Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3455 Kuafu Chasing the Sun
Big river.

The more you lack something, the more you fear losing it.

What Zhou Yu lacks is time, he doesn't have much time left.

On the tower ship, Zhou Yu stood under the flag of Jiangdong, and also under the flag of his own generals.

The word "Zhou" that looked like an iron vertical stick and a golden hook was once an existence that no one in the Yangtze River dared to challenge, but now it seems to be dim and lifeless. Even under the teasing of Jiang Feng, it looks a little powerless and can't even raise its head.

Along the river, the situation is ever-changing.

The same is true of the war situation in the Han Dynasty.

As the commander-in-chief of the Jiangdong navy, Zhou Yu not only shoulders the hopes of the Zhou family, but also bears the heavy responsibility of the entire Jiangdong foundation.

If Zhou Yu was only considering the Zhou family, he would not have had to drag his sick body to the front line this time.

Maybe some people will think he is stupid, maybe some people will say that he can't let go of military power, but what Zhou Yu wants more is victory and the realization of his dream!
This was a dream he discussed, formulated and imagined together with Sun Ce!
That dream is so beautiful...

At that time, the sky was so blue, the river was so clear, and now...

The sunlight made Zhou Yu feel a little dizzy.

The river water was also turbid, as if it was mixed with countless ghosts.

Perhaps because of the illness, Zhou Yu felt unprecedented anxiety and powerlessness at this moment.

He stood on the ship, gazing at the turbulent river ahead, his heart filled with desire for victory and uncertainty about the future.

Zhou Yu knew very well that he didn't have much time to waste.

This expedition is a crucial step for the survival of Jiangdong.

However, when he received the letter from Chaisang and learned that Sun Quan did not support him as firmly as expected, he was both surprised and helpless.

He knew this moment would come eventually, but he didn't expect it to come so soon.

It is not impossible to withdraw the troops now.

Perhaps it also meets the needs of "everyone" and conforms to the wishes of the "people".

No one likes war, and Zhou Yu is no exception. If you can get benefits at the negotiating table, there is no need to start a war. Only when no agreement can be reached at the negotiating table will a bloody conflict break out.

Did Zhou Yu come all the way from Jiangdong, dragging his sick body, just to win one or two simple victories, and then return to Chaisang and wait for Sun Quan to deprive him of his military power?

In the letter sent from Chaisang, although Sun Quan had not yet issued the final order to withdraw troops, Zhou Yu had already realized that Sun Quan was not still hesitating about whether to withdraw troops, but was trying to use withdrawal to exchange for and balance more interests.

Zhou Yu has advised Sun Quan countless times to focus on long-term interests instead of just focusing on the present...

But it still doesn't work.

In other words, Sun Quan felt that it was more important to focus on the present. If he couldn't get over the present, how could there be a future?
However, no matter how much Sun Quan focuses on the present, if he cannot seize Sichuan and Shu, then Jiangdong will have no future.

Once the disputes north of the Yangtze River were settled, it would be impossible for Sun Quan to easily rule the Central Plains north of the Yangtze River. Once the upper reaches of the Yangtze River were attacked by both land and water, the Sun family's foundation in Jiangdong would also face a catastrophe. These were Zhou Yu's sincere words, but Sun Quan was always skeptical, wondering if Zhou Yu was fooling him.

If Sun Quan really trusted Zhou Yu, he would not go back on his word and throw the promise he made when he went to war to the winds.

The more Zhou Yu thought about these things, the more he missed Sun Ce of the past.

Although Sun Ce is rather stupid and too straightforward, at least he is not like Sun Quan...

Zhou Yu sighed slightly and focused his attention on the battle situation at hand.

The progress of the Sichuan Army is almost changing with each passing day.

Earlier, Zhou Yu received intelligence that the Sichuan Navy could fall into the water during training, but now they can fight the Jiangdong Navy. Before the battle, Zhou Yu confirmed that the Sichuan Navy's ships were backward and their number was much smaller than that of Jiangdong, but after the battle, he found that the latest artillery was installed on these Sichuan ships!

