"This Xiakou is so important? Let's go around the south?" Sun Quan couldn't help but say. The Yangtze River is so long, there is no need to fight to the death in one place, right?

Dong Xi smiled bitterly,

"Lord, Penglize is already the best area to cross the river. Going up to Xiakou, the mountains on both sides are high, the gorges are narrow and the water is fast. The risk of crossing the river is probably no lower than breaking through Xiakou. If you really don't want to cross the pass, you may consider traveling through the mountains in the north, but in that case, you will face some other problems."

"So, it's not okay to not hit Xiakou?" Sun Quan frowned. Looking at Sun Quan's style, he often finds ways to defeat others without fighting. This time he actually wants him to fight head-on and attack the toughest part of the enemy. Sun Quan was really a little uncomfortable. When Sun Quan wanted to go around Xiakou, surrounded him without attacking, and let him be isolated and helpless, he would naturally be able to defeat himself without attacking.

"Lord, of course, Xiakou is not necessary to attack. But if we don't capture Xiakou, we will never be able to dominate the Yangtze River. The Jingzhou army has the convenience of water conservancy and is located in the upper reaches. Their fleet may go downstream at any time, or even reach Jiangdong directly. This is always a threat to us." Dong Xi reminded Sun Quan.

The biggest reason why the Sun family has been fighting with Jingzhou for so many years is this. Whether you, Liu Biao, want to expand or not, your geographical location in Jingzhou determines that you are always a threat to me, Jiangdong. Even if the Sun family wants to attack other places, they must always be wary of being suddenly attacked by Liu Biao. Since that is the case, why not do it once and for all?

Yuan Shao and Cao Cao had to unify the north first, and then go south. By the same token, the Sun family also wanted to control the Yangtze River first, and then go north.

"Okay." Sun Quan was convinced by Dong Xi. Although Sun Quan did not like to hurt the enemy by 1,000 and himself, strong attack also has the advantage of strong attack, that is, fast enough!

Today, it is not just your Sun family and Liu Biao. Once Sun Quan's intention to attack Jingzhou is seen through, someone will definitely find ways to destroy Sun Quan and drag him down. If Sun Quan really travels across the mountains and adopts the tactic of siege but not attacking, then it won't be too long. Will Cao Cao and Yuan Shao have already decided on the winner? In the end, if there is really a third party involved, will it be Huang Zu who can't hold on? Or is he Sun Quan?

The longer the time goes, the greater the variables will be, and it may lose the opportunity. All the reasons combined together, which finally made Sun Quan choose to attack Xiakou this time.

"You can describe the situation of your recent attacks on Xiakou to me in detail." Sun Quan said to Dong Xi.

Then, Sun Quan truly understood the enemy's configuration and the huge difficulty of this battle.

The Mengchong ship is a relatively slender large ship. The hull is strong and is usually used for charge. With the wind and water flow, it can directly penetrate into the opposite fleet at an extremely fast speed and impact like a spear. Below the deck of the ship, there are slurry holes on both sides of the ship to extend the oars, control the direction and speed, and increase the mobility of the ship. On the deck, several layers of cabins are usually built according to the size of the ship. Each cabin has crossbow windows and spear holes on all sides to attack enemies in all directions. In short, this is a water-moving fortress with no soldiers coming out. The most powerful warship in the contemporary era integrating offense and defense!

Now, Huang Zu crossed two Meng Chong in Xiakou. Any passing ships that wanted to pass through had to go through Huang Zu's permission. As for the forced breakthrough? There are two rows of "machine guns" on the front, and there are high-altitude bombings on the cliffs on both sides, who can bear it!

According to Dong Xi, Zhou Yu tried several times at that time, not to break through the barrier, but to consume the "ammunition" from Huang Zu. The arrows stored on the Mengchong ship, the arrows and rocks on the cliffs on both sides, cannot be endless, right? You have to transport them up, right? Once there are not enough arrows on the opposite side, the Jiangdong Army can kill them in one breath and take over the difficult situation of Xiakou.

Unfortunately, after trying several times, Zhou Yu did not try out the bottom line of Huang Zu. He knew that Huang Zu's bow and arrow could not be used up, but because his ships and personnel were too damaged, Zhou Yu also under a considerable pressure. Zhou Yu could not be so cruel to keep filling in the lives. If he really did that, his morale would be small, and the soldiers mutiny, rebel, and surrendered to the enemy, that would be a high probability. In short, the situation ended up deadlocking.

"We have Mengchong, too?" Sun Quan asked suddenly. His Sun family bullied Jiangdong for so many years, but there is no reason why water equipment is not as good as Jingzhou, right? Could it be that the Mengchong ship has high-tech content and patents?

"Although we are right with Meng Chong, we go upstream, even if we are on the wind, the impact is not enough, and we are not enough to break through the level. Moreover, the construction of the Meng Chong ship is difficult and consumes a lot of money. Once it is smashed by a huge rock on the mountain, it will be destroyed directly. It is really impossible to afford to lose money." Dong Xi replied.

"What about using fire attack? Find a way to get close to shooting rockets? Or hit the ship with fire directly?" Sun Quan said again.

Dong Xi still shook his head,

"Like us, Huang Zu, has been through a long battle. All the Mengchong on both sides are wrapped in cowhide. The ordinary method cannot ignite Mengchong at all. As for the lord's words, it sounds feasible to hit the boat with fire, but two prerequisites must be met: one, our ship cannot be hit by huge rocks on the mountain. Two, the paddlers on the boat must be all dead soldiers. After all, when we go upstream, the paddlers cannot get off the boat in advance. Moreover, with this method, I guess, I may have to pay more than ten Mengchong to succeed." Dong Xi said in a deep voice, the price was too high.

In Sun Quan's eyes, it is a trivial matter to pay ten Mengchongs, but it is difficult to do all ten Mengchongs. Moreover, the significance of these ten Mengchongs is only to break through the blockade of the two Mengchongs on the opposite side. After breaking through the blockade, the Jiangdong Army and Huang Zujun will have a real decisive battle with a close handover. From the effect, it is indeed very cost-effective, and it is not worth the loss.

Sun Quan pondered for a while and suddenly said,

"If the two Mengchong ships want to lie across the estuary of the turbulent river, they must be connected by iron cables. If the iron cables are connected, no ship in the middle will pass. Huang Zu cannot refuse all merchant ships for a long time, right?"

In this era, merchants may not be on the table, but there are always large families behind the merchants. Huang Zu is a family that can avoid Jiangdong, but can he still ignore the large families in Jingzhou?

It’s okay for a short time, but after a long time, Huang Zu will definitely not be able to withstand the pressure and will let the merchant ship pass. As expected,

"Huang Zu would untie the iron chain twice a day, but only two merchant ships were allowed to pass at a time. If there were too many merchant ships coming, Huang Zu would never open the iron chain. If he dared not leave, he would directly regard it as an enemy to launch an attack. Many caravans, when they heard the news of the blockade of the river road, no longer came here." Dong Xi replied.
Chapter completed!