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In the early morning, a carriage drove out of Moling County and slowly headed towards Jianye City. This was the carriage of the cavalry commander Yu Fan. During this period, Yu Fan was in a bad mood because his brother Yu Wang became the governor of Kuaiji County, which made Sun Quan feel cold to him. In addition, Yu Fan was known for his iron advice and did not give Sun Quan face. This made Sun Quan very disgusted with him. When the incident in Kuaiji happened, Sun Quan found an excuse to demote him to the county magistrate.

Yu Fan took out another letter from his arms. It was a secret send by Kan Ze to deliver it last night. Only then did Yu Fan realize that Kan Ze had surrendered to the Han army.

In the letter, Kan Ze said bluntly that Jiangdong was in a desperate situation and that Liu Jing was determined to unify the south. He advised him to go south to Kuaiji as soon as possible. With the Yu family's status in Kuaiji, it would be no problem for him to enter the Han court in the future.

Yu Fan sighed in his heart. He knew that Kan Ze was right. Jiangdong was indeed in a desperate situation. However, Yu Fan was another person who wanted to meet. Although he was very dissatisfied with Sun Quan, he could not do it if he wanted him to betray Jiangdong and surrender to the Han army immediately. Today he would talk to Sun Quan again, hoping that Sun Quan could understand his difficulties.

The carriage drove into Jianye City and stopped in front of Jianye Palace. Yu flipped off the carriage, sorted out his clothes, and walked quickly to the steps. Two guards of Zhige stopped him. Yu Fan bowed and smiled and said, "Please report to the Marquis of Wu, it's Yu Fan who asked for a meeting."

The guards quickly walked into the palace. In the inner hall of Jianye Palace, Sun Quan was discussing the military situation of Wujun. Sun Quan had received a preliminary report from Lu Meng that Lu Xun had withdrawn from Wujun. Not only did he withdraw his troops, but most of the people in Wujun also followed the Han army to retreat south, and Wujun almost became an empty county. This news made Sun Quan very angry.

He knew very well that the people of Wujun may not be willing to leave their hometown, but if the Wujun family mobilized their tenants and used the influence of the big family, it would be easy to form a wave of retreating south. In addition, the mentality of following the people, most people would follow the south. This is also because Sun Quan did not dare to move the big family easily, and their influence was great.

But now the Lu, Gu and Zhang Dashi family took the initiative to stand and surrendered to the Han army, which means that Sun Quan will lose the hearts of the people of Wu County, which makes Sun Quan both hate and anxious, and wishes to be executed by the entire family of the big family, and is worried that he will never be able to take back Wu County.

"Tell me, do I want to order an attack on Kuaiji?"

Zhang Zhao stared at the sand table in front of him and pondered for a long time: "With our current military force and the 20,000 Cao army, our strength is far greater than that of the Han army, and we can completely capture Kuaiji. However, the Wei Me is a little worried that the Han army in the lake will be of great strength. Once they cut off the Jiangdong army, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Sun Quan nodded and asked Bu Zhi again, "What about the Chief Secretary's opinion?"

Because Zhang Hong died of illness at the beginning of the year, Bu Zhi took over the position of Chief Shi and became the second largest figure in Jiangdong, second only to Zhang Zhao. This also means that the foreign relatives have gained power in Jiangdong. Bu Zhi pointed to Zhejiang River with a wooden pole. "Actually, I am worried that the Jiangdong army cannot pass Zhejiang River. The Han army's power in the water is far greater than us. Once the Han army warship blocked Zhejiang River, we will not be able to cross the river. In addition, as the military advisor said, the consequences of the Huhan Army taking the opportunity to cut off us will be very serious. I suggest not to rush to go south, but still wait for the opportunity."

Sun Quan walked back and forth with his hands behind his back and forth a few steps, and finally sighed and said, "This is also the intention of the Han army to deploy in the lake. To restrain us from moving south, you are right, and you really cannot act rashly."

At this moment, a guard loudly reported outside the hall: "Report to the Marquis of Wu, and the Commander of Yu asked for a meeting."

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Sun Quan waved his hand and said in displeasure: "Let him go back, just say I don't have time to see him."

Zhang Zhao advised from the side: "Yu Zhongxiang is the lord of a famous sect in Kuaiji. At this time, Wu Hou should try his best to win him over and prepare for the future retake of Kuaiji."

