King of Liao at the end of Han Dynasty

Chapter 958 Countermeasures (1)

Now that Tai Shici had been withdrawn from Shiyang and replaced by Gao Lan and Li Tong, Li Lin gave Gao Lan, and Li Tong's order was very simple and clear, to eliminate the remaining Soochow forces on the north bank of the Yangtze River.Waiting for an opportunity to use troops against Jiang Xia.Of course, it was just a feint to cooperate with the army. After all, Gao Lan and Li Tong were not familiar with water warfare at all. The second was to cater to Tian Yu's [-] army and form a solid line of defense on the north bank so that Jiang Dong would never dare to spy on the north bank again. Tong guards Shiyang, Gaolan defends the confluence of the Xiangjiang River and the Yangtze River, and cooperates with the water army on the river to defend against Jiangdong's counterattack...

Zhao Hu's loss really made Li Linhou afraid, and he no longer dared to send troops easily, and Jiangdong was actually imitated into a sea breeze warship, and Li Lin didn't dare to move rashly. Zhou Yu never used them here in Jingzhou to prevent The Sea Breeze Warship just wanted to catch Zhao Hu by surprise on the eastern front, and now that it has been exposed, Zhou Yu may come up with some new tricks!Li Lin also finally fought. Although the current history is close to the Battle of Chibi in his imagination, but just like what he did in the north, it is too far away from history, and the Battle of Chibi will certainly be like this Now, there is no such thing as history or history anymore, this war is always unpredictable...

Like Sun and Liu, Li Lin ordered his generals to set up camps on the north bank of the Yangtze River to face Sun Quan and Liu Bei across the river.Is the Jingzhou Navy drill finished?Or did Tian Yu lead an army of 40 to Shiyang?In fact, it's just an excuse. For Li Lin, there is no time when the time is ripe. In terms of strength, the Liao army is 30, the army is [-], and the navy is [-], which is far more than Sun and Liu. Even if Tian Yu leads the army to arrive, there will be no more than [-] troops. For the current situation, what effect can a [-] troops have?
What about the navy?The navy army under his command failed miserably in return for his hopes, but for the Jingzhou navy, Li Lin obviously had no hope, and most of the Liao army was not good at water. What year and month?Is there a way that soldiers who are not able to swim can board a ship and kill the enemy?Li Lin has been thinking hard for the past few days, but he still has nothing to do. The war has fallen into a stalemate for a while, but no matter whether it is Li Lin, Sun Quan, or Liu Bei, they all understand that if there is no war right now, a war will be a big war, and they will not die. endlessly!

In the middle of the eighth year of the sixth year of Chengye, Tian Yu led his army to Shiyang. After resting for a few days, he began to exert pressure on Jiangxia and Xiakou frequently. , and at the same time, adhering to the policy of supporting war with war and training troops with war, the strategic method of harassing us when the enemy is stationed, and fighting when the enemy is tired, Li Lin often ordered Cai Mao to go out to attack Jiangnan, ranging from thousands to tens of thousands. , disturbed Liu Bei and Sun Quan, and the winning rate has finally increased from repeated defeats to ten defeats and nine defeats...

Although it was only a small victory in one or two games, it sounded the alarm for Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu. After all, Li Lin is sitting in the north, and Jiangdong is in a corner, Li Lin can afford it, Jiangdong can't afford it, Li Lin can afford it , Jiangdong can't afford it, Li Lin can use Jiangdong's soldiers and horses to support the war, and within a year or two, the Jingzhou navy must have completely mastered Jiangdong's dispatch, and the quality of Cai Mao's navy will also improve. By that time , Jiang Dong can't be bouncing around for a few days.

