Xiaoguangong

Chapter 27 Check and Balance
It was a quiet night in Chaisang. Sun Quan, who controlled the vast land in the east of the Yangtze River, was walking along the riverside. A tall and handsome Confucian general was half a step behind on his right.

This man was dressed in a white robe, with a sharp sword hanging from his waist, and the dark night could not hide the heroic spirit emanating from his whole body. Even Sun Quan, the master of Jiangdong, was more than an inch shorter beside him, like a servant.

The man looked at the ebb and flow of the pitch-black river, and couldn't help remembering that he had walked here with a person many years ago.

At that time, the two of them were young and energetic, looking down on the heroes of the world, without servants and warriors at all, talking about their own revenge in the night, about the heroes of the world, their laughter can suppress the roar of the river.

The Kesi man has passed away, and now he has lost the unrestrained elegance of the past. Even though he is dressed in a white robe, he is a bit more gloomy and heavy, like a tiger or leopard ambushing in the dark.

Sun Quan looked at the surging river, smiled and said:

"Bo Yan should have arrived at Xiakou by now. In a few days, I will know Cao Jun's lies. Hey, if it wasn't for Gongjin, I really wouldn't dare to fight Cao Gong."

Zhou Yu said humbly:

"Your Majesty's words are serious."

Sun Quan raised his eyebrows, showing a slight displeasure, but no one could notice in the dark.He smiled heartily, stopped and grabbed Zhou Yu's palm, and sighed:
"What kind of Supreme, just call them Zijing. Back then, my mother once said that she regarded Gongjin as her son, and also told me to treat you as my elder brother. Why should I call you "Supreme?"

Zhou Yu replied humbly:
"The general is the lord of Jiangdong, Yu dare not waste his etiquette."

Sun Quan had no choice but to shake his head with a smile. The two continued to walk along the river. The sound of the wind and the flow of the river continued. The two of them did not speak for a while. The attendants behind them vigilantly raised their torches to observe the surroundings and illuminate them. the way forward.

Finally, Sun Quan stopped again.

"When the old thief asked me to hand over the proton, I was determined to fight him to the end. This time, how many troops does Gong Jin want?" Sun Quan smiled even more warmly.

Sun Quan's method has to be said to be brilliant.

Everyone in Jiangdong, including Lu Su, thought that Zhou Yu was still training the navy in Poyang, and Zhang Zhao also believed that he could control the overall situation with full confidence.Sun Quan also appropriately showed his fear of Cao Cao. Zhang Zhao transferred Ling Shi from his side, and organized Guan Ping to attack Cao Jun. These things were under Sun Quan's nose, but Sun Quan deliberately pretended not to care and didn't care, as if The whole person lives in the fear of being under the pressure of the army, and there is nothing they can do about these Jiangdong clans.

Sun Quan was able to stabilize Jiangdong, and it was all thanks to Zhang Zhao to gain the support of these Jiangdong families. But Zhang Zhao failed this time, and Sun Quan will have the handle in his hands from now on. Sun Quan wants to take back power slowly.

Lu Yi said that Sun Quan had already made arrangements. This Jiangdong Confucian scholar is capable, famous, and ambitious. The most important thing is that the conflict between him and Sun Quan is not irreconcilable——

Lu Kang, who was forced to death by Sun Ce back then, was Lu Yi's uncle. This hatred is not too big. Sun Quan was able to reconcile Ling Tong and Gan Ning, and showed a little kindness to this talented Lu family, saying that he would do his best for him in the future. Cultivation, this Lu family's talent really admired him so much that he even used an exclusive title invented by Lu Su in his words.

Supreme.

It sounds really comfortable, but Sun Quan knows that he still can't accept this title.

He needs a complete victory in a big battle to prove himself, and he also needs to prove that his Lu Yi is the sharp knife he unleashes.

As long as he defeats Cao Cao, Zhang Zhao will no longer be able to order himself as an elder, and the Jiangdong family will also be forced to accept the reality and be closely tied to his own interests.

This is checks and balances.

With a calm face, Zhou Yu talked eloquently:
"General, you have inherited the legacy of your father and brother. You have ruled the six counties. You have enough soldiers and food, and the morale of the soldiers is strong. Moreover, you cast mountains into copper and boil seas into salt. People's hearts are stable and their morale is strong. It can be said that they are invincible. Known as a prime minister of the Han Dynasty, but actually a traitor of the Han Dynasty, he dared to abandon his saddle without eliminating Ma Chao and Han Sui, and came to fight us with his boats, which is just seeking his own death."

