I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

"I would like to send troops to Chao County to annihilate the Dagan navy in Chaohu Lake." Guan Yu said to them after summoning the Ministers of Civil and Military Affairs in Yangzhou.

Liu Bei wanted them to attract the main force of the Dagan army and let Lei Gong withdraw from Hanzhong.Guan Yu thought about it for several days, thinking that he could only use the full strength of the Yangzhou navy to invade the entire generation of Xuzhou and Jiujiang counties, and even surround the points to fight for aid and eliminate the main force of several large cadres. Of course, he also knows it is difficult to be the main force of the army and support the Hanzhong battlefield, but now he has to do so.

And if they want the Yangzhou navy to march unimpeded throughout the entire Jianghuai River Basin, the large navy is not their biggest enemy, but the large navy formed in Chaohu Lake. This is Lei Gong's special purpose to deal with them. The greatest enemy of the Yangzhou Navy.

The first time they heard Guan Yu's words, Zhu Zhi and the others looked surprised. You must know that Yangzhou has not been peaceful in the past two years. It can be said that although large-scale wars have not yet broken out, small-scale battles have been going on, and even large-scale armies have begun. Invaded Dongzhi County in Yangzhou,

If Dongzhi was not too remote, Yangzhou would be in chaos, and the naval battle between them and the Dagan Army has never stopped. Guan Yu has always wanted to break through Fan Xian's blockade of Yangzhou, but he has not been able to do so. Judging from the situation of fighting in the past few years, the big man has always been at a disadvantage. If it weren't for the fact that the big navy has not been successfully formed, I am afraid that Yangzhou will fight more fiercely than Hanzhong!
It can be said that the whole of Yangzhou is now full of pessimistic emotions in the war. The Dagan army is different from the previous northern regime. Not only is the cavalry and infantry strong, but even the navy is also very powerful. It is so strong that the Yangzhou navy is difficult to defeat. If it weren't for the difficulty of adapting to the narrow Yangtze River for naval warships, the entire Jiangnan would have fallen long ago.

Farsighted people like Zhu Zhi naturally know that the biggest threat to them in Dagan is the navy in Chaohu Lake, but they don't think that this navy can be easily wiped out, let alone they are still wandering around. The navy is idle, if the Yangzhou navy goes to Chaohu Lake, who will resist Fan Xian's navy?
So Zhu Zhi persuaded: "The general wants to use offense instead of defense, but at this time the Yangzhou navy is the only army that can resist the big army. If the navy loses this time, the whole Yangzhou will fall. General, don't forget us." And the enemy Fan Xian!"

Of course, Zhu Zhi also knew that he would not fight, and when the Dagan navy was successfully established, he would fight against their Yangzhou navy. Soldiers are not something their Yangzhou army can win, not to mention, Lei Gong likes to explode soldiers when he disagrees. The last time he attacked Cao Cao, he had an army of 80. It is not impossible to have an army of one million this time.

To be honest, if it weren't for Lei Gong not wanting them, the nobles, everyone in Yangzhou would have wanted to join the big gang. Everyone knew that the big guy would never be rescued. Active people have moved their families to Jiaozhou, and some even escaped directly from Dahan.

I don't know where the rumors came from, saying that Lei Gong would only kill them, the nobles, in the big man, but as long as he left the land of the big man, Lei Gong would not hunt them down, not only would he not hunt them down, but he would also find ways to help them. They stand firm in the wilderness.

If you don’t believe me, you can look at Cao Cao. He was defeated by Lei Gong, but he took the initiative to go to Crab Island. Now Lei Gong not only did not attack him, but also tried to help Cao Cao gain a firm foothold in Crab Island!

This rumor spread throughout the Jiangnan area in less than a year. Many people did not believe it, but there were still many people who heard the rumor. Jiaozhou.

Then looking at the results of the battle of the Han, if Hanzhong really lost, I am afraid that many powerful families might escape from the Han to ensure the continuation of the family.

Even Zhu Zhi had sent his eldest son to lead the family to Jiaozhou, and he wanted to see if the big man could withstand the attack of Dagan. If he really couldn't, Jiangdong couldn't stay any longer.

And from these things, it can be seen that Jiangdong's powerful clans are no longer optimistic that Yangzhou can withstand the attack of the main army, and this is suitable for Guan Yu who wants to take the initiative to attack. No!
Cheng Pu persuaded: "General, today is different from the past. In the past two years, the Dagan army has been building naval warships in Chaohu Lake. The scale of the Dagan navy is no longer inferior to ours. In addition, the Dagan sailors already have more sailors, and the artillery is also bigger than ours." Ours is stronger, and we may not be able to win the battle with the navy of the Dagan Army in Chaohu."

