Three Kingdoms: I, Liu Feng, do not want to die

Chapter 113: Fierce as Fire, Guan Yu Shows His Power in Ship Battle
[Even Xiahou Shang went to attack Shangyong. Cao Cao must be paying close attention to the war in Jingzhou. We need to try to confuse him and not let Cao Cao take advantage of the situation.]

After thinking carefully for a while, Liu Feng remembered what Yu Jin said before they left: "If General Liu wants to return to the north again in the future, he can come to find me, and I will definitely recommend General Liu to the King of Wei."

【Yu Jin, maybe you can help me. 】

Think of this.

Liu Feng immediately took out his pen and knife, and wrote a letter listing a mixture of true and false information.

For example: Guan Yu used a surprise attack on Gong'an City at Wulin with a surprise force, and defeated Sun Quan at Jiangjinkou and drove his troops to the city of Jiangling.

For example, Wang Fu, an official of the Yi Cao, joined forces with Shi Xin, the Inspector of Posts, Li Xun, the Thief Cao, Wang Qi, the Supervisor of Thieves, Yang Guang, the Gold Cao, Liu Yi, the Military Cao, Liu Zhong, the Official of Ji, Liu Rang, the Ship Officer, Wang Zhong, the Warehouse Officer, and Han Chong, the Transport Officer, in an attempt to act as an internal response. However, they were outwitted by Sun Quan and defeated Guan Yu.

For example: Guan Yu wanted to make peace with Sun Quan, but Sun Quan used Lu Meng's trick and bribed Guan Yu's envoy with a large sum of money. After the envoy returned to the camp, he widely publicized in the camp that Sun Quan treated the families of the generals and soldiers well, causing great chaos in the army.

For example: Guan Yu could not bear to see the families of his soldiers suffer, so he let go of those soldiers who did not want to fight, and six or seven out of ten of the army were killed.

For example: Sun Quan took advantage of Guan Yu's military breakdown and launched a surprise attack outside the city. Guan Yu was forced to retreat to Gong'an City, and Liu Feng was forced to retreat to Maicheng.

For example: Liu Feng defeated the Wu generals Xu Sheng and Ma Zhong in Maicheng and wanted to go to Shangyong. He was afraid that Guan Ping would blame him and was also worried that Shangyong would be difficult to protect.

and many more.

He also said: When I released General Yu and returned to Fancheng, General Yu had advised me to return north, but I politely refused on the grounds of the righteousness between father and son; now I cannot take Jiangling if I advance, nor can I protect Shangyong if I retreat, and I have no face to return to Chengdu to see the King of Hanzhong; if General Yu is willing to help me, please send a letter to the King of Wei on my behalf. If you do not abandon me, I am willing to lead my troops back north, defend Hefei and attack Jianye for the King of Wei, to repay the King of Wei for his kindness, and to repay the King of Hanzhong for his father and son’s kindness.”

After carefully checking the contents of the letter.

Liu Feng summoned Tian Qi, the captain of the personal guard, and handed the secret letter to Tian Qi, and then carefully instructed him: "If Yu Jin is in Fancheng, hand this letter to Yu Jin in person; if Yu Jin is not in Fancheng, hand this letter to Cao Ren.

If Cao Ren becomes suspicious, you only need to talk about my loyalty, bravery, filial piety, and hatred for Sun Quan. If necessary, you can also tell Cao Ren about my achievements such as beheading Han Dang in battle."

Liu Feng knew very well that only by showing that he was forced to surrender when he was in a desperate situation could he make Yu Jin, Cao Ren or Cao Cao believe him. Moreover, he could not do anything that would show betrayal, like Huang Quan's surrender during the Battle of Yiling.

After explaining the details in detail, Liu Feng asked Tian Qi to lead a few guards to Fancheng.

Afterwards, he left the Jingshan volunteers in Maicheng and let Bai Shou and Zhao Lei bluff under his own banner.

Considering that Bai Shou and Zhao Lei were both negligent in literary affairs, Liu Feng sent people to Jingshan to urgently summon Ma Yu to Maicheng.

After everything was arranged, Liu Feng only spent one day in Maicheng to reorganize the troops before leading his troops to Jiangling City.

In order to hide the news, Liu Feng kept a low profile along the way.

And during this period.

Jiang Qin and Sun Jiao from Lukou also led more than 10,000 naval forces and hundreds of warships to the Yunmengze River Basin downstream of Gong'an City.

Whenever Jiang Qin and Sun Jiao thought about how Guan Yu had used the strategy of feigning an invasion to control them for six days, they felt their faces burning.

Especially when they misjudged that Su Fei would flee to Xiakou and found out that Su Fei turned around and walked towards Gong'an City, Jiang Qin and Sun Jiao were furious.

