Chapter 178 Lu Su’s version of ‘Red Cliff Fire Attack’

Author: Ximen Yangzhou

Chapter 178 Lu Su’s version of ‘Red Cliff Fire Attack’

Hefei grows rice and wheat twice a year, and households in the city eat rice and pasta alternately every day.

Long Xiang likes to eat noodles at night. He just said it casually at first, but he didn't expect that the back house actually brought a bowl of "noodles". It was a bit exaggerated to just show it.

Qiao Wan had no life experience, so she directed the kitchen staff according to her own imagination, and finally came up with this "dark cuisine".

The noodles, which are as thick as a girl's finger before being put into the pot, have expanded by nearly half in volume after being cooked. With the addition of lard, salt and other condiments, the contents in the bowl become indescribable.

Long Xiang poked at the food with chopsticks, and just when he was hesitating whether to eat or not, Lu Su rushed to the Army Sima Mansion on the back foot.

"Yunqi is so diligent, yet he hasn't had dinner yet?"

Lu Su walked up to him with a smile, his eyes widened when he saw the things in the bowl, and asked with a strange look on his face: "This is this?"

Long Xiang explained calmly: "This is made of flour, but the shape is different from the soup cake."

"Food pays attention to color, flavor, shape, and the bowl of pasta in front of you has a new chef in your house today?"

Lu Su shook his head and sat down, pointing at the noodle bowl with a look of disgust.

Long Xiang bitterly told what happened in the afternoon, saying that he was just talking nonsense, but he didn't expect Qiao Wan to actually make a bowl.

After hearing this, Lu Su stroked his beard and laughed: "It is the hardest thing to accept the kindness of a beauty. The second lady is so considerate. Yunqi eats it quickly so that we can talk about business."

Long Xiang picked up the noodles and asked, "Is Zijing full? Do you want to share half of it with you?"

"No, I'm very full, Yunqi still enjoys it by himself." Lu Su shook his head.

Because the noodles are thick and difficult to cook, they need to be cooked over high heat after being put into the pot. They will not be as chewy after being removed from the pot.

Long Xiang felt like eating batter, and finally drank the soup. He thought that he would learn how to make noodles one day, otherwise he would lose his appetite the next time he saw it.

Lu Su sat down below and saw Long Xiang gobbling up the noodles. His admiration rose in his heart, and he thought that Yun Qi was indeed so heroic that I couldn't even put my mouth down. I don't know how many more weird things he would eat in his married life.

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Seeing Long Xiang pushing the noodle bowl to the foot of the table, Lu Su clasped his fists and asked, "Is it because Yunqi asked me to come here for the Jiangdong warship?"

"He who knows me is Zijing."

Long Xiang gently tapped the table: "There has been no news about Sun Ce for a few days. This guy suddenly sent a warship into Chao Lake. Could it be to test the city later?"

"When the Spring River is warm and the farming season begins, Sun Ce attacks by water without having to recruit civilians to transport supplies. It is indeed a good time to go on an expedition. However, I think the possibility of war is unlikely. This time it may be a good thing for Hefei." Lu Su analyzed while stroking his beard.

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"How?"

"Sun Ce abandoned Hefei last year in order to attack Guangling Chen Deng, but Chen Deng moved his headquarters to Sheyang. Sheyang is inaccessible by boat and there are many swamps and depressions around it. It has only been two or three months now, and Sun Ce will definitely not be able to conquer it.

Guangling.”

When Long Xiang heard that it made sense, he quickly asked: "What good thing can it do for Hefei?"

Lu Su replied with a smile: "Sun Ce attacked Hefei last year, and Hefei is naturally the enemy of Jiangdong. We have all thought about joining forces with Chen Deng. Could it be that Chen Deng won't come to us? The troops in Hefei are unable to fight to the east of Jiangdong, but they can't deal with Li Jiangdong in Lujiang."

The skill is more than enough.”

"What Zijing means is" Long Xiang has basically guessed it.

Lu Su then announced the answer: "Sun Ce must have sent people to make peace. Those warships may not be carrying soldiers, but food for the dozen or so people who redeemed Deng."

"I have experience in supervising grain before. Seven or eight boats are carrying several thousand hu of grain. Zijing is very likely to guess correctly."

