Great Military Division

Chapter 490 Cai Mao: I am a Jianghe Jiaolong, why should I be afraid of a fierce tiger!

Have to admit.

Cai Mao was able to become the governor of Jingxiang, not only because he was born in the Cai family, but also because he was really capable in water warfare, had a unique vision, and was good at training troops.

Under his leadership, the chief generals of the Jingxiang water army started discussions one after another, looking for the combat characteristics, combat methods, and loopholes of the Nanyang water army, in order to find a way to defeat the enemy in the shortest possible time.

In about two hours, all the soldiers have formed a basic unified opinion!

The Nanyang Navy has a large number of warships, about 1000 to [-], and a large part of the warships are converted from merchant ships, which can accommodate many soldiers, but the speed is relatively slow, and there are no weapons such as ballistas.

And its large warship is called the ballista ship by the Jingxiang Navy, which is concise and to the point, directly hitting the characteristics of its warship. This kind of warship is relatively large, and it should be regarded as a command ship and a main battleship, good at ultra-long-distance attack.

As for other small warships, most of them are not very powerful, they are frigates of ballista ships, and functional warships such as cruisers, so there is nothing to fear.

Cai Mao's eyes swept across the soldiers, and he said loudly: "You think, how can we win, no matter what we say, we don't need to be detained, even if we say something wrong, it doesn't matter."

Next, general Su Fei stood up first, and said sonorously: "Commander, the general thinks that we should also gather all the battleships in Jingbei, at least in terms of numbers, there should not be too much difference."

"At present, there are at least hundreds of warships in Jiangxia County, and the same is true in Nanjun County. If we take the water, we can arrive in three to five days. If we add their warships, we have more than [-] warships, which are completely comparable to the development of the warships. decisive battle."

There was no shock on Cai Hao's face, he just nodded along: "To be honest, the governor also has the same idea, but now that the war is imminent, it may not be so easy to delay it for another three to five days."

"Degui."

At this moment, Kuai Yue bowed to the side and interrupted directly: "We can pre-emptively send a letter to Sun Jian and invite him to a decisive battle on the Han River in five days' time."

"Sun Jian has always relied on his bravery and courage. We just need to speak more aggressively, and he will definitely agree, thus ignoring the issue of time."

Sun Jian has a clearly fiery temper, and he will strike at the slightest disagreement. This kind of person is most likely to ignore details and become impulsive when his head is hot. Kuai Yue is like this, which can be regarded as the right medicine.

Cai Hao naturally understood Sun Jian's bad temper, nodded slowly, and said deeply: "Since that's the case, I will leave this matter to Yidu, and at the same time as sending people to fight, I will rush to Jiangxia to inform Huang Zu and lead all Navy, come to support."

Kuai Yue bowed his head: "Here, don't worry Degui, just leave this matter to me."

After solving the shortage of troops, Cai Mao continued: "If you have anything to add, feel free to speak up."

At that moment, another Deng Long flashed out, bowed his body and cupped his hands: "Great Governor, the advantage of the Nanyang navy lies in the ballista ships. If we can destroy the ballista ships without sacrifice, we will definitely win a big victory."

"kindness."

Cai Hao nodded, expressing his affirmation: "That's right, Nanyang's ballista ships are indeed powerful, but I'm afraid it's not that easy to destroy the ballista ships."

"Judging from today's battle, most of the opponent's small warships are guarding the four sides of the ballista ship. Presumably they must undertake the escort mission. Obviously, the Nanyang navy also understands that their advantage is only the battleships, that's all."

"In this case, how can we destroy the ballista ship?"

Cai Hao has always been worried about this kind of thing, after all, he understands the horror of the opponent's warship: "It should be noted that the opponent's ballista ship has ballistas in all directions, closely arranged, if we want to attack, we must be the first to bear it within a hundred steps. its attack."

The implication is that before we hit him, he can already beat you up, and once we hit him, it will cost the lives of a whole ship of soldiers. This kind of loss will be very big.

