Chapter 129: First Encounter
Gan Ning saw the defense of the water village, and couldn't help but shake his head again and again, and sneered: "Which fool has arranged the defense, on the surface, it looks decent, but in fact, it is completely in accordance with what the military book says, it is simply full of flaws, Ziming, it is better to rush over and take the water village in one fell swoop!" β
"Let's see who it is!" Lu Meng nodded, and shouted at Ma Yan, who was standing on the top of the water village: "I am Jiangdong Lu Meng, who are you!" β
Ma Tan responded loudly: "I am a young horse, and I dare to invade my state and county?" Don't retreat quickly! β
"Ma Youchang?" When Gan Ning heard this name, his brows furrowed: "Who is this person, why haven't I heard of it?" β
A planner who accompanied the army on the boat heard this and said: "I heard that this person is the younger brother of Ma Liang, who is quite famous in Jingzhou, good at debate, and is highly valued by Zhuge Liang. Last year's Shangsi Festival, Jingzhou officials held a waterside banquet, and this Ma Tan talked about the art of war, but was ridiculed by Liu Beima's son Liu Chan, who was only a few years old.
Since then, this Ma Jian has no face to come out to see people, I heard that he also hid in Jingnan, but I didn't expect that now he is actually guarding the public security, is there no one available in Jingzhou? β
When Lu Meng heard this, he couldn't help but wonder: "Zhuge Liang actually acted as nepotism and sent such a mediocre talent to guard the public security?" β
Ma Tan looked at the building boat opposite from a distance, and saw that Lu Meng and the others were discussing, knowing that they were discussing himself, so he shouted loudly: "Lu Ameng, I heard that you are from the army, and you don't know a single big character, you have to know the art of war to march and fight, you don't even know the words, how can you fight against me?" You better retreat quickly, so as not to hurt the feelings of the Sun and Liu families! β
"Hmph, rotten!" Lu Meng laughed angrily when he heard this.
Gan Ning said in a deep voice: "Ziming, don't talk nonsense with him, just lead the troops to take down the water village in one go!" β
Lu Meng stretched out his hand to stop and said, "No, Xingba, you lead ten fighting ships to test one or two first, remember not to be careless!" β
"That's great, I'm going to tear this kid's mouth apart." Gan Ning was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately led ten fighting ships to the public security water village to kill.
"This Lu Meng is so cautious, he didn't attack with the whole army!" Ma Tan saw that the Jiangdong Navy only came out with more than ten warships such as Gan Ning, and he couldn't help but be disappointed.
If LΓΌ Meng led the main force to attack together, Ma Jian could order the soldiers and horses to return to their respective posts as quickly as possible, so that the Jiangdong army would be caught off guard.
It's just that Lu Meng is so cautious, and Ma Jian shows that the enemy is weak, and he refuses to join the army, so Ma Jian has to expose some of his backs.
Seeing Gan Ning leading ten fighting ships to come at a high speed, Ma Jian knew how powerful his Gan Ning was, and said: "Gan Ning is a general in Jiangdong, and he is quite good at fighting on the water, so don't let him approach our army's water village and beat the drum to gather troops!" β
When the soldiers heard this, they quickly beat the war drums, and as soon as the war drums sounded, the soldiers in the water village quickly rushed to the defense area where they were located, and in a blink of an eye, the defense of the water village took on a new look and improved a grade.
"It's actually a show of weakness to the enemy, let General Gan come back!" Lu Meng saw the sound of Jingzhou's military drums, and many flaws in the previous water village were instantly filled, and he understood that this was Ma Yan's signal to use a weak strategy, and hurriedly ordered Gan Ning to return.
However, the boat is known for its lightness and convenience, and its original meaning is a light boat, and the water soldiers are used to carry it. In water warfare, it is also often used to take a boat to raid, and the speed is fast, like a gully on the water.
Although LΓΌ Meng's order was issued, Gan Ning's fleet was within the range of Shuizhai.
