Chapter 641: Strategizing
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The people who should leave are gone, and Lu Peng and Li Dong are left in the cabin, at this time, Lu Peng, who has a light and breezy face, suddenly became serious, lying on a detailed map, and asked Li Dong again: "Are you sure that this place is densely reeded?" Are you sure the old yellow reeds are still there at this time? β
Li Dong nodded cautiously: "This place is full of rivers, and the water in other places is not deep, which is very suitable for those water thieves' boats to shuttle back and forth in it, and the only waterway that can run a warship like ours, it just so happens that I also know, so choosing this place to have a decisive battle with Gan Ning is definitely the battlefield that Gan Ning wants the most, if we encircle and suppress them everywhere in Taihu Lake, it will not only take time and effort, but it is more likely that we will not be able to catch them at all, and at that time, we will really fall into the vast ocean, and I assure the lord that this place." The dried reeds of previous years still exist, but now it is June, the peach blossoms are not, the peaches are delicious, the fresh reeds are luxuriant, and it seems that the new reeds cannot be ignited by fire attack. β
"What you see is this, it seems to you that it is an impossible problem, but it seems to me that what I see is that we can't burn them at once, what are we going to do? We can't chase them around the world, and I don't have that time to spare, so are you sure there's a lake in the middle of Xishan Island? β
Li Dong said with certainty: "Sure, and the biggest water bandit in Taihu Lake, Jiang Long, is entrenched there, every time Gan Ning arrives in Taihu Lake, he has to take refuge there." β
Lu Peng pinched his chin and nodded: "According to human nature, once you are cornered, the first thing that comes to mind is to go back to your nest, especially according to your map, this has the only external waterway, which is suitable for defense." β
"Yes, that's right." Li Dong replied: "When I went there to explore the waterway, it was on the only waterway that the water thieves built a tall water gate to completely disconnect the small lake from the Taihu Lake, which should be extremely strong and difficult to open. β
"Everything must be looked at from two sides, standing on our own side, we think that the enemy's water gate is extremely strong and difficult to break, but if we change the angle and we close this water gate, then they will have no way to escape."
Li Dong nodded in admiration: "What the lord said is that if we change the angle, we can indeed drive the remnants of the water thieves after a fire to the small lake thief's nest, and then we will close his water gate and completely block them inside." β
"It seems that your head has not been bad in the past few years, and you can still draw inferences, so I am more assured of your ability."
Without thanking the lord for his praise, Li Dong looked at the map but said embarrassedly: "However, on this Xishan Island, the forests cover the sky and the sun, there are many birds and beasts, and there are many flat lands along this small lake, and in the past, the families of these water thieves fished there and cultivated rice, so we blocked their doors here, and we had no way to take him, it was protracted, and it would be us who would eventually collapse." β
Lu Peng smiled: "It can be seen from this point that it is simply condescending to let you be the branch leader of Jinyi Wei Jiangnan, you should go north with me, and I will hand over an army to you, so that you can be in charge alone." β
Li Dong looked up at the lonely boat on the river, his face was full of softness and warmth, and then he turned around and said in a firm voice: "If the lord transfers me to the north, then I will resign now." β
Lu Peng smiled: "Okay, okay, don't be nervous, I'm just talking about it, I mean, you should go to our north to have a good investigation, five or six years, our strength is not the original, there are many things that others don't have, and you can't think of it, if you want to gain a foothold in Jiangnan and open up the situation, you must master our own strength, only in this way, we have the confidence to speak outside, only in this way, when we formulate every action plan, We will use the strength and technology at our disposal to develop a plan that is completely unexpected. β
"My lordβ"
"So I ask you, when I finish this time, you follow me back to the north, of course, with your little woman, that is, to the north to investigate, and then after you have the bottom in your heart, you will go back to the south to carry out your mission." Then he patted him on the shoulder: "I still have to go back home, and the ugly daughter-in-law will inevitably see her in-laws, which is righteous and filial piety." β
Now Lu Peng is seizing all the time, sparing no effort to teach what he knows and what he can do to Li Dong, who will be pivotal in the south in the future, so that he can give full play to his ability and potential in the future, this is a good seedling, but it is a pity that he wasted five years in vain.
Throwing away what he had and not, Lu Peng continued to discuss the future battle situation with Li Dong, "Then how many men do you think Gan Ning will recruit this time?" β
Li Dong frowned and thought, and then replied cautiously: "If Gan Ning really wants to make a desperate bet with us this time, it will be no problem to organize 100,000 water thieves, of course, this is all the forces that I can mobilize under him, if he gathers nearby, there is absolutely no problem with 30,000 water thieves, just one Taihu Lake, at least 20,000 water thieves." β
"What about Chaohu Lake near him?"
Li Dong looked at Lu Peng in surprise, did he, the lord, really want to uproot Gan Ning in one fell swoop? But the lord has a question, and he must answer truthfully: "According to the information I have, the water thieves of Taihu Lake and Chaohu Lake, these two do not deal with each other, and they all have formed a lot of hatred in order to compete for the main channel of the Yangtze River. Then he followed the topic and introduced: "In fact, along the five great lakes of the Yangtze River, all the water thieves are in their own systems, or they don't get along with each other in old age, or they are as deep as the sea, and they all nominally respect the commander of Gan Ning, but it is impossible to twist into a rope and form a large army."
Lu Peng sighed: "It's a pity." β
"What's the pity of the lord?" For the sigh of the lord, Li Dong really felt inexplicable.
"It's a pity that time is still pressing, it's a pity that I can stimulate Gan Ning to this point, if I have the ability to stimulate him again, make this proud person even more proud, and my time can be very abundant, and then let him gather all his subordinates, all the water thieves of the Great Lakes will be summoned, at least their backbones will be gathered, and then I will give him a battle to settle the situation, in the Yangtze River water system, play the name of my Lu Peng, from now on, let them tremble when they see my caravan, let him see my Lu Zi banner and flee from the wind, The mention of my name is a nightmare, and that's what I'm for. β
Li Dong looked at his lord in amazement, and was really frightened by his lord's ambition.
The combat power on his side is here, plus the ten warships sent by Sun Quan, his side is only 60 warships, and the real ones who can fight are only the 2000 personal guards around the lord, and the sailors on his side plus the ten battleships given by Sun Quan, and those who operate catapults and crossbows, can only be regarded as craftsmen, they can't fight and need protection, at this time, their lord should look forward to the number of enemies as small as possible, How can this be because the other party's several water thieves in the big lake can't unite, and there is still a sense of loss.
Now, Li Dong is really frightened by his lord's ambitions, no, arrogance, no, madness.
There can only be two possibilities, one is that the lord is crazy, and the other is that the lord really has the capital behind him to be so arrogant, and he hasn't been home for five years, so he should go back to see and understand the changes in his home.
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