Liqiu, the camp of the Jiangdong Army.

"It's difficult to let Chen Mo take the initiative to send troops." Zhuge Liang's intention, Zhou Yu naturally knows that there must be a favorable time and place to fight, and the location is favorable, Zhuge Liang has been laid out for three years, and the Xiangfan defense line is solid, and Zhou Yu also cooperated with the strong wall to clear the wilderness, so that most of the land in Jiangxia has become a white land, Chen Mo wants to march south, and must break the Xiangfan defense line, geographically, the Sun-Liu coalition army can be said to have the advantage.

But the time of the day, although the climate difference between the north and the south is large, but there is also a difference between the four seasons, among which winter has the greatest impact on the northern soldiers, and the southern climate in spring, summer and autumn is more pleasant than in the north.

"Liang is not as proficient in military affairs as the governor." Zhuge Liang looked at Zhou Yu and frowned: "There is nothing the governor can do?" ”

"Yes, take the initiative." Zhou Yu took a sip of water and nodded.

Zhuge Liang was speechless when he heard this, and taking the initiative to attack means giving up the geographical advantage, that is to say, this time and place are favorable, and they must give up the same.

"Chen Mo is different from the enemies of the past, this person is resourceful and decisive, and he is very good at taking advantage of the situation, Kong Ming sees that he has fought many battles before, from west to east, from south to north, which time did not turn disadvantages into advantages, Kong Ming wants to find a proper strategy in front of him, it is difficult." Zhou Yu shook his head and persuaded.

He can see it, this Zhuge Liang's ability is not bad, but some too much pursuit of perfection, the two armies are fighting, it is difficult for you to take advantage of the time and place, especially the opponent at the same level, you know how to borrow the power of heaven and earth, people also understand, in this case, if you want to take advantage of the benefits and then do it, I am afraid it will be difficult to find the right opportunity for a lifetime, in Zhou Yu's view, it is enough to be able to occupy absolute dominance in geography now, even if it is not winter, they still dominate, this is not three or five months to adapt, It's just a matter of being obvious.

Zhuge Liang has to pursue the ultimate, but it is easy to miss the fighter.

Zhuge Liang frowned when he heard this, and Zhou Yu said patiently: "The fighter plane is not fought after the time and place are right, and then the people are together, how many battles have been fought at the same time throughout the ages?" Now that Chen Mo is powerful, it is rare for us to occupy the geographical advantage and occupy a slight advantage above the time, if Kong Ming blindly pursues the ultimate, I am afraid it will backfire! ”

"It's Liang who is too stubborn." When Zhuge Liang heard this, he sighed and said.

"Kong Ming is not worried about this, it is better to worry about the interior of Jingzhou, Chen Mo is powerful, you and I can see it, others can also see it, Xiangfan's defense is strong enough, but if someone makes trouble from the inside, I'm afraid it will ......" Zhou Yu reminded with a smile.

Zhuge Liang naturally thought of this, and just nodded when he heard this, he had already arranged in this regard, but he didn't worry too much.

The two discussed again, and after estimating the approximate time of Chen Mo's use of troops, Zhuge Liang left in a hurry, although he would not take the initiative to attack, but there were many things to do in Xiangyang.

Time passed quietly like this, and in the blink of an eye, winter had come to an end, and the weather in the south had begun to warm up, Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu, and Cao Ang were keenly aware that Chen Mo was beginning to shrink the scope of scout activities, which was the rhythm of the attack.

"Your Majesty, more than 100 boats have been built and ready to be used." Deng County, outside the camp of the Ming army, Ma Jun took Chen Mo and others to the shore, surging Han Shui, connecting the north and south, but seeing that above the Han River, there were fighting ships, floating with the waves, waving flags, like clouds.

At the north end of the Han River, there are endless camps, and looking south from this side, you can see the two giant cities occupying each other's east and west, and they are facing each other.

Only a few months, Ma Jun also took charge of the construction of the dock fort fortress, the ships made are all small boats, like the East China Sea giant ship of twenty zhang long ship is naturally impossible to cause, and the side of the construction is all flat floor boats, he went up to try it, found that the stability of this ship and the East China Sea Fleet can not be compared, even if the wind and waves on the river are far less turbulent than the sea, it still shakes violently.

"There is an iron cable in the center of the river, and there is a pontoon bridge between the two cities, and our army is the main prince Fancheng, which is equivalent to fighting against the soldiers and horses of the two cities." Chen Mo also had a certain understanding of the defense of Xiangyang during this time, and Chen Mo also felt a little tricky about the defense of Xiangfan: "If you want to break Fancheng, you need to break the pontoon bridge first, but this iron cable bars the river, can these warships rush through?" ”

Ma Jun said with a smile: "Don't worry, my lord, although there is an iron cable blocking the river, it is only in the middle of the river, and there are no soldiers on both sides of the river. ”

"Try it!" Chen Mo looked at the sky, now that the climate is warming, it is time to go to war, since the Jingzhou army and the Jiangdong army can't shrink, then he can only take the initiative, he wants to see if this Xiangfan defense line is really impregnable.

"Whoa!" At Ma Jun's signal, the soldiers who had already prepared boarded the ship and headed towards the Hengjiang Iron Cable in the distance, Chen Mo boarded a building ship, ready to get close to watch the battle, and also see if Zhuge Liang only had this ability.

