Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1365 Jingping Marine Division Four

Wu State established its capital in Moling, and later changed Moling City to Jianye City, and then built Stone City in Jianye City, on the stone hill of the former Jinling City.

Stone City is the pass city where the Qinhuai River flows into the river.

Whether coming out from Jianye or entering the city from the Yangtze River, Stone City must break through a pass.

In the past, there was a battalion of two thousand soldiers and horses on Stone City.

But after the news of Chaisang came back, there were two battalions of about [-] soldiers and horses on Stone City, one battalion was guarding the pass city, and the other battalion was guarding the river with warships, ready for reinforcements.

From the stone city, looking out, the river is very quiet, and the silence makes people feel a little uncomfortable.

This night, as the leader of the Tiger Army, Huang Gai was a little restless, so after inspecting the defense of Jianye City, he came to Stone City to inspect the defense line.

"General!"

Xiaowei is a young general, surnamed Sun.

Sun Hao is the son of Sun Jing, the great emperor of the state of Wu.

He can also be regarded as one of the outstanding young generals of the Wu Kingdom. Of course, if he is compared with a fierce man like Sun Ce, he will be a few levels behind.

In fact, as the rich family of Fuchun, the Sun family has some background. As the saying goes, one person attains the Tao, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven, and Sun Jian is crowned king, then the Sun family is the royal family.

Now it is still a time of conquering the world, and it is not that the country has been firmly established. In the atmosphere of the blood inheritance of Yanhuang for thousands of years, no matter who is the king, there are always more people who believe in their own family.

Because in their view, even if the people in their own family have bad intentions, in the end this position is also surnamed Sun, which is better than having power in the hands of outsiders and subverting Sun Wujiangshan.

Therefore, many members of the Sun clan were highly valued.

"Is there anything unusual on the Yangtze River?" Huang Gai asked in a low voice as he stood tall and looked far away, looking at the darkness in the distance.

"There is nothing unusual!"

Sun Hao is young and young, but he is not stupid, and under the encouragement of his clan brother Sun Ce, he has grown up quickly. It is not bad to be a captain of the first battalion. He said seriously: "In the evening, I still put The scout ship was released, and no abnormalities were found around, especially to the west. After being released for [-] miles, no warships were seen, and according to the news of Danyang's return, the Ming army may have been blocked in Danyang county!"

"Don't be careless!"

Huang Gai said softly: "It hasn't been long since Jianye City was newly built, and people's hearts are uneasy. As long as there are some small changes, the hearts of the whole city will be aroused, so we must be more careful, and we must not let any enemy cross the defense line of Stone City. !"

"understand!"

Sun Hao nodded, and said: "Even if all the boys in my battalion are killed in battle, I won't let an enemy warship cross the stone city, people are in the city!"

"Nowadays is an eventful time. Even when facing our warships, we must be cautious. In short, without my military order, no warship can cross Stone City and enter Jianye!"

Stone City was considered the last line of defense. Once they crossed Stone City and went straight along the river, they could easily be inserted into the belly of Jianye, and the entire Jianye would collapse at that time.

"promise!"

Sun Hao trembled slightly when he heard this, and nodded quickly.

It is not surprising that the enemy troops will pretend to be our warships. At this time, Jianye City is facing a security problem, so Huang Gai is not exaggerated at all.

"Father, it's getting dark. There shouldn't be any problems now. You should go back and have a rest. Now you are the commander of my Tiger Army. Don't overwork yourself. You must recharge your batteries, otherwise once the Ming army approaches the stone City, how can we have the energy to deal with it!"

The young general who was talking next to him was Huang Gai's eldest son, Huang Bing, who was also the second generation general of the Wu Kingdom. As Huang Gai's own son, he was no worse than the members of the Sun family. I am more competitive, and now I am a captain of the first battalion.

"Ok!"

Hearing this, Huang Gai nodded his head to express his agreement. This is not the time to overdraw his physical strength. Only by recharging his energy can he protect the safety of Wu's capital.

He was about to leave when suddenly, a gust of cold wind blew over from the distant river, which inexplicably made him shiver.

His heart is very disturbed.

This kind of anxiety is a kind of intuition that has been experienced in the battlefield for many years. Although it is very erratic, it has never made a mistake. Otherwise, Sun Jian's brothers would either be dead or disabled, but he is alive and kicking.

He was immediately alert.

"Sun Hao!"

