Chapter 2902: The Battle of the Four Kingdoms in the East China Sea, Zhou Yu VS Zhu Di (Part 1)
Chapter 2899: The Battle of the Four Kingdoms in the East China Sea, Zhou Yu VS Zhu Di
All sets of acting.
After Zhu Di made all preparations, he personally led 5,000 elite soldiers, as well as generals such as Chang Yuchun and Xiang Zhuang, and went straight to Ganyu to "put down the rebellion".
On the other side, Shandong Peninsula, Donglai County, Qingdao County, Qingdao Port, and Qin Navy Camp.
After receiving the news, Zhou Yu immediately summoned all his generals to discuss whether to send troops to Ganyu and capture Zhu Di alive.
Qingdao County was originally a county in Donglai County. Although it was just a county, it covered the entire Jiaozhou Bay in later generations.
Because the county is the closest city to Zhu Ming, and the Jiaozhou Bay area under its territory, it has a unique geographical environment, and can attack and retreat or defend, which is a natural good harbor.
In order to meet the needs of the war and prepare for the Central Plains War in advance, Daqin specially built a new harbor in the bay area, and Ying Hao named the new harbor "Qingdao Port".
Qingdao Port took one year to complete construction and expanded after another year. Not only did it take over half of the functions of Beihai Port, but it was also second only to Beihai Port in terms of scale, becoming the second largest port in Qingzhou.
In addition, Zhou Yu also built a large number of defensive construction projects in Qingdao Port, which was originally commercially used, and built a war fortress with an offensive and defensive war, the port satellite city.
As Qingdao Port became more and more prosperous, the population was increasing, and instead surpassed the county. So Ying Hao waved his hand and turned against Tiangang directly, renamed Fuqi County to Qingdao County, and moved the administrative center to Qingdao Port.
After the Sixth Central Plains War began, Qingdao Port became Zhou Yu''s naval base because it was closest to the Ming Dynasty.
Zhou Yu continued to attack with this as the central stronghold, heading south to harass dozens of cities along Langya, Donghai and Guangling, causing great losses to the Zhu Ming coalition, which forced Zhu Di to fight him.
Zhou Yu had a plan before the war, which was to force the Three Kingdoms Navy of Wei, Song and Ming to fight, then lead the Three Kingdoms Navy to Qingdao Bay, and then rely on the fortifications in Qingdao Bay to annihilate it at the lowest cost.
Zhou Yu''s plan is very good, but his opponent Zhu Di is not a fool. He was trapped, that is, Fan Zeng and Yao Guangxiao were also trapped. The difficulty of this is even several times greater than directly defeating the Three Kingdoms Navy.
As a last resort, Zhou Yu had no choice but to give up this one-step plan and instead adopted a steady approach to attack the coastal areas of the Jianghuai River and Huai River, constantly bleed the Zhu Ming coalition until he received news that Feng Guoyong rebelled and Zhu Di personally led his army to quell the rebellion.
Zhou Yu was a commander-in-chief of the high command and intelligence. Faced with the sudden flaws of the Ming army, he naturally could not be unsuspecting.
But it is precisely because Zhou Yu is too smart and can think of everything he can think of and cannot think of, so he is prone to getting into a stubborn position.
Regarding Zhu Di''s personal trip to Ganyu to quell the rebellion, you should say that this is a trap. However, Ganyu is wide and there is no Tibetan army at all. If the reinforcements around him want to support him, it will take as long as four days, even the navy will take two days.
Zhou Yu had already captured Zhu Di alive. Even if he couldn''t do it, he could still get out at any time at the speed of the Qin naval army. So if Zhu Di really used his body as bait, wouldn''t the risk be too great?
The interests and risks are not proportional.
But if you say nothing is wrong, this is a bit coincidental.
Feng Guoyong''s father-in-law was killed due to corruption, which caused Zhu Di to be furious, which led to Feng Guoyong''s rebellion. In order to quell the rebellion as soon as possible, Zhu Di only led a few elite troops to rush to Ganyu as quickly as possible to quell the rebellion. This is logically understandable.
Zhu Ming''s defenders in the coastal areas need to be guarded against Zhou Yu''s navy. Zhu Di can mobilize not many mobile troops. With Zhu Di''s prestige, if he personally suppressed the rebellion and acted fast enough, he might be able to defeat the enemy without fighting.
