Three Kingdoms.

Chapter 3525 True or false

From being attacked on both sides to being besieged on three sides, Cao Ren suddenly felt that his CPU was about to burn!

"Where are those children in Jiangdong?" ! 』

Cao Ren yelled.

A few days ago, Cao's army scouts reported that Jiangdong had troops stationed in Jiangling Water Village.

Why did it disappear in just a few days?

In fact, this cannot be blamed for Cao Ren's negligence. He did not expect that the guys in Xu County would anger the "honest man" Lu Su.

Lu Su's image as an "honest man" is just his character. Those who use it to deceive some ignorant people are actually unable to be honest people who can be the top counselor of the Eastern Wu.

After being cheated, Lu Su arrived in Jiangling and was about to return to Jiangdong, he ordered all Jiangling's naval troops to evacuate quietly!

After all, Lu Su knew that if he was cheated once and could not respond to the first or second, then these Shandong people would cheat him again the next time!

Only fools believe in repaying grievances with virtue, and the true Confucian teachings are to repay blood with blood and to repay tooth with teeth!

Of course, returning blood to blood is not a reckless and incompetent fury and jumping on the spot, just like Lu Su did not attack in Xu County, running away in a dusty state, and not giving Shandong a reply until he returned to Jiangling Camp.

So Lu Su's move was quite fatal...

Cao Ren originally thought that the Jiangdong Army would not be able to do anything else, but it should be okay to block the Sichuan and Shu naval army for Jiangling, or delay it a little. When he defeated the Cavalry Army in the north, he could free up his hands to help Jiangdong. Repel the navy from Sichuan and Shu.

This is the best of both worlds. It has been initially recognized by Jiangdong before and basically agreed, but who would have thought that Jiangdong suddenly changed his mind!

This is indeed very Jiangdong.

Cao Ren was furious, but he had no choice but to send someone to urgently call Cao Zhen, who was defending the flanks of Jingzhou.

When Cao Zhen received the news, he was shocked. He just changed the horse but not the person. He just led a few guards and rushed back to Xiangyang and met Cao Ren.

When Cao Ren saw Cao Zhen, Cao Zhen was covered in dust and his legs were still shaking.

"Zi Dan, sit and take a break first. Come and prepare some food! 』

Cao Ren also knew that Cao Zhen had worked hard, but the current situation could not allow any slack.

Not only for Cao Zhen, but Cao Ren himself is the same. Since he got the latest battlefield information, he has been thinking and planning day and night before the map. Only now has some ideas...

Cao Zhen took the facial towel delivered by the guard, wiped it randomly, then took a bowl of slurry, and drank it, and then he recovered a little. The first sentence he blurted out was, "The Jiangdong thief is back again." Alliance! It's really hateful! 』

In fact, Jiangdong's betrayal is simply a traditional art.

As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, countries such as Chu, Wu and Yue, which were relatively southerly, tear up the alliance at will and pursue temporary interests often occur. Even after the Three Kingdoms, the Eastern Wu became emperor, there was still internal Rebellion, even the rebellion of the Sun clan’s royal family…

Cao Ren has calmed down from his initial anger, "Zi Dan, if you were asked to go to Jiangling to resist the Sichuan and Shu naval army, how long can you last?" 』

When Cao Zhen came back, he was a little scruple in his heart, but when he heard Cao Ren's arrangement, he still felt a little sad, "General, if I arrive at Jiangling, where Fangling..."

"Let Cai Degui go." 'Cao Ren responded, 'I recommended Cai Degui's son to be the Chief of Xiangyang. 』

Generally speaking, when the children of the gentry first entered the officialdom, they most likely started with the assistant officials of Baishi. Some people don’t even have a hundred stones, but just receive private subsidies from the chief official. For example, the county magistrate of a certain county, which starts at two hundred stones, usually it takes several years to train. Maybe qualified to fight for it.

Therefore, Cao Ren gave the position of Cai Mao's son, which naturally, on the one hand, wanted to win people's hearts and make Cai Mao work hard, and on the other hand, he also put Cai Mao's son under his eyelids to prevent Cai Mao's rebellion.

