Above the river, the Jiangdong Army uncharacteristically gave up its central position. On the surface, it seemed that it was afraid of the Sichuan-Shu Army's artillery, but in fact it was to create a death trap.
The appearance of artillery on warships is undoubtedly a huge, even era-changing change.
However, the vast majority of new things are relatively weak in the initial stage and cannot really play a decisive role.
Historically, cold weapons have coexisted with hot firearms for a long time. It was not until gunpowder weapons finally matured that cold weapons took a back seat.
It's the second line, it's not disappearing.
Therefore, relying on artillery can make Jiangdong Army fearful and destroy Jiangdong Army's ships, but you must rely entirely on artillery, or directly kill Zhou Yu with one shot and end the battle...
Then you have to be favored by the God of Luck.
Artillery is not omnipotent. Generals who think that artillery can decide everything will often end in failure.
Napoleon in history also felt that artillery could decide everything during the Battle of Waterloo.
It is a pity that the twelve-pounder artillery, which was favored by Napoleon, did not play a key role at the critical moment.
If Zhuge Liang puts all his chips on the artillery, then it is equivalent to limiting the entire hand of cards to the artillery. Once the artillery cannot be fully used, it means that the entire card is invalid.
This is like the regicide sword in the hands of a thief. Once it is taken away, it is basically equivalent to GG.
Zhuge Liang is obviously not so stupid. He has a more flexible strategy and does not need to take dangerous risks. Even for Xu Huang and Zhuge Liang, only by defeating the Jiangdong Army with upright troops can they truly cultivate the strength of the Sichuan-Shu Navy Army.
The momentum is coming, otherwise no matter how many ships and soldiers there are, they will be unable to do without the Sichuan and Sichuan rivers and cannot dominate the rivers or even all over the world!
On the other side, Gan Ning's pursuit was also intercepted by Jiangdong's army.
When Gan Ning first started, he was very happy to chase.
After chasing after him, Gan Ning suddenly felt something was wrong. He looked up and saw that the mountains ahead were high and steep, and there were dense trees. It seemed that some light flickered in the shadows of the trees...
Gan Ning's heart skipped a beat, and he looked carefully, but saw nothing.
What's in the woods?
Gan Ning couldn't help but slow down for two steps, and then started to think about it.
Although it may be some kind of rock or the reflection of water droplets, it is more likely to be a knife or a gun!
"Knife and gun reflect!"
Gan Ning reacted quickly and shouted, "There's an ambush! There's an ambush ahead!"
Gan Ning's voice echoed in the mountains, but there was a certain delay between the time it was transmitted to the ears and the soldiers realized what the problem was. Moreover, Gan Ning's shouts were also heard by the ambushing Jiangdong Army.
arrive.
"They found us!"
"Don't panic!"
"When you find it, you find it, prepare to attack!"
"Arrows, arrows are ready!"
"Stone! Throw the stone!"
Arrows and falling rocks roared down the mountain, causing Gan Ning's troops to fall into chaos.
Gan Ning's formation, because it was in the process of pursuit, was very long and did not have a decent array. When it was ambushed by Jiangdong's army, there was no way to counterattack on the spot, and it quickly fell into disarray.
Part of it was defeated.
However, the disadvantages of this formation also bring some advantages. This advantage was also brought about by Gan Ning's early discovery of Jiangdong's army's ambush. Because Gan Ning's queue was stretched in the mountain road, it was not easy to attack Jiangdong's army when it was attacked.
At that time, only the front part, the part closest to Zhou Tai's pursuit, was lost, while the part in the middle where Gan Ning was and some soldiers at the back were not attacked by Jiangdong's army.
Of course, if Gan Ning had not discovered Jiangdong's ambush in advance, the result would have been different.
This is true in war.
No one is completely sure.
One moment, Gan Ning was excitedly leading his men to chase Zhou Tai, and the next moment, his own soldiers ran into Jiangdong's ambush.
Seeing this, although Gan Ning was unwilling in his heart, he had to stop chasing Zhou Tai and withdraw his troops.
On the other side, Zhou Tai was in a state of embarrassment, looking at the military academy sent by Zhou Yu. He felt angry in his heart, but did not dare to show it, "Commander...what orders do you have from the Commander?"
