King of Liao at the end of Han Dynasty

Chapter 952
Seeing Cai Mao trembling out of the big tent, Li Lin shook his head, turned around and waved his hands, only to see a person slowly walking in from outside, his face full of anger.

Li Lin looked at the man's face, smiled lightly, and said slowly: "How is it? But what kind of tricks did you see?"

The man helped his beard on his chin, and said angrily: "Huh! This Cai Mao, what is he hitting! The entire fleet of Jingzhou soldiers is like a pile of shit!"

"Haha!" All the people left in the tent were Li Lin's own people, and they couldn't help laughing out loud.

"You!" Li Lin shook his head with a smile, and said speechlessly: "You know how to talk about others, how about it? What would happen if our navy fought the battle just now?"

The man thought about it briefly, and said slowly: "The Yangtze River is much different from the sea. Most of our warships are sea-going ships, and we can set up battles on the sea, but I don't believe it on the Yangtze River. According to the lord, the maneuverability is too poor, no! So only ordinary warships can fight on the Yangtze River. According to the combat power displayed by the Jiangdong Navy just now, there is flexibility, but the combat power is insufficient. If the last general and the Jiangdong soldiers Horses are as familiar with battles on the river, and with a considerable number of troops, our navy can definitely keep Cai Mao on the river, and [-]% of the troops sent out will never come back!"

When Li Lin heard this, he nodded and said, "Yes! You are worthy of being my navy general!"

That's right, this bearded, dark-complexioned man is really Li Lin's navy general, Zhao Hu, who belongs to the Liao Kingdom!
Since Li Lin became the king of Liao, that is to say, the officials under Li Lin's command have been divided into two groups. Although Li Lin is the main lord, there are also those who belong to the Liao Kingdom, and there are also those who belong to the Liao Dynasty. It stands to reason that they belong to others Not the same, the gap will be quite large, but not here in Li Lin, Cai Mao can be regarded as the naval commander of the big man, and this Zhao Hu can be regarded as the naval commander of Li Lin's Liao Kingdom, which one is more important, look at it It can be seen from Li Lin's expression and Zhao Hu's cursing...

Zhao Hu smiled naively against his big black face, and said, "Hehe! It's better to be disciplined by the lord!"

Seeing Zhao Hu like that, everyone laughed again. Li Lin waved his hand and said angrily, "Don't talk about those useless things! Tell me, now I don't require all your navy to be able to fight against those in Jiangdong on the Yangtze River. The navy is evenly matched, how about the sea breeze?"

Zhao Hu grimaced, and cupped his hands and said, "My lord, there are now thirty warships in the Haifeng Fleet. If the last general brings his elite soldiers, hum! Those soldiers and horses in Jiangdong are definitely not opponents!" Already in Jiangdong Navy With two loud voices in his hand, Zhao Hu is magnificent, and he is not afraid of the Jiangdong navy!
Li Lin turned his head to look at Pang Tong, Xu Shu and the two of them, and they nodded slowly. Li Lin also nodded, looked at Zhao Hu and said, "Okay! If that's the case! Then let Jiangdong see our Liao army and navy His true strength!"

"My lord, don't worry!" Zhao Hu clasped his fists fiercely, with endless murderous intent in his eyes, and said viciously, "The last general must let that Zhou Yu know that making noise in front of the lord today was his biggest mistake!"

What Zhao Hu said touched Li Lin's heart. Facing Zhou Yu's arrogant sarcasm today, he didn't even have the ability to retort, not to mention that he couldn't scold Zhou Yu outside. After a disastrous defeat, what else can I say!

"Okay!" Li Lin nodded heavily, waved his hands and said, "Have a rest, and go back to Guangling tomorrow!"

"No need!" Zhao Hu waved his hand and said, "The last general can set off, let the lord get the news of the last general's victory as soon as possible!"

"Hehe! Good! Good!" Li Lin knew Zhao Hu's fiery temper, so he didn't stop him. Zhao Hu bowed his hands to Li Lin and his brothers and walked out quickly.

Although Zhao Hu's navy has the ability to compete with Jiangdong's soldiers and horses on the Yangtze River, the bitter thing is that the control of the Yangtze River is still in Jiangdong's hands. Zhao Hu's navy has always been from the port of Liaodong. Going all the way south, you can't enter the Yangtze River at all. In this round with Li Lin in the Chibi generation, you must first break through the defense line of the Jiangdong Navy at the mouth of the Yangtze River before you can break into the Yangtze River. You can take a round with Li Lin's Jingzhou Navy.

