Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 157 Chaohu Water Village
Chaohu Lake, Water Army Camp.

Since ancient times, China has had the potential of infrastructure madness.

Compared with the West, which has simple tactics, a grandson in China thousands of years ago said: "Soldiers, deceitful ways" opened up the magnificent poems of military strategists.

In order to deal with all kinds of sneak attacks and weird tactics, Huaxia's level of building camps and camps is unparalleled in the world.

In less than ten days, a navy camp stood up on Chaohu Lake.

More than [-] warships sailed across Chaohu Lake around a five-story ship.

Luo Youdu lived on the deck of the building, watching Cheng Shilang next to him directing the Dazhou navy to practice various offensive tactics on Chaohu Lake, his brows frowned involuntarily.

Compared with the ever-changing land battles, the tactical routines of water battles seem rigid and old-fashioned.

Because on the rivers, all human actions rely on battleships.

Bulky battleships are destined to be less flexible than humans, and their tactics are greatly restricted.

The pros and cons of warships become the key to victory.

All their battleships were plundered to the Southern Tang Dynasty, and in this regard, the two sides are on the same starting point.

The battleship is the same, the test is the level of the helmsman of the battleship.

This disadvantage is irreparable in any case.

The same fighting ship used for charging, the speed of the southerner is faster than that of the northerner, and it is more flexible.

There is no reason.

Just like Liu Yanzhen wanted to chase Luo Youdu at the beginning, Zhou Bing's ass could not be seen even after desperate pursuit.

Because the northern infantry attaches great importance to marching in combat, and pays attention to rapid marching, and can go into battle as soon as possible.

Their basic skills are endurance and footwork.

However, the Southern Tang navy relied on boats to move their troops, and their footwork was extremely ordinary. The two usually trained in completely different ways.

Even if the [-] soldiers Guo Rong allocated to him were good at swimming, they could only swim.

At best, it is guaranteed to fall into the water without being drowned. How to sail and steer the boat is blank.

Not to mention the flexible use of wind speed and water flow.

This deep bone marrow experience cannot be achieved without a long time sailing on the water.

With this solidified combat method, it is difficult to smooth out the strength gap between the two sides by relying on external factors.

Now for Luo Youdu, the only luck is that there is a wave of recruits from Zhang Xiong and a big gift from Liu Yanzhen: Cheng Shilang, who knows the tactics of the navy, and the soldiers of the Southern Tang sailors who are good at maneuvering boats.

At this point today, Cheng Shilang is trustworthy, and he can no longer go back.

However, Luo Youdu did not dare to make too much use of the sailors in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and gave them the key position of controlling the movement of the navy, such as the helmsman.

In case they don't work hard when the two armies are facing each other.

Or just take the opportunity to dive into the water, then the ghost will disappear.

Luo Youdu decided to turn all the recruits under Zhang Xiong's command into sailor helmsmen, and let them learn boat handling skills from the Southern Tang troops.

They have been living on the Jianghuai water, and their sailing skills are first-class.

Although driving a civilian ship is not the same concept as manipulating a warship, at least there is a basis.

In this way, their weakness of insufficient combat power can also be avoided.

Combat is left to the northern soldiers who are already capable of combat, as long as they are used to fighting on board.

This is the best method Luo Youdu can think of at the moment.

However, Luo Youdu knew it in his heart.

It's just not enough.

The Southern Tang Dynasty was dominated by navy divisions, and the current Southern Tang Dynasty is no better than when they first entered Huainan.

Zhu Yuan, Lin Renzhao, Chen Decheng, and Guo Ting said that these four generals who had made Great Zhou suffer a lot in history had already emerged.

Especially Lin Renzhao, who was born in the poor mountains and rough waters of Minyue, has extraordinary martial arts skills, is a monster living in water, forest and land, can climb mountains and wading like walking on flat ground, and can charge on horseback.

Zhao Kuangyin didn't dare to invade south without trying to kill him.

The navy in his hand is very likely to be against him, and he will use this navy that has been trained for a month to compete with the Nantang navy led by such a strong opponent as Lin Renzhao.

I feel guilty just thinking about it.

Luo Youdu is the most realistic person, never exaggerating his ability, let alone underestimating his opponent's strength.

"Are you really going to tell the officials that you don't want to be bullied too badly, just stop them from going?"

"Who do you look down on!"

Although Luo Youdu didn't think he could be compared with Prime Minister Zhuge, since he was called Little Zhuge, he couldn't lose face as an old man.

"Is there any way to give his elderly parents a face? Win this battle that most people are not optimistic about?"

Luo Youdu frowned and thought hard.

Cheng Shilang on the side showed his talent to Luo Youdu: "The surface of this Chaohu Lake is stable, which is the most suitable for training sailors. But it is not like this when it comes to war. Navy combat, the upstream advantage is the first element, almost Whoever holds the upper reaches wins."

Luo Youdu asked: "What about the second element?"

Cheng Shilang replied without hesitation: "It's the direction of the wind! In the face of the advantage of the water flow and the direction of the wind, manpower is slightly insufficient."

Luo Youdu kept nodding his head, even though he understood all of this, he still praised Cheng Shilang: "Work hard, and when the navy master succeeds, I will show you the merit to the officials."

Cheng Shilang was excited.

Luo Youdu then pointed to Zhang Xiong and said, "This is your assistant, he doesn't know anything, you should teach him well."

Zhang Xionghan greeted Cheng Shilang sincerely.

Cheng Shilang responded politely, but obviously he didn't take him very seriously.

Luo Youdu secretly laughed in his heart: With Zhang Xiong's cultural background, he may not be able to accept it if he is asked to learn profound things.

However, Cheng Shilang is good at naval command and basic water warfare skills, and Zhang Xiong's tenacious character of being willing to learn and endure hardships can empty Cheng Shilang's abilities in a month or two at most.

After leaving Chaohu Water Village, Luo Youdu returned to Luzhou.

As soon as he entered the city, he learned that Chai Kehong had asked to see him.

Chai Kehong's status is too special, Shi Shouxin and Dou Yi dare not let him enter the city, but let him rest at a tea stall outside the city.

Luo Youdu frowned and said, "How many people are there?"

Dou Yi replied: "Not many, just three people, he and two guards."

Shi Shoudao: "People in Jiangnan have something to talk about, just drive them away."

Luo Youdu pondered for a while and smiled: "They dare to come in three, so what's the harm in seeing him? Shut him out, and spread the word that we are afraid of them."

"In this way, there are three of them, and I will also bring three of them. Brother Shi, Brother Liu, and Brother Zhang, let's go meet this Southern Tang Dynasty general."

Luo Youdu didn't seem to regard himself as a human being, and led the three bodyguards Shi Shouxin, Liu Fu, and Zhang Qiong to the tea stall not far away.

This Liu Fu is the latest general assigned to him by Guo Rong, and he is also a remarkable figure.

A native of Xiapi, Xuzhou, he is tall and burly, with extraordinary physical strength.

When Guo Rong arrived in Huainan, Liu Fu came to the barracks on foot to meet Guo Rong and asked to join the army.

Guo Rong was quite surprised and kept him under his command.

Guo Rong knew that Luo Youdu was short of manpower, so he transferred him to Lujiang to listen.

(End of this chapter)