The third batch of warships arrived in Pengze County in a mighty manner. At this time, there were nearly 500 Sui army warships and 30,000 naval troops on the river surface of Pengze County.

In a strait boat, more than a dozen naval generals and several civil servants gathered together to listen to the final combat plan of the commander Zhang Xuan.

There is a sand table three meter long and two meter wide in the wide cabin. This is a temporary model of Poyang Lake. Although the workmanship is rough and not accurate, it is also intended to make more intuitive combat deployments for everyone.

More than a dozen generals surrounded the model, rubbing their hands one by one, eager to try it out. Zhang Xuan said to Qigong Island with a wooden pole: "According to the latest information, the enemy's navy is currently hidden in the inner lake of Qigong Island, which is also Lin Shihong's navy. It has been built for many years and has a complete range of facilities. Obviously, they want to fight with us in Poyang Lake and take advantage of their familiarity with the advantages of Poyang Lake."

"Master, how many warships are there in the enemy's current position?" asked Zhu Kuan, the general who had just arrived in Pengze Lake.

"They have a total of more than 700 ships of all sizes, of which more than 200 are cargo ships. They are now docked in Yuzhang County, not in Poyang Lake. The other 500 warships were severely damaged by us in Pengze. At present, there are about 350 ships, 70% of them are small ships of about 500 stones, and there are about 90 thousand stone warships. This is a relatively accurate information and the specific combat plan, I will ask the veteran general to deploy it."

Zhang Xuan handed the wooden pole to Lai Hu'er, who pointed at Qigong Island with the wooden pole and said, "Although Qigong Island is relatively hidden, it is difficult to find hidden in it, and you can also avoid the strong winds and waves that often appear in Poyang Lake. Everything has its advantages and disadvantages. The thief warships hide on Qigong Island, which also puts themselves in a desperate situation. Once the exit is blocked by the enemy, it is easy to destroy the entire army in the inner lake. I think we can use this terrain to wipe out the thief navy in Qigong Island."

Zhou beside him bowed and said, "Elder General, I think the thief army should be prepared for this and will not put themselves in a desperate situation."

"That's true, so the thief army built beacon towers on Sanshan Island more than 30 miles away. Once Sanshan Island discovers our main force, they will immediately raise a fire to inform Qigong Island. In addition, thirteen sentry towers were built on Qigong Island to observe the water surface. Even if we escaped the surveillance of Sanshan Island, we will be discovered by the sentry towers on the island. This shows that they also know their weaknesses, but they are not flawless. To realize my plan, the key is to have a proper strategy."

Lai Hu'er glanced at the generals and said, "I'll talk about it in detail below. What should we do?"

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About five miles south of Pengze Lake, there is a small river flowing east-west. This river has no name because it is too small. It originates in Xin'an County and finally flows into Poyang Lake in the southwest. The river is less than two meters wide and cannot travel large warships. It can only sail boats below 300 stones.

Just after Zhang Xuan made the decision to fight Poyang Lake, nearly 50,000 Tang troops began to take action. They needed to dig a five-mile long canal to connect Pengze Lake, where the Sui army is currently located, with this unknown small river.

Although the canal is five miles long, the project volume is not huge. The area is low-lying and the land is soft, which is very easy to dig. Moreover, the Sui army only needs to dig a shallow ditch. 50,000 Sui soldiers took action together. In just three days, this five-mile-long artificial canal was successfully completed.

On the afternoon of the day when the river canal was completed, more than 100 500 stone snail ships set off from Pengze County. Under the pull of soldiers, they drove along the artificial river canal to the small river five miles away. To realize the combat plan of protecting the others, these more than 100 snail ships were the key.

At the same time, the Sui army's warships were almost all dispatched, and 400 warships of all sizes sailed along the Yangtze River toward the mouth of Poyang Lake.

Pengze County is about a hundred miles away from the mouth of Poyang Lake. Sui army warships arrived at the mouth of Hukou after half a day of sailing. However, they were not in a hurry to enter Hukou, but were patiently waiting for news. Lai Hu'er is a veteran with extremely rich experience. He knew that Lin Shihong had been operating Poyang Lake for more than ten years and would never easily trap himself in the inner lake of Qigong Island. They must have deployed a large number of early warning detectives in various parts of the lake, which is difficult to defend. Once a large army attacks, they will immediately sail out of the inner lake and will not give the enemy any chance.

So another fleet of winding ships is the key to whether this operation can be successful. Hirouer needs to get the news before he can start taking action.

Lai Hu'er stood on a large boat and looked at the entrance of the lake. The entrance of the lake was dozens of miles wide and the vast waves were vast. Lai Hu'er could understand why Lin Zhengwei retreated the navy back to Poyang Lake and fought a decisive battle with the Sui army in Poyang Lake.

Because the Yangtze River is only a dozen miles wide and the area of ​​movement is not large, it is easy to suffer losses for flexible and mobile boats, while Poyang Lake is different. Even if they cannot be defeated, they can evacuate and escape quickly.

