Liu Cong continued to ask: "How can a thousand-year-old turtle weigh three to five hundred kilograms? There are many words on the net."

"That one weighs three to five hundred pounds! There are also ones that weigh one to two thousand pounds."

"Grandma's Gan Xingba. The more he talks about it, the more mysterious it becomes. How do you cook and eat a two thousand kilogram old turtle?"

"Oh, my lord. It's convenient for an old turtle to do it like that.

Wash the whole body of the old turtle, prop it up on three stones, and a dozen or so people come over, overturn the old turtle, with its cover facing down, and lift it to rest on the three stones. Then put a basin of water on top of the turtle's head.

Add pepper, aniseed, salt, and after arranging it, put a fire under the turtle lid to roast the turtle.

The old turtle couldn't stand the roast anymore, so he stuck his head out to drink water. Just like this, the more the fire was burned, the more the turtle liked to drink water. After drinking the pepper and aniseed water, he pulled it out.

Until the old turtle is roasted, there is no dirt left in its belly and it is also full of flavor.

You can eat it now.

Ouch, that’s really, well, a different flavor than the meat of finless porpoise.”

Liu Cong also knew that Gan Ning was telling a joke, but he was so greedy that he swallowed his saliva and scolded Gan Ning: "If you don't get me some old turtles to satisfy my greed today, let's see how I deal with you!"

Gan Ning laughed and replied with a smile: "Okay, my lord, I will do my best in the end.

However, this is the case. Finless porpoises and thousand-year-old soft-shelled turtles are living creatures that can only be encountered but cannot be sought. It depends on our luck today.

If you're lucky, catching a few finless porpoises alive won't be a problem; if you're not lucky, there's nothing you can do."

With that said, Gan Ning called for Liu Cong and others to board the sampan. The two sailors raised the sampan and swayed the sampan onto the three-masted giant ship.

The ship unscrewed the hanging ladder early, and everyone climbed onto the deck on the hanging ladder.

Gan Ning liked to show off in everything he did, so he made careful arrangements in advance for Liu Cong to board the ship for the cruise.

As soon as Liu Cong stood still on the deck, Gan Ning came over to ask for instructions: "General Gan Ning, the commander-in-chief of Jiangxia Navy, came to ask my lord for instructions when to sail the ship."

Liu Cong ordered it to start immediately.

So, Gan Ning waved the command flag in his hand, and heard three "boom boom boom" blasts from the cannon on the pier, and the two three-masted giant ships made the sound of creaking cables pulling together.

When Liu Cong looked up, he saw three huge canvases beside him, being pulled by cables and slowly rising up to the mast. A huge shadow immediately covered the deck.

Liu Cong felt a chill and felt very comfortable. When he turned around to look, there were two more medium-sized warships with sails hung up beside the giant ship.

At this time, the river wind blew gusts, and the sails made a whining sound in the wind.

I saw Gan Ning wave the flag in his hand again, and Liu Cong's three-masted ship, with three warships behind it, slowly sailed out of the port like mountains moving, facing the rising sun, and went downstream to the Yellow River.

State water comes over.

When we reach the boundary of Huangzhou, the river becomes wider.

Liu Cong held his hand on the side of the boat and looked towards the north bank of the river. He saw a piece of land lying across the boundary between water and sky, and a small town stood alone on this land.

Gan Ning pointed to the small town and said: "This is Huangzhou. Look, my lord." Then he pointed to the ground in the distance and said: "Go a little further and you will reach Jianchun."

Liu Cong agreed, but his mind was on observing the ships at the docks on the Huangzhou River.

He could only vaguely see a few ships coming in and out of the river bank in front of Huangzhou, and could not see the size of the dock and port. Liu Cong muttered: "It seems that, just like Gan Ning reported, the two counties of Huangzhou and Luchun

, there are no Soochow Navy ships anchored. Well, the river defense situation on the north bank of the river is clear."

After muttering to this point, Liu Cong turned to Gan Ning and asked: "How long is the distance from the entrance of Poyang Lake on Huangzhou Road?"

Gan Ning faced the river breeze, frowned and replied: "If we sail at this speed, we will cross the Jiujiang River and reach the mouth of Poyang Lake in no time. What's the matter? My lord, do you want to go to Poyang Lake?"

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"Yes. Didn't I tell you during the drinking time last night? Today's cruise is mainly to investigate the situation of the main force of the Soochow Navy. Have you forgotten?"

Gan Ning smiled and said: "How could I forget? I am just joking for our lord."

Liu Cong smiled slightly and said nothing.

Gan Ning said: "My lord, from here to the mouth of Poyang Lake, the wind and water are smooth, and the boat can sail very fast. However, when you come back, you have to wait for the wind direction and sail against the current. Under normal circumstances, you will not be able to come back today."

Liu Cong thought for a while and asked: "Didn't you say that Zhou Yu is living in Poyang Lake now? He is gathering the Soochow Navy there to prepare to resist our army's attack. Right? There are a lot of words on the net."

"Yes. According to the scouts, Zhou Yu escaped from Yupu Beach without stopping. Maybe he said goodbye to Sun Quan and went directly to Poyang Lake.

After staying there for a day or two, all the large and medium-sized ships at Chaisang Pier at Jiujiang Pier returned to Poyang Lake, and some of them went to Jianye, and they have never left Poyang Lake since then."

"Well, let's go over and cruise to the mouth of Poyang Lake. If we can come back today, we will come back. If we can't, we will park and sleep on the water of Poyang Lake."

Gan Ning was shocked when he heard this and said: "My lord, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, it can't be done."

After hearing this, Liu Cong looked at Gan Ning with a cold face and asked, "What's the matter? Why can't you do it?"

"Our army only has four warships, large and small, and there are less than 2,000 sailors on board the four ships.

Besides, I didn’t prepare for the fight beforehand, and I didn’t have any mental preparation at all.

Well, the main force of Wu Bing's navy is in Poyang Lake. There are at least a hundred large and small warships and thousands of sailors.

There is a huge difference in the strength of the two armies. If we enter Poyang Lake rashly, Wu Bing's navy will definitely stop us and fight.

Once the war breaks out, it may be difficult to withdraw for a while. What do you think we should do?"

Liu Cong asked coldly: "Did I say to march to Poyang Lake? Did I say to fight with the Wu Bing Navy?"

When Gan Ning was asked, he was stunned for a while and said, "No, my lord has never said that."

"Okay. Immediately order the ship to cruise to the surface of Jiujiang. If there are no Wu Bing navy ships on the surface of Jiujiang, our fleet will sail directly to the mouth of Poyang Lake."

After hearing this, Gan Ning had no choice but to give the order with confusion, and the four warships lined up in a row and cruised down the river to the Jiujiang River.

It turns out that Jiujiang City at this time was on the south bank of the river.

Viewed from the river, the north gate of Jiujiang City stands majestically, and the trees in the corners of the city show across the city wall.

Near the shore, there is a large pier. Although there are small ships coming in and out, there is not a large warship berthed.

Liu Cong laughed when he saw it and said to Gan Ning: "The two fights at Yupu Beach scared Sun Quan and Zhou Yu out of fear. No, he has already admitted defeat and hid all the navy ships. Haha

Haha, even a warship dare not dock in such an important place as Jiujiang. Haha, it shows how much Sun Quan and Zhou Yu value their navy.

Well, to be honest, the reason why Sun Quan and Zhou Yu have been rampant for many years is absolutely related to the fact that they have a decent naval force in their hands.

Haha, can’t I take care of it if I hide it?

The rabbit was hiding in the grass, wasn't it also caught and eaten by the goshawk? Hahahaha." 197
Chapter completed!