"But this person is really rude and ungrateful. I have already been unable to bear it to him. If he hadn't been the head of the Yu family, I would have killed him long ago." Sun Quan said hatefully.

Bu Zhi also advised Sun Quan, "I think Yu Zhongxiang is unable to protect himself now, so I will not advise Wu Hou again. Wu Hou first appeases him, and then contacts Yu Wang through him, so that Yu Wang can slowly persuade the people of Wu County to return to the people of Wu County. In fact, it is also the same."

Bu Zhi's words touched Sun Quan. The people of Wu County were under Yu Wang's control. Now he did ask for Yu's family. He must now comfort Yu Fan and prevent him from running away. Thinking of this, Sun Quan had to hold back his anger and said, "Let him come to see me."

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Sun Quan moved the capital to Jingkou after the Battle of Chibi, and then moved the capital to Jianye a year later. The two capitals consumed a lot of manpower and material resources to build the new capital. When the capital was completed, Jiangdong did not have much financial resources to continue the next major project, which was also the most urgent project, digging the canal from Jingkou to Qiantang River.

It can be said that this canal is the lifeline of Jiangdong. The canal links the Yangtze River with the Qiantang River and is the key to connecting the entire Jiangdong. It is limited to financial resources. Jiangdong has only dug up a section from Piling County to Wu County, and has also cleared the Xu River.

In this way, the Qiantang River can also reach Piling County through the Wucheng River, Hu, Xu River, and Canal. According to the plan, the remaining canal from Piling County to the Yangtze River will be excavated within the next five years.

Before this, the water transportation between Jianye and Wujun could only take a short distance, and travel to Wuhu and Lishui. Before the Hefei war, this mode of transportation had only had the trouble of taking a long distance, and there were no other obstacles.

But now, the Han army occupied Wuhu and cut off this crucial water, which prevented the Jiangdong Army warships in the Yangtze River from going south to Wujun. Of course, they could also go to the sea. However, due to the restrictions of the Jingzhou Treaty, the Jiangdong Army warships were relatively small, mostly stones, and were not strong enough to navigate in the sea. Unlike the Jingzhou Navy, in order to enter the sea, several warships could withstand waves.

This puts the Jiangdong Army in a very embarrassing situation. The warships on the Yangtze River were unable to follow the army south to Wujun. The Jiangdong Army could only transport logistics supplies to Piling County through human-powered livestock vehicles, and then board a small boat from Piling County and transport it to Wujun.

The 50,000 troops from Jiangdong went south to recover Wujun, leaving Jianye's garrison with only more than 20,000 troops, of which there were only 10,000 naval troops. There were more than 7 warships anchored on the river, and they were anchored in a huge water camp.

At night, the water village was still as quiet as usual. A team of soldiers patrolled the shore. Dozens of patrol ships in the water village were passing through large ships, watching the movements on the water surface vigilantly. The Jiangdong Army was very cautious. They mainly prevented the Han army scouts from mingling into the water village to burn ships, so there were near patrol ships in the two water villages, patrolling day and night.

The navy general on duty tonight was Xu Sheng. He also took a whistle boat to patrol the water camp at night. It was already 4 o'clock, and it was the moment when the soldiers were sleeping the deepest. Xu Shengqiang was energetic, stood at the bow of the boat, and watched the movements on the river, but the conversations of several soldiers behind him attracted his attention.

"You said, will the Han army launch a large-scale attack on Jianye while our army is heading south?"

"How is it possible? If the Han army invades a large scale, the Cao army will never stand by."

"No, Cao's army has no warships, so at most they are shaking flags and shouting in Jiangbei and pretending."

Xu Sheng was angry and turned around and shouted, "If you don't inspect it, what are you talking nonsense?"

The soldiers were so scared that they dared not say anything anymore. The ship became quiet, but Xu Sheng was also upset. He had long thought of this danger. Lu Meng led Wan Da's army south, with only 20,000 troops left on Jianye, and only 10,000 naval troops could be used. If Liu Jing was really angry and led his army to attack Jianye on a large scale, they would not be able to resist it.

Xu Sheng sighed in his heart. He could only hope that more than a dozen beacon towers on the south bank were not lit, which means that no Han army warships were advanced.

