Chapter Eighty-Eight: Watching the Formation by the Sea
The two of them had a good time at the street shop in Nago Castle, and bought some dried fish and rice balls to carry on their backs. Only then did he prepare to go out of the city to find a high ground and see the battle on the sea off the island.
Who knows, it is just a little effort for this meal, and a lot of soldiers have been added inside and outside the city to guard it, check the miscellaneous everywhere, and seal the city and lock the road. Liu Shaoyang and Mo Xueyin saw that the four gates were not allowed to enter and exit, so they found the foot of the city wall and climbed the wall stone to cross the wall.
The two of them used a little skill, went out of the city, and went south to find a high post near the sea in the southwest. The Ryukyu Kingdom is isolated on the surface of the sea, and the island is already hot all year round, and the vegetation is flourishing. Liu and Mo waited until the top of the hill, picked a tall tree that was hugged by a few people, jumped up, and sat on the branches at the end of the tree.
Liu Shaoyang and Mo Xueyin sat still like this, looking at the sea from afar. However, seeing the vastness of the smoke and waves, the vast sea water, and the ships of Zhongshan Kingdom in the south of the ocean are about hundreds, large and small. The banner is in order, the formation is in order, looking at it from afar, it stretches for more than ten miles before and after, with the waves of the sea, slowly undulating. The ships of Beishan Country anchored in the north are much inferior in comparison, and the large ships with a length of more than ten zhang are estimated to have more than ten up and down. The rest are sampan dinghys, all around. In this way, there are hundreds of them. and the ship formation of Zhongshan Kingdom, a few miles apart from each other.
Mo Xueyin sat on the tree and looked at it happily for a long time, then frowned slightly and said: "Brother Shaoyang, I didn't expect the fleet of the Zhongshan Kingdom to attack like this, do you think the Beishan Kingdom can win this battle?"
Liu Shaoyang stared at the canopy that was floating in the ocean, pondered for a long time, and suddenly turned on his face with joy, and said with a smile: "Xue Yin, I really can't imagine that in this overseas Zhongshan country, there are still people who know the art of war in Middle-earth. It's a pity that the ships are arranged in such a formation as in front of them, it seems that the offense and defense are ready, and the advance and retreat are like mountains, but in fact, the essence has not been obtained!"
When Mo Xueyin heard this, she was puzzled in her heart, and wondered: "Brother Shaoyang, do you still know the art of war? Let me tell me, if the two armies engage in battle, what will be the number of victories and defeats?"
Liu Shaoyang said: "The more than 100 ships of the Zhongshan Kingdom, I don't know who trained them, and what was discharged was several of Sun Bin's ten formations. When this array was used in naval warfare, it was important to 'not be distant' and show solidarity with each other. The boats are closely arranged and properly arrayed, so that the enemy has no gaps to take advantage of, whether it is offensive or defensive. If this war continues like this, once the ships of the two armies engage each other, the boat division of the Beishan Kingdom is afraid that it will not be able to take a few battles, and it will be destroyed and dispersed!"
Mo Xueyin was shocked when she heard this, and said strangely: "According to what you say, the Beishan Kingdom is lost." Then why do you just say that the ship formation of Zhongshan Kingdom seems to be quite powerful, but it has not obtained the essence?"
Liu Shaoyang smiled and said: "I said that Zhongshan Guo's current ship formation has not obtained the essence, which means that although it is properly advanced and the formation is rigorous, the response is inevitably insufficient. At this time, I already have a way to break it in my heart, but I am not completely sure of it. Besides, if you don't let the Beishan Kingdom suffer some hardships, I will tell them the strategy of breaking the enemy, and I am afraid that people may not be willing to listen!"
Mo Xueyin didn't seem to understand it, but when she looked at Liu Shaoyang, she was very sure, and she already believed it a little in her heart. But looking at the warships on both sides of the sea, cruising back and forth, he couldn't help but worry: "Brother Shaoyang, what you said is indeed reasonable. But I watched the battle between the two armies start in an instant. If the Beishan Kingdom is defeated today, will we just look at it?"
Liu Shaoyang smiled indifferently, stretched out his finger and pointed to the mid-empty sun and said, "Xue Yin, you are too worried, looking at the hour now, it is the time of the first application." It was still two hours before the red sun was sinking in the west. If I am not mistaken, today's battle is just a test of reality. It can be seen from the number of formations of this boat division that although the soldiers on the Zhongshan side are victorious, they are obviously unwilling to take risks. How can he not know the truth and the truth, and march forward at night. Not to mention the Beishan Country, where the weak resist the strong only for preservation. I definitely won't try to see the dagger and fight to the death!"
Mo Xueyin couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when she heard Liu Shaoyang talk eloquently. He came back to his senses and praised repeatedly: "Brother Shaoyang, it turns out that I only know that you are knowledgeable, but I didn't expect that you are so proficient in the art of strategizing." Middle-earth has been fighting and killing for thousands of years, and there are many famous strategists and strategists, but when I look at these people, I'm afraid that most of them are not as good as you!"
Liu Shaoyang shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Xue Yin, what are you talking about, I have only read more than ten years of books and historical classics, and they are all on paper, where can I talk about it with famous people throughout the ages." Besides, as the saying goes, 'soldiers are fierce and dangerous', he wants to revive the foundation of the Great Zhou Dynasty in the Five Elements Gate, if the progress is smooth, it will inevitably be a wave of the Qiang, and the lives will be ruined. Although the family and the country hate it, they don't share the sky. But every time I think about it, I have a hard time making a decision. ”
Mo Xueyin didn't expect him to think like this, and was thinking about what to say, so that he could be relieved, but suddenly heard drums and horns sounding in unison above the sea.
When the two of them heard this, they both looked towards the ocean outside the island. I saw that in the Zhongshan Sea ship formation, the flags were waving and the drums and trumpets were sounding. In the center of the ship array, a large ship of more than ten zhang unfurled the flag, dozens of ships in front of the formation set off on both sides, and more than ten high-rise ships poured out of the array.
In just a moment's effort, the two armies were no more than a stone's throw apart. The soldiers on both sides hid behind the shields, pulled their bows and strings, and shot each other with arrows. There are also catapults to fire stone bullets, causing the boats and ships on the sea to tilt and shake, and the wood and stones fly sideways. Amid the noise and shouting, two sergeants continued to fall to death in the boat, mixed with miserable screams, and spread far away along the sea.
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