Therefore, Zhu Di only led 5,000 troops and personally led his troops to suppress the rebellion, which were actually reasonable behaviors.
But the behavior that seems reasonable alone is reasonable and is reasonable to add it together, which seems a bit deliberate. Although it is logical, who will follow the normal idea in the war?
So whenever he thinks of this, even Zhou Yu can''t help but feel entangled. He is worried that this will be Zhu Di''s trap, and he does not want to miss such a great opportunity.
He had never thought about using tricks, but he couldn''t see what Zhu Di''s trap was, so how could he use tricks?
Of course, there were more than Zhou Yu who was entangled, including Qi Jiguang and Li Shunchen. They also saw the problem, but Zhou Yu could not see through Zhu Di''s intentions, so they naturally couldn''t see it either.
After some discussion, the three of them were reluctant to give up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. After all, if they could directly take Zhu Di, there would be no need to fight the Qingnan War.
So, regardless of whether this is Zhu Di’s trap or not, it is at least beneficial to the Qin army at present. Even if Zhu Di has a later move, he can only deal with it by chance.
Because the bait is too tempting, even though Zhou Yu knew there might be a hook inside, he decided to lick it first and taste the salty taste.
So, one hour after receiving the news, Zhou Yu made a quick decision to lead 75,000 naval troops, as well as Qi Jiguang, Li Shunchen, Jiao Moxiang, Ao Shen, Cai Mao, Yan Rou, Ma Gui, Zhan Ru and others to send troops to Ganyu, and let Han Shizhong lead 5,000 naval troops to stay in Qingdao Port.
When Zhou Yu''s navy crossed the Langya Sea and was about to enter the East China Sea, he also accepted Zhu Di''s reaction to his dispatch of troops.
Zhou Yu''s navy is almost at the East China Sea. There are so many people and so many ships. As long as the Ming army post is not blind, it is impossible to find it, so Zhu Di must also know that Zhou Yu is coming to him.
Zhu Di only had two reactions to this: one was to withdraw his troops and stop suppressing the rebellion to protect himself; the other was to resolve the rebellion before Zhou Yu arrived, and then concentrate his efforts to seize the city and convene reinforcements from all directions to serve the king.
Normally, Zhu Di would definitely choose the former. After all, although Ganyu is important, it cannot be more important than his life. However, Ganyu is just his bait to lure Zhou Yu, so what he showed to Zhou Yu was naturally the latter.
Zhu Di''s aggressive behavior, in the eyes of Zhou Yu and others, became a confident move that would surely suppress the rebellion. Then he accelerated his march and tried to arrive in Ganyu as soon as possible.
When Zhou Yu''s army arrived in Ganyu, Zhu Di had already attacked Ganyu City, but Feng Guoyong''s troops had not been completely annihilated and still resisted tenaciously in the city.
Facing the envoys for help sent by Feng Guoyong, Zhou Yu sneered in his heart, but asked with concern on the surface: "Zhu Di''s army of suppressing rebellions is only 5,000, and Feng Guoyong has 3,000 defenders, so why was Zhu Di attacked the city so quickly?"
Zhu Wujue, the great master who pretended to be an envoy, quickly replied after hearing this: "Report to the Grand Governor, my general has traitors, open the city gate and let Zhu Di enter the city."
Zhu Wujue is a character in "The Legend of Sword Qi Qianhua", nicknamed: Plague Demon Lord, known as the No. 1 strange person in the world. In the ancient dragon novel "The Flower Bell", there is also the "Plague Demon Lord Zhu Wujue" in the "Temple of the Gods" in the holy land of the martial arts world. Zhu Wujue is a hidden figure in the Hundred Summons of Martial Arts. He has the early cultivation level of a great master. After his birth, he was implanted into the Ming Kingdom and became Zhu Di''s right-hand man and the commander of the factory guard, helping Zhu Di solve a lot of trouble.
After hearing this, Zhou Yu nodded and said, "So that''s it. How long can Feng Guoyong last?"
"Grandmaster, go and support it quickly. At most, one hour, my general will not be able to hold on any longer. Then Ganyu will fall back into Zhu Di''s hands."
"Okay, go back and report to your general, and say that our governor''s reinforcements will arrive soon and let him hold on."
"No."
Looking at Zhu Wujue''s departure back, Zhou Yu sneered at the corner of his mouth, and then asked Jiao Moxiang beside him: "General Jiao, can you find out if this person has hidden his cultivation?"
