After drinking with Wei Ba, Zhuge Ke returned to the big tent, but he couldn't calm down for a long time. Judging from the whole process, the purpose of Wei Ba's appointment with him was to persuade him to surrender, and to take Zhuge Dan as an example, which was nothing more than this purpose. Zhuge Dan's career in Wei was not smooth, after arriving in Guanzhong, Zhuge Liang did not immediately reuse him, and it was less than a year before he arrived under Wei Ba, he served as the deputy governor of the water division, even if there was a role in Xiahou Xuan, Deng Yang and others, Wei Ba's courage to use people was still impressive.

However, what made Zhuge Ke uneasy was not this, but the fact that Zhuge Dan was now leading the Jiaozhou Navy Division in Wu County.

Zhuge Ke had already received a notice from Sun Quan, saying that Wei Ba might have sent some sailors to Wu County, preparing to attack the rear, and once the war started, Wei Ba might attack on two fronts, in order to thwart Wei Ba's conspiracy, Zhuge Ke should be prepared for a vicious battle, at least not let Wei Ba advance too smoothly.

Zhuge Ke has always disagreed with this, he believes that this is Wei Ba's bluff, whether it is 70,000 troops besieging Changsha or 10,000 sailors attacking Wu County, it is all the same. The 10,000 naval divisions are 3,000 miles away, and Wei Ba cannot effectively command them at all, and the psychological deterrent effect is greater than the actual combat effect.

However, when these two things are taken together, it is not so simple. Zhuge Ke had never met Zhuge Dan, but he went to Guanzhong twice and heard Zhuge Liang mention this person. Zhuge Festival is a celebrity, and the frivolous habits of celebrities are true, but Zhuge Festival is also talented. Zhuge Liang didn't use him for the time being, originally wanted to let him calm down for a while, and wait for him to show a certain talent. was promoted again, so that people knew that he was not reused because of his surname Zhuge , but he didn't expect Zhuge to be unbearable and went directly to Jiaozhou, and as soon as he arrived in Jiaozhou, he was awarded the important task of deputy governor of the water division by Wei Ba.

Zhuge Liang said that Zhuge Dan has a bloody nature of dying for his confidant, and whoever appreciates him will be born and die for whom. He knew that his time was short, so he wanted to give this opportunity to future generations. Let Zhuge be loyal to him. Add a boost to it, but the person in his mind is definitely not Wei Ba. Zhuge said goodbye without saying goodbye and went to Jiaozhou again, which was something he didn't expect.

Right now. This talent cheapened Wei Ba for nothing. And Wei Ba firmly grasped this opportunity. Won the loyalty of Zhuge Dan. Zhuge received the important task at the beginning of his birthday, can he not show it? In this way, the 10,000 sailors who might have been just suspicious soldiers are likely to turn into a real sharp blade. stabbed Wu Guo in the back at once.

Perhaps, the sailor's detour of thousands of miles to attack Wu County was Zhuge Dan's proposal. This road is not close, and it is a very dangerous journey during this period of high winds and waves. Of course, once realized, the tactical effect is also very impressive. Otherwise, Sun Quan would not have panicked like this, except for some surrenders without a fight.

If Zhuge Ke is still a little sure of the war in Changsha, then he is not at all sure how much damage the water division led by Zhuge Dan can cause.

However, this did not break Zhuge Ke's will, on the contrary, it made him more motivated. He believes that the 70,000 troops deployed by Wei Ba in Changsha seem to be strong, but at least half of them are reserves, and they have only undergone basic combat training, but they have never been on the battlefield, and the 30,000 standing soldiers who really have combat effectiveness are still strong. With such a ratio of troops, Wei Ba did not have enough chances of winning in the face of the 40,000 Wu army in Changsha, and it was because of this that he wanted to reveal that strange army to increase the deterrent. Otherwise, he didn't need to tell at all, just do it.

This is a manifestation of Wei Ba's weak heart, and it also strengthens Zhuge Ke's determination to defend Changsha. Now, he was not sure that Wei Ba would not make a move, but he was confident that he could hold Changsha. Similarly, he hoped that Sun Quan would withstand the pressure and not be intimidated by Wei Ba. In Zhuge Ke's view, although Sun Quan has not yet agreed to be a minister, he invited Du Qiong to Wuchang for negotiations and raised the level of negotiations, but he is actually showing weakness, and the reason why he did not agree immediately is just to save some face. Psychologically, he has already thrown in the towel.

This does not bode well.

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East China Sea.

Hu Zong stood on a building ship, looking at the two giant ships in the distance, and felt a chill.

He came all the way from Wuchang just to take a look at these giant ships. In the statements of Zhang Wen and others, these giant ships newly built by Wei Ba have strong combat effectiveness, which is enough to deal a devastating blow to the Wu State Naval Division stationed here. Sun Quan was suspicious, and ordered Hu Zong to rush to the East China Sea as fast as possible that night to witness it with his own eyes.

In order to catch up with the speed, Hu Zong sat not on a comfortable big boat, but a combat Meng Chong, this kind of warship has a long and narrow hull, so the space is narrow, except for the twenty oarsmen, Hu Zong is only left with a place to lie down and sleep.

Hu Zong spent two days and three nights on such a ship, and finally arrived at the camp of General Wei Wen of Henghai in the early morning of 28 September. After listening to the order conveyed by Hu Zong, Wei Wen didn't say a word, and immediately beat the drum to gather the generals and lead the sailors to attack.