At this time, a soldier quickly stepped forward to report: "Report to the veteran general, General Qu has captured a survey ship."

Lai Hu'er was excited and quickly ordered: "Come to see me quickly!"

Soon, a young general walked up quickly, and the soldiers behind him were escorting two bandits. The young general was about twenty years old, named Qu Wu, and was a Yingyang Lang General. This is also a characteristic of Zhang Xuan's army. It does not look at qualifications, but only regards military merits. Therefore, a large number of young generals from poor families stood out, and there were many young generals and forty old lieutenants. Qu Wu was born in poverty. He joined the army at the age of sixteen, brave and good at fighting, and was not afraid of death. Therefore, he made many military achievements. At the age of twenty, he accumulated merits and was promoted to Yingyang General.

When Lin Shihong went on the expedition this time, he was ordered to lead more than 100 sentry ships to block the mouth of Poyang Lake to strictly prevent enemy spies from entering the Yangtze River. As expected, they captured an enemy spies.

Qu Wu stepped forward and knelt down on one knee to salute, "Qu Wu meets the old general!"

"General Qu is exempted from the gift!"

Lai Huer asked with concern: "What kind of sentry boat was caught?"

"Qi Bian, this is a sentry boat just returned from Pengze County. There were five people in total. They were intercepted by the ships we were ambushing while driving along the shore. Three of them were shot to death and two were captured alive."

Qu Wu turned around and ordered: "Bring it up!"

Two bandit soldiers were taken up, knelt down and begged for mercy, Lai Hu'er squatted down and said to them, "If you want to survive, just tell me honestly. If I find that you have half a false statement afterwards, I will kill you to sacrifice the flag!"

"We dare not."

"I'll ask you, how many ships were sent to Pengze County in total, and how many ships were back to report the news?"

"A total of five ships were sent to Pengze County for investigation. According to convention, three ships continued to stay and investigate. Two ships came back to report the news. We were one of them."

"Where is another one?"

Lai Hu'er suddenly became nervous. If the enemy learned that the Sui army was deploying on a large scale, they would probably not stay in the lake in Qigong Island.

"We don't know, but we are the first whistle to come back to report the news."

Lai Huer stood up and said, "Take them down and continue to be interrogated!"

The soldiers took two spies down, Lai Hu'er pondered for a moment and then told Qu Wu: "To strengthen the interception at Hukou, be sure to intercept another sentry ship!"

"Abide by the orders!"

Qu Wu bowed and stepped down. He came to Hu'er pondered for a moment. He wrote another handwritten order for his personal soldiers to send an order to Qi Liang. The lake mouth is too big and it may not be blocked. Another river surface must be blocked. In any case, another pirate ship must be blocked.

There are hundreds of tributaries of Poyang Lake, and the largest tributaries are Gan River. The second largest tributaries are Yishui, Xiushui, Poyang River, etc., but there are more numerous unknown small rivers, and there are as many as thirteen small tributaries flowing into Poyang Lake from the east alone.

One of the small rivers quietly poured into Poyang County from a forest, and even fishermen would not pay attention to its existence. The biggest feature of this tributary is that it bends northward, only five miles away from Pengze Lake, but it did not pour into Pengze Lake. It just rubbed the side and continued to wind southward, and finally poured into Poyang Lake.

In the dark night, a fleet also quietly sailed out of the small river and entered Poyang Lake. This fleet was the southern commando of the Sui Navy. They were ordered to approach Qigong Island from the southeast. The fleet entered Poyang Lake intermittently. The hull was very narrow and long. Thirty crew members rowed their oars at the same time, and the speed was extremely fast, just like a snaking running rapidly on the water.

Judging from the initial information, there were no sentry towers on more than a dozen islands in the southeast. Judging from common sense, the threat from Qigong Island also came from the north, so when I came to Hu'er, I had to bet that the winding fleet would not be discovered by the enemy sentry towers on the way to the east near Qigong Island.

Of course, making unfounded bets can only be called a great fortune. The bet of a real famous general is that he only bets on the remaining half of the unknown with the grasp of 95% of the confidence.

Lai Huer knew that there was a passage of more than ten miles wide on the lake in the southeast direction. There were no islands and no fixed sentry towers on this passage. The only thing Lai Huer could not be sure of is whether there were mobile sentry ships on this passage?

This fleet of winding ships was still led by General Zhou Meng. The fleet sailed silently on the water. Zhou Meng stood on the bow of the first ship and watched the movements on the lake with all his attention. The lake was very quiet, and there was no shadow of the enemy's whistleboat, and there was not even a fishing boat.

At the third update, the fleet safely arrived at the uninhabited island about three miles away from Qigong Island. They hid behind the uninhabited island and stared at the entrance of Qigong Island from afar. Near the entrance, more than a dozen wardrobes were patrolling back and forth.

Zhou Meng observed for a moment and then told two water ghosts who had explored Qigong Island before: "You go to Hukou immediately and tell the old general that you can enter the lake."
Chapter completed!