After Guo Yu arrived in Xudu, he met with the Emperor and the officials, and met with Cao Cao's team. He then picked Zhang Liao and decided to let him follow him to meet Ling Tong.
Cao Cao had many generals under him, but not many experts.
After Dian Wei's death, Xu Chu and Zhang Liao were the best.
Of course, Xu Chu was the ceiling figure of this era. It would be best if he could go. However, Cao Cao had too many enemies in the open and in the dark. Xu Chu naturally had to accompany Cao Cao.
Zhang Liao's martial arts skills were slightly inferior, but his courage was not inferior to Xu Chu's. Moreover, Zhang Liao was also a person with both wisdom and courage. After comprehensive consideration, he was the most suitable person to go.
Although Zhang Liao was from Yanmen in Bingzhou and was not good at swimming, Guo Yu had him sway on Xu Duhua's boat for a while and found that Zhang Liao basically did not have any symptoms of seasickness, so he decided to take him away.
"Wen Yuan, you must take good care of Mister. You can't let anything happen to him!”
Cao Cao knew that Guo Yu had made up his mind to leave, so he didn't stop him. He only repeatedly reminded Zhang Liao to protect Guo Yu.
Although Zhang Liao had made contributions at the White Wolf Mountain in western Liaoning, he had followed Cao Cao a little late. He was only a middle-level general in the army now. He couldn't even compare to Yu Jin, let alone Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan.
Now that Guo Yu had come out of the mountain and asked for him, Zhang Liao naturally had a sense of understanding. Thus, he swore to the heavens that he would do his best to protect Guo Yu.
Seeing that Cao Cao was still worried, Guo Yu smiled and said,""There's no need to worry. It's just to receive them. There might not be any pursuers in a hurry. Even if there are pursuers, it will definitely be a small fleet. I have a tower ship in hand, so I'm not afraid of them.”
Cao Cao still wanted to say something, but he remembered that Guo Yu was his brain. Guo Yu could think of things that he couldn't think of, and Guo Yu could think of things that he couldn't think of, so he didn't waste his breath.
After Guo Yu arrived in Shouchun, he immediately wrote a letter to Ling Tong, saying that he had already arrived here and asked him to prepare to cross the river.
At the same time, he asked people to temporarily gather a group of boatmen who often went out to sea to fish, and also recruited civilian boats to prepare for any accidents.
Fishermen and fishing boats from Jiujiang County gathered together, and soon, Zhou Yu was alerted.
After Zhou Yu took Jiangxia, he considered that it would not be easy to defend it, so he plundered it and retreated. He had originally been stationed in Xunyang.
Hearing that there were some strange movements in Jiujiang, he suspected that Guo Yu was going to attack Jiangdong. Thus, he and Sun Quan hurried to Danyang County and observed the situation across the river.
"Gongjin, what do you think Guo Yu is trying to do? These fishing boats could not fight on the river at all. What was the use of gathering them?”
"Although we can't figure it out, Guo Yu has always been a mysterious person. We still have to be careful and be on guard! In addition, I also heard that the Cao bandits are building ships in Liyang. They are heavily guarded and very mysterious! I have a bad feeling about this."
Even Zhou Yu felt uneasy, and Sun Quan was even more worried.
Ling Tong had also heard that there was something unusual on the other side. After seeing Guo Yu's letter, he knew that Guo Yu had come to pick him up.
However, after Zhou Yu arrived at Dan Yang, he increased his security, which made it ten times more difficult for him to escape.
Even his family members were secretly persuading him to reconsider.
However, Ling Tong didn't want to go back on his promise with Guo Yu. Moreover, Sun Quan had transferred Gan Ning to Dan Yang to help Zhou Yu defend. This made Ling Tong even more determined to rebel.
"Tomorrow night at midnight, I will escape with my family. Please be sure to meet me on the river!”
After Ling Tong secretly sent a message to Guo Yu, both sides quickly made their final preparations.
Guo Yu had already arrived at Liyang these few days and gathered a thousand young men to board the ship for training. When he saw Ling Tong's letter, he was greatly relieved.
A day passed by quickly. In the second half of the night, Ling Tong used the excuse of changing guards and had his family pretend to be soldiers. They hurriedly boarded the ship and left Niuzhu.
However, family members were family members after all. This group of people walked casually, and the people who were changed immediately reported to Zhou Yu.
Zhou Yu wasn't stupid. He immediately thought of the conflict between Gan Ning and Ling Tong and guessed what had happened. He quickly gathered his army and split up.
"Tell Gan Ning to send troops after Ling Tong! If Ling Tong didn't rebel, tell him to come to see me quickly. If Ling Tong has rebelled, I must kill him!”
"Send another group of people to Ling Tong's house and detain his family. You are not allowed to humiliate them, but you are not allowed to let them go!”
The navy camp in River East was immediately lit up, so much so that even the opposite shore could see the light.
Today, Guo Yu personally put on his armor and boarded the ship. He stood at the bow with Zhang Liao and closely watched the situation on the river.
Behind the huge ship were 3,000 fishing boats. Fishermen were standing on them. They did not carry any weapons. They only held torches, but the torches had not been lit yet.
The night was so dark that no one on the vast river could see Guo Yu's fleet.
Not long after, Zhang Liao suddenly raised his hand and pointed."Sir, look! There seems to be a boat coming over there!"
Guo Yu looked up and saw a bright light rushing towards them. After a while, he saw clearly that there were countless ships chasing after them. The sound of shouting could be heard without end, and it became clearer and clearer.
"Sir, do you want to light a torch?" Zhang Liao had never fought on the water before, so he felt a strange sense of excitement when he saw the densely packed ships rushing over.
"No hurry, come closer!"
After waiting for a while until the ship at the front was about to arrive, Guo Yu ordered,""Pass on the order! Light the torches!"
Following his order, torches lit up on the ship that was several tens of feet tall. From afar, it looked like a sea of fire that connected the sky!
As the torches lit up, the surrounding fishing boats also raised their torches at almost the same time.
For a moment, the river surface was also densely packed with torches. It was clear that they were going to ambush the Jiangdong Navy.
Ling Tong was close to the ship. He saw the flag with the word "Guo" hanging on the bow of the ship and knew that Guo Yu had come to receive him. After greeting him, he turned around and stopped beside the ship.
Gan Ning had been leading his troops in pursuit of Ling Tong. He knew Ling Tong was going to rebel when he saw him heading north. Just as he was about to catch up to Ling Tong, countless ships suddenly appeared.
"Ling Tong, not only did you defect, you even set up an ambush to harm me! Pass down the order! I'll lead the front troops and crash into their ships. The middle and rear troops will retreat immediately!”
Gan Ning assumed that the enemy was a navy, so he ordered the ships in front to cover the rear and even accelerated.
"What about Sir? Should we avoid it?" Zhang Liao saw that the other side actually dared to risk their lives and knew that they had met an opponent. He was so excited that his entire body was trembling.
"Why are you avoiding me? Send the order to speed up and knock over all the ships in River East!”
Guo Yu wasn't afraid, so the fishermen who were temporarily recruited also went all out. In an instant, hundreds of people rowed together, and the speed of the ship suddenly increased by several times!
When such a giant collided, the power was immeasurable!
Gan Ning's Mengchong Battleship was also a powerful weapon, but compared to the turreted ships, it was like a small fish against a whale!
The dozens of ships in front of them didn't even have time to slow down before they were all knocked down. Even the fierce Gan Ning didn't dare to be careless and jumped back into the river!
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