The son of Yuan Shao who traveled through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 275

Due to time constraints, only a hundred of these giant ships were built.Wenpin estimated based on the actual situation that Soochow had almost [-] warships.This is a conclusion drawn from the previous struggle with Sun Quan, and it is very reliable.Our army inherited about [-] warships from Jingzhou.The overall strength is not as good as Sun Quan.However, Sun Quan's financial resources are not as good as those in the Central Plains.He can't build such a huge building ship giant ship.The scale of Sun Quan's warships, how to put it, is "toys" at best in front of Wenpin's giant ships.It is estimated that the enemy army has reached the side of the building and the ship, so they can only look up hard.

Wen Pin was very happy to see me, and hurriedly said: "Please give this ship a name, Your Majesty."

"Just call it an 'aircraft carrier'" I had already thought about it.

The generals around him were all stunned.They thought that the king would make some noises, such as "Huangjianglong", "Crossing the river", "Crash into the mountain" and so on.What is an aircraft carrier? !

What the king said cannot be doubted. 'Aircraft carrier' is just 'aircraft carrier'.Immediately, another group of politicians came up to praise the king for his profound knowledge and unparalleled knowledge. How is this name so unprecedented——

Gan Ning is also an expert in water warfare, and hurriedly came over to introduce; "The 'aircraft carrier' is two feet shorter than the buildings built by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in the Kunming Lake, but its agility and speed are still superior. Upstairs, there are three thousand crenels, which can hide three thousand crossbowmen. In addition, hundreds of catapults and crossbowmen are pre-installed on both sides and on the side deck of the ship. Time can sink a medium-sized battleship. Driven by seven masts and three hundred oars, the enemy has no chance to escape. The biggest problem is that there is not enough time to make too many. I am afraid not enough."

One hundred 'aircraft carriers' is indeed a little less.Fortunately, there was no war. I ordered the construction to be rushed immediately, and the construction continued day and night. Build as many ships as possible.Among the thousands of warships floating on the water in Jiangling, these aircraft carriers stood proudly, while the other medium-sized warships looked like crows crawling at the feet of a phoenix, or praying mantises waiting to be crushed by wheels.One can imagine what expressions Sun Quan and Liu Bei would have when they saw these behemoths.

It should be noted that there is no great knowledge in the construction of this huge building ship.Both Sun Quan and Liu Bei are capable.The problem is that they don't have the financial resources.According to Wenpin, the 200 building ships cost a total of 200 million taels of silver.For Jin, which is about to unify the Han Dynasty, [-] million taels is nothing, but for Sun Quan, who is in a tiny place, and Uncle Liu Huang, who has nowhere to stay, it is definitely an astronomical figure.Although Sun Quan's father and brother have managed the Yangtze River for three generations and built a fleet, they have always been developing medium-sized warships.If you have a little wealth, you will be safe.Although Sun Jian and Sun Ce are fierce tigers, they are like idiots in terms of political vision. How could they have the idea of ​​building and holding buildings and boats to spend money in vain? 【Although Jiangdong is rich and prosperous, its territory is actually small.Before the Battle of Chibi, Sun Quan had always been much inferior to Liu Biao in terms of military strength and financial resources.You can check this out. 】

After Zhuge Liang got the news of Yuan Bing's going south, he decisively said to Liu Bei: "My lord, don't worry, within ten days, I will destroy Soochow for my lord."

When I arrived in Jiangling, it happened to be the fifth day after I finished speaking.Since Yuan Bing needed time to rest, he did not attack Jiang Xia immediately.

Zhuge Liang is not [-]% sure that he will defeat the Wu army in ten days.The reason why he dared to say such big words was that he knew that the Wu army had changed generals and transferred Zhou Yu, who was proficient in water warfare, back to Wu County.Two days ago, Zhuge Liang said to Huo Jun and Huang Zhong: "Get ready. At two o'clock the next day, when the fog rises and the northwest wind blows, the two of you spend a lot of money to recruit five hundred daredevils in the army. Each will be rewarded with ten taels of gold. Huo Jun wondered: "Military division, why organize a death squad?" Zhuge Liang said: "The matter is urgent, and we have no choice but to come up with this bad plan. Prepare [-] small boats with dry firewood and oil in them, and two people will drive the boat. Go and burn the fleet of the Wu Army. Wujun is currently at Sanjiangkou with [-] warships. If he loses it, he must withdraw to Chaisang. Our army took the opportunity to seize the three cities of Sanjiangkou, Fankou, and Wuchang on both sides of the Yangtze River. Push Chaisang. Chaisang belongs to Sun Quan The last line of defense. After Chaisang, there are Wuhu, Stone City, and Jingkou. Sun Quan has no way to retreat, and he must fight to the death. If I capture Sun Quan alive within five days, then block the river and fight Yuan Bing decisively.

Thinking very well, treating Sun Quan as a three-year-old child?
Sun Quan is not a three-year-old child, but at this moment, there are suddenly a group of villains who are scheming and plotting by his side.

