Three Kingdoms.

Chapter 3448: Crossbow Engine

There are always people who think that wars are simply about size, people, or strength. Then they take it for granted that those wars should be won, those wars must be lost, those wars are the two sides of the war making PY transactions, or that It's because of the brain twitching, otherwise it would be like this.

Most people who really feel this way should be happy. Because these people must not have experienced much pain, and they may not be able to understand that no matter how hard they try, some things will still be in vain in the end.

Zhou Tai has never thought that he is one of the lucky ones. On the contrary, everything he has done has been a result of great efforts, but only one or two points in return.

The night falls.

The dark night, the dark mountains, the dark forests.

It's like it's invisible in Zhou Tai's eyes, it belongs to his own future.

The black future merges with the dark night before us.

Others say that Zhou Tai is brave.

But Zhou Tai knew that he was not brave, but afraid.

Because I am afraid, I have to be brave.

It may sound contradictory, but this is Zhou Tai's rule of survival.

He is not afraid of death, but he is afraid that he will live a life of hunger and poverty again, a life without food and clothing, let alone any land, and idle vehicles that can be rented out.

Some people can write and calculate, and some can speak well, so these people can make a living, but what can he, Zhou Tai, do?

He knows nothing, has nothing, only brute strength, coupled with years of fighting experience accumulated from fighting each other at the bottom, so besides working hard and working hard, what else can he do? Even if you are injured, you cannot complain of pain or lie down to rest. Because it's very simple. In the lowest environment where Zhou Tai once lived, as long as he showed a little bit of fear of pain and a little bit of weakness, more people would pounce on him...

In his previous and current environment, he could only intimidate other opponents by gritting his teeth and persevering, being fierce, and showing that he would become even more ferocious when he was injured.

Zhou Tai often used this in wars, and the effect was pretty good.

But now, Zhou Tai feels that he is somewhat powerless when it comes to fighting and war.

Why?

Zhou Tai was thinking, but his brain lacked the necessary knowledge accumulation and related logical thinking abilities, so he couldn't understand.

Maybe it was because the pain was so great that the body could no longer support it?

Zhou Tai stretched out his hand and clenched his fist vigorously.

He no longer remembers how many injuries he has suffered since he was a child. He just knows that many things, including food, drink, clothing, are actually exchanged for his flesh and blood and the flesh and blood of others.

"It doesn't hurt..." Zhou Tai whispered to himself, "It doesn't hurt at all..."

It's like looking in the mirror in the bathroom and saying to yourself that you are the strongest and most beautiful.

If the brain believes it, it works.

In the night wind, Zhou Tai's hands trembled slightly.

At this time, the black shadow in front shook, and the Jiangdong Army sentry on duty returned.

Jiangdong Sentinel came to Zhou Tai to report the situation.

"how? Zhou Tai asked, "Is there any movement?" 』

Scout Jiangdong shook his head, "I didn't find anything unusual." 』

Zhou Tai nodded and asked the scout to go down and rest.

It has been a day or two since I came here to ambush. It was fine at the beginning, but starting today during the day, for some reason, Zhou Tailao felt as if he was being targeted by some wild beast...

This feeling was familiar to him.

Jiangdong has many rivers and swamps, so there are many water thieves.

Zhou Tai has lived among water thieves since he was a child, so he is very familiar with this feeling, as if he has taken something and someone is watching him.

When I was young, it might be a piece of steamed cake. When I grow up, it might be a little gold or silver.

Now, is it probably my own head?

Zhou Tai stood up fiercely.

Zhou Tai's guard was startled, "General, what's wrong?" 』

Zhou Tai looked around.

It was pitch black all around, with only the light of the stars and moon in the sky spreading across the world.

"Something's wrong. 』

Zhou Tai muttered.

"ah? 』

The guard didn't understand.

Zhou Tai couldn't tell what was wrong, but he couldn't sleep. He felt that he had to at least understand what was making him uneasy.