Ma Tan pointed to the boat where Gan Ning was and shouted, "Aim at the warship in the middle and shoot hard!" β
With Ma Tan's order, arrows suddenly shot out in the water village, and one arrow after another shot towards the warship where Gan Ning was.
The Jiangdong soldiers were caught off guard, and many of them were killed, and there were no less than 100 people who fell into the water.
Gan Ning held a machete in his hand, constantly wielding the machete to block arrows from the air, covering the soldiers to slowly retreat into the cabin.
At this moment, there was also a sound of gold in the direction of the main flotilla in the rear.
"Damn, turn the bow and retreat!"
Gan Ning saw the sound of Mingjin, and could only give the order to the soldiers to retreat.
Now that they have been shot by the Jingzhou army, the soldiers on these ten warships have also suffered heavy losses, and it is impossible to land in the water village and fight head-on with the Han army.
Gan Ning led his troops back to the fleet and returned to the ship.
On the side of the public security city, Liao Hua also climbed to the top of the city, and ordered the soldiers to wait under the city gate, ready to support Ma Jian at any time, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw Gan Ning returning.
"Ziming, why are you Mingjin!" Gan Ning quickly climbed to the top of the boat and asked Lu Mengxing for his guilt.
Lu Meng explained: "You only have ten ships, less than 2,000 soldiers, and there are many casualties under the rain of arrows, in order to avoid Ma Jian and other conspiracies, it is better not to be reckless!" β
"I can't imagine that this nameless person is so treacherous, and he deliberately shows weakness to the enemy, it's really hateful!" When Gan Ning heard this, he didn't pursue Lu Meng, and looked at the already renovated defense layout of the water village on the opposite side, and couldn't help but slap the railing and scold.
Lu Meng patted Gan Ning on the shoulder and said, "Okay, Xingba, I'll just say that Zhuge Liang won't be so ignorant, and send a mediocre to guard the public security." Let's go to the shore to set up camp first, and now we have to deal with the Jingzhou army here again, it's not a day's work! β
"Since Ziming said so, he will be cheaper today! Another day, I will definitely take Ma Tan's head to make a wine jug! Gan Ning glanced fiercely at the figure of Ma Jian on the high platform of the water village, and then returned to the cabin.
Gan Ning and Lu Meng have a very good personal relationship.
However, compared with Lu Meng, Gan Ning has great shortcomings in personality, Gan Ning has a rough and murderous temperament, and his personality is also easy to excite, and he wants to kill people at every turn.
Once the boy in Gan Ning's kitchen made a mistake and fled to Lu Meng's house to ask for asylum, Gan Ning went to visit, Lu Meng returned the boy to Gan Ning, Gan Ning said that he would not kill him, but after he returned, he tied the boy to a tree and shot him alive.
Lu Meng was furious, and he had to attack and kill Gan Ning for this reason, but fortunately, Lu Mu resolved it, and the two were reconciled as before.
Then the Jiangdong Army went to the shore and found a suitable position to land, some of the men and horses were on guard, and some of the men and horses were encamped.
The equipment needed to build the camp was carried on the warships, but in half a day, the Jiangdong Army set up a camp.
Jiangdong camp, in the big tent of the Chinese army, at this moment, Lu Meng summoned all the generals to discuss together.
LΓΌ Meng said to the generals: "I am waiting for this trip to be ordered to attack the public security, in order to respond to the actions of the governor, so as to attract the main force of the Jingzhou army here. However, before Zhuge Liang left, he sent Ma Tan to guard the public security, and did not increase the number of troops for the public security, which was not conducive to our plan. β
Gan Ning said disdainfully when he heard this: "What about Ma Yan? Could it be that Zhuge Liang thought that with the thousands of soldiers and horses he led, he could stop my 15,000 army? Today is just a moment of carelessness to eat his small loss, I have a plan, but I can go to the water village! β
Lu Meng was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly asked: "What is Xingba's clever plan, come quickly!" β