This suggestion was very bold, at least before that, Liu Feng did not think about seizing Exian. Although the stated goal was to defeat the Jiangxia naval army, it was by no means this time.

The Jiangdong Navy had just entered Jiangxia, and before they had time to fight head-on, they put forward this plan, isn't it a bit bold?

You must know that now, Huang Zu's strength is undamaged, and it is not clear how many battleships are stationed in the Exian camp. But at this time, Zhou Yu put forward a proposal to seize the Exian naval army camp.

"Gong Jin, have you thought about it?" Liu Feng pondered for a moment, "You also said before, it is impossible for us to defeat Huang Zu easily. ”

Any war is not a simple battle between the two sides, but a long-term battle, especially in the era of cold weapons. Even in a game, because of the player, it is impossible to easily end a war involving millions or tens of millions of people.

War is not child's play, no qualified general will pin the victory or defeat of a war on a battle, the decisive battle is carried out at the most critical time, once it reaches this point, it is the time to divide life and death.

Although it was impossible for Huang Zu to concentrate all his warships in the Exian camp, even if the Jiangxia naval army in Exian was inferior to Jiangdong, it was not easy to be defeated.

"Lord Mingjian, it is precisely because we can't easily defeat the Jiangxia Naval Army, and it is impossible for us to build a port by ourselves, so we have to capture the Exian camp." Zhou Yu said, "It is true that it is not easy to seize the camp in Exian County, but it is not without opportunities. At least this is only Huang Zu's first line of defense, he can't put all his warships here, this is our chance. There is another condition in our favor, that is, the Exian camp is in the south of the Yangtze River. ”

"What about Jiangnan?" Liu Feng didn't understand.

"What Gong Jin means should be that we can seize the Exian camp from the land, so as to drive the Jiangxia naval army out." Zhang Hong said.

"Lord, that's what your subordinates mean, if Huang Zu doesn't want to fight with us with this naval army, he will definitely return to Yi County." Zhou Yu continued. "In this way, we have a great chance to capture the Exian camp. But the most important thing about this strategy is that the army moves secretly, quickly, and surprisingly hard, so as to prevent Huang Zu from destroying the port at the last moment and causing us trouble. ”

"Okay, I'll give General Bai Kexun's military division an order, ask them to postpone other things and speed up the capture of Exian." Liu Feng thought about it for a while and agreed to Zhou Yu's suggestion, "Before that, everything will depend on you." ”

"Don't worry, your subordinates won't let Huang Zu take advantage." Zhou Yu said.

After a full meal, Zhou Yu took 5 medium-sized building ships, 20 small building ships and some fighting ships to fight Liu Biao in the Exian Navy camp.

And this small port, under the command of Zhang Hong, began to be repaired, and temporarily became the garrison of Zhou Yu's navy.

Two hours later, they had already approached the Exian naval camp, and Huang Zu's scouts had already discovered Zhou Yu's fleet, and Huang Zu sailed out of the harbor with a similar number of warships to meet Zhou Yu.

It's not that Huang Zu doesn't want to take the opportunity to keep Zhou Yu behind, it's just that he knows that Zhou Yu must be firmly eyeing him, if there are more warships dispatched, maybe the enemy will turn around and leave.

There is no walkie-talkie, no telephone, and fighting on the river is not like a siege, you can shout to persuade you to surrender, and in an open area, as soon as the voice is spoken, it is blown away by the river wind. The only thing that can command the battle is the sound of gongs and drums and the sound of flags.

When he was weak, Liu Feng could lead hundreds of people or thousands of people to personally kill the enemy, but once the number was large, it was not something he could command, he had always been only in name, and the actual command was in the hands of the generals.

The same is true of the command of the battleship, even if he is now on Zhou Yu's command ship, he just watches Zhou Yu command the battle and does not say a word.

From small ships to medium-sized fighting ships and small building ships, Liu Feng watched as the warships continued to sail out in the sound of Zhou Yu's flags and drums, engaging the Jiangxia warships.

Bows and arrows are the main mode of combat, and if medium-sized building ships do not move, there will be no catapults.

The ship was moving rapidly, and from time to time someone was hit by an arrow and fell into the river, and then the river was flooded, and then it was quickly taken away. There were occasional broadside battles, in which the sailors fought hand-to-hand combat, and the battle on the ship was more dangerous than the battle on land, because it was necessary to guard against being thrown into the water by the shaking ship at any time.

In the downstream, going against the current, it is naturally unfavorable, in general, in the battle of the past two hours, Zhou Yu was at a disadvantage, the naval army suffered nearly a thousand casualties, and several ships were captured by Huang Zu.

When the signal to retreat was heard, the ships that were fighting quickly broke away, retreated from their main positions while fighting, and returned to their temporary positions after joining up with their main formations.

"My lord." When he was completely out of the safety of the fleet, Zhou Yu greeted Liu Feng.

"How's it going, how does it feel?" Liu Feng asked.

"Today is just a mutual test, not the real strength of the other party, but for now, Huang Zu is definitely a big enemy. Although our navy has been trained and succeeded, the time for the army to be formed is too short and the experience is insufficient. Zhou Yu said, "For a period of time in the future, we can only test each other like this, and there will be no substantial war before the capture of the Exian camp." ”

"This you decide, I have time, and the one who is anxious should be Huang Zu and Liu Biao." Liu Feng said with a smile.

"Lord Taishou, do you want to pursue?" On the other side, watching Zhou Yu go away, one of Huang Zu's side descended and asked, "Do you want to attack the camp again at night?" ”

"No, I can't catch up anyway. Last night, it was to give them a dismount, there was no substantive effect, and if they wanted to defeat the Jiangdong Water Army, they had to face each other head-on. Huang Zu waved his hand, "Before the big battle, you must carefully study the details of the opponent's combat strength and command style in order to prepare for the decisive battle in the coming day." ”

The next ten days were the process of mutual testing between Huang Zu and Zhou Yu. Sometimes it was Zhou Yu who attacked, and sometimes Huang Zu would also fight back and personally lead people to kill outside Zhou Yu's temporary station.

……

The army is dispatched, and there are many things involved, and the speed of the march will definitely not be fast. When Bai Jian and Xun You received Liu Feng's order, they entered Jiangxia, the first small city captured by Wu Yin, and stationed there.

"Strategist, what do you think?" After learning more about the battle plan with Xun You, Bai Jian asked.

"You can try, but you can't go all out, so as not to make people guess our purpose and prepare in advance." Xun You said, "The general can order Wu Yin, after sweeping the surrounding towns, continue to advance in the direction of Exian County, and sweep all the territories in the day's journey." And we will speed up the march and take the pheasant as soon as possible. As for the transfer of the people of Jiangxia, leave a department of soldiers and horses to be responsible for public security, and leave all the relocation issues to Yuzhang County. ”

"Yes, just do it, and I'll give them orders." Bai Jian thought about it and agreed to Xun You's suggestion.