Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1804 The Battle of the Yangtze Estuary Continuation II
Crocodile saliva village.

In this water village after the war, only less than half of the buildings can be used, and the defenses have basically been broken, and the traces of the burning are even more obvious.

"How about the battle damage?"

Cai Mao stood under the setting sun, looking at the sun that set in the west. The light of the sunset was beautiful, but it was not the object of his admiration.

He was looking at the enemy at the mouth of the Yangtze River in the distance.

"This can be regarded as an encounter!"

One of the generals said bitterly: "Although we used our tactical advantages to capture this water village, we suffered a lot of damage, especially when we attacked the water village. Although the enemy generals were young, they dared to fight. Dare to shoot, confront us head-on, fight for half a day, let our damage be serious!"

"There is nothing to do!"

Cai Mao sighed, and then said calmly: "Wars are waged, how can a war be won without bloodshed!"

The war of this era is a war with cold weapons, and a war with cold weapons, relatively speaking, pays more attention to killing one thousand enemies and destroying eight hundred.

Even if it is a big victory, it needs to pay a huge price.

This is war.

Helpless war.

In this world, even the military generals who are proud of their military exploits are actually a little bit against war, because war is too cruel.

"But it's okay!"

The general said: "In the end, the Wu army collapsed, especially under our pursuit of victory, we completely defeated their fighting spirit and fighting spirit, so in fact, all our casualties were paid when we attacked the water village in the early stage. Although the battle damage Great, but it will not affect the morale of the army, our army son Lang, can still maintain the most peak influence, even if you count the fighting spirit, fighting spirit and various emotional factors, it will not damage our army's combat effectiveness by [-]%!"

"This is a good thing, and the next step will be a hard fight!"

Cai Hao is very clear that it is not an easy task to attack the Yangtze River Estuary. The Jiangdong Navy can once be called the strongest in the world, and there must be something extraordinary.

He Qi is not an easy star.

Moreover, Jiangdong is full of talents. Once the Yangtze River Estuary is found to be in danger, Jianye Capital will probably send reinforcements, and it will be even more difficult to fight.

He asked, "Is the first battalion back?"

"came back!"

The general replied: "It has already been stationed in the northern water village of Crocodile Kou, which is less than five miles away from our water village. This water village is well maintained, and it is just for us to station, but the first battalion has suffered a lot of casualties?"

"Did something go wrong when attacking Hailing?"

"No, our plan is very good, but the enemy general Xue An is a mad dog. After he knew about the Shangdang, he frantically bit the first battalion regardless of life and death. More than half, more than five warships were damaged!"

"Damn!"

Cai Hao's pupils turned blood-colored: "It's still some underestimation of the enemy's performance after being fooled, and we must guard against this kind of backlash in the future!"

Using Hailingkou's feint attack to attract the enemy's attention is a tactical arrangement, but I didn't expect that there would be a good harvest, such as luring half of the troops guarding the crocodile mouth to go north.

This is also one of the reasons why he was able to successfully take down the crocodile mouth.

But there are also problems with this. For example, after being deceived by the enemy, they will become angry from embarrassment, regardless of life and death, and bite back regardless of casualties, which will damage the main force of the first battalion.

This is his underestimation.

"Cai Sima, you've done a good job!" The general said softly.

As an ordinary general of the Violent Bear Navy, the young man is very aware of the situation of the entire Violent Bear Navy. Zhonglang Zhuge Liang is very capable and can lead the generals to win battles and make military exploits. However, he has a very big disadvantage, and there are many things he likes Do it yourself, so this can be regarded as an act of seizing power.

Therefore, the entire Violent Bear Marine Division, the young Zhuge Liang spoke his mind.

This time, Cai Mao was able to be released to take charge alone because Cai Mao's ability was recognized by Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang did not take power, he hoped to delegate power, but he had to recognize the ability of the talent.

Therefore, Cai Mao, the army commander, has been recognized by the storm bear navy division.

"Don't flatter me. I'm still not enough compared to General Zhuge Zhonglang's ability. He is a talent, his knowledge, and his ability to adapt. I can't compare with him. I know this. There are always some people in this world. , will be special!"

Cai Mao was born into a family and grew up from a young age. Although there were twists and turns, his wealth remained unchanged. Only in the battle of Jingzhou, he made a wrong bet, so he was defeated, captured, surrendered, exiled, and then became a member of the Violent Bear Navy. His mind seemed to have been washed, so he no longer valued many things so much.

He didn't even care much about the formation of the Cai family and the fact that Cai Tu's line took power.

However, after seeing the magnificent sea, he still hoped that one day, Da Ming's warships would be unparalleled in this endless sea.

