People in the Three Kingdoms: Starting from Preaching

Chapter 499 Uneasy
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The sound of the dripping rain could not cover up the cruel and brutal atmosphere of the battlefield. The deafening shouts of killing were everywhere. The raindrops falling from the sky were still transparent, but turned blood red when they hit the ground.

As soon as the Wu-Shu coalition forces and the Xuanxia naval warships came into contact, a fierce battle of the highest intensity ensued.

Perhaps it was the lesson the last battle taught the Wu-Shu coalition forces that they tried their best to transfer the few armored equipment belonging to the infantry to the ships. After all, this battle was being fought on the water, and it was a reasonable arrangement to relieve the combat pressure on the front lines as much as possible.

It has to be said that this did play a significant role. When facing the well-armored Yellow Turban sailors, the Wu and Shu sailors no longer had to be as passive as before, and they became much more calm once the fight started.

However, the Yellow Turban Navy is no pushover either. They suffered a lot in the last battle. In just a few days, they conducted a lot of post-war summaries and special training. Now their surface combat skills have improved a lot, and they can still fight on equal terms with the Wu Shu Navy.

However, facing the heavy defense of the Wu and Shu navy, simply maintaining the balance is not enough.

On the waterway one or two miles wide, there were nearly a hundred ships jammed in the front, and the two sides were colliding head-on. However, the difference from the last time was that this time Xuan Xia followed the wind and finally did not lose in the collision of the warships.

Among the Yellow Turban fleet, more than a dozen giant ships led by the Youzhou suddenly rushed forward. The huge ships burst out with powerful impact force under the push of the wind. Many warships of the Wu and Shu navy were unable to avoid it and were immediately hit to pieces. Most of the small boats capsized directly. Although the medium-sized ships only shook violently, the damage to the hull was unavoidable.

Of course, although the large ships of the Wu Shu navy were inferior to those of Xuan Xia, they also played their due role on the battlefield. The two sides collided with each other, and the small and medium-sized ships of Xuan Xia were also in a bad situation.

The scene was in chaos. In a naval battle of this scale, the majestic Yangtze River began to appear small and narrow.

In the center of the Wu-Shu navy, Zhou Yu stood on a high ship observing the situation and couldn't help but feel frightened.

He could naturally see that the Yellow Turbans used all their strength right from the start, with no intention of holding back or retreating.

This style of play is obviously illogical.

When two armies fight, whether it is a land battle or a naval battle, unless they have an absolute advantage, the generals will consider such unrestrained tactics as sending out the entire army to attack and flatten the enemy.

As long as the strength of both sides is relatively balanced, everyone will slowly test and plan, looking for the enemy's flaws and covering up their own weaknesses, finding the key to victory or defeat in such a tug-of-war and thus determining the direction of the war.

This is the case with a balanced power, let alone a weak power.
"Have the Yellow Turbans gone mad? If they fight like this, they won't have a second chance if they fail this time!"

Although the Yellow Turbans' behavior was a good thing for the Wu-Shu coalition, Zhou Yu became inexplicably nervous. It was because he knew how powerful the Yellow Turbans were and how capable Xu Chen was that he became even more wary of this abnormality.

There must be something wrong when things are abnormal. What is the Yellow Turbans planning behind their irrational behavior?
Lu Su, who was standing next to Zhou Yu, also frowned. The abnormality that Zhou Yu noticed was also noticed by Lu Su. He also felt that this was a situation that should not have occurred and also found it abnormal.

After observing the situation in silence for a while, Lu Su finally spoke.

"The Yellow Turbans cannot be unaware of the strengths and weaknesses. Now the two armies seem to be equally strong, but my army is larger. Their pursuit of a quick victory will only lead to a quick defeat. Even the most arrogant guys will not put all their hopes on winning in chaos and defeating the strong with the weak. I think they must have some plans that we don't know about."

Lu Su's judgment was completely consistent with Zhou Yu's idea. Although the battle was chaotic at the moment, it would not affect Zhou Yu's calm mind. The only explanation for the abnormal behavior of the Yellow Turbans was that the Yellow Turbans hoped to create chaos in a desperate battle, drive the direction of the entire battlefield with a local victory, and then achieve the feat of defeating the strong with the weak.

This kind of thing is not impossible, but such a plan is really too arrogant.

Zhou Yu's face gradually turned cold. Unless the Yellow Turbans did not consider themselves human beings, they would not be so arrogant.

Do the Yellow Turbans think that I will give them this opportunity? If they really think so, then I don't mind teaching them a severe lesson!

If you look down on me, Zhou Yu, you will pay the price!

"No matter what they are planning, trying to force a breakthrough is just courting death. Since they want a decisive battle, let's satisfy them!"

Zhou Yu's voice was cold, and he had a plan in mind: "All the ships in the rear should be pushed forward. If the warships in the front are lax, the ships in the rear should immediately make up for it. We must not give the Yellow Turban Navy any chance to advance. They want to break through the formation with force, and our army must resist the enemy with force. After a long time, their offensive will sooner or later run out of steam, and then it will be our chance to launch a full-scale counterattack!"

After that, he looked at the soldier beside him again: "You immediately send a message to the Shu Han navy, telling Guan Yu to cooperate with our army. If our army counterattacks, they must also move out!"

The soldier quickly agreed and retreated in a hurry to find the Shu Han navy to deliver the message.

After the soldiers left, Zhou Yu called other soldiers and gave military orders to each of his subordinates. These orders would restrict and guide the response actions of the front-line fleet.

The Wu army's navy also had a set of flag commands to convey information. Although they could not control the entire navy at will, they could still effectively dispatch them.

Sure enough, not long after, the naval fleet in the rear of Wu and Shu responded. Many naval forces that were originally in the rear preparation for war slowly moved towards the front line. Although this would make the front line more crowded, in the current high-intensity war rhythm, they could respond to all changes more promptly.

What was achieved at the expense of battle line flexibility was a more stable blockade of the front line. Layers of warships were spread out front and back, like thick walls stretching across the front, leaving no gap at all for the Yellow Turbans.

After making all the arrangements, Zhou Yu felt much more at ease. Although he didn't know what the Yellow Turbans were planning, he now felt confident.

After counting the strength of both sides in his mind and anticipating all possible situations, he could not think of any way the Yellow Turbans could break through.

However, he still felt a little uneasy in his heart.

Perhaps because of the psychological trauma of the Yellow Turbans, or perhaps because he valued Xu Chen enough, he still asked Lu Su for his opinion: "Zi Jing, do you think the Yellow Turbans still have any tricks to reverse the situation?"

Hearing this, Lu Su pondered for a long time, and finally shook his head: "I can't think of any other tricks they can come up with, unless they really have something beyond our cognition. If that's the case, it would be against the will of heaven, and I have nothing to say."

(End of this chapter)