Chapter 362: The Battle of Red Cliffs I
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Zhou Yu was convening the generals of the Wu army to discuss the matter, and suddenly a junior colonel entered the report: "The governor of the capital, Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the state of Chu, together with the general Zhang Liao, the hussar general Zhang, and the naval governor Cai Mao asked to see outside the tent. ”
"Oh?" Zhou Yu's expression moved, and he said happily, "Zhuge Liang? ”
General Tai Shici said: "What is Zhuge Liang doing here?" ”
Zu Lang said: "Could it be that you are here to ask for the command of the coalition forces?" Hmph, our Wu army is here to help Chu kill the Liang thief, but not to be a slave to the monarch and ministers of Chu, and wants our Wu army to obey the orders of the prime minister of Chu, but there is no door. ”
"Haha." Zhou Yu laughed loudly, "General Zulang is too worried, Zhuge Liang is not here to seek command, but I am afraid that he wants to give up the command of the water and land army of Chu State to this governor." ”
"Oh?" Zu Lang did not believe, "The last will not believe." ”
Zhou Yu smiled and said, "Does the general dare to bet?" ”
Zu Lang said loudly: "Why don't you dare. ”
"Okay." Zhou Yu stood up and said loudly, "Order, please invite Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Chu State, and his party." ”
When Zhuge Liang and his entourage calmly entered the tent, Zhou Yu stood up with a smile and said: "Oh, Prime Minister Zhuge and the generals are here, and the governor is rude because he can't meet him far away because of military affairs." ”
Zhuge Liang also waved his hand and said with a smile: "The Metropolitan Governor is smiling, please forgive me for the disturbance." "The prime minister is polite." Zhou Yu solemnly said, "Please take a seat, generals, please take a seat." ”
Zhuge Liang did not shirk and happily entered the table with Zhang Liao, Zhang, and Cai Mao, and Zhou Yu said happily: "Prime Minister, three generals, this time the horse butcher threatened to hunt in Chibi with my lord and the Emperor of Chu, which can be described as arrogant. Our lord has ordered the governor to lead the three armies to come to Xiakou to obey the order, the so-called personal honor and disgrace is a small matter, the survival of Wu and Chu is of great importance, in order to join forces to resist the strong enemy, the governor is determined to raise the troops of Eastern Wu to obey the prime minister's reprimand. Prime Minister and not visible. ”
Zhuge Liang nodded happily. Quietly glanced sideways at Zhang Liao and Zhang.
Zhang Liao and Zhang Bu couldn't help but show shame on their faces, before coming to Xiakou, the two of them were still angry that the water and land army of Chu would obey the governor of Wu, but they never expected that Zhou Yu, the governor of Wu, would take the initiative to let Wu Jun obey the orders of the prime minister of Chu in order to take care of the overall situation. This mind, this belly, is really admirable.
Zhuge Liang's face was straight, and he said solemnly: "Governor, Liang has a word." ”
Zhou Yu also said solemnly: "Please speak." ”
Zhuge Liang said: "The ability of the metropolitan governor to use soldiers is all over the world, even if it is a horse butcher, he is ashamed of himself, although there is no shortage of brave generals in my Chu country, and there is no shortage of wise men, but if you talk about the ability to command the army." But no one can be the right of the Metropolitan Governor! Therefore, our Lord is determined to raise the land and water armies of the whole country. I have heard the rebuke of the Metropolitan Governor, and now my lord is here with the sword. The soldiers of the Chu State did not obey the orders of the metropolitan governor. Kill them all! ”
After that, Zhuge Liang waved his hand. Zhang Liao had already personally presented Cao Zhen's sword - it was the Qinghong sword, the heirloom of the Cao family.
Zhuge Liang's words fell, and the Wu generals in the tent changed color, and they all stared at Zhou Yu with wide eyes, especially Zu Lang, who almost lost his jaw, how did Zhuge Liang do this?
Do you really want the land and water army of Chu to obey the reprimands of the capital governor?
Zhou Yu hurriedly bowed his hand to the west, and said solemnly: "Emperor Chu is very loving, Yu is grateful to Wunei, but Yu really doesn't dare to take on this important task, and Wu Jun came to Chu to help the war, Chu is the main one, Wu is the guest, how can Yu be anti-guest-oriented?" Please also ask the prime minister to return the sword of the Chu Emperor and transfer the Chu Emperor on his behalf, Wu Jun came to the Chu State to fight for the life and death of Wu and Chu, and will never watch the fire from the other side in order to preserve his strength. ”
The generals of the Wu army in the tent turned their eyes to Zhuge Liang again.