"Fan Xian may also command the Dagan navy to cut off our retreat from the mouth of the Yangtze River. At that time, our navy will become a turtle in a urn and can only stay in Chaohu Lake. Our army is not as strong as Dagan. If the navy Blocked in Chaohu Lake, Yangzhou is really safe to defend. Fan Xian can log in anywhere in Yangzhou at will!

At this time, Yangzhou can still hold, not relying on Yangzhou's 5 army at all, but 2 naval divisions. It can be said that there are no such 2 naval divisions.Dagan had already attacked from the Yangtze River and the sea.The civil and military officials in Yangzhou are well aware of this.

Guan Yu said: "The Dagan Chaohu Navy has been training for more than half a year. When they finish training, the battle will break out in Yangzhou! At this time, Yangzhou's defense cannot be defended. We can only attack instead of defending and take the initiative to attack and destroy the Chaohu Navy. , Now I don’t want to solve this navy, they will take the initiative to attack us soon.”

"When the time comes when the navy and the navy attack us at the same time, it will be a disaster for our Yangzhou. Now we take the initiative to attack, and we can still control the initiative on the battlefield. Taking advantage of the characteristics of our army's strong water force, our army's most powerful One point, attack the weakest point of the main army."

"And as long as the navy of the Dagan Army is wiped out, Yangzhou has an advantage over the Dagan Army. The sailors can harass the Dagan Army from the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River. Without 20 to 30 troops, the Dagan Army can't defend at all. Xuzhou, if Lei Gong does not want the Central Plains to be in turmoil, he must withdraw the main force from Hanzhong, so that Hanzhong will be saved."

This is how Guan Yu won the last battle. Although he was not as powerful as the Dagan army, he could concentrate his forces by relying on the navy to move his troops and attack the weak points of the Dagan army everywhere.Fan Xian and the others were beaten and retreated, tired of coping, but had no choice but to retreat to Xuzhou.And now Guan Yu wants to copy the tactics of the last victory.

Although Guan Yu's idea is good, it can't change the fact that their Yangzhou army is not as good as the opposite Xuzhou. The advantage of their navy is also offset by Fan Xian's navy. It can be said that Guan Yu's tactics are playing with fire. Yangzhou will be burned by this fire!

Huang Gai asked worriedly: "What about the navy of the Daqian army? Our navy has only 2 troops, and it can barely deal with the attack from one direction of the Dagan army. If we want to attack the navy of Chaohu Lake, there is no way to resist Lei Gong's attack." Naval fleet. As De Mou said, when our army is going to Chaohu Lake, if Fan Xian sends naval warships into the Yangtze River to cut off our army's retreat, we will be vulnerable, and the entire Yangzhou will have no strength to resist the big army.

Guan Yu looked at the map and said solemnly: "The general wanted to cast 4 forts in Liyang and arrange 100 cannons to block the waterway entering Chaohu Lake, so that even if the navy of the Grand Army can freely enter and exit the Yangtze River, it cannot enter Chaohu Lake. In this way, we will have enough time to reduce the Chaohu navy.

The fort can be regarded as a new tactical fortification discovered by Guan Yu in dealing with the Dagan army.You can use sleepers, rocks and sandbags to build a house and place the artillery inside, so that the artillery in the fort can attack the enemy, but the enemy's artillery can hardly hurt the artillery and soldiers in the fort.

This has been experienced in actual combat. Some time ago, the Guan Yu Navy lost three battles and three battles, and the Han Navy had to retreat to the Yangtze River. At this time, Fan Xian led the fleet to chase up and wanted to wipe out the Yangtze River Navy. The fort blocked Fan Xian's fleet. At that time, Fan Xian's fleet had thousands of cannons, but was abruptly repulsed by the 100 cannons of Dantu Fort. This saved the main force of the Yangzhou Navy and kept the loss within a tolerable range. Inside.

So now that he wanted to block Fan Xian's fleet, Guan Yu immediately thought of the fort that had made great achievements.

Huang Gai shook his head and said: "Not right, not right, although this will allow our navy to have a safe retreat, but the line of defense on the Yangtze River will be completely abandoned, and the battleships of the Grand Army will be weakened if they enter the Yangtze River. , but it is not impossible to continue fighting. And if our army does not have a navy to guard the Yangtze River defense line, the navy of the Dagan Army can enter the Yangtze River unscrupulously, and even directly invade Danyang County and even Yuzhang County in Wu County. The Yangtze River Defense Line can be said to be There is no danger to defend."