However, Pang Tong and Xu Shu obviously disagree with this tactic of killing eight hundred enemies and self-defeating one thousand, but right now, Li Lin has no good strategy to instantly increase the strength of the navy, so no one can do anything!
Li Lin was also able to hold his breath, so he had a stalemate with Sun and Liu for a month, but Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu obviously couldn't hold their breath anymore.Compared with Li Lin, Zhuge Liang is more concerned about Jiangdong at the moment, because Liu Bei's family property has been almost exhausted recently. If this continues, I am afraid that it will be annexed by Jiangdong before it can be wiped out by Li Lin!Zhou Yu, on the other hand, considered the overall situation. For the Liao army, Jiangdong's advantage lies in the navy, that is to say, the veterans who are familiar with water warfare. ?
After all, what Li Lin is afraid of is Jiangdong's elite navy, not Jiangdong itself!at this point.Zhou Yu reminded himself all the time that the fate of the entire Jiangdong, and even Jiangdong's future, rested on Zhou Yu's shoulders much heavier than Zhuge Liang!
"It's difficult!" Zhou Yu pinched his sore nose and sighed slightly while sitting in the tent of the commander of Chibi Water Village, looking at the map of the Yangtze River area on the case.

At this time, someone came in with the tent up, heard Zhou Yu sigh, and said mockingly: "Does the governor also sigh?"

Zhou Yu looked at the person subconsciously, shook his head, and said with a smile: "The governor is also a human being. Since he is a human being, how can he not sigh? Bo Yan thinks so?"

The person who came was undoubtedly Lu Xun. Since Shiyang's defeat, Lu Meng and Lu Xun did not directly say Sanjiangkou and Zhou Yu had a round. Since Zhou Yu had already decided to give up Sanjiangkou, and Lu Xun's head understood Zhou Yu's meaning. With Lu Xun's character, it's better to just cross the river directly, and then go to Sanjiang Estuary and then cross the river again, so Lu Xun is not by Zhou Yu's side...

Seeing that the sarcasm failed, Lu Xun snorted softly, rolled his eyes, found a seat in the tent and sat down, followed him into Lu Meng, saw him, and shouted: "How can you be so disrespectful to the governor, why don't you confess your crime quickly ?”

"It's okay, it's okay!" Zhou Yu chuckled and said to Lu Meng, "Ziming, when will you come to my camp?"

"Just now!" Lv Meng clasped his fists a little cautiously, and said respectfully, "I heard that the governor sent troops here to set up camp in Chibi, I'll come after the starry night!" As he spoke, Lv Meng was a little ashamed.He really couldn't say anything about the defeat.

"Oh!" Such a clever person as Zhou Yu, who has already understood what happened, saw that Lu Meng's face was different.Not to mention the truth, but looked at Lu Xun.Said: "Why did Bo Yan come to my camp? Since you are the prefect of Shiyang, leaving your post without authorization is a serious crime!"

"I don't believe you don't know anything!" Lu Xun rolled his eyes.

With a smile on his face, Zhou Yu pretended to be surprised and asked, "What do you want me to know?"

Seeing Zhou Yu's chuckle, Lu Xun felt breathless in his chest, and said depressingly, "If you really didn't know that I lost Shi Yang, how could you have led the army here from Sanjiangkou?"

"Hehe, Boyan is too assertive!" Zhou Yu shook his head with a faint smile.Seriously said: "The reason why I have led the army here is because I saw that the Liao army's deployment of troops was a bit abnormal, so I came here to find out. As for the matter of Shi Yang, please tell me about it in detail!"

"What's there to say?" Lu Xun snorted, but after thinking about it, he still cared about Zhou Yu, and said with a blank expression, "I'm invincible! That's it!"

"Pfft!" Zhou Yu laughed at it, shook his head helplessly, then the smile on his face gradually disappeared, and he said seriously: "Okay, I won't joke with you anymore, I lost the matter of Shi Yang. I will convict you in the future. Right now, Boyan, I want to fight the Liao army, do you have a good strategy in mind?"

"A decisive battle?" Lu Xun sat up straight, his eyes widened, and he said in astonishment, "It's thankful that the Liao army didn't attack aggressively, but you actually want to fight a decisive battle with the Liao army instead? In my opinion, the odds of winning are less than [-]%!"

"Lu Boyan!" Seeing that Lu Xun did not show Zhou Yu face, Lu Meng lightly reprimanded him.

