan thought it was just a desperate move.

The more eager they are, the more it shows that Jiangdong has a huge advantage in Jingzhou!

At this time, Sun Quan, who was only in his early thirties, also became angry. There was a reason for the failure of Hefei. Do you really think that he is an incompetent person who can come up to rub the tiger's beard?

Lu Yi was stunned for a moment, but in the end he didn't say anything. He bowed his head and finished writing, stamped Sun Quan's seal on it, and then hurried out to find a capable messenger.

Sun Quan, who had finished dressing up, returned to the venue. This outfit finally woke up a group of people who were drunk and staggering. Some people had already smelled an unusual smell.

There was a clever man who seemed to think that Marquis Sun was going to play a new trick. He came over with a smile and was about to make fun of him, but Sun Quan kicked him to the ground mercilessly.

So the banquet finally sobered up.

"The thieves in the Navy are doing dangerous things in order to intimidate Jianye and make the frontline troops withdraw."

While saying this, Sun Quan slowly drew out his sword.

This was not a sword, and the sound of unsheathing it was hoarse and unpleasant, making the young heroes present involuntarily hold their breath and concentrate.

"I believe that this battle is related to the survival of Jiangdong's foundation, and the army in Jingnan cannot retreat even half a step!"

Those who saw the wind and moved faster were already nodding frequently, but they didn't know whether they agreed with Sun Quan's words or the sword's edge, or with the soldiers who were everywhere around the banquet.

Sun Quan held the sword that once belonged to his father and brother, pointed the tip of the sword diagonally at the ground, and spoke in a slow but extremely firm voice:

"Now that Jianye is in danger, we have the responsibility to defend the city."

"Please come to the city with me and live and die with Jianye."

Lu Yi, who had arranged things properly, came back and saw this scene.

Although Lu Yi understood from the bottom of his heart that Marquis Sun wanted to avoid doing anything wrong while defending the city, Lu Yi was not happy with such drastic measures.

But after a few slanders in his heart, Lu Yi was able to understand the situation quite clearly and stood silently behind Marquis Sun without saying a word.

Things were progressing quite smoothly. Although several young talents were weakened by drinking, they still "firmly" climbed the city wall with the help of the soldiers, vowing to live and die with Jianye.

The leader, Sun Quan, hid behind the thickest parapet, looking at the extremely conspicuous silver bells and brocade sails in front of the huge ship. He felt angry, but his face became calmer.

Under Gan Gui's order, Jingzhou Navy approached the dock in an orderly manner, and then crossed over one by one.

The sight of the ships made all the young leaders in Jiangdong widen their eyes.

Living in Jiangdong, they are certainly no strangers to warships, but this is the first time they have seen this kind of crossbow moved to a warship.

It’s just that these young people who have lived in Jiangdong for a long time don’t quite understand:

This crossbow is so huge and placed next to the side of the ship. How to deal with the jumping gang?

But this doubt soon disappeared.

As Gan Gui gave the order, there was a "squeak, squeak" sound of air vibration, and then everyone felt the city wall under their feet trembling slightly.

A thin parapet had been shot through, and several crossbow arrows were more than halfway into the wall, with the tails of the arrows exposed outside and still trembling slightly.

Several giant crossbow arrows shot through the city gate tower higher than the city wall, a corner of the eaves was shot and exploded, and several large holes were left in the middle.

The powerful crossbows were so powerful that the talented people in Jiangdong immediately bowed their bodies and wished they could dig a hole in the city wall to get in.

But Gan Gui also complained fiercely:

"This place is in the heart of Jiangdong, and Sun Hou built such a strong city. Who is he defending against?"

Then Gan Gui did not hesitate and ordered the ships to agree on the order and use continuous shooting tactics.

And he ordered the crossbows to shoot at the top of the city wall as much as possible.

After the Battle of Jingxiang, Guan Yu summarized several ways to use the giant crossbow. The most typical one was to shoot at the walls indiscriminately to break the enemy's heart and courage when breaking Fancheng, and then climb up to break the enemy city.

But Gan Gui felt that in terms of bravery, his father was a little behind the majestic General Guan.

So General Guan thought this method was stable, but Gan Gui realized more steadily that this method was not suitable for him.

Therefore, Gan Gui's goal was simpler: shoot the women's wall to make those guards have nowhere to hide.

The accuracy of the giant crossbow was not easy to control, but with an afternoon of persistent shooting, most of the women's wall on the top of Jianye City had collapsed.

Jiangdong's talents were lying on their hands and feet on the ground trying to stay away from the city wall, but Sun Quan showed a very calm demeanor and lay down beside a collapsed women's wall for a whole afternoon to watch intently.

First of all, he was most sure that the navy's tactics were probably completely different from before.

Although the crossbow arrows have limited damage to warships, they are devastating to small boats.

As the owner of a giant boat, Sun Quan understands that a huge boat can have advantages against a small boat.

The Jingzhou navy can use a secret method to drive the giant boat quickly, which makes up for the biggest shortcoming of the giant boat.

Moreover... except for the initial burst of shooting, the giant boat has no movement. Such a calm situation makes Sun Quan feel cold, as if the other party is planning something bad.

As the night began to slowly cover the river mouth, Sun Quan also took some simple food handed over by Lu Yi, but before he could put it into his mouth, he saw that the giant boat began to move.

Gan Gui carefully ordered the soldiers to adjust the direction of the boat, let the bow face the direction of Jianye, and then slowly approached step by step.

It was not until the soldiers who jumped down to confirm the depth of the river warned that the bow of the boat was at risk of hitting the bottom that they stopped. At this time, the bow of the boat was less than 300 steps away from the city wall.

