One year has passed since Liu Yu became emperor.

In the first year of Shenwu, the court went from cabinets, six ministries, and to county and local officials, and the political system was stable and the government was harmonious. In addition, more than a year ago, the six states including Wei and Chu were destroyed, Yu, Yan, Qing, Xu, Jing, Jiao and other six states were seized. After more than a year of rest and recuperation, the people's livelihood in these places had been generally restored.

At the same time, Emperor Xian Liu Xie abdicated and the new Emperor Liu Yu ascended the throne. He still used the name of the Han Dynasty, representing the true revival of the Han Dynasty, the unification of the world was foreseeable, and the people were determined to go to the court.

The imperial court's national strength is increasing sharply every month.

Before destroying Wei and Chu, Liu Yu ruled over 19 million people, destroyed Wei and Chu to seize the six states including Yu, Yan, Qing, Xu, Jing, Jiao, etc. In addition to the population reduced by the war, it would still be about 7 million people. Now Liu Yu ruled over the population has reached 26 million. If the Eastern Wu is destroyed and the world is unified, Liu Yu ruled over the population can reach 30 million, basically reaching the level after the Yellow Turban Rebellion and before the vassals fight.

In Chang'an, Weiyang Palace, Liu Yu summoned civil and military officials to discuss the destruction of Wu and unification of the whole world.

Liu Ye, the chief minister of the cabinet and minister of the Ministry of Revenue, stood up and said, "Your Majesty, a million hu of grain and grass have been transported to Jiangling and the front line of Jiangxia, which can provide 300,000 troops with two to three months of war."

In addition to the chief assistant Liu Ye, there are six other people in the cabinet, namely Cai Yong, Tian Feng, Lu Qian, Guo Jia, Chen Gong and Chen Qun. Cai Yong was the father of the empress Cai Yan and a great scholar in the era. Chen Qun was once a famous minister under Cao Cao. He was captured by Liu Yu in the battle of Luoyang. Because he had a great talent in governing the world that was no less than Liu Ye, Lu Qian and others, Liu Yu gave it to him. Chen Qun did not disappoint Liu Yu's trust and later made contributions in destroying Wei and Chu. Liu Yu ascended the throne and became emperor and established a cabinet and other reforms. Chen Qun also firmly supported him, and Liu Yu allowed him to enter the cabinet to participate in politics.

There are seven people in the cabinet, four of whom also hold official positions in six ministries. Among them, the chief assistant Liu Ye also serves as the Minister of Revenue, Cai Yong also serves as the Minister of Rites, Tian Feng also serves as the Minister of Personnel, and Lu Qian also serves as the Minister of War. There are also Fa Zheng as the Minister of Justice, and Ma Jun as the Minister of Works, but the two of them do not enter the cabinet.

After Liu Ye reported the report, he stepped down. Lu Qian, the Minister of War, stood up and said: "Your Majesty, 300,000 armies, including one million arrows... are all transported to Jiangling and Jiangxia."

When Lu Qian retreated, Ma Jun, the Minister of Works, also stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the siege vehicles, siege ladders, turbulent oil... and other large-scale siege equipment and siege materials were also transported to Jiangling and Jiangxia."

Other ministers also reported one after another, all of which were about preparations for the battle against Wu.

After listening to the reports from all the ministers, Liu Yu nodded and said, "After all the matters of destroying Wu are ready, I have issued an order to destroy the Grand Marshal of Wu to destroy the Grand Marshal of Wu, and the Marquis of Jinjiang Gan Ning as the Grand Commander of the Navy, destroy the Pioneer of Wu, and send troops to destroy Wu!"

Fifty thousand infantrymen and fifty thousand cavalry gathered in Jiangling, and eighty thousand naval troops stationed in Sanjiangkou, Jiangxia County. A total of 280,000 elite troops set off war against Wu.

Guan Yu ordered that the 80,000 naval troops in Ganning should be the vanguard, and attack first and kill the Eastern Wu naval troops.

Without the naval army, the Eastern Wu would not be able to block land attacks with the countless natural dangers of rivers in Jiangdong. The Battle of Chibi and the Battle of Zhuge Liang's Eastern Expedition were the main roles of the Eastern Wu naval army. It can be said that King Sun Quan of Wu was reluctant to surrender for a long time, and he still had a little luck in his heart to protect the Eastern Wu, and he relied on the Eastern Wu naval army.