Waving his hand to stop Lu Meng, Zhou Yu clenched his fists and sat leaning against the table, and said seriously: "Bo Yan doesn't know, Li Lin seems to be using troops against our army recently, but in fact he is training soldiers. Jun has repeatedly fought and lost, but recently, he has won one or two games. If things go on like this, I'm afraid I won't even have a [-]% chance of winning. Li Lin sits in the north, he can afford it, and Jiangdong can't afford it! "

After what Zhou Yu said, Lu Xun's face was also very solemn. In fact, unlike many people in Zhou Yu, Lu Xun followed Sun Quan for the benefit of his own family. There are many families in Jiangdong, and Lu's family is one of the four great families in Jiangdong. Now that he controlled Jiangdong, Lu Xun had to get closer to Sun Quan to fight for the interests of his family. Now that Li Lin is going south, and Li Lin's notoriety in the north relative to the aristocratic family is well known in the world, just like Jingzhou, although he directly accepted the Cai family He and the Kuai family are two great families, but there are still huge uses for these two parties. If it weren't for Jiangdong in front of him, who would know what Li Lin would do to the Jingzhou family. Compared with Jingzhou, Jiangdong's family is even more beautiful Chaos, Jingzhou is controlled by the Cai family and the Kuai family, and Jiangdong not only has four big families, four tigers, but also countless small flies. In this way, Li Lin will not easily touch the Cai family and the Kuai family, but If you control Jiangdong, you will definitely wipe out all these miscellaneous aristocratic families, so Li Lin fought against Jiangdong, and all the aristocratic families in Jiangdong are so united. He will also get support from many aristocratic families, at least he won't worry about things like food, grass and supplies...

"If there is a decisive battle with Li Lin, then Cai Mao should plan to punish him!" Lu Xun thought for a moment, and said, now Li Lin's side, Zhao Hu, has been seriously injured, although Cheng Pu, Chen Wu and other soldiers have returned with their lives. Yes, but now Li Lin is facing a huge problem. The generals under his command who are good at water warfare are only Cai Mao. If Cai Mao is taken out, Li Lin will have no one to use. It's true that my lion doesn't know how to use it. Jiang Dong still blocks Li Lin to the north of the Yangtze River with ease...

"As expected of Lu Boyan, the Patriarch of the Lu family, what he said is right!" Zhou Yu clapped his hands and laughed, but at this moment, there was a voice of approval from outside the tent.

"Jiang Zaiguo is full of talents, and breaking the Liao Dynasty is just around the corner!" As he said, a man came in with his tent up, dressed in a plain white Confucian shirt, with a green crown on his head, holding a feather fan and smiling at Zhou Yu. Who is it if it's not Zhuge Liang?

"I broke into the tent without reporting, and I hope the governor will forgive me!" Zhuge Liang was very polite, and bowed to Zhou Yu before entering the door.

"Where is that, Kong Ming's words are serious!" Zhou Yu got up and bowed in return, raised his finger to Lu Xun and Lu Meng, and introduced: "Kong Ming, come, let me introduce you, this is the prefect of Shiyang, a wealthy family in Jiangdong. The head of the Lu family Lu Xun, Lu Boyan, these are the brave generals in our army, Lu Meng, Lu Ziming, Bo Yan, and Ziming, these are the counselors under Liu Huangshu's tent. Mr. Zhuge Kongming, hurry up and greet!"

"How dare you dare!" Zhuge Liang laughed immediately after Zhou Yu's words fell, "The general inside has the grace to save my life! And Governor Lu Liang has been famous for a long time. He blocked Li Lin's army twice in Shiyang, which is amazing! Liang admires it. To the extreme!"

Immediately, Zhuge Liang cupped his hands in front of Lu Xun and Lu Meng and said, "Zhuge Liang, a man of the mountains. I have met the prefect Lu and General Lu!"

Although it was Sun and Liu's alliance, but at the moment it was Liu Bei who was relying on Jiangdong's breath. Zhuge Liang was naturally very polite, but Lu Meng saw that Zhou Yu was very polite to Zhuge Liang, so he didn't dare to be rude. Mr. Wen's name. It's very fortunate to see you today."

Lu Xun also got up and cupped his hands, and said with a smile, "Lu Xun has seen Military Advisor Zhuge!"

Calmly, he secretly looked at Lu Xun in front of him, seeing that his face was submissive, but there was no respect in his eyes, Zhuge Liang thought to himself, although this son looks obedient and proud, he must be a person who is conceited and knowledgeable.

Zhuge Liang had passed Lu Meng by a large number last time, seeing Lu Xun, of course he was thinking, but his face remained the same, he cupped his hands and said, "How dare you!"

