At this time, the Han army's fleet also cut through the waves on the Yangtze River and went down the river, about a thousand miles away from the Jiangdong fleet. This was a three-day voyage. On the river, eight hundred thousand stone warships were sailing up. Under the strong northwest wind, the ship was fast, and eight hundred warships lined up and stretched for dozens of miles.

This time, the Han army dispatched 35,000 troops in the east, including 30,000 naval troops and 5,000 Liu Jing's direct troops, and carried sufficient food and supplies. In fact, Liu Jing did not expedition in the east, but instead monitored the Cao army and controlled the situation in Jiangdong. He wanted to split Jiangdong, and not let the situation in Jiangdong get out of control. He wanted to maintain a balance in a split state, which was the most in line with the interests of the Han army.

In the cabin, Liu Jing was writing a letter to his home at his desk. When he set off, he received a letter from his home. In the letter, Tao Zhan said that Yedu had confirmed Cao Xian's identity. Cao Xian, who rashly broke into the Liu Mansion, was really Cao Cao's daughter. This surprised Liu Jing. What was Cao Xian's motive? Although Tao Zhan also vaguely revealed in the letter, Liu Jing was not willing to consider that direction.

Liu Jing stopped writing, and Cao Xian's beautiful face, tall and plump figure, and elegant and luxurious temperament appeared in front of him. It cannot be denied that Cao Xian has a strong attraction to men, and he, Liu Jing, is no exception. Although she is Cao Cao's daughter, it still makes Liu Jing feel excited.

Liu Jing pondered for a moment, then picked up a pen and wrote: If this woman does not want to return north, she can temporarily stay in the mansion. After asking about her father's attitude, she will then ask her to return north. She can treat her kindly...

After writing the letter, Liu Jing read it carefully, then dried the pen and ink, carefully put it in the envelope, put it on the varnish, and said to the personal soldiers next to him: "You can hand it over to the messenger. Please return to Chengdu as soon as possible and hand it over to the princess.

The personal soldiers took the letter and left quickly. Liu Jing walked to the window of the boat with his hands behind his back. Looking at the scenery on the north shore, his heart was undulating. He walked step by step from the boy who escaped from war to today. Thirteen years have passed in a flash, but sometimes he feels that everything happened yesterday. The real Liu Jing, Liu Jingsheng and his son, and Zhou Lang from Jiangdong, everything was surging like the river. Time will never look back. But he doesn't know when he will finish this journey of time, and when will he realize the idea he had never had before and unify the world.

While thinking, a knock on the door outside the cabin interrupted Liu Jing's thoughts. He felt a little unhappy and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Your Highness, a scout reported that the Lu family in Jiangdong had an urgent letter to Your Highness."

Liu Jing was slightly stunned. The Lu family in Jiangdong actually came to find him. How did they find him? Liu Jing immediately ordered: "Take the scout onto the big ship."

He simply walked to the deck and looked at a small boat coming from the river. After a moment, the boat approached the boat. A soldier pulled the scout with a soft ladder. The scout took out a letter and knelt down on one knee in front of Liu Jing, "This is a letter from the Lu family to His Highness, please take a look."

Liu Jing took the letter and asked again: "How could he receive a letter from the Lu family?"

"Report to Your Highness, the Lu family has a transit station in Wankou in front of them. After receiving the pigeon letter, they sent someone to find us."

Liu Jing nodded, opened the letter and read it, and was a little surprised. The letter was not only about the Lu family, but also about Sun Yu's hope of getting his support, so he actually brought Sun Yu in. At this time, Lu Xun hurried over after hearing the news, "Your Highness, I heard that there was a letter from the Lu family."

Liu Jing handed him the letter, "It's surprising to see."

Lu Xun took the letter and read it. He was also a little surprised, but then he thought again that this was actually normal. Lu Xun said, "If Your Highness understands the causes and consequences, it might not be strange."

Liu Jing nodded and smiled, "Go to the cabin and talk."