Zhou Yu predicted that there would be an ambush by the Sichuan-Shu Army, but did not notify Zhou Tai. He even asked Zhou Tai to continue to advance. This was almost like asking Zhou Tai to step on the opponent's trap!
If Zhou Tai hadn't been feeling very bad all the time, so he didn't rush to the front line, then he might have died in this unknown mountain forest by now!
They all have the surname Zhou, why is it so?!
Although Zhou Tai's Zhou and Zhou Yu's Zhou are written in the same way, their origins are different, so Zhou Yu never valued Zhou Tai more, but such a naked display of the huge class nature of the upper and lower levels, no matter how Zhou Tai
Even though I work hard without complaining, my heart may not always feel comfortable.
However, Zhou Yu's military academy obviously didn't care what Zhou Tai thought, and from a certain perspective, he "saved" Zhou Tai's life, so the military academy directly under Zhou Yu gave away Zhou Yu's second copy without saying a word.
The warrant was given to Zhou Tai.
Zhou Tai smiled along with him, opened Zhou Yu's warrant, and then his eyes narrowed.
"What...what does this mean?"
Zhou Tai's hands were trembling slightly.
Zhou Yu's military officer glanced at Zhou Tai coldly, and then said in a deep voice: "Now the governor himself is risking his own life and using himself as bait in order to win this battle. I wonder if the general has any questions?"
Zhou Tai was silent for a while, and then said: "I obey the order."
The military academy directly under Zhou Yu said yes and led the people away.
Zhou Tai sat dejectedly on a rock nearby.
Guard Zhou Tai saw that Zhou Yu's direct subordinate military academy and others had left, and Fang came up to him, "General, is it the governor who condemned you? We... the rebels are so cunning, they actually laid an ambush in advance... You can't blame us for this."
ah!"
Zhou Tai was silent for a long time, then stretched out his hand and patted his cheek, "Okay! The governor has an order! Form the team and get ready to go!"
"Let's go?!" the guard asked, "Where?"
Zhou Tai looked back at the direction of Jiangdong Water Village, "Of course it's an attack! We're going to counterattack! They definitely didn't expect that we would counterattack! Everyone, let's set off in the direction of the rebel army!"
Yes, not only the Hussars may not have thought of it, but also the Jiangdong soldiers under Zhou Tai had not thought of it either!
But the military order was issued, and they had to drag their tired bodies and set off again.
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Jiangdong Water Village, the center of the battle.
When everyone looked up, they could see the figure under the banner of the general and commander in the central military formation.
The sunlight fell on the figure, coating him with a layer of gold.
Almost all Jiangdong soldiers would feel relieved when seeing such a scene, but only the guard military schools around Zhou Yu seemed worried.
Zhou Yu's health is getting worse and worse, and he eats less and less.
Although he seems to be in good spirits on the surface, he is actually supported by the golden elixir most of the time.
What about the golden elixir? Some people rely on Yanhuang and Laozi, and seem to attribute Huanglao, Luhuo and Yi Jing to the same theme. But in fact, Huanglao's technique and Waidan are the same as those of Dahan.
The golden elixir has nothing to do with it, and the Book of Changes is far different from the external elixir.
The reason why they were mistakenly thought to be the same is of course because there are many similar terms in "cultivation", and we don't know who copied whom...
Alchemy is actually a by-product of China's metallurgical industry.
In the beginning, these colored minerals were just used as pigments. As soon as they were applied, there were paintings with more or less mineral pigments found in various places on the earth.
However, few civilizations can actually turn these pigments into metals.
Because, many civilizations do not have pottery industry.
Without pottery, there would be no fire; without fire, there would be no metallurgy.
This is the route of technological advancement, and there is no room for ambiguity.
There are some civilizations that clearly have no pottery industry, nor any historical traces of blast furnace metallurgy, but they are able to carve stones in the end, and can also hide steel in the "stones", which cannot but be called "miraculous".
Golden elixir, in fact, to a certain extent, is the motivator that ancient Chinese people aspired to live as long as heaven and earth. The effect of golden elixir is basically the immune system mobilized by the human body in order to eliminate the toxins in the golden elixir.