Zhuge Liang said in a deep voice: "If the Metropolitan Governor can't bear to watch the army of Chu be destroyed by the Liang army, Liang will return this sword to my lord." ”
Zhuge Liang's words are undoubtedly extremely serious, which means that if you Zhou Yu don't receive this sword, you will not save yourself when you see death, and you will deliberately let the Chu army fend for itself, when it comes to this, of course Zhou Yu can't shirk anymore, not to mention that Zhou Yu actually doesn't plan to shirk in his heart, everyone understands people, looking at Jing and Yang, except for him Zhou Yu, who else can take on this important responsibility?
What I just said was that it was just a show.
Zhang Liao, Zhang, and Cai Mao also left the table at the right time, knelt down on one knee in front of Zhou Yu's case, and sang very sincerely: "A certain person is willing to be controlled by the governor of the capital, and if there is a behavior that violates the yin and yin, he is willing to accept military law." ”
"If Yu insists on not accepting it, it is hypocritical." Zhou Yu said solemnly, "Well, since this is the case, the governor is not welcome." ”
The three generals, Zhang Liao, Zhang, and Cai Mao, stood up and hugged their fists and said, "I am willing to obey the orders of the metropolitan governor." ”
Zhou Yu nodded, and said loudly: "Zhang listens to the order!" ”
Zhang hurriedly stepped forward and responded: "The end will be." ”
Zhou Yu said: "Send troops to build beacon towers on the south bank of the Yangtze River to monitor every move of the Liang army on the other side. ”
"Order!"
"Cai Mao listens to orders."
"Yes."
"Send the navy to inspect the Yangtze River at night, especially closely monitor the Wulin Port Naval Army, but if there is any wind and grass, it will be reported immediately!"
"Yes."
"Zhang Liao listens to orders."
"Yes."
"Immediately lead the main force of the Chu army to Chibi to join the main force of the Wu army, and wait for the dispatch of this governor."
"Yes."
The assignment was decided, and Zhou Yu waved his hand to Zhuge Liang at this time, and said sincerely: "Prime Minister Zhuge Chengge, when it comes to governing internal affairs, no one can be said to be the right person, so you will have to worry about the scheduling of this grain and grass." ”
Zhuge Liang bowed his hand and replied: "Liang is a matter of internal affairs, and I dare not refuse." ”
Zhou Yu said to Bo Buqiu, the commander of the army: "Lord Buqiu, you can hand over the general's grain to Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng." ”
"Yes." Bu Qi bowed and said to Zhuge Liang, "Prime Minister, please come with the lower officials." ”
[The planning of the Liang army and the joint operation of Wu and Chu were carried out simultaneously, and there was no chronological order. ]
When Ma Yue was reading a book with a candle, he suddenly saw Dian Wei stepping into the tent, and said worriedly: "Your Majesty, Lord Jia Xu is sick. ”
"Huh!?" Ma Yue was startled. He lost his voice and said, "What's wrong with Wen and him?" ”
Dian Wei said in a low voice: "I heard Lang Zhong say that Lord Jia Xu is old and frail and works hard day and night, plus he is sick because he is not accustomed to water and soil, and I heard that Lord Jia Xu has been sick for a while. ”
"Let's go." Ma Yue hurriedly put on his clothes. Xiang Dian Wei said. "Let's go check it out."
Ma Yue rushed to Jia Xu's military tent in a hurry under the escort of Dian Wei, and before he could enter, he heard a rapid coughing sound, Ma Yue felt a burst of worry when he heard the coughing sound, and his heart couldn't help but start sinking, all these years. As he and his old buddies and brothers grew older, they became more and more unable to resist the invasion of the powerful enemy of time.
Guan Hai and Liao Hua died in the early years, Guo Tu also died young, and Pei Yuanshao and Fu Zhu died of illness before the expedition, is it Jia Xu's turn again this time? If Jia Xu dies, who will be left with the old guys who followed Ma Yue in the early years? It seems that there is only one Zhou Cang left, thinking of this, Ma Yue didn't dare to think about it anymore. Stooped sharply and got into the military tent.
Inside the tent, a little red fire was swaying dimly in the wind. It seems like it could go off at any moment.
Jia Xu was leaning on the soft couch tiredly, and the attendant was carefully feeding the decoction spoonful by spoon into Jia Xu's mouth. Footsteps are heard. Jia Xu couldn't help but turn his head sideways, and saw that it was Ma Yue who twisted his body and wanted to sit up. Unexpectedly, he collapsed heavily on the soft couch in front of him, and an inexplicable disgust rose from his chest, followed by a sharp cough that almost wanted to die.