In general, the real strategy for the Battle of Destroying Wu is to kill the Eastern Wu naval army, destroy the last trace of luck in Sun Quan's heart, and ultimately force Sun Quan to surrender, rather than to kill Jianye and break Jianye.

After receiving the order, 80,000 naval troops in Ganning rushed down the river and fought against the Eastern Wu naval troops.

Last year, when Liu Yu destroyed Chu, there were only 180,000 troops in the Eastern Wu. Now, after a year of maximum expansion, it only has 230,000 troops, including 100,000 naval troops.

Eighty thousand Han naval forces in Ganning went down the river, trying to annihilate the 100,000 naval forces in the Eastern Wu.

Similarly, the Eastern Wu side also wanted to annihilate the 80,000 Han naval forces in Ganning. If it could be successful, if the Han army lost its naval forces, the Eastern Wu would have a great possibility to use the dense river and lake water network to block the Han army's land attack and temporarily save the Eastern Wu.

The Wu army was stationed in Fankou. In addition to the 100,000 naval troops, there were 50,000 horses and infantrymen, led by General Lu Xungu.

There are not many conspiracies and tricks in the decisive battle on the river, but also depends on the bravery and command ability of the navy generals.

Lu Xun ordered Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin to go to fight in advance.

Before leaving, Lu Xun reminded: "I heard that Gan Ning is brave and very good at fighting in the water, the two generals must be careful."

The two of them received the order and ordered more than 400 large and small warships to fight in advance.

Although there was Lu Xun's advice, Zhou Tai did not take it seriously. He smiled at his subordinates and said, "What's the point of Gan Ning? I will definitely take Gan Ning's head in this battle!"

It is said that Gan Ning is brave. When the three families joined forces to fight against Cao in the Battle of Red Cliff, they did see Gan Ning show some courage. However, after Zhou Tainai Taishici's death, the most powerful general of the Eastern Wu, and he was good at fighting in the water. He had never lost anyone, so how could he take Gan Ning seriously?

The two armies met 140 miles down the river in Chibi and 60 miles up the river in Fankou. Warships from both sides obscured the river.

On the Han army, Gan Ning took the lead warship and shouted at the bow: "Gan Ning is here, will the rats from the Eastern Wu come to die?"

Zhou Tai heard Gan Ning shouting and responded: "Gan Ning don't be crazy, Zhou Tai will kill you!"

After saying that, the soldiers on the warship drove the warships to approach the Han army warships where Gan Ning was located.

When the two ships met, Gan Ning first responded, leading the Han army sailors beside him and rushed to Zhou Tai warship last year and fought against Zhou Tai.

It was difficult to use long weapons on the ship, and both of them used three or four-foot-long iron swords. Soon the two fought for more than twenty rounds without a distinction.

Although Gan Ning was known as Lu Bu in the water battle, Zhou Tai was also extremely strong and was not much weaker than Gan Ning.

The two fought for 100 rounds, but they still had no choice.

However, Zhou Tai has clearly fallen into a disadvantage.

Zhou Tai was shocked. He didn't expect that Gan Ning was so powerful that he was not Gan Ning's opponent.

Gan Ning wanted to kill Zhou Tai, boost his military morale, and at the same time greatly defeated the morale of the Eastern Wu. Seeing that Zhou Tai was at a disadvantage, he wanted to retreat. Gan Ning even made a plan to crash the ship and took advantage of the storm of the warship, and the warship shook violently. It was like the wind and waves were twice as big as the warships in an instant. The soldiers on both sides of the warships were unable to stand firmly, and more than twenty people were directly pushed into the river.

Zhou Tai was caught off guard and almost got caught in the river. Fortunately, he grabbed the mast with one hand.

However, this was made by Gan Ning. Gan Ning was not affected and took advantage of the situation to slash Zhou Tai's abdomen with one knife.

Zhou Tai screamed, Gan Ning continued to force him forward, and Zhou Tai had to fight with Gan Ning again with injuries. After more than ten rounds, Zhou Tai was hit with another knife and fell into the river and disappeared.

"General Zhou!" Jiang Qin saw Zhou Tai falling from the river on a warship not far away. He was both heartbroken and shouted loudly. Unfortunately, Zhou Tai did not surface. He was afraid that he had been involved in the river and his life would be difficult to save.
Chapter completed!