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In order to deal with the threat from the Han Dynasty to Jiangdong, Sun Quan not only prepared for the war at all costs, but also hoped to obtain outside assistance. He sent someone to ask Cao Cao for help, begging Cao's army to send troops to attack Nanyang or Jianghuai to divert the threat from the Han Dynasty to Jiangdong. However, Cao Cao declined his request on the grounds of lack of national strength. Then news of Cao and Liu's marriage came, and Sun Quan was also desperate for Cao Cao.

He immediately sent people to Jiaozhou, hoping to form an alliance with Liu Bei, and the two families would jointly fight against the Han army's pace of unifying the south. For this reason, he asked Zhuge Jin to write a letter to Zhuge Liang, hoping to convince Zhuge Liang.

But there was no news in Jiaozhou, and Zhuge Liang seemed to have no reply, which made Sun Quan feel a little anxious. Just two days ago, Sun Quan received a report from a spy, and Zhuge Jin sent Zhuge Qiao to Jiaozhou secretly, which made Sun Quan suspicious of Zhuge Jin and sent someone to monitor his every move day and night.

Zhuge Jin hurriedly bowed and said, "Report to the Marquis of Wu, there is no news yet."

Sun Quan didn't believe his words. If Zhuge Liang did not reply, how could Zhuge Jin send his son away? Sun Quan sneered, "More than two months have passed, how could there be no news? Zhuge Dupu, are you hiding something from me?"

Even though Zhuge Jin was generous and had a good temper, he could not bear the suspicion of Wu Hou for him at this time, and his face was flushed. "I have been following Wu Hou for fifteen years and are loyal. Why should Wu Hou doubt Wei?"

"Then tell me where did you go?" Sun Quanxing made the words clear and looked at him coldly.

Zhuge Jin was shocked. It turned out that Wu Hou knew his secret. He also told the truth, "My brother Zhuge Kongming has been married for nearly 20 years. He only has a daughter and has no heirs. He wrote me several times, hoping that I could adopt Qi Qiao to him. I agreed, so I sent Qi to Jiaozhou two days ago to adopt it to my brother. This is my private matter. Why is Wu Hou so concerned?"

"Hmph! If he hadn't come, why would you send me away at this time? You said there was no news from Zhuge Liang?"

"Report to the Marquis of Wu, my brother has no news. I will send my son away at this time because"

"Why?" Sun Quan stared at him with bright eyes.

Zhuge Jin took a deep breath and said, "Because I know that the Han army is preparing for the war in Chaisang. If I don't send it away, I'm afraid there will be no chance."

Sun Quan was furious and slapped the table and shouted: "Are you saying that Jiangdong is going to perish?"

"I have no intention of this!"

"Then what did you mean just now?" Sun Quan roared like thunder.

Zhang Zhao next to him was also frightened. He had never seen his lord roar at his ministers like this. He hurriedly advised: "Don't be angry, Zhuge Dupu must be worried about the blockade of the Yangtze River channel. If you go on land, it is not only a long way, but also very dangerous."

Sun Quan gradually calmed down, and he sat down again. Zhang Zhao reminded him with a word, was there no news in Jiaozhou? It was because the Han army blocked the waterway?

In fact, Sun Quan also believed the truth about Zhuge Jin. Adopting Zhuge Liang was a matter that their brothers had already decided, but Sun Quan hated Zhuge Jin for sending him away at this time, which was obviously implying that Jiangdong would be in danger and left him without face.

Sun Quan glared at Zhuge Jin fiercely and ordered: "You retreat!"

Zhuge Jin also bowed with a gloomy face and turned around and left. Only Sun Quan and Zhang Zhao were left in the room. Sun Quan sighed and said, "Military advisor, the Han army is about to send troops, what should I do?"

Zhang Zhao pondered for a moment and said, "Wu Hou sent troops to Wuchang and killed Huang Zu. Tens of thousands of Jingzhou troops were wiped out, leaving only Chaisang, an isolated city, with less than ten thousand soldiers and only a few generals. The enemy of us was undoubtedly a rock with eggs, but Liu Jing actually defeated us with weak defeat and defeat. There is also the Battle of Red Cliff. Cao Cao swept the power of the north and led hundreds of thousands of troops to fight south, but in the end he could not defeat Sun and Liu tens of thousands of coalition forces. It can be seen that there is no absolute saying of strong victory and defeat on the battlefield. Jiangdong is weak today, not as weak as Chaisang, Han army is prosperous today, and Cao's lonely city is still reversible. Cao's army is defeated as strong as a result. Why should Wu Hou belittle himself and lose confidence?"

Zhang Zhao's words made Sun Quan suddenly awaken. He pulled out his sword and gritted his teeth and said, "I would rather fight until the last moment than surrender without fighting!"

Although Chaisang did not send troops, the fire of war quietly ignited inside Jiangdong. At two o'clock in the night, dark clouds enveloped the endless lake surface. The winds and waves were high above the water, and fishing boats dared not enter the lake to fish.

At this time, a fleet of ten thousand stone warships and seventy stone fast ships was sailing eastward in the surging lake. The wind was rapid and the waves were high, and the ships were undulating violently, but they were not at risk of being overturned. The fleet was walking with the wind, driving extremely fast and steady, without deviating from the course at all.

