Chapter 3401 Distinctive
Zhou Yu faced the Sichuan Army not because Zhou Yu was eager to fight, but because Zhou Yu was very wary of Zhu Zhi and others.
Only Zhou Yu himself can understand the actual situation as soon as possible, instead of waiting for Zhu Zhi or someone else to rush out with his chest and then slap his butt and run back.
Moreover, the anti-war calls in Jiangdong are getting higher and higher.
These guys seem to have a lot of reasons. Jiangdong cannot maintain a two-line battle...
Don't get me wrong. These guys are not so arrogant that they think they can fight Fei Qian and Cao Cao at the same time. Before, Zhu Zhi attacked Jiangling not to start a war with Cao Cao, but to apply makeup on himself and moisten some oil and water to block the mouths of the Jiangdong gentry.
Obviously, Zhu Zhi's approach is effective to some extent. He failed, but he succeeded again. He was guilty, but he didn't seem to have to bear the main blame...
So who should bear this main guilt?
The children of the Jiangdong gentry glanced at Sun Quan, and then started to discuss it in a pretentious manner.
Anyway, according to Jiangdong's intention, we can't continue to fight now. We screamed, and no one can withstand the battle on both sides!
That's right, the two lines they mentioned, the other one, is Shanyue.
The undead Shanyue is the undeadly suppressed Nanbin.
Shanyue's rebellion this time really surprised Zhou Yu.
This time, Shanyue seemed a little different.
If it were before, Zhou Yu would probably have studied the changes in Shanyue, but now he does not have the body of his youth and the energy he has when he was young.
Sometimes, he will notice the attenuation of energy and memory.
I clearly remembered something in the last second, but I forgot it the next second, and I couldn't remember it. Then it took a long time to suddenly remember it, Oh, it turned out to be this thing...
Not only that, my physical strength has also decreased a lot.
This is not just the cause of illness, but more about aging.
Or is it the accelerated aging caused by illness, or some other reason.
If I had been before, let alone sitting on a boat, even if I stood there for a day, I wouldn’t feel tired when I was young. I would have just had to take a nap for one or two hours, and I would be full of energy and I couldn’t use it.
But now, even if you just sit and have a little longer, you will feel sore and swelling all over your body, just like millions of insects climbing and biting them.
This time, Zhou Yu's combat focus was very clear, which was to destroy the warships of the Sichuan and Shu army.
It is not easy to build warships. If we just repel them, then these Sichuan and Shu troops will definitely choose to come again at other times, and by that time Zhou Yu may not be able to fight again...
As long as the warships of the Sichuan and Shu army were destroyed, even if there were towering trees in Sichuan and Shu, they might not be suitable for warships. Moreover, it would take a long time to go from being in the dark to building a ship. Even if there were so many shipyards and craftsmen who made ships in Jiangdong, it would take three to five years to build a warship from scratch.
With three to five years of buffering, perhaps Jiangdong still has new opportunities.
Maybe there is still no...
Perhaps this is all he can do.
As for the future...
Zhou Yu pulled the corner of his mouth.
Zhou Yu looked up at the sky.
The white clouds are lingering.
The river water gurgles.
The thousand-year-old white clouds are still lingering.
The river water still gurgles in thousands of years.
And people...
"call……"
Zhou Yu exhaled a long sigh.
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"The first place to fight around Jiangling is here..."
Zhuge Liang held a golden fan and pointed to a point on the map.
The gold-painted fan was rewarded by Fei Qian. It uses bamboo as the bone and is slightly inlaid with some gold wire. It is suitable for weight and is more convenient to carry.
In order to show wealth, some people even deliberately want jade to make bones and inlaid with gold and silver. It does look like it is shining with gold and nobleness, but it is practical, so they have a discount.
Everyone has different positions, so their choices are different.
Stand, this is very important.
This is one of the many knowledge Zhuge Liang learned from Fei Qian.
"The water surface here is wide, and the other party is in a relatively narrow area," Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "So the Jiangdong Army will definitely not wait for us to arrive here before we can fight our army... The location chosen by the Jiangdong Army should be here..."
Zhuge Liang's fan retreated a bit, and then pointed at a certain point.
"The location here is not as good as before," Zhuge Liang said, "Maybe it will be more favorable to the advantageous side of Jiangdong... There are mountains and hills, lush vegetation, suitable for fire attack... I mean, suitable for our fire attack, and also suitable for Jiangdong fire attack."
Xu Huang and Gan Ning both listened very seriously.
"Only half of our soldiers have been trained for more than a year," Zhuge Liang opened the fan with a thud and shook it twice. "The rest of the soldiers generally ranged from three to six months to training. There are many mountains in Sichuan and Sichuan, and the mountain soldiers who cross mountains and ridges can be formed without much training, but this navy... Compared to Jiangdong, our soldiers have a lot of different training and initiative."
"This difference is not obvious in a straightforward training, but once you enter a combat situation, frequent sudden changes in the battle situation will lead to the inexperienced and training soldiers being in a hurry..." Zhuge Liang continued, "So our tactical arrangements should be simplified as much as possible. The more complex the combat mode, the worse it is, the worse it may be, causing panic and eventually leading to overall failure."
