Chapter 297: Closing the Door and Hitting the Dog

Liu Zhu was extremely embarrassed to listen to His Royal Highness's analysis, and his words were not many but to the point, and these problems were enough to affect the success or failure of the battle. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info and some time ago, he also heard that some people in the army felt that His Highness was lucky to win the battle of Qizhouyang, he got the information first, and he had the strength of the dragon ship, and the army as a backup, and no one would lose if he went into battle. But Liu Zhu knew the difficulty of that battle, and thought that with more than 40 warships, he dared to fight an enemy army several times his size, and this courage alone was not possessed by ordinary people.

"In the future, I will say that His Highness will not fight, so I will slap him with two big mouths first!" Liu Zhu secretly swore that from today's words of His Royal Highness, he would at least be better than himself, if he was older and experienced a few more big battles, I am afraid that there would be another general in the world.

Of course, Liu Zhu's admiration for His Royal Highness did not start today, he was one of the first people to enter the Shuaifu, watching the Shuaifu grow as if blowing in a year, not to mention anything else, only that the whole army is now better fed and clothed than the forbidden army, and he has also changed from a village that used to manage seven or eight warships and three or four hundred people to a commander of tens of thousands of soldiers. And these are all from His Highness, how can he not die for His Highness. There are even people in the mansion who secretly plan to help His Royal Highness to the throne, then he is the minister of the hidden mansion and has the merit of supporting the dragon.

"Your Highness, how do you think this battle should be fought?" Yoo Su asked respectfully. Now that the arrow is on the bow, now that his battle plan has made such a big mistake, he is under a lot of pressure!

"Close the door and hit the dog." Zhao Yu thought for a while and said, in fact, he is also a layman in the planning of the battle, but he can 'calculate', and the speed of the enemy army can be estimated by the speed of the sea current and the size of the wind speed. The Maowei Sea sounds quite small, but it is densely packed with islands and narrow sea lanes, which is not suitable for large-scale operations. But the two sides have gathered more than 700 warships to fight here, that is a pot of porridge, and melee combat is not their own strength, and the victory or defeat is obvious.

"Shut the door and beat the dog?!" Liu Zhu said with a puzzled expression, obviously not understanding what His Highness meant.

"This is just the idea of this king, and Liu Dutong needs to be consulted!" Zhao Hao has an advantage, what he doesn't understand is not understood, what he doesn't understand is asked, he never takes a big deal, and he asks for opinions from many parties if he is not sure, after all, there is no trivial matter in the matter that passes through his hands, and a mistake may kill hundreds of people.

"The subordinates don't dare, please ask Your Highness to give advice." His Royal Highness was polite, Liu Zhu didn't dare to be presumptuous, and bowed his hand.

"This king thinks so, according to the rules of the army, every night the warships often enter the water village and anchor, and only send sentinel ships to patrol, isn't that so?" Zhao Yu looked at Liu Zhu and asked.

"What His Highness said is exactly that the vision is not good at night, and the ship is dangerous, so there is no emergency, and the ship will not be sent to sea......" Liu Zhu said, and suddenly thought of what His Highness said, "Your Highness's intention is to take advantage of the concentration of enemy ships in the wall, seal the gate of the wall, and gather them to annihilate?" ”

"Well, this is exactly what this king intended, we approached the enemy water village at night, and then launched a surprise attack, destroyed its warship and quickly evacuated, and did not entangle with them!" Zhao Yu nodded.

"Your Highness's plan is very good, but the enemy water village will definitely send a patrol warship, if you want to sneak up on the water village, it is difficult. When his subordinates attacked Guangzhou, it was His Highness who surrendered the water gate opened by the enemy army, and then launched a surprise attack. Liu Zhu thought for a while and said, but it still needs to be passed before it can be implemented.

"This is exactly what this king wants to ask you, are the sentinel boats generally small paddle boats?" Zhao Yu asked.

"Exactly, the boat is fast, convenient to come and go, generally take this as a sentinel boat, but the farthest away from the village is only three or five miles. Unless enemy ships are spotted, medium-sized warships will be sent into the open sea to patrol the sea. The Tartar navy learned from our dynasty, and it should also follow this example. Liu Zhu replied. The reason why he chose to sneak into Qinzhou Bay at night and launch an attack during the day was precisely because he was worried about being discovered by the sentinel ship. But there is also a huge risk that the shipping lanes are complex and large ships are in danger of running aground or running aground at night if they are not careful.

"Then we'll have a chance!" Zhao Yu patted the table and said.

"Your Highness has a way to avoid the enemy sentry ship and get close to the enemy's water village, can your Highness make a blinding way?" Liu Zhu was pleasantly surprised.

"Nonsense, how can there be a way in the world, unless you can clear the clouds and fog, but do you dare to sail in that weather?" Zhao Hao scolded with a smile, and said in his heart that these people really regard themselves as immortals, "Qinzhou Bay is connected to the open sea, and there is only one tide rise and fall here in a day, and the tidal difference can reach two zhang, how dare small boats sail at this time!" ”

"Your Highness, your subordinates understand that it is called the all-day tide, we take advantage of the opportunity of the enemy sentry ship to evade, and use the tide to enter the bay together to approach the enemy water village, and when they find out, it is already too late, we can block the enemy water village and realize the closure of the door and fight the dogs." Liu Zhu rubbed his hands and said.

"Yes, it's a high tide these days, and there is a waning moon to illuminate. When the tide is rising, we can first release fireboats to block the gate and destroy the wall, and then release rockets to burn the enemy ships inside, and then we can exit the bay when the tide recedes. Zhao Yu said.

"That's the best thing, then we only need to send rocket ships into the bay, and we don't need to use infantry troops, and we can destroy the enemy water village with the power of our naval forces. His Royal Highness is clever, and his subordinates are ashamed! Liu Zhu said with emotion.

"For the generals to know astronomy and geography, they can use the power of heaven and earth to break the enemy, this king is just lucky to know something!" Zhao Yu waved his hand and smiled, "However, as the commander of an army, you must not only know how to train troops and fight, but also read more books and read some art of war!" ”

"My subordinates have made a note of it." Liu Zhu gave a deep salute......

The most critical problem was solved, and Liu Zhu renegotiated the battle plan with His Highness, changing the attack fleet into two routes, and launching a surprise attack on the enemy forces in Qinzhou and Hepu at the same time. The attack fleet was also reorganized, with medium-sized warships as the main force of the attack, and as many rocket launchers as possible to complete the attack in a short time. At the same time, the large warships attacking the attack were reduced, and only some of them were reserved for escort purposes. In addition to serving as sentry and liaison as small ships, the fewer the better.

Qiongzhou is about 500 miles away from Qinzhou, and this battle can be described as a long-distance attack. At this time, when merchant ships frequently came and went, in order to ensure concealment, the time of departure was chosen to sail in the early morning to avoid the merchant ships passing through the strait. The next day, they arrived at Weizhou Island and rested for half a day, and after half a day, they divided their troops into two routes, and in the evening, they arrived at the mouth of the bay at high tide and entered Qinzhou Bay, and immediately launched an attack after approaching the enemy's water village. Regardless of the effectiveness of the attack, withdraw from the battle at low tide. After retreating, the two roads still met at Weizhou Island, and they connected each other and broke away from the combat area...... (To be continued.) )