At the bow is a brand new gadget installed on the giant ship.

It is still a giant crossbow, but it is slightly different from the regular giant crossbows on the ship. There are more iron parts and the crossbow body has also changed a lot.

But it is these modifications that allow the special crossbow arrows to be placed on it.

This is a crossbow arrow that is almost purely made of iron and is very heavy. There is a cold and shining barb at the front end and a thick and tough rope connected to the tail.

Under the aiming of several crossbow veterans, this giant crossbow was carefully turned and then aimed at the gate of Jianye.

Although the distance of 300 steps is very close, because the crossbow arrows are all new and there is a rope towing behind, several soldiers still missed twice.

Until the third time, after holding their breath and concentrating, a crisp sound of "喥" was heard on the ship.

Gan Gui was overjoyed. He didn't need to tell him what to do next. The anchor rope at the stern was slowly tightened to fix the position of the ship. Zhao A and others in the cabin worked together again to pedal the wheel. The round cart at the stern slowly turned and began to recycle the rope wrapped around the round cart. The rope passed through the fixing device of the mid-mast, came to the bow, passed the new crossbow, and finally connected to the gate of Jianye.

The axle slowly turned, and as the rope tightened, the tightly closed gate of Jianye soon creaked under the heavy load.

Gan Gui laughed loudly. There's a play!

This new fake thing was originally just for dealing with surface battles, shooting at enemy warships, and then speeding up. The main purpose was to hit the enemy with an unavoidable hit.

It was Gan Gui's sudden idea to use it to hook the city gate, but now it seems that the effect is unexpectedly good.

This scene was too conspicuous, and it made Sun Quan sweat a little for a while.

The disastrous defeat under Hefei City occasionally appeared in his dreams.

As an eyewitness, Sun Quan may understand better than anyone how he lost miserably and how Zhang Liao won a great victory.

Opening "The Art of War" and "Six Strategies", you can find clues about the victory and defeat of Hefei.

But the scene in front of him is completely different. Sun Quan has tried his best to understand the navy in front of him, but these actions cannot change the current situation on the field, and the city gate is still in danger.

For a while, Sun Quan was a little regretful. If he had put aside his grudges and talked to Liu Bei in detail after the defeat in Hefei last year, maybe the navy of Jiangdong would be able to do the same?

Sun Quan could even see that the rope crossbow on the ship was not used for siege. After pulling for a while, the iron crossbow arrow fell off.

But now Jianye is almost in a state of unilateral attack, and this fall will not cause any impact.

And sure enough, soon the water soldiers on the giant boat pulled the rope to retract the crossbow arrows and then shot them again.

Sun Quan suddenly wanted to scold his mother, but in the end he restrained the urge. He looked at the buttocks sticking out on the city wall, shook his head and walked down. Now that the city gate was broken, he wanted to To defend his Jiangdong.

Sun Quan took the lead to go down to the city, which made these heroes feel like they had been granted amnesty. For a moment, they all wanted to escape from the top of the hell-like city wall. Sun Quan was even knocked around and staggered.

The loud bang coming from the city gate below and the panicked and confused shouts of the soldiers made Sun Quan too lazy to care about it.

With the addition of Sun Quan, the area near the city gate quickly stabilized, and Sun Quan also caught a glimpse of the leader of the navy.

Too young, this was Sun Quan's evaluation. For a moment, he felt a little love for talent in his heart, but when he looked at the old soldiers beside the young coach, why did he seem familiar?

But soon, this thought was thrown out of the window by Sun Quan, because Gangui Dalala made a very sincere suggestion:

"Marquis Sun, do you want to surrender?"

Sun Quan was almost furious. He pointed his sword at Gan Gui and said word by word:

"The only good son of the Sun family who died in battle!"

A clear disappointment appeared on Gan Gui's face, but it quickly disappeared and she changed to another sentence:

"Why don't you see General Gan under the command of Marquis Sun?"

After hearing these three words and thinking of the Jinfan and Silver Bell, Sun Quan suddenly understood the vague feeling of familiarity just now:

"Son of Gan Ning? Gan Gui?"

Gan Gui didn't think it was a surprise. After all, his father had no foundation in Jiangdong and had never been within the scope of Sun Hou's wooing. Naturally, there would be even less attention to people like him.

It can even be said that Gan Gui was surprised that Sun Hou still remembered his name.

Seeing Gan Gui nodding in confirmation, Sun Quan laughed angrily:

"Gan Xingba fled privately, but you asked me?"

Gan Gui and his soldiers immediately looked at each other, and then the old soldiers burst into loud admiration:

"As expected of General Lao Gan!"

This made Gan Gui's worries completely let go. In fact, although he kept saying that he was powerful, Gan Gui was also afraid that Sun Quan would tear his face and use his father as a hostage, which would be tricky.

After her doubts were dispelled, Gan Gui looked at the group of Jiangdong talents behind Sun Quan with a playful expression.

Once upon a time, he also wanted to be among them, but now looking back, he just finds it ridiculous. He shook his head and said:

"Marquis Sun, today's greeting should be regarded as repaying my father's kindness in the past. Tomorrow I will come again to attack the city."

Sun Quan stood there and watched Gan Gui retreat, with a feeling of sadness that only he knew in his heart.

Although Gan Gui said he would come back tomorrow, the city defenders still needed to be vigilant.

But what he didn’t expect was that when Lu Yi knocked on Sun Quan’s bedroom the next day, he brought another news:

"Wu County urgently reports that Shan Yue has sent out troops, Yangxian has fallen, and is now besieging Piling!"