Both of them have been playing water fights all year round.

When it comes to naval warfare tactics, the two men believe they are no worse than Guan Yu.

As a result, neither of them together could see through Guan Yu's strategy of feigning an invasion.

Thinking of the fact that Guan Yu had gone to Gong'an City six days in advance right under their noses, Jiang Qin and Sun Jiao felt their feet go cold.

If Gong'an City were to fail or even cause more serious consequences, even if Jiang Qin was an old minister of Sun Ce and Sun Jiao was the nephew of Sun Quan, they would not be able to bear the blame.

Between the lines.

Someone reported that there was a warship blocking the road ahead, and there was a flag with the word "Guan" on it.

Jiang Qin's face immediately darkened: "Guan Yu is too arrogant. Is he sure that he can defeat us if things go smoothly?"

Sun Jiao's face didn't look good either.

It is an indisputable fact that Guan Yu was at a high level when the wind was blowing.

Wind direction and current direction have a great impact on the gains and losses of warships.

Although fighting on the river is different from fighting on land, it also requires the right time and place.

Favorable winds and favorable waters are also the right time and place for naval battles.

"Guan Yu arrived six days earlier than us, but now he appears in the waters of Yunmengze. Could it be that Gong'an City has been lost?" Sun Jiao murmured, with ominous guesses in his mind.

Jiang Qin denied it, saying, "Impossible! Even the Supreme only dared to take Gong'an City and Jiangling City when Guan Yu's army was away. How could Guan Yu capture Gong'an City in six days?
In my opinion, Guan Yu should have gone to Wuling County to join forces with Liu Feng, but he was afraid of being besieged on three sides, so he wanted to defeat our navy first by defeating us one by one.

Not losing this battle is victory!"

Jiang Qin said the most cowardly words in the most ruthless tone.

It’s not that Jiang Qin didn’t want to make harsh words, but when he had the advantage of time and place before, he was beaten by Guan Yu and had to hide in Lukou Water Fort. Now that he has lost the advantage of time and place, Jiang Qin has no confidence in defeating Guan Yu.

As long as you can withstand Guan Yu's attack, victory is the same as not being defeated.

Sun Jiao also agreed with Jiang Qin's proposal: "Although Guan Yu is good at land battles, he is not much better than you and me at naval battles. As long as you and I defend carefully, we will be able to stop Guan Yu!"

Upstream.

Guan Yu on the flag ship listened quietly to the scout's military report.

Upon learning that Wu soldiers had already formed up downstream, Guan Yu's mouth turned a little cold.

If Jiang Qin and Sun Jiao retreated to Lukou Water Fort, Guan Yu would really have no way to break through Lukou Water Fort.

But now.

Jiang Qin and Sun Jiao actually came out with warships. For Guan Yu, that was like a turtle without its shell, and he could nibble at them however he wanted.

As the drums sounded, warships of all sizes moved forward one after another.

When approaching the Eastern Wu navy.

Guan Yu issued the military order to "burn the boats".

More than thirty fireboats sailed smoothly with the wind and charged directly into the fleet of the Eastern Wu navy.

Faced with Guan Yu's fireship tactics, Jiang Qin and Sun Jiao were not panicked.

Fireboats were a common tactic in naval warfare, and Jiang Qin and Sun Jiao naturally knew how to deal with them.

Such fire ships have no one to control them and can only move forward along the wind and current.

Simply avoiding the fireships like avoiding chariots in land battles would render their attacks ineffective.

but.

Theory is theory.

There is a very strict rule in the ship's orders: during navigation, the left ship cannot go to the right, the right ship cannot go to the left, and the order of front and back cannot be reversed.

Otherwise it will cause great chaos, at best the ship will be unable to sail, at worst the ship will be sunk.

The actual evasion requires very high command from the commander-in-chief and the owners of each warship.

Even though Jiang Qin had led the navy for many years, he could not completely control it.

According to Jiang Qin's idea, these thirty fireships could be perfectly staggered.

however.

Accidents often happen unexpectedly.

A ship on the left suddenly moved to the right in panic, causing it to collide with a ship moving to the left, and then was hit by a fire ship.

Jiang Qin’s two ships were directly destroyed.

Because of this accident, several ships that were supposed to move to the left were unable to do so in time and were also hit by the fireship.

The fire started.

Not only was Jiang Qin's command restricted, but many ship owners were also panicked by the fire, which caused new accidents.

In just one round of fireship offensive, Jiang Qin and Sun Jiao lost dozens of warships.

Such a loss made the two men furious.

This is what naval warfare is like.

Each warship is not operated by one person, and the commander-in-chief has to command all the warships in a unified manner. The difficulty of command is no less than that of land battle command.