, that is, the potential within the body. If the potential within the body is mobilized too much and is overdrawn, naturally there will be no good results.
Zhou Yu's hair is already slightly gray and sparse, and the color of his skin is also dull. These conditions are not consistent with his age.
This naturally aroused the attention and worry of the guards around Zhou Yu. Under such circumstances, how could these Zhou Yu guards, who were directly affiliated with the military academy, pay attention to other people's emotions?
Their generals and the governor of Jiangdong have fought hard to the present level, so what else can others say to them?
Zhou Yu raised his head and looked at the smoke and flames on the river. He suddenly smiled and said, "There is such a big battle in this life. If you can fight against a strong enemy and show what you have learned, this life will be worthwhile!"
Zhou Yu smiled, "It's a pity that Bo Fu couldn't see this in person..."
The guard next to Zhou Yu had red eyes and his voice was choked with sobs, "Captain..."
Perhaps others are not very clear, but these personal guards around Zhou Yu can clearly feel that Zhou Yu's life is like a meteor in the sky, burning hot and colorful, but will soon fall, extinguish, and disappear...
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Even a normal and healthy person would be overwhelmed by staying up late continuously. What's more, Zhou Yu's health is already very poor. He has been supported by a strong desire to win in the past few days.
"Everyone is destined to die..." Zhou Yu waved his hand and said without looking back at the guard, "If you can have all the fun, why should you be afraid? Today's battle can change the general trend of the world! As a general, this is all you want in your life.
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The Sichuan-Shu Army's attack is still continuing.
On the frontal battlefield, a tall building ship stands majestically and is magnificent.
Like a huge beast ready to attack, it rides on the waves and looks coldly at the prey in front of it.
In front of the building ship, the fighting ship and the ship are preparing to go.
The scales on the armor and the blades on the weapons shine brightly in the sunlight.
"Kong Ming, I don't understand..." Xu Huang frowned and said, "Jiangdong wants to attack with fire, but the river flows eastward... In this case, wouldn't they burn themselves?"
Zhuge Liang looked up at the flag on the boat.
The river wind blows southward.
During this season, most of the wind blows from the south.
Regardless of whether it is going south or north, in fact, for the Sichuan-Shu Army and Jiangdong Army, which are currently on the east and west sides, they generally have the same effect, and no one is more advantageous.
In the direction of the river, Jiangdong Army is obviously at a disadvantage...
Zhuge Liang didn't believe that Zhou Yu couldn't even calculate this, so there must be something they didn't notice that would increase Jiangdong's chances of winning.
Hidden stakes?
fence?
Or was Zhou Yu using a false strategy, knowing that Zhuge Liang would think too much about Xu Huang, so he actually wanted to lure the Sichuan and Sichuan navy to fight in a place where the water flow changes more and basic skills are tested?
Or...
Zhuge Liang's eyes were looking around, thinking rapidly.
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On another narrow mountain road, Jiang Qin looked at the mountain stream at his feet and couldn't help but feel a little frightened.
Although it is not an abyss, looking down from the top, I still feel that my legs are somewhat weak.
Jiang Qin and the others were used to looking at the river on a boat, but not used to looking at the stream from a high mountain.
There is no other way to choose to take such a path.
Zhou Yu deduced that the Sichuan and Shu army must be on guard against Zhou Tai's side, so Zhou Tai was destined to fail and could only become a feint attack to attract the attention of the Sichuan and Shu army. And this kind of road seemed to be rolling down the mountain stream every step of the way.
Yes, it can't even be called a "road", only then can it truly have an unexpected effect.
The only drawback is...
It's not easy to walk.
Jiang Qin tried not to look at his feet or think about how he would die if he rolled down the mountain. But the more he wanted to control it, the more he couldn't help but think about it.
Maybe his neck was cut open by a sharp rock, or maybe he was slapped on the boulder and became a piece of meat?
Of course, it is also possible that he will not fall to death, but become crippled——
This may be worse than falling to death directly.
He couldn't help but ask himself, "Are you afraid of death?"
Don't worry, it's all lies.
