Three Kingdoms.

Chapter 3449 Advantages and Disadvantages

"This is impossible!" 』

Zhou Tai's eyes widened.

In the early morning, Zhou Tai ordered Jiangdong soldiers to investigate everywhere, especially in the woodlands where there was no sound last night and in those areas that looked normal.

There were no soldiers from Sichuan and Sichuan, and no ferocious beasts were found.

But nothing was found.

Jiangdong's soldiers were very confused. Although they didn't say anything, the look in Zhou Tai's eyes revealed something vaguely strange.

After all, no one wants to follow a neurotic leader.

Even if Zhou Tai may be a newly born neurotic, it is inappropriate.

Jiangdong soldiers avoided Zhou Tai and gathered together secretly, chattering.

Zhou Tai's guard heard something, but he couldn't scold him, so he could only pretend not to hear. After all, they were woken up early in the morning by Zhou Tai, and then climbed up and down to look around. It would be okay if they found something, but there was nothing, which was a bit embarrassing.

"General..." the guard whispered, "what did you notice?" Searching like this aimlessly... Even if the soldiers don't have any objections, the physical exertion is not small. There will be a war by then... Besides, if this movement becomes big and is noticed by other places, wouldn't it miss a big event? 』

Zhou Tai scratched his head.

What could he say?

That he had a feeling?

Wouldn't a general who fights based on his feelings make the soldiers in Jiangdong even more frightened?

Zhou Tai doesn't believe in evil, he "feels" that his intuition is right!

So he took the **** and went there in person...

He found that there were footprints in some places along the way!

But this is unconvincing.

Because it may have been trampled by Jiangdong soldiers themselves, it cannot be counted.

The bushes also showed signs of being trampled and broken!

But looking at the broken mouths, most of them are very fresh, so it is also possible that they were stepped on by Jiangdong soldiers during their search, and they cannot be counted.

Zhou Tai and other Jiangdong soldiers believed that the only sure sign that there was an enemy ambush in the surrounding area was the presence of a bonfire.

Only people can use bonfires.

And after using the bonfire, there will definitely be traces left on the ground!

So the main sign Zhou Tai is looking for is to see if there are any ashes from the bonfire!

Even after cleaning, the fine ashes are not easy to remove, even if they are covered with leaves and soil.

The color of newly turned soil is different.

But Zhou Tai wandered around the woods, shrubs, and rocky slopes for most of the day, especially last night where he felt like something was staring at him. He walked around carefully, lowered his head, and worked very **** the ground, bit by bit. Looking for various traces...

Still found nothing.

In other words, no traces could be found to prove that anyone had been there.

The scratches on the ground, the marks in the bushes, and even some stray strands of cloth couldn't explain anything at all.

The soldiers and armor of the Han Dynasty are all made of burlap, yellow-grey, red and black.

Now the Three Kingdoms have not been officially separated, and no one has deliberately made any color changes on the soldiers' robes...

Oh, it's not that there was no chance at all, but Yuan Shao fell before he could finish it.

So Zhou Tai found some traces of suspected human activities, but the most important trace of the bonfire was not found.

If there is no bonfire on the ground, it cannot prove that someone has been here, and it cannot prove that Zhou Tai's "feeling" is correct.

It can't prove that Zhou Tai's feeling is right, it can only prove that Zhou Tai is crazy.

Zhou Tai glared, trying to show that he was not out of his mind, let alone nervous before the war, but there was nothing he could do.

Even if he explained to the surrounding soldiers that his intuition was always accurate, it would be useless.

Jiangdong's soldiers would only think that Zhou Tai was looking for a way out for him. At most, they would just laugh a few times and still not take it seriously.

"Is it true that I am too worried? 』

Zhou Tai was very irritable, took off his pocket and scratched his head.

"General..." the guard persuaded in a low voice, "Isn't it a good thing that I didn't find...?" This shows that you should be careful, and it also shows that we are safe here...which is a good thing..."

"..." Zhou Tai was silent for a moment and waved his hand helplessly.