Knowing that it is the most difficult task, who will take the initiative to undertake this task?
The answer is obviously no.

I am afraid that no one is willing to take on this kind of death task unless there is a way to deal with it.

Deng Long continued: "Commander, if we attack head-on, we will naturally suffer a lot of damage, not to mention the ballista, and the surrounding frigates will also be difficult to deal with."

"but."

Speaking of this, Deng Long changed the subject and said sonorously: "If we can send warships to restrain the frigates, and then send warships to attack them, supplemented by kerosene and other things, we will definitely be able to sink them."

"In addition, the governor can gather some water ghosts with good water quality, jump into the river, sneak under the ballista ship, dig holes in its bottom, and speed up its sinking."

"The water ghost went into the water?"

Chen Ying frowned, shook his head, and said softly, "What time is it? Go into the water now, didn't you let all the water ghosts freeze to death in the river?"

"no!"

Chen Ying said without hesitation: "Absolutely not! I don't agree!"

However, Deng Long stared like a bell, and his attitude was very firm: "Yes, it is indeed not suitable to enter the water now, so the Nanyang Navy will never expect that we will send water ghosts to dig through the bottom."

"Otherwise, how can you defeat such a big guy? You must know that there are a lot of frigates around a ballista ship on the other side. It is completely unknown whether our warships and warships can rush to the front alone." .”

"If you don't let the water ghosts take advantage of the fierce battle between the two sides, how can we destroy the ballista ship? If the ballista ship is not destroyed, how can we win? Is it possible that you want to retreat to the Yangtze River?"

"do not forget!"

Hoarse, Deng Long shouted coldly: "The people gathered in Xiangyang are all the elite of the Jingxiang Navy. If you can't even hold the Han River, how can you hold the Yangtze River?"

Chen Ying suddenly froze.

indeed.

If the current lineup can't win Nanyang, then even retreating to the Yangtze River is useless.

Although the weather is a bit cold now, spring is about to begin, and everything is about to recover. No matter how cold the river is, it is much better than losing Xiangyang. After all, more than half of our industries are in Xiangyang.

"But."

Chen Ying took a deep breath, and then exhaled slowly: "In such river water, brothers, it may not be so easy to dig through the bottom of the boat. The east of the river is cold, which affects efficiency."

Deng Long said solemnly: "No matter what, we must try. If we can't eliminate the ballista ship, it will be more difficult and cause more casualties if we want to win this battle with our people alone."

"Lieutenant Deng is right."

Before Chen Ying could speak, Cai Mao, who was at the top, immediately took up the conversation: "That's right, if we want to win, we must kill the ballista ship. Even if we can't kill it, we must at least restrict its actions."

"If we can't control the ballista ship, the casualties of our army will inevitably increase. The gain outweighs the loss. This is the moment when Jing Xiang is alive and dead. I hope you generals can go all out and don't find all kinds of excuses."

"The matter of the water ghost must be resolved!"

Cai Mao, the chief commander, made a decision directly: "How about this, each battalion selects some people with better water skills from the army, and trains in the water village first, and then goes into the water for a try."

"No matter what, this process must be overcome. As long as they can penetrate the enemy ship, each person will be rewarded with [-] yuan, and if the officer is promoted to a higher level, the victim will get [-] yuan in pension!"

When all the soldiers heard Cai Mao's words, they nodded one by one.

Under the reward, there must be a brave man.

As long as Cai Mao is willing to bleed, it is too easy for the Jingxiang navy to find some water ghosts. What is not lacking here are soldiers with good water skills, and what is lacking is sufficient incentives.

*****
Fancheng.

Sun Jian's camp.

Central Army, big tent.

Sun Jian was sitting in the head seat, holding the book of war, his eyes rolled up and down, and smiled: "The decisive battle will start in five days, Cai Mao is very good at picking the time."

The man below held his head high and looked down at Sun Jian: "Why, isn't the general afraid? It turns out that the Jiangdong tiger is no longer a tiger, but a sick cat!"

This person's name is Fu Xun, and he was a former counselor under Liu Biao's account.