Two days ago, he had just discovered these huge ships, but the other party had been parked on a desert island far away from the shore, did not enter the territory of Wu State, and did not hang any battle flags, he did not dare to take the initiative to provoke, now with Sun Quan's order, he couldn't wait to try the strength of these huge warships, if possible, it is best to capture them and use them as his own ships.

The three thousand Wu army sailors left the village, and Wei Wen accompanied Hu Zong to stay in the Chinese army, boarded the flying house, and observed the battle situation in the distance. Zhuge Zhi led a thousand people from his headquarters to walk in the front, and he was also on a three-story ship, equipped with more than 500 soldiers, and in front of him and on both sides, there were more than 40 medium-sized warships, each equipped with 100 soldiers.

Facing the brilliant morning sun, Wu Jun's sailors were high-spirited and gearing up.

Zhuge leaned on the railing, stood on the flying house, looked at the island like ink spots in the distance, and couldn't help but hold his breath. Like Wei Wen, he will be suspicious of the relevant information relayed by Hu Zong, the volume is more than half of the largest building ship of the Wu army, but the speed is as fast as a medium-sized warship, and the arrow is difficult to break, is it still a warship?

"General, you see, the enemy warship is out of the village." The guard will point to the distance and say loudly.

Zhuge squinted his eyes, raised his hand, and blocked his eyebrows, blocking some dazzling sunlight. At the intersection of water and sky, he saw a black dot.

"Here we are." Zhuge Zhi shouted in his heart, and immediately raised his order and ordered: "Gather—"

The flag was raised, and the warships scattered on both wings immediately gathered to form a triangular sagittal shape with the building ship as the base. This is an offensive and defensive assault formation, with a thick formation to ensure penetration of the opponent's battle formation, and the two wings that are spread out can ensure the killing area.

Wu Jun adjusted his breathing, the oarsmen spat in their palms, and clenched the oars again, the warriors clenched the weapons in their hands, and the crossbowmen pulled their crossbows, mounted their arrows, and prepared for battle. There were also some scooping up water and splashing it all over the boat, drenching anything combustible to avoid being attacked by the opposing side.

The Wu army was experienced in water warfare, and all this was done in an orderly manner, and when the two sides were five hundred paces apart, they were all ready, and the oars began to accelerate, and they officially began to charge.

The water was whistling and foaming, and the blue sea was stirred into white flowers.

Zhuge Dan sat on the flying house, looking at the Wu army's warships that were getting closer and closer, and couldn't help laughing: "Zhong Ying, what do you think of this tactic?" ”

Zhou Yin's face was cold, and he couldn't take his eyes off the warships that were getting closer and closer in the distance: "It's decent, it's not good, it's not bad." ”

"Can it be broken?"

"It's easy."

"Haha, then I owe you a favor, and I will pay it back in the future."

"No, I owe the general a favor." Zhou Yin sighed helplessly.

Zhou Yin was deceived and frightened by Wei Ba, and after thinking about it for a few days, he had to raise his hand and surrender to Wei Ba. It doesn't matter if he dies, if Wei Ba picks up his father's grave, and then sends his mother and sister to the baggage camp to be camp prostitutes, then the Zhou family's face will be lost. He can beg for death, but begging for death can't solve the problem, and if he wants to avoid this tragedy, he has only two ways: one is to defeat Wei Ba, and the other is to surrender Wei Ba.

The first thought is just a thought. Wei Ba is no longer something he can deal with, and he has not led more than 5,000 troops until now, but Wei Ba can now mobilize 70,000 or 80,000 troops, and his wings are already complete, and the two sides are not at the same level at all, and there is no possibility of competition. Not to mention him personally, even the entire Wu Kingdom is not Wei Ba's opponent, except for relying on Wei Ba, he has no more choice.

He surrendered reluctantly, but Wei Ba attached great importance to him, let him go with the army, and was ready to give him a building ship, which actually gave him the official position of a partial general, with the power to command two thousand sailors. However, Zhou Yin didn't want to show his face like this, he didn't even want to hang up his battle flag. If Sun Quan knew that he had surrendered to Wei Ba and led the Jiaozhou Navy Division to attack Wu County, he was afraid that his mother and sister would be imprisoned, so he begged Zhuge Dan not to let him hang up the battle flag to face the battle.

Zhuge Dan was very considerate of his difficulties, agreed to his request, hung up his battle flag, but handed over the command to him.

Zhou Yin was very grateful.

Zhou Yin stared at the Wu army warship in the distance, slowly raised his hand, and suddenly ordered: "Start accelerating, prepare to hit!" ”

"Whoa." The herald responded loudly, waving the colored flag in his hand and giving the order. The drummer beat the cowhide drum, and the majestic war drum suddenly exploded, breaking the calm on the sea.

With a majestic sound of trumpets, snow-white water sprayed from the back of the huge building boat, like two giant dragons wagging their tails, the building boat shook slightly, began to accelerate, and the bow of the ship cleaved the waves and rushed forward.

Zhuge Zhi heard the faint sound of war drums and also noticed the other party's movements, but he was relieved in his heart. The other party is only starting to accelerate now, and there is not much time left for them. If you can hit them before they reach full speed, it will still be good for you.

"Speed, speed, crossbowmen ready! Shield hands ready! Zhuge Zhi issued several combat orders in a row.

The two sides are getting faster and closer, and the drums of war are becoming more and more intense, and the fighting spirit is soaring...... (To be continued......)