Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1808 Jiangdong Change [-]
Two days later.

On the Yangtze River, in a newly built water village.

Over the water village, the battle flag of the Wu Kingdom's water army was flying, and on the other side, the battle flag with the word congratulations was flying in the wind.

In the water fortress, the generals of the Wu army's water army stood on the left and right, half kneeling down, with their heads lowered, and they didn't even dare to look up at the people in their positions.

As for He Qi, the number one general of the Wu army's navy, at this moment, he was kneeling and sitting sideways, his face expressionless, and it could be seen that he looked a little depressed.

And sitting on the top seat is a handsome young man, this young man is the number one military advisor of Wu State, Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu's eyes were very intimidating, and the eyes seemed to be filled with a strong evil spirit, and they swept across, looking at the generals, so that the generals did not dare to look directly.

"You guys, let someone, let the king, let the court be very disappointed!"

Zhou Yu's voice was not very loud, but it made everyone chill, even a little babbled.

"My Wu army is based in Jiangdong and is known for its combat effectiveness as a navy. But now, the main infantry and cavalry of our army have fought against the Ming army on the Runan battlefield without showing defeat. However, our most powerful navy has repeatedly fought Lost, lost the South China Sea, lost the East China Sea, lost the defense line of the sea area, lost the states and counties by the sea!"

Zhou Yu's indifferent and Xiaosha voice was full of anger: "That's fine, after all, the Ming army has enough advantages in the sea, and our warships are not conducive to sailing the sea, and losing the sea line will not hurt me in Jiangdong. However, you were defeated by the Ming army at the mouth of the Yangtze River. You must know that you are all the most reliable generals of our Wu army and navy, but you have given such a record, and let my Great Wu’s Jianye Capital be exposed to the Ming army once again. Under the attacking intention of the army, aren't you ashamed!"

"Damn me!"

All the generals were ashamed and knelt down to confess their sins: "Let the governor of Zhou punish you!"

"Captain Zhou, this battle has nothing to do with them. The sons and daughters have already fought hard to kill the enemy. It is because I failed to understand the Ming army's intentions early and missed the deployment of the defensive line. It is our army that is overwhelmed when facing the Ming army's attack!"

He Qi took a step forward, knelt down on one knee, cupped his hands in salute, and said loudly, "The defeat in this battle is not the fault of the soldiers, but the fault of my commander. Please punish me!" Did you treat you half as badly?"

Zhou Yu looked at He Qi with gloomy eyes.

"The kindness of the former king, the greatness of the king's trust, I will always remember it in my heart, and I will die for the state of Wu, and I will not hesitate to break my body!"

He Qi said loudly.

"very good!"

Zhou Yu sneered: "The former king had the talent to know people, and the king has absolute trust in you. This trust is even higher than that of Zhou Tai. Now Zhou Tai is in the town of Chai Sang, and then the main force of the navy is handed over to you. hand, but you let him down!"

"The last general deserves death!"

He Qi said in shame.

"If I kill you and can retake the mouth of the Yangtze River, I will kill you immediately. If it is the life and death of Wu, I will bypass your life for the time being!"

Zhou Yu said in a cold voice: "However, capital crimes are inevitable, and living crimes are inevitable. Someone will pull He Qi out and beat him with fifty army sticks!"

"Yes!"

The guards came up, pulled He Qi out, and then directly executed him with fifty army sticks. Even if his subordinates were lenient, He Qi was good at martial arts and in good health, and the fifty army sticks left him torn apart.

This scene made the generals shudder.

In the defeat of this battle, He Qi could bear all the guilt by himself, but they knew very well that once they were defeated again, they would face even more terrible punishment.

"The Ming invaders have entered the Yangtze River. When my country of Wu lives and dies, please encourage me!"

Zhou Yu's eyes became gentler. He looked at the generals. He knew that beating He Qi would only make the generals feel pressure, but at the right time, they should not be too tight. The soldiers must see the trust of the court.

Therefore, it is not only necessary to establish prestige, but also to punish, but also to appease, so that the morale of the soldiers cannot be disturbed. ,

"Let's encourage each other!"

All the generals spoke one after another.

………………

After the military meeting was over, Zhou Yu walked into a wing room. In the wing room, He Qi was lying on the bed, groaning.

These fifty army sticks are not very comfortable, they are enough for him to be in pain for a few days.

"The Governor!"

He tried to struggle to stand up.

"Lie down!"

Zhou Yu squeezed his hands, and then asked: "You can hate me. I hit you with a military stick in front of so many generals. You will lose face in the army!"

