Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 475 The power of the chain boat

In December of the 13th year of Jian'an, the construction of iron cables was completed. Each iron cable was as thick as a thigh and was nailed to the bow and stern of the ship. Hundreds of warships were divided into three teams to form a group. There are wooden planks made of giant logs on the side of the ship to form a wooden bridge.

Connecting the warships, the obvious shaking is lightened. Soldiers can shuttle on the wooden bridge, and war horses can also pass through. Orders can be quickly conveyed to all places.There are only hundreds of small boats that are not connected together for transportation and order transmission between fleets.

Standing at the bow of the boat, Cao Cao saw that Yu Jin raised the red flag on the bow of his boat, and the fleet on the left sailed forward in unison, even if there were slower ships, they would be driven by other ships and would not fall down. The sound of the drum sounded, and all the arrows on the loading ship were fired at the ship target that had been arranged earlier.Another red flag was hoisted at the stern, and the right group of ships was dispatched, which was also normal.The red flag on the bow was lowered, the white flag was raised, and the left fleet immediately stopped moving and retreated.

Cao Cao sighed: "Wen Ze has a way of training troops. He has advanced and retreated well in such a short period of time. He is really a good general." Immediately, he ordered Yu Jin to be rewarded heavily, and ordered Yu Jin to step up his training.Xun You, Cheng Yu and the others looked at and nodded repeatedly. They were indeed amazing in combat power, and they didn't know what would happen in actual combat.

When Cao Cao reached the north bank of Chibi, Zhou Yu was delighted to receive the report, and regained a little disadvantage in terms of geographical advantage.Lu Su was still worried. In his opinion, Jiangdong was at a disadvantage, and he still couldn't see Zhou Yu's good strategy to defeat the enemy. Zhou Yu just advised him not to be impatient, but to wait patiently.

After waiting for a month, news came that a plague broke out in Nanjun and Xiangyang, and rumors spread in Jingzhou. Lu Su was very puzzled. It seemed that God really favored Jiangdong.However, his joy was soon shattered. Tai Shici came to report Cao Cao's large-scale exercise on the north bank. The soldiers patrolling the river said that Cao's army connected the warships with iron cables, and men and horses could pass through the river without hindrance.

"Zijing, Shiyuan, let's go and have a look together." Zhou Yu was much calmer.

The three of them boarded the warship and moved away from Cao's army. Sure enough, as the soldiers said, Cao's army was divided into three groups, each with about a hundred large ships and small boats cruising in the middle.Lu Su gasped. If these three fleets attacked together, it would be unstoppable.Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Tai Shici and others were also shocked. Facing this huge monster, the Jiangdong Navy had no power to parry. It only needed one fleet to attack and two fleets to protect the two wings. After a detour, he could only face Cao Jun head-on, undoubtedly hitting a stone with an egg.

Zhou Yu and Pang Tong just watched quietly, and they couldn't see anything unusual on their faces.After a long time, Zhou Yu said: "Cao thief has nothing to do. Which general is willing to go and fight him?"

Tai Shici immediately asked for an order: "Captain, the general is willing to go."

This time, Lu Meng did not compete with him.

"Okay, then Ziyi will go again, Zhu Huan and Zhu Ran, let you two be right and left, there is no need to entangle Cao Jun too much, the main thing is to test it."

"Promise." Tai Shici led the order, and Zhu Huan and Zhu Ran each led fifty warships to Cao Jun's water village.

Yu Jin got the report, and immediately reported it to Cao Cao. Cao Cao was overjoyed, which just proved the power of my iron chain boat.Cao Cao boarded the warship and ordered Yu Jin to command.

Yu Jin was not in a hurry to fight, but waited for Tai Shici to approach slowly, and then ordered people to beat drums and release arrows. Hundreds of large boats released arrows together. .

Cao Cao laughed loudly: "Looking at Zhongde, how can the Jiangdong ships come closer?" Cheng Yu's face became red.

Tai Shici was helpless in the face of Cao Jun's suppression. Just as he was still trying to find Cao Jun's flaws, he saw that Yu Jin's bow and stern raised red flags at the same time. Roll over yourself.