Jiao Moxiang shook his head and said, "You can only detect first-class cultivation, but you can''t detect the others at all. Either his realm is higher than mine, or he really only has first-class cultivation."
Zhou Yu nodded, and knew it in his heart. He immediately ordered: "This governor will personally lead 30,000 troops to land on Ganyu. Qi Jiguang, you will lead the remaining troops to stay on the sea. Once you receive the order from this governor, you can provide support at any time."
"Promise." Qi Jiguang took the order.
Ganyu was originally a coastal city, and the county town was only twenty miles away from the sea. Zhu Di stood on the city tower, holding a thousand-mile mirror, and could see Zhou Yu''s navy at sea level.
Seeing that Zhou Yu''s troops did not all go ashore, but part of them went ashore and part of them continued to stay on the sea, Zhu Di''s eyes suddenly showed disappointment and muttered to himself: "Sure enough, I still haven''t deceived Zhou Yu?"
At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared behind Zhu Di and reported: "Lord, our navy has set off and is expected to arrive in Ganyu in one day."
The visitor was the great master of the Ming Dynasty and Zhu Wujiu.
Zhu Di had absolute trust in Zhu Wujue. After hearing this, he said, "Okay, although Zhou Yu has entered the game, he has not taken the bait yet. Whether he can catch this big fish depends on your factory guards."
"I will definitely live up to the trust of the lord."
Ganyu City is only twenty miles away from the sea. After Zhou Yu led an army of 30,000 to land, he quickly arrived at the city.
But as soon as they approached the city, before they even entered the city, a defeated army of nearly a thousand people escaped from the city under the banner of Feng Guo''s use and came to join, and the leader was Zhu Wujue.
"Don''t shoot arrows, I am General Feng''s envoy."
Looking at Zhu Wujue at the front of the crowd, Zhou Yu sneered at the corner of his mouth, and then he ordered coldly: "Shot the arrow, no one will be left."
"No."
Zhu Wujue had met Zhou Yu before. Seeing that the other party had found nothing, he thought he would meet him again this time, and he could take the opportunity to capture Zhou Yu, so as to force Qi Jiguang from the sea to lead his army ashore.
The Qin naval army was indeed powerful, even if the Wei, Song and Ming naval army could not compare with each other, but once it got ashore, it would be like a toothless tiger, and it was also not worth worrying about.
But what Zhu Wujue didn''t expect was that Zhou Yu, who was originally easy to talk to, didn''t even see him this time. He ordered the arrow to be fired as soon as he came up, and did not give him any chance to take action.
Under the Qin army''s arrow rain attack, all the 1,000 surrendered troops who came to surrender were shot to death, leaving Zhu Wujue alone and fled back in a panic.
"Lord, my subordinate failed."
Zhu Wujue knelt on one knee and apologized with shame.
Zhu Di had actually expected this in his heart. If Zhou Yu had fallen into the trap so easily, he would not have been forced to do so miserably before.
"This is not your fault, it is Zhou Yu who is too cunning. He has long guessed that this is a trap, so how could he easily take the bait?"
After saying that, Zhu Di looked at the generals under his command and ordered: "Send the entire army to go out of the city to fight Zhou Yu."
As soon as this statement came out, Chang Yuchun and Xiang Zhuang generals changed their faces one after another.
Chang Yuchun was the first to stand up and dissuade him: "Lord, Zhou Yu has landed a total of 30,000 troops, and the 40,000 naval troops on the sea can land at any time, while our army is only 8,000, and one thousand of them have been annihilated. How can these 7,000 people be Zhou Yu''s opponents?"
Xiang Zhuang also advised: "Yes, lord, Zhou Yu is Bai Qi''s disciple. He has never had any defeat since he led the army. We should be more cautious. Our army can seize the city and defend it. Only when the navy arrives can our army have the capital to compete with it."
Hearing what the generals said, Zhu Di said with disdain, "Prince to defend the city? If you can really defeat Zhou Yu by dragging it, that would be simple. I am afraid that the army will come and Zhou Yu will run away."
As soon as this statement was spoken, all the generals present were silent.
Don’t look at Zhou Yu, but the initiative is still with him. After all, if he wants to withdraw now, the Ming army with only 7,000 troops will not be able to stop him.
If Zhou Yu ran away at this moment, then all the arrangements before would be meaningless.
(This chapter ends)