King of Liao at the end of Han Dynasty

Chapter 951 The First Battle with Jiangdong

Frowning, Zhuge Liang turned around and cupped his hands to Liu Bei and said, "My lord, Liang wants to go to Sanjiangkou, and I hope my lord will agree!"

"En!" Liu Bei also understood the seriousness of the situation, nodded, and then said hesitantly: "Then if the Liao army is attacking at this time..."

Zhuge Liang smiled faintly and said, "Don't worry, my lord, the Liao army will not move for the time being!"

"Okay!" Liu Bei believed in Zhuge Liang's nod and said, "Then military advisor, take care!"

"Don't worry, my lord!" Zhuge Liang smiled and cupped his hands at Liu Bei.

Immediately, Zhuge Liang bid farewell to Liu Bei and others, and rushed to Sanjiangkou in light clothes, within just two days.He had already rushed to Sanjiangkou, which is where Zhou Yu stationed his troops, and he presented a letter of worship outside the camp. Zhuge Liang looked around at Zhou Yu's water village, secretly marveling. Greeting Tie, smiled slightly, and said to Chibi: "Zhuge Liang! Hehe! Please come in!"

It was estimated that after an incense stick of time, Zhuge Liang, led by the soldiers in the battalion, came to Zhou Yu's tent.Looking at the delicate and handsome Zhou Yu in front of him, Zhuge Liang made some calculations in his mind, cupped his hands and said, "Liang has seen the Great Governor. The Great Governor is famous. Liang has heard it well. When he went to Chaisang, he never met the Great Governor. I am deeply sorry!" "

I saw Zhou Yu put down the pen in his hand, looked up at Zhuge Liang, stood up and greeted him, and said, "Hehe. Zhuge Kongming of Crouching Dragon, Yu has also been admired for a long time. Today I am rewarded to see you. Fortunately, fortunately, sir, please sit down!"

"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief!" Zhuge Liang cupped his hands in thanks, sat on the table, watched the tea served by the soldiers in the camp, and remained silent, while Zhou Yu, on the other hand, also drank his tea without saying a word.

After waiting for a full cup of tea, Zhou Yu glanced at Zhuge Liang who closed his eyes and rested his mind, and said with a smile, "Mr. Kong Ming is here today, but is he cultivating his spirit in my camp?"

"Where there is, Liang is naturally inferior to the Great Governor!" With a bit of awkward smile, Zhuge Liang hesitated and said: "I am just thinking about it. I should say it or not!"

"This guy!" Zhou Yu was a little amused, raised his hand and said to Ye Yu: "Say what you should say, and don't say what you don't want to say! You are such a wise man, and you don't know what to say and what not to say? Or do you think it is enough? Yu is flustered all day long, so you want to talk to me to relieve your boredom?"

He took a deep look at Zhou Yu.Zhuge Liang thought about it, raised his hand and said solemnly: "Forget it, I dare to ask the governor, but did you see the battle letter of the Liao army?"

"The letter of war?" Zhou Yu smiled slightly, pointing to the dozens of straight bamboo slips in a corner of the tent, and said with a smile: "Is that what you said, sir?"

"Exactly!" Zhuge Liangliang nodded, and said in a concentrated voice: "Dare to ask the governor, but the governor has seen it?"

"Yeah!" Zhou Yu nodded.

"What do you think of the governor?"

"What do you mean?"

Frowning, Zhuge Liang said solemnly: "The Liao army is pressing every step of the way. You and I are invincible unless we join hands. My lord has been fighting against the Liao army since Xinye. , until the two families came together, they did nothing, could it be that they wanted to imitate Cai Mao and watch the Liao army persecute my lord?"

"Imitate Cai Mao?" Zhou Yu's eyebrows twitched.He said lightly, "Sir, you mean that I, Jiangdong, will surrender without a fight?"

"I never said that!" Zhuge Liang smiled in his heart, and said in a low voice: "But I think that since you and I have joined forces to fight against the Liao Dynasty, it is natural to put it into action. Otherwise, wouldn't joining forces be empty talk and meaningless? Does the governor think so?" Zhuge Liang's words seemed calm, but in fact they were sharp and ironic.

Glancing at Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu nodded, clapped his hands and smiled, "Hehe, what you said is very kind, but I'm afraid you forgot. If I hadn't sent troops from Jiangdong to rescue, how could Uncle Liu Huang escape from Li Lin's hands and reach Jiangxia?"

Immediately, Zhuge Liang's expression froze, he was speechless, after all, he was the one who saved his life, so what else could he say, justify?That's too much to look down on someone's life-saving grace.

"Okay!" Seeing that Zhuge Liang was speechless, Zhou Yu smiled knowingly, and then said seriously: "That's the end of the polite talk. Please tell me the truth about what you want from Jiangdong, sir!"