"Wenhe!" Ma Yue hurriedly stepped forward and gently pressed Jia Xu, and said hurriedly, "Wenhe, you don't have to get up, didn't I say a long time ago, anyone in the world has to salute when they see me, but you Jia Wenhe is not more than a salute." ”
"Ahem...... Jia Xu coughed vigorously twice, finally stopped coughing, rested for a while before relieving himself, and said weakly, "Your Majesty...... , why are you here? ”
Ma Yue said gloomily: "You are all sick like this, I don't even say it, alas, this is my dereliction of duty." ”
"Your Majesty." Jia Xu gently held Ma Yue's hands and gasped, "The minister is just occasionally caught with a cold, and it will be fine with a few medicines, so it's really not in the way." ”
Ma Yue turned back to Dian Wei and said, "Dian Wei." ”
Dian Wei hurriedly clenched his fists and said, "The minister is here." ”
Ma Yue said: "Quickly summon the imperial doctor." ”
"Yes."
Dian Wei took the order and left, and before the tea was done, he led the three imperial doctors to Jia Xu's tent. Ma Yue glanced at the three imperial doctors coldly, and said in a deep voice: "Use the best medicine and do everything you can to cure the prime minister's illness!" If you want to use any medicine and there is no medicine in the army, even if you tell me and I send someone to find it, but if you can't cure the prime minister's illness, then ...... I will destroy your nine clans and bury them with the Prime Minister! ”
After saying that, Ma Yue brushed his sleeves and left, leaving only the three imperial doctors looking at each other and turning pale.
Jia Xu looked at the back of Ma Yue walking away, he was moved and worried, all kinds of emotions were about to come up, but finally turned into a wordless sigh...... The world is about to be unified, and the stage belonging to Jia Xu is about to come to an end, Your Majesty, Jia Xu has lived in vain.
Since Cao Zhen gave Zhou Yu the Qinghong Sword and handed over the Chu State water and land army to Zhou Yu with full command, Zhou Yu moved the coalition camp from Xiakou to Chibi, nearly 80,000 naval troops, more than 10,000 large and small warships gathered together, the scene was quite spectacular, and there were more than 100,000 Wu and Chu Bu troops on the shore and the joint camp, stretching for dozens of miles, and it was even more weather.
In the big tent of the Chinese army, Zhou Yu is convening the generals to discuss the matter.
Suddenly, a junior colonel came into the account and reported: "Dadu Governor, the Liang army has set up three large camps in Chishuitan, Black Pine Forest, and Baishituo, and is cutting wood and building pontoon bridges on the spot. ”
"Oh?" Zhou Yu said in a condensed voice, "The Liang army is cutting wood to build a pontoon bridge? ”
Wang Cang, who is familiar with the terrain of Jingzhou, said busily: "Chishuitan, Black Pine Forest, and Baishituo are located between Jiangling and Wulin, and the three are separated by hundreds of miles from each other. Doesn't this give our army a chance to break through? ”
"Hmm." Zhou Yu nodded, and asked the little colonel again, "Have you ever found out, how many Liang soldiers and horses are stationed in each camp?" ”
The small colonel said: "There are about 100,000 horses in each big camp. ”
"What? Lakh! Lu Meng was disappointed and said, "If there are 100,000 troops stationed everywhere, then our army should not act rashly. ”
Wang Cang echoed: "General Lu Meng is extremely worried. If there are 100,000 people in each Liang army, it is difficult for our army to destroy it in a short time, and the Liang army has many iron cavalry, which can arrive in a very short time, and if our army fails to sneak attack, it will be entangled by the Liang army. The consequences are unimaginable. ”
Cai Mao said: "That can't let Liang Jun build a bridge casually." A certain thought that he should send a naval army to attack and harass and prevent the Liang army from building a bridge. ”
"Report ......" Cai Mao's words fell, and another junior school walked into the tent and knelt on the ground and said, "The Metropolitan Governor." Hanyang Emergency. ”
"Oh?" Zhou Yu said in a deep voice, "Speak! ”
The little colonel gasped and said, "The Liang Army is expanding the Hanyang Water Village on a large scale!" ”
"Large-scale expansion of Hanyang Water Village?" Zhou Yu frowned and said, "What is the horse butcher doing here?" In terms of the scale of the Ganning Jingzhou Water Army, the Wulin Port Village is enough to accommodate it, and there is no need to expand the Hanyang Water Village at all? ”
The junior colonel said again: "Governor, there is a very suspicious situation. ”
Zhou Yu asked, "What's the situation?" ”
Xiao Xiao said: "It is used to support the arrow tower and the fence (the fence of the water village and the fence of the land village are different, and the fence of the water village has a large gap, and its function is only to block the battle. Therefore, the water flow can flow freely) The wooden stake has extended more than two hundred steps towards the center of the river, and the Liang army is still nailing into the stake without stopping for a moment. Looking at this posture, Liang Jun is afraid that he is not going to expand the water village to the center of the river. ”
"What? Expand the water village to the center of the river!? Xu Sheng burst out laughing when he heard this. The horse butcher is really an idiot. I actually want to expand the water village to the center of the river, oh hahaha......"