Zhou Tai walked towards the top of the mountain, and the guards quickly followed behind.

Night, quiet.

Even when you step on the ground when you walk, you can make some soft clicking sounds.

Zhou Tai reached the top of the mountain and looked around.

"General, what are you looking for?" "The guard came to Zhou Tai's side and looked with Zhou Tai. "There was no fire or any other abnormality..."

"No, there is something abnormal. ” Zhou Tai was silent for a moment, “Didn’t you hear? 』

"What? 』

The guards quickly listened.

It was quiet all around, except for the mountains whistling past and rustling the treetops and shrubs.

For a long time, the guard looked puzzled, "I...I didn't hear anything...except some wind noise..."

Zhou Tai's face was a little gloomy, "Yes, that's it...this is the problem..."

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Instinct, knowledge.

Nature, nurture.

Which one is more important?

The mountains and forests in the night are all sleeping.

Under the dim starlight, a shadow swayed and passed through the bushes.

Following the soft grinding sound, the place he walked through was immediately shrouded in darkness again.

Gan Ning found it very interesting now.

He was also a water thief, but his current mentality is much more relaxed than Zhou Tai's.

In the Sichuan-Shu Army, he had never shied away from the fact that he was originally a water thief. He would even sometimes tell others about his time as a water thief and laugh together.

A person's origin is often not determined by himself.

Origin probably only determines the lower limit of a person.

Some people's lower limit is sometimes much higher than the average person's upper limit.

But a person's upper limit can be determined by many aspects, including environment, temperament, and learning opportunities...

Gan Ning may not be much better than Zhou Tai in other aspects. For example, his personality is also impatient and rude. He is almost always talking like a fairy, and he may not be very meticulous in doing things. But what makes him a lot better than Zhou Tai is that he can have the opportunity to learn.

No matter what, he has a share in the martial arts hall's newspaper.

At first, Gan Ning didn't like to see this thing. After all, these words were dead and could not move. If you have time, why not look at more beauties who can move? How good?

But then I had to watch it.

Because all the generals in the surrounding military academies are watching, and they also discuss and study inside on weekdays. If Gan Ning doesn't watch, then he can only say um um um, ha ha ha, ha ha ha, ha ha ha, he can't say anything, and he can't have anything to do with other people. What topic to talk about? After all, you can go drink wine when you are on vacation in the military camp. This is no problem, but when you are on duty in the military camp, you can't talk about where the chicks are plump every day, right?

Half-forced, Gan Ning began to study.

And what’s interesting is that people who don’t like studying are often psychological rather than physiological. As long as the mentality changes, learning or reading will become a pleasant thing.

Now the knowledge and efforts he put in are beginning to pay off to Gan Ning.

Just like this time, Gan Ning chose to keep an eye on Zhou Tai instead of rushing forward to fight.

Because once in the Di newspaper, it was specifically written about what is "the momentum is like a crossbow, and the rhythm is like a dynamism"...

Unlike Jiangdong's scouts, Gan Ning's men had their feet wrapped in linen. They walked slowly but spoke softly. Although they would inevitably bring out some rustling sounds from the grass and shrubs, the sound was different from the sound of the mountain mist blowing by. The sounds of small animals moving around are all similar, and there is some distance between them, so even if they make these small sounds, they will not attract the attention of Jiangdong scouts.

When the scouts came back, Gan Ning was sitting on a tree branch, holding a small stick of yak meat and grinning.

Yak jerky, a specialty of snowy areas. The snowy area has ample sunshine and long drying time. This naturally-dried meat strip is not only salty, but also very hard.

People who eat without understanding may even loosen their teeth.

Seeing that the scout was back, Gan Ning slithered down from the tree, took out a small piece of dried meat, and gave it to the scout, "How's the Jiangdong Army doing there?" 』

Although there is not enough light in the forest, once you hold it in your hand and smell the smell, you will know what it is. The scout chuckled, "Thank you, General... Jiangdong is still waiting." I guess I'm waiting for a signal from the river..."

