Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 201: You Can't Get Tiger Sons
Shilian Mountain is located in the northeast of Xunyang County, east of Huangmei County, Hubei Province, and west of Susong County, Anhui Province.

This is the key road from Yuzhang in Yangzhou to Jiangxia in Jingzhou, which is the only way for Jiangxia to go from Jiangbei to Yangzhou.

At the same time, it was also the boundary between Qichun County and Lujiang County of Yangzhou in the Eastern Wu Dynasty, and the southernmost boundary between Hubei Province and Anhui Province in the later New China.

At this time, the light rain was still falling. There was an abandoned village at the foot of Lianhua Peak in the northwest of Shilian Mountain. In a simple wooden house in the west of the village, Shen Chen and Liu Qi were discussing matters in the house.

When Huang Zu attacked Yuzhang, it was the 5 Jiangxia navy, but after the Penglize water battle last year, although he repelled the Jiangdong army, he also suffered a lot of losses, and now there are more than [-] troops.

Among them, more than 3 people were stationed in Chaisang, 3000 in Xunyang, 6000 in Xiazhi, [-] in Qichun, and [-] in Xiling, E County, and Zhu County.

Because the important counties along the route needed to be garrisoned, when Liu Qi and Shen Chen arrived in Xunyang, they did not mobilize soldiers and horses from the cities along the route, but only brought 500 Xiling garrison troops all the way to Xunyang.

After arriving in Xunyang, Shen Chen believed that Jiangdong might attack while Huang Zu was withdrawing his troops, so he urged Liu Qi to send troops to guard the road from Shilian Mountain to Xunyang and intercept Sun Quan.

So when he came out this time, Liu Qi asked Xunyang defender Zhang Shuo to lead 3000 people to defend the city, and he and Shen Chen brought [-] troops to Shilian Mountain to ambush the Jiangdong army.

What Shen Chen didn't expect was that his guess was correct.

But it is different from the imagination that the main force of Jiangdong is mainly ships, intercepting Huang Zu's army on the river.

Jiangdong chose to do the opposite, the main force of the navy became the main force of the army, and they came directly from the land in Jiangbei.

This is something unexpected.

Therefore, after discovering that the enemy had tens of thousands of horses, neither Shen Chen nor Liu Qi chose to take the initiative to attack, but sent someone to notify Huang Zu while watching them pass by.

Inside the wooden house, Liu Qi frowned and said: "Ah Chen, the Jiangdong Army has passed by for almost half an hour, and it is very likely that they have killed Xunyang. We can't just stay here forever."

Already 19 years old this year, with a height of 1.8 meters [-], the burly Shen Chen put his hands on each other and stood by the table looking at the map of Yuzhang on it in a daze.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Liu Qi said again: "Why don't we go back to Xunyang immediately, at least keep the city!"

"Difficult."

Shen Chen shook his head: "I suggested that General Huang divide his troops into three groups. I wanted to divert the main force of the Jiangdong navy and let the army retreat safely to Xunyang, but I didn't expect the enemy to do the opposite. The main force abandoned the ship and went ashore. Although the Jiangdong Army is not as strong as the Kwantung Army on land, it is still stronger than the Jiangxia Navy, and General Huang may be defeated."

"Is it too late for us to go to support now?"

Liu Qi asked.

Shen Chen murmured: "Let me think, let me think"

He mused again.

This strategy is actually a well-regulated retreat plan.

Due to the inconvenient transportation in ancient times, coupled with the recent continuous torrential rain, the communication between Jiangnan and Jiangbei was not good, which caused a big problem in the command.

Huang Zu was so focused on withdrawing to Jiangbei because of food, and Shen Chen knew nothing about water warfare, so he could only offer a general suggestion of suspicious tactics, the specific plan still depends on Huang Zu himself.

So the whole plan of the layout is rough.

To put it simply, Shen Chen suggested to Huang Zu that on a certain day when the wind and rain were lighter and the river could sail, Huang Zu would immediately choose to withdraw. At the same time, he should divide his troops into three groups and arrange suspicious troops to prevent Jiang Dong from taking the opportunity to intercept.

At that time, Shen Chen thought that there must be Jiangdong's eyeliner in Chaisang area.