With a faint smile, Zhou Yu ordered everyone to sit down, and ordered the soldiers outside the tent to serve tea. After serving the tea, Zhou Yu asked the soldiers with a smile, "I don't know why Kong Ming came here today? Is it to explore the truth in Yu Yu's camp?" "

Why do I come, you don't know?Shake your head.Zhuge Liang cupped his hands and said solemnly: "The governor is joking. Liang is here for the Liao army. In recent days, every time Cai Mao led his troops to attack us, the governor also fought against him several times. Although he won more than he lost, but Li Lin's troops The Jingzhou navy is gradually gaining strength, obviously Li Lin intends to use battles to train his troops, if things go on like this, even if Li Lin doesn't exhaust the best of you and my family, I'm afraid we won't have enough confidence to defeat the Liao army!"

"Kong Ming is right!" Zhou Yu nodded, thinking deeply, "Yu is also worried about this matter." However, before he finished speaking, Lu Meng sarcastically said: "Mr. Zhuge, I heard that these battles seem to be entirely my fault." Jiang Dong strongly rejects Cai Mao's navy, could it be that Uncle Liu deliberately kept the elite and wanted to take advantage of them?"

"The general is joking!" Facing Lu Meng's sarcasm, Zhuge Liang chuckled, shook his feather fan and said calmly: "Since the two are joining forces, why should they be separated from each other! According to what you said, Jiangdong was lagging behind a few days ago, and there was no alliance. The name, but there is no corresponding reality, so that my lord can fight against the Liao alone, can I think that this is Jiangdong borrowing a sword to kill people, deliberately trying to deplete our army's strength?"

Good guy!Being ridiculed instead of being ridiculed, Lu Meng immediately had a higher opinion of Zhuge Liang in his heart.Looking at Lu Meng's depressed look, Zhou Yu smiled faintly, and nodded inwardly. It's a good thing to make him suffer some setbacks, but...Zhou Yu understands Lu Meng's thoughts, this Zhuge Liang really wants to suppress Suppress it!
Zhou Yu pretended to be apologetic and said to Zhuge Liang: "I have heard that Kong Ming is a talent who knows the world, and it is the same if he doesn't want to argue about his talents. However, Kong Ming misunderstood the matter of killing people with a knife. Yu saw that the Liao army was powerful, and he didn't know the truth. Dare to make mistakes. Set up troops at Sanjiangkou, and at the same time persuade my lord to set up troops at Wuchang, E County. Could it be that Kong Ming has something for Yu..."

"Don't dare, dare not dare, Liang made a slip of the tongue. It's not surprising that the governor sees that Zhou Yu has completely taken over this matter. Zhuge Liang has nothing to do. Although he hates Jiangdong for lagging behind, he deliberately asked the few soldiers under his lord's command to test it out. The strength of the Liao army is false, but because of all these, it cannot be said, which inevitably angered Zhou Yu, and asked Sun and Liu to join forces. It became a piece of empty talk..." Zhuge Liang was thinking about how to persuade Zhou Yu to use troops against the Liao army. A call came from outside.Then someone walked in.

"Gongjin, Gongjin..." Shouting Zhou Yu's words, Lu Su hurried forward, and when he saw the people in the tent, he was taken aback.

Lu Zijing?Isn't he in Jiangxia?Zhuge Liang's mind flashed all kinds of things, and he said before Zhou Yu could speak: "Zijing, don't come here unharmed, huh? Seeing that Zijing is full of people, he didn't come here in a hurry from Jiangxia, did he?"

"Huh?" This Lu Su, who was always honest and kind, was a little dumbfounded by Zhuge Liang's words.Glancing at Zhou Yu, he nodded apprehensively.Nene said: "Indeed, it is indeed from Jiangxia!"

As if he understood something, Zhuge Liang stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Guan Zijing looks on, I think it's because Marquis Wu has something important to tell the governor, and Liang is an outsider. I'd better apologise for now!"

When Zhuge Liang said this, Lu Su felt a little embarrassed, waved his hands and hurriedly said: "No need, since you and I have joined forces to fight against the Liao Dynasty. How can we say that we are outsiders!" After saying that, he cupped his hands to Zhou Yu and said intently: "Captain. My lord wants to fight Li Lin to the death, so I asked the governor to set a date, and he will support him!"