Zhu Zhi thought for a while and said: "The general can completely build a fort on the sandy island at the mouth of the Yangtze River in Dantu County to block the entire entrance of the Yangtze River, so that the navy of the Grand Army will not be able to enter the Yangtze River."

But Huang Gai mocked: "I'm afraid you don't know how wide the Yangtze River is, especially at the mouth of the Yangtze River, where the width is less than a few tens of miles. If you want to block the mouth of the Yangtze River with a few guns, this is not a dream .”

The Yangtze River is extremely wide, not to mention the distance near the mouth of the Yangtze River. The widest part is close to hundreds of miles. It is impossible to block such a wide river mouth with only a few sand islands trying to cast forts, so Huang Gai would mock him like this.Guan Yu also had this idea at the beginning, because the Yangtze River is too wide, it is impossible for artillery to block the Yangtze River, so he gave up!
But Zhu Zhi said: "To apply Lei Gong's words, as long as the mind does not slip, there are more ways than difficulties. The sand islands are not enough to block the Yangtze River. Our army can completely lock the river's center with iron locks on the Hengjiang River, and then we can't lock it anymore." In the local area, find a way to use battleship artillery, so that the Yangtze River will be blocked by gunboats and iron chains. Although it may be difficult to block the Yangtze River for a year or two, it should be possible to block the Yangtze River for only one or two months. of."

No one really thought about iron locking Hengjiang. After all, their Yangzhou navy is the strongest force, but at this moment, it seems to be their best method!
But Huang Gai asked: "If the Dagan army attacked your forts with all their strength, would you be able to defend them? Don't forget that the Dagan army has dozens of cannons on just one warship. If 10 warships attack one of your forts at the same time, There are hundreds of cannons facing your fort. Can you resist the bombing of Sand Island with so many cannons?"

Zhu Zhi was speechless after being told, he had seen the scene of the great army firing thousands of cannons, it was like doomsday, he didn't know how long he could resist with just a few battleships and the artillery on the fort!
This is the disadvantage of being inferior to others. The strength of the big army is all-round.Both the army, navy and artillery are stronger than the Han army. Dagan can have hundreds or even thousands of artillery in one direction, but it is very difficult for Dahan to concentrate hundreds of artillery in one strategic direction.

Dagan can have an extremely powerful navy, and he can also build two naval divisions at the same time, while Guan Yu in Yangzhou only has the strength of the Yangtze River Navy. Yangzhou has thousands of artillery pieces, but most of them are placed by him On the battleship of the Yangzhou Navy, Guan Yu also placed the remaining small part on the fort along the coast of Wujun.

Guan Yu can only use Yangzhou's artillery in one direction of the battlefield, but he also feels helpless in the face of other fronts.Even if they have good tactics, but their strength is not as good as others, it is difficult for these tactics to exert their power.

Guan Yu thought for a while and said: "Junli's gang will just hold on for 15 days. I will completely destroy the Dagan army in the Chaohu navy within these 15 days. When the Chaohu navy is wiped out, I will immediately return to help Junli and Junli." The sailor who blocked Fan Xian before!"

Zhu Zhi thought for a while and said, "If we act quickly, Fan Xian might not even know that our Yangzhou Navy is attacking Chaohu Lake!" So he ended this important task!

Jiujiang County, Nest County!

The gray sky was covered by dark clouds, and the sun was covered by the drizzle, which made the whole world hazy. In such a misty and rainy environment in the south of the Yangtze River, it was not suitable for travel.

The soldiers from Chao County stood on the city wall and yawned, looking around in disbelief!

But at this moment, on the surface of the Chaohe River, dozens of large ships loaded with brightly armored soldiers and warships came through the wind and waves.

"Enemy attack! It's an enemy attack by the Han army! Close the city gate, close the city gate!" Chao County soldiers shouted in panic.

Because of the weather, the soldiers never found this army, and by the time they found dozens of big Han warships coming towards them, it was already too late.

Guan Yu stood on the main battleship of the battleship and asked the orderly to issue orders!
Suddenly, the drums of war rumbled, and the sound of killing shook the sky. "Boom, boom, boom" battleships lined up facing Chao County, hundreds of cannons roared continuously, and shells bombarded the city wall of Chao County, and soon the smoke and dust enveloped Chao County.

The battleship of the Yangzhou Navy docked, and tens of thousands of elite soldiers rushed to Chao County calmly!Under the bombardment of the artillery, the defenders of Chao County were already bewildered. After they were there for half a day, Chao County was captured by the Han army!