Chapter 527: The Grass Boat Borrowed Arrows
Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan lightly, poured a glass of wine for Lu Su with a smile, and said, "Zi Jingquan drank this cup to suppress the shock." With such a fog locking the river, Liu Ze didn't know the truth and reality, how could he dare to send troops to attack. Don't worry, and sit down in this boat to drink wine and have fun, and return when the fog clears. ”
Lu Su was shocked, how could he drink the contents of this cup, but since he was on Zhuge Liang's thief ship, it was too late to go back to the south bank now, so he could only resign himself to fate, and secretly prayed that Liu Ze's sailors would not go out of the village to face the battle, otherwise they would definitely die.
Zhuge Liang's ship made such a big movement, how could Jingjun Shuizhai not know that the sergeant on patrol hurriedly reported to Gan Ning. Gan Ning was also secretly surprised when he heard the news, and now the fog on the river was foggy, and at this time, the Jiangdong Navy took advantage of the fog to attack, fearing that it would hide in an ambush, and did not dare to lead the ship to attack, so Gan Ning ordered the crossbowmen to strictly guard the defense line, shoot it with bows and arrows, and make every effort to prevent the enemy ships from approaching the water village. At the same time, Gan Ning also sent someone to report to Liu Ze, asking Liu Ze to send additional archers to the riverside to help fight against the enemy's attack.
The war drums in the river rumbled, the shouts of killing were everywhere, and the Jingjun dry village was also disturbed by this huge movement, Jia Xu hurried to the king's tent in his clothes, and saw that the herald of the navy was reporting to Liu Zeyu again.
"Today's heavy fog and misty river, the Jiangdong Navy took advantage of the fog to sneak attack, there must be fraud in this, and the lord has to guard against it." Jia Xu said anxiously.
Liu Ze smiled and said, "I naturally save it." The ships of the water village must not go out of the village to meet the enemy, and only shoot them with bows and arrows, and do not let them get close to the water village. Ordered Zhao Yun and Gao Shun, each with 3,000 crossbowmen, to rush to Shuizhai for reinforcements. ”
After Zhao Yun and Gao Shun received the order, they immediately led the archers to rush to the water village. By then, Ganning Wang Wei had ordered the crossbowmen of the navy to shoot arrows in the river to prevent the enemy ships from approaching. The archers under the command of Zhao Yun and Gao Shun also immediately entered the battle, with a total of more than 10,000 water and land archers, and the arrows rained down densely into the depths of the dense fog.
Zhuge Liang ordered the sergeant to turn the ship around, head east and tail west, and gave an order: "Zhuerlang's drums beat louder and shout higher, so that the arrows of the northern army can have an accurate head." ”
Lu Su was frightened in the ship at the beginning. Watch the arrows whizz in. However, the straw men tightly tied on both sides of the ship played a great role at this time, as long as the arrows that hit the boat, they all shot at the straw man, no matter how fierce it was. A straw man. And it was silent again. Lu Su only understood Zhuge Liang's intentions at this time. It turned out that Zhuge Liang had never made half an arrow, but when the fog was misty, he drove the boat carrying the straw man to the Jingjun Water Village to receive arrows. Such a clever plan has never been heard of in ancient times, and Lu Su can't help but admire Zhuge Liang is five-body throw.
Liu Ze also rushed to the water village, and Gan Ning immediately stepped forward and said to Liu Zeyu: "Lord Qiyu, the Jiangdong warship has attacked in the fog and has approached the water village, and the enemy does not know the reality of the enemy, and the last general will not dare to fight lightly, and shoot it with bows and arrows, and the enemy ship has been intercepted outside the water gate." ”
Looking at the white mist in front of him, although it dissipated a lot, it was still difficult to distinguish the figure a few feet away, Liu Ze smiled slightly, just nodded lightly, and acquiesced to Gan Ning's countermeasures.
At this time, the rocket battalion was also ordered to arrive. The rocket battalion is an independent battalion under the First Legion, only the First Legion has a subordinate, the arrows of the rocket battalion are specially made, a gunpowder bag is tied to the ordinary arrow body, and after ignition, it is fired like an ordinary bow and arrow, and a deflagration occurs after hitting the target. Due to the addition of gunpowder packs, although the range of the arrows is shorter than that of ordinary bows and arrows, its power is very amazing, especially when used against flammable targets such as enemy granaries and tents. The warships are all wooden structures, and the mantles of the sailboats are even more clothed, if you use rockets to attack, the attack results are ten times better than ordinary bows and arrows, so when Zhao Yun mobilized the archers, he specially ordered the rocket battalion to go with him.
It's just that the configuration of the weapons of the rocket battalion is different from that of ordinary archers, because the cost of rockets is much more expensive than ordinary arrows, coupled with the flammability and explosiveness of gunpowder, all rockets are stored in a unified manner, and then distributed in wartime.
Seeing the rocket battalion coming, Zhao Yun immediately ordered the rocket battalion to be put into actual combat. The rocket soldiers stood in the front row, 500 people lined up, drew bows and arrows, and at the same time took out the flint, and were ready to light the fuse.
Liu Ze immediately ordered to stop the ignition of the rocket soldiers, and only ordered the rocket soldiers to shoot only a dozen arrows, and not to shoot more.
Zhao Yun was puzzled and said: "Lord, the warship is a flammable thing, attacking with rockets can get twice the result with half the effort, the lord ordered that no ignition is allowed, only when ordinary bows and arrows are fired, the rocket battalion will be useless." ”
Liu Ze didn't explain too much, chuckled, and said, "I have my own arrangements for this, Zilong, follow the order." ”
Zhao Yun had no choice but to follow Liu Ze's order to let the archers of the rocket battalion shoot more than a dozen arrows, and then collect the bow and return to the camp.
