Scouts are the most dangerous profession at all times.

So scouts are usually the strongest in the military, because their opponents are the same people.

Zhou Yu's choice must be right, after any general enters the enemy's territory, the first consideration is security, and he must always prevent the enemy's sneak attack, and scouts are the top priority.

Compared to land scouts, which can be disguised and lurked in a variety of ways, the work of water scouts is undoubtedly more arduous and dangerous, after all, the wide water surface is unobstructed, and there is not much place to hide. After the news of the war spread, there were no more passing ships in the waters of the Yangtze River, and once they appeared, they were either their own people or enemies, which aggravated the danger of scouts.

Zhou Yu attaches great importance to the role of scouts, as an expert in water warfare, of course Huang Zu will not understand, naturally he will not let Zhou Yu send scouts to explore the movements of the Jiangxia naval army, so he competed against each other and sent a large number of scouts to collect news. In this way, the probability of scouts meeting between the two sides is greatly increased, and the losses are greater.

Even in order to prevent Zhou Yu from gaining access to the Jiangxia Naval Army, even on land he sent people to patrol around to strictly prevent anyone from approaching the naval camp.

But Huang Zu took precautions, but he still ignored the role of the alien. As Jiangxia Taishou, there are many strangers who eat under Huang Zu, but not many of them are really used. Distrust is one thing, and there's the player's contempt for all systems. No matter what kind of harsh punishment you really, there will always be people who will defy the law.

And Liu Feng made full use of this characteristic of the player, and spent a huge price to get the information he wanted.

After dark, the battle on the river really began. Scouts, in specially built boats, quietly traveled and lurked towards the enemy's camp. And because of the fear of exposing oneself, many times it is to discredit the advance, if the enemy is found, it is a head-on collision, and only the surviving side can leave.

Liu Feng didn't know how many scouts he had lost in this party, but he couldn't care about it, and the news from the intelligence hall that Huang Zu had already sent a fleet to come at night. For this, Liu Feng spent thousands of gold.

"I don't want to admit it, but it's a fact that our scouts have suffered a lot. So far, there is still no definite news. After listening to the information Liu Feng obtained, Zhou Yu said in a deep voice, "But don't worry, your subordinates are ready to deal with it." As the commander of the army, Zhou Yu naturally had to consider the problem of the enemy's sneak attack, even if there was no news of the enemy's dispatch before, he was ready to be attacked early.

"Gongjin is doing things, I don't worry, I'm here to give you a wake-up call, and I'm prepared." Liu Feng said, "As for the battle, it's all up to Gong Jin." ”

An hour later, Zhou Yu finally received news from the scouts one after another, and the Jiangxia Navy was approaching.

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He has been in Jiangxia for more than ten years, commanding the Jiangxia naval army, and Huang Zu is familiar with the hydrological characteristics of the Yangtze River.

Going down the river, the fleet was still very fast, but it took more than an hour to arrive at the port where Zhou Yu was temporarily stationed. In this first battle, Huang Zu personally led the troops to come.

There is no firelight, only a faint moonlight, which gives people a hazy vision.

Originally, the port was small, and there were not so many ships to be placed, and it was night, so Zhou Yu did not think about annihilating the enemy, but put out a defensive formation.

There is no fire, and if there is a fire at this time, it will definitely become a live target. And Huang Zu didn't hesitate, and when he arrived, he rushed directly to the formation that Zhou Yu had put out.

After all, it was night, and the command was definitely not as good as the day, Zhou Yu's first defense circle did not dispatch many warships, and Huang Zu certainly did not show all his strength. For Huang Zu, he just wanted to give the Jiangdong Navy a dismount, and for Zhou Yu, he wanted to take the opportunity to test the strength of the Jiangxia Navy Army.

Fighting on the river, bow and arrow first, of course, in the game, medium-sized building ships can already be loaded with trebuchets. Huang Zu didn't bring too many warships with him, so he was naturally worried about being ambushed, so he not only sprinkled scouts all over the perimeter to prevent being surrounded, but also shot a large number of arrows from a distance.

After all, water is not land, even if it is mixed together, it can continue to fight, even if the level of the boat operator is high, no matter how strong the ability of the commander, in the dark night, it will not be able to exert half of its ability, once it is mixed together, it can only drag on until dawn. But in this way, not only Huang Zu couldn't accept it, but Zhou Yu was also unwilling.

Therefore, Huang Zu was just a stone's throw away, swaggering by with a warship, using trebuchets and bows and arrows to attack the battle formation set up by Zhou Yu, and he had no intention of approaching at all. And in less than an hour, a few small boats were left behind and went away arrogantly with laughter.

Then there was Zhou Yu's rectification of the somewhat chaotic fleet, and after he was busy, it was already dawn.

The losses were not much, except for the scouts who went out at night, there were more losses, and in the hour when Huang Zu attacked, several small boats were sunk and dozens of people were killed. However, this battle was extremely passive, and it was impossible to fight back after being beaten, which had a great impact on morale.

"Gong Jin, do you have eyebrows?" After dawn, when Zhou Yu was done, Liu Feng went to see Zhou Yu.

"Yes, but after all, it's night, there is no frontal fighting, and the specific situation needs to be explored." Zhou Yu said, "Huang Zu has been operating in Jiangxia for more than ten years, occupying a favorable location, and it is by no means easy to deal with. In particular, the strength of the navy is still above us. ”

"What difficulties need to be solved?" Liu Feng asked.

"The lord should know in his heart that the Jiangxia war is not achieved overnight, and the Jiangxia naval army cannot be destroyed in a single battle, and it may take a lot of time." Zhou Yu said, "If you are on land, you just need to find a safe place to rest at any time, but there are not such good conditions on the water." Therefore, we need a temporary base to ensure the combat effectiveness of the naval army after the sortie, which is still too small here. ”

"Gong Jin, what do you mean," Liu Feng somewhat understood what Zhou Yu meant, "to build a large port as a strategic forward base?" ”

"That's what it means, but not all." Zhou Yu said, "Because it is a long-term battle, there must be a stable base to ensure the safety of logistics, and at the same time, even if it is a naval army, it needs to go ashore to rest and cannot stay on the water all the time, and there is such a base, which can be attacked, retreated and defended, which is a guarantee for the safety of warships." You can't dock in the middle of the river like last night, both to guard against enemy attacks and to avoid being carried away by the current. ”

"But the lord also knows that now that we are in the midst of a war, we don't have the time and energy to build a large port, and the main reason for entering Jiangxia is to make the population, and it is impossible to invest a lot of war preparation materials here, so seizing a port in Jiangxia is the first thing we have to do."

"Gong Jin wants to?" Liu Feng understood what Zhou Yu was referring to.

"Yes, take the location of the current Huangzu's camp in Exian County as our forward base." Zhou Yu said very firmly.