Gan Ning chuckled and patted the scout on the shoulder, "Thank you for your hard work. Find a stable tree branch to sleep on...but don't fall down again..."

The scout also laughed, "Hi!" It just fell off once! 』

Perhaps in order to divert his embarrassment, the scout added, "I think those Jiangdong guys don't understand that you have to sleep in trees in the mountains. They all sleep on the ground... Do you want me to go to the forest far away and catch some snakes and insects... and then , hehe hehe...』

Gan Ning thought about it and said, "Forget it, it's not necessary for now. It would be bad if they notice something is wrong..."

Maybe Gan Ning would have liked to do these things before, but after he understood what "momentum is like a crossbow, and knots are like engines", he understood that sometimes, the attack should be as short and swift as pulling a trigger.

The scout's suggestion was rejected by Gan Ning and he did not insist. He just smiled and turned to leave.

"Wait a minute..." Gan Ning suddenly stopped the scout, "What... did you just say?" The woods in the distance? 』

The scout was stunned for a moment and nodded, "Yes." What's wrong? The general changed his mind? 』

Gan Ning waved his hand, "No... I suddenly thought of something... Someone, please send a message to everyone... We will evacuate here early tomorrow morning..."

"Why? "The scout asked, "The angle here is the best, and we haven't been discovered by Jiang Dongjun..."

Gan Ning pointed to the sky, "Listen..."

The scout listened.

"Nothing happened..."

Gan Ning smiled, "That's the problem... I was negligent before... Anyway, you are right to listen to me... It will be safer if you stay further away..."

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Among the Jiangdong navy, on the building and ship.

Ordinary Jiangdong soldiers only need to fight and work hard, but Zhou Yu has more issues to consider...

In any case, as the commander-in-chief of Jiangdong Army, Zhou Yu will obviously have higher leadership ability than Zhu Zhi and others, but he will also have to work harder.

Zhou Yu stared at the map with bloodshot eyes and looked at the surrounding situation.

My body is tired, but I can only hold on.

As Zhou Yu, who was born in the Jianghuai area, he has been studying this river all his life.

The battle that made him famous was when he led Sun Ce through Liu Yao's defense line and hit Liu Yao's core. Although Liu Yao arranged the battle line and arranged heavy defense, it did not play its due role in the end.

Now, Zhou Yu is preparing to penetrate the Sichuan and Shu army's defense line again...

War is indeed just a few routines that are used over and over again.

Thanks to the ancestors of China, they loved and killed each other for hundreds of years in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. Except for the differences in weapons and armor, almost all the modes and methods of war were used, from simple village fighting to large-scale battles. Large-scale massacres, small-scale interspersed raids, large-scale encirclement and suppression, almost all war tactics of later generations can find similar prototypes in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

It's like a chess set.

If you don't understand the setup, it's not that you can't play, but it's very likely that you will suffer a loss just because you made a wrong step at the beginning, and then accumulate small mistakes into big mistakes, and eventually lose the entire game.

But knowing the formula may not necessarily lead to victory.

Because there are still changes in the formula...

The relationship between Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang is now like two chess players. They played a standard formula, and then immediately knew that the other party had a certain level of chess ability. Then they began to think about relevant changes and lay out subsequent traps.

Normally, if the players on both sides are equally powerful, then there will be two points on the board.

The environment around Dajiang is the geographical advantage Zhou Yu has taken now.

Compared with the Sichuan-Shu Army, there are some signs of taking advantage of the general trend.

But this is only a short-term balance. As the two sides begin to interrupt each other and scream for food, the flames of war will spread to the entire chessboard.

Zhou Yu rubbed his red eyes, feeling waves of unspeakable fatigue. Zhou Yu shook his head, then asked someone to fill a basin of water with him, and after rubbing his face, he felt a little refreshed.

"Captain, it's late at night, why don't you take a rest?" 』

The guard advised.

Zhou Yu smiled and said nothing. He just walked to the map and continued to plan.