If possible, Zhou Yu also wanted to seize a ship from the Sichuan Navy to see what the cannons were like and how they worked...

Under Zhou Yu's command, the Jiangdong navy did not stop at all. They divided into three groups and directly pursued and pressed the Sichuan navy.

Zhou Yu's ship also had three floors, and was equipped with more than 500 soldiers on top and bottom. In front of it and on both sides, there were thirty or forty medium-sized fighting ships, each equipped with between one hundred and two hundred soldiers.

The sun in the sky had begun to set, and golden light spread across the surface of the river, giving people the illusion that the Jiangdong navy was chasing not the Sichuan army, but the sun in the sky.

And Zhou Yu standing on the ship is the Kuafu who chased the sun.

The Sichuan navy ran in the front, and the Jiangdong navy chased behind.

Behind the Sichuan-Shu navy's camp, warning smoke rose, and it looked like the Jiangdong navy had won a great victory.

Therefore, the Jiangdong navy was full of fighting spirit...

That is impossible.

Human physical strength is limited.

The battle has been going on since early morning until now, and there has been almost no time for rest and eating throughout the whole day. Even if there was, it was just to fill the battlefield with a few bites. Now most of the soldiers, whether they are from the Sichuan Army or the Jiangdong Army, are quite tired. It's just that the Jiangdong navy is indeed more elite. Even in their current tired state, their tactical movements are still relatively accurate and not deformed.

Zhou Yu looked at it and felt a little emotional.

These ordinary Jiangdong naval soldiers are the foundation of the entire Jiangdong!

Not those Jiangdong nobles!
Sun Quan, Sun Zhongmou, may not have the right name, but he must have the right character...

Isn't it putting the cart before the horse to not rely on these Jiangdong soldiers but to seek support from the Jiangdong nobles?
I hope we can win this battle.

Or maybe...

On the surface, Zhou Yu's mind seemed calm, and the various orders he gave to the navy were correct. It seemed that everything was fine. But in fact, not only Zhou Yu himself, but also the guards around him, did not realize that at this moment Zhou Yu's mood had actually been affected by the urgent letter sent by Chai Sang.

This is a very scary thing, and normally, it shouldn't happen to Zhou Yu.

But it just happened now, because the current Zhou Yu is not the Zhou Yu in the "normal state".

The side effects of the golden elixir would not only destroy Zhou Yu's body, but also his brain...

The most fatal point is that Zhou Yu was too smart before, so that the people around Zhou Yu had their brains in a state of "atrophy" for a long time, and they did not consider that Zhou Yu had actually made a stupid move, and they thought Zhou Yu still had some clever tricks up his sleeve.

When Kuafu chased the sun, he also led the entire tribe forward.

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On the other side, Zhuge Liang stood in Feilu, leaning on the railing, watching the Jiangdong ships catching up from a distance.

Zhuge Liang's current strategy is somewhat risky.

There are many examples in history of strategic retreats that ended up as major defeats.

For example, Napoleon...

[A short guy was so angry that he jumped up and down. He didn't mention so many other people's examples, but now he mentioned me? 】

Due to the lack of communication, during the retreat, even if one person shouted, it could cause widespread panic and then lead to a large-scale collapse of order. In that situation, even gods would be unable to turn the tide.

What Zhuge Liang wanted was not only to retreat, but also to counterattack during the retreat!
Xu Huang's previous hesitation was also due to this point.

But in the end, Xu Huang decided to trust Zhuge Liang, and Zhuge Liang was willing to trust his soldiers.

However, trust expressed in words alone would not have a significant effect. In fact, during the entire army's retreat, on Xu Huang's ship, on the side where Zhuge Liang was, flags and drums were constantly sending signals to the surroundings.

"Hold on!" "Wait!"

This is the message conveyed by the constant shaking of the flag.

The beating of the war drums seemed to penetrate into the blood of all the Sichuan soldiers, ringing and beating along with their hearts.

"Go, go! The Jiangdong Army is catching up!"

The guard pointed at the Jiangdong navy and said, "The battle is about to begin, so you better get into the cabin!"