Seeing that the fireboat tactics were effective, Guan Yu made a prompt decision and issued an order to "break through the enemy's formation."

Dozens of light boats advanced quickly, like assault cavalry in a land battle, disrupting the enemy's fleet by charging and interspersing.

If the fire ship tactic is to cut a wound in the enemy's fleet, then the light boat attack is to tear the wound open and sprinkle salt on it.

At this time, Jiang Qin and Sun Jiao could also send out light boats to intercept.

However, whether they can be intercepted depends on which side seizes the opportunity first and whose soldiers are braver.

however.

Jiang Qin and Sun Jiao were already facing a headwind and a heavy current, and Guan Yu's fireboat tactics took the initiative and disrupted their fleet formation. At this moment, Guan Yu used light boats to break through the formation by controlling and attacking them, and they were unable to command them.

Seeing that the Eastern Wu fleet formation became chaotic, Guan Yu issued the third military order: "join the battle on board."

More than a dozen large ships moved forward.

If the charge of a light boat is like a cavalry charge into a battle formation, then the approach of a large ship is like an armored soldier rushing into the battle formation first.

The originally complicated naval battle command was handled effortlessly by Guan Yu.

In fact, with Jiang Qin and Sun Jiao's level of naval warfare, they could have escaped unscathed even if they were no match for Guan Yu.

However, today, Jiang Qin and Sun Jiao unfortunately met Guan Yu in a difficult situation.

When the military strength of both sides is not much different, the advantages of time and place will make the command gap between the two sides infinitely larger.

It’s like a master playing chess, one wrong move leads to all the wrong moves.

When Guan Yu issued the military order to "join forces", Jiang Qin and Sun Jiao's faces changed drastically.

If Jiang Qin and Sun Jiao had a plan for each of Guan Yu's attacks, they would naturally not be afraid of Guan Yu's boarding battle.

然而现实是.

In every round of Guan Yu's attack, Jiang Qin and Sun Jiao made serious mistakes in their responses.

The fleet formation was disrupted one after another by Guan Yu's fire ships and light boats. There was no advantage at all in engaging in a boarding battle with Guan Yu at this time!

"Don't fight anymore! Turn around immediately!"

Sun Jiao shouted in fear.

Once Guan Yu's large ship successfully docks, all the warships will be blocked on the river, and they will not be able to leave until the winner is determined!

In land battles, they can still flee in all directions.

On this river, if you run away in all directions you will just drown!

Naval battles often result in large numbers of drowning casualties, that's how it is.

After all, not everyone has the ability to cross a large number of obstacles on the river and get ashore.

The surface of the river is different from the land.

You can't turn around just because you want to, nor can you leave the battlefield just because you want to.

A large ship headed straight for Jiang Qin and Sun Jiao's flag ship.

On the large ship, Yue Ju and Yang Xing led a hundred strong men, each wearing two pieces of armor. They braved the arrows and stones from the guard ships on both sides of the flag ship and directly crashed into the flag ship.

Boarding successful!

"Come aboard!"

Yue Ju shouted loudly.

Several strong men slammed the wooden boards that had been prepared long ago against the side of the ship.

Yue Ju led the way and was the first to rush onto the flag ship where Jiang Qin and Sun Jiao were.

"Sun Jiao, stop them!"

Jiang Qin also had to command other warships and could not concentrate on fighting with Yue Ju and others.

Yang Xing immediately blocked Sun Jiao and shouted, "This man is mine!"

Seeing that Sun Jiao couldn't stop him, Jiang Qin had no choice but to engage in close combat with Yue Ju who was rushing towards him.

Although Jiang Qin was also a brave man, commanding the battle of the fleet consumed a lot of his energy. At this time, he met Yue Ju, who was strong and wearing two sets of armor, and he was unable to resist.

Seeing that he could not resist, Jiang Qin did not dare to fight any longer. He just made a feint with his spear and jumped into the river and fled.

When Sun Jiao saw Jiang Qin running away, he didn't dare to stay any longer and jumped directly into the river.

Seeing Jiang Qin and Sun Jiao jumping into the river, Yue Ju and Yang Xing were both annoyed. Both of them were wearing heavy armor, so they naturally did not dare to jump into the river directly.

"Cut the flag!"

Yue Ju and Yang Xing each drew their swords and slashed at the large flag on the flag ship.

Not long after.

The big flag broke in the middle and fell heavily on the flag ship.

Seeing the enemy's flag being cut down, Guan Yu smiled and issued the last military order: charge.

Hundreds of warships rushed out together and rushed towards the Dongwu fleet that had lost its flag ship command.

(End of this chapter)