The performance of the Sichuan-Shu Army really surprised Zhou Yu.

New type of ship, excellent collision angle.

Zhou Yu had already asked the craftsmen accompanying the army to follow the example of the Sichuan and Shu Army. However, the problem was the shortage of raw materials, so they could only retrofit some ships.

In addition to the problems on the ship, Zhou Yu was also considering the strategy of the Sichuan-Shu Army.

He had a theory.

Zhou Yu stood up and walked out of the cabin.

Zhou Yu's guards quickly grabbed the cloak and took two steps to help Zhou Yu put it on.

Zhou Yu's attention was focused on the mountain in the distance.

On that mountain, there was an open space where soldiers could hide.

Zhou Tai had already occupied the place and could send out troops at any time to attack the Sichuan and Shu forces from behind. At the same time, when the Jiangdong Army is attacked on a large scale by the Sichuan and Shu Army, it can also flank the Sichuan and Shu Army. Because there is an open space at the foot of that mountain, which is most suitable as the most forward position for attacking Jiangdong Army...

But now, Zhou Yu felt that the plan needed to change.

Because Zhou Yu felt that the Sichuan and Shu troops should have guessed his original plan.

The battlefield is still the same battlefield, and the chess pieces are still the same, but the order and arrangement are different, which can produce thousands of changes.

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"Koto is going to change soon. 』

Zhuge Liang's shadow swayed under the oil lamp, seeming to show his master's thinking.

Xu Huang sat aside and was also looking at the map. Hearing this, he nodded.

Zhuge Liang smiled, he liked this feeling.

It's like gambling.

Gambling has been very popular in the Han Dynasty, but unlike the physics-violating gambling of later generations, most gamblers have not yet developed their own methods to deceive their own people, relying on their personal abilities and skills.

Such as pot throwing.

Zhuge Liang likes to throw pots.

Because when throwing a pot, you need to calculate, not only the score you get after throwing in, but also how to create trouble and obstacles for your opponent. This is somewhat like snooker in later generations. Scoring is one aspect, creating obstacles is also a highlight.

Today, Dajiang is the pot.

Although it is impossible for both parties to play cards in sequence and stagger their moves, everyone has twelve hours a day, and everything they can do is within these twelve hours, so to a certain extent, it is fair. , it depends on who can make more preparations and deploy more means in the same time.

"Jiangdong set us on fire, but exposed something..." Zhuge Liang said with a smile, "Jiangdong is more familiar with the terrain than us...so they got the upper hand..."

The terrain's first move.

The water village where the Jiangdong navy was located was in a very good location. It was built behind a hill and had a natural harbor. Therefore, even if Zhuge Liang used fire oil tanks to attack, it did not achieve very good results. At the same time, it was difficult for the Sichuan and Shu troops to observe from the outside. To the deployment of the Jiangdong navy. There is also a lookout tower of Jiangdong Army on the hill, which is manned by soldiers day and night.

After the last interaction between the two parties, they both understand that the opponent is not that simple, so now they need to prepare some more complex and covert means.

"Xingba was a step too late," Xu Huang clicked on the map, "If this place can be captured, the Jiangdong navy will be attacked from both sides." 』

Zhuge Liang nodded, "We were delayed on the way to Xingba... However, what needs to be judged now is whether Jiangdong's army guessed that we also had a side army... I think Jiangdong should have guessed..."

"Guess?" "Xu Huang's beard moved slightly, "Then Xingba wouldn't..."

"There is indeed danger, but..." Zhuge Liang said with a smile, "But Jiangdong Army's target should still be us...or, in other words, our ship!" 』

Xu Huang thought for a moment, nodded and said, "That's true. Kong Ming sees it thoroughly." 』

Knowing the opponent's goal is equivalent to knowing the direction of the opponent's movement, but when the opponent will come back and when will he take action is still a question.

However, both Zhuge Liang and Xu Huang knew that the answer was not too far away, it was right in front of them.