Even if Jiangdong didn't find that Huang Zu's army was about to run out of food and grass, as long as they found the fragments of the grain transport ship in the Yangtze River and hundreds of thousands of grains floating in the river, they could definitely guess that Huang Zu would definitely choose to find a time to retreat.

Therefore, he felt that there was a high probability that the Jiangdong Army would come over.

It's just that he didn't expect that the Jiangdong Army would choose to abandon the ship and head straight for Xunyang.

Aren't they afraid that Huang Zu would directly withdraw to Xiazhi or Qichun?

Maybe it's a bit of a problem with sailing.

Zhou Yu Lu Su.

They obviously grasped Huang Zu's psychology.

Shen Chen couldn't help sighing.

There are many difficulties now, because there is no means of communication.

He didn't even know the situation on Huang Zu's side, nor did he know whether Huang Zu really used his suspicious strategy.

But what is certain is that whether he uses it or not, the situation on Huang Zu's side will not be very good.

Even if someone was sent to inform Huang Zu in advance, it would not be a good thing to fight the well-prepared Jiangdong army in the wild without any preparation.

So what is placed in front of Shen Chen now is; one, he doesn't know the situation on Huang Zu's side.

Two, he didn't know how Jiangdong arranged it.

The third is the most important point, what can I do with my 5000 people?

Back to help Huang Zu?

The number of Jiangdong troops investigated by scouts before was more than [-].

This means that the main force of the Jiangdong Army has moved.

Even if Huang Zu didn't divide his troops to retreat according to his plan, there were only [-] people. If he added people like himself, it might not have any effect, on the contrary, he might get himself involved.

In addition to this, there is another very important point, that is, in the entire Jiangxia navy, only Liu Qi was going to block it, so he brought enough arrows.

Huang Zu's army, on the other hand, was an army that had retreated from the front line, and they might not have enough arrows. To fight this kind of frontal assault battle, it often depends on the arrows and the level of the two armies fighting.

Obviously, in terms of numbers, preparations, and quality of soldiers, Huang Zu's Jiangxia navy was far inferior to Jiangdong's army.

It's a pity that I didn't bring the Huangmenting soldiers here..

Shen Chen sighed inwardly.

If he brought Huangmenting soldiers, he might be able to take advantage of the Jiangdong Army's attack on Huangzu and attack him from behind.

"Report!"

At this moment, a scout suddenly came to the door and said loudly: "A Jiangdong fleet has arrived at Guanting!"

"Did it stop at the official pavilion?"

Shen Chen asked.

The scout replied, "Yes."

"This should be the fleet to support the main force of the Jiangdong Army. If my expectations are correct, the main force of the Jiangdong Army will most likely attack Xiazhi and Qichun along the river after defeating General Huang."

Shen Chen pondered and said, "My lord, look at the map."

Liu Qi hurried over.

The two looked at the map.

Shen Chen pointed in the direction of Xunyang and said: "The main force of the Jiangdong army is here at this time, and their support ships are here. Now the rear of Jiangdong is empty."

Liu Qi shook his head and said, "If we attack Anqing along the way the Jiangdong Army came from, we are very likely to capture it. But we have no way out, and there is no ship to pick us up. Once the Jiangdong Army returns to defend there, we will definitely die."

"Ah."

Shen Chen nodded.

It is not advisable to change homes tactically. They are covered by support ships. Even if they are repulsed, they can leave at any time when they return to the river bank and board the boat.

They have no ships, and if they choose to change their homes, they will never return.

"But didn't the enemy send the ship?"

Shen Chen said suddenly.

Liu Qi was surprised: "What do you mean?"

Shen Chen pointed in the direction of the official pavilion and said, "What if the main force of the Jiangdong army sends them to Jiangxia after capturing these ships from Jiangdong? Without food and grass ships, they will go deep alone. If we have ships, we can retreat. gone."

Liu Qi was shocked and said, "Seize the ship?"

Shen Chen nodded: "Yes, our soldiers are all well-trained sailors. They are not good at land battles, but they are good at water battles. Now that the enemy has sent a ship over, it is a good opportunity to take advantage of the fire!"

Liu Qi hesitated and said, "This is too risky."

Shen Chen smiled and said: "As the saying goes, if you don't enter the tiger's lair, you can't get a tiger cub. If you want to break the siege of Xunyang, you must threaten the Jiangdong rear. Eldest son, please stay here, I will go."