The dense fog of this early morning came and dispersed quickly, the sun had just emerged, and the dense mist that was still foggy and locked the heavy river was as thin as a light veil, and on the surface of the river, the appearance of the Jiangdong warship appeared faintly, in fact, it could no longer be called a warship, and it was densely covered with arrows, like twenty huge hedgehogs lying on the river.
Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan lightly, smiled, and ordered the sergeant to immediately raise the sails and open the oars, and fly away in the southeast direction.
"His Royal Highness King Xie Jing gives arrows!"
"His Royal Highness King Xie Jing gives arrows!"
“……”
The voices rose and fell, loud and high-pitched, and the sergeants of Soochow were all elated, dancing with their hands. The Jing officers and men on the shore were all stunned and full of anger.
Gan Ning came to Liu Ze with a shameful face and said, "Lord, the last general has neglected to supervise, and mistakenly fallen into the enemy's treacherous scheme, please punish the lord." ”
Liu Ze chuckled and said: "Heavy fog and misty river, Xingba couldn't be more appropriate to deal with it like this, what's wrong?" What's more, our army has no casualties, and the loss of more than 100,000 arrows is not enough to worry about. ”
Wang Wei said: "Please give the lord an order, and the last general is willing to lead the fast ships in pursuit, and swear to intercept these enemy ships." ”
Liu Ze glanced at the river, Zhuge Liang's clipper was full of sails, smooth sailing, and had already sailed out of ten miles away, how to catch up, he smiled lightly and said: "No need, you two quickly order the naval army, strengthen the garrison, and beware of another sneak attack in Jiangdong." You can count the arrows you have consumed, and then go to the baggage camp to collect them. ”
King Gan Ning bowed down to receive the order and went down to arrange.
Lu Su looked at the twenty boats full of arrows, both excited and surprised, and applauded: "Mr. is really a god!" Three days ago, Mr. had already concluded that there was a heavy fog this morning, so he broke the Yin and Yang Heavens, and Mr. can be called a genius in the world. ”
Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "This little skill can't be elegant. The governor taught me to make 100,000 arrows within ten days, and the craftsmen should not use the materials, and it was clear that they wanted to harm my life under the pretense of a military order, but this God can't see it, and the fog just fell. God blesses, Liang can be regarded as an escape. ”
Lu Su was impressed.
After the ship arrived at the shore, Zhou Yu had already led the army to wait on the shore. Zhou Yu made a special trip to the riverside to see how Zhuge Liang handed over the errand of 100,000 arrows, if he couldn't hand over the arrows, Zhou Yu could behead him according to the military order.
Looking at the twenty hedgehog-like clippers landing from a distance, not only Zhou Yu, but even Lu Meng, Lu Xun, Ling Tong and others who accompanied Zhou Yu were all stunned.
Zhuge Liang was the first to get off the boat, his spirit was overflowing, his air was lofty, he walked in front of Zhou Yu, and said with a long salute: "Liang Xing is not dishonored, and he specially handed over his errand to the governor." There are about five or six thousand arrows per ship, and twenty ships are enough for 100,000 arrows. ”
Zhou Yu was stunned, Lu Su stepped forward to take the arrow, Zhou Yu admired: "Kong Ming's clever calculation, admiration and admiration." ”
Zhuge Liang said: "Treacherous tricks, what is the surprise, Liang is just relying on the sky, stealing tricks, it's nothing." The decisive battle with Liu Jun still depends on the Governor to strategize, the northern army is powerful, you and I should work together to repay Wu Hou. ”
Zhou Yu responded with a smile on his face, but he was extremely jealous in his heart, Zhuge Liang actually knew the ability of yin and yang to break the sky, which was even more unexpected to him, and he Zhou Yu could not compare to this. Although Zhuge Liang was not brought down this time, Zhou Yu was not willing to give up, and secretly thought about finding another opportunity in the future.
Watching the sergeants carrying bundles of arrows, Zhou Yu felt very bored, and pushed the busy military affairs in the camp, handed over the task of counting arrows to Lu Su, and went back to the camp with Lu Meng and others first.
Lu Su was tireless, very patiently counting the numbers, meticulous.
Zhuge Liang cranked the feather fan, strolling leisurely, and was the most leisurely.
At this time, the conversation between the two soldiers floated into his ears: "These arrows are so strange, there is a bulge on the body of the arrows, and I don't know what they are for." ”
"It's just that I've never seen an arrow like this, it's weird."
When Zhuge Liang heard this, he was also inexplicably curious, stopped his steps, and said to the two soldiers: "What a strange arrow, take it and take it with me." ”
The soldier immediately held the arrow in both hands and handed it to Zhuge Liang.
The arrow was no different at first glance, but on the shaft behind the arrow of an ordinary arrow, a small cloth bag was tied, Zhuge Liang was auspicious for a moment, the smile disappeared from the corner of his mouth, and his face suddenly became cold. Although the fog has lifted, there is still a light smoke and mist on the surface of the river, and the scenery on the north bank is hazy and blurred......
Lu Su also surrounded him curiously, and said curiously: "What a strange arrow, can Mr. know its purpose?" ”
Zhuge Liang did not speak, holding the arrow tightly in his hand, his eyes were sluggish, staring at the north bank of the Yangtze River. (To be continued......)