Chapter 57: A Strategy to Break the Enemy
"King Han has a point." Zou Pusheng said flatteringly: "The enemy's iron lock Hengjiang, let's think of a way, how can we destroy their iron lock, and naturally we can break Yingtian." ”
"How about we send a team of elite troops to create a batch of sharp swords, and use them to cut the iron locks?" Zhang Bixian said.
Chen Youliang pondered for a while, shook his head and said, "No." Not to mention whether the sword can cut the iron lock, just say that when we cut the iron lock, the enemy will shoot at us, and not only will we not be able to cut the iron lock at that time, I am afraid that our side will lose countless soldiers. It doesn't work. Dingbian, you have always had the most ideas, what do you think? ”
Zhang Dingbian has always been calm, and he will not speak out if he doesn't have the idea of being sure. Therefore, he shook his head, indicating that he had not yet figured out what to do.
Zou Pusheng said: "I heard that there is a drug that can be sprinkled on steel and can make steel turn into water, why don't we go and find that medicine?" ”
Chen Youliang retorted: "Ridiculous. Not to mention whether there is such a drug in the world, but only the time it takes to find that kind of drug, if it is really able to find it, it will be a year and a half later. That kind of drug is effective or not, not to mention for the time being, this half a year is enough for Xu Da to kill us to the ground. ”
"Yes, yes, yes." Zou Pusheng wanted to invite credit, but he didn't expect to touch such a hard nail, so