The Shuhan Empire of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 108 Battle between Wu and Wei
Wu Wei at war
The local name is 'Moon Bend'. It is a piece of moon reflected there, but it is isolated from the Lancang River. There is only a gap of about [-] steps to inject water into the Lancang River. It is a natural naval base. ; For Zhuge Qiao, this base is just a current need. When his first batch of navy is trained, he will move along the Lancang River to the Mekong River, and then form his own truly huge navy in the coastal areas of Southeast Asia.

A few days ago, shortly after the military parade ended, Zhuge Qiao returned to the barracks; he was really taken aback by the scene in front of him. Dozens of tents appeared next to the original barracks; The sight made him unbelievable.

It wasn't until he saw Chen Qi, Liu Yu, and Fu Qian that he realized that they were back; seeing so many tents here, Zhuge Qiao also expected that Langya didn't let him down, and it seemed that he returned with a rewarding experience.

"Mr. Tun, we have captured more than a hundred shipwrights this time, but among them are warship builders and fishing boat builders, and some shipwrights from Jingzhou knew our purpose and joined us; The boss ordered us to take their whole family to Chengdu for a temporary stay," Chen Qi said slowly with a slight smile on his lips.

"Can you let them participate in the military parade?" Zhuge Qiao asked.

"All the people have followed the command of the head of the village and have participated in the military parade on New Year's Eve. Afterwards, many shipwrights in Jiangdong were also infected, and they kept asking us when we will form a navy. They also want to contribute to the prosperity of the Han Dynasty. "Chen Qi was out of control. The military parade on New Year's Eve not only filled the shipbuilder with fighting spirit, but also aroused his own desire for war.

Zhuge Qiao took more than [-] shipwrights from Jiangdong and Jingzhou, some local shipwrights from Yizhou, more than [-] people from Langya, and [-] soldiers led by Chen Shi to Yongchang County; navy.

In the spring of the second year of Zhangwu, and the third year of Wei Huangchu, Cao Xiu, the general of Wei Zhengdong, led the fleet down the Zijiang River until the Dongkou Fortress under the command of Wu Jianwei's general Ling Tong. Sun Quan promoted Ling Tong to the former general.

The initial efforts of the Wei army led to success in the battle against Wu. Ling Tong was defeated by Dongpu when he was capsized by a strong wind and killed thousands of people.

However, reinforcements led by General Sun Heng of Wu Yangwei and General Xu Sheng of Jianwu brought Wei Shui's attack to a stalemate.Cao Xiu urgently ordered Zhendong General Zang Ba to pursue the enemy, but was ambushed instead. General Yin Li was led by Wu generals Sun Heng and Xu Shengxiao.

The situation in the east seems to no longer be in favor of Cao Wei. After all, they came from afar, and the Wu army is waiting for work at leisure, and it is only a matter of time before the army retreats.

Farther to the west of the Yangtze River, Cao Zhen, the general of Wei Shangjun, Zhang Yun, the left general, and Xia Houshang, the general of conquering the south, attacked the Jingzhou fortress under Wu's rule from Xiangyang.Wei Emperor Cao Pi also came to Wancheng in person to help the momentum, and the city of Wancheng was filled with yellow flags in an instant.

In April of the third year of Huangchu, Zhang He defeated Wu general Sun Sheng with his troops. Wu Jun drowned thousands of people in the Yangtze River, and Zhang He seized Jiangling Zhongzhou.Cao Zhen and Xia Houshang defeated Sun Quan's army in Niuzhutun, besieged Jiangling to death, and waited for the whole army to encircle and capture the city.Fu Tong, the guard of Jingzhou in the Shu Han Dynasty, gathered the soldiers of Jingzhou to station in Gong'an and Xiaoting to prevent the sudden invasion of the Wei army. Ma Liang even wrote a letter to Liu Bei whether to send troops to assist Soochow.

Originally, this time was the best opportunity for the Northern Expedition, but Liu Bei suffered from the fact that the elite soldiers of the Shu Han had not yet been trained, and the recruits he had just recruited were still in training. ; only replied Ma Liang's four words "adapt to the situation", and let Ma Liang decide the matter of Jingzhou by himself.

Just when Ma Liang received the letter to scrutinize, Zhuge Jin, the left general of Eastern Wu, had already arrived with 5000 reinforcements, but was repelled by Xia Houshang, the strongest elite soldier in Wei State, Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.The Jiangling Wu army, under the command of Zhu Ran, the general who conquered the north, also encountered the "injury" of the enemy in the army, and only [-] people could fight.

However, Zhu Ran showed no fear in the face of Cao Zhen's four-month-long offensive. Instead, he encouraged the soldiers and took the opportunity to break through the Wei army's two villages.Xia Houshang wanted to take a boat to Zhuzhong and set up camp to build a pontoon bridge. Most of the generals who discussed this thought that Jiangling would be destroyed.

Only Sima Yi believed that this move violated the taboo of military strategists, and that the elite Wei army would be in danger. Once the river surged, Xiahou Shangjun would be hard to protect himself.So Cao Pi ordered Xia Houshang to withdraw from Zhu as soon as possible. Under the siege of Wu army and Han army Fu Tong, Wei army barely escaped.

Ten days later, the river really rose. Cao Pi admired Sima Yi's foresight, and Weiying suffered from low morale. Cao Pi had no choice but to order the troops to break through and retreat.The battle between Wei and Wu also came to an end with Cao Pi's withdrawal.

Sun Quan sent envoys to invite Ma Liang and Fu Tong to the celebration banquet. Ma Liang was invited to go. After all, he was the person in charge of Jingzhou. Tong must not leave the police at the same time.

During the war between Wei and Wu, a long fence was built beside the Lancang River in Yongchang County, Yizhou, and soldiers were patrolling within a few miles of Moon Bay; Zhuge Qiao led nearly two hundred Shipwrights are now specializing in ocean-going warships. According to Zhuge Qiao’s original idea, skip the warships of the Han, Tang, and Song dynasties, and directly build Ming warships; but Zhuge Qiao’s idea is too novel, and the shipwrights can’t accept it for a while .

Zhuge Qiao temporarily gave up building Zheng He's treasure ship, but was planning a kind of ocean-going warship similar to the treasure ship. He also designed the wheel paddle at the stern of the warship, and deliberately hid the paddle below the waterline of the ship.Both sides of the hull are cut, and the main keel runs through the bow and tail. The ratio of the deck to the bottom is about 10:1, and the bottom is V-shaped, which is also convenient for driving.A stern rudder, a high-efficiency propulsion tool scull, and five masts are erected to enhance the effective use of sails.

In order to prevent the warship from being unable to withstand the impact of the sea and waves, Zhuge Qiao led a team to study how to strengthen the connection between the wood; he even designed how to use the hull to create a kind of collision force to strengthen the attack power of the warship.

On the other hand, Chen Shi and Langli Baitiao Zhang Shun were also training the navy in Moon Bay; Zhuge Qiao didn't doubt Zhang Shun's strength at all, let alone Chen Shi. If Zhang Shun is the number of days, then Chen Shi must be Man-made; Chen Shiben has led the naval army. The Shu Han army is a conscientious, dedicated, and well-behaved grassroots commander. Even if the order of the superior puts him in deep danger or goes deep alone, he will undoubtedly execute it. He is a model of loyal soldiers. .

For Zhang Shun, Zhuge Qiao only had an intuition to perceive, and there was no way to estimate his ability, only to let the results verify it.

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