Liu Qi hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "What Ah Chen said is that if you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't catch a tiger's cub. I'll go with you."

Shen Chen thought for a while and said, "That's fine, then we'll go together. It's not too late. Let's go now."

Immediately, the two issued an order, and the whole army was dispatched.

When they came, they brought three days of dry food and a large number of arrows. Each soldier wore a coir raincoat and headed for the official pavilion in the south.

Guanting is located in the east of Xunyang, in the south of Huangmei County, and in the northwest of Longgan Lake. There are villages gathering around here, and many fishers make a living. Therefore, Guanting has a relatively small ferry. Although it cannot accommodate so many boats, it is barely enough. It is possible to temporarily dock at the pier.

The road in the Shilian Mountains is actually very wide, and it is not a dangerous place. Otherwise, if it is a place where one man guards the pass and ten thousand men cannot open it, it is not impossible for 5000 people to try to stop the [-] army from the east of the river.

However, although it is not a dangerous place, it is a hilly area extending southward for more than ten kilometers, so there are many bunkers.

The ships of the Jiangdong Navy obviously valued this point, so they chose to dock in the Guanting area.

The soldiers all wore coir raincoats and bamboo hats, heading south all the way.

After about half an hour, they arrived at Guanting, several miles away from Guanting Ferry.

Shen Chen ordered the soldiers to hide in the mountainous area of ​​Jinxian Mountain first, and led dozens of people to the official pavilion to see the situation in person.

The light rain is still falling, but the mist has dissipated, and the vision is still barely.

After arriving at the Guanting Ferry, Shen Chen went up to a small hill in person. Looking from the height of the hill, he could see the inner bay port in the south, where hundreds of ships were parked densely.

Guanting Ferry used to be Dayuan Lake in Huangmei County in later generations, and it was connected to Longgan Lake. At this time, it was part of Penglize. However, because it is located in the inner bay and surrounded by a large number of hills and mountains, wind and waves cannot enter, so it is a Excellent Intracoastal River Dock.

However, because it was originally built as a rural fishing port wharf for fishing in the surrounding villages, most of the ships basically just parked on the water, and there is still some distance from the shore.

"strangeness."

Seeing this scene, Shen Chen was puzzled.

Liu Qi didn't come over, but was accompanied by a lieutenant named Qu Gan. Seeing that Shen Chen was puzzled, he asked, "General, what's so strange?"

Shen Chen pointed to the boats floating on the lake in the distance and said: "Their boats haven't landed, how can they meet Jiangdong Army?"

Qu Gan laughed and said, "General, have you seen the battleships at the front?"

"Ah."

Shen Chen nodded.

Qu Gan explained: "If there is a small dock or no dock to dock ships, we will choose to use small and medium-sized ships to dock and pick up soldiers on board."

"I see."

Shen Chen noticed that there were countless ships of various kinds in the distance, and he didn't know what their functions were, so he asked Qu Gan, "Can all these ships be used to transport troops?"

Qu Gan said: "No, some are used for transporting troops, some are used for defense, and some are used for attack. General, look over there, the farthest ship is a building ship, like a city on the river, it can carry thousands of people. A little The ones farther away are called big boats, which are transport ships and can carry thousands of people, as well as the boats, maotus, fighting boats, and walking boats.”

Shen Chen only went to Xiling in May, and he had never fought water battles before, so he really didn't know much about ships, so when he saw those large and small ships, he didn't know their functions.

And Qu Gan is a middle- and lower-level officer of the Jiangxia Navy, so he naturally knows these things well and introduced them one by one.

These ships vary in size and have different functions, and because of the complex environment on the river, different ships will perform certain special tasks.

For example, the "scout" ship and the "yacht" ship are reconnaissance ships, which are only a little bigger than ordinary awning ships.There are also warships and fighting ships that are medium-sized warships, which generally carry hundreds or thousands of people and are used to engage the enemy at close range.There are also maotu and walking boats, which are raid ships, which are equivalent to war horses on the water.

Qu Gan introduced to Shen Chen that when Shen Chen looked from a distance, he saw that the fleet of the Jiangdong Navy had a large ship floating on the farthest lake.

There are four large boats on the left and right of the building boat, and then there are more than 20 boats and fighting boats near the shore, and there are hundreds of rushing boats and walking boats on the periphery, and more than 200 boats are cruising farther away. Scouts, yachts, built the entire fleet.