Can you win by fearing death? Can you win?
But Jiang Qin never expected that even on such a remote mountain road, there would be a hussar sentry!
"Have they discovered it?"
When Jiang Qin received the reward from his soldiers, he asked eagerly.
Jiang Dongbing said, "I don't know, but it seems like there's nothing unusual about them..."
The moment Jiang Qin learned that there were hussars, he was a little worried, but he quickly calmed down.
When we meet on a narrow road, how can we win?
Only fight for your life!
We have come this far, is it possible to go back?
"Now there is only one chance!"
"Whether they notice it or not, they must rush over!"
"After rushing out, go straight to the Sichuan-Shu Army Water Village!"
"I will take the lead! Anyone who flinches at this time will be killed immediately!"
After giving orders one after another, Jiang Qin calmed down more and more.
Moreover, Jiang Qin did not bring many men, which allowed Jiang Qin to command almost every Jiangdong soldier.
If there are more people, it will be a disadvantage. After all, if there are thousands of people, once they are blocked on such a small trail, let alone command, even movement will be a problem. Maybe only a few casualties are needed, maybe not all.
If they suffer casualties, they may collapse, become jammed, trample on each other, and be defeated by a small Sichuan-Shu army.
The number of people is small and the movement is small!
Even if the Sichuan-Shu Army has sentries here, there won't be too many people, and even if the other party notices their arrival and issues an alarm, so what? He only needs to make a surprise attack before the Sichuan-Shu Army has fully reacted.
, igniting the Sichuan-Sichuan military water stronghold is a success!
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"Shoot, shoot, shoot!"
"Arrows, go and get some more arrows!"
The soldiers in Zhou Yu's navy shouted loudly and were busy and running around.
Arrows whizzed in the air and passed by each other.
The ships of Jiangdong Army fought and retreated.
The fleet of the Sichuan-Shu Army followed behind.
Zhou Yu stood on the central formation building ship and watched quietly.
By now, both sides have almost no cards left...
The rest are all trump cards.
Zhou Yu's trump card is his familiarity with the river water.
This river is the cornerstone of his fame!
But it also became a shackle for his life.
Zhou Yu has been revolving around this river all his life, upstream, downstream, Jiangdong, Jiangbei. Even the grand strategy formulated by Zhou Yu still unfolds and extends along this river.
Success or defeat...
Impossible to lose!
Zhou Yu persisted.
Not only did he have to fight against the Sichuan and Shu armies, he also had to fight against his own illness.
The movements of the Sichuan-Sichuan navy were within Zhou Yu's expectations, but also somewhat unexpected.
The Sichuan-Sichuan navy did attack Zhou Yu's center, but they spread out their formations very wide, as if they were preparing to press forward little by little and finally win, instead of relying on a surprise attack to kill the generals and capture the flag.
"The Sichuan-Shu Army, do you really believe in your soldiers?"
Zhou Yu pondered.
It is not easy to play this tactic well.
Because on the battlefield, soldiers at the bottom are often unable to obtain overall information in a timely manner. Therefore, once a local area is trapped in a bitter battle, they will begin to doubt whether this part of themselves has been abandoned...
This requires soldiers to have enough trust in their upper-level commanders!
Zhou Yu has been in Jiangdong for so many years. Except for the troops that Zhou Yu can directly command, he dare not say that he can be so trusted by all the other Jiangdong soldiers...
Because many of the other Jiangdong troops are private soldiers of other generals!
Even if the soldiers in these troops were willing to believe Zhou Yu, the generals were not willing!
In the eyes of other generals, this looks like their own Hongxing is cheating...
However, it is okay for the Sichuan-Shu Army to respond in this way.
Because the river flows downward, they will eventually walk into the trap in the river step by step!
Not all flows in rivers are smooth, there are also turbulent flows!
Although Zhou Yu does not know the definition and theory of turbulence, he is familiar with this river. He knows that a backflow phenomenon will form in a certain area of the river!
Only when the ship enters this area can the difference be felt. The speed of the front ship slows down due to the influence of the current, but the rear ship still maintains its original speed. Then the only result is that the Sichuan-Shu Army will kink and gather in a certain area.