In the end, he still had to accept the result and ordered Jiangdong soldiers to withdraw and rest.

Although there was cover from the guards, this did not satisfy Jiangdong soldiers.

No one likes a general who is messing around with nothing.

Zhou Tai's intuition is his advantage. He has used his intuition to avoid many murderous attempts since he was a child.

But now his "advantage" has become his "joke".

Where Zhou Tai couldn't see him, the muttering was like crickets in the grass. When someone walks over, there is no sound, but as soon as the patrolman walks away, the thin sound will sound again.

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"General!" How do you know Jiang Dongbing will come to search? 』

On the other side, Gan Ning was surrounded by other hussar soldiers, enjoying the looks of admiration and admiration from the other hussar soldiers.

"Hahaha…"

Gan Ning smiled so hard that his teeth disappeared.

If he wasn't worried that his laughter would be too loud, which would alarm Jiang Dongjun, Gan Ning would have wanted to stand up, put his hands on his hips, and look up to the sky and laugh.

"You don't understand this..." Gan Ning's guards quickly praised their general, "Our general, we work hard in our free time!" He knows the art of war, he can know astronomy from above, he can know it from below..."

"Pong!" Gan Ning lightly slapped the guard's helmet, "You don't understand anything, so don't brag!" 』

The guard chuckled.

Gan Ning said to the other hussar soldiers, "This is all mentioned in the newspaper of the martial arts hall... Do you understand the art of war?" Yesterday, that person, yes, it was the scout Wang Erlang, who said he was going to catch some insects and snakes in the distance to give Jiangdong soldiers some information. I just remembered that because we were staying in the forest, all the insects, snakes, birds and beasts ran away..."

Moreover, most of the people in Sichuan and Shu, even the navy, have mountain experience, and they also carry some insect repellent medicine with them. How can ordinary insects and snakes get close to them? The insects and snakes escaped, and the trees were occupied by these Sichuan and Sichuan soldiers, so naturally the birds and animals also ran away.

The herbivores have all run away, and most of the predators in the forest have never seen so many people. Therefore, without knowing the strength of these people, they will not deliberately conflict with humans and assume that this forest belongs to humans. It's our territory, and we won't easily come to the territory of humans...

So the whole forest will seem unusually quiet.

Gan Ning didn't think of this at first, but Gan Ning had a shortcoming, that is, he had an impatient temper, so as soon as he remembered it, he had to do it immediately. As a result, just because of Gan Ning's character, the Hussars took the lead. One step forward.

Gan Ning did not expect that Jiang Dongbing would actually come to search.

It's just that in this way, after Jiangdong's army rushed to nothing, it became clear that Gan Ning was particularly powerful. Did the enemy have any chance to take the lead?

Of course, Gan Ning and the others are not professional special forces, so there will definitely be some traces left behind. But similarly, Jiangdong soldiers are not all experienced hunters. They can tell from the urine stains on the bark that this is Human urine or animal urine...

As for the bonfire that Jiang Dongjun has been looking for, Gan Ning and others have no use at all!

The fixed thinking and cognitive differences make some things invisible even if they are seen.

On the one hand, Gan Ning and others carried dry food supplies for the Hussars, which could be eaten without making a fire. On the other hand, Gan Ning and others were resting on tree branches, so there was little need to light a fire on the ground to evade the situation. Drive away wild beasts that may attack at night.

Jiang Dongbing obviously never thought that Gan Ning and others would rest in a tree, because they were either on a boat or on land and had no such concept at all, so they naturally would not climb a tree to see if anyone was left. traces. "In the mountains, there are methods..."

Gan Ning laughed and shared this knowledge with the other hussars.

Gan Ning himself has a carefree personality and has no intention of hiding this knowledge. At the same time, Gan Ning also knows that his knowledge comes from Jiangwu Hall Dibao, which means that other people also know these things, so even if It doesn't make much sense for him to be mysterious and mysterious, and even turn his original favor into contempt.