"Strange. Exactly weird. Cai Mao shook his head in confusion and said, "Gan Ning is the boss of the Jinfan thieves who have been rampant on the Yangtze River for many years, there is no reason not to say that the Yangtze River will flood every summer, does Gan Ning think that the Liangjun Water Village is strong enough to withstand the impact of the flood?" This is incredible, Gan Ning should not make such a low-level mistake. ”
"Nope." The young Lu Xun said disapprovingly, "The horse butcher is not an idiot, and Gan Ning will not say that the Yangtze River will flood, and Liang Jun is only afraid that he will build a super water village on the surface of the Yangtze River that runs through the north and south banks!" In this way, the entire section of the Yangtze River will be cut into two sections, and the Wu and Chu armies will be unable to take care of each other, and they will no longer be able to prevent the Xiliang army from moving south to Jingzhou. ”
"Build a super water village that runs through the north and south banks?" Zhang Liao lost his voice and said, "How long does it take for such a huge project?" I'm afraid that it may not be able to be built next summer, right? ”
"That's hard to say." Lu Xun said in a deep voice, "After all, the Liang army does not want to build a water village in the real sense, what it needs may only be the fence used for the defense of the water village and the arrow tower behind the fence, if it is only to build the fence and arrow tower, the amount of work will be greatly reduced, with the huge manpower and material resources of the Liang army, it is not impossible to repair it before the flood next summer." ”
Lu Xun's words fell, and a heavy footstep suddenly sounded outside the tent.
The figure flashed, and Zhou Tai, the fierce general of the Eastern Wu Navy, had already entered the big tent, and shouted to Zhou Yu: "The Metropolitan Governor, the last general is back." ”
"General Zhou Tai has worked hard." Zhou Yu said happily, "Have you ever explored the reality of the Ganning Water Army?" ”
"Figured it out." Zhou Tai wiped the river water on his face, and responded, "The last general took advantage of the night to touch the Wulin Port Naval Army Dazhai, and lurked in the water for three days and three nights (don't get me wrong, it's not that I've been hiding under the water), and finally figured out the reality of the Ganning Navy, the total strength of the Ganning Navy should be about 70,000, there are more than 300 large building ships, more than 5,000 shipwreckage ships, and the number of boats should be tens of thousands. ”
The generals of Wu and Chu in the tent had changed slightly, and many people did not expect that the Ganning Navy had so many warships.
Zhou Yu said: "Is there any other situation?" ”
"Yes." Zhou Tai nodded, "When the last general lurked in the inner village, he found a terrifying warship. ”
Zhou Yu asked, "What warship?" ”
Zhou Tai said: "The style of the warship is similar to that of the warship, but it is slightly larger, and there are no oars on both sides to stretch out, but its rowing speed is far more than that of ordinary ships, it is like an arrow!" There were two rows of sharp hammers in the bow, and the last admiral had seen this terrible warship easily smash through the side of a cool fighting ship! ”
Zhou Yu said awe-inspiringly: "The Ganning Navy actually has such a terrifying Qi Chong? ”
"And." Zhou Tai said again, "Liang Jun is installing a strange weapon on a large building ship, it seems that it should be a stone thrower, but it is much larger than a stone thrower. And the structure is also extremely complicated, I can't figure out what the hell it is, because the Liang army is heavily guarded, and the last general doesn't dare to get too close, so I can't look very carefully. ”
"Catapult?" Zhou Yu was stunned. "Liang Jun wants to install the stone thrower on the ship? How is this possible? ”
"yes." Generals Lu Meng and Lu Xun were also puzzled. "The water is not as good as the land, the river is shaky, the hull is unstable, and the stone bullets thrown by the stone throwers are easy to accidentally injure your own warship, not to mention, even if it can hit the enemy warship, its stone projectiles will smash through a deck at most. It is impossible to penetrate the side at all, and what threat can there be? In water combat, the stone thrower is simply an ornament. ”
Zhou Tai shook his head and said: "This last general is not very clear, maybe the Liang Army's stone throwing machine is larger, and it may be possible to throw a stone bullet to smash through the side of the warship, oh, by the way, there is another thing, the Liang Army is building a chain of warships." ”
"Hit a chain warship?" Zhou Yu said in a deep voice. "It looks like the horse butcher is going to do the same trick again, hehe."
