The twelve generals of the Jinling Army commanded the Jinling Navy, which was divided into twelve units, and slowly headed against the river from all directions towards the location of Liu Biao's Naval Army.

The potter was on the main ship, wrapped in a cloak and facing the river breeze, and carefully looked at the form on the river, and then shook his head.

"It's not okay to fight like this, use the banner to order the three armies, retreat temporarily, don't confront Liu Biao head-on now, and find a way to lead his naval army into the waterway on the side."

Pei Qian immediately said: "No! ”

Lu Lingqi stood behind the potter, she looked at the huge Liu Biao fleet in the distance suspiciously, and said curiously: "Seeing that it is about to go head-to-head, why did the sudden defeat lead Liu Biao's army elsewhere?" Is there an ambush there? ”

The potter pointed to Lu Lingqi and said: "On the river, where is there any ambush? Water warfare is not about the courage of the soldiers, but about the strategic weapons, and the ability of the generals is also very important, of course, the soldiers are best to be familiar with the water, on the river, there are many factors that can affect victory or defeat, among which the wind direction and water flow are very important. ”

The potter pointed to Liu Biao's warship in the distance and said: "The Jingzhou Navy is equipped with a lot of stone throwing machines, which is conducive to long-range, and our warships are equipped with clap rods, which are used for close combat water warfare weapons. ”

Lu Lingqi pondered thoughtfully, and suddenly a gust of river wind blew, and the cold wind was a little penetrating, which made her shiver all over.

Lu Lingqi's performance fell in the eyes of the potter.

The potter hesitated, but took off his cloak and reached out to her.

Lu Lingqi took the cloak and put it on her shoulder, her fair face was slightly red, and her head lowered unconsciously.

At the same time, the military orders of the main battleship of the pottery merchant had been passed down in order.

The first person to receive the pottery merchant's flag order was Gan Ning, who had already prepared to march into the army, and was preparing for a fight, but got a military order to retreat, and a lion's face sank at that time.

He sniffed vigorously and muttered to himself, "Prime Minister, what kind of evil is this?" The good ones are going to run away without even fighting, which is empty of Lao Tzu's strength. ”

But complaining is complaining, Gan Ning did not dare to disobey the direct military orders of the potters, so he immediately ordered all the warships under his command to start turning their bows.

And the other generals of the navy also learned from Gan Ning and moved when they heard the wind.

Seeing that the potter's fleet began to shift direction, Zhang Yun, the front of the enemy's naval army, quickly began to transmit information to the main ship.

After Huang Zu got the news, he immediately reported it to Liu Biao, who was on the same ship.

Although Liu Biao was old, he didn't know much about the water war, so he immediately asked Huang Zu and Cai Mao, the governor of the navy, to ask for their opinions.

Cai Mao was good at water warfare, and he immediately admonished Liu Biao: "There are only two possibilities for this matter, one is that the potters saw that our navy was equipped with stone throwers, and thought that they were not our opponents, so they retreated. ”

Liu Biao thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "Although the old man rarely fights, he also knows more about the pottery merchants, although this person is young, but he has defeated Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu, Sun Ce, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and others in a row for several years, and Cao Cao is also a fight, or the personal disciple of Huangfu Yizhen when he was alive, such a person, how can he collect troops without a fight?" Moreover, the ability of the school government is known to the whole world, and it is impossible for the potter to not know about such a big thing as the equipping of our warships with stone throwers, so the old man concluded that his withdrawal of troops may not be such a thing. ”

Cai Mao agreed: "The last general is also thinking about it, so now it can only be the second possibility...... The one surnamed Tao is deliberately seducing us. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

Cai Mao hurriedly said: "Ming Gong, can you still remember the battle between the potters and Yuan Shu in the third year of Chuping, when it was the first time that the Jinling soldiers became famous in the world...... How did Yuan Shu lose that battle? ”

Liu Biao stroked his beard and pondered: "The old man remembers that at that time, Yuan Shu was lured to a low-lying place by a potter in a water war, and was defeated by Gan Ning and others who had just defected to the potter......

When he said this, Liu Biao suddenly woke up.

"Could it be that the potter wants to do it again?"

Cai Mao nodded: "This matter is very likely. ”

Liu Biao pondered for a while and said, "Since this is the case, what should be done about this matter?" ”

Cai Mao smiled when she heard this.

"What are you afraid of repeating the old trick? We only need to be cautious to guard the rear of the fleet and chase him carefully, so that we do not go into the low-lying places, so that we need not be afraid of him! ”

Liu Biao listened to Cai Mao's words, and his heart was put down.

He nodded at Cai Mao with satisfaction: "Since this is the case, I will let you take full command for the old man." ”

"No!"

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Cai Mao's idea is right, the potters are indeed using a scheme to lure them, but the potters are not trying to lure them to low-lying waterways, he is to lure Jingzhou's navy into a countercurrent, let his sailors go straight down the Jingzhou army, approach Liu Biaojun's army as fast as possible, and use a clapstick to defeat Jingzhou's fleet with lightning speed.

To change the direction of each other's rivers and rivers, find a river confluence, and then after traveling some distance against the current, order the fleet to turn to attack.

The army of potters galloped in front, Liu Biao's army pursued behind, and along the way, the stone thrower began to launch a fierce attack after the Jinling naval army faintly entered the firing range.

It's just that because the opponent's fleet is moving, although the catapult is powerful, it has no accuracy, and it splashes huge water on the surface of the river.

Seeing that they missed by throwing a stone, Liu Biao and Cai Mao were anxious.

They were now eager for the potters to lure them into shallow waters.

At least after the Jinling army goes to the pile first, you can also use a catapult to bombard them violently to improve the hit rate.

Finally, the navy of Jinling turned into a tributary that went against the fork, and the entire fleet under the unified command of the potters did not drag the mud and water at all, and quickly went upstream.

After observing the water topography once, Cai Mao saw that there was nothing suspicious, so he commanded the Jingzhou Army Naval Division to continue the pursuit.

After driving for a while, the pottery merchant saw that the distance had almost widened, so he immediately ordered the rear army to be changed to the front army, and turned to attack the Jingzhou naval army.

The movements of the Jinling Navy naturally can't hide from Cai Mao's eyes.

Seeing that the rear team of the Jinling Navy was changed to the front team and began to attack his side, Cai Mao hurriedly observed the surrounding terrain.

It is still above the river, there is no low-lying road, there is still a distance from the shore, and there is no sign of warship attack in the rear.

Cai Mao was overjoyed, he knew that in this case, it would take a while for the enemy's naval warships to change their formation, and this time was a good time for him to take advantage.

Potter, you're dead!