"Oh! Zijing is too honest and kind!" Zhou Yu glanced at Zhuge Liang calmly, Zhou Yu shook his head helplessly, then raised his hand and smiled and said: "I know about this, I also want to fight Li Lin, Zijing has worked hard all the way, take a short rest, and we will discuss how to break Liao. Come, let's serve tea!"

"Thank you, Commander!" Lu Su cupped his hands in thanks.Then he nodded and smiled at Lu Xun and Lu Meng.As a courtesy, he then took his seat, but saw Zhuge Liang smiling kindly at him, feeling a little confused.

Except for Zhou Yu, Lu Su was a fan of the authorities.Lu Meng was as confused as a bystander, but Lu Xun could see it clearly, closing his eyes and resting his mind.

Taking out the recent battle report, Zhou Yu read it briefly, and said to everyone in the account: "The recent battle situation is like this. If this battle continues, it will be more disadvantageous to us. What do you think?"

"En!" Honest Lu Su nodded.He lowered his head and said in a calm voice: "If that's the case, Li Lin intends to use battle to train his troops so that it will actually be detrimental to our army. But I don't know if the Liao army has enough food and grass? If not..."

Although Lu Su never said everything, but who are the people in the tent?All of them are people who know the elegance after hearing the strings.Seeing Zhou Yu glanced at him, Zhuge Liang immediately understood, and said with a serious face: "According to Mr. Liu Qi, Li Lin has to collect food and military pay in Jingzhou for several years, and it will last until the end of this year. In the northern counties, if there is insufficient food and military pay, Li Lin can also collect food and pay from Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Yuzhou, and the three prefectures. It may not be easy for Li Lin to withdraw his troops after all the food is exhausted!"

"This..." Lu Su's face darkened upon hearing this.Sighing slightly, he said, "So, the only option is to fight vigorously. It's just that Li Lin has many soldiers. If it doesn't depend on the first battle, otherwise, it is really hard to defeat him!"

"Zijing's words are very true!" After Lu Su's words, Zhou Yu said seriously: "That's why, these days, Yu has been thinking hard. What good strategy can I ask Li Lin to invest in all the troops under his command? Certainly!"

"Hey!" Lu Xun said with a smirk, "Most of Li Lin's troops are soldiers from the north. The so-called ships from the south and horses from the north, if those Yankees get on the boat, there may be some storms on the river. He has an army of 30. Do you think Li Lin is really so ignorant for eating the fish and crabs in the river?"

"This is the key!" Zhou Yu tapped the table in front of him with his fingers, and said seriously: "What is the best way to tell Li Lin to invest all his troops without any scruples!"

"Speak lightly!" Lu Meng shook his head, bowed his head in deep thought, Lu Su and Zhuge Liang also bowed their heads in thought and remained silent.

After several hours of deliberation, until the sunset on the western mountain, everyone still failed to come up with an idea, and asked the soldiers under his command to arrange the residence of Zhuge Liang and Lu Su. Zhou Yu was alone, still thinking in the tent...

"Captain!" With a soft call, one of Zhou Yu's personal guards walked into the tent with food, and said in a low voice, "Captain, it's time to eat!" Taking a closer look, as the commander-in-chief of the first army, the governor of the Jiangdong Navy, Zhou Yu's meals are nothing more than a few pieces of cooked meat and a few flour pancakes.

Zhou Yu is in charge of the army, and he has always been strict with himself and treats others leniently.Three meals a day, similar to ordinary soldiers.Nothing special, sometimes.If there is a lack of food in the army, Zhou Yu's food is not as good as that of ordinary soldiers. This is why the whole army respects Zhou Yu, the governor of Zhou Yu.

"Yeah!" Zhou Yu nodded, waited for the guard to put the food on the table, looked at the vegetables and meat in the bowl, frowned and said, "Didn't I say that. Let the soldiers eat first?"

The guard hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "The soldiers have already used it, this... this is what's left!"

Zhou Yu frowned and glanced at the vegetable bowl.He looked straight at the guard and said, "Really?"