Cao Zhen also understood the meaning of Cao Ren's move, so he did not make any judgment on whether Cai Mao's son could be competent for the position of Xiangyang Cheng, but asked again, "If Li Mancheng attacked Fangling, Cai Degui...is afraid he would not be able to defend it." 』

It’s not that Cao Zhen thinks that Lao Cai is incompetent, but that Fang Ling’s guards are really not very good, and now they have to defend Xiangyang and Jiangling. The Cao army in Jingzhou is obviously not enough, and it is impossible to give Cai Mao a lot of soldiers. Putting the cart before the horse.

Cao Ren nodded, "So Li Mancheng must be allowed to go to Yunguan!" 』

Cao Zhen stood up, moved his legs and feet that were a little numb after a long journey, and stood in front of the map.

Cao Ren pointed at the map with his finger, "We want to lead Li Mancheng here!" 』

"Turn to Yunguan?" 'Cao Zhen asked.

Cao Ren nodded, "Zi Dan, what if we take the initiative to attack Li Mancheng this way?" 』

"Is it a real attack or a fake attack?" 'Cao Zhen asked.

Cao Ren said: "True, true, false, false. 』

Cao Zhen's eyes moved, "General, what do you mean..."

Cao Ren was still staring at the map and slid on the map with his fingers, "At this point, it's really a fight..."

Then he clicked again, "Here, it's just a fake fight..."

Cao Ren's eyes turned to Cao Zhen, "Until Danjiangkou... Zidan, at least before the Battle of Danjiangkou ends, you must defend Jiangling! 』

Cao Zhen took a deep breath, and then said in a deep voice: "General! I will definitely live and die with Jiangling! 』

Cao Ren stretched out his hand and patted Cao Zhen on his shoulder.

The sunset shone brightly on the Xiangyang hall, as if it was stained with blood.

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Standing on the high side of the river, the scout Cao's army was stunned when he looked at the Sichuan-Shu naval fleet that was slowly coming from the river.

These land ducks were stunned by what they saw.

On the distant river surface, the three finished fonts of the three tower ships are most conspicuous in the fleet.

On the tower ships, the three-color battle flags flutter in the wind.

In front of the ship is the small-scale fighting ship.

Behind the building is a transport ship loaded with baggage...

On the transport ship, you can vaguely see some thick wood and accumulated equipment.

『What are those? 'The scout of Cao's army widened his eyes, 'Does this cavalry navy even carry the wood for siege equipment with the ship? ! Is this crazy? ! 』

To siege, of course, requires siege equipment, and a large amount of wood is needed. Siege equipment is too small, has limited power, is large, and is inconvenient to carry, so it is usually made temporarily and destroyed when retreating, and no one will marching with these siege equipment.

Before siege, it takes several days to build these equipment, otherwise, there is no question of siege. The simplest ladder to attach the city will only be used in very rare cases.

Generally speaking, the wood required for these siege equipment is sent to cut down and collect it when the war is in progress, so that there is no need to consume too much manpower and material resources in transportation and save transportation time, but this is on land. The convention on it!

Transportation on the water is more convenient than using animal and human power on land!

Just have enough space and the boat can transport anything!

So at the beginning, Cao's army discovered the advance of the Sichuan and Shu navy, and thought they had some time. After all, no matter what, Jiangling City was built on land, so it was impossible for the Sichuan and Shu navy to rush in directly on a boat. In Jiangling City, when Cao's scouts saw the Sichuan-Shu naval fleet in the river, especially the transported wood and equipment in the fleet, they realized that Jiangling was in danger!

With these woods and equipment, the Sichuan and Shu army can build land camps in a very short time, or quickly launch an attack on Jiangling City!

"quick! 'The scout Cao's army ran down from the top of the mountain, 'Go and report back to the general! 'The scout Cao's army was obviously a little panicked, so the noise was a little loud. He was discovered by the soldiers of Sichuan and Shu army looking out on the boat and immediately reported it to Xu Huang.

Upon hearing the news, Xu Huang arrived on the front deck of the building, raised his telescope and looked at the distant mountains.

