58 The First Battle of the Taiwan Strait (6)

The chamber is a large grass liao.

Water Princess, Lotus Leaf, Water Chestnut, Lu Wei, Xin Ge, Zhao Yun, Zhou An, Long Hong, Wang Fei, Niu Quan, Wang Yang, Doluo, Uza Patriarch.

The water princess said: "Now that I have received the news from Miki Jiro's flying pigeon, Soochow will send forty large ships to conquer Yizhou." Forty warships, estimated at more than 10,000 soldiers. Now convene the generals to discuss how we should respond. ”

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the generals and officials discussed one after another, and Zhao Yun couldn't sit still.

Zhou An said first: "Fight!" Fight with them. I've been in Yizhou for more than 20 years, and I still want people to be kicked out? ”

Lu Wei and Xin Ge said: "We have come to Yizhou since we were young, and it is not easy to build this home. We think it's going to be fought. ”

Wang Fei also said: "Fight! Back then, I abandoned Gongsun Yuan and voted for the princess, because I saw that Gongsun Yuan was greedy for life and afraid of death, and the princess could take the lead, and the battle was fought in a disciplined and law-based manner. So I thought, follow the princess, yes! ”

Doro, the patriarch, lotus leaf, water chestnut, unanimously said: "Fight! Hit the momentum of Yizhou people. If you lose, you don't lose, fight! ”

The water princess said: "Everyone thinks that they want to fight, and I also think that they should fight." Now let's get specific. Let's talk about it, where to fight? Do you want to fight at sea, or on land, or in the mountains? ”

Long Hong said: "I think we have to fight at sea." Only by fighting at sea will our homeland not be damaged by war. ”

Zhou An said: "Fighting at sea, of course, is the best." But at sea, we have only two ships, and the enemy has forty ships, and the crowd also squeezes us flat. ”

The water princess said: "How to fight, we will discuss it next." There are many of them, 10,000 people, and we are hundreds, and they will squeeze us out on the land, and they will also squeeze us out. Let's discuss first, for the sake of our Yizhou homeland, where to fight, is the best for our Yizhou people, and the Yizhou people will suffer the least losses. ”

The crowd said: "Of course it is at sea, and it is fought at sea." ”

The water princess said: "Everyone agrees: to fight, to fight at sea." Now, let's look at how to fight. ”

The generals looked at each other silently.

The water princess said: "Every war has its particularities, and the most important thing is to know yourself and your opponent in order to make the best battle plan." Thanks to Jiro Miki, who used flying pigeons to pass the book, so that we knew the strength of the enemy army and the time of departure, and won us three or five days, and these three or five days of preparation will be the key to our victory. Miki Jiro should take credit. ”

Zhao Yun said: "That's true, Miki-kun should take the lead." ”

Zhou Andao: "Two against forty, how are we going to fight?" ”

The people looked at each other, but they did not speak.

The water princess asked everyone to think for a while, and said, "The enemy army has forty large ships, but not all forty are warships. In order to ensure the expedition to the open sea, ten of them should be grain and grass supply ships. These ten grain and grass ships are precisely the ships with the weakest combat effectiveness and the most critical ones. The destruction of these ten grain ships would paralyze the entire enemy's army, and they would have no choice but to surrender. ”

Zhao Yun stood up and applauded: "The princess is worthy of being the Soldier Saint Sun Wu, and she immediately grasped the weakest and most vital point of the enemy army. Poison is nothing but food. This battle plan is well formulated, and it is precisely a trick to attack the strong with the weak. ”

When the generals saw that Zhao Yun, who had experienced a hundred battles, so agreed with the princess's plan, they immediately felt full of confidence, and the gloomy atmosphere was swept away.

The water princess said: "In addition to aiming at the grain and grass ship, we also have to aim at his flagship. There were thirty enemy ships, but his flagship was only one. If our two ships work together properly, storm its flagship, and subdue one ship with the strength of two ships, I think it can be done. When we control the enemy commander, we may be able to win without a fight. ”

The crowd cheered, "Wow! Good! Just hit it like that. ”

The water princess was very relieved to see that the crowd would trust her so much, and her confidence was high.