"It's a mere face, if it can cheer them up, it's nothing to worry about!" He Qi smiled wryly: "And I deserved it. I did fail the previous king, and I also failed the great king. I can't be optimistic about the East China Sea, and let Kuaiji Wujun be exposed to the world. Within the range of the Ming army's attack, and now I have lost the mouth of the Yangtze River, if death can forgive my sin, I should die to apologise to the late king!"

"Don't think about this!" Zhou Yu said calmly: "Your defeat is acceptable, and it's not just because of you. More importantly, the gap between our Wu Jun Navy and Ming Army Navy has to be reduced." Let’s say, three years ago, our army did have the advantage of being a navy, but now, our army is standing still, but the Ming army can build warships that sail on the sea!”

He continued: "I know what happened before and after this battle. Although it was your carelessness, it is understandable. What you are facing is not Gan Ning, but Zhuge Liang who is cooperating with Gan Ning. The two of them joined forces. It's normal for you to work harder, and it's not just your fault, it's also my fault. I was wrong. I thought that even if they attacked the Yangtze River Estuary, they would just test our defenses. If Zhuge Liang or Gan Ning leads an army to attack, their focus will still be on Kuaiji and Jiaozhou, and plundering our population is their goal!"

After the fall of the East China Sea, the Ming army often went ashore, plundered the surrounding states and counties, and kidnapped the people to leave. Today, the counties and counties on the shore of Jiangdong are basically empty.

Population is the foundation of a regime, and he knew that it was the Ming army that was weakening the foundation of his state of Wu.

He's been coping with that.

However, I did not expect that the Ming army would dare to attack them so fiercely before the dry season. A momentary oversight allowed the Ming army to break through the defense line at the mouth of the Yangtze River.

This is their strongest line of defense against the Ming army's attack.

But now that this line of defense is lost, if the Ming army attacks Jiangdong in the future, they will lose the confidence to resist, and they can only put the battlefield in the stone city of Jianye Capital.

Strategically, they are at a disadvantage.

"Maybe we still have a chance to regain the defense line at the mouth of the Yangtze River?" He Qi was a little unwilling: "Although our army suffered heavy casualties, our combat effectiveness is still there. After integration, with the addition of Taihu Lake's troops, we may be able to regain it!"

"Impossible!"

Zhou Yu shook his head, "We're about to enter the dry season. In the dry season, not only are their large boats afraid to move, but we also don't dare to move. Losing the boats is equivalent to losing the biggest support for attacking. In Taihu Lake, We are afraid to throw the mouse, and we must not dare to do our best, so it is impossible to regain the defense line of the Yangtze River Estuary!"

"Then we can only let them occupy the defense line of the Yangtze River estuary and attack us at any time. Once the flood season of spring rain next year comes, their super-large ships will be able to pass through unimpeded. At that time, they will break out the most powerful attack. We It's dangerous!"

"Even so, I believe that we can still hold back for a year or so!"

Zhou Yu gazed into the distance: "But it will be difficult if the world can sustain the Ming army for a year or so. In fact, winning or losing here is not winning or losing. If Cao Mengde can win Mulongtu on the battlefield in the north, we will There is hope, if Cao Mengde loses, we will lose sooner or later!"

"Your Majesty has pinned down the main force of the Ming army in Runan, and Cao Mengde has come out in full force. Could it be that the Ming army can't be dealt with!" He Qi gritted his teeth.

"It's not been a day or two since you fought against the Ming army. If the Ming army is so many and easy to fight, can they still make our three princes work together to deal with the enemy!"

Zhou Yu was a little tired, and there was a hint of helplessness in his eyes: "Actually, I already have some confidence in my heart. Maybe it's time for a change of dynasty in this world!"

"Impossible!" He Qi frowned, he didn't expect Zhou Yu to be so depressed: "I just lost this game, I believe that the fighting power of my Wu army and navy army can still compete with them, whoever wins, Is it still unknown?"

"It's not the success or failure overnight, but the difference in nature!" Zhou Yu said: "You have fought a lot with the Ming army, so you should have a more intuitive feeling that the Ming army's soldiers are fundamentally different from us in some aspects. , even if they lose, one day, they will fight back!",

He knew what it was that was different.

In fact, what is fought is national strength, and it is also a system.

Most of the soldiers come from ordinary people, they are willing to fight, on the one hand, they are helpless, on the other hand, they can have a full meal.

But their emotions will not be very high. After all, the struggle between life and death can make people disgusted.

In this regard, the Ming army is much better than all of them. If their army is like a decaying order, then the Ming army's army is like the rising sun, full of vigor and vitality.

This is a different state.