Zhuge Liang did not immediately answer whether it was good or bad, but asked: "Have the soldiers' extra meals been distributed during the war?"

"They've all been distributed!" the guard replied, "Are you hungry? Do you want me to get one?"

Zhuge Liang smiled and waved his hands, "I'm not hungry."

This is the meticulousness of Zhuge Liang.

He made adequate preparations before the war.

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This preparation is not just about weapons, swords, guns, bows and arrows, and armor.

It is not a formal meal, nor is it very large. It is similar to a mixture of salt and powder, which can be eaten after being mixed with water.

As for whether it is hygienic or not, the Han people are not hygienic at all.

The guards on the side urged Zhuge Liang to enter the cabin.

Zhuge Liang turned his head, squinted his eyes to look at the still glaring sun, then looked back and smiled, "Help me prepare my armor!"

"Go ahead! Swords and guns are blind!" The guard disagreed, "It's safer inside the cabin!"

Zhuge Liang shook his head and said, "Take the armor."

He must personally attend this battle.

The guards had no choice but to fetch the armor and help Zhuge Liang put it on from head to toe.

Zhuge Liang is not as thin as he was in history now. After putting on armor, he looks more realistic and quite heroic.

When Zhuge Liang, wearing a suit of armor, came before Xu Huang, Xu Huang smiled and said, "Sir, this is a really nice suit. But you better stay away from the side of the ship, be careful of the warship shaking."

Zhuge Liang smiled and bowed to express his gratitude.

"Now……"

Xu Huang looked at the Jiangdong navy chasing from a distance, "Is it here?"

Zhuge Liang looked at the mountains and rivers on both sides and nodded, "Not the best, but not bad either!"

"Then here!"

Xu Huang did not hesitate and immediately gave the order, "All troops, turn left, lower the sails, and turn around!"

As soon as the command flag was sounded, the Sichuan-Shu army, which was originally retreating westward, began to turn around and formed a triangular formation with the tower ship as the base and the fighting ship and Mengchong on both sides. This was an assault formation with both offensive and defensive capabilities. The thick formation could ensure that the enemy's battle formation could be penetrated, and the unfolded two wings could ensure the killing area.

The Sichuan soldiers adjusted their breathing and checked their equipment.

The rowers in the cabin endured the stuffy heat and the smell of sweat and blood, and followed the commands, pedaling the wheelbarrows or paddling the long oars.

The swordsmen and shieldmen on the deck held their weapons tightly and tied their swords and hands together with cloth strips to prevent them from unconsciously letting go and falling due to the collision and shaking of the warship.

The crossbowman leaned against the parapet, tried to pull the bow, and checked that the arrows, braziers and other items were in convenient and familiar positions.

Some soldiers scooped up some water from the river and poured it all over the deck of the ship, soaking any flammable materials.

A cruel war will make people grow quickly.

It will make ignorant children understand the sadness of life and death, make ignorant teenagers know the suffering of hunger, make young people taste the pain of disability, and make elderly people bury their black hair in sorrow.

The original Sichuan-Shu navy soldiers who were unskilled, not alert, and even did not know how to cooperate were gradually eliminated in the battle, and the remaining ones gradually became experienced navy soldiers. Even if the warship was turning and the center of gravity of the entire ship shifted, these Sichuan-Shu navy soldiers still made various preparations in an orderly manner.

The surging river flows eastward and never returns.

The sun shines brightly and sets in the west.

Xu Huang stared at the approaching Jiangdong warships, slowly raised his hand, then waved it fiercely and ordered: "All troops, prepare! Fight against the Jiangdong navy!"

The messenger responded loudly, waving the colorful flags in his hands and issuing orders.

The drummer on the ship beat the cowhide drum, and the powerful sound of the war drum echoed on the river again.

Zhou Yu saw the movements of the Sichuan Army and heard the deep sound of war drums, but he felt relieved.

Turning to meet the enemy in the upstream is not an easy task. If there is a slight deviation in movement or a lack of coordination, the dense group of warships may collide with themselves. At that time, there is no need for the Jiangdong Army to rush forward to attack, the Sichuan Navy will collapse first!

