The twelve navy generals of the Jinling Army commanded the Jinling Navy, which was divided into twelve groups, and began to move slowly up the river from all directions towards the location of Liu Biao's navy.
The pottery merchant was on the main ship, wrapped in a cloak and facing the river wind, carefully looking at the situation on the river, and then shook his head. "We can't fight like this, so we used a flag to order the three armies to retreat temporarily. Don't confront Liu Biao now."
, find a way to lead his navy into the side water channel."
Pei Qian then said: "No!"
Lu Lingqi stood behind the pottery merchant. She looked at Liu Biao's huge fleet in the distance with confusion, and asked curiously: "We are about to face a head-on confrontation. Why did you suddenly fake defeat and lead Liu Biao's navy to other places? Is there something there?
ambush?"
The pottery merchant pointed to Lu Lingqi and said: "How can there be any ambush on the big river? Water warfare is not about the bravery of the soldiers, but about strategic weapons. At the same time, the ability of the generals is also very important. Of course, it is best for the soldiers to be familiar with the water. This river
Above all, there are many factors that can influence victory or defeat, among which the wind direction and water flow are very important."
The pottery merchant pointed to Liu Biao's warship in the distance and said: "The Jingzhou navy is equipped with many trebuchets, which are beneficial to long-range. Our warships are equipped with racquet sticks, which are water warfare weapons used for close combat. Our army is facing
Liu Biao, if you want to minimize the losses, you must quickly approach them with the warship loaded with racket poles in the shortest possible time to gain the upper hand in close combat. Only in this way can you get twice the result with half the effort and achieve the best results."
Lu Lingqi was thinking thoughtfully, when suddenly a gust of river wind blew by, and the cold wind penetrated her clothes slightly, making her shiver all over.
Lu Lingqi's performance fell into the eyes of the pottery merchant.
The potter hesitated for a moment, then took off the cloak and handed it to her.
Lu Lingqi took the cloak and put it on her shoulders. Her fair face turned slightly red and her head lowered unconsciously.
At the same time, the military orders from Tao Shang's main battleship had been vaguely passed down in order.
The first person to receive Tao Shang's flag order was Gan Ning. Gan Ning had already prepared to march into the army and was preparing for a good fight, but he got an order to retreat. He had a big lion face at that time.
It sank.
He sniffed hard and murmured to himself: "What kind of evil is the Prime Minister doing? He runs away without even being beaten. It takes away all my strength."
But complaints were complaints. Gan Ning did not dare to disobey Potter's direct military orders. He immediately ordered all the warships under his command to turn around.
The other navy generals also imitated Gan Ning and acted upon the news.
Seeing that the pottery merchant's fleet began to change direction, the enemy's navy commander Zhang Yun quickly began to transmit messages to the main ship.
After Huang Zu got the news, he immediately reported it to Liu Biao who was on the same ship.
Although Liu Biao was mature and prudent, he did not know much about the naval war, so he immediately asked Huang Zu and the naval commander Cai Mao for their opinions.
Cai Mao was good at water warfare. He immediately admonished Liu Biao: "There are only two possibilities for this matter. One is that Tao Shang saw that our navy was equipped with trebuchets and thought that we were no match for us, so he retreated."
Liu Biao thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "Although I rarely fight, I know a lot about what the pottery merchant can do. Although this man is young, he has defeated Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu, Sun Ce, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and others for several years, as well as Cao Cao.
He was also a regular disciple of Huangfu Yizhen when he was still alive. How could such a person withdraw his troops without a fight? Moreover, the ability of the school affairs office is well known to the world. Our warships are equipped with trebuchets as big as this.
It is impossible that the pottery merchant did not know about it beforehand, so I concluded that his withdrawal of troops was probably not related to this matter."
Cai Mao agreed: "The general is also thinking the same way, so now it can only be the second possibility... Tao is deliberately tempting us." "How do you say this?"
Cai Mao hurriedly said: "Ming Gong, do you still remember the battle between Tao Shang and Yuan Shu in the third year of Chuping? It was the first time that Jinling soldiers became famous in the world... How did Yuan Shu lose in that battle?"
Liu Biao stroked his beard and thought: "I remember that at that time, Yuan Shu was lured to a low-lying area by a pottery merchant during a water battle, and was defeated by Gan Ning and others who had just defected to the pottery merchant..."
When he said this, Liu Biao suddenly woke up.
"Does the potter want to repeat his old tricks?"
Cai Hao nodded: "This is very possible."
Liu Biao pondered for a while and said, "In that case, what should we do about this matter?"
Cai Hao laughed when he heard this.
"What's there to be afraid of if we repeat our old tricks? We just need to be careful about the rear of the fleet and chase him carefully. If we don't go into low-lying places, we don't have to be afraid of him!"
Liu Biao felt relieved after hearing Cai Mao's words.
He nodded to Cai Mao with satisfaction: "In that case, you will have full command for me." "No!"
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Cai Mao's idea was correct. The pottery merchant was indeed using a trick to lure them. However, the pottery merchant was not trying to cover up front and back, nor was he trying to lure them to a low-lying waterway. He was trying to lure Jingzhou's navy to one place. In the countercurrent, he sent his navy to attack Jingzhou's army, approached Liu Biao's army at the fastest speed, and defeated Jingzhou's fleet with lightning speed using his racket.
If you want to change the direction of each other's flow, you need to find an intersection of river channels, and then after traveling against the flow for a certain distance, order the fleet to turn to attack.
The potter's army was galloping in front, and Liu Biao's army was chasing behind. Along the way, the trebuchets began to launch a fierce attack after the Jinling navy faintly entered the range.
It's just that because the opponent's fleet is moving, the trebuchet, although powerful, has no accuracy and splashes huge water splashes on the river surface.
Liu Biao and Cai Hao were extremely anxious when they saw that every stone they threw failed.
They were now eager for the potter to lure them to a shallow depression.
At least you can wait for the Jinling Army to gather in the pile first, and then you can use trebuchets to violently bomb them to increase the hit rate.
Finally, Jinling's navy turned into a fork in the river. Under the unified command of the pottery merchant, the entire fleet quickly sailed upstream without any delay.
After Cai Mao observed the water situation and terrain, he saw that there was nothing suspicious, so he ordered the Jingzhou Army Navy to continue the pursuit.
After driving for a while, Tao Shang saw that the distance was almost close, so he immediately ordered the rear army to change into the front army, and turned to attack the Jingzhou navy.
The movements of the Jinling navy could not be hidden from Cai Mao's eyes.
When he saw that the rear column of the Jinling navy had changed to the front column and began to attack his own side, Cai Hao hurriedly observed the surrounding terrain.
It is still above the river, there are no low-lying roads, it is still far from the shore, and there are no signs of a warship attack from behind.
Cai Mao was overjoyed. He knew that in this case, it would take some time for the enemy's naval warships to change their formation, and this period of time would be a great opportunity for him to take advantage.