"Jiang Wu Tang Di Bao?" So smart? 』

"Of course, that was written by the General Hussar himself!" 』

"I also heard that as long as you collect eighty-one chapters of newspapers, you can compile a book on the art of war!" 』

"Is it true?" 』

A group of Sichuan and Sichuan soldiers were chirping.

"What kind of newspaper is that? Can I read it?" 』

Some people also approached Gan Ning and asked.

Gan Ning didn't care that the person asking the question was just a senior, "Okay, but... can you read?" 』

Shi Chang was stunned for a moment, "You still need to learn how to read?" I... probably recognize hundreds or dozens of them..."

"Ah, ha!" Then there is nothing we can do. It’s not that we won’t show it to you, but that you won’t be able to understand it. " Gan Ning waved his hand, "Then if you want to understand, you have to learn more words... Well, at least, let me think about it, it will take five... two or three thousand words... Don't there be civil servants in the army? Just take a bacon stick and you can continue learning calligraphy..."

Gan Ning actually didn't know how many words he should know. He subconsciously wanted to say five thousand, but he felt that five thousand might be too many. He didn't necessarily know five thousand words himself, so he changed his mind and said two or three thousand.

"Two or three thousand..." Shi Chang was a little confused, "That's so much?" 』

"Is this more?" Gan Ning laughed and said, "I recognize five characters a day, or three if I can't, and nearly a thousand in a year!" Everything has to be accumulated and worked hard. In the army, you don’t need to practice martial arts every day to work hard? If you don't endure hardship, how can you go into battle and kill the enemy? It's okay if others kill you! The same goes for reading and writing. If you don't work hard, these words will bully you! Let me tell you, this is what Zhuge Cheng said! Think about it, is this true? It's no problem if it's hundreds or dozens of words long, but if you want to lead the team, it's not possible if it's hundreds or dozens of words! You don’t just want to be a leader your whole life, do you? 』

Not only Shi Chang, but also the other hussars soldiers around him felt something in their hearts after hearing Gan Ning's words.

However, people are all like this, feelings are feelings, and actions are actions.

No matter how many feelings you have, they have to be taken concrete actions to be useful...

Perhaps one day, among the people in front of Gan Ning, some will grow up and take charge of their own business, but there are also many people who will continue to hang around until they die in battle or die of old age.

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The sun hangs high in the blue sky, and occasionally it dances with the soft little beauties of the clouds, making the clouds' little faces shine golden and ruddy. As for the river on the ground, as well as the ships and people on the river, For the sun, it is not as beautiful as the face of little sister Yuncai.

This is the difference between heaven and earth.

Why is it said that "a day in heaven is a year on earth"?

It's not because Newton's coffin can't be covered, but because people's hearts are different.

Didn't you see that in the Yunxiao Palace high above, when the gods from all walks of life were making reports, they all said, "Time flies like an arrow, the sun and the moon fly by, and before you know it, another year has passed."

As for the people in the human world, after today and worrying about tomorrow, every day is like "living like a year."

To the sun, everything on the ground is just ants and grass, without any difference.

Whether it's a three-color ant or a red and black ant.

Under Xu Huang's order, the Sichuan-Shu navy sailed out of the water village and headed downstream.

The tricolor flag fluttered in the wind.

One by one, the boats adjusted their bows amidst the sound of trumpets, pulled up half of the sails, and turned the crossbar of the sails. With the help of water and wind, they suddenly became powerful and full of fighting spirit.

War drums roared, echoing on the waves.

Naval battles in this era still focused on building ships, supplemented by fighting ships, and there were quite a few prototypes of the battle mode of later generations of giant ships and cannons. The building ship is responsible for outputting the main damage, fighting the ship's last-ditch damage, and intercepting the opponent's small boat in the blind spot of the building ship. Other ships are generally used to transport materials or personnel and also participate in the battle, but they are not the most important part of the combat force.

The Sichuan-Shu navy formed a crescent-shaped formation with the building ship as the center and other ships as the wings, moving towards the Jiangdong navy fleet.

It's quite comfortable to go down the river, but if you can't defeat the Jiangdong navy and want to go back, it will become a countercurrent...