I saw the guard bowed his head, knocked on the ground and said: "This subordinate deserves to die. This subordinate thinks that as the commander in chief, the governor should be the first to eat. All the soldiers went in without knowing it, so what would be left? Tell the governor to eat every day." ………”

"Okay, get up!" Get up and walk forward.Pulling up the personal guard, Zhou Yu said with a smile: "I am the commander in chief, strategizing. It is not as good as the soldiers, fighting the enemy with all their strength. I will accept your kindness!"

When the soldier heard this, he said nervously, "Captain!"

Zhou Yu waved his hands with a smile on his face, and said, "Let me finish, I accept your kindness, um... just this one time, don't make an exception!"

Seeing what Zhou Yu said, the guard showed a bit of joy on his face, and said happily: "The governor doesn't know, this meat just arrived today, and it's not easy for my subordinates!" As he spoke, he saw Zhou Yu looking at it strangely. I glanced at myself, felt a slip of the tongue, and smiled embarrassingly.Meat!Even Li Lin's army might not be able to afford these all day long, if it wasn't for convincing those aristocratic families.I'm afraid there is still not enough food and grass in the army.How come such a luxury.

While watching with a piece of meat in his hand, Zhou Yu smiled wryly and shook his head when he saw that his own guard had made a slip of the tongue. Suddenly, his eyes fell to something in the guard's arms, and he said with a smile, "I don't think you have eaten, why not?"

"No, no, no!" The guard shook his head again and again.He took out something from his bosom and said, "This subordinate has also taken it!"

Looking at the rice bowl, Zhou Yu obviously didn't find it difficult to understand what was going on. He shook his head and was about to say something when he suddenly saw the thing in the hand of the guard, his complexion changed and his eyes became fixed.It's the same as the bread in Zhou Yu's bowl, except that the personal guard skewered him with chopsticks...

The guard didn't know, so he went in, and he said with a sneer, "I've made the governor laugh, this is convenient for my subordinates to carry!" Before he finished speaking, he saw Zhou Yu reaching out to take it, and said in a calm voice, "Let me have a look." !"

"Oh!" The guard nodded numbly.

Staring intently at the noodle cakes strung together with chopsticks for a long time, Zhou Yu gradually showed a smile on his face, and murmured, "Good! Good!"

Seeing Zhou Yu like this, the guard was at a loss.He turned around and patted the guard on the shoulder heavily.Zhou Yu was overjoyed and said, "Well done!"

"Ah?" Under the astonished eyes of the guard, Zhou Yu held the string of dough cakes, strode to the outside of the tent and shouted loudly, "Quickly tell the two generals Jiang Qin and Ling Cao to come to see me! Forget it!" , I will go myself!"

It seems that this has just come back to his senses.The personal guard rushed to catch up with the door of the tent and shouted loudly: "Captain, use... eat..."

"Here you are!" Zhou Yu, who hurried to the distance, lifted the bread in his hand and said with a big laugh, "I'll just eat this!"

"what?"

At the same time, Zhuge Liang was in a tent in Zhou Yu's camp, unable to sleep for a long time. What Zhou Gongjin said was right, Li Lin was sitting in the north.If there are many soldiers and generals, if it is not determined in one battle, and the 40 Liao army is killed, the danger of Sun and Liu will not be relieved. Is there any way to make Li Lin devote all his troops without any scruples?And on the premise of keeping Li Lin out of the way, after much deliberation, he still couldn't come up with a good idea. Suddenly, a Jiangdong soldier walked in outside the camp, and said respectfully, "Sir, there is a person outside the camp who said he was an old friend of Mr. I don't know. False and true, I am afraid it is the secret work of the Liao army, please go out and have a look, sir!"

"What's that man's name?" Zhuge Liang asked with a smile.

The soldier thought for a while and said, "It seems to be called... what is it called... Liao Li!"

"Liao Li...Gongyuan!" His eyes lit up.Zhu Moliang said with joy on his face: "He is my best friend from the past, so I thank you little brother to put him in!"

"Don't dare!" The soldiers looked at Zhuge Liang suspiciously, Zhuge Liang almost jumped up when he heard the word Liao Li, who is this man?Under Zhuge Liang's excited gaze, the soldiers retreated slowly...

(End of this chapter)