When Zhou Yu heard this, he immediately saluted and said: "The general of the defeated army, the grace of the lord of the deep lotus does not kill, and he dares not to repay the lord with death,

The last general bid farewell to the lord and immediately rushed to the Chaisang Wharf to dispatch the sailors along the river to Poyang Lake to station. "Say goodbye to Sun Quan and come to Chaisang Wharf,

When Zhou Yu came to Chaisang Wharf, he immediately issued several military orders, ordering the sailors of Chaisang Wharf to set off immediately, go down the river to Jianye Sailor Wharf to berth, and ordered sailors from all over the country to gather at Poyang Lake overnight.

In this way, three days later, Zhou Yu came by military boat to the Poyang Lake Naval Division Training Base and stationed.

After Zhou Yu landed on the shore, he held a military meeting overnight to study the defense of the Poyang Lake Water Division, and Zhou Yu said: "The Lord has an order to concentrate the main force of our army's water division here, the purpose is to preserve the strength of our army, wait for the opportunity, and facilitate another battle.

At present, the main force of the Jingzhou Naval Division is only active on the water above Wuchang, and it has not yet gone down the river to provoke and fight, and has not posed a threat to our army. ”

Huang Gai said, he said: "The lord's decision is very wise,

At present, Jingzhou's land and water armies are in full swing, in order to avoid their edge, waiting for the opportunity, in order to facilitate the re-battle, it is very necessary.

However, our army's sailors live in this Poyang Lake, and once they are discovered by the Jingzhou sailors, they will definitely come over to fight.

According to the last general's opinion, the mouth of Poyang Lake is the only way for the Jingzhou Sailors, as long as the mouth of Poyang Lake is guarded, no matter how strong the Jingzhou Sailors are, they will be helpless against us.

As for how to defend the mouth of Poyang Lake, the last general did not have a fixed opinion, and he still asked the governor of the capital to give instructions. ”

Zhou Yu listened, opened his mouth and smiled bitterly, and said: "Gongfu is reasonable, but how to defend the mouth of Poyang Lake is to have a good plan, and you will discuss it again to see what clever plan can be implemented." ”

Zhou Yu knew that as long as he guarded the mouth of Poyang Lake, the Jingzhou sailors would not be able to enter Poyang Lake.

Although the Jingzhou Army is strong, even if it comes to the shore of Poyang Lake, it can only look at the water and sigh.

Once Liu Cong led the army to launch an offensive from the land, and he led the sailors to leave the dock and retreat to the center of the lake to anchor, Liu Cong had the ability to reach the sky, and he couldn't help the Dongwu Sailors.

In this way, Liu Cong can't enter Poyang Lake from the land or from the water, and after a long time, something will definitely happen.

At that time, when his own sailors are waiting for the opportunity to fight, it will be possible to turn the tide of the war.

However, where the mouth of Poyang Lake leads to the Yangtze River, the water surface is gentle, several miles wide, and it is not easy to build a line of defense here.

It is a good way to mobilize migrant workers to fill in the earth and build a dam to cut off the connection between Poyang Lake and the Yangtze River, but it is impossible to complete it.

How can a dam be built on a water surface several miles wide, with a depth of several feet, and high winds and strong waves?

It is to be able to build a dam, and where to carry the sand,

Further, the embankment is built, and once the rainy season comes, the river rises sharply, and any kind of strong embankment will be broken and collapsed.

Therefore, the idea of building a dam to cut off the mouth of the lake will be thought of by anyone, and everyone will deny it by themselves.

Zhou Yu himself denied this method, except for this method, what remained was to send the main force of the water to anchor at the mouth of the lake, and wait for the Jingzhou sailors to come over and fight.

