The city of Xiangyang is connected by the Han River.

Its surrounding waterways are complex, and there are countless tributaries of the Han River.

Tanxi is one of the tributaries of the Han River.

It's a lake, and it's a waterway.

Locals also call it Xiangshui.

It is said to be a lake, because the Tanxi waterway is particularly broad in the riverbed under Zhenwu Mountain, and the two banks do not see the border, looking down from Zhenwu Mountain, a blue wave is clear, such as the beautiful scenery of the lake, so many people call it Tanxi Lake.

But the whole Tanxi waterway is very long, winding and stretching, nine bends and eighteen bends, all over the territory of hundreds of miles in the southwest of Xiangyang, the north is connected with the Han River, the south is the East Lake, vertical and horizontal between the Zhenwu Mountain, and also connects the southern foot of the Yan Mountain.

This is one of the more important waterways in Yangyang.

Xiangyang is naturally on guard here.

Defending this place is the general under Huang Zu, Chen Zuo.

Huang Zu led Jiangxia for several years, one of the princes, and the support of the Huang clan, the first family of Jiangxia, and his command is also full of talents, and there are many civil and military generals, but in the military, the more outstanding ones are none other than Zhang Shuo and Chen.

Zhang Shuo is good at attacking cities, commanding foot soldiers, and invincible, while Chen Shuo is good at water warfare.

More than eighty percent of the warships under Huang Zu's command gathered under Chen Qi's troops.

Huang Zu personally led the army into Xiangyang, and the main force was basically all to, tens of thousands of troops, all over the south of Xiangyang, from the southern suburbs, southwest, southeast, in the formation of a line.

Chen commanded the Jiangxia Naval Division and was responsible for stationing on Tanxi Lake.

Tanxi Lake has the Han River as a barrier, and is backed by Zhenwu Mountain, whether it is a waterway or a land route, there are natural barriers, stationed here, easy to defend and difficult to attack, to protect the southwest of Xiangyang safe and sound.

The Jiangxia Naval Division is no worse than the Jingzhou Naval Division, and its combat effectiveness is even above the Jingzhou Naval Division, because the Jiangxia Naval Division has fought in Jiangdong several times, and the Jiangdong Naval Division is the elite of the Naval Army.

Chen was a cautious man, and although he didn't think that the Mu Jun would dare to start a war with a sailor first, he was still cautious.

He had heard a little about the shepherd's sailor.

I heard that there is not even a building ship, the most powerful warship is still a fighting ship, and there are not many fighting ships, most of them are just ships, and the combat effectiveness of the ships meets the building ships, and the eggs touch the stones.

In this way, the navy cannot be called a sailor at all, it can only be called a water bandit, and the navy fights, if there is no building ship to rely on, it can only be like the tricks of the water bandits, gather when they come, and disperse when they go.

On Tanxi Lake, the battle flag hunts, and the water village is camped.

"Report to the Captain, an hour ago, the scout suddenly discovered that there were warships entering the Han River, and now the northern part of the Tanxi Waterway is only ten miles away from us!"

The military marquis of the Scout Tribes is Chen Zhong, Chen Zhu's cousin, and his most trusted general.

"Did you read the number?" Chen sat on his knees in the humble military hall, his eyes narrowed slightly, he was still young, only in his early thirties, but he was very strong, and he was one of the fierce generals of Jiangxia.

"See clearly!"

Chen Zhong replied: "Jingping's Second Army!" ”

"Pastoral Army?"

Chen slowly stood up and looked into the distance: "It's a bit unexpected to me, they don't attack Xiangyang by land, but take the waterway, thinking that they can be called a sailor with a few boats, and they can't do it themselves!" ”

He looked down on the herdsmen and sailors from the bottom of his bones.

In his heart, there is only one enemy, that is, the Jiangdong Water Division, and the rest of the people, on the waterway, are not worthy of being called his opponents, and even Cai Mao, the governor of the Jingzhou Water Army, is not very buying.

He couldn't imagine that the shepherd sailor would dare to come.

After being surprised, Chen was a little excited, the atmosphere in Jingzhou was now depressed, and the mood in the army was very low, especially the Xiangyang generals, who were defeated in the hands of the Mu army, which had caused a panic to spread.

At this time, if he can fight a beautiful victory, he will definitely make Jiang Xiajun famous in Jingzhou.

"Chen Zhong!"

"In!"

"Release all the scout boats, let me find out the situation of the herdsman sailor, how many troops, how many ships, I want to know!" Chen said coldly.

He is a mature general who has been tempered on the battlefield, and it is okay to look down on the herdsman sailors, but he will never allow the enemy to underestimate the enemy, he doesn't want to capsize in the gutter, and finally be defeated by an unformed herdsman sailors.

After all, the shepherds have a reputation.

Whether it was defeating the Kwantung Alliance Army and fighting out of Guanzhong, or seizing Hanzhong with a thunderous force and leaving Jingzhou, it showed the strong combat effectiveness of the herdsmen, which is beyond doubt.

However, the reputation of the pastoral army is played out by foot soldiers, and the water division of the pastoral army can be said to be the only stigma of the pastoral army.

That's why Chen has confidence.

If he had faced the main force of the herdsmen on land, he would have run away a long time ago, and he would not have rushed forward stupidly.

"Captain-sama, do you want to inform Lord Taishou of this?"

A marching master said suddenly.

"Hmm!"

Chen thought about it, although he wanted to fight, but this matter still depends on Huang Zu's meaning: "Huang Xi, you personally return to Xiangyang, report all the situation to Lord Taishou, and then ask for battle on my behalf, and tell Lord Taishou that I am confident that I will completely annihilate the enemy on the river!" ”

"No!"