"Now the weather is getting colder, and the soldiers in the Central Plains are not acclimatized to the soil and water, and they are bound to suffer from diseases. Although Cao Cao's Central Plains soldiers and horses have 10,000+, they are exhausted from long-term battles. The Jingzhou navy has [-] to [-] troops, but they are unwilling to submit.

As long as I have [-] elite soldiers, I can win a big victory. "

Sun Quan frowned, thinking that [-] was almost all of his family property, if he came out in full force...

"This is a long-term plan. Let's see how Guan Ping wins or loses."

Zhou Yu showed a hint of disappointment, but he could only nod his head.

Sun Quan took out a cardboard box from his sleeve and opened it carefully. Under the dim light of the torch, Zhou Yu clearly saw that it was a crystal clear, square object like white jade.

"Zijing said, this is something Guan Ping picked up from Hanshui after defeating Cao Chun. It smells so fragrant and quite miraculous. Gu has always been reluctant to eat it."

As Sun Quan said, he broke off half of the bar of soap, handed it to Zhou Yu, and slowly put the remaining half into his mouth.

Zhou Yu flew up immediately, snatched it away, and said in horror:
"The origin of this thing is unknown, how can you eat it indiscriminately, my lord... Be careful, my lord."

Sun Quan nodded slightly and sighed slightly:

"That's right. Hey, it would be great if elder brother could be as cautious as Gongjin."

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On the Yangtze River, Cao Jun's huge warships sailed side by side. Under the command of Cao Jun's general Cao Ren, the [-] water army attacked with a posture of overwhelming Mount Tai and began to march towards Xiakou.

Zhang Yun, the nominal commander of the navy, has long since lacked the vigor he had when he set out for the expedition. He stood in the cabin and walked around blankly, full of anxiety about this battle that seemed to be his ambition.

There is no other reason. Although their military strength has far surpassed that of Liu Bei's army, the coach Cao Ren has no experience in commanding a navy.

Zhang Yun thought that he was not a master of water warfare, but Cao Ren's command was extremely clumsy in front of him. For example, Cao Ren actually used the tactics of commanding infantry to order Cao's large ships to move closer and march forward in formation.

When this order was issued, the Jingzhou Navy could hardly believe their ears.

They are big ships, and they are still moving forward. Obviously, ships like fighting ships should be used to look for traces of the enemy in front, and large ships like warships specially used for ramming should follow closely behind, and disperse the ships when they find traces of the enemy. , collided with the enemy and launched a melee battle, and then the small boats surrounded them, trying to board the boats from various places to launch an attack—Xu Shu also emphasized in his tactics that he should take advantage of the large number of boats, and even try to cover the surface of the Yangtze River as much as possible , In this way, the enemy's movements can be discovered in time, and when the war starts, the enemy will not dare to rush into our army at will to attack the commander's boat.

Only in this way can we show the advantages of having many ships and large ships. Could it be that the opponent can shoot all the arrows and sink the ship directly like fighting on flat ground?
But Cao Ren and his soldiers didn't think so—what was Xu Shu, a beggar who really regarded himself as a character, wouldn't he know how to fight if he didn't listen to him?
Let me say one more thing by the way.

Cao Ren is Cao Chun's elder brother.

So Cao Ren ordered all the large ships to assemble. From a distance, Cao Jun's navy brigade looked like a giant island floating in the Yangtze River.

but!

Cao Ren didn't know the existence of the boat suction effect, let alone Bernoulli's equation. Because of the slow flow of water between big ships, they would not collide with each other for a while, but many of the 3 people were driving small boats ( Because the distance was too close, many people collided with each other, and many people were knocked directly from the boat and fell into the water. Cao Ren was so happy that he laughed and said that Jingzhou's navy was nothing more than that.

What is this...

I hope that Liu Bei's entire army will shrink to Xiakou. If we wait for a water battle, I'm afraid we will suffer a big loss.

After hesitating for a long time, Zhang Yun bravely begged to see Cao Ren, and asked Cao Ren to listen to Xu Shu's suggestion.

But Cao Ren's personal guard chief snorted disdainfully when he heard about this, and then winked at Zhang Yun, meaning to ask him to give him some favors.

But Zhang Yun was anxious now, and he didn't understand the hint at all. The face of the head of the guard was suddenly clouded, and he sneered:
"What is Xu Shu? My general is in the north and south. No one knows water warfare better than him. You just need to sail well."

Zhang Yun was quite annoyed by the philistine look on the face of the leader of the personal guards. He was waiting to argue again when he suddenly heard a soldier shout in surprise:

"There is a boat, there is a boat ahead!"

(End of this chapter)