Many people look down on the reforms and reforms carried out by the Ming court, especially some scholars, who think that Mujing is a sensationalist, seeking to kill himself. After all, it is the nobles who are offended, the class that these scholars think is the foundation of the world.

But Zhou Yu understood that the new system of the Ming court could give the world a baptism, which was something Wu Guochaotang could not do.

Therefore, even if Wu Chaotang has a better strategic plan, has more elite soldiers, and can win once, it will definitely not be able to stop the soldiers of the Ming army.

"When you say that, I do feel that way!" He Qi smiled wryly: "It was too strenuous to fight against the Ming army. Their best thing is not the battle formation, not the strength of individual soldiers, but a tenacity. , I tried to encircle and suppress Gan Ning, but Gan Ning used two battalions of troops. I fought fiercely with me for three days and three nights, and lost more than [-]% of our troops. Anti-encirclement, defeat thousands of miles, loss countless, this is the tenacity of the Ming army, what I am afraid of, they can not only win the battle, but also persevere in the defeat!"

"Just be clear in your heart!"

Zhou Yu smiled: "No matter what, we can't boost others' self-confidence while destroying our prestige. In fact, the Ming army is now dancing on the tip of a knife and walking on a stove. If they are not careful, they will be smashed to pieces!"

He patted He Qi and said, "We still have a chance!"

"Yes!"

He Qi nodded.

"Your strategy of splitting your troops into two groups to break through the encirclement, although it was a more sensible approach in the environment at the time, but the aftereffects are too great!"

Zhou Yu said: "You have to release the main force of Taihu Lake!"

"But there is a dock in Taihu Lake!"

He Qi frowned.

"They attacked Qu'a, seemingly to attack Taihu Lake, but in fact it was just a feint. Taihu Lake has indeed gathered more than [-]% of our docks and shipbuilding workshops, but if he dares to take risks, I will rely on these The dock and the shipbuilding workshop are all gone, and he was wiped out in Taihu Lake. If he dares to change, why don’t we dare to change? Shipbuilding is a matter of the future, and it is more for the present!”,

Zhou Yu said in a low voice.

"Understood!"

He Qi is blind, he values ​​the shipyards too much, even if Gan Ning dares to enter Taihu Lake, he may not be able to destroy his own shipbuilding workshops, after all, there are so many workshops, he does not have enough time to destroy them, but he will definitely Trapped in Taihu Lake, unless he goes ashore, Gan Ning, who has lost his warship, is like an eagle with broken wings, and his combat power will be weakened to the minimum. It will be very simple to encircle him when the time comes.

Therefore, if Gan Ning goes quickly, he must be prepared to be defeated and die in battle.

He was worried that Gan Ning would kill him, and Gan Ning was also worried, after all, no one could despise his own life and death.

"One more thing, I have already dispatched two battalions of navy from Chaisang, about eight thousand sons, and this is the only force that can supplement you!"

Zhou Yu said in a low voice: "Gongmiao, the mouth of the Yangtze River has been lost, and we have lost our defensive front. Next, we may have to turn defense into offense. Only by using offense instead of defense can we defend the Yangtze River and Jianye Capital, so Your burden will be even greater!"

"Captain, if you personally supervise the battle here, maybe we can compete with the Ming army here. In this battle, it will be more beneficial for them to defend our attack. Even if there is no way to retake the Yangtze River Estuary, it can still damage part of the main force of the Ming army. , They ran for a long distance, whether it was food, grass or warships, they were very few, and they might be caught off guard by then!"

He Qi hoped that Zhou Yu would stay. Zhou Yu's intelligence was what he could rely on. He was still a bit unconfident on his own. After all, he was facing Zhuge Liang and Gan Ning.

"I also want to compete with them, but it's a pity..." Zhou Yu shook his head: "In name, I will stay here, but tonight I will secretly return to Jianye Capital. The water battle on the Yangtze River is up to you!"

"why?"

He Qi was puzzled.

"The strongest castle in the world is always broken from the inside. They do so many things because they want me to leave Jianyedu!"

Zhou Yu sneered: "I do what they want, I just want to see what they want to do. Now that the king is still in Runan, Jianye must not be messed up. I must sit in Jianyedu!"

He Qi gasped, he seemed to have underestimated the situation.

"Someone wants to take action against Jianye?",

He widened his eyes: "Who?" "Who?" Zhou Yu smiled: "Maybe someone you know very well!"

"What the governor means..."

"It doesn't mean anything, just keep an eye on your soldiers and horses. No matter what happens to Jianye, none of your soldiers can mess up!" Zhou Yu said in a low voice.

Since some people are not reconciled, he will give them a chance to see what kind of disturbance they can make, and then catch them all.

(End of this chapter)