More than 100 fighting ships went down the river, quickly approaching the copper pillar in the center of the river, but Chen Mo's eyes were looking at the shore, where wolf smoke had already risen, and the defenders of Xiangyang City should be about to arrive, he wanted to see if these defenders could dare to rush to support before the iron rope was cut off.

"Bang Bang Bang Bang~" Just as Chen Mo was guessing how the other party would stop them from approaching, the speeding fleet suddenly stopped, and the bottom of many ships began to leak, as if there was an invisible barrier to stop them.

Looking at this scene, Chen Mo's face changed, he didn't know what was happening in front of him, but it was obviously not a good thing!

"Retreat!" Chen Mo waved the command flag, and at the same time ordered the flanking boats to go down the river bank and land to intercept the Xiangyang soldiers on the opposite bank.

But only a few of the fighting ships trapped in the center of the river escaped, and the others were trapped in the center of the river, unable to move.

The soldiers of Xiangyang have been killed in front of them, the two armies have not yet met, and there is a rain of arrows on the opposite side, Chen Mo's eyes are fixed, the other party's crossbow arrows are a little exaggerated, almost continuous, and the soldiers of the Ming army who rushed up were shot back by the other party with crossbow arrows.

"Deheng!" Chen Mo's eyesight was excellent, and he could see far away intently, and after sensing that something was wrong, he immediately ordered the soldiers on the river bank to withdraw, and shouted at Ma Jun at the same time.

Ma Jun's face was a little pale at the moment, he didn't expect the boat he had carefully prepared to be so vulnerable, hearing Chen Mo's shout, he came to Chen Mo's side tremblingly, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is incompetent......"

"Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers." Chen Mo shook his head, pointed to the other side and said, "The crossbow machine in the hands of the Jingzhou army can fire arrows continuously, there are as many as ten shots, you can make it?" ”

In Chen Mo's impression, the repeater crossbow made by Ma Jun back then was already very good, it could shoot one hundred and twenty steps, three shots in a row, but compared with the crossbow machine that the Jingzhou army took out now, it was too much worse, the opponent's crossbow machine was not only small in size, one person could control it, and it could be fired ten times in a row, no matter what the accuracy was, just look at the effect, almost pressing his own soldiers to beat, Chen Mo encouraged people to work and promote the status of craftsmen over the years, but such strange things appeared in Jingzhou.

"This ......" Ma Jun was a little dumbfounded, ten consecutive rounds and easy-to-carry crossbow machine, let alone see, I haven't heard of it, I shook his head bitterly for a long time, he couldn't make it: "If you can give Chen a sample, maybe you can make it." ”

Samples?

Chen Mo looked at the soldiers who returned from the rout, this temptation was lost, but it was just a sample, and this had to think of a way.

At the moment, Chen Mo commanded the fleet to retreat, and the defenders of Xiangyang did not pursue, although the copper pillar in the heart of the river sealed the opportunity for Chen Mo to use the Han water to directly penetrate the enemy's henchmen, but it also blocked the possibility of them pursuing Chen Mo, although they repelled the enemy, they could only watch Chen Mo retreat calmly.

Back in the camp, Chen Mo gathered the generals, and the defeat in the first battle may have dampened some of his spirit, but it had little impact on the overall situation.

"It is not feasible to take the enemy camp directly by water." Chen Mo looked at the generals and said, "Ma Chao! ”

"The last general!" Ma Chao took a step forward and said loudly.

"You lead 3,000 cavalry, go to the enemy camp to call for battle, and if the enemy wants to meet it, you will attack it, but if the enemy army does not want to, you must not take it by force." Chen Mo looked at Ma Chaodao.

"The last general commands!" Ma Chao took the arrow, bowed, and turned to retreat.

"Zhang Liao!" Chen Mo looked at Zhang Liao.

"The last general!" Zhang Liao took a step forward and bowed.

"You lead 10,000 Nanyang troops to follow behind Ma Chao, and build a large camp outside Fancheng for me, and the distance cannot exceed ten miles!" Chen Mo said in a deep voice, since the waterway is impassable, then bypass the Jiangxin Iron Cable and go straight to Fancheng.

"The last general commands!" Zhang Liao clasped his fists and saluted.

"Ma Jun!" Chen Mo looked at Ma Jun again.

"The minister is here!" Ma Jun hurriedly stepped forward.

"The new battalion should assume that there are broken army crossbows, and around each gate, Shi Shao must have twelve broken army crossbows, you can do it!" Chen Mo looked at Ma Jundao.

The opponent's repeater crossbow couldn't be cracked for a while, and Chen Mo didn't know how many the other party had, but according to the returning soldiers, although this repeater could shoot ten arrows in a row, the power was not very strong, and the range was not too far.

"Whoa!" Ma Jun agreed and ordered to leave with Zhang Liao.

"Pound!" Chen Mo looked at Pang De and said, "You lead two thousand cavalry, and plan against Ma Chao, lest he fall for the local strategy!" ”

"Whoa!" Pound agreed.

"The rest of the generals, reorganize the departments and prepare to move the camp." Chen Mo got up, looked at the generals and said, "Although this temptation failed, I don't believe that this Xiangfan is really solid!" In this battle, our army will win! ”

"The last general commands!" When all the generals heard this, they all responded to the order, and each went back to prepare soldiers and horses, preparing to follow Chen Mo to conquer Fancheng.