However, "What is the difference between this and the battle, isn't it unlucky, the Jingzhou Navy Division is strong, and it is looking for this our army everywhere to fight, and it will definitely not work to do this." ”

After these two ideas were denied by himself, Zhou Yu did not have a charter, and coughed continuously, and after coughing for a while, Zhou Yu ordered: "Everyone go back and rest, it is not early, after breakfast tomorrow, you will go to the mouth of Poyang Lake with me to inspect the terrain, and you can always come up with a way." ”

After breakfast the next day, Zhou Yu led the generals to board the ship and was about to sail to the mouth of Poyang Lake, when suddenly the river wind blew fiercely, the waves on Poyang Lake were turbulent, and the sky was full of dark clouds, and it was about to rain heavily.

The soldiers driving the boat reported that the wind and waves were too strong and they did not dare to sail, so Zhou Yu hurriedly ordered to return.

Fortunately, it was not far from the dock, and the return voyage was a tailwind, and the sailors drove the big ship back to the dock in a while.

However, the wharf is also turbulent, and after the big ship breaks anchor, it has not been able to get close to the wharf.

The sailors finally tied several cables on the ship to the wooden stakes on the pier to stabilize the ship, and Zhou Yu and the generals landed on the shore of the lake.

I only heard the sound of the wind urging the sound of the rain whining, and the generals were eager to enter the house to escape the wind and rain, but Zhou Yu had an idea for a while, standing straight on the dock, looking at the cable,

At this time, the raindrops as big as copper coins poured down, drenching Zhou Yu into a soup chicken.

The guards anxiously urged Zhou Yu to enter the house to take shelter from the rain, only to see Zhou Yu wipe the rain on his face and say happily: "Yes, hahahaha." ”

Zhou Yu shouted, stepped on the muddy water and ran into the house, and without caring about changing clothes, he gave an order to the generals and ordered them: "?????? When the rain stops, act immediately and do it, hahahaha. ”

Three days later, more than 300 dilapidated ships of the Soochow Navy Division, loaded with stones and sediment in batches, sailed to the mouth of Poyang Lake, and sank to the bottom of the water along the confluence of the Yangtze River and Poyang.

Zhou Yu also instructed that all the ropes and chains in the camp should be transported over to connect the more than 300 ships.

In this way, Zhou Yu finally established a defense line at the mouth of the lake.

This line of defense is built below the surface of the water, connected by ships and ropes and iron chains, and strictly cuts off the surface of the river and Poyang Lake.

In order for large ships to enter and exit Poyang Lake, they must pass through this line of defense, but the underwater defense line is enough to stop the boats, how can the ships pass,

Therefore, after this line of defense was established, Zhou Yu held a banquet and invited all the generals to celebrate.

That night, a crescent moon rose on Poyang Lake, and the illuminated lake was misty, so Zhou Yu set the banquet on the deck of the three-masted command ship.

Although there was a new moonlight, the river was misty, and Zhou Yu thought that the moonlight was unknown, so he ordered the soldiers to hang lanterns all over the side of the mast.

For a time, the lights were oblique and the moon was shining, shining on the river surface with brilliance.

Zhou Yu was full of pride, personally took the wine, and persuaded the generals to drink: "There is no war today, you drink happily, get drunk, and from tomorrow, there will be no lights at night, and the ships will be hidden, so as to prevent Jingzhou scouts from spying on the location of our sailors, hahahaha." ”

So the generals held wine and flattered one after another, praising Zhou Yu for his thoughtfulness and good command,

Huang Gai praised: "There is a metropolitan governor here to preside over the military affairs of the water division, if Liu Cong does not measure himself, leading the Jingzhou water division to come over to pick quarrels and provoke trouble, it is really an egg to a stone." ”

Zhou Yu heard this, and said with great joy: "The Hukou defense line is impregnable, on weekdays, our army only uses a dozen small military ships to patrol along the defense line, and when I saw a small group of Jingzhou sailors coming to harass, I just let him in.

Between the defense lines, the Jingzhou ships will definitely run aground, and at this time, it is up to our army to decide whether to kill or cut. ”201