"Speed ​​up, speed up! Archers, get ready! Shieldmen, get ready!"

Zhou Yu issued a series of combat orders, and then waited for the Sichuan navy to reveal their flaws!
Undoubtedly, Zhou Yu's thoughts and predictions on naval battles and the Sichuan-Shu navy have become a weight in the current war, but Zhou Yu, suffering from illness, has forgotten some things, or rather, he was not so thoughtful.

Naval warfare actually has some similarities with cavalry combat.

Cavalry charges require speed, and warship clashes also require speed.

Penetration requires speed, and collision requires even more speed.

In the traditional surface combat of the Han Dynasty, shooting, ramming and boarding are undoubtedly the three essential skills for surface combat, and everyone who has used them has praised them as good.

Shooting and boarding mostly depend on the individual ability and bravery of the soldiers, but ramming tests the strength and structure of the ship itself. Large ships have the advantage of size and thicker planks, which can directly crush small ships. Therefore, how to use your large ship to crush the opponent's small ship while not being entangled by the opponent's small ship is a test of the command ability of every naval commander.

At the same time, ramming is a more efficient and lethal tactic than shooting and boarding, so each tower ship can be said to be a mobile battle fortress, and at the same time a small city that can actively ram people. How to make good use of the tower ship has become a key point in the battle between the two sides.

For a building ship, if it wants to have a better impact effect, it must have a certain speed.

If there was no speed, it would mean that the car was hit on the spot instead of hitting someone.

If you want to have a certain speed, you must have enough acceleration time and distance. Otherwise, no matter how good the ship is, it will be difficult to reach a higher speed, and then you will definitely suffer when facing a faster opponent.

Going downstream, there is the bonus of water flow, but when the warship is turning, the speed is slowed down, so the bonus of water flow is not much for the Sichuan Army. Moreover, when the Sichuan Army is turning, it is extremely challenging for the boat driving skills. Once the helmsman makes a mistake, a chain reaction will occur.

Therefore, Zhou Yu was very happy to see the Sichuan-Shu army's warships turn around before the battle.

Moreover, seeing that the enemy warships were concentrated together and turning, the probability of error was obviously greater, which made Zhou Yu almost immediately issue an order to attack the Sichuan Army while it was turning and its speed had not yet increased!
The Jiangdong army's formation was such that the Mengchong boats were in the front.

The speed of the Meng Chong is undoubtedly much faster than that of the Lou Ship. These Meng Chong are not for ramming, because even if they are equipped with ramming horns, they are no match for the Lou Ship, and ramming may not cause much damage to the enemy. At the same time, there are not many soldiers on the Meng Chong, and whether it is archery or boarding, it may not be able to gain any advantage. Therefore, the purpose of these Meng Chong is to rush into the enemy group, disrupt the enemy's formation, find the right time to send some water ghosts, and cooperate with the front line.

After Jiangdong's Mengchong, the main fighting ships came.

Learning from the Sichuan-Shu army's practices, the Jiangdong navy ships at the front also installed metal rams, baring their teeth and claws, trying to give the Sichuan-Shu navy a little shock. On the battleships, the Jiangdong navy soldiers were preparing to draw their bows and load their crossbows.

Just like in land warfare, about a hundred steps is the best distance for shooting.

At the same time, the speed of warships is not as fast as that of war horses, so when the two sides are staggered, they can often shoot several rounds of arrows, and there is also a certain amount of preparation time. Therefore, the configuration of bows and crossbows equipped in the navy is often half and half, and the number of powerful crossbows is even greater.

All of this was just as Zhou Yu had expected, and there was no big difference. But soon, Zhou Yu discovered something was wrong...

The speed of the Jiangdong navy is also not fast!
Then Zhou Yu suddenly remembered and his body shook!
He was negligent!

This was originally the most basic and simplest question, but he neglected it!
It's like a chess player who was about to make a brilliant move, but because his hand slipped, the chess piece fell onto the board...