On the banks of the Yangtze River in Fujie County, all naval camps have been erected. With the help of the magistrate of Fujie County, Cao Bin completed the construction of two naval camps.
The navy camp was half in the water and half on the shore. There were fences around it. There were two gates in front and one in front of the military camp. In front was the camp leading to the center of the river. Dozens of small boats were guarding the gate and several fighting ships were guarding the gate.
People wandered back and forth inside the village gate, forming an extremely tight defense network, and all other large and small warships docked on the shore.
Cao Bin's camp on the shore was locked up across the river, and wooden stakes were nailed in the shallows. It was considered a foolproof defense.
"Master Liu, this king needs more help from Mr. Liu on this journey. Once the Chinese army is defeated, I will definitely say a few good words for Mr. Liu in front of your majesty. Today our army finally built a stronghold with great difficulty.
We have completed the navy camp, and it is absolutely safe to come here. Come, come, I will give you a drink, Mr. Liu." Cao Bin picked up the wine and said to the middle-aged man sitting in front of him.
The middle-aged man had fine features and a green beard on his chin. He looked extremely elegant. His surname was Liu Mingba, and his courtesy name was Zichu. He was originally from Lingling, Jingzhou. He was known in the county when he was young. At that time, Liu Biao, the herdsman of Jingzhou, recruited him many times.
Liu Ba and Liu Ba both recommended it for various reasons.
Ci. He saw that Liu Biao was flashy and had no great ideals. Although he occupied Jingzhou, he was just a self-contained person. If it goes on for a long time, Jingzhou will inevitably be swallowed up by others. For this reason, he left Yizhou and moved his family to Shuzhong.
, received courtesy from Liu Zhang.
Liu Zhang also asked him to be his chief registrar, but Liu Ba was unwilling and asked a magistrate of Fujie County to do it. During his seven years in Shuzhong, Liu Zhang gave him many official appointments and asked him to go to Chengdu to become a high official.
He was unwilling to do so. This time, it was he who had found out early that Cao Bin was leading the navy, so he established a naval camp in advance. Otherwise, how could Cao Bin have established two naval camps so quickly when he first arrived in Fujie County?
There's a big camp.
However, what he didn't expect was that Cao Bin actually divided his troops into two groups. On the basis of setting up camp on the south bank, he also sent people to set up camp on the north bank. Liu Bajiu was an official in Fujie County for a long time, and he learned to fight on the water sooner or later.
Knowing that dividing troops on the water was a taboo for military strategists, he tried to persuade Cao Bin, but Cao Bin refused to listen. Unfortunately, Liu Ba stopped trying to comfort him.
Cao Bin had quite a bit of the literary style of his brother Cao Cao. He was a man who liked to write and write. He was outstanding in talent and learning, but he was not an expert in marching and fighting. Xun Yu also knew this, so he only sent Cao Bin to lead the navy for defense.
measures, but did not allow him to launch an attack on the Chinese army.
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. It's just that I have no intention of becoming a high official. This small Fujie County is enough for me to manage. I don't have the leisure to manage other places." Liu Ba said.
Cao Bin had heard about Liu Ba's reputation and knew that Liu Ba was not greedy for wealth and honor, but that he was very talented and learned. Even though he wanted to talk to Liu Ba about poetry, calligraphy, etiquette, and trade, before he could open his mouth, he saw a man.
The soldiers came in from outside and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, it's not good, the camp on the north bank is on fire. The Chinese army is descending from the sky and is storming the camp on the north bank."
"What did you say? I locked up the river with iron chains and drove wooden stakes at the bottom of the river. How could the Chinese army pass by?" When Cao Bin heard this, he immediately became anxious, because the navy camp on the north bank was just a
The prototype, which has not yet been truly completed, is considered the weakest point.
"The Chinese military's fire burned through the iron cables, but the wooden stakes on the north bank have not been driven down yet. Your Majesty, what should we do now?"
"Idiot, of course we are sending troops. Hurry up and send the order. All ships should leave the shore immediately and quickly support the navy camp on the north bank!" Cao Bin shouted in panic.
After Liu Ba heard this, he hurriedly stopped him and said: "Wait a minute, my lord, sending troops at this time has fallen into the enemy's scheme. Water battles are much better than land battles. The movement of warships is completely affected by the current, and it is impossible for our army to come and go freely. It is estimated that our army will
The battle on the north bank has ended before we reach the north bank, or the enemy deliberately lured the snake out of the cave. As soon as our army leaves the camp, the enemy will
The army will ambush in the middle. It's dark now and it's hard to tell. If it's the enemy's treacherous plot, the entire army will be annihilated. I think that when the navy camp is tightly closed, the camp on the south bank is much stronger than the one on the north bank. Even if it is separated
Facing the river, the enemy might not be able to conquer this stronghold unless they invade in large numbers. Besides, most of the soldiers are on the shore. If we board the ship at this time, I'm afraid it will cause chaos."
After hearing this, Cao Bin felt that what Liu Ba said was reasonable, and immediately regretted: "I only blame the king for not listening to Mr. Liu and insisting on setting up a camp on the north bank, so that the Chinese army discovered the weakness. I really blame him
You have no face to face those 10,000 soldiers."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, it's important to hold on to this place. We'll hold it here first, and then we'll act as appropriate, so that we can have the possibility of repelling the Chinese army in the future." Liu Ba suggested.
"That's all." Cao Bin said to his soldiers, "Quickly pass the order and guard the camp. No one can leave the camp without my order. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!"
"promise!"