Of course, Li Lin would not let Zhao Hu do that. Since then, even Zhao Hu has a group of generals who are familiar with the Yangtze River water battle. After going this way, it is estimated that he will lose his troops, and he may be defeated by Zhou Yu. People were wiped out above the Yangtze River, so the plan of Li Lin, Pang Tong and others was that Zhao Hu marched all the way into the Yangtze River from the mouth of the Yangtze River, and cooperated with Tian Yu's men who had already controlled the north bank of the Yangtze River, marching steadily and steadily, advancing all the way west, attracting Zhou Yu. Zhao Hu's sea sailing ship will definitely inflict serious damage on Zhou Yu. Once Zhou Yu's elite sailors are drawn away, Li Lin will find a way to break through Shiyang first in Hanyang, then Jiangxia, rush to Sanjiangkou, and pounce. Enter Yuzhang, in this way, you can enter Jiangdong from the land, and Sun Quan will undoubtedly lose!

But looking at Cai Mao's bear in front of him, Li Lin can count on Zhao Hu to give his navy commander a good face. It's not that he despises Cai Mao. In Jingzhou, the training of the navy still takes time...

After Zhao Hu left, Li Lin looked at Pang Tong, and Xu Shu and the others asked, "Everyone, now that Zhao Hu wants to disturb Zhou Yu's sight from the east, is there a good way to stimulate Zhou Yu here?"

Several people looked at each other, and Xu Shu said slowly: "My lord! Although our army lost a battle against the navy today, our army can still make a big fuss on the western front. General Zhao Hu fought against the Jiangdong navy on the eastern front. , we must respond to it here, so that Zhou Yu can't take care of both the east and west lines, Jiangdong's troops are not as strong as ours, and chaos is bound to happen!"

"Hehe! Yuan Zhi's words are justified!" Li Lin took Xu Shu's words for granted, and frowned and said, "But now Liu Bei is stationed at Xiakou, and Zhou Yu's children are stationed at Sanjiangkou. Our navy has not yet completed, how can we take Jiangdong?"

"Why don't we take Xiakou by land? If we get Xiakou, we can get Jiangxia at our fingertips. Although Jiangdong's navy is strong, our army wins in land battles. Why should we abandon the strong and go for the weak?" Kuai Yue said calmly.

"Lu Lu?" Li Lin, Pang Tong, and Xu Shu looked at each other, feeling enlightened.

"However..." Pang Tong looked at Kuai Yue in amazement, and said hesitantly, "There are also many navy troops in Jiangxia. I'm afraid I won't be asked to cross the river so easily! Liu Bei has been defeated by our army several times, and he wants to deal with him." There will be no negligence in the matter of precautions. It will take some time to cross the river with the army, and if Liu Bei and others find out their whereabouts by then and cut off their backs, wouldn't they be killing themselves?"

Seeing that it was Pang Tong speaking, Kuai Yue kept a little respect in his mouth, stepped forward, spread the marching map on the table, pointed to a place and said: "We are waiting to station troops in Hanyang, but we are crossing the river from the area south of Wulin. How can I know what I'm waiting for?"

Everyone stood up and took a look, their eyes were solemn. Seeing this, Kuai Yue continued: "Zhou Yu stationed troops at Sanjiangkou, which is to the east of our army, and Liu Bei's Jiangxia is to the south of our army. The two places are horns of each other. Both Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang are afraid that the Lord’s army will go straight to the southeast. They can attack Jiangxia and also rush into Jiangdong, so Zhou Yu and Liu Bei must have been patrolling the river very closely. Line up on the river to attract the attention of Jiangdong and Liu Bei. At that time, only one soldier and horse will cross the Yangtze River from the upper reaches of the area, even the area south of Wulin. First, Xiakou is controlled on both sides, how can his Jiangxia navy resist our army?"

"Brilliant plan!" Li Lin clapped his palms and laughed, approvingly said: "Jiangdong must have never imagined that while our army was training the navy, we secretly dispatched troops to cross the Yangtze River and attack Xiakou in a roundabout way!"

"However... this plan is extremely dangerous!" Xu Shu frowned, shook his head and said, "Xiakou is an important place in Jiangxia, so it goes without saying about defense. If the attack fails by then, this army will be surrounded by Jiangxia soldiers and horses. Stop. If our army fails to rescue us in time, wouldn’t it mean that there will be no survivors?”