If it weren't for the Jiangdong Navy, the Storm Bear Navy and Jingping Navy were still exploring the waterway in the South China Sea at this time, taking the South China Sea into their arms. This was the strategic plan of the Ming court.

When the fleet of the first long-distance voyage returned with a full load, this has given the imperial court a clearer understanding of overseas. Before, maybe it was only the emperor who wanted to sail far away, but now, the entire court has the awareness of long-distance voyages.

But to fight against the outside world, we must first settle down inside.

If they want to go on a long voyage, the first thing to solve is the turmoil in the Central Plains. Only a stable regime can be the greatest support for their long voyage. Otherwise, the world will change after the long voyage, which is meaningless.

"Zhonglang will be extraordinary!"

The general was a young man who was born in the Wubei Hall. He said with a smile: "I heard that His Majesty once ventured into Jingzhou alone in order to recruit General Zhonglang. He was ambushed by General Wenpin and was almost beheaded!"

"Ha ha!"

Cai Mao also smiled when he heard the words: "It can only be said that His Majesty knows heroes with his eyes!"

When Mujing went to Longzhong, he was chased by Wenpin's troops, and he was killed all the way to heaven and earth. This can be regarded as a topic of conversation for the Ming court.

Similarly, this incident also led to the rise of Zhuge Liang today, and the allusion that Mu Jing knows people with his eyes. Zhuge Liang is young, but he has achieved his current achievements.

He thought for a while and asked, "When will the main warship arrive?"

"According to the plan, it should be noon tomorrow!"

"Then immediately arrange for people to repair the water village after the war, and then order the first, second, and third troops to integrate and coordinate the casualties. I will report the battle situation to General Zhonglang!"

"Yes!"

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The next day, early in the morning.

The main force led by Zhuge Liang arrived at the crocodile's mouth half a day earlier. It was estimated that they would face a fierce battle, but the situation was much better than he expected.

"Did you take down the crocodile's mouth?"

Zhuge Liang narrowed his eyes, a little surprised.

"Yes!"

Mingheng, the commander of the army, is a 40-year-old middle-aged man who doesn't have much ability, but he excels in one thing and is careful and cautious in doing things, so he is qualified to be the leader of the Zuojun of the Stormy Bear Navy.

He said to Zhuge Liang: "According to the news reported by Cai Sima, he fought a little risky in this battle, but his tactics are very good. A veteran is a veteran. He has sufficient experience and quick response, and he has caught every trace of the enemy. The loopholes and gaps are pursued fiercely, although there are a lot of losses in the battle, but this is a rare battle that can be listed as a classic case of Qiongya Wubeitang!"

Qiongya Wubeitang is basically the cradle of naval generals, and now it is not small, and it is also a battlefield where the two naval armies of Jingping and Violent Bear are constantly competing for talents.

Although the talents cultivated by this military equipment hall are basically still struggling at the level of corporal chiefs and village chiefs, they are better than young and have a lot of opportunities in the future.

Moreover, the capabilities of generals at the grassroots level should also be improved by the navy.

However, Qiongya's Wubeitang lacks actual cases as teaching materials, so it will continue to collect some war cases as teaching materials to educate the generals.

"Cai Degui himself is a capable person, but he has been held back for too long. Among Jingzhou's surrendered generals, he and Huang Zu are both outstanding naval generals!"

Zhuge Liang smiled. He was very happy with Cai Mao's performance. He was open-minded and not a caring person, but he liked to do it himself, because his pride made him look down on many mediocre people.

He likes capable people.

"The last general, Cai Mao, pay my respects to General Zhonglang!"

At this time, Cai Mao had already boarded the Violent Bear, a new five-tooth building ship that had been launched in Qiongya Dockyard less than a year ago.

"Degui, there is no need to be polite!"

Although Zhuge Liang looked young, he had been in charge of the Violent Bear Navy for a while, and he was quite majestic.

"General Zhonglang, this is the detailed military report on the Battle of Crocodile Mouth!"

Cai Mao sent a military newspaper.

Zhuge Liang opened it, looked at it, and laughed: "The crocodile mouth itself is easy to defend and difficult to attack. You can take down the crocodile mouth with a damage ratio of one to three, which is pretty good!"

He is not a very harsh person, and he will be very tolerant to those he agrees with. From his point of view, this battle is still somewhat flawed, but it is not his style to be critical.

"Thank you General Zhong Lang for your praise!"

Cai Mao breathed a sigh of relief, no matter what, Zhuge Liang still recognized him somewhat.

"Next, what are you going to do?"

Zhuge Liang asked.

