Vol 2 Chapter 2910: The naval battle of the four countries in the East China Sea, Yu Long, Qi Hu, Y

Chapter 2910 The naval battle between the four countries in the East China Sea, Yu Long, Qi Hu and Yu Dayou (Part 2)

Chapter 2906: Naval Battle between the Four Kingdoms in the East China Sea, Yu Long, Qi Hu, and Yu Dayou (Part 2)

At this time, in the southeast of Donghai County, somewhere in the East China Sea, the belated naval forces of the Wei, Song and Ming Dynasties were rushing towards Ganyu City at full speed.

 This naval fleet, totaling 85,000, was composed of the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming Dynasties. It had a total of nearly 600 warships of various sizes, large, medium and small, including:

The Ming army had 40,000 soldiers. The main general was Yu Dayou, a famous anti-Japanese general in the Ming Dynasty, who was also known as Yu Long Qi Hu together with Qi Jiguang. The two deputy generals were Deng Yu, one of the six dukes in the early founding of the country, and the only one who died without controversy. Tang He, the founding hero of the People’s Republic of China;

The Song Army had thirty-five thousand naval troops. The main general was Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi, and the two deputy generals were Shi Shouxin and Pan Mei, the famous founding generals of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Even the Wei State, which had the weakest navy, spared no effort to raise 10,000 navy troops and sent them to Su Hu to lead the navy. The deputy general was Cao Cao's confidant Li Dian.

Yu Dayou was naturally inferior to Deng Yu and Tang He in terms of status. These two veterans were left over from the Zhu Yuanzhang period, but their talents in naval warfare were the best in the Ming army, so they were promoted to naval commanders by Zhu Di.

As for Zhao Guangyi, he originally didn’t want to come, but Zhao Kuangyin was worried that his good brother would cause trouble inside while he was leading the troops outside, so he simply let him lead the navy to fight outside, fundamentally eliminating the possibility of Zhao Guangyi causing trouble.

It can also be seen from this incident that Zhao Kuangyin has become wary of Zhao Guangyi. Although he does not believe that his younger brother will betray him, the fact that Sun Ce and Sun Quan brothers of Sun Wu killed each other because of the inheritance of the throne also made him He had to be vigilant. After all, no matter how close he was to his younger brother, he couldn't be as close as his son, and it was impossible for him to give up the throne.

 As for Zhao Guangyi’s water combat ability? Zhao Kuangyin didn't care much about this. After all, the Ming army was the main force anyway, and Zhao Guangyi only needed to manage and cooperate with the Ming army.

To put it bluntly, the 85,000 naval forces in front of us account for 80% of the combat power of the three Central Plains countries on the water. If the losses are too large, the Three Kingdoms Alliance will not have any power to deal with the Qin Navy.

Zhao Guangyi looked at the crowd and said with a matter-of-fact expression: "The Qin Army's naval force at sea now only has 35,000, and the remaining 40,000 have gone ashore to fight. There is no time to return in such a short time, but our army has a total of 85,000." Thousands, just crush them with absolute strength advantage."

As for the general of the Wei army, Su Hu, Cao Cao will use him again. Firstly, Cao Wei really has no generals available. Secondly, it is to appease the emotions of the internal generals. Thirdly, the Su family's children are all in Qiao County, and they are not afraid that Su Hu will rebel regardless of their family. .

It has to be said that Zhu Di made a huge sacrifice in this battle. He relied on gambling his life to gain the advantage for the coalition forces. He just didn't know whether the navy of the Three Kingdoms could live up to their ambition and seize this golden opportunity.

This is also the main reason why Zhu Di played conservatively before, but now he does not hesitate to take risks, because there is no capital for trial and error.

It was precisely because of this that Yu Dayou had to come to urge him. After all, if the Ming army arrived and the Wei and Song armies fell behind, the Ming army alone would not be able to defeat the Qin army.

Out of the 75,000 Qin naval troops currently in battle, 40,000 were dragged by Zhu Di to Ganyu, and only 35,000 were floating on the sea.

Zhao Guangyi also knew that what Yu Dayou said was right, but he did not believe that Zhu Di would not have any backup plans and would really put himself to death and survive, so he still said unhurriedly: "The order to speed up the voyage has been issued, and you don't have to rush me now. "Why don't we rush the Wei army? Their marching speed is not as fast as our Song army."