In the Jiangbei camp, the Shu troops who surrendered to Wei fell into chaos as soon as they were violently attacked by the Chinese army. Who would have thought that the Chinese army would attack the camp at night? They also saw that there was no movement on the south bank, and they were desperate to die.
After trying to save them, they immediately collapsed and one after another announced their surrender.
Although the fire destroyed the camp and some of the ships in the camp on the north bank, the navy officers and soldiers did not suffer much damage. Hundreds of people were burned to death by the fire, hundreds of people fell into the cold river, and the rest came ashore.
Without even resisting, they announced their surrender.
With the current posture of the Chinese army, if they want to attack Shu, no one can stop it. Even if they stop it, it will be a meaningless sacrifice. What's more, these are the old armies of the Shu Han Dynasty. Because the Wei army has no navy, they have to use the Shu army instead.
, the old Shu Han army had no enmity with the Huaxia Kingdom. I also heard that the Huaxia Kingdom treated the people of Bajun well and treated the people of Shu very well. After comparing it, I was naturally willing to surrender to the Huaxia Kingdom.
It only took an hour from the time the Chinese army launched the attack to putting out the fire on the north bank. An hour later, Gan Ning led the generals ashore, formally incorporated the surrendering army into his own army, and learned about the south bank camp through the mouth of the surrendering army.
Gan Ning made corresponding arrangements, preparing to lead all the naval forces to attack the south bank camp early tomorrow morning and defeat him in one battle.
The next morning, Gan Ning got up very early, but as soon as he opened the curtain, he was shocked because it was foggy today and the visibility was very low, which completely ruined the attack plan he had planned last night.
At this time, Zhuge Liang came to Gan Ning. Seeing Gan Ning's frown, he asked: "Isn't the general worried about this heavy fog?"
"Exactly. With this heavy fog, how can our army attack the enemy's camp? Before our army can get close, the enemy will inevitably shoot at random with arrows, which will be detrimental to our army. I heard that the Wei army has a kind of arrow called a penetrating cone, which is amazingly powerful.
If they use this kind of arrows to deal with us, I'm afraid they will suffer heavy losses. As the saying goes, soldiers need speed, so it seems they can only postpone it." Gan Ning sighed.
"General, don't worry. I've already asked people to do everything. General, just follow me on board the ship. Let's go to the Wei army to borrow the penetrating awl for use." Zhuge Liang said with a smile.
"Borrow arrows? Could it be that the military advisor is confused? Why is Wei Jun willing to lend us arrows?" Gan Ning said confusedly.
"There is always an exception. The general and I will board the ship and we will know it at a glance."
Gan Ning saw that Zhuge Liang was being secretive and secretive, so he immediately said: "Okay, I'll see what you do."
The two people came to the shore together, and saw forty canoes docked on the shore. The canoes were all decorated with dummies made of straw and wooden boards. They were dressed in Chinese army clothes and looked like real people.
Gan Ning pointed at the ship and asked, "Commander, what are you doing?"
"Borrow arrows, General, please get on the boat with me. We will go to the other side to borrow arrows from the Wei army!"
With a trace of suspicion, Gan Ning boarded the ship and sat in the cabin with Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang entertained Gan Ning warmly, but Gan Ning had no intention of drinking and only asked how he could borrow arrows.
Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "The general will know about it soon, and please ask the general to arrange for the army to follow. After our army comes back, we can set off to attack the camp on the south bank."
"Okay." Gan Ning immediately sent someone to give orders to Hao Zhao, Linghu Shao, and Deng Xiang, telling them to take their positions and prepare to go out at any time.
"sail!"
Following Zhuge Liang's order, all forty boats left the shore and sailed towards the south bank of the Yangtze River.
The people who drive the boats are all old soldiers of the Shu Han Dynasty. They know the water patterns in this area very well. They also know the location of the camp. In addition, the Chinese army has a compass to identify the direction. Everyone who drives the boats knows it.
direction, lined up in a row, and drove towards the other shore. Although there was heavy fog, it was not affected.
There was a heavy fog in the middle of the river. After Cao Bin came with him, he was afraid that the Chinese army would attack in the foggy weather, so he arranged many archers on the bank, and they used armor-piercing awls.
At a quarter of the hour, suddenly the rumble of war drums came from the river. Cao Bin immediately asked people to shoot arrows into the river. Although he couldn't see the direction clearly, he would be right as long as he shot in the direction of the sound of the war drums.
For a time, the overwhelming number of armor-piercing cones were fired towards the river, but the sound of the war drums in the river kept beating. No matter how they fired, they kept hearing the rumble of the drums.
In the heart of the river, forty canoes were divided into two rows, one row for every twenty, arranged in a straight line. When the armor-piercing cone shot over, the sound of hitting the scarecrow was heard, and the arrow was nailed on it.
After a while, he started to lose weight.
Gan Ning was sitting in the cabin and saw that the deck outside was covered with arrows, so he asked: "Commander, the armor-piercing awl is so powerful. Logically speaking, it should be able to shoot through the scarecrow. Why are they just nailed to it?"
"Because there are two layers of iron armor on the scarecrow, with wooden boards sandwiched between them. The arrows will be nailed on them, and they can just be taken off when the time comes." Zhuge Liang replied.
"Haha, the strategist is really smart. This kind of borrowing arrows is really very clever." Gan Ning said with a smile, "What a straw boat to borrow arrows, the strategist is afraid that he will be famous for generations to come."
(ps: Starting from today, I will travel and update once a day, which will last for twenty days. Please relax and think about follow-up content. Please do not make mistakes.)