He felt more of a lucky thing. Perhaps Liu Jing did not expect to do this, but at this moment, a sharp and harsh bell suddenly came from the mail tower at the gate of the water village, and the bell sounded loudly.

At night, there was only one possibility. Someone sneaked into the water camp. Xu Sheng was shocked and urgently ordered the ship to turn around and rushed to the water camp gate. As soon as he arrived at the water camp gate, several sentries ran down from the sentry tower and shouted: "General Xu, there is an enemy ship on the river."

Xu Sheng jumped onto the pedal and ran towards the gate of the water village. He stood on a high place, staring at the river surface, and immediately took a breath of air conditioning. He saw that there were dense small boats outside the river surface outside the water village, with as many as a thousand.

In front of the boat is a huge broken village ship, which is the iron bow used to break through the water village. The bow of the boat is covered with pig iron head, and the big ship is sailing towards the water village quickly. In the distance, there is a large Han army ship standing hazy on the river surface, like a mountain that stretches for dozens of miles.

Xu Cheng suddenly shouted anxiously, "Sound the beacon to call the police."

He also knew it was too late. The big broken village boat was only steps away from the water village. Xu Sheng jumped off the boat a few steps and shouted: "Go ashore."

The boat turned around and drove towards the shore like an arrow. At this time, the alarm bell of the sentry tower alarmed the beacon tower. The beacon tower on the shore was lit, and the flames were burning, which was particularly dazzling in the night sky.

But it was too late. Before Xu Sheng's boat could dock, he heard a shocking sound of collision from behind him. The huge broken village ship was installed on the water village fence at the same time, breaking the outer fence of the water village open a large gap, each gap was more than ten feet wide.

The small boat following behind rushed into the water camp like a pack of wolves. The tinder on the boat was lit, and a fire boat rushed into the water camp together, causing a spectacular scene to appear in the water camp. Thousands of ships were fired together, and the flames soared into the sky, illuminating the entire river surface red.

Since the Han army raided at night, the Jiangdong army had no preparations, and there were almost no soldiers on several warships. More than a thousand fire ships rushed straight into the large ship, which began to cause raging fire in the entire water village.

On the outermost 5,000-stone tower ship, Liu Jing looked out from afar as the Han military ship broke into the Jiangdong Army Water Village and ignited countless warships. A faint sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

The plan to attack Jiangdong Water Village at night was proposed and planned by Pang Tong. Pang Tong was also very clear that there were eight beacon towers on the south bank of the Yangtze River from Wuhu to Jianye, monitoring the river day and night, and Han warships rushed close to the north bank. At the same time, Pang Tong accurately marked the location of each beacon tower. When approaching each beacon tower, the fleet was driving at night.

At night, the distance between beacons is limited and it is impossible to monitor the entire wide river. In this way, the Han army warships escaped the surveillance of the eight beacons on the south bank and silently approached Jianye. At the fourth update, they attacked and caught the Jiangdong Army off guard.

All ten thousand barrels of turbulent oil loaded on the thousand boats were burning, like a storm of fire and red flames swallowing the sky. At this time, more than a dozen warships sailed back and forth around the water village, rescuing more than a thousand ignition soldiers swam out of the water village.

The fire in the water village alarmed Jianye City. Sun Quan rushed to the head of Jianye City under the escort of famous guards and looked at the water village ten miles away. On the head of the city, you could clearly see the fire engulfing the entire water village, and the river surface of more than ten miles was red.

Sun Quan's face was pale, his right hand tightly grasped the hilt of the sword, and his whole body was trembling slightly. He never expected that Liu Jing would be so vicious and took advantage of his main army to attack his Yangtze River Village.

Not only are the means vicious, but the consequences are also serious. Once the Jiangdong Army has no warships, if he participates in the Hefei War, the Han army has taken root in the hinterland of Jiangdong. Is it too late to let him write a public letter of commitment to Liu Jing now?

Sun Quan sighed deeply. He felt that he was really played with by Liu Jing. Liu Jing's power schemes were no longer something he could deal with, and even Jiangdong did not consider this consequence. Tomorrow he really didn't know how to face his ministers and generals. He lifted the stone, but eventually smashed himself in the foot.
Chapter completed!