Although the telescope lenses are as polished as smooth as possible, they are somewhat different from later industrial products, which makes the imaging look like a layer of tulle and a little distorted. After watching them for a long time, they will become dizzy. .

But even so, the telescope is still a rare treasure for the current generals. Xu Huang is very careful every time he uses it, and he will be careful to keep it after using it...

Well, why is it a little weird?

Even after discovering the movement of Cao's scouts, Xu Huang did not send anyone to the hills on the shore to chase Cao's army's team. It would be of no significance to do so. Whether the fleet is going to set sail or dock, it takes a lot of time, and sending a fighting ship to clear out the Cao army team to kill the Cao army is not worth the effort.

Pros and losses may be Xu Huang's experience in commanding the navy's combat during this period.

Different from the vague concepts such as "a little", "about", "hundreds", "nearly thousands" in land combat, fighting on the water must be accurate to single digits!

Three tower ships, that is, three, and it is impossible to replace them with a "small". One less ship will cause a huge change in combat power, so every battle on the water must be precisely controlled by each ship and command. , and it cannot be used to combat on land, and it is mainly about controlling and commanding larger arrays and formations.

Refined command also brings a more meticulous division of labor.

In the past, Xu Huang didn't care much about support supplies. He felt that he only needed to do a good job in front-line combat. He handed over the back-end supplies to civil officials for arrangements. Generally, he was too lazy to ask about it. But after the surface battle, he learned that he had to fight a war with material reserves.

No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!

Or, try to fight a "reserve" battle as much as possible.

This "reserve" may be the reserved ship, the reserved soldiers, or the reserved repair wood, spare equipment, etc. Anyway, only with sufficient subsequent "reserves" can we maximize our combat effectiveness during combat.

This is actually learned by Xu Huang from Zhuge Liang...

If Zhuge Liang had not asked Huang Quan, the rear to organize Di people and others to cut down, transport and reserve wood in the Bashan before going to war, then Xu Huang and others would have to wait for the rear to slowly cut down and deliver wood. Xu Huang and others had to wait for the wood to be delivered before they could repair the ship.

If Zhuge Liang had not made arrangements in advance, the Sichuan-Shu naval army would have been much slower to advance again!

Therefore, the so-called "must-have for battle" is not only about preparing for this wave of battle, but also about subsequent preparations after the battle. A good military commander does not only focus on the front line of the battlefield.

Zhuge Liang also received news that he had discovered Cao's scout and went from the rear of the building to the front deck. When Cao's scout appeared, Zhuge Liang was at the back of the ship, taking several craftsmen to measure and draw the hydrological situation of the Yangtze River.

For people like Zhuge Liang, they are learning and growing almost all the time.

Just like an ordinary person following the army on a boat, some people may choose to sleep in the cabin, but Zhuge Liang will choose to take craftsmen to survey and map the geographical environment and hydrological changes along the way, and even use the Pythagorean theorem to Measure water depth and use a sundial to determine geographical location...

Zhuge Liang was not sure when he could use these materials, but he was absolutely unwilling to find them when he wanted to use them.

From Sichuan to Jiangling, the most difficult problem is not the shortage of these materials, but the long supply line.

If there is any problem in such a long-distance, large-scale mobilization of soldiers and food, it will undoubtedly bring great risks.

When Xu Huang saw Zhuge Liang, he pointed to the place where the Cao army scout appeared and told Zhuge Liang that he had entered the Cao army's warning range from here...

Zhuge Liang nodded, took out the map he carried with him, and marked it on the map.

Xu Huang and Zhuge Liang are just advancing along the water route now, and there are no troops on land. In other words, in terms of land, from Zigui to Jiangling, the road is almost empty. Therefore, all the areas that Cao's army appears are dangerous areas. If you choose to camp, it is best to choose to be close to the south bank.

Xu Huang watched Zhuge Liang make the record and asked with a smile: "Kong Ming, this Cao army scout appears here... Do you think it is a good thing or a bad thing? 』

『Good thing. 'Zhuge Liang smiled and said, 'If you don't see the traces of Cao's scouts, it would be a bad thing...'

