Guo Jia and Dong Zhao, who had heard the latest news, both frowned tightly and pondered for a moment.
Although they, including Cao Cao, maintained a not very optimistic attitude towards the Jiangdong Army and did not think that the Jiangdong Army had the ability to take over Sichuan and Shu. The reason for joining the alliance with the Jiangdong Army was just to consider the overall situation. If you can add more hindrance to Fei Qian, it would be better to have more allies.
But……
Is the Jiangdong Army defeated now?
This speed is really in line with Sun's style!
The war is not decided, and friendly forces collapse first.
I don’t expect Jiangdong to overcome all obstacles and be like a man, and I can’t just lose all the waves!
It's not a good omen.
what to do?
For a moment, in the big tent, the three of them were a little worried. Although they were not sad enough to die before they could succeed, they were more or less confused about drawing their swords and looking around in a daze. Who am I, where am I, and what am I going to do?
"Now the vanguard is close to Anyi, and the cavalry and horses are still not moving..." Cao Cao broke the silence and pointed to the carriage on the table. "Or there was a problem with the allocation of the cavalry forces... Or maybe the cavalry knew that this was a strategy to lure troops..."
Cao Cao sent Liu Zhu to advance with great fanfare and carried a large number of baggage vehicles, with the purpose of quickly forming a chariot formation when encountering Hussar cavalry and then resisting on the spot.
Because as long as you exchange forces with the cavalry, Cao Cao would be worth it no matter how much you say. Cao Cao was even anxious to make a Duizi, but Fei Qian just attacked in Yixian and his troops disappeared again.
Dong Zhao gestured on the carriage, "Lord, the cavalry, the horse, should be here."
Cao Cao looked at it and nodded slightly.
He also guessed this.
There are not many cavalrymen in the Yuncheng Basin. Even the people in Puban County are not in the Yuncheng Basin, but from the Emei Plateau to the north...
That's right, the cavalry and horses were hidden in the Emei Plain.
The Cao army had sent a large number of scouts to investigate the movements of the cavalry and horses. However, due to the geographical environment of Emeiyuan, it was difficult for the Cao army's scouts to pass, and it was even more difficult to get into the Linfen Valley in the north. Therefore, Cao Cao and others knew that the cavalry were here, but they did not know how many cavalry personnel were or what they were doing.
Relatively speaking, Cao's army has a higher transparency.
In the middle of Yuncheng Basin, it is almost transparent to both sides.
Pubanjin, which is connected to the west of Yuncheng Basin, is difficult to capture unless the Cao army dispatches its main force.
To the east, the line of Wangwu Mountain has been abandoned by Fei Qian. Similarly, even if Cao Cao occupied Wangwu Mountain, it was useless, because he could not cross mountains and ridges to fight Shangdang or Linfen. The journey was steep and difficult. The key was that the gains and losses of Wangwu Mountain had almost no impact on the battle situation in Hedong.
And in the Yuncheng Basin are Hedong natives...
Although the cavalry in Hedong still cannot see through Zhongtiao Mountain and see Cao Cao's arrangement here, and they will understand Cao Cao's operation, but don't forget that Tongguan is still in Fei Qian's hands on the other side of Zhongtiao Mountain, which makes the area where Cao's army can hide is very limited.
Nowadays, Cao Cao has to face a choice, whether to regard the natives of Hedong as cavalrymen?
Cao Cao looked at Tuyu, "This place was originally a crossroads, but in fact it was a major place..."
Guo Jia frowned slightly when he heard this.
In the crossroads, areas where the enemy and us border other vassal states, whoever arrives first will make friends with vassal states and obtain most of the support.
It is also why Cao's army was quite polite to the Hedong gentry before, but now it gradually revealed its minions.
Dong Zhao bowed and said, "Lord, if you want to find out the movements of the cavalry, Zhao has a strategy, so you might as well drive the people of Hedong to advance... One can disrupt their deployment, the other can change the heavy to the light, and the third can supplement military resources..."
When Guo Jia heard this, he looked at Dong Zhao with a slant, but said nothing.
