"Little Cai Mao! If you dare to fight, I will beat you ten times!" Sun Ce roared angrily from the bow of the boat.
However, the opponent has already pushed the driftwood along the coast, and at the same time the warship retreated back to the water village...
The opponent has no naval cover, and Sun Ce can choose to land. However, after landing, the Jiangdong Army will not have naval cover. In an area with rich water systems, pure infantry is simply a moving target, and it is necessary for the navy to advance and forcibly pull out the water stronghold.
It’s not easy either, especially since Cai Hao also chose the obscene driftwood decompression tactic.
When encountering a small group of naval forces, Cai Mao would still fight. When he discovered that Jiangdong's army was intent on a general attack, he immediately retreated.
It can be said that "except for sending waves without pushing forward, if you jump, I will squat and punch hard." If there is no clever strategy, Cai Hao may be able to hold on for a long time!
The northern part of Jiangxia is the only way for Jiangdong Army to enter Nanjun - although theoretically, Nanjun is to the west of Jiangdong Army, but there is Yunmengze in the middle!
At this time, Yunmengze had begun to shrink and was not as big as it was in the pre-Qin period, but... it was also at an embarrassing time.
In the pre-Qin period, waterways could at least be traveled, but now many waterways have shrunk into swamps. For example, the Huarong Road where Cao Cao was defeated in Huarong is part of Yunmengze. The road is rugged and muddy.
To enter Nanjun from the south of Jiangxia, you can only take a detour to the north.
As for the other side, the Wancheng Army led by Zhang Xiu and the Yiyang Army led by Zhao Yun are mainly land-based combat forces and cannot be of much help in Xiling. They are now mainly cleaning up Nanyang, although they have not yet touched Liu Biao's true strength.
His hometown is on the edge of Nanjun, but his wings are gradually shearing.
"Okay, people have entered the water village." Zhou Yu persuaded Sun Ce to come down while gently shaking his feather fan.
"Gong Jin, do you have any evil ideas? As long as we have a head-to-head fight, I will definitely beat him to the point of killing him!" Sun Ce slapped the mast in anger.
The Jingzhou navy is really not weak. It even surpasses the Jiangxia navy before the change last year due to the number of generals, armaments, and military strength...
Cai Mao is indeed good at training and commanding the Navy, and he is quite flexible - he can't imitate the crossbows of the General's Mansion, but the rackets with lower technical content have been gradually installed on the ships of the Jingzhou Navy.
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But even so, Sun Ce was still confident that he could defeat the enemy frontally!
"What a good idea? Have you forgotten the previous order from the General's Mansion?" Zhou Yu rolled his eyes. At the same time, when he heard Sun Ce's words, he had automatically replaced the "ghost idea" with a "good idea". This has been happening for many years.
The tacit understanding is cultivated.
When Sun Ce heard this, he was like a frosty eggplant - indeed, the current strategic goal is to "attack steadily".
"What are you thinking, brother? Are you worried about casualties? But if this continues, won't it have a greater impact on Jingzhou? Now Cai Mao has almost stopped spring plowing in the entire northern part of Jiangxia in order to defend himself." Sun Ce was helpless.
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"Not necessarily...he won't understand this truth. There should be other reasons." Zhou Yu squinted his eyes as he spoke, and the image of Huang Jijiu from the Ministry of Works had already appeared in his mind.
Bai Tu only informed the front line to "fight steadily" without explaining the reason - we can't just go around shouting that Huang Chengyan will instigate his sister-in-law to surrender now, right?
If you don’t even mention the horoscope, it may not be possible, just don’t say it, and now you are promoting it everywhere, isn’t it causing trouble for Huang Chengyan?
If the purpose is revealed now, not only Liu Biao, but also Kuai and Cai will not agree!
But it seems that people like Zhou Yu and Jia Xu can vaguely guess something even if there is no evidence or basis.
Of course, even if Zhou Yu guessed it, he did not say it. Jia Xu only tested Zhang Chunhua as a "private lesson" topic and did not tell the answer.