"Here!" Sun Hao was a little baffled, but he still stood at attention immediately.

"Bang the drum, be alert!"

Huang Gai said in a low voice.

"now?"

"immediately!"

"Yes!"

The Tiger Army is Sun Jian's direct descendant. Many veterans have been with Sun Jian since Changsha raised troops to serve the king. However, in the battle of Xiling that year, many people lost.

Later, after Sun Jian returned to Jianye City, he made up a lot.

Now there are more than 1 generals, and the main force of the first battalion is about 2000 men. None of them are old, weak, sick or disabled. They are all elite young and strong, and some are dispatched from other soldiers and horses.

As a descendant of Sun Jian, he received the best treatment, had sufficient food and grass, the best weapons, and even the warships were the latest warships.

As soon as it moves, it will be in place quickly.

"General, what's the matter?"

The fourth battalion of the Tiger Army is a navy army, mainly warships, but the martial law in Stone City, they also woke up suddenly, the captain is a young man.

Although this young man is unknown in the current state of Wu, he is a well-known Jiangbiao Huchen and Dong Xi in history.

Dong Xi was originally a general recruited by Sun Ce, but later Sun Jian found him particularly pleasing to the eye, so he took him from Sun Ce as a supplementary general of the Tiger Army.

He was directly promoted to two ranks and became a lieutenant in the Fourth Battalion of the Tiger Army.

"Something is wrong!"

Holding the hilt of his sword in his hand, Huang Gai looked at the rolling Yangtze River outside Stone City, and said, "Quiet, it's so quiet, this kind of quiet, it feels like a storm is about to come!"

"No way?"

The generals quickly glanced around.

"All in all, be alert, keep a ready to face the battle at any time, that's right!"

Huang Gai said in a low voice.

"promise!"

Whether it was Sun Hao, Dong Xi, or the generals under his command, they all obeyed Huang Gai, a veteran general like Huang Gai, because the experience of these veterans on the battlefield was often the goal of their learning.

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on the river.

One after another, the warships sailed under the night without any lights, and were connected by iron chains to prevent them from getting separated. The speed of sailing was not fast, and they slowly approached Stone City.

"Report to Sima, our warship is less than three miles away from Jianye Stone City. As long as we move forward, we will definitely be discovered!" Captain Pioneer walked up to the ship and reported.

"How many remote trebuchets do we have?"

Cai Mao stood on the deck and looked far away. He could already see the outline of the Stone City through the flickering lights in the distance. That city, standing on the Yangtze River estuary, really made people a little timid.

Shitoukou, under the Stone City, is a very spacious place.

Tens of thousands of warships can be docked.

Definitely a suitable place to fight.

However, it is not so easy to break through the defense of Stone City. If Stone City and their warships on the river become horns for each other, even if more than three times the soldiers come and forcibly block the barrier, they may fail.

At this time, raiding is the best choice.

But how to make a surprise attack is still a problem. The way of fighting is different, and the final result is also different.

Cai Mao is very careful, but as an outstanding general, he does not lack the risk factor. A sneak attack is a risk. If you are too cautious, you will easily lose.

Although he marched on the Yangtze River all day, he separated before nightfall. The Yangtze River is huge. Although there are fishing boats hunting around, there are often patrolling warships, so the appearance of warships like them will cause doubts, but If there is no special emptying, no one will pursue it within three or two days.

That's his advantage.

He should still be in a hidden corner, staring at Jianye City like a poisonous snake. As for whether he can open his mouth and take a bite, it depends on Cai Mao's ability.

One more thing.

He belongs to the party responsible for attracting troops.

The main force is not him.

So after Cai Mao thought about it, he found that even if there was a sneak attack, it would have to be an earth-shattering sneak attack, so as to better attract the enemy's attention and trap their attention on Stone City.

Only in this way can Gan Ning have the hope of success.

As long as he thinks that their Jingping Navy can break through the capital city of Wu State, he will feel excited. The man is alive, he is not afraid of choosing the wrong path, but he is afraid that he will not regret it. He missed it once and chose Liu Biao, so he lost together.

Now he has another chance.

He must have meritorious deeds, great meritorious deeds to support his return to the world stage, and his path to the political arena of the Ming Dynasty. He does not want to be a small soldier for the rest of his life.

"There are some at close range. There are three trebuchets on our building and boat, but they can only throw stone bombs weighing tens of kilograms at most. Too many can't do it!"