The two walked back to the cabin, Liu Jing asked Lu Xun to sit down, and then smiled and said, "Tell me, I'll listen."

Lu Xun briefly sorted out his thoughts: "In the fourth year of Jian'an, the Sun family had an internal strife that broke out. That time, Sun Quan won, and Sun Jing and Sun Ben failed, but the conflict was not eliminated. After Sun Yi died unexpectedly, Sun Jing completely turned against Sun Quan. This time, the name was that the Sun family members of Wujun supported Sun Shao to inherit his father's business. In fact, Sun Jing's second descendant Sun Yu wanted to take Sun Quan and replace him. However, among the three Sun forces in Jiangdong, Sun Yu was the weakest. Once Sun Ben became independent in Kuaiji County, he would definitely fight north, and Wu County was the first to be the brunt of it. Sun Ben received Cao Cao's support, and Sun Yu was under great pressure. He could only find foreign aid. It happened that the Lu family also expressed support for Sun Shao, and Sun Yu would naturally place hopes on the Han army."

Liu Jing walked a few steps behind his hands, turned around and smiled, "Na Boyan thinks I accept Sun Yu's request or turn a blind eye."

Lu Xun knew that Liu Jing had made a decision and just considered himself. He thought for a while and said, "I think that if Your Highness wants to maintain the balance of power in Jiangdong, he should support Sun Yu. As long as Sun Yu remains neutral and undefeated, Sun Quan and Sun Ben will not be able to final duel, and the three Suns will be established in the division of Wu."

Liu Jing laughed, "What Bo Yan said is exactly what I want. I will give Bo Yan three thousand elite soldiers. Even if they are Lu's soldiers, Bo Yan will lead troops into Wu and support Sun Yu in fighting against Sun Ben's northern expedition."

Lu Xun was overjoyed. In this way, he was no longer rebellious in Jiangdong. He bowed deeply, "Thank you for your love for the Lu family."

Liu Jing said again: "Boyan doesn't have to get off the boat. When he arrives in Wuhu the day after tomorrow, Boyan will directly lead a fleet from Wuhu to Wujun. I will also station troops in Wuhu and observe the situation in Jiangdong."

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Two days later, the Han army fleet gradually arrived at Ruxukou. General Shen Mi led a scout fleet composed of twenty fast ships to approach the north shore. When approaching the shore, you can clearly see two double que towers and the military city behind the double que. The military city was filled with dense soldiers.

The Cao army soldiers on the shore discovered them and began to rush to the shore. They all shot arrows into the river. The dense arrows shot at the Han army's whistle ship. The whistle ship was forced to retreat and left the range of arrows. At this moment, the sound of drums sounded like thunder at the mouth of the river, and a Cao army fleet rushed towards them. This was the Cao army's patrol ship. The leader was named Xue Ju, and was Zhang Liao's general. He was originally the leader of the Yangtze River thief Black Flag Army. After leading hundreds of people to surrender to the Cao army, he was highly valued by Zhang Liao and became a rare naval general in the Cao army.

Cao Cao's fleet had about fifty ships, all of which were 200 to 300 stone boats. They were very flexible. All the soldiers on the ship were strong and proficient in water. They were once pirates on the Yangtze River. They quickly formed a formation and surrounded Han military ships from all directions.

Seeing that the opponent was deeply connected to the water formation and the number of people was far greater than that of him, Shen Mi did not dare to underestimate the enemy, so he immediately led the fleet to break through the northwest. Xue Ju pointed at Shen Mi and cursed, "Encircling them, one is not allowed to escape, and the enemy general is captured and skinned alive."

Chen Mi was furious and rushed towards Xue Ju. Arrows around him were like rain. Chen Mi held a shield with one hand and a steel spear in the other hand, resisted and called the arrows. After a moment, he rushed to the enemy ship. Chen Mi shouted loudly, jumped onto the enemy ship, and thrust the gun at Xue Ju. Xue Ju waved his sword to fight. The two fought fiercely on the ship.