After hearing that Cao Cao imprisoned Yang Xiu, Dong Zhao guessed that Cao Cao was preparing to attack the Hedong gentry.
This is a vicious plan.
When Cao Cao said the word "mainland", it already represented Cao Cao's ideological change. For Dong Zhao, he personally had no absolute position. Although he would have said before that he would not recommend entering, if Cao Cao really entered, he would quickly adjust himself and change his position.
Dong Zhao has only a relative position, and he doesn't care about using some disgraceful means, deceiving, coaxing, fake edicts, etc. He has done it. If it were later generations, he was probably a very qualified professional manager. He could shout slogans in any company, and in the last second he could fight for the previous company for a lifetime, and after changing jobs, he could say that what he had said before was a "speak of struggle".
So much so that Dong Zhao's personality was despised by many people in the Han Dynasty.
In history, Dong Zhao was on duty with his colleague Su Ze when he was serving as the Shizhong. Dong Zhao was so sleepy that he fell on Su Ze's thigh. Su Ze pushed his head down and said, "Su Ze's knee is not a pillow for a flatterer!"
Did Dong Zhao know that most of the natives in Hedong are actually fence-bearing? Once this strategy of driving people is really implemented, it will inevitably force most of the natives in Hedong to stand. Perhaps some people will join Cao Cao under the power of the tyranny, but more people will become the opposite of Cao Cao from then on, just like the land of Xuzhou...
But this method can indeed solve the current problem.
Plundering materials and replenishing military use, turning heavy to light, forcing cavalry and horses to show their appearance, and even mixing some spies in it, mixed in refugees to find opportunities to destroy the rear of Linfen.
Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia, "What do you think Fengxiao thinks?"
Guo Jia sighed secretly, and then said in a deep voice, "The strategy of Gongren... is very wonderful."
Did Guo Jia not think of this method?
Obviously not.
Guo Jia added: "Lord, but this Anyi City is around..."
Cao Cao nodded, obviously knowing what Guo Jia wanted to say in the second half of the sentence.
This matter was settled.
Although all three people understood that once this order was issued, the people in Hedong, at least the people in the Yuncheng Basin, would suffer, but after all, this is the old society of all evil, under the feudal dynasty...
For the sake of the great man, let’s suffer another hardship!
The three of them were silent for a while, and Guo Jia suddenly said: "Lord, let General Yu make more preparations in order to prevent accidents..."
Yu Jin has been training troops in Xincheng, which is Hefei.
Cao Cao frowned, "The meaning of filial piety is..."
Dong Zhao was stunned for a moment, "Jiangdong wants to defeat the alliance?"
Although the alliance was formulated for future tearing, Jiangdong was defeated and was about to stab Cao Cao's Hougouzi in a blink of an eye, which really made people uncomfortable...
After all, this is the case in many cases, only state officials are allowed to set fires and people are not allowed to light lamps.
Guo Jia nodded and said, "General Zixiao led his troops outside... If Jiangdong is unable to advance westward, he will definitely covet Jiangling... Therefore, it is better to let General Yu... intimidate Jiangdong and avoid doing unjust acts... However, I thought that even so, Jiangdong still wanted Jiangling, so he should prepare early."
Cao Cao nodded slowly, and then whispered: "Jiangling... Sun Zhongmou... I know this, and I will write a letter to pass on the text."
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On the river, warships were like forests, densely covered with wide river surfaces, flags flew, fluttering in the wind.
The sun shines on the water, sparkling, shaking and jumping on the soldiers.
The swords and guns were also shining with cold light, reflecting the faces of the soldiers.
Above the tall tower ship, war drums roared, as if even the surrounding mountains and rivers were trembling.
Xu Huang stood on the boat, with his feet slightly adjusting the support force, so that he still maintained his body's stability in the ups and downs of the boat.
Zhu Zhi fled all the way, while Xu Huang chased him all the way.
When he arrived at Zigui, Xu Huang was blocked by Zhou Tai.
The drums were sounding, and the warships of both sides slowly approached. The first thing that began was the fierce rain of arrows, mixed with crossbows and arrows and stone castings.
The crossbow arrows roared and crossed the river.