"Humph."

Sun Jian glanced at Fu Xun below. Not only was he not angry, but he was very calm: "Such a poor aggressive method is full of loopholes. It is really stupid for Cai Mao to send you here!"

Fu Xun suddenly panicked and didn't know how to respond for a while.

When he was in a daze, Sun Jian waved his hand and said softly, "Well, five days later, maybe five days later, I also need to prepare something."

"Go back and tell Cai Mao to send all the soldiers and horses as much as possible. In this way, I won't have to go to Jiangxia and Nanjun after defeating Xiangyang."

Fu Xun was stunned: "Could it be that you already guessed it?"

Sun Jian smiled lightly: "Why, is this kind of thing hard to guess? Five days is enough for the Jiangxia navy to come to Xiangyang. If possible, I can wait a little longer and let the troops from Jingnan come over."

"This"

Fu Xun hurriedly shook his head and waved his hands: "It's unnecessary, it will be five days later."

Sun Jian only thought it was ridiculous, and said softly: "Okay! Five days will be five days. You go back and tell Cai Mao to wash his neck and wait to be slaughtered. His death will be in five days."

As a last resort, Fu Xun could only bow his hands in a salute, and then bowed and left.

The moment he left the big tent, all the civil and military personnel in the tent laughed wildly, and the sound came out of the big tent, it was really like a thousand swords piercing the heart, but Fu Xun could only bite the bullet and leave in a hurry.

General Huang Gai grinned maniacally, pinching a strand of beard under his chin: "Haha, did you see that? The face of that surname Fu has changed, and he was ashamed, so he jumped into the river halfway to commit suicide."

"Jump into the river to commit suicide?"

Zhu Zhi, the fierce general beside him, said, "That's just right, the fish and turtles in the river have been hungry all winter, and they have to eat him until there is no bone left. Let's sacrifice him."

"Isn't this cheap for him?"

Another young general, Pan Zhang, followed suit and said, "Let me tell you, after he returns, he will first report to Cai Mao, make Cai Mao half dead, and then commit suicide by jumping into the river, or be tied up by Cai Mao and thrown into the river to feed the fish, that would be good. .”

"Hey you boy"

Sun Jian turned his head to glance at Pan Zhang, and kept nodding his head: "It's ruthless!"

Pan Zhang looked up to the sky and let out a haha: "This is the only way to deal with them, otherwise you won't have a long memory."

"Hahahahaha!"

Suddenly, there was another roar of laughter.

Sun Jian waved his hand to signal the crowd to be quiet, glanced at the tent full of civil and military personnel, and said softly: "Generals, the decisive battle in five days' time is related to the ownership of Jingxiang, we must show the strongest combat power, and let Your Majesty see our strength. "

"Although there is still Yangzhou, whether Yangzhou will become an enemy of the imperial court after this battle is another matter. We must regard this battle as our last battle."

"Meng De, Xuan De, and Wen Yuan were all doing meritorious service in the past. We have been hidden by His Majesty for three years. Now is the time for us to make meritorious deeds. Remember to go all out, understand?"

All the generals and soldiers cupped their hands together: "Here."

They have been looking forward to this moment for three years, and now they finally have the opportunity, so naturally they have to do their best to be worthy of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

the next day.

Sun Jian began to send people to tidy up the warships, distribute Fu Huo Lei Ting, install everything that needs to be installed, and explain everything that needs to be explained clearly. .

Although they have carried out tens of thousands of tactical deduction before, they are just talking on paper after all, and they are getting more and more slack in the later stage, but now that the battle is just around the corner, they will naturally go all out to ensure that there will be no mistakes.

"That's it for today."

At the end of the military combat exercise on the last day, Sun Jian glanced at the generals, and said loudly, "Go back early so that you can have a rest. Tomorrow morning, we will defeat Cai Mao and capture Xiangyang."

All the soldiers bowed their hands in unison: "Defeat Cai Mao and capture Xiangyang!"

Sun Jian waved his hand, "Back off."