Long Xiang continued to add: "Li Shu has been fighting fiercely with Yan Xiang, the governor, for the counties in the northern part of Lujiang River. He secretly connected with Chen Lan of Haoshan and started a Three Kingdoms struggle for hegemony in Huainan. Sun Ce is afraid that I will help Yan Xiang."

Lu Su stroked his beard and sighed: "It's a pity that Sun Ce didn't know Yun Qi's ambition. The more fiercely these people fought in Huainan, the more people under his rule fled to Hefei, and the number of refugees increased again after spring."

"Well, it seems that it is necessary to build a new city."

"Hefei's advantage lies in its grain reserves. Building a new city is very expensive and difficult to achieve in a short time. It also requires recruiting young people to influence the farming. At that time, the refugees who defected will leave, and the latecomers can be temporarily resettled outside the city, and officials and soldiers can be sent to manage it, waiting for the opportunity.

It’s not too late to build a new city when it’s mature.”

Long Xiang frowned and said in a deep voice: "If Li Shu, Yan Xiang and others lead their troops to attack, the crops outside our city can be discarded, but the newly attached people will not be able to do it."

"Hefei's reputation for defeating Sun Ce is well known. Li Shu and Yan Xiang will not dare to come and stroke the tiger's beard. If they dare to come, we are capable of repelling the enemy. As for Sun Ce, who is restrained by Chen Deng, he may not come. If he does come, he will have no choice but to give up." Lu Su said helplessly.

Spread your hands.

Seeing that Long Xiang was silent, Lu Su continued to remind: "Yunqi, don't forget the emperor's uncle. Now that he has defeated Xuzhou, he will probably come to Hefei. Hefei's money, food, and troops are best reserved first. They will be needed to capture Huainan."

, As long as the emperor's uncle conquers the entire Huainan, are you afraid that the people will not have a city to live in? "

"That's right."

Long Xiang nodded lightly: "If Sun Ce sends an envoy to redeem someone, should we do something? When should we contact Chen Deng?"

Lu Su stroked his beard and replied: "The emperor's uncle is familiar with Chen Yuanlong. It is better to wait until he comes to handle this matter. The redeemer depends on Yunqi's wishes. If he wants to hand over Jiangdong, he will deliver it truthfully. If he wants to retaliate for the last time we attacked each other,

If you want to take revenge, you can seize the envoys and grain ships, send false news back to Jiangdong to lure the enemy, and lead the Jiangdong warships into a trap and ambush them."

Long Xiang heard this in confusion. He had heard of setting an ambush for land troops and horses, but never heard of setting an ambush for a warship. So he curiously asked: "How to set an ambush for a warship? Please ask Zijing to clarify."

Lu Su walked to the Longxiang case, laid out the map next to it in the center, pointed to Shishui outside Hefei and began to explain.

"Sun Ce has Liu Xun and Huang Zu's thousands of warships, which can travel through Yangzhou's water network to various places. If they don't destroy their transportation boats, there will be a threat;

Recently, I came up with a plan to use the section of the river where Shi Shui enters Chao Lake to defeat the enemy. That is to hide the ships filled with sand and gravel in Chao Lake. When the Jiangdong warships sail upstream into Shi Shui, they will dump the sand and gravel at the end of Shi Shui to block the road.

, and then use fire boats to rush down the river in the upper reaches of Hefei, and the people on both sides of the river will throw fire starters into the river at the same time.

No matter how many thousands of ships he has, they will all be burned to the ground."

Long Xiang was startled when he heard this, and thought to himself that Lu Su is really a good guy. Are you a replica of Chibi Fire Attack?

Beating the dogs with closed doors is a good method, but the Jiangdong soldiers abandoned their ships and went ashore. Their combat power on land was limited, but they were so outnumbered that the existing defenders of Hefei might not be able to defeat them.

The most critical moment was the southeast wind blowing in spring, and I didn't have Kong Ming's ability to borrow the wind, so I had to keep this plan as a backup.

"Zijing's plan is very clever, but the wind is blowing from the southeast at this time. Although the fire boat goes with the current, it does not follow the wind. This plan is more suitable for autumn and winter. It is really not the right time now. I won't play so big with Sun Ce for the time being."

Long Xiangxin said that the ship could be rebuilt after it was burned, but the lack of strength would completely offend Jiangdong. From now on, his life would be almost like that of Huang Zu, and people would come to visit him every three days.

What's more, Sun Ce's days were short, so there was no need to blame himself for the cause and effect.
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