"I think we can tentatively attack the gate. Based on our current position, although we can land in Lou County and attack from the land, landing is the most stupid tactic we have. If there is even a slight possibility, it is best to enter from the Yangtze River." What our sailors should face most!"

Cai Mao said frankly: "We are sailors after all, and we only have combat power on board. On land, we may be able to maintain a certain amount of combat power, maybe!"

"It makes sense!"

Zhuge Liang narrowed his eyes, and there was a sharp light in his eyes staring at the front, and said: "But the gate is connected with Songshan Pass, plus Lingdu on the north wing, and Songjiang Pass. Dragging us into the quagmire step by step, this star is not good for us!"

This is a net, but for now, they don't have a knife that can break the net. Even a sharp knife that is caught in the slot of the net cannot be pulled out.

So now the attack point is very important to them. After all, the Yangtze River Estuary is such a big place, even if it is not intercepted, it will be surrounded and killed if it enters.

Therefore, this battle cannot be avoided at all. If they don't come face to face with Wu Jun's navy, they will be plunged into the enemy's siege.

Only by defeating the Wu Jun Navy, they will tear open the mouth of the Yangtze River.

"Attack the gate at the same time, Songshan Pass, and don't give them any possibility of combining vertical and horizontal. Only by pressing down on a few points can we break the net, and then we can send a team of troops to form a defense on the flanks, giving us enough Time to make a breakthrough!" This is Cai Mao's idea.

"This requires too many troops!"

Zhuge Liang shook his head.

"If you don't have enough troops and want to break the net, there is only one way!" Cai Mao smiled bitterly, and then said softly.

"Say!"

Zhuge Liang narrowed his eyes.

"Cross the gate, regardless of the Songshan Pass, drive straight in, and raid the Wu army's central water village for fifty miles. Let's take a big gamble. It seems that we can eat their central water village first, or they will encircle us from the periphery first!"

Cai Mao gritted his teeth and said.

Zhuge Liang took a deep look at Cai Mao: "I know you can think of this method, but you can say it decisively and boldly under this situation, which proves that you are a qualified general!"

This tactic has already been deduced once by the staff office of the Violent Bear Navy, but when he asked Cai Mao, he didn't want to test whether Cai Hao could think of such a method.

It is a test of whether Cai Hao can attack decisively. Sometimes the gap between the main general and the participating generals is decisiveness. On the battlefield, the opportunity to fight is fleeting.

"The first, second, and third battalions suffered a lot in battle. Let's rest for two days. I'll hand over the main force of the sixth and seventh battalions to you. For the next two days, feint for me at the gate!"

Zhuge Liang didn't wait for Cai Mao's response, but directly assigned tasks.

"Gate?"

"That's right!"

Zhuge Liang said: "A feint is a feint, but it is only a strategic feint. Tactically, you have to attack as an offensive point, without showing any traces. If the enemy believes us, we will fight every step of the way!",

"Yes!"

Cai Mao immediately understood Zhuge Liang's thoughts.

This is a risky move.

But it is indeed a very practical trick.

In particular, the Ming army does not have much time now. Once it enters the dry season, the Ming army must withdraw from the Yangtze River Estuary, otherwise it will encounter the backlash of the enemy, and even cause heavy casualties due to the grounding of a large ship.

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Cai Mao led the troops, and at this time, the silent leader of the left army, Ming Heng, asked, "General Zhonglang, Cai Degui is a surrendered general after all, is he trustworthy?"

"Your Majesty sometimes has some very reasonable things to say!" Zhuge Liang smiled and said softly: "Trust is mutual. If you don't give him trust, how can you make him repay your trust? Besides, in the current situation , I absolutely do not believe that he still has the idea of ​​defecting to Jiangdong because of his backlash against us!"

He thought for a while, and then said: "Nowadays, we are in short supply of talents. Talents are naturally needed, and we should not abandon them because of fear. On the battlefield, a single talent can be compared to ten times the strength of an army!"

He looked at the people around him, and warned: "Also, I don't want to hear the word surrender in our army. Cai Degui is the Sima of the left army of my Violent Bear Navy!"

"Yes!"

All the generals shuddered suddenly, and responded one after another.

Zhuge Liang is elegant and personable, but on the battlefield, he is a cold machine. His aura is so strong that even some veterans are a little scared.

So his words, in the Storm Bear Navy, are comparable to imperial edicts.

"General Zhonglang, when shall we attack?"

"Wait!"

Zhuge Liang said: "It's so dangerous, there is no Gan Xingba, I dare to fight, with the strength of my Baoxiong navy, it will be useless to rush in. After Gan Ning's main force joins us, we will decide how to fight!"

(End of this chapter)