In short, it is the hidden danger of Cao Jun's surrender group and Sun's internal struggle for power and profit, which has begun to cause trouble.As the direct son of Sun Jian, Sun Kuang has the same legal right to inherit the throne as Sun Quan.Since Sun Quan took over Soochow, he has paid more respect to generals with foreign surnames, but he doesn't take much care of his own people.Although Sun Kuang is the prime minister, he has little power. He is restricted by Shang Shuling Zhang Zhao and Taiwei Lu Ji everywhere, and cannot exercise his power.This made him feel very uncomfortable.Moreover, after a long period of observation, Sun Kuang felt that Zhang Zhao and Lu Ji dared to blatantly oppose him, and there were backers behind them.In other words, all of this was authorized by Sun Quan.In order to curb their own rights.Sun Kuang doesn't know how to hide his strength and bide his time. He only knows one thing, if there is a stone blocking the way, he must try to move it away.

Most of the Soochow generals were devoted to Sun Quan.His only chance is to win over the general.So he took a fancy to Sima Yi.Sima Yi also fell in love with Sun Kuang at this time, and the two hit it off.However, Sima Yi is much smarter than Sun Kuang's muddy head.

After Sima Yi took over the authority of the Great Commander, on the surface, the fortification was intensive, and the preparations for war and food were organized and meticulous. Everything was in his hands in an orderly manner.All the generals performed their duties, dispatched well, and rewards and punishments were clearly defined.Military discipline was particularly harsh, and all the generals gradually feared him, and some joined him out of admiration.In fact, Sima Yi has fundamentally disintegrated Soochow's defense system.The important strongholds and strategic locations were evacuated.He was so careful that none of the ministers of Soochow found out.

First of all, Sima Yi mobilized Zhou Tai, Ling Tong, Huang Gai, and Cheng Pu, who were loyal to the Sun family, to go straight down the river for three hundred miles and set up camp at Chibi, facing Wulinshui. Prepare to encircle and outflank Liu Bei in Jiangxia.There is also a reason for sending Han Dang and Gu Li to garrison Wuchang City, a hundred miles west of Fankou. Sima Yi said: "Your Majesty has entered Chaisangkou to supervise the battle. If Sanjiangkou is lost, Liu Bei's army will definitely attack Chaisang. You wait to garrison Wuchang will respond to the partial division, and if the water army is unfavorable, it can stop Liu Bei's army from going down the river, so that the king will have enough time to mobilize follow-up troops to reinforce at Chaisangkou in the rear." The generals just felt that these arrangements were a little too early, but, It is the general's characteristic to be prepared for a rainy day.Not too much doubt.After all, if Sima Yi had good intentions, these arrangements would be very reasonable.However, our brother Sima has evil intentions.

Sima Yi also ordered: "Zhu Ran, Zhu Zhi, Sun Fu, Sun Jiao, Du Xi ordered you and other commanders to garrison Stone City, to prevent Yuan soldiers from the Eastern Front from sneaking in." This order made people laugh and cry.That Yuan Bing was obviously invited by the governor, and now he is afraid of annexation, he is a bit idiotic.Sun Fu is Sun Ce's cousin, and it sounded a little awkward, he sneered and said, "Didn't the governor invite Yuan Bing to deal with Liu Bei? Why should we take precautions instead? Besides, although the stone city is located in an important road, in my opinion Huainan People and horses will definitely attack Jingkou, not Stone City. The governor still thinks clearly?"

Sima Yi thought to himself, this is not the time to be arrogant, so be patient for now.He laughed and said: "The general is on the wrong side. Stone City [Jianye, today's Nanjing] is located in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, close to the quarry rocks of the Yangtze River. One. How is it not important?"

As soon as he said this, the generals were a little more convinced of him. At least he knew the three fortresses run by the Sun and his sons by the river.Although Stone City did not have a scale at this time, it was indeed an important military fortress along the river in Soochow.Invading Stone City opened the gate of Jiangdong.

Sun Fu was still dissatisfied: "Since the governor knows that Wuchang, Stone City, and Jingkou are the three major fortresses of Soochow, why didn't Jingkou send people to defend?" Sima Yi said immediately when he heard that I was waiting for you to say something. "Then let General Sun Ben and Lu Qian defend it together. Lu Qian doesn't know water warfare, so he happens to defend the city."

Although the generals had doubts about Lu Qian, they thought that with Sun Ben around, nothing would happen.At the same time, I also feel that Sima Yi is thoughtful and has absolutely no intention of doing anything wrong.

Sima Yi, Wei Wen, Liu Ji, Ding Feng, Ma Zhong, Kan Ze, Chun Yudan, Zhang Pu, Xue Qiao, Cao Zun, and Liu Zhu stationed at Sanjiangkou.Sun Quan led an army of [-] to garrison Chaisang in case of accidents.This arrangement is reasonable on the surface, but in fact, it has changed positions and dismembered Sun Quan's cronies.