All the soldiers said in unison: "here."

Immediately.

Bow down and leave the tent.

Sun Jian heaved a sigh of relief, feeling more confident.

At this moment, he is eager to try, and has almost the belief that he will win the decisive battle tomorrow.

The next morning.

The rooster announces the dawn, and the sky is full of dawn.

On the calm surface of the river, there is a vast expanse of darkness, like dark clouds, all of which are warships.

On the river near Fancheng, the middle four-story warship.

On the deck, Sun Jian stood proudly, holding a binoculars, looking at the Jingxiang water army on the opposite side.

As expected, at noon yesterday, hundreds of warships arrived.

Today, there are more than [-] battleships in the Jingxiang navy, and dozens of formations. Even Sun Jian can't help being envious of the huge navy.

You know, this is only the navy in Jingbei, if you add the navy in Jingnan, it may reach the scale of [-] warships, which is also a breeze.

"It seems that this battle at least gathered all the strength of Jingbei."

Sun Jian glanced at the enemy navy, slowly put down the binoculars, and turned to look at Zhou Yu: "Little General Zhou, what do you think?"

Zhou Yu's expression was extremely indifferent, and he smiled lightly at Sun Jian: "Is the general preparing to test me?"

Sun Jian marveled at Zhou Yu's intelligence, and nodded slowly: "It's really interesting. If you have any opinions, just say it."

Zhou Yu didn't bother to talk nonsense, and said bluntly: "Although from the current point of view, the opponent's formation is lined up, it seems that there is no formation at all, but if you observe carefully, you can vaguely glimpse their tactics."

"Oh?"

Sun Jian was surprised: "What kind of tactics is it?"

Zhou Yu made a bow: "General, take a closer look."

Immediately.

Zhou Yu raised his finger forward: "The commander-in-chief flag in the middle is the Cai character flag, which proves that it is Cai Mao's command ship, and the surrounding defense forces are very tight. The three inner floors and the outer three floors are all frigates, which can also prove this point." .”

"kindness."

Sun Jian nodded affirmatively: "That's true, but so what?"

Zhou Yu continued: "Although Cai Mao's trusted fleet is on both sides, its strength is obviously relatively weak. On the contrary, there are [-] million Chen Ying and Su Fei. The fleet is relatively thick and there are many warships."

"Judging from its configuration, it is clear that we need to adopt a two-winged approach to restrain our main battleship, and finally achieve the effect of defeating the enemy."

"certainly."

Without waiting for Sun Jian to question, Zhou Yu immediately added: "This is just the current formation. In the war, it is very likely that Cai Mao will temporarily adapt tactics."

"Especially our secret weapon is not yet useful. Once it is useful, Cai Mao will definitely adjust his strategy, and our strategy and tactics are also facing changes. Therefore, we still have to adapt to the situation, which is the right way."

Sun Jian's eyes were piercing with a strange look.

He hadn't taken it seriously when he heard his son mention Zhou Yu's ability before.

But now, after hearing Zhou Yu's analysis of the enemy's formation and his attitude of always emphasizing adaptability, he has already deeply admired Zhou Yu's ability.

That's right.

The young man in front of him is indeed a qualified general.

Although he doesn't have much experience in the army, his military strategy is not inferior to any general under his command.

If it hadn't been for His Majesty the Emperor to appoint him as the Commander of the Mandarin Duck Army, even Sun Jian would have wanted to recommend him to the imperial court and then recruit him into his team.

"You are very good."

Sun Jian looked at Zhou Yu with great interest, and said softly: "Cai Mao's formation does mean to use the two wings, but this will definitely not be his final strategy."

"I think back then, when I was in Changsha, I knew Cai Mao a little bit. This man is proficient in water warfare, and he is extremely good at step-by-step, steady and steady fighting. The way of setting up the formation in front of him must be just a trick of his eyes."

"However, you are right about one thing."

Sun Jian breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at the thickened areas on both sides: "Chen Ying and Su Fei are indeed Cai Mao's main force. Since he arranged these two guys here, he must have the intention to arrange them here."