Xu Huang nodded, "That's true. Zhuge is justified in this. The soldiers of the Jiangdong Navy are well-trained and can handle the changes in the battlefield without the general's orders. Our soldiers are relatively poor."
On the battlefield, sometimes subtle differences will lead to different directions of the battle situation. Xu Huang has a deep understanding of this. When he fought with the Jiangdong Navy before, he felt that it was not effective.
"So we are going to fight the Jiangdong Army here?" Gan Ning asked from the side.
Zhuge Liang nodded, "Yes, not."
"What does it mean?" Gan Ning asked without hesitation because Zhuge was present.
Xu Huang did not stare at Zhuge Liang, but continued to look at the map, thinking about the two positions Zhuge Liang pointed out, and then looked a little thoughtful.
Zhuge Liang smiled slightly, "General Xu must have thought about it..."
『I just guessed part of it...』 Xu Huang pointed to the point on the map, 『It is suitable for fire attack, and is fire attack a matter? In fact, it depends on who ignites the fire first and who is in the position... Now the autumn wind is surging, so it is very important to seize this open space in Jiangbei. This open space... There is a hill here, and if archers or crossbows are arranged on it, it can directly threaten the open space... So if you fight in this place, the focus will not be on the river, but on this hill here!"
Zhuge Liang applauded gently.
『But…』 Xu Huang waved his hand, 『I always feel that Kongming, you have nothing else to say...』
Zhuge Liang nodded slightly.
"And?" Gan Ning felt his brain itchy and couldn't help scratching the back of his head.
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Some people can also fight, whether it is the last fight or the dying struggle, but some people are not qualified to have the last battle.
Wuguan Road.
Without waiting for reinforcements, Wenpin almost entered the state of ending his life from the beginning.
Since Huang Zhong led his army to attack Wuguandao, or recovered Wuguandao, Wenpin has been retreating step by step. The battle at the stone bridge was like a greeting or a final battle. Until Wenpin retreated and was trapped in a military fort by Huang Zhong.
Normally, it is ten times more surrounded. Obviously, Huang Zhong's military strength is not ten times that of Wen Pin, but Wen Pin's soldiers are too low to go out to fight Huang Zhong's soldiers in the field, so being surrounded seems to have become a necessity.
This military stone fort was obviously carefully selected by Wenpin.
The stone wall was very strong. Even though Huang Zhong sent someone to use gunpowder, it only exploded some gravel and failed to collapse.
The amount of gunpowder is not carried much and cannot be reused in infinite amounts, but the stone castle also has a fatal disadvantage.
The space in the stone fort is so large. Even if Wenpin stored some food and grass in advance, it would be insufficient. There will inevitably be problems over time...
Huang Zhong attacked tentatively two or three times, and lost some manpower, but stopped attacking and just surrounded him.
Wenpin was very worried, but he still insisted.
As the main general, he inspected three times a day, and did not slack off because he was trapped in the stone castle.
Wen Pin walked to the corner with the guards, and heard soldiers talking in front of him...
"There will be no reinforcements, there will definitely be no reinforcements."
『How do you know?』
"Is this a matter of course? Look at what you are now..."
Wenpin's pace slowed down.
Seeing this, Wen Pin's guard wanted to come forward to stop him, but Wen Pin stopped him. He wanted to listen.
"You guys feel disappointed when you hear this, aren't I also very disappointed? But in this situation, there are really no reinforcements..."
『Fart! General Wen said reinforcements will come!』
『General Wen, haha, General Wen also hopes that reinforcements will come... I'm afraid General Wen is disappointed now! How much food is left in this stone fort? Even if we reduce the rations again and again, how many days can we last? Indeed, I don't want to say everything to death. When the reinforcements come, we can all be saved... But this reinforcements... Alas! General Wen has sent out to ask for help, at least five or six batches. Calculate the time, why did he arrive in Xiangyang? And even if it's slow, he should have climbed... And there are still no reinforcements coming now, which means there is only one thing...』
When Wen Pin heard this, he couldn't help but frown and raised his foot forward.
The movements brought by the large walk frightened these soldiers who were talking and jumped up from the ground.
『General!』
『Meet the general…』
『General Wen.』
The messy title is like the messy human hearts now.
Wen Pin walked to the man who had just spoken and looked at the soldier who was talking.
The man was not tall. Although it showed that what he said might have been heard by Wen Pin, he was still calm and "I have met General Wen."
"You are just talking?" Wen Pin asked.
"Yes." The soldier replied.
Wen Pin nodded, "Do you think it's impossible for reinforcements to come?"
『…』The soldier was silent.
"What, I dared to say it just now, but I don't dare now?" Wen Pin asked.
The soldier gritted his teeth, "Yes! I think it's impossible! What I'm telling the truth is that if reinforcements could come, they should have come long ago! If reinforcements cannot come now, they will not come in the future!"
Wen Pin listened and then ignored it, "Is there any more? What can you do?"