Some of the stone bombs hit the water, splashing water all over the sky, and some hit boats, with wood chips flying.
On the river, warriors were often caught in arrows and fell into the water, causing ripples.
Crossbows and catapults are basically allocated by ships above the fighting ship. On the tower ship, there are not only crossbows and catapults, but also poles.
The top of this thing is usually equipped with a huge stone as a weight device, which is connected to the rod through clever lever and pulley device. These stones or weight devices have been carefully selected and polished to ensure that their mass and weight are relatively evenly distributed.
When needed, multiple soldiers will gather at the bottom of the rod and control the rod by pulling the rope. With the soldiers' joint efforts, the rod will slowly lift and lift the heavy objects on the top to a high altitude. Once an enemy ship approaches, the soldiers will quickly loosen the rope and let the rod fall freely. The heavy objects on the top will hit the enemy ship with huge potential energy, causing a devastating blow.
However, this thing obviously has a slightly short attack distance, which is a bit like a close-fitting defense cannon of a tower ship. If you hit a shot, the opponent will be disabled even if you don’t die.
The two sides had arrows intersecting, but these long-range weapons were not the most important factor in casualties under the current technical level. But the interweaving of warships and close contact was the most test of the soldiers on both sides.
Zhou Tai led the support navy that Jiangdong had finally gathered together. He had just arrived in Zigui and encountered the incident of Zhu Zhi's retreat. He felt so cold in his heart...
The situation in Jiangdong is already very bad.
Shamoke led the Wuxi Man, and the more he was, the more he was, the more powerful he was. It was no longer limited to Wuling County, and it even began to affect Changsha, Lingling, Guiyang and other areas. If it was not controlled, it was very likely that it would extend to Yuzhang County in Yangzhou...
This time the Wuling Barbarian rebellion was obviously different from before.
Overall, South Vietnam and Eastern Wu were not absolutely hostile in history. For a long time, the best source of interest for the trade object in Jiangdong and the scissors gap was South Vietnam. At the southern end of the entire Great Han territory, Eastern Wu was located in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and its economy was more developed than South Vietnam. The South Vietnam region has rich resources and special products, and both sides were born with trade demand.
The trade between the Soochow Wu and Nanyue is mainly concentrated in agricultural products, handicrafts and mineral resources. The Nanyue region produces a lot of agricultural products such as rice, fruits, medicinal materials, and these products are transported to the Soochow Wu through trade channels to meet local market demand. At the same time, the silk, ceramics, iron and other commodities of the Soochow Wu, no matter where the source of goods comes from, are all lacking in the South Vietnam region. They are deeply loved by the South Vietnam region and have become important trade commodities.
Therefore, Shamoke's noisy not only cut off the source of Jiangdong's subsequent soldiers, but even had a great impact on commercial activities. Of course, the love and killing between the Eastern Wu and Nanyue in history was not all bad for Nanyue, and closing the country was truly terrible.
It is not easy for Zhou Tai to be the third batch of Jiangdong Navy Commander.
Sun Quan was attacked by the "bandits" back then, and even Sun Quan's guards could not stop the assassination of the "bandits". Only Zhou Tai stood in front of Sun Quan with twelve swords...
Zhou Tai really made his future with his life.
His future is now hindered by Xu Huang, a huge rock.
The soldiers on both sides rushed bravely with spears and swords in their hands.
The hull collided with a dull collision sound, accompanied by the shouts of soldiers and the collision of weapons, forming a unique symphony on the battlefield.
The river wind roared and the warships swayed in the waves, adding a bit of uncertainty to the battle.
Zhou Tai had never seen Xu Huang, and he had asked about Zhu Zhi's defeat, and felt that Zhu Zhi's defeat seemed to have too many coincidental factors, not how powerful the Sichuan-Shu naval army was. Therefore, Zhou Tai felt that he had a chance, and it was a good opportunity.
As long as he can defeat Xu Huang, Zhou Tai can take over Zhu Zhi's authority and become the most beautiful among the next Jiangdong naval commander!
On the river, the navy battle was in full swing.
The warships shuttled through the turbulent river water, and every ups and downs seemed to test the soldiers' balance and courage.
