Chapter 144: Battle of Crossing the River (IV)

After Zhang Ying greeted Fan Neng and Yu Mi, he asked someone to serve hot tea.

Yu Mi's face still had a cold expression, and Fan Neng smiled sarcastically and said, "General Zhang brought out the command arrow from the governor. Do I dare not come?"

"Uh...this..." Zhang Ying was not good at speaking and didn't know how to explain for a moment. Her face felt a little hot. Fortunately, his face was dark and others couldn't see it at all.

Zhang Ying coughed lightly, concealing his slight embarrassment, and said, "According to the reports of our scouts, Zhou Yu gathered tens of thousands of naval troops in Wankou Port. It seems that the war is about to begin."

"What do you think of the general?" Yu Mi, who had been silent, suddenly spoke and asked.

Speaking of war, Zhang Ying's words became smooth. While he gestured on the cowhide map with his hands, he talked freely: "When the defenders of Likou and Hengjiangjin combined, there are a total of 6,000 naval troops and 5,000 infantry. If the enemy has 10,000 naval troops, we will be at a disadvantage in the water battle on the river. We can use the method of luring the enemy to lure the enemy to attack me. When our troops retreat, we will snipe the enemy on the land to prevent the enemy from shore. Then, General Fan and General Yu led their navies to raid on the side and rear of the enemy, and we can defeat the enemy."

Yu Mi stopped talking again, Fan Neng asked back: "This plan looks good, but how to lure the enemy? Even if the enemy attacks, it will not be inadvertent to prevent the navy in Hengjiangjin. Zhou Yu has always been unexpected in his use of troops. This person is extremely smart. Will he be fooled by us?"

Zhang Ying said with a sigh: "This depends on our ability to adapt to changes. If we don't fight like this, how do you think we can win?"

Fan Neng smiled coldly and said, "When Likou and Hengjiangjin are both water fortresses that are easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as we can't defend, what can Zhou Yu stand by me?"

"If we don't fight, we will be very passive. The enemy is free to come and go on the river surface, and we can only blow the river wind in the water camp. If the enemy does not cross the river from Danglikou and Hengjiangjin, but crosses the river from other places, then our heavy defense here will become meaningless." Zhang Ying retorted.

Fan Neng spread his hands and said, "If the enemy crosses the river from other ports, it is not our responsibility. If we attack rashly and lose it as a liquor or Hengjiangjin, that is our responsibility."

Seeing that Yu Mi did not express his opinion, Zhang Ying asked, "What is General Yu's idea?"

Yu Mi replied coldly: "The military order I received before departure is to defend Hengjiangjin. I don't care about other places. I am a small general, and I can't even control it."

Zhang Ying couldn't help but feel a little anxious and said hurriedly: "When the Likou, Hengjiangjin is a supporter, one side is attacked and the other side supports, so that we can perform our best. If we only focus on defending our own area, we may be defeated one by one by Zhou Yu."

Fan Neng laughed and said, "It's not that easy. Zhou Yu is a child with a yellow mouth. Why am I afraid of him?"

Just as Zhang Ying, Fan Neng and Yu Mi were still quarreling about how to defend and cooperate, Gao Shun's camp had all landed in Hulin Port.

There were no large-scale battle flags, no groups of war horses neighing, and no hot plum wine. Gao Shun's four thousand soldiers of the camp gathered in Hulin Port.

Gao Shun was wearing a shiny leaf-locking mail, with a long sword hanging on his waist, standing quietly in front of the four thousand soldiers. Jiang Feng blew the black flag embroidered with the word "gao" behind him, swaying back and forth. Gao Shun's eyes did not blink, and his cold and caring eyes swept across the face of every soldier in the field.

Whenever Gao Shun's eyes glanced at him, the warrior of the camp would erect his chest and straighten his waist, looking back at his chief general with his passionate gaze. Now, the camp was famous and defeated Zhang Ji's Xiyuan army in the battle under Zhongmu City. The soldiers of the camp showed their ambition to move forward and ignore risks. Gao Shun led the way, and his broad shoulders became the Great Wall in the minds of many soldiers, guiding and protecting them at all times. With such a chief general, how could he not be excited and full of passion?

Outside the formation of the camp, Jiang Qin led the soldiers of the Jinfan Army to take all the 500 soldiers of the Wu army who were originally stationed in Hulin Port onto the Taishan Tower ship. The one who welcomed the 500 soldiers was a new life in the farming farm in Lujiang.

Afterwards, Jiang Qin also left behind 500 Jinfan soldiers to defend Hulin Port. Once Gao Shun's camp was besieged by powerful enemies, he could safely withdraw back to Lujiang from here.

Gao Shun's voice came with the wind: "Brothers in the camp! You are all good. Now we have set foot on the land of Jiangnan. We are all real men. We will conquer this land!"

"Four thousand soldiers, and four thousand brothers, I, Gao Shun, swore to the sky that I will take each of you back to Lujiang in full and complete manner whenever possible."

The soldiers in the camp heard these warm words and their blood was boiling, and they couldn't help but shout loudly: "I'm willing to die for the general!" "Our army is mighty!"

Gao Shun paused and said loudly: "We are going to divide our troops into two groups to attack the enemy's county town. Captain Chen Wu and I will lead 2,000 people each. In the end, I will wait for you in Qua. Will you definitely come?"