The soldier opened his mouth, as if he was stuck, and after a while, he said: "No...no way..."
"It's true that there is no? Anything can be done." Wen Pin asked.
The soldier grunted, "I...I have nothing to do."
"Oh!" Wen Pin sighed, his eyes turned cold, "What a pity..."
"What?" Before the soldier could react, Wen Pin drew his sword and cut it down directly!
『Ahhhhh…』
The soldier was immediately chopped down and lay in a pool of blood.
The other soldiers were startled and curled up, while others were so scared that they sat on the ground.
Wen Pin shook the blood from the sword, "The chaotic army, kill!"
The rest of the soldiers naturally didn't dare to say anything.
Wen Pin put away the sword and walked out. After walking for a while, he said to the guard, "I remember that person... is also from Nanyang, a good family..."
The guard glanced at Wenpin and didn't know how to respond.
Wen Pin obviously had no intention of asking the guard to say anything, "Brave, smart, and have a strategy for doing things... I originally wanted to promote him as Chief Qu after the war... Do you know why he killed him?"
The guard shook his head.
『It's not just because he told the truth.『Wen Pin sighed,『He told the truth, it was nothing...but sometimes, the truth shouldn't be said...and the most important thing is that he said it, but he didn't know what to do...』
Some people claim to themselves and say that they only know how to tell the truth, but in fact, when to say something is not a cunning attitude, but a law of dealing with the world.
Just like now, don’t the other soldiers feel that they may not be able to wait for reinforcements?
In fact, most people know, so why didn’t everyone else say it, just say that he was telling the truth?
When Wen Pin asked the soldier, he hoped that in addition to saying that there were no reinforcements, he could also tell some specific methods. Even those methods were not feasible or simplified.
Unfortunately, no...
At this point in time, what should we do if the morale of the army is in chaos?
Haven't you ever thought about it?
If you didn't think about anything, you wouldn't say anything about reinforcements.
If you have considered it, but still intentionally telling the "truth" it is, what do you want to do?
Everyone can do it, but after you finish it, you can make up for it, that is your ability.
Don’t have the ability to repair the sky, but want to smash a huge hole?
『Nanyang people are very smart...』 Wen Pin shook his head, 『Nanyang has indeed produced a lot of talents... He is also very smart... It's a pity that he is not used properly. If you want to show your intelligence, you are afraid of taking responsibility. If you are usually a person, it's okay, but now...』
"Lord, we now..."
Wen Pin walked to the top of the stone fort, looked at Huang Zhong's troops outside the stone fort, and was silent for a long time before saying: "If what I expected was not bad, the Huang family would attack tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow is the deadline... either surrender or die..."
Huang Zhong has been surrounding the stone fort these days, of course, it is impossible for him to sit and drink and eat meat without doing anything.
It will inevitably take some time to build siege equipment, and Wenpin predicts that it should be almost done tomorrow.
After it is built, you will definitely attack.
And if Wen Pin does not surrender and resists dyingly in this attack, then there will definitely be casualties on both sides.
Once casualties occur, many things are hard to say.
Although Wen Pin and Huang Zhong had some friendship, this friendship could not stop the two sides from fighting. Wen Pin did not deliberately ignite the fire at the stone bridge, and Huang Zhong also deliberately controlled and did not take any ruthless pursuit when he recovered the pass along the way.
Although Wenpin really wants to tell Huang Zhong that I won’t move here if you hit you, but who believes it?
Just as Wen Pin was about to face his final choice, the soldiers on duty at the top of the stone fort shouted joyfully: "There is someone coming from Jingxiang! People coming from Jingxiang! Reinforcements! They are reinforcements! Reinforcements are here!"
Wen Pin was stunned when he heard this, and then he was surprised. How could this be possible?
Wen Pin naturally understood the situation of Jingxiang.
Wen Pin is a general of a different surname among the Cao army. Don’t listen to Cao Cao’s shouting to treat everyone equally, but in fact, the specific treatment and benefits are much different from the generals of the Cao family’s Xiahou family!
If Cao Zhen was besieged and Wen Pin was in Xiangyang City, Cao Ren would definitely send Wen Pin to rescue Cao Zhen.
Moreover, even if Cao Ren was so generous, or if he was probably in Jingxiang's friendship, he would have come earlier, instead of almost throwing away Wuguan Dao before coming...
When the remaining soldiers in the stone fort heard the news, they stretched their heads to look into the distance, cheering and thrilling.
Wen Pin did not show any happy smile because he had a premonition that these people were indeed from Jingxiang, but they might not be the "reinforcements" they were looking forward to...
Sure enough, the team of "reinforcements" gradually winded closer to the mountain road, and the cheers of the people in the stone fort fell as the people approached.
Even the soldiers at the bottom knew that, unless everyone in the queue was full of fierce generals, how could they break through Huang Zhong's siege and rescue them?
"Huh..." Wen Pin stared at the pedestrian, staring at the scepter high in front of the pedestrian, with a look of pain on his face, "It's trouble... It's really trouble now..."
"Master? You are..." Wen Pin's guard was puzzled.
Chapter completed!