"Don't dare to dare, the governor's words are serious." Zhuge Liang cupped his hands and said seriously: "I just saw the tricks of the Liao army and worried about the Jiangdong army's morale. Whether you come to find out, but seeing that the governor is so confident, it is obvious that I am worrying too much !"

"Heh!" Zhou Yu smiled faintly at Zhuge Liang's politeness, stood up and said in astonishment: "Then Li Lin is not trying to upset our Jiangdong army, but to force our army to fight against him. You know that. The ancients said that the gun is easy to hide, Hidden arrows are difficult to guard against. The same is true in the use of troops. Why did the Liao army station troops in Hanyang and Wulin? , the Liao army knew our army's strength, so they could think about the countermeasures. Today, our army is in the dark, and Li Lin is in the light; after the war, our army is in the light, and Li Lin is in the dark! Yu originally planned in his heart. The Liao army tried not to expose the strength of our army, obviously, Li Lin and others have seen it, so there are these things!" Zhou Yu pointed to the bamboo slips beside him.

"I see!" Zhuge Liangliang nodded.Indeed, if the hole cards are not shown to others, they are always played than the ones on the surface, which is more caring.The ancients said, know yourself and the enemy and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles.In fact, for generals who are good at fighting, knowing themselves and the enemy is just a prerequisite. If they cannot accurately estimate the strength gap between the enemy and ourselves, then how can they use troops to defend against the enemy?

The same is true now. For the Liao army, the soldiers of Liu Bei and Liu Qi in Jiangxia and Xiakou are nothing to worry about. The only thing they care about is the Jiangdong navy that has never shown its strength. Even if the Liao army has dozens With a crowd of tens of thousands, Li Lin did not dare to mobilize troops easily. However, if the strength of the Jiangdong Navy was exposed.Even if the strength is strong, Li Lin can prescribe the right medicine and make countermeasures to integrate all the strengths of the northern states. How can it not be as good as a mere Jiangdong?
"What is the governor planning to do?" Zhuge Lianghu asked in question.

"Hey..." Sighing slightly, Zhou Yu said with concentration: "I don't want to fight against him. But Li Lin obviously won't let me do what I want. If I don't fight, I'm afraid there will be these bamboo slips in a few days. Going down the river, saying that I can't fight all the way in the east of the river, it's better to surrender sooner! At that time, it will be more difficult..."

Arching his hands, Zhuge Liang hesitated and asked, "What does the governor mean..."

"Fight!" Zhou Yu's eyes froze, and he said sonorously, "If he wants to fight, I will fight! Why is Jiang Dong so afraid?"

Hearing Zhou Yu's words, Zhuge Liang was determined. He also knew that Jiangxia and Xiakou's soldiers and horses were really helpless against the Liao army.If Jiang Dong doesn't intervene, I'm afraid he will wait for the lord Liu Bei.There is only one way to lose!Zhuge Liang immediately said resolutely: "Since the governor has made up his mind and needs my lord's place, I ask the governor to speak up!"

"Oh?" Zhou Yu glanced at Zhuge Liang playfully, and Ye Yu said, "Then please ask Jiang Xia's navy to test the strength of Cai Mao's navy first, how about it?"

"Eh?" Zhuge Liang's face froze, just relying on the Jingzhou navy who was not well trained?hehe!Relying on Cai Mao's understanding of the Jingzhou navy, those defenders in Jiangxia are free to go up!

"Hehehe!" Zhou Yu smiled lightly and walked outside the tent.He said with a smile: "It's just a joke, don't take it seriously!" After that, he shouted outside the tent: "All the generals in the command camp, prepare the warships, and follow me to see the Liao army navy!"

"No!" The soldiers outside the tent echoed, and with the order, there was a commotion in the entire Sanjiangkou Dongwu camp.

"Brothers, the governor ordered the use of troops against the Liao army!"

"Finally ordered? Brothers, prepare your warships and let those northern barbarians see the strength of our Jiangdong Navy!"

"drink!"

Standing at Zhou Yu's tent, Zhuge Liang stared at the commotion in the camp and Jiang Dongbing's expression in astonishment.I secretly marveled in my heart.Facing the battle without fear, the enemy is strong but not chaotic, you can be called elite!It seems that Zhou Gongjin did have a trick this time. In fact, Zhuge Liang didn't know that Zhou Yu had a bigger trick that he didn't reveal, because that trick was not used to deal with Cai Mao, but to use those sailors under Li Lin's command. of!
On July [-]th of the sixth year of Chengye, Li Lin ordered Cai Mao to command the Jingzhou navy, and invited Zhou Yu's Jiangdong navy to fight at the junction of the Yangtze River and the Xiangjiang River. Zhou Yu joined the battle!The next day, the navy army should be handed over to Cai Mao with full power.Sitting on the seat, Li Lin could only accompany a group of civil servants to climb high in the camp and watch the battle situation in front of him.

