"Hmph, let me weigh you Zhou Yu's weight." Guo Jia looked at Huainan from a distance and sneered. After freeing his hands, Guo Jia could finally put his weight on Zhou Yu opposite him.
Soon Zhou Yu felt a kind of constraint, not the kind of constraint that warships would be slightly suppressed by trebuchets in the past, but a kind of chaos that could not be perfectly controlled, causing the layout of the situation to start getting into trouble.
"Guo Jia is not simple, but in essence, if you want to deal with me, you have to go through the Huaihe River." Zhou Yu said to himself silently while looking at the map.
Although after Guo Jia began to mobilize Liu Bei's southern troops, the pressure on Zhou Yu's defense line increased a lot, but after all, he had been prepared for it, and it was not something Guo Jia could break through.
Even before Xuzhou Chen Deng sent troops, Li Yan, who originally stationed troops in the lower reaches of the Huaihe River, had already taken a preemptive strike and locked the battlefield in Xuzhou itself, giving Xuzhou Chen Deng no chance to cross the river.
"Report, general, our army scouts have discovered that Guan Yu's army has a tendency to move their camps." Wenpin came to report to Zhou Yu in person. Now he did not dare to underestimate this young man who was ten years younger than him.
"Move to the upper reaches of the Huai River?" Zhou Yu asked curiously.
"There is indeed this trend." Wenpin nodded and said.
"How far is our camp from the nearest place with gentle water?" Zhou Yu asked. Although he roughly knew the distance, the exact distance was somewhat difficult for him.
"More than thirty miles." Wenpin answered this question after thinking for a while.
"In that case, some warships are dispatched to the upper reaches of the Huai River. There is a valley mouth in the upper reaches. The distance between the two banks is only two miles, but the water flow is too fast, even for large ships, it is difficult to sail. But after that place, the water flow is almost the same as here.
." Zhou Yu gave the order carefully. The width of the Huai River was very uneven. It was wide at one moment and narrow at the other.
Logically speaking, passing through a narrow place is the best choice, but this is not the case. On the one hand, the water in the narrow place is fast and the undercurrent is surging. Even the big ship on Zhou Yu's side needs to be careful when passing by. What's more,
Not to mention a landlubber like Guo Jia.
On the other hand, although the narrow place is far away from Zhou Yu's camp, it is too obvious. Although the possibility of forced crossing is unlikely, Zhou Yu will not forget to send people to inspect the place on time in such an obviously threatening place.
"Here!" Wenpin cupped his fists and saluted, and immediately followed Zhou Yu's arrangement, sending five ships and a general to pass through the narrow mouth and go upstream to keep a lookout.
"Be careful when passing through. The Huaihe River there is turbulent and both banks protrude. The big ships heading upstream can just conduct surveillance and harassment. Don't get too close to the north bank. The river there is wide and accidents are easy to happen. Report any situation in time." Zhou Yu warned.
, and then let Wenpin leave.
[Although I don’t know what you want to pay attention to, the water at the narrow mouth of Huai River is very fast. Without a big boat, it can easily capsize. I will move a few more boats to keep an eye on you. I want to see what tricks you have. 】
Zhou Yu said with a sneer in his heart.
Guan Yu looked at the rushing water at the narrow mouth of the Huai River. Because it suddenly narrowed, the speed of the water here was far faster than Guan Yu expected.
"Fengxiao, although I don't understand the navy, this place is not a passable place." Guan Yu said with a frown as he looked at the rushing Huai River.
"The soldiers will definitely not be able to get through. With the speed of the water..." Guo Jia rolled his eyes and wanted to take a boat from here. You must have thought too much. He turned to Zhou Cang behind Guan Yu and shouted, "Yuanfu, jump down and swim."
Take two hundred steps and see."
Zhou Cang had no idea what Guo Jia meant by what he said. By the way, he never thought about why something happened to him suddenly. However, he still carried out Guo Jia's order without compromise. He put the weapon on his back and jumped directly.
When we reached the Huai River, we began to swim vigorously.
Guan Yu didn't understand what it meant at first, but when he saw Zhou Cang swimming, he unconsciously felt that he was moving in the direction of the current, and he immediately understood what Guo Jia meant.
"Yuan Fu is back." Guan Yu called Zhou Cang back without saying a word, and then the river exploded, and soon Zhou Cang jumped onto the river bank.
"That's it, the water flow here is so exaggerated, and after a period of rain comes, the flow rate of the water here will be even more exaggerated." Guo Jia said with a smile.
"Since we can't cross the river from here, why don't we choose a place where the current is gentle downstream and try to grab the beach?" Guan Yu asked puzzledly. Even Zhou Cang didn't realize that he was being washed away by this current. If this was an ordinary soldier, if he left it alone, he wouldn't be able to grab the beach.
It'll be gone in a few breaths.
"We can think of it, and Zhou Yu can naturally think of it, so his big boat has been patrolling, and the river is wide where the water flow is gentle downstream. He patrols the river, and we don't even have the means to restrict it." Guo Jia said helplessly, Zhou Yu said
All normally usable methods have been blocked.
"The problem is, if we can't cross the Huaihe River, nothing will change at all in essence." Guan Yu frowned repeatedly. He felt that until now, the two of them had no way to deal with Zhou Yu on the other side of the river.
Of course, Guan Yu also knew that when he reached the upper reaches, where the width of the water was not too exaggerated, his trebuchets, bed crossbows, etc. could also be used, but since he could not cross the Huaihe River, this kind of battle would be considered harassment at best.
What's even more exaggerated is that if the opponent is more cautious, it may not even be considered harassment. After all, the development trend of warships in the Central Plains is city walls. Although it is impossible to withstand hundreds of attacks from large trebuchets like city walls, one or two will not be able to withstand them.
Maybe it's too heavy...
What's more, the city wall is a dead object, and the ship is movable. Be careful, and it is not easy to get hit if you are far away. After all, it is not a naval battle, where both sides chase and fight, and even face each other unceremoniously.
The attack is going on.
As for the shore-to-shore artillery from warships in later generations, they have not been upgraded to such an exaggerated level. Even during this period, the trebuchets carried by ships were stronger than those on the shore, and at least it was much easier to change the angle.
"This is true, but we still hope that Zhou Yu will suffer some losses by moving the camp here. If it is downstream, we can only hope that Xingba will come back." Guo Jia looked helpless. There is no way to be clever.
There is no cooking without rice.
Unable to cross the river, Guo Jia couldn't use it even if he had the all-powerful means. He could only stare at Zhou Yu across the river.
"So, you already have a plan?" Guan Yu's eyebrows moved. Although he didn't show any joy, it was obvious that his tone was different from before.
"I'm afraid Zhou Yu has already thought about me crossing the Huaihe River, but he doesn't know how I will cross it. He is probably thinking more about waiting for me in the camp on the opposite side of the Huaihe River!" Guo Jia chuckled and shook his hand.