The river water is turbid and turbulent, and sometimes it rolls up huge waves, slapping the hull of the warship, making deafening sounds.
The spring flood has quietly arrived, and the river water has risen, and the window for attacking from the downstream to the upstream is getting smaller and smaller. Instead, Xu Huang, who has hit from the top, has gained an advantage in geographical advantages.
Under such circumstances, the soldiers of the Jiangdong Navy not only had to face the fierce attacks of the Sichuan Navy, but also needed to pay attention to the ships under their feet, so as to avoid the collapse of the attack rhythm due to the flow rate of the river and the swaying of the water surface.
Even though the water flowed a little fast, there were still water ghosts from Jiangdong who jumped into the river from time to time.
Almost everyone of these water ghosts has extremely excellent diving ability, which can lurk underwater for a long time and destroy enemy warships. The weapons carried by water ghosts often only have hammers and chisels. At some point, chisels can also be used as daggers. They will use water flow, shadows of ships or other covers to hide their whereabouts and ensure that they are approaching enemy ships without being discovered.
Unlike the chiseling of ships that are always on the bottom of the water in film and television, these Jiangdong water ghosts are really useless and need to breathe. Therefore, these Jiangdong water ghosts often choose some glued parts up and down the water line of the ship, destroying fragile key positions to destroy them, causing water leakage or structural collapse of the ship.
After all, standing on land and in water, exerting force and bearing force are completely different.
Of course, these weaknesses will also be considered when making ships, so there are usually wooden boards covering them. Water ghosts often need to climb under the side of the ship, use the lever principle to pry open these outer plates covering the weaknesses, and then destroy them, instead of simply holding a hammer and bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang...
When the water ghost attacks a ship, it is not beautiful at all, and it is as vulgar as a barnacle attached to the hull. During the process of drilling, the water ghosts also need to maintain high vigilance and be ready to deal with the enemy's counterattack or detect it at any time. The sailors on the ship will poke directly down the side of the ship with their spears. Once they are stabbed, the water ghost will be dead and dead.
At the beginning, the Sichuan and Shu navy had not been able to react, and then realized that some ships were inexplicably skewed and leaked water, losing balance and stability, and then they discovered the existence of water ghosts. They suddenly slashed and killed wildly, and some ships even threw fishing nets directly at the place where the water ghosts dived, causing a large number of water ghosts in Jiangdong to break into the river.
After the Jiangdong water ghost disrupted the rhythm of the Sichuan and Shu navy, Jiangdong's walks through the ships of the Sichuan and Shu navy, sometimes charging forward quickly and sometimes circumventing around. These Jiangdong walks are small in weight and their hulls are light and flexible, as if they are integrated with the river water, successfully slowing down the speed of the Sichuan and Shu navy...
Seeing this, Zhou Tai clapped his hands suddenly, "It's done! The Sichuan and Shu army are trapped!"
Immediately ordered that more fighting ships and Zuo Ke be sent to try to drag the Sichuan and Shu navy into the chaos of the entire army...
Zhou Tai was not familiar with Xu Huang. He just heard of such a person, so Zhou Tai subconsciously felt that Xu Huang was a rustic hat and a droop duck who had just gotten on the warship. This was like a god-given opportunity. If he didn't seize it, how could he accomplish great things?
Therefore, at the beginning, Zhou Tai did not send out a building boat, but fought with small boats. The purpose was to release some false situations to confuse Xu Huang, hoping that Xu Huang would not be scared away and to entangle the Sichuan and Sichuan navy step by step.
After all, Zhou Tai is quite confident in the Jiangdong Navy...
That's right, the Jiangdong Navy is indeed relatively strong. In terms of cooperation between warships and tacit understanding of the surface battles of other comrades, they are all the leaders of this era.
Zhou Tai knew the importance of teamwork, so he was ready to take advantage of this. Through close cooperation with other warships, Zhou Tai could form a multi-level attack and defense system, set up an ambush circle, and put Xu Huang, the beast, into the net!
Now, the plan has been half successful. Just Zhou Tai needs to take a step forward and successfully take Xu Huang down, and then the task is done!