"Come on, come" 4,000 people responded loudly, and the scene made people's bloody hustle.

Chen Wu also stood straight behind Gao Shun. Seeing this scene, he was extremely excited. At the same time, he admired Gao Shun's leadership skills very much. Gao Shun is really a handsome man.

Gao Shun pulled out the long sword from his waist, slashed against Feng Xuxu, and shouted loudly: "Let's go!"

The weapons flashed and the armor collided. The soldiers of the camp were divided into two teams, one in front and the other in the distance. Only the surging Yangtze River flowed through Hulin Port. In the distance, the Taishan Tower ship was gradually moving away.

Wankou Port, conference hall.

In addition to Lu Su, Pan Zhang and Wang Yue were defending Jiujiang, Jiangxia's troops, Gao Shun and Chen Wu led the troops across the river, Zhou Yumi's military generals were all gathered here.

Zhou Yu and Chen Gong sat in the main seat, Gan Ning, Zang Ba, Zhou Tai, Xu Sheng, Ding Feng, Zhao Yun, Pan Hu and other generals sat on both sides. Seeing the stars of Mixia flashing, Zhou Yu was quite happy. These people were the backbone forces in their future battle to dominate the world.

"Report to Master, General Jiang Qin is back!" A personal soldier of Zhou Yu quickly walked into the hall to report.

"Okay, please invite me quickly!" Zhou Yu said happily. The surprise attack on Hulin Port was successful, Gao Shun, Chen Wu and Jiang Qin should make their first contribution.

A moment later, Jiang Qin walked into the hall with tribute. After greeting everyone, Zhou Yu took Jiang Qin's hand and asked him to sit beside him, and said kindly: "Dung Yi, I feel very comforted to know that you have made the first contribution."

Jiang Qin clasped his fists and said humbly: "It's all the credit of General Chen Wu. He worked the most hardest to cross the Yangtze River at night and raid from a long distance."

"Haha~~" Zhou Yu smiled, "Have Gao Shun and the others set out as planned?"

Jiang Qin replied: "Yes. General Gao Shun led 2,000 people to attack Jingxian in the southeast, and General Chen Wu led 2,000 people to attack Wuhu County in the east. They would make a big splash along the way, claiming to lead 20,000 troops and sweep Danyang County."

"Well, okay!" Zhou Yu praised. He was not worried about Gao Shun's leading talent. The only thing he was worried about was Chen Wu. He had never led so many soldiers alone. Will he be unable to do so?

Jiang Qin said: "I also left 500 troops to defend Hulin Port in case of emergency. By the way, how about the situation when it comes to liquor?"

Gan Ning answered first: "Zhang Ying couldn't hide, and there was no sign of being dispatched from the Fan Nengsou tribe and Yu Mi tribe in Hengjiangjin."

Jiang Qin frowned slightly and said, "If they can't hide, it will be more difficult for us to attack."

Gan Ning laughed and said, "How dare they come out to fight? We are here to mobilize troops in every day and ask them to sneak back quietly at night. I am afraid they think our army has more than 10,000 sailors, so how dare they act rashly."

Zhou Yu nodded and said, "Our army bluffs just to prevent them from looking at each other. Otherwise, with the terrain of Likou and Hengjiangjin, our strong attack will suffer heavy losses. Once we attack either side, the other side's naval army will immediately launch and sneak attack our army's rear route, our army will suffer heavy losses."

Xu Sheng was calm and listened to Zhou Yu's words and asked, "If they defended to the death, will our army have only one strategy to attack? Then the losses will not be small."

Zhou Yu looked at everyone after hearing this and asked, "Do you have any plans?"

Ding Feng took a few steps forward, clasped his fists and said, "I have a plan, I don't know if it is available."

Zhou Yu hurriedly said, "Chengyuan, please speak."

Ding Feng said loudly: "In the past few days, I have also led a small group of troops to harass and attack Danglikou Shuizhai. Seeing that the terrain is in an arc, following the direction of the river, in addition to some ships, there are also a large amount of wood in the village, which is intended to be used for building a wooden raft. If our army approaches Danglikou Shuizhai, piles up flammable objects on several small boats, and then ignites it and hits the Shuizhai..."

Xu Sheng was moved and said, "Use fire to attack!! It's a good plan, but... it's spring now, and the southeast wind is blowing. The fire cannot be used as a Likou Shui Village, but it will only burn in our direction."

Zhou Yu and Chen Gong looked at each other and felt quite relieved. Ding Feng's idea coincided with them. These generals had good talents and were able to make.

Originally, Zhou Yu was planning to attack Hengjiangjin with lightning speed after the feint attack. Now he saw that the enemy troops in Hengjiangjin could not stand firm and did not even block the river surface, which became a difficult bone. If he attacked strongly, there would be 6,000 Danyang naval troops in Hengjiangjin, and they were all soldiers who had been through battle formations. They had no certainty to win at 5,500 to 6,000. Even if they won, they would be a miserable victory.

Yesterday, Zhou Yu followed a small army of naval troops and observed the situation at Likou up close. He found that there was a lot of wood piled up in the water village and there were a lot of combustible things in the water village. It has not rained in recent days, and if fire attacks are used, it will have a better effect.
Chapter completed!