『Hahaha…』 Xu Huang smiled and nodded, 『The rats in Jiangdong disturbed Sichuan and Shu, but they withdraw their troops in a hurry. I don’t know what happened? 』

For Xu Huang and Zhuge Liang, they did not have the ability to see each other, but they had been paying attention to the movements of the Jiangdong Navy, so they got the news of the Jiangdong Navy retreat one step earlier than Cao Ren.

Because he didn't know what the Jiangdong Navy was planning to do, Xu Huang and Zhuge Liang were preparing to do a fire reconnaissance.

Zhuge Liang's eyes moved slightly, and then he put away the map in his hand again, "I heard... This governor of Jiangdong Zhou is weak and sick..."

"If so, that's fine. 'Xu Huang looked ahead, 'However, if the Jiangdong Rats colluded with Cao's army...'

In the previous battle with the Jiangdong Navy, the Jiangdong Navy was indeed a bit outrageous in the later period, which made Xu Huang and Zhuge Liang more cautious...

Although it may have missed the opportunity to chase, it ensures the safety of its own troops.

Now Xu Huang and Zhuge Liang are pressing forward with dignified pressure. Even if the Jiangdong Army is still in Jiangling, it is still difficult to compete with the Sichuan and Shu Army.

Xu Huang and Zhuge Liang are confident.

When fighting, the first thing is to be strong is to be strong, and this is the best thing, rather than counting on your opponent to make mistakes and make stupid things.

On the one hand, after the victory of the Jiangdong Navy, which was the highest level in this era, although the Sichuan and Shu Navy also suffered considerable damage, the entire army was also reborn. Now.

On the other hand, Xu Huang and Zhuge Liang's attack this time were true and false, false and false.

Zhuge Liang smiled, "Now the convenience of advancing and retreating is all in the hands of our army. Whether to fight or walk, it can be determined in a moment. If Cao Sun fails to respond, he will be in danger. If a large number of soldiers are welcomed... Haha, we can easily withdraw, but Cao Sun will be in trouble! The land of Jiangling is just a matter of time. As long as we are cautious in our approach and do not be greedy for success or advance, no matter Cao and Sun, we cannot trap our army. 』

Xu Huang nodded, "That's true." 』

The river is long and the water is surging.

Although the boat is very large, it seems very small compared to this big river.

In fact, Xu Huang and Zhuge Liang cooperated relatively well. The reason why Gan Ning didn't come was because he was worried that as soon as Gan Ning went to the battlefield, he was like a harem unbuttoning the reins and was gone...

Xu Huang and Zhuge Liang are relatively cautious and not too greedy for merit, which allows both of them to think about problems relatively calmly and notice the strangeness of the battlefield, without losing money because of greed for some small profits. Large force.

This time, the specific details of the attack on Jiangling should be paid attention to, but in terms of overall strategy, Jiangling is not an important key node in the next stage.

For Liu Bei in history, Jiangling was an indispensable support point. For the current Cavalry Army, even if it captured Jiangling, it would be just an enclave before it was acquired.

So if Xu Huang and Zhuge Liang and his party regard it as a cavalry unit on the river, they will probably understand the key points of this military operation.

This is also one of the reasons why Xu Huang and his two men carried a large amount of supplies in the fleet.

Another reason is that if this material is not fully brought, it will be very difficult to transfer the goods from the rear.

From fish back to Zigui, to Yidao, all the roads that are hundreds of miles long are rugged mountain roads, not only winding but also the climate temperature difference is extremely varied. Now that spring is coming, the flood season for the river is coming, and it is destined that there will be some time in the future, and transportation in the river will become very difficult. In summer, the mountains and dense forests near the river are prone to malaria and heat, and transportation on land will face great obstacles again...

Therefore, no matter from which aspect, this stage is the last window for the Sichuan-Shu Navy.

If certain results cannot be achieved this time, it may take three or four months to wait for the next more appropriate offensive time.

However, Xu Huang and Zhuge Liang were not alone in the army. Their trip to Jiangling area was also part of the overall plan...