Sima Yi did it so cleverly that no one could see the clue.Quan Cong took advantage of the situation and asked Sun Kuang, the prime minister, to be stationed in the three counties of Kuaiji, Wujun, and Danyang, the governor of Wujun.Guard against Yuan Bing on the Eastern Front.Zhou Yu was transferred to Kuaiji as the prefect, under the control of Sun Kuang.Quan Cong was stationed at Luling and Poyang to prevent Yuan soldiers from attacking by land.Sun Quan regarded Quan Cong as his confidant, felt that it was more appropriate to do so, and agreed to it all.In this way, Sun Quan's overall defense was divided into four parts.The first is Sima Yi's main naval force on the front line of Chibi in Sanjiangkou.The second is Sun Quan who was stationed at Chaisangkou, Pengze County.The third is Quan Cong, who guards against land routes.The fourth is Sun Kuang who is in the rear.

This arrangement can be said to be very thoughtful.It is basically monolithic and impeccable.When Liu Bei and Yuan Bing rushed over, they would definitely run into a wall.But the problem was the wall itself, whose foundation had loosened and was ready to topple inward.

When Zhou Yu heard Sima Yi's defenses in Wujun, he stomped his feet repeatedly and complained: "It's unreasonable, Yuezu will take over, superfluous, old general Cheng Pu will die. Whoever offers advice to the governor must have evil intentions, and there is no doubt that he is a spy."

Gu Shao, who joined the army, smiled wryly: "Then someone offered advice, and it was Sima Yi's arbitrary decision."

It was night, the northwest wind was blowing, and the river was blocked by heavy fog.This was not borrowed by Zhuge Liang, it was sponsored by God.

The mist blown by the strong wind is like layers of gauze floating on the river surface, one layer after another is blown away, endless, covering everyone's sight.

When Huo Jun and Huang Zhong's fleet sailed into the middle of the river in the dark, the fog became thicker, reaching the point where no one could see people on the opposite side, and they couldn't reach out their fingers.Thick fog lay in front of him like a thick wall.It's so thick that even the strong river wind can't move it.

According to Zhuge's command, five hundred dead soldiers, two hundred boats, dry firewood, and tung oil were all ready.The small boat set up its sails, went down the current and the wind, and shot towards Sanjiang like an arrow.

Chun Yudan, a general of the Eastern Wu Dynasty, was ordered to inspect the water village on the river surface.It is said to be patrolling, but in fact nothing can be seen, and the eyes are hazy, as if falling into chaos.All I could hear was the rushing of the water in my ears, beating against the battleship.Holding up the torch is only two steps away.This kind of weather is really terrible.

Chunyudan told the soldiers to be careful and prepare to go back to sleep.He felt very relaxed. In general foggy weather, no one would dare to fight in the water.

Chunyu Dan couldn't see the river.The enemy troops on the river can find him.Huang Zhong and Huo Jun discovered the Soochow Army Camp by relying on the flickering fire after the thick fog.When the waterway was ten miles away from the water village, there were several waterfowl calls on the river.This is the sign of an attack.Soldiers under Huang Zhong and Huo Jun immediately lit torches, and then used torches to ignite the tung oil covered with straw.The small boats burning with raging fire, driven by the wind, formed countless red lights on the river.The flames rushed forward like flag horns, whirring.The drums beat and the shouts shook the sky.The seven or eight miles of the river flew by.

The moment the Soochow navy saw the fire on the opposite side, the boat was already in front of them.Before entering the cabin, Director Chunyu retreated screaming, shouting loudly: "Beat the drums, blow the horns, the enemy is attacking—"

When Sima Yi heard the news, he didn't panic, he waved his hands and said, "Our army can't stand it anymore, and ordered to retreat a hundred miles to set up camp on the water in Wuchang." He didn't want to fight at all.Let Sun Quan do the desperate work.His army was reserved for other uses.

At this time, in the entire Shuizhai, Ding Feng was the only veteran Soochow general who had some knowledge and was loyal to Sun Quan.Ding Feng was puzzled when he received the order to retreat, so he hurriedly took a boat to see Sima Yi.As soon as he entered the door, he saw Sima Yi writing big characters in the cabin as steadily as Mount Tai. He was a little angry, and said: "The enemy is attacking with fire, and our army can be dispersed. The warships on the river are flexible, and he can burn a few of them. Pursuit, the consequences will be disastrous."

Sima Yi suddenly raised his head and said angrily, "Bold Ding Feng, who let you in? Breaking into the camp of the Chinese army is a death penalty?" Ding Feng said anxiously: "The matter is urgent, I have offended you. Please order the commander to disperse the warships and encircle and annihilate the enemy." army." Sima Yi said sharply: "The tone is so loud, the sky is full of fog, and it is difficult to distinguish between the enemy and the enemy. What if it causes cannibalism?" Ding Feng said: "The fog can be used as a signal, how can we kill each other?" The governor fled without a fight, and if Liu Bei chased him down, our army would die."

(End of this chapter)