As Ma Yue finished speaking, heavy footsteps suddenly sounded outside the tent, and a figure flashed, Gan Ning's tall figure had already stepped into the tent.

"Xingba?" Ma Yue said in a lost voice, "You are not in Xiaoyaojin Water Army's Grand Village, but why are you here in Shouchun?"

Gan Ning clasped his fists and said, "I heard that the lord was worried about how to break the blockade of the Feishui and Huaihe River by the Eastern Wu naval army. Therefore, he took a light boat to Shouchun at night and had a plan to offer him."

"Oh, will you come out?"

Ma Yue was surprised when he heard this. Even wise men such as Jia Xu and Lu Su were helpless. What countermeasures could Gan Ning and a martial artist think of?

Gan Ning said: "In the Bashu Waterway, when major ship gangs have disputes over interests, they often use iron cables to block the river and cut off the river surface, and only ships of this gang are allowed to pass!"

"Iron chain blocks the river?"

"Iron rope blocks the river!"

"Iron chain blocks the river?"

Ma Yue suddenly realized, "Good plan!"

Jia Xu, Lu Su, and Kuai Yue also had their eyes lit up when they heard this and said loudly: "It's really a good plan!"

"Xingba is really a lonely general!" Ma Yue's heart fell to the ground, and he couldn't help laughing loudly, "Wenhe, Zijing, different degrees, Zi Yan also felt the helpless problem, but unexpectedly, Xingba solved it, hahaha."

Gan Ning scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "Actually, the thieves who were rampant in the Bashu waterway knew about the iron chain blocking the river."

Jia Xu said happily: "The Master said that there are orders of Taoism and specialized in art and profession. The ancients really did not deceive me."

Ma Yue said, "Zijing, different degrees!"

Lu Su, Kuai Yue rushed forward and clasped his fists and said, "What are the lord's instructions?"

Ma Yue said loudly: "Gather all the blacksmiths in the army immediately to create an iron chain between the river!"

"Affect the order."

Lu Su and Kuai Yue happily accepted the order.

Moling, Wu Gong’s mansion.

When Sun Quan was sitting at the desk, he was suddenly awakened by a mess of footsteps. When he looked up quickly, his third brother Sun Yi, his clan brother Sun Yu, and his clan brother Sun Jiao had already entered one after another. Sun Yi and the other three lined up in front of Sun Quan, bowed and said, "See the lord."

"Everyone is exempted from gifts." Sun Quan waved his hand and asked Sun Yi, "Shubi, is there any news coming back in Huainan?"

Sun Yi said: "Brother, Governor Lu Meng just sent someone to send news that the Jinfan thief in Ganning had already shrank and Xiaoyaojin did not dare to fight. The Feishui and Huaihe River have been completely blocked. Now, the food outside cannot be in, the victims inside cannot be out. The more than 3 million people affected by the disaster in Huainan County and the tens of thousands of Xiliang troops who crossed the Huaihe River have become turtles in the jar."

"Okay!" Sun Quan said in a deep voice, "Shubi can go to Huainan in person to supervise the battle, and remember that you must not be ruthless! Until the plague breaks out in full, you must never lift the blockade of the Huaihe River and the fat water!"

"I'm going to receive the order."

Sun Yi agreed and took the order and left.

After Sun Yi left, Sun Quan asked Sun Yu: "Zhongyi, how is Zhou Yu's illness?"

Sun Yu said: "The doctor said that Zhou Yu's illness seemed to be worsening, and Zhou Yu also asked to go to Chaisang to recuperate."

"Beg for Chaisang to recuperate?" Sun Quan's eyes flashed when he heard this, and he said in a deep voice, "I'm sure."

Sun Yu clasped his fists and said, "I'll tell Zhou Yu here."

Sun Quan said to Sun Jiao again: "Shulang, I am the one who is recruiting a new army. How is the progress?"

Sun Jiao said: "Twenty thousand new recruits have been recruited and training is being stepped up."

"Okay." Sun Quan nodded, "If there is a lack of military supplies, you can go find Zibu."

Niuzhu.

In the Great Village of the Eastern Wu Navy, Lu Meng was worried about the map on the table.

The cunning Liang army was in Feishui, and a simple beacon tower was built every hundred steps on both sides of the Huaihe River. Every move of the Eastern Wu naval army was under the close surveillance of the Liang army scouts. The Eastern Wu naval army never dared to stay away from the river for more than twenty miles! Most of the time, they could only cruise on the river surface and never dared to go ashore easily!

Only on a moonless night did the Eastern Wu naval army dare to take advantage of the darkness to attack the Liang army's camp.

Although the Eastern Wu had 30,000 naval troops and thousands of warships of all sizes, it was still quite difficult to completely block Feishui and Huaihe River. Feishui and Huaihe River waterways were too long. If the Feishui that needed to be blocked was pulled into a straight line, it would be almost a thousand miles away! The 30,000 naval troops seemed to be crowded, but it was a bit difficult to block the Qianli River waterways.

On average, only 3,000 naval troops can be dispatched per 100 miles of waterways!

However, in actual operations, Lu Meng certainly would not distribute 30,000 naval forces evenly on the thousand-mile waterway. He would only concentrate the main force of the naval army in several key river sections. In the non-critical sections, only a small number of naval forces were sent to patrol. Once a Liang army was found to be preparing to build a floating bridge or build a raft to cross the river, it would quickly return the main force of the naval army stationed nearby, and the main force of the naval army could arrive in the shortest time to timely collapse the Liang army's attempt to cross the river.

[It is difficult to hide the sight of people when building a pontoon bridge or crossing a large scale of rivers, and it cannot be completed in a short period of time, so the Eastern Wu navy has enough time to react.]

In fact, insufficient troops is not the worst.

The worst thing is that there is no port north of the Yangtze River to provide rest and rest for the soldiers. The Eastern Wu naval army can only obtain supplies for food and supplies from the Niuzhu camp, and can only replenish clean fresh water from Feishui and the upper reaches of the Huaihe River. The only thing that is thankful is that there are many small islands in the Feishui and Huaihe River, and the Eastern Wu naval army can rest and recuperate on these river islands.

But what made Lu Meng restless the most was Xiaoyaojin's two thousand Jinfan thieves.

In order to deal with the two thousand Jinfan thieves in Ganning, Lu Meng stationed a total of six thousand naval troops on the small island of Jiangxin opposite Xiaoyaojin.

In Shouchun, horses leapt on the big tent.

Ma Yue, Jia Xu and Gan Ning were sitting around the case, studying the specific arrangement of the iron chain blocking the river in front of the case.

Jia Xu pointed to the map and said, "Lord, Feishui turned a corner here, and the river surface is narrow at the corner! Our army can snatch six iron cables from the river, and then use the cover of the iron cables from the river to build a floating bridge on the river surface, or use rafts to transport food and ferry refugees. In this way, a life passage can be built between Lujiang County and Huainan County, and Zhou Yu's poisonous plan will be broken."

Ma Yue asked Gan Ning: "Is there a solution to this iron cable blocking the river?"

"Yes." Gan Ning nodded, "Just set up a furnace at the bow of the ship, put the iron cable blocking the river in the furnace and burn it red, first let it soften, and then smash it hard with an iron hammer to break it."

Ma Yue frowned and said, "What should I do?"

"It's okay." Jia Xu said, "Our army can arrange hundreds of catapults on the peninsula that protrudes the center of the river. Although the huge rocks thrown by the catapult are difficult to hit the moving warship, the warships of the Eastern Wu Navy must stop and set up fire furnaces if they want to fuse the iron cables of the river. Once the warship stops, it will become a living target of the catapult."
Chapter completed!