Huang Xi, the chief bookkeeper of the march, gave up his hand and quickly returned to the city.

He reported the situation to Huang Zu.

Huang Zu didn't make his own assertions, he would be a little arrogant in Jiangxia, but in this Xiangyang City, he didn't dare to be too arrogant, Xiangyang Hidden Dragon Crouching Tiger, the Cai family of the Kuai family, are all famous families who can beat the Huang family, this is still Liu Biao's home field, and face still has to be given.

He immediately went to the state governor's mansion to discuss with Liu Biao and others.

"Tanxi?"

Liu Biao squinted: "The herdsman actually wants to open the gap from here?" ”

"Lord, I think that we can fight a battle, my Jiangxia Sailor, elite as a tiger, is by no means comparable to their herdsmen and sailors, as long as we keep an eye on the land and force them to fight a decisive battle in the river, we can use our strengths and avoid weaknesses, and defeat them with our advantages!"

Huang Zu arched his hand and said.

"Yes!"

Liu Biao thought about it, nodded and said.

After holding back these days, it's time to fight, otherwise the atmosphere in Xiangyang City will be a little uncontrollable, especially under the consecutive defeats, the Jingzhou soldiers are obviously on the verge of collapse.

At this point, he needs a win.

"But this battle can only be won, not defeated!" Liu Biao instructed.

"Don't worry, my Jiangxia Sailor, how can I be defeated by the mere Herdsman Sailor!"

Huang Zu said confidently.

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"It's Tanxi Lake in front!"

Zhang Liao stood on the deck, stared ahead, and said softly: "It is indeed a good place for a decisive battle!" ”

Jingping's Second Army, three battalions, gathered most of the main forces, all the warships, are here.

In this battle, he was not harassing or tempting.

It's a decisive battle.

"Yes!"

Zhang Shi, the captain of the fifth battalion, stood beside him and said softly: "There are still three miles ahead at most, and I entered Tanxi Lake, Tanxi Lake is big inside and small outside, just like a bowl, and the most important thing is to rely on Zhenwu Mountain!" ”

He thought for a moment and continued: "General Zhonglang, in fact, we can let the Violent Bear Army meet in Zhenwu Mountain, if there is a Violent Bear Army on the side to respond, contain some of their main forces, so that we can fight a little better!" ”

"No way!"

Zhang Liao shook his head and said softly: "This will startle the snake, if we let the lord mobilize the Violent Bear Army into Zhenwu Mountain, I am afraid it will cause the movement of the main force in Jingzhou, and the two sides will dispatch troops, it will not be a local battle in Tanxi Lake, but a large-scale decisive battle with a head-on collision!" ”

"Collision will collide, I'm afraid they won't succeed!"

Zhang Shi sneered.

"It's not that we're afraid of them, but it's not in our interest to fight like this!"

Zhang Liao said with a smile: "In the battle on land, we are sure of victory, the only thing we are worried about is that we cannot break through on the waterway, once the waterway is captured, our main force will not be able to advance, and in the end it will inevitably form a stalemate that worries us!" ”

"Stalemate?"

"The terrain of Xiangyang is special, and we have attacked many cities before, the waterways here are criss-crossed, if there is no capable navy to open up these waterways, it is difficult for us to even come to the city!"

Zhang Liao sighed: "Everyone in the world knows that my pastoral army has strong combat effectiveness, but the only problem is in our Jingping Second Army, you must know that although our Jingping Second Army is a sailor, it is not as good as a person after all, whether it is a warship, or the ability to control the ship, or even the familiarity with the waterway, the proficiency of water is not as good as the Jingzhou Sailor, and it is too far away from the Jiangxia Sailor!" ”

He didn't want to admit it, but he had to admit that elites like Jingping's Second Army and Jiangxia Sailors must be just a teenager, compared to an adult.

His fists clenched slightly: "If we can't make up for this gap, we won't be able to let the army cross the waterways and quickly come to the city, the reason why I took the initiative to invite the battle is to train the soldiers with battle!" ”

The breath on Zhang Liao's body burst out, like a javelin, straight as a mountain, straight up to the wind, and the incomparable sharpness can cut through everything, he said word by word: "I want to train the second army of Jingping before the decisive battle!" ”

"In this case, we will inevitably suffer heavy casualties!"

Zhang Shi gasped: "This is too cruel!" ”

After a battle, the loss of troops is innumerable, and ten people may not be able to train one, even if they finally train some elites, they will also lose a lot of main soldiers.

"Do you have a second way to close the distance between the two sides?"

Zhang Liao's eyes were vivid, he looked at Zhang Shi, and asked rhetorically in a deep voice.

When Zhang Shi heard this, he suddenly became silent.

Jingzhou Naval Division and Jiangxia Naval Division are both first-class elites, and their Jingping Second Army is too far behind in terms of heritage, first of all, there is a big gap in the warship, and in addition, the soldiers are also far behind, not ability, but technology, and the operation of the naval division and the control of the warship is a technical problem.

"It's not that I want to be cruel, it's that we don't want anything else!"

Zhang Liao's calm face was as calm as water with a touch of madness: "Our soldiers are all elite soldiers, battlefield training, so that they can better familiarize themselves with water warfare and better control the warship, this matter has been authorized by the lord with me, I have decided this battle!" ”

"Pass my military order, enter Tanxi Lake for a mile, immediately launch an attack, and the whole army will advance and go straight to Tanxi Lake!"

Zhang Liao issued a military order, the pastoral army is strictly disciplined, the military order is like a mountain, on the battlefield, you can discuss, you can refute, but as long as the military order is one, you must obey it unconditionally.

The warships of Jingping's Second Army began to charge......