After fighting for seven or eight rounds, Xue Ju gradually lost his support. He slowly retreated to the edge of the ship, roared, slashed several times, turned around and jumped into the river. Chen Mi had already expected that he would jump the ship, and stabbed him quickly, and a gun pierced his left shoulder. Xue Ju screamed and fell into the river, and disappeared from the river.

This is the most commonly used way to capture the thief first in water battles. As long as the enemy's head is killed, the other ships will lose command, and they will collapse without fighting. When the Han army saw the enemy general fall into the water, their morale will rise and they will kill the enemy ships. There are shouts of killing on the river. Cao's whistle ships are unwilling to fight. After losing more than a dozen whistle ships, they retreated to the mouth of the Ruxu River. Xue Ju was also rescued by a ship and fled back to the military camp in a panic.

At this time, Chen Mi had discovered the water camp where Cao's army was located in the mouth of Ruxu River. The water camp was not large in size, with about 500 warships, half of which were Thousand Stone warships. The water camp was surrounded by two layers of wooden stakes, and a passage was built on the wooden stakes. Thousands of Cao's soldiers were holding crossbows to wait. The defense was very tight and it was extremely difficult to get close. Chen Mi saw that his subordinates had already picked up the brothers who had fallen into the water and more than a dozen Cao's soldiers, and waved: "Retreat."

The fleet quickly left the north shore and headed towards the Han army fleet moored in the middle of the river. Soon, Shen Mi boarded Liu Jing's ship and reported to the bow of the ship: "Report to Your Highness, I have roughly explored the situation of Cao's water camp."

Liu Jing nodded and asked, "How many warships are there in the enemy?"

"Report to Your Highness, there are about 500 warships, half of which are Thousand Stone warships, and 8,000 naval forces. The chief general of the navy is Li Dian. In addition, Cao Cao himself is in the North Bank Military City. The prisoners of war captured by Beiyi also saw him visiting the water camp with his own eyes today."

Liu Jing frowned. How could Cao's army have more than 500 warships? He was puzzled when he came from. At this time, Chen Mi ordered people to push a prisoner of war. The prisoner of war was the head of the village and a native of Hefei. He was so scared that he knelt down and kowtowed, begging for mercy. Liu Jing glanced at him and said, "You ask and answer my questions carefully, and I'll let you go back."

"The villain... understands"

Liu Jing looked at him and asked, "I want to know, how could there be more than 500 warships in Cao's army? When did they get it?"

The prisoners of war said tremblingly: "Most of them were grain ships from the Jiangdong Army. When Sun Quan retreated in Hefei, he had no time to withdraw from Chaohu Lake and was captured by Cao's army. More than 100 ships were built by ship craftsmen at high prices in the past two years. Many ship craftsmen came from Jiangdong."

Sun Quan was really a prodigal son. He was defeated repeatedly and even gave the ship to Cao's army. He also slandered that the reason for the defeat was that the Han army was rescued late. Liu Jing cursed inwardly and ordered people to take the prisoners of war down. At this time, Pang Tong walked up and smiled and said, "Is your highness going to fight with Cao's army in Jiangdong?"

Liu Jing shook his head, "This time we came to the east not to start a war with Cao's army, but to Jiangdong. Once the balance is broken, the situation in Jiangdong may be out of control."

Speaking of this, Liu Jing turned around and asked Chen Mi: "How far is it from Wuhu?"

"Report to Your Highness, there are about twenty miles left."

Liu Jing immediately ordered: "Go to Wuhu to station troops"

The Han army fleet set sail again and slowly sailed towards Wuhu City ten miles away. At this time, on the Shuangque Platform, Cao Cao was looking at the Han army fleet on the river with his hands behind his back.

The Han army fleet was so powerful that it could not be seen at first sight, which made Cao Cao look very solemn. He fought with Liu Jing countless times and had never defeated Liu Jing on the water, which made him feel a kind of fear in his heart about fighting with Liu Jing.
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