At the bow of the Thousand Stone Warship, the navy general Shen Mi held an iron spear in his hand and stared at the water ahead with a firm look. He was the main general of Wuhu and Ruxukou, leading 5,000 soldiers and warships to guard. At the mouth of Huhe River in Lishui, there were also a thousand soldiers and dozens of warships. Although there were not many troops stationed, they firmly controlled Lishui and West Lake.

Just yesterday afternoon, Shen Mi received an order from Gan Ning to send troops to destroy the shipbuilding workshop in Jiangdong. Jiangdong secretly built warships in Donghu, which could not be hidden from the Han army. Shen Mi knew about the shipbuilding workshop's every move and knew that Jiangdong had built more than ten thousand stone ships called merchant ships but actually warships, so he was moored in the shipbuilding workshop.

After receiving the order, Shen Mi immediately led two thousand troops to fight. After a day and night of sailing, they had gradually arrived at the Jiangdong Shipyard. The shipbuilding workshop is located in a lake bay on the east bank. The lake bay is called Hengwan. The water surface is thousands of hectares, and there is a deep river that leads directly to the Xujiang River.

There is a small island outside the water bay. There are Wujiangdong soldiers stationed on the island. They can block fishing boats from entering the water bay at any time. They are also guard posts to monitor the lake surface. Once there is an enemy situation, they can ignite beacon to notify the ships in the water bay to retreat.

The Han army fleet arrived at Hengwan at midnight. At this time, the lake became darker and the island outside the water bay could no longer be seen clearly, and only a silhouette could be seen faintly.

"General, sail close to the north, we can't see us on the island!" A lake fisherman said to Shen Mi in a low voice.

Shen Mi nodded, and he also saw that the waterways on both sides of the island were of different widths and narrower, and the north was much wider than the south, but they could only use the fast ships to enter, and their Thousand Stone Warship Waterways would inevitably be revealed.

Not because he was afraid of the attacks of the garrison on the island, but because he was worried that the island would ignite the beacon and let the Jiangdong warships in the water bay escape. Shen Mi immediately ordered, "The large ship stopped sailing, and the clutch sailed on the north shore!"

The fleet sailed northeastward, and the large ship was anchored several miles away from the island, while seventy stone clutches were slowly sailing against the north shore. The waterway to the north was wide, and under the heavy night sky, the Clippers sailed outside the stairs, and the defenders on the island could not be seen at all.

The Jiangdong Shipbuilding Factory was brightly lit, with dozens of torches as high as two meters around, and the flames were lit up, illuminating the workshop as daylight. Nearly a thousand shipwrecks recruited from all over the country were busy building warships, and teams of soldiers were patrolling everywhere, with high alert.

Jiangdong has rich experience in shipbuilding. They knew that it would be impossible to build a ship of Thousand Stone ship in one year. It would take one to two years to prepare the keel. In half a year, they could build at most some stone boats, but they could not compete with the Han army by relying on stone boats. Only Thousand Stone warships could fight against the Han army.

But Jiangdong has its own way. They demolished dozens of large merchant ships and rebuilt them with their keels and boards, so that dozens of thousand-stone warships could be built in a short period of time.

This is the last capital of the Jiangdong Navy. If these dozens of warships are lost, the biggest naval advantage of Jiangdong will completely disappear. In order to defend the shipbuilding workshop, Sun Quan did not hesitate to send 5,000 troops to station here.

Bu Zhi was also patrolling the workshop. He received a message from Wu Hou that Liu Jing had left Chang'an and the war was about to break out. They were not left with much time, so he ordered the craftsmen to build a main ship of 1,000 stones within ten days.

The main ship of Thousand Stones has been completed 70% of the hull has been completed. The craftsmen are conducting internal processing and preparing masts and sails. If construction is carried out day and night, they can complete the main ship in up to five days, and maybe dozens of stone ships can be built again.

"Thank you all, hurry up and finish the ship, I will double my wages!"

Bu Zhi kept encouraging the craftsmen and gave them generous promises to make the craftsmen work harder.

At this moment, there was a scream coming from the water on the west side. Bu Zhi was stunned and asked the soldiers around him: "What happened?"

The soldiers looked at each other, and they didn't know what happened. Suddenly, the light of fire rose into the sky, with drums and shouting loudly. A soldier stumbled and shouted, "Report to the Chief Secretary, an enemy has come in and set fire."

Bu Zhi was shocked and asked anxiously: "How many enemy troops are there?"

"I don't know the specifics, but they are all enemy clutches, and there may be thousands of people."

Bu Zhi was very anxious. The thing he was most worried about came indeed. He immediately ordered: "Order all the troops to go up and fight!"

The five thousand Jiangdong troops did not rest. Under the order of Bu Zhi, the soldiers of Jiangdong troops rushed to the lake. Although they were numerous, they could prevent the Han army from landing, but they could not stop the fire from spreading. The fire became more and more fierce, and it had swallowed half of the shipbuilding workshop. The workshop was in chaos. More than a thousand boatmen left their work and ran away desperately. The soldiers of Jiangdong also fled back and ran outside the workshop.

"Chief, withdraw quickly!"

Several personal guards started and retreated outside the workshop. Soon, the fire soared into the sky and thick smoke rolled. Seeing that the completed Qianshi main ship was also engulfed by the fire, Bu Zhi couldn't help but sigh, what a pity! It was still a few days late.

But he did not stamp his feet and beat his chest, but was relieved with gratitude. Just after he received a message from Wu Hou Feige, he immediately ordered more than a dozen thousand-stone warships to retreat into the inland river to prevent the Han army from sneak attacking.
Chapter completed!