Zhuge Liang, who had never made a sound, also smiled and said, "In Sanjiangkou." The horse butcher was almost burned to death by the first emperor (Cao Cao), but he didn't expect that more than ten years later. The horse butcher actually remembered the serial warship again. It's so good, the scar forgets the pain. ”
Zhou Yu said: "However, the current situation is different from the beginning. At the beginning, the horse butcher was defenseless, and Cao Gong attacked from the northwest to the southeast, which was a tailwind, but this time, the horse butcher had a lesson from the past, and it was bound to increase preventive measures, and the Liang army attacked from north to south, but our army was in a headwind, and it seemed impossible to carry out a fire attack. ”
"Not necessarily." Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "It is not impossible for the southeast wind to blow in the cold winter of Lajiu. ”
"Then I have to ask Prime Minister Zhuge to borrow the east wind." Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang looked at each other and smiled, looked around at the generals in the tent and said, "Everyone, the horse butcher's strategy is already obvious, the pontoon bridges in Chishuitan, the Black Pine Forest, and Baishituo, as well as the expansion of the water village in Hanyang Port, are all just to induce our army to divide their troops, and its real purpose is to create a chance for the Ganning Navy in Wulin Dazhai to win with one blow." ”
ps: Some readers proposed that it is not feasible to build a pontoon bridge on the Yangtze River, and the swordsman made a simple calculation. The average annual flow of the Yangtze River in Wuchang is 704.7 billion cubic meters per year, which is converted to 22,345 cubic meters per second; Then calculate the cross-section of the Yangtze River, assuming that the river is 2000 meters wide and has an average depth of 4 meters, its cross-section is 8000 square meters, and the flow rate divided by the cross-section is the flow velocity, 22345/meter per second.
What is the concept of a flow rate of 2.8 meters per second? If it is the speed of the wind, even the smoke cannot be blown obliquely, and people can hardly feel it.
Some readers questioned how the pontoon bridge was fixed on the river and not washed away by the current, the swordsman really didn't know what to say, I remember reading a text in elementary school, which said that the iron ox that suppressed the pontoon bridge was washed away by the flood, so a very wise guy came up with a way to fill in the sand and lift the iron ox out of the silt.
Therefore, the pontoon bridge is not fixed by the iron cables tied to both sides of the bank, it is not a pontoon bridge but the Luding Bridge, the fixed way of the pontoon bridge is to erect a triangular support wooden frame on both sides of the raft to build the pontoon bridge, or directly tie the iron anchor that sinks to the bottom of the river to the raft, remember, the Yangtze River is not bottomless, except for the Three Gorges, the depth of the rest of the river section is only three or four meters.
As for some readers saying that it is impossible to erect a pontoon bridge in Xiling Gorge, saying that the swordsman has not checked the information, this is purely a malicious disturbance with ulterior motives, and it is difficult for people on earth to connect to Xiling Gorge for navigation, and they also build pontoon bridges? Looking at the article carefully, the swordsman never said that he would build a pontoon bridge in Xiling Gorge, but said that he would choose a suitable place to build a pontoon bridge on the river from Xiling to Wulin, and the river surface of the Yangtze River would widen rapidly after leaving Xiling Gorge, and the flow rate would slow down.
As for the flood peak in the flood season, the land will indeed pose a great threat to the pontoon bridge and the water village, but the time in the text is September, the Yangtze River has entered the dry period, and it will not enter the flood season again until June or July of the next year, Ma Yue and a group of strategists never thought that the battle of the Southern Expedition would continue until June of the next year and could not end, so this threat was not considered at all.
There are also readers who say that no one has ever erected a pontoon bridge on the Yangtze River in ancient times, and these brothers should really go to Baidu to search and then publish a high theory, and the earliest Yangtze River pontoon bridge in history should be erected by the Northern Song Dynasty general Cao Bin when he conquered the Southern Tang Dynasty. (Full Text)
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