"As for what it is."

Sun Jian frowned and shook his head.

"Just type it out."

Before Sun Jian could finish speaking, Zhou Yu interrupted directly.

"Humph."

Sun Jian snorted softly and said with a smile: "That's right, no matter what his intentions are, as long as he starts a battle, he will definitely be exposed! Send the order, beat the drums to cheer, and advance at full speed."

The messenger bowed his body and bowed his hands: "Here."

the next moment.

Boom!Boom!Boom!
Boom—!
In an instant, the golden drum shook the sky.

Afterwards, the sound of shouting and killing resounded through the sky, and the neatly arranged battleships slowly started, heading towards the Jingxiang navy on the other side of the river, speeding all the way without any fancy.

"Humph."

Gazing at the neatly arranged Nanyang navy, Cai Mao couldn't help but snorted jokingly: "As expected, the Nanyang navy doesn't have any tactics to speak of. It's nothing more than having more ballistas, so it's not worth mentioning."

However, Kuai Yue on the side frowned, took a deep breath and said, "General Governor, we'd better be careful. You should know better than anyone else the strength of Jiangdong tiger Sun Jian."

"Even if he doesn't have any tactics to speak of, it's not easy to deal with him just by his ruthlessness. Besides, now that he has been strengthened by ballista ships, he must be crazy."

Cai Mao naturally knew Sun Jian's strength. When they were in Changsha, the two had a lot of dealings: "Don't worry, there is nothing to be afraid of if you are a reckless man."

"On this point, I, Cai Mao, let Sun Jian understand who is the real king of water warfare. The Jiangdong tiger will always be a sick cat in front of me, Cai Mao."

Say it.

Cai Mao clenched his fists subconsciously, the muscles at the corners of his lips twitched slightly, and the hatred in his heart was beyond words: "Come here."

At that moment, the messenger took a step forward, bowed his body and cupped his hands and said, "Great Governor."

"Send the order quickly, and act according to the original plan without any mistakes."

"Here."

next second.

Woo!Woo!Woo!
Woohoo-!
The long horn of the Jingxiang Navy sounded.

However, seeing that their warships were slowly starting, the vanguard army in the center was rushing forward like sharp arrows, far ahead of the fleets on both wings, presenting a sharp arrowhead shape as a whole, like the infantry's front arrow array.

If an ordinary opponent saw this scene, he would definitely think that the opponent was going to take a strong attack and take the initiative to start a decisive battle with the main force of the Nanyang Navy.

But in fact
This is just Cai Mao's blindfold.

The central part was originally the main battleship group, with flags spread all over, covering the sky and the sun, which can block the enemy's sight.

Now, with the rapid attack of the main battleship group in the central region, the attention of the Nanyang navy must be all attracted by the main battleship group of the Jingxiang navy, so it is bound to ignore various movements behind it.

And the movement of the warships behind it is Cai Mao's real killing move. While the front row of battleships is speeding, the rear battleships have already lined up and moved slowly towards the two wings.

Kuai Yue glanced at the speeding warships on both sides, and said with a long breath: "De Gui, Sun Jian's ballista ships are scattered. If you do this, it may be difficult to destroy them."

"rest assured."

Cai Mao was full of confidence, patted his chest and said: "Sun Jian is a fierce tiger, and the mountains and forests are his battlefield, while I, Cai Mao, am a dragon, and rivers and rivers are my battlefield."

"A knife, you will know how sharp it is only at the moment when it is exposed, not to mention that the opponent, even we have a knife, may not know it yet."

Kuai Yue always felt terrified and uncertain.

He exhaled, trying to keep himself calm, while focusing his eyes on the river, carefully observing the other party's movements.

However.
Cai Mao was commanding the battle calmly:

"The warship set off to close the distance between the two sides at the fastest speed."

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"The frigate slowed down as much as possible and kept a certain safe distance."

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"The left and right wings continue to expand outward, lengthening our operating area, outflanking and creating opportunities."

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