The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 323
"Zhicai is right. Sun Ce is either in Moling or Chaisang. As long as they hold these two places, it will be very difficult for us to enter Jiangdong. It seems that it will be very difficult to capture Moling and Chaisang this time. Wenpin, do you have any ideas?" How can we defeat Zhou Yu and win Moling?" Li Yuan turned his attention to Wenpin, who is also a famous general in Jingzhou, and has more experience in water warfare than him.

"My lord, according to the information obtained by Wang Wei, there are a lot of troops in Moling, and Zhou Yu personally guards it. We can't rush to attack. We should take it step by step and plan it slowly. I have a plan in mind, and I don't know if it is suitable." Wen Pin thought. There is a plan.

"Just say it, it doesn't matter." Li Yuan asked Wenpin to speak out.

"Zhou Yu's deployment of so many troops in Moling is almost the same as that of the Lujiang navy. We don't need to rush to attack Moling these days, but use the strategy of exhausting our troops to harass the enemy. I will divide the navy into four teams, one There are 3000 people in the team, and we send a team to attack Moling every two hours, so that the enemy thinks that our army is attacking, but we don't need to really attack, we just need to harass the enemy, and once the goal is achieved, we will retreat immediately. The enemy will gradually relax, and after five days I will send out the whole army to attack Moling, and the enemy will be caught off guard." Wen Pin spoke out the plan in his mind.

"What do you all think of this plan?" Li Yuan asked for opinions from everyone.

Cheng Yu, the prefect of Lujiang who had not participated in the battle for a long time, said: "General Wenpin's strategy is feasible. Using the strategy of exhausting troops to confuse the enemy and make the enemy's defense gradually loosen may have unexpected effects."

"I also agree with this strategy." Ma Xian raised his hand in agreement, with an imperceptible smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Okay, since everyone agrees, we will act according to the plan, Wenpin, and the battle on the river will be entrusted to you." Li Yuanyu said earnestly.

"The subordinate will definitely not disappoint the lord." Wen Pin clasped his fists.

In the evening, Xi Zhicai walked into Li Yuan's camp to discuss matters with Li Yuan.

"Zhicai, do you need me for something important?" Li Yuan yawned, and when he was about to rest, Xi Zhicai came to him.

"How does your lord feel about what happened today?"

"Are you talking about Wang Wei?" Li Yuan thought it was funny when he recalled the matter of Wang Wei. , It’s normal to lose, and it’s good to be able to come back alive.”

"No, what this subordinate is talking about is not about Wang Wei's guilt, but about the situation in Moling," Xi Zhicai expressed his doubts in his heart, "I don't know if my lord has noticed that Wang Wei said that he met Zhou Yu, but Zhou Yu just let Chen Wu and Wang Wei fought one-on-one, they didn't attack us, and even the soldiers didn't lose, isn't this very difficult?"

"Strange? What's so strange?" Li Yuan couldn't see anything strange.

"The strange thing is that Wang Wei's soldiers didn't suffer any damage. He seemed to be released deliberately by Zhou Yu. Wang Wei said that Moling's army strength is at least 5000 to 2. If Zhou Yu really has that If there are too many troops, then when he finds Wang Wei, he will definitely lead his troops to chase him down immediately, instead of letting Chen Wu defeat Wang Wei and let Wang Wei return unscathed."

Jing Xi Zhicai said that Li Yuan also noticed a little abnormality. It is normal to say that Wang Wei was defeated by Chen Wu, but it is really unreasonable to be able to come back unscathed when he was discovered by Zhou Yu's army. In such a situation, if you send scouts to inquire about the enemy's intelligence, if you are discovered by the enemy, you will definitely be attacked by the enemy, not to mention that the entire army will definitely be wiped out, but at least some troops will be lost, but Wang Wei's entire army is intact It is indeed a bit abnormal that there is not even a soldier who is slightly injured.

"Zhicai, do you think that Wang Wei has betrayed us and joined Zhou Yu, and then pretended to be like this on purpose when he came back?"

"That's not the case. Wang Wei is a loyal person and won't surrender easily to others. Besides, his behavior today doesn't seem to be fake. I think the reason why Zhou Yu deliberately let Wang Wei back must be for another purpose. Jun reminded us, he said that Sun Ce and Zhou Yu are not people who sit still and prefer to attack rather than defend, so I predict that Zhou Yu will have other means to deal with us when he is defending in Moling." Xi Zhicai felt a little bit a little bit worry.

"Where will Zhou Yu's goal be?" Li Yuan frowned tightly, it was the first time he felt so distressed since he set out for the expedition.

Xi Zhicai shook his head and said, "I don't know either. Now I can only see the tricks."

In the next few days, Wenpin continued to send water troops to harass the enemy on the other side. Whenever the opponent was about to attack, he immediately turned back, not giving the enemy a chance to catch up. This continued for several days, until the fifth day Wenpin finally Leading all the naval forces to attack, more than 800 warships and 3000 people marched towards Moling in a mighty manner. Li Yuan also followed Wenpin in this attack.

Above the Yangtze River, the waves are rolling and the waves are white. Li Yuan stands on the bow of the boat and looks at the opposite bank. He can already vaguely see the situation on the other side. Even after seeing their figures, he didn't attack immediately. Thousands of warships on the opposite bank were docked on the shore. For some reason, Li Yuan felt a little uneasy in his heart.

As the distance got closer and closer, Wenpin ordered to beat the war drum. The sound of the war drum and the sound of the waves came and went one after another, as if playing a chapter of war music. The warship sailed towards the opposite bank through the rapid river. Due to the situation, there are many warships parked on the other side. Most of these warships are walking boats. Although the boats are small, they are light and nimble and very easy to operate.

When Li Yuan's water army was getting closer and closer, Zhou Yu's water army finally dispatched, and hundreds of walking boats began to sail towards Li Yuan's water army. The Jiangdong navy is very good at water warfare, so they will not give up water defense easily.

At this time, Wenpin who was standing beside Li Yuan suddenly shouted: "All soldiers obey the order and retreat immediately!"

Li Yuan was stunned for a moment, he didn't know what Wenpin's words meant, why did they retreat suddenly when they were preparing to fight the enemy, and asked, "Why did General Wenpin retreat?"

"My lord, this is Zhou Yu's plan. We must retreat, otherwise the whole army may be wiped out!" Before Wenpin finished speaking, he saw soldiers from the enemy fleet jumping into the water, and then swam back to the shore, approaching the shore The warship picked up the soldiers who jumped into the water.

Li Yuan was stunned when he saw this, because he couldn't figure out what kind of strategy it was. However, at the next moment, the enemy's lorry suddenly caught fire, first more than a dozen, then dozens, hundreds, almost all of them. All the warships were on fire, and the flames shot up to the sky in an instant, illuminating the entire river. Although the warships were on fire, the hulls of the warships continued to move forward with the help of the wind. Their target was Wenpin's navy.

(End of this chapter)