It was estimated that it was about four o'clock, when Li Lin suddenly saw a convoy of ships approaching slowly on the river, the first few buildings were rushing to echo from the side, and there were countless boats coming from the river in a mighty way.

"Shiyuan!" Looking intently at the river, Li Lin asked with a chuckle, "In your opinion, who will win and who will lose in this battle?"

"Don't you know, my lord?" Pang Tong raised his eyes and said with a smile.

"I know I know!" After saying a word, Li Lin frowned and looked at the Jiangdong ship, and then said with a smile: "I just hope that the defeat will not be too bad, otherwise, even if there is no one to use! I will punish Cai Mao severely!"

In the speechless eyes of everyone, Xu Shu comforted and said: "My lord, the Jiangdong navy is good at water warfare. And the Jingzhou navy has not practiced for a long time. How can it be compared to Jiangdong's day-to-day hardships after only one or two months of training?" practice?"

Watching Li Lin and Xu Shu talking there, Guo Tu secretly laughed, didn't you discuss this earlier?First, to explore the details of the Jiangdong Navy, and second, to urge the Jingzhou Navy under his command.

"Here we come!" Pang Tong whispered next to Li Lin, bringing Li Lin and the others back to their senses and staring intently at the battle situation on the river in front of them.

And at the same time.Lu Xun, the prefect of Shiyang, and Lu Meng, the brave general, also climbed up on the bank and looked at the river; on the other hand, Liu Bei and others also climbed up on the bank of Xiakou and looked into the distance. The surface of the Yangtze River seemed to have become a big stage. The audience is looking at this place.

"Sure enough, it's a test!" Zhou Yu sighed softly as he calmly looked at the Liao army blocking the river.To be honest, he really didn't want to expose the strength of the Jiangdong Navy.

"When the battle is fought, let the Liao army experience the strength of our Jiangdong water army. Today, the Liao army will definitely be defeated!"

"drink!"

"Order Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, and Ling Cao to act according to plan!"

"promise!"

On the other hand, Cai Mao also ordered the formation of the formation.After guessing a stick of incense, the drums of war between the two sides sounded.Cai Mao and Zhou Yu immediately drove the warships towards the opposing fleet.As soon as the drums sounded, the two armies were approaching, and a general on the ship led by the Jiangdong Army shouted: "I am Zhou Tai, the general under the Marquis of Wu, who will fight me?" Zhou Tai was also famous for his bravery in Jiangdong. , as famous as Gan Ning!
Cai Mao, who heard his voice, frowned.Immediately ordered his younger brother Cai Zhong to drive the boat away.The two ships were approaching, and Zhou Tai stood at the bow.Picking up the bow and setting up the arrow, one arrow was shot out, just listening to the sound of the bowstring, Cai Zhong had already been hit by an arrow in his left arm.

"Ah! Let the arrows go! Let the arrows go!" Clutching his left arm, Cai Zhong shouted angrily.Arrows from the Liao army rained down like rain, but Zhou Tai was standing on the bow with one hand holding the bow. Every time he drew the bow, one Liao army was killed.

"Shoot him to death!" Cai Zhong yelled angrily, feeling the sharp pain from his left arm. Seeing Cai Zhong's order, the archers on the boat shot a volley at Zhou Tai, but the opponent dodged one by one.

"Huh!" With a soft snort, Zhou Tai casually grabbed an incoming arrow, aimed at Cai Zhong, and squinted his eyes.

"Oops!" Seeing Zhou Tai raising his bow, Cai Zhong secretly thought that something was wrong, he hurriedly lowered his head, and only heard the sound of "Ding!", the helmet on his head flew up into the air. It seems that I have eaten a heavy stick, and my eyes are full of gold stars.

"Hey!" Zhou Tai snorted triumphantly, and shouted sharply: "Rush over and disrupt the enemy's formation!"

"Drink!" Following Zhou Tai's order, several large ships accompanied by countless small boats tore open the formation of Cai Mao's navy and entered the hinterland.At the same time, Jiang Qin and Ling Cao also came to the left and left of the Liao army, but they regarded Cai Mao's navy as nothing.

"Block it! Stop it!" Cai Mao was startled and angry.He shouted sharply: "Order the Chinese army to retreat a little bit, and the ships on the left and right wings will come forward and surround the Jiangdong ships. All Jiangdong soldiers will be shot to death by random arrows!"

"promise!"

"Want to surround us?" After a while, Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, and Ling Cao sailed side by side, and suddenly saw the formation of Cai Mao's navy changed, and sneered inwardly.

"Going to rush!" Zhou Tai shouted loudly.

