Becoming stronger from cutting Hu and Cao Cao

Chapter 366

Fankou, the front line of the battle between the Qin army and the Soochow army.

At this time, under the command of Zheng Chenggong, the Qin army's water army had already broken through the nine water villages set up by Zhou Yu, and completely drove the Wu army to land.

At this time, Zhou Yu commanded the Wu army's land and water troops to deploy defenses along the river in Chanling County, and now the Qin army's biggest dilemma came.

Zhou Yu's shipwreck blocked the mouth of the Liangjiang River. At this time, all the large ships of the Qin army were blocked at the mouth of the Liangjiang River, making it difficult to move.

The waterway at the Liangjiang Estuary was already the most serious silt break in the entire Yangtze River. Now that Zhou Yu's shipwreck blocked the river, it completely blocked the entire Liangjiang Estuary.The waterline of the entire Liangjiang Estuary is now less than ten feet.

The ships of the Qin army are mainly large ships. Now let alone the flagships such as three-track gunboats and chasing boats, even the Cangshan boats and Haicang boats cannot pass the Liangjiangkou. Now the Qin army can sail There are very few ships crossing the Liangjiang Estuary.

Liangjiangkou, the camp of the Qin Army, if the Liangjiangkou was not blocked, and now it is moving forward, Chanling County should have entered the range of the Qin Army's artillery.

In the conference hall, generals of the Qin army were discussing how to cross the Liangjiang Estuary.

"King Qin, our army's net shuttle boats and serial boats can carry more than [-] troops. You give me [-] elite soldiers. I will raid the Wu army's forward positions tonight. If we can stabilize our position, we can use these net shuttle boats and serial boats to transport troops back and forth. " Qi Jiguang cupped his hands towards Li Chen and said.

Before Li Chen could speak, Zheng Chenggong denied Qi Jiguang's idea: "No, you are not attacking by force, you are sending yourself to death."

"Do you know how many troops Soochow has deployed on the front line of Chanling? The waterway army is at least 10,000+, 1 horses, you can't hold your ground at all."

Zheng Chenggong's words are reasonable. Even if Qin Jun's land battle is invincible, you still have to look at the actual situation.As the saying goes, two fists are no match for four hands, and a hero is no match for many.With a disparity of more than ten times in strength, it was almost impossible for Qi Jiguang to land on the beach.

"If you want to successfully land on the beach, you need at least [-] elite soldiers. From my point of view, we should clean up the river first. Even if the flagship cannot get through, as long as the Cangshan and Haicang ships can pass, our strength is enough to successfully grab the beach. " Zheng Chenggong said to Li Chen.

"King Qin, my brothers are good at water, so I will lead my brothers into the water, use fishing nets to pick up the boulders at the bottom of the river, and let's slowly clear the river course!" Gan Ning mused.

"General Gan, how long will it take to clear the river for the Haicang and Cangshan boats to pass?" Li Chen asked Gan Ning.

When Li Chen asked, Gan Ning pondered for a moment, he thought about it, dived into the bottom of the river, and then set up the fishing nets, which would take at least two to three hundred breaths of diving at the bottom of the river.Therefore, people with excellent water quality are needed. Even among Gan Ning's brothers, there are only two to three hundred people with such water quality.

The work efficiency of two or 300 people is naturally not high. After some calculations in his heart, Gan Ning reported to Li Chen: "It will take more than a month."

Li Chen frowned. It would take more than a month to clean up the river, which really delayed the rhythm of the attack.However, now there seems to be no other way than this.

Construction is always more difficult than destruction. It took only a few days for Zhou Yu to block the river, but it took Li Chen more than a month to clear the river.

"In this way, let's not delay. General Gan will lead people to clean up the river first. We are trying to figure out a way while cleaning up the river." Li Chen decided.

At Liangjiangkou, Gan Ning took the lead and dived into the bottom of the river to clean up the river, but even so, the progress was still very slow.

When Gan Ning was cleaning the river, Qi Jiguang and Zheng Chenggong were not idle, they were thinking of other ways.There are trees everywhere along the river, such as felling trees to make rafts, or cutting bamboo to make bamboo rafts.But all these methods were rejected. First of all, bamboo rafts and wooden rafts are not suitable for load, and they are not suitable for use in the Yangtze River.

Using this thing to cross the river, maybe the battle has not yet started, and people will sacrifice to the Dragon King of the river first.As for building a small boat, it is even more unrealistic. It takes three to five days to build a boat.

On this day, Li Chen took a team of guards to Liangjiangkou and went ashore, wanting to see if there was a path leading directly to Chanling County on the shore of Liangjiangkou.

However, the two sides of the Yangtze River are full of high mountains and mountains, which are not suitable for a large army to march on the shore. This was rejected again.

"Mark! Mark! Mark!"

"Mark! Mark! Mark!"

"Mark! Mark! Mark!"

Just when Li Chen was about to board the boat and turn around the camp, he suddenly saw an old farmer driving dozens of sheep across the river.

Looking at these sheep, Li Chen's eyes suddenly flashed, as if thinking of something.

"quick!"

"Come on, stop that shepherd for me!" Li Chen shouted, pointing to the old man on the bank with sheep.

Li Chen's order is a bit inexplicable, but King Qin ordered it, and these soldiers had to follow it!
"Crash! Crash!"

There was a sound of armor shaking, and the soldiers under Li Chen surrounded the old sheep herding man and his dozens of sheep.

This action scared the old man terribly, he was here to herd a sheep, why was he surrounded by soldiers!

"Master, please forgive me!"

"Forgive me, I'm a good man!" The old man begged for mercy repeatedly.

Li Chen got off the boat, looked at the pale old man who was frightened, and said to him: "I didn't want to make things difficult for you, I want these sheep!"

"What!"

"The soldiers are robbing the sheep!"

"Master, these sheep don't belong to me, they belong to my master. After these sheep are robbed by you, I will be beaten to death by the landlord, and my daughter may also be sold to pay off the debt." The old man begged for mercy repeatedly. road.

"Old man, this way, we won't rob your sheep."

"You can just send me your daughter!" Cheng Yaojin said with a smile.

Hearing this, the shepherd was stunned for a moment, thinking: "What! Not only do I want my sheep, but I also want my daughter, here and there are soldiers, this is simply a bandit!"

Li Chen glared at Cheng Yaojin fiercely, and scolded: "What nonsense are you talking about, do you want to be punished again?"

"Old man, I don't want this sheep for nothing. How about I buy your sheep at double the market price?" Li Chen discussed with the sheep man.

"What!"

"Buy mine, and buy it at a price that is a generation higher than the market price?"

"This business is fine, but let's make an agreement, we have to give cash, and we don't want to make a bill." The old man said seriously.

"Okay, Cheng Yaojin, give me the money!" Li Chen told Cheng Yaojin.

Cheng Yaojin made a rough calculation and bought these dozens of sheep at double the market price.

The old man took over the heavy gold horseshoe, feeling very flattered in his heart, thinking, there are people like this who are stupid and have a lot of money to serve as soldiers?

(End of this chapter)