Hearing what Zhao Guangyi said and looking at the other party's expression, Yu Dayou knew that he was not lying, and he was secretly relieved. As for urging Wei Jun? That's not necessary, because the attitude of the Wei army is much more positive than that of the Song army, and the slow speed is just because the warships are relatively backward.

At this time, on the main ship of the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces, Yu Dayou, the chief general of the Ming Army, was anxiously urging the Wei and Ming armies to speed up their march.

When the monarch is in danger, the Ming army is naturally the most anxious. Therefore, among the large fleet, the Ming army is also the fastest, and even has the potential to throw away the Wei and Ming armies.

 “What else is there to discuss?”

Once the coalition reinforcements arrive, the situation can be imagined. After all, even if it is to buy time for the army on the shore to retreat, the Qin army at sea must also fight, and has to fight with 35,000 against 85,000. The coalition forces were superior to the Qin army in terms of number of soldiers and ships.

I have to say that Yu Dayou is worthy of being a famous general. Despite his absolute superiority in military strength, he still does not relax at all. If he fights normally, he will definitely win, but it is a pity that his opponent this time cannot be judged by common sense.

 After feeling his brother's distrust, Zhao Guangyi felt frightened and angry, and had to put away his inappropriate thoughts. At the same time, he became more cautious and did not dare to make the slightest move.

Yu Dayou tried his best to make the consequences as serious as possible, hoping to give Zhao Guangyi a sense of urgency.

Unlike Yu Dayou who was impatient, Zhao Guangyi said calmly: "General Yu, I know you are in a hurry, but don't be anxious yet."

Hearing this, Yu Dayou was so angry that he wanted to hit someone, but when he thought of Zhao Guangyi's identity, he still persuaded him patiently: "It's not that I'm impatient, but time waits for no one. If we can't catch up, my lord will be captured." , or die in battle, then no matter how hard we fight, Qingxu will lose the battle, so it is better to surrender to the Qin army as soon as possible. "

Although Zhao Guangyi is usually a little out of tune, his words are crude and not crude. With such a huge advantage in military strength, there is no need to worry about tactics and just crush them directly.

However, for the sake of safety, Yu Dayou still made a tactical arrangement, that is, to let the faster 40,000 Ming army go around to the north of the Qin army, and then follow the 45,000 Wei and Song naval forces in the south to launch a north-south pincer attack on the Qin army.

Seeing that they were about to arrive in Ganyu, the naval commanders of the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming gathered together on the main ship of the United Army to discuss how to deal with the upcoming naval battle.

Just after Yu Dayou issued the order, new information came from the front line.

“Report...to General Qi, the 35,000-strong Qin navy has taken the initiative to attack our army, and it is Zhou Yu’s flag that has been hung out.”

 “What? How is this possible?”

Hearing this, all the generals present were shocked. Apparently, they did not expect that the Qin army would take the initiative to attack.

If the Qin army does not attack and engages in offshore battles, once the Qin army is defeated, it will be relatively convenient to rely on the coral reefs along the way to withdraw. At most, it will be severely damaged and the entire army will not be annihilated.

But once Zhou Yu takes the initiative and engages in a deep-sea battle, it will not be so easy to withdraw his troops once defeated, and there may even be a risk of the entire army being annihilated.

No one here thought that the coalition forces would lose. After all, 85,000 vs. 35,000, the coalition's advantage was too great, and there was no possibility of losing. After Yu Dayou thought for a while, he asked: "Whose flag did the Qin army fly?"

"General Qi, he is flying a banner with the word "Zhou"."

Hearing this, Zhao Guangyi suddenly took a breath of cold air and said: "Hiss, it was Zhou Yu who personally led the army. Didn't he go ashore to surround and kill King Ming?"

"Zhou Yu is going to make a desperate move. He would rather risk the annihilation of his entire army to capture King Ming."

After finishing speaking, Su Hu looked at Yu Dayou with a serious face and asked: "General Yu, apart from us, King Ming should have other reinforcements, right? If not, it will be meaningless for us to win this battle."

Although Yu Dayou had no clue in his heart, he still pretended to be relaxed and said: "General Su, there is no need to worry about my king. Since my king dares to put himself in danger, he must be sure of his escape. We only need to defeat Zhou Yu's Qin navy." ”

Hearing this, Su Hu nodded and said, "That's good."

At the same time, on the bow of the main ship of the Great Qin Navy, Zhou Yu was looking southward with a serious face. Although he could not see the large coalition fleet yet, he knew that he would see it soon.