And it's not just these ships, there are also a large number of small boats such as Lunao, Maotu, and Walking Boats hanging on the sides of the building boats, big boats, boats, and fighting boats, which can be put down at any time to meet the soldiers on the shore.

In this way, once the Jiangdong navy retreats from the land, they will be able to dock immediately for cover.

Obviously, the Jiangdong Navy is by no means a good stubble.

"Qu Sima."

After listening to the song and daring to introduce the functions and functions of these ships to him, Shen Chen found that his thinking was still too simple.

If he rushed over rashly, the scouts and yachts outside would soon find out and warn him.

At that time, the raid will inevitably fail.

So he pondered for a moment, then asked Qu Gan: "How many people do you think are left behind?"

"No fewer than 3000 people."

Qu Gan said: "The ships here can only carry at least 3000 soldiers, and to maintain the basic navigation of these ships, at least [-] soldiers are needed."

Both Louchuan and Dajian are huge ships, with a full load of about 3000 people.The warship is a medium-sized ship, which can carry two to 300 people.Ordinary Maotu, Zouge, and Lunao belong to raid ships, usually with 30 people, and scout yachts are reconnaissance boats, usually with less than [-] people.

However, it is in a state of combat, and if it only satisfies basic sailing, there will be one or two hundred people on the building boat, two or 30 people on the warship and fighting boat, four or five people on the Maotu, Zouge, and Lunao, and the scout yacht is similar to the black awning boat. Two people can drive.

Therefore, if calculated according to the minimum needs, there are five big boats here, which means about 1000 people, more than 20 warships, which means 700 people, and more than 100 assault ships, which means about 600 people, and then there are two to three hundred ships. The reconnaissance ship, counting two people per ship, only has 600 people.

Therefore, if it is fully booked, there will be about 3000 people.

It's just that Shen Chen was a little strange. Before the scouts reported that at least 3 Jiangdong troops went there, but the boat they received could only carry more than 1 people. How about [-] people?
But now is not the time to think about these, he asked: "Is there a way to make a surprise attack?"

Qu Gan shook his head: "There are hundreds of ships docked on the shore, but we will kill them directly, and they can leave at any time. But if they dive into the water, they should be able to surprise these ships, that is."

"What is it?"

"It's just that I can't guarantee a successful raid. After all, our most powerful water ghost can only sneak for half an hour. The recent heavy rain and muddy river make it difficult to act in unison."

"That's it."

Shen Chen thought about it.

Shore raids are definitely not allowed, they are not fools, they just rushed over, even if everyone is wearing coir raincoats and pretending to be Jiangdong navy, they will definitely come to question.

At that time, if the truth is revealed, at most a few soldiers who came to question him will be killed, and the people on the boat will just sail away, which is meaningless.

And if you dive into the water, although the Jiangxia Navy has also specially trained such water ghosts, the problem is that the river is turbid and it is difficult to command in a unified manner. At that time, some people will dive under the boat and prepare to climb on the boat to make a surprise attack. If you don't go to the place, you will also disturb the enemy.

Therefore, it is easy to raid a camp on land, but it is very difficult to raid a ship on the river.

"Dive in, can you penetrate those big ships?"

Shen Chen suddenly asked.

He remembered the scene in the TV series "Water Margin" before he traveled, "Zhang Shun chiseled the boat and defeated Gao Qiu".

Dayuan Lake is connected to Peng Lize at this time. Its shape is very special, like a gourd. It is a natural inland lake inside, and there is a narrow channel outside to connect with the Yangtze River. small hilly area.

Both the building boat and the big boat are more than 20 meters long. If they can cut through these three big boats, they will basically block the river course. .

However, Qu Gan opened his eyes wide and said: "General, there are two lower layers of the ship, and each layer is several feet thick. Let alone whether the bilge can be pierced, even if it can be pierced, there is another layer below, and the ship will not sank, and even sailed."

"Forehead"

Shen Chen was a little embarrassed.

TV shows kill people.

He really didn't know much about water warfare ships.

In fact, there was a "watertight bulkhead" technology in the Han Dynasty.

At that time, ships were divided into two layers. Even if the bottom of the ship leaked, because the density of wooden ships was lower than that of water, even if the bottom of the ship was filled with water, as long as the bottom cabin was sealed, the ship could still float on the water.