The water princess said: "Since everyone agrees on the battle plan, then we must prepare immediately." There is not much time, only three to five days, and if we are well prepared, we will make fewer sacrifices. Everyone must keep in mind that we are facing 10,000 elite naval troops of Soochow. ”

The water princess paused and said, "Now start to order: General Lotus Leaf, General Zhou An, order you to recruit small boats to carry firewood and grass to attack the enemy's grain and grass ships, and at the same time prepare sulfur, nitrate and other fires." Within three days, at least 30 fireships should be prepared and concealed outside the harbor to wait for orders. ”

Lotus Leaf and Zhou An said: "Order!" ”

Lotus Ye and Zhou An went down to prepare.

The water princess ordered again: "General Lu Wei, General Xinge." ”

Lu Wei, Xin Ge said: "In!" ”

The water princess said: "You requisition the construction carpenter, choose a place to build an elevated lookout outside the sea gate, and complete it in three days." After the completion of the project, a lookout post was dispatched to keep an eye on the day and night, and once the Soochow fleet was discovered, it immediately sent a signal to the headquarters. Signals are signaled with flags during the day and lights at night. Remember, don't be negligent. I received a signal from the arrival of the Soochow fleet, and I will immediately go to the lookout to observe and arrange for the battle. The sooner the Soochow fleet is discovered, the better. ”

Lu Wei, Xin Ge said: "Order!" ”

Lu Wei, Xin Ge went down to prepare.

The water princess said: "General Long Hong, General Wang Fei." ”

Long Hong, Wang Fei said: "Yes." ”

The water princess said: "This siege, to seize the enemy's flagship battle, female soldiers are not suitable to participate, General Long Hong led the archers to cover, and General Wang Fei, who is good at climbing and seizing ships, will attack." After the first wave succeeded, the forces of both ships were all pressed, and the original ships could be abandoned, and the battle could be ended in the shortest possible time. From now on, you should immediately select troops and put them into practice. The enemy ships were of the same type as our warships, so they repeatedly practiced on the warships and forcibly occupied the command platform. ”

Long Hong, Wang Fei said: "Order!" ”

Long Hong, Wang Fei went down to prepare.

The water princess said: "Wang Yang, Niu Quan." ”

Wang Yang and Niu Quandao: "In!" ”

The water princess said: "The two of you led the three ships of Yan Junmu, water, and fire, and repeatedly practiced the method of luring the enemy to sail around, the purpose is to find the enemy's flagship and lure the enemy's flagship out, so that Long Hong and Wang Fei can cooperate to seize the ship." ”

Wang Yang, Niu Quan said: "Order!" ”

The water princess said, "Two generals, your task is very important. If the situation is unclear and the enemy flagship cannot be identified, I will personally board your ship and deal with the enemy until the enemy flagship is found. ”

Wang Yang said: "Please rest assured, the princess is going to catch (hide and seek) with the officers and soldiers, which is our dragon and bird boat's forte." ”

The water princess nodded, looked at the ocean, and the cows all went down to prepare.

The water princess said: "General Zhao Yun, General Doro." ”

Zhao Yun, Doro said: "Yes." ”

The water princess said: "The two of you will lead all the rest of the soldiers to train and attack the stranded enemy ships in the area of the shallow bay on the land, and prepare a large number of bamboo rafts, loaded with firewood and grass, and insert branches to camouflage, ready to burn the stranded enemy ships at any time." ”

Zhao Yun, Doro said: "Order!" ”

The water princess added: "It is the end of winter and the beginning of spring, and the sea is very cold, and each soldier who goes into the water is paid 200 yuan a day to buy wine to keep warm, and to teach them how to protect their feet and hands. ”

Zhao Yun and Doro responded: "Yes! ”

Zhao Yun, Doro went down to prepare.