Not long ago, news came that the coalition navy was about to arrive, which made the Qin generals extremely unwilling.

 Zhu Di has been trapped and died in Ganyu City, and there are only 1,700 remaining troops under his command. They can all be annihilated in two hours at most, but the coalition navy will arrive in an hour.

No one is willing to spit out the fat in their mouth, but with only thirty-five thousand versus eighty-five thousand, trying to win is nothing more than a dream.

With a sudden thought, all the Qin generals, including Qi Jiguang, thought that Zhou Yu would definitely order a retreat, and either let Zhu Di go all out to deal with the coalition navy, or withdraw directly.

But what none of the Qin generals expected was that Zhou Yu not only did not withdraw his troops, but instead asked Qi Jiguang to take over and continue to besiege Zhu Di. At the same time, he led 35,000 naval troops and took the initiative to fight against the Eighth Route Army at an absolute disadvantage. Fifteen thousand coalition troops.

"Qi Jiguang, Zhu Di only has 1,700 men left now, and the governor has left 27,000 troops for you. You must capture and kill Zhu Di within two hours, and then come to support." Zhou Yu looked serious. said.

Hearing this, Qi Jiguang immediately said: "No."

He didn't think this task was that difficult. After all, Zhu Di only had so few troops left, and nearly half of them were injured. Two hours was more than enough to solve it.

“But Commander-in-Chief, you only have 35,000 naval troops to fight against the coalition’s 85,000 naval troops. Isn’t it too risky?”

Qi Jiguang expressed his worries. If the coalition navy were all new recruits, he would naturally dare to do this, but the coalition obviously was not, so he felt that Zhou Yu's move was too risky. If he was not careful, his vitality might be seriously damaged.

When Zhou Yu heard this, there was a hint of coldness in the corner of his mouth, and he said calmly: "If the war starts in the near sea, even the governor will not dare to say victory, but it is not necessarily the case in the deep sea."

As soon as these words came out, all the generals present were shocked. Qi Jiguang was even more shocked and said: "What? Commander-in-Chief, are you going to fight the coalition navy in the deep sea area?"

Zhou Yu nodded: "Yes, the wind and waves in the deep sea are strong and naval battles are difficult. This can narrow the gap in the number of troops and warships."

"But this is too dangerous. If we are not careful, our army may be severely damaged."

Qi Jiguang said worriedly, but there were more serious consequences that he had not yet mentioned, which were the risk of the entire army being annihilated, and even if he could capture and kill Zhu Di, he would not be able to lead his army back to Qingdao Port.

There is also Zhou Yu, who studied under Bai Qi. His military style has always been prudent, but now he has to take such a big risk. He is obviously forced to a dead end.

Qi Jiguang's guess was correct. Zhou Yu was indeed forced into a desperate situation, but what made him willing to take such a big risk was that he was sure to block the United Navy in the deep sea, and it was naturally because of Zhu Di.

No matter what, it was impossible for Zhou Yu to spit out the fat piece of Zhu Di's mouth.

"Even Zhu Di dared to risk his life, so why should we risk our lives?"

With that said, Zhou Yu patted Qi Jiguang on the shoulder and said sternly: "If the governor is not mistaken, Zhu Di's back-up force must not only be the navy, but also a support force on land, so you only have two hours.

 After two hours, whether you can capture Zhu Di or not, you must retreat. Otherwise, once you are entangled by Zhu Ming's reinforcements on land, you will never be able to return to the sea. "

Facing Zhou Yu's instructions, Qi Jiguang nodded solemnly: "I will understand."

"Qi Jiguang, whether our army will win or lose this battle depends entirely on you."

Having said that, Zhou Yu returned to the fleet without looking back, and immediately took on a task that was ten times more difficult than encircling and killing Zhu Di, and took the initiative to lead 35,000 naval troops to kill the United Navy in the southeast.

“Grand Governor, the coalition navy has nearly 600 warships, while our army only has 200. The strength gap is too big.” Cai Mao said worriedly.

Zhou Yu raised his head and stared at the gradually darkening clouds in the sky. A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth and he said: "The sea will help us narrow the gap."

  【Ding dong, Zhou Yu's skill 'Shuijun' effect 3 is activated. After this effect is activated, you will be blessed by the water god. If you want wind, you will get wind, and if you want rain, you will get rain. (Note: This effect can only be activated once a year.)]

 (End of this chapter)