After arriving in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Sun En's brother-in-law Lu Xun invented a better "watertight bulkhead" technology based on the original "watertight bulkhead" technology, called the eight-cao ship.

The original ship had two cabins, but Lu Xun increased it to eight, so that no matter how many holes are drilled in the bottom of the cabin, it will not affect the navigation of the ship.

So let's not mention how strong the water ghosts are in the water to swing their hammers to scuttle through the ship. Even if they can scuttle through, it is impossible to scuttle the ship, at most it will make the draft heavier.

But if this is the case, wouldn't the so-called plan to raid the Jiangdong fleet be aborted before it even started?

While hesitating, Qu Gan suddenly said: "General, they are leaving."

"Who's gone?"

Shen Chen quickly raised his head to look.

I saw someone waving the big flag on the boats on the lake, and then many big boats began to turn, and some small boats landed on the left and right big boats, and began to move closer to the big boats. There were ladders on the boats, and at least four to five hundred people climbed onto the big boats one after another.

At the same time, half of the smaller ships started their return journey.

After a while, under the leadership of Lou Chuan, more than 20 warships and warships used for combat began to leave Dayuan Lake and head south to the Yangtze River.

At this time, the surface of the lake opened up quite a bit, and after only half an hour, there were four big boats left, two warships each, and forty or fifty boats left in Maotu, Zuoge, and Lunao. There are only a hundred or so yachts left.

Although he didn't know what was going on, Shen Chen cheered up and said to Qu Gan: "Qu Sima, can you lead people over to see how many of them are left?"

Qu Gan smiled and said: "No need to go there, I just took a look at the Maotu and Zouge near the shore, each boat has only three or four people, and the number of people left is less than five hundred."

"Can you take those big ships?"

Shen Chen asked again.

Qu Gan thought for a while and said, "Unless we can capture those warships, we won't be able to get on board even if we dive below the big boat."

Shen Chen patted him on the shoulder and said, "Qu Sima, you are good at water warfare, can you take it?"

"You can try it."

Qu dared to answer.

Shen Chen said: "If you can succeed, I will ask the eldest son to recommend you to the king of Chu as a side general!"

Qu Gan suddenly excitedly said: "Being humble will not disgrace your life!"

"Go, go back."

Shen Chen waved his hand and led them away.

There are also Jiangdong soldiers patrolling and sentry posts on the surrounding shore, so it is not suitable to stay here for a long time.

Now everyone goes back.

After returning to Jinxian Mountain, Shen Chen discussed tactics with Liu Qi Qugan and another army Sima.

Shen Chen looked at the terrain and thought that if he wanted to break through, he had to go around from the left and right banks.

Because there are many ships docked on the shore where the official pavilion is located, and there are many Jiangdong soldiers guarding the surrounding shores. The number is not large, but once they are noticed, they will definitely issue a warning.

The north and south banks of Dayuan Lake are several kilometers long, and there are many hills and mountains on the left and right banks. It is impossible for such a long place to be guarded everywhere.

Therefore, Shen Chen suggested launching the water from Xiaxinshan and Tiechiling on the left and right to let the water ghosts swim to the side of the warship, and then climb up from the left and right sides of the ship.

It is impossible to climb up to the tall boats and big boats. Even after draught, the side of the boat is more than one foot above the water.

However, after the draft of the warship and the fighting ship, the water surface of the ship's side is relatively close, only a few feet, and there are holes on the edge, only 0.3 meters from the water surface.

So it is still very easy to climb onto the warship.

Qu Gan accepted Shen Chen's suggestion, and immediately issued a military order. Among the 500 troops he led, he selected [-] elite water ghosts and headed towards the official pavilion.

　This chapter can be regarded as a chapter of tactical layout, and it may be a bit boring, but I am afraid that if I write directly without tactical layout and logic, I will be sprayed, so I have to pay attention to logic when writing novels, there is no way.My health is a little better. After the tactics are arranged, tomorrow is the time to watch the operation. The next few chapters are guaranteed to be very interesting. Tomorrow, I will restore 6000 words to update, and then my body will be better, and I will restore 8000 words, 10000 words and so on.Anyway, the following plot must be very interesting and will not make everyone feel bored.

　　
　
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