Everyone in the tent was stunned when they heard this, but saw Kuai Yue sneer and said: "Although it is dangerous, but if it is used skillfully, it is enough to be a hundred thousand sailors here, hum! Such a navy, even if there are more than one hundred thousand, What is Jiangdong afraid of?"

What Kuai Yue said was very arrogant. The one who had dealt with Jiang Dong the longest was Kuai Yue. You could tell from the tone of voice that Kuai Yue hated Jiang Dong very much, and even despised Jiang Dong. Having said that, everyone still needs to think carefully, after all, Kuai Yue's plan is really dangerous...

Li Lin hesitated for a long time, shook his head and said, "If you can fool Liu Bei and Jiangdong soldiers, maybe you can give it a try!"

"Hum!" Looking at Kuai Yue, Guo Tu curled his lips and said, "My lord! This plan is superficial and difficult to implement. In my opinion, it is already very good to be sure. I am afraid there are only three or four thousand horses. No more than five thousand at most. No matter how many, it will be difficult to hide their whereabouts. Five thousand soldiers and horses. You want to take Xiakou under Jiang Xia's nose. It is extremely ridiculous! Kuai Yidu! You are Jiangxia and Xiakou Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses are just a display? Or are you acting as Sanjiangkou and Wuchang with nearly [-] Jiangdong soldiers? You have a plan, dare to ask you, but dare to go?"

"Why don't you dare?" Kuai Yue said with a sneer.

"Give me five thousand soldiers and horses, and I'll take down Xiakou and show you!"

"Haha, you're so arrogant!" Guo Tu laughed angrily, and said in a heavy voice, "Okay, you go. I'll bet you if you go, you won't come back!"

"Okay, where are you waiting for here? Hugh is so presumptuous!" Li Lin said angrily, and said: "He is a counselor, how can he take risks with his own body? Naturally, there will be generals when they charge into battle. You don't want to bicker over unnecessary things, you know!"

Guo Tu and Kuai Yue were embarrassed, they became very respectful, and they bowed their hands to Li Lingong and said, "Your servant is guilty!"

"This plan is good, but it may not be easy to deceive Liu Bei and Jiang Dong..." After Li Lin's reprimand, Kuai Yue also had some difficulties, not knowing whether he should use such a plan or not.

"Hmph!" With a sneer, Guo Tu stretched out his finger and pointed to a place on the marching map. Of course, he wanted to tell his plan, and said to everyone seriously: "It's not difficult to attract the attention of Liu Bei and Jiang Dong. Take this place!"

"This is……"

"Shi Yang?" Li Lin looked up at Guo Tu suspiciously, but seeing Guo Tu nodded, he said seriously: "That's right! My lord, let's see, Shi Yang is an important place. If I can wait for Shi Yang, I can do it soon." Suppress Jiangxia and Xiakou, and secondly, if Shiyang goes east, it will be Sanjiangkou, and we can go roundabout, and we can also attack Zhouyu's water fortress by land, such an important place, Jiangdong will naturally not sit idly by!"

"That's true!" Pang Tong looked Guo Tu up and down, nodded and said to Li Lin: "A few days ago, I found out that Shi Yang's army was weak, so I suggested that the Lord take Shi Yang and use it to force Jiang Xia and Xiakou, but he didn't want to. Jiangdong sent reinforcements early in the morning, and I think that Zhou Gongjin must have been aware of the importance of Shi Yang, so he sent extra troops to defend the city early in the morning!"

When Li Lin heard this, he thought to himself, you don't know how powerful Shi Yang Lu Xun is, okay?If you know what Lu Xun will do in the future, I'm afraid you will pay more attention to Shi Yang!

Hearing what Pang Tong said, Xu Shu frowned and said hesitantly: "If you want to take Shiyang, you must use water troops. Now on the river, the Jiangxia navy and some Jiangdong navy are joining hands to cross the river. If we act rashly, Liu Bei may be afraid." With Zhou Yu, we will not sit idly by!"

"Hey!" Li Lin sneered and shouted: "Our army moves from three sides and moves in unison. When the time comes, we have to see which side Zhou Yu wants to rescue!"

"My lord really wants to detour and attack Xiakou?" Pang Tongtong understood what Li Lin meant, and Li Lin wanted to adopt Kuai Yue and Guo Tu's strategy at the same time, plus Zhao Hu's eastern front, it was the Three Route Army. Ma dealt with Liu Bei and Zhou Yu, but Pang Tong still had some concerns.

"Yeah!" Li Lin nodded, and said seriously: "The navy alone is not enough to deal with Jiangdong. I will wait for the waterways to advance together! Therefore, Xiakou and Shiyang must be important places! In this way, hehe! These two places! Lao Tzu I want them all! And I must!”