"Quickly go back." Tai Shici was a little panicked. He had never been so aggrieved before going on a battle, and he couldn't say anything in front of Cao Jun's huge fleet.

The Jiangdong water army retreated very quickly, Yu Jin ordered the white flag to be hoisted after a symbolic chase, and the three fleets returned to the main formation.

Cao Cao's face was full of joy, and Cao's soldiers were also pointing fingers at Jiangdong's defeated soldiers, full of ridicule.

"My lord's ingenious plan, Cheng Yu admires it." Cheng Yu cleverly flattered Cao Cao.

Cao Cao laughed: "Just wait for Wenhe and Junyi to stabilize Xiangyang, and our army will be dispatched to sweep Jiangdong down." Cao Cao was also worried that once he crossed the river, it would be a big trouble if there was another disturbance in Jingzhou. If Jingzhou was in chaos, then Ma Teng, Han Therefore, including Zhou Cang, he will send troops while he is in the south of the Yangtze River, so he must first get a report from Jia Xu to ensure that he has no worries.

Liu Ye offered a plan: "Zhou Yu's son originally wanted to rely on the advantage of his navy to make an enemy against me, trying to win by chance. Now that his advantage has been lost, seeing the majesty of our army, the Jiangdong army is frightened. Why doesn't the prime minister send someone to persuade Zhou Yu to surrender? It doesn't cost much. Wouldn't it be wonderful to take down Jiangdong with swords and guns."

"Good." Cao Cao looked around at his men, who should he shoot? "Ziyu, you were the prefect of Yuzhang and served under the Sun family. Are you willing to lobby Zhou Yu?"

Hua Xin Hua Ziyu, although he has received great courtesy from Cao Cao since he defected to Cao Cao, he has not been reused. At the beginning, he was known as the Three Dragons with Guan Ning and Bing Yuan, so how can he be a lonely person. "Prime Minister, don't worry, even if I can't say that Zhou Yu is surrendered, I will make Jiangdong fall apart and everyone will be in danger."

Zhou Yu has been paying attention to the battlefield, Pang Tong said with a smile: "Yu Jin can be regarded as a good general who uses the method of land warfare for water warfare, but it's just a pity."

Lu Su was surprised: "What a pity?"

"Water battles are different from land battles after all, ha ha." Pang Tong smiled and did not answer.

Tai Shici was defeated and returned to the base camp, and pleaded guilty to Zhou Yu.Zhou Yu said with a smile, "I'm only here to find out what is true about Cao's army. Now that I know everything, what is the general's fault?"

"Cao Cao connected the boat with iron chains, advancing and retreating at the same time, the boat is strong and the arrows are sharp, it may be difficult to win against him, the governor must make preparations early." Tai Shici said.

"What Ziyi said is true." After Zhou Yu finished speaking, he dragged Tai Shici off the boat.

"Shiyuan, what is the meaning of the governor? Cao Jun is like this, and our Jiangdong situation is in danger." Lu Su anxiously pulled Pang Tong.

"Zijing, the commander-in-chief of the Dudu army, how can he show it on his face even if he is anxious?" Pang Tong said in a low voice: "Besides, the Dudu already has a plan to defeat the enemy."

Lu Su was taken aback. Zhou Yu had always been friendly with him, but Zhou Yu never mentioned to him that he had a good strategy to defeat the enemy. How did Pang Tong know.

Naturally, people would hear the two of them talking. As generals of Jiangdong, Cheng Pu and Huang Gai were naturally the closest. The two vaguely heard that they had a good strategy to defeat the enemy, so they immediately dismissed everyone and sent Pang and Lu together. sandwiched in the center.

Pang Tong looked at several people and did not raise any objections, "Zijing, did you pay attention to the actions of the governor just now?"

"The governor has been paying attention to the battle ahead, but he didn't do anything? Wait, it seems to have moved. Let me think about it. It seems that when Cao Jun's red flag was raised, the governor looked up at the sky, and then looked at our general's flag. , nothing else."

(End of this chapter)