The Sichuan-Sichuan Navy was majestic, but the Jiangdong Navy did not send more naval troops, but only dispatched less than 80% of the Sichuan-Sichuan Navy's ships. However, it can be clearly felt that the ships of Jiangdong Navy will be more flexible on the water.

Not long after, the two sides became entangled again on the river.

Unlike the last time when both sides fought in a "perfunctory" manner and wanted to use tricks to win, this time both sides were much more serious, attacking each other and seizing a favorable position on the river.

Jiangdong's strategy is obvious.

It's like a piece that has fallen on a chessboard, placed there for both sides to see.

Generally speaking, only building ships can deal with building ships. If a general fighting ship is targeted by a building ship and dodges a trebuchet, it may not be able to dodge a crossbow. Even if it finally gets close to a building ship, one may fall from the sky. With the bat stick, it can directly break the deck and keel of the fighting ship.

However, the Jiangdong Navy wanted to use its skilled boat control skills and proficiency in water warfare to use small boats to defeat larger ships. Especially after seeing the Sichuan-Shu Navy improve the collision angle of fighting ships, the Jiangdong Navy also They urgently pretended to be fighting ships, trying to "repay others with their own deeds", and forcibly prepared to exchange their money, and they still had to exchange small ones for big ones.

For Jiangdong navy, even if the boat breaks down and falls into the water, they are not too afraid, not only because they have good water properties, but more importantly, their location happens to be downstream, so they only need to follow the current downstream. If you get close to the water village, you can naturally be rescued. It's just like taking a bath in the river, it's not a big deal.

In this way, the original geographical disadvantage for the Jiangdong Navy was converted into an advantage to a certain extent.

This is Governor Zhou's strategy. It is very simple and very practical. But before it is used and before it falls on the chessboard, how many people can think of it in advance?

Zhuge Liang thought about it.

He ordered the jars of fire oil to be thrown out.

Cans of fire oil flowed down the water.

This was during the day and visible to almost everyone.

The floating fire oil tank is not like the torpedoes of later generations, using the propeller to draw a white line under the water. It can only mean to lie down and rock left and right as much as you like. Shake, and then head downstream.

The fire oil tank is too slow.

Among the Jiangdong Army, the training of naval soldiers is also good. Now that the line of sight was clear, the battle was underway, and everyone was on guard, the archers on the ship immediately picked up their bows and arrows and shot the kerosene tank halfway up the road.

However, this was exactly Zhuge Liang's intention.

Only then did Zhou Yu's order come out, "Don't shoot the fire oil cans!" 』

This was not Zhou Yu's slow reaction, but the quick reaction of Jiangdong Navy soldiers.

After Zhou Yu saw the fire oil tanks appearing, he figured out what was going on almost immediately, and then immediately ordered the soldiers not to shoot those fire oil tanks.

These fire oil cans may be good weapons at night, coming from the water, but under the current bright light, the navy has too many ways to avoid the attack of such fire oil cans. Shooting it to explode is indeed the simplest and most direct way, so the Jiangdong navy soldiers shot it almost instinctively...

Just like their daily bow and arrow training.

But it is a pity that Zhuge Liang took advantage of this advantage because the Jiangdong Navy soldiers were highly trained.

After the Jiangdong navy shot up some fire oil tanks, the rockets that had been prepared were shot down!

A fire suddenly broke out in the area where the kerosene had broken out on the river surface!

This fire will not burn for long. After all, the kerosene cans are not the gasoline bombs of later generations, but they can already push back the Jiangdong battleships that are trying to attack the Sichuan-Shu fleet. The slow ones are also stained with some kerosene and are burned. De screamed and jumped into the river.

Advantages, disadvantages.

Sichuan and Shu, Jiangdong.

Zhuge Liang gently beat the gold-painted fan in the palm of his hand. His robes were puffed up by the river wind, and his scarf also jumped with the wind.

Zhou Yu pressed his hands on the railing, and the long fur on his body trembled in the wind.

For a moment, in both directions of the river, the commanders of both sides seemed to be looking at each other from afar across the water and fire.