"What 'him' is called eldest brother?" Sun Ce corrected him straightforwardly after hearing this.
Zhou Yu:……
After glaring at Sun Ce, Zhou Yu continued: "But it's not impossible... 'Playing slowly and steadily' is just a strategy to avoid using dangerous tactics, but it doesn't mean that you can't use tricks!"
"Oh? Is there any way? Can we make him have to fight?" Sun Ce's eyes lit up and he asked.
"Not necessarily, but it will naturally have an effect." Zhou Yu shook his feather fan gently, with a look of joy (wo)ran (chao) contented (hai) on his face.
In late April of the fifth year of Jian'an, Jiangxia suddenly became quiet.
The Jiangdong Navy changed its previous attitude of fierce and unstoppable attacks. Although they advanced a little by land, it was innocuous, and there was no large-scale war. They even... encouraged caravans traveling between Jiangxia and the north and south of the Yangtze River.
Rumor has it that the Jiangdong Army was so relaxed that they held bonfire parties at the front line every day, and with plenty of food and wine, the sergeants were often alone and drunk.
What's more, some people witnessed that in the area where the two sides faced each other on the front line, Jiangdong Zhan deliberately sang folk songs across the river and made fun of the Jingzhou army. It was a harmonious scene!
At first, Cai Mao thought it was Zhou Yu who wanted to lure him to attack, so he still sat firmly in Xiling and remained motionless - not pushing forward except to make waves!
Later, seeing that Zhou Yu didn't respond, he began to speculate again. Was Zhou Yu trying to make him relax and then launch a sneak attack?
Therefore, Cai Mao was even more alert, and his scouts and vigils were doubled - if you jump, I will squat and punch hard!
However, two months later, it became clear that the other party not only had no intention of taking advantage of the laxity to attack, but even became more and more "unbridled". Those who didn't know it thought that the General's Mansion and Jingzhou Mansion had reconciled.
This can also be seen that Cai Mao is only very organized in training and commanding the navy. If he really wants to fight with wits, he is definitely not Zhou Yu's enemy.
In fact, Zhou Yu's plan was not planned after he mentioned it to Sun Ce, but was already being prepared after he vaguely realized something after receiving Bai Tu's strategic instructions of "playing it steadily".
The various opportunistic battles with Cai Mao ahead are themselves part of the strategy.
The huge difference between before and after makes the current battle even more eye-catching.
In July, there were already some rumors about Jiangxia in Xiangyang City, Nanjun...
It is simply said that Cai Mao secretly colluded with the Jiangdong Army and responded to each other. Others said that Cai Hao intended to control Jiangxia and was too tired to fight. Some exaggerations even said that Cai Hao intended to surrender to the General's Mansion and would join forces with the Jiangdong Navy and enter the Jiangdong Navy.
Lord Nan County!
When this rumor first appeared, the Cai family, the Kuai family, the Pang family, and the Huang family... all followed suit to suppress this "evil trend". They even banned false discussion of the matter in Xiangyang City and spoke favorably of it in front of Liu Biao.
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However, by July, there were suddenly more rock sugar and white sugar on the market, and white glazed utensils even appeared on the market frequently!
Jiangdong salt is just that. After all, it is of high quality and low price. Many of them are sold in various places through the channels of agent families. And like ironware and horses, Jingzhou Prefecture will not prohibit the circulation of salt, but will encourage it.
Salt is also considered a strategic material, and it is not too much to exchange for it with grain, but rock sugar, white sugar, etc. are obviously not among them. As for white colored glaze... some people call it "soft colored glaze" because of its fragile characteristics. Nowadays, everyone
Everyone knows that this is also a "specialty" of the General's Mansion. Where do these come from?
Reminiscent of the previous rumors, Liu Biao finally broke out after discovering that the cook's cooking was getting sweeter and sweeter recently, and even the Jingzhou Mansion purchased a batch of white glass vase ornaments...