A general opened the equipment catalog, and then told Cai Mao: "If you really need a large-scale siege-level trebuchet, there is one hope, and that is the combination, the way of a tripod, using three fighting ships as a foothold on the river. When fully integrated, a trebuchet capable of throwing a hundred catties of stone bullets has a great advantage in attacking the city!"

In fact, the trebuchet is the main force of the siege equipment. Forcibly smashing the city wall with stones is the most commonly used method in current wars.

However, the trebuchet itself is a high-tech ordnance. Many princes have large trebuchets, but they are huge, have many parts, are difficult to transport, and are easily damaged, so they are not very practical.

The warships of the Ming army are best at one type, the combined trebuchet.

Back then in Jingzhou, when the Ming army’s water army had just grown in size and was still in its infancy, when there was not even a building boat, it used a combined trebuchet to fight a battle with the Jingzhou water army in the river near Xiangyang. A beautiful battle.

This advantage can be regarded as handed down.

At the beginning, the combination of warships has now risen to the combination of fighting ships, and they can even fight for building ships.

"Order the first battalion and the second battalion to assemble a trebuchet each. When you are ready, send a signal to notify me, wait for my military order, give the military order, and throw at the stone city with light in front!"

Cai Mao thought for a while, then said in a deep voice.

"promise!"

The other officer next to him quickly went to deliver the order.

"In addition, order the main force of the third battalion and the fourth battalion to keep up with the speed of the building. Once an attack is launched, it must have the best offensive formation, and there must be no mistakes!"

"Yes!"

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The surface of the river was quiet, and the cold wind howled.

It's been half an hour.

There was no movement at all. The generals in Stone City were a little bit impatient. Dong Xi was a mighty general, young and energetic, good at commanding troops and charging, and responding to changes on the battlefield, but what he lacked was a calm demeanor. He couldn't help but speak He said: "General, do you want me to send a warship out to investigate!"

"Need not!"

Huang Gai believed in his own feelings. The calm river surface gave him the feeling of a ferocious beast with its fangs open. It was very dangerous, very dangerous, and he couldn't take any risks.

Bit by bit of troops are currently the defense line of Jianye City. Whether it is success or failure, loss is not good. He will never allow any cases of loss to cause problems in Jianye City's defense.

So he can't take the risk.

"Wait!"

Huang Gai said in a deep voice: "Continue to check the defense of Stone City. Check all the trebuchets and bed crossbows. In addition, the rolling logs and throwing spears should also be carefully checked and supplemented. Also, the warships of the fourth battalion go to check. Check whether the defense line we have established on the river is stable, whether it will be rushed over, no matter what happens, my request, no warship is allowed to pass through Stone City!"

"Yes!"

The generals didn't dare to raise any objections at this time, because Huang Gai's voice was a bit fierce, and they didn't dare to face Qu Gang directly with this kind of evil spirit that lingered on the battlefield.

"Father, do you want to notify the battalions in the city to prepare for the battle?" Huang Bing thought for a while and asked Huang Gai.

"Being not!"

Huang Gai shook his head and said: "Although I trust my intuition, according to the news, unless the Ming army can fly, otherwise they can't appear here. I don't want to make troubles at this time. stable!"

"But general, it's hard to maintain such a tense defense for a long time. After a long time, the army's morale will get tired!" Sun Hao frowned, looked at Huang Gai, and said in a low voice.

"Wait for dawn!"

Huang Gai said: "At daybreak, any movement on the Yangtze River will be hidden. When the time comes, we will release all the warships and inspect them again, which can be regarded as comforting our own mood!"

The generals peeped at each other, took a look, and agreed.

The tense and defensive atmosphere in Stone City continued to be maintained. The main force of the two battalions, more than [-] sons, had now entered the combat position, and their eyes were all on the Yangtze River.

It was still very quiet on the river.

Even the sound of the waves of the river hitting the stone shore was constantly echoing. This kind of silence gradually evolved into a kind of tranquility in the hearts of nervous people.

In a state of full concentration, they can even hear their own heartbeat.

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"It's time?"

On the surface of the river, Cai Mao looked at his pocket watch. It was already the right time. He looked up again and looked ahead: "At this time, those who should rest will rest, and they should not rest, and they will not rest!"

He can continue to wait.

But there are too many variables.

To seize the opportunity, he must attack decisively, otherwise it will be difficult to achieve results: "Send the order, attack!"

(End of this chapter)