"Understood!" Jiang Qin and Ling Cao of the other two boats replied with a smile, the words fell silent, and each of the three led a fleet.Break through Cai Mao's encirclement in three directions, almost across the river, no one can stop him.Cai Mao looked at one thing and lost another, and Zhou Yu led many ships to help the battle. Cai Mao's navy was finally defeated, and countless people were hit by arrows.This battle went straight from Sishi to Weishi, and of course it ended with the Jiangdong side winning.

"Sure enough, I lost!" In the water village, Li Lin shook his head in disappointment and said, "Not only did we lose, but it was such an embarrassing defeat!"

"Hehe!" Facing Li Lin's disappointed tone, Pang Tong laughed, then looked at the river, and said softly, "Jiangdong navy is really powerful! Now that we know the general situation, it will be useless to fight again. If it is not like Mingjin, we will think about countermeasures!"

"What Shi Yuan said is very true!" Looking at Li Lin who was a little depressed, Xu Shu persuaded in a low voice: "My lord, order the troops to withdraw!"

"Yeah!" Li Lin nodded, turned around and shouted to the soldiers beside him, "Mingjin!"

"promise!"

Immediately, there was a sound of gold ringing in the water village of the Liao army. After Jiang Shang Cai Mao listened, his face became even more embarrassed, and he waved and shouted: "Withdraw the army! Withdraw the army!" Cai Mao ordered the withdrawal of the army, Jiangdong will naturally not miss this opportunity. He wanted to chase straight and take advantage of the victory, but suddenly he saw the Liao army's water village in the distance, and a group of warships slowly came out of the water village. There were many soldiers under Li Lin's command, and a group had already come out to help Cai Mao.

Thinking about the gains and losses, Zhou Yu finally ordered to call for gold, took the boat on the river, walked to the bow, and shouted with a smile: "King of Liao, Zhou Yu is invited to fight. A small victory in a round, and I will retire for now!"

"Oh! Oh! Oh!" As soon as Zhou Yu's words fell, the Jiangdong Navy cheered one after another.

"So arrogant! Damn it!" Hearing Zhou Yu's ridicule, Li Lin's face was a little angry, and he shouted angrily: "Zhou Lang boy! Don't be presumptuous, wait for me to catch you someday!"

In the weird eyes of everyone around him, Xu Shu whispered: "Master, he can't hear it!" Li Lin couldn't fight, he could only stay in the tent behind, how could Zhou Yu hear it...

Afterwards, Cai Mao was defeated and returned to his life. Li Lin, who had lost all face, scolded his head and face, and Cai Mao, who scolded him, was trembling in his heart.

"My lord!" Xu Shu coughed and said in a low voice, "My lord!" Seemingly unable to bear it, "Today's battle, we were originally to find out the details of the Jiangdong navy, so the troops commanded by General Cai Mao and those commanded by Zhou Yu, There is not much difference in military strength! However, our army has 40 people, how can it be compared with Jiangdong's more than [-]?".

After calming down, Li Lin glanced at Cai Mao, and said in a deep voice, "Get up! The defeat in this battle is not what I expected, but the shameful thing is that you lost so embarrassingly!"

"Yes!" Cai Mao lowered his head and replied submissively.

"Then as the commander of the navy!" Glancing at Li Lin, Li Lin frowned and said, "Cai Mao, do you have an idea on how to defeat the Jiangdong navy?"

Taking a sneak peek at Li Lin, Cai Mao clasped his fists and said respectfully, "Just follow my lord's orders!"

"You!" Li Lin said angrily, "Are you the commander of the navy or am I the commander of the navy? The Jingzhou navy, if you haven't practiced for a long time, you should step up your drills for me. The northern army under my command is not familiar with water warfare. You make him familiar with water warfare! I only want you to defeat the Jiangdong navy for me, at all costs!"

"Promise!" Cai Mao cupped his fists to accept the order, then hesitantly said: "If so, the northern army can be in the middle, and the Jingzhou army can be outside. It can only be used if you are proficient in teaching every day!"

"En!" Li Lin nodded, and said in a deep voice, "Since you are the commander of the navy, you can do it cheaply!"

"Promise!" Cai Mao tremblingly cupped his hands and said, it's cheap to do it, is it cheap for you?Not to mention Li Lin, even the generals around and so many counselors stared at him to death, how could he do it cheaply!In the end, it was me who was unlucky!

Immediately, Li Lin allocated [-] soldiers and horses to Cai Mao for training, and stepped up the training of these soldiers and horses to become familiar with water warfare, and these soldiers and horses under Li Lin's command were in the northern battlefield. Of course, Li Lin would not be foolish. My precious Liao army cavalry was given to Cai Mao's own infantry, but these northerners are also very painful when they are on the river...

(End of this chapter)