When Guo Tu and Kuai Yue heard Li Lin's words, they were overjoyed, and immediately said in unison: "My lord is wise!" The military adviser did not come up with any plan. Pang Tong and Xu Shu looked at each other with complicated eyes...

Everyone then discussed for a while and decided on a strategy. First, Tai Shici led a small group of soldiers who had previously been in the Yellow River Navy in Qingzhou, and his troops crossed the river to attack Shiyang. Second, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun led the army. The water army blocked Liu Bei and Zhou Yu's water army on the river to buy time for Tai Shici.

Ma Chao, on the other hand, commanded [-] soldiers. During the war in the north, he forcibly crossed the river from the area south of Wulin, concealed his whereabouts, and took the opportunity to take Xiakou.If this happens, Taishi Ci stationed troops in Shiyang and sent troops to Sanjiangkou by land to contain Zhou Yu. Ma Chao occupied Xiakou and attacked Jiangxia together with Cai Mao's navy, defeating Liu Bei, Zhou Yu and others one by one.

If things are done again, the Liao army will be able to gain a foothold in Jiangxia, use it as a springboard, and advance to Jiangdong by water, while Zhao Hu will break through the Jiangdong water army in the east, and attack from both sides, just like a pie, sandwiching Jiangdong in the middle, When Li Lin, Zhao Hu and Tian Yu's eastern soldiers meet, it will be the day of Jiangdong's destruction!

It has to be said that in terms of strategy, Li Lin's side does not have any flaws. If it is used properly, what is the Battle of Chibi?What is the Three Kingdoms!Within this year!Koto can be fixed!However, how could Liu Bei and Jiang Dong be dealt with so easily?
At the end of August in the sixth year of Chengye, everyone finally discussed the strategy of the three-prong attack, and Zhao Hu has returned to Guangling, trying to figure out the tactics of the Jiangdong navy from the battle between Cai Mao and Zhou Yu, and then rectify himself The tactics of the navy's men and horses under his command are arranged in formation, preparing to attack the Yangtze River from the sea.

The day of repeated calculations has come, and there is no hesitation when the time has come. Li Lin immediately ordered that Tai Shici, Ma Chao, and Zhao Hu's three troops should come out together to attack Sun Liu!
Tai Shici led [-] troops, intending to cross the Xiangjiang River, which is only seen in Hanyang and Shiyang, and forcefully land in the Shiyang area.From a distance, I saw a fleet of ships coming out of the Liao camp in Hanyang, patrolling the Jiangxia navy commander Wenpin on the river, and Jiang Qin under Zhou Yu's tent. They immediately turned around and attacked Li Lin's fleet. At that time, according to Li Lin's order, Cai Mao led the water army out to block the warships of the Sun and Liu coalition forces, while Tai Shici took this opportunity to go to Shiyang to land. Inquire about Jiangdong soldiers and horses. After all, after landing, there will be no protection behind him, so Tai Shici must be careful!
From time to time, Tai Shici discovered that Guo Tu's strategy was successful, and Cai Mao blocked the warship of the Sun Liu coalition army. Since Cai Mao lost a game, and Li Lin still gave him such a critical task, Cai Mao dared to take it lightly, because he couldn't beat it , Don't you have the ability to block it?Tai Shici saw that the plan was half done, so what are you waiting for, he immediately led the army and approached Shiyang City.

And just when Tai Shici was approaching Shiyang City, and Cai Mao was blocking the Sun-Liu coalition army on the Yangtze River, in the Li Lin camp in the west of Li Lin Wulin, there was a suspected 5000-man camp. The soldiers and horses came out quietly, divided into twenty times, and approached the north bank of the Yangtze River with small groups of soldiers and horses to prevent Liu Qi's Jiangxia navy from finding out, and all the attention of Jiangxia's navy was on Cai Mao's side, so how could they care about it? them.

Going west for a long time, I finally found the smuggling place carefully selected by Kuai Yue for the men and horses crossing the river. Only then did he choose such a safe and secure location.

Looking at the vast river, Ma Chao smiled faintly, turned his head and waved his hands, and said, "Second brother, third brother! Get ready to cross the river!"

"Promise!" Behind Ma Chao, Ma Xiu and Ma Dai immediately responded, commanding troops and horses to quietly cross the Yangtze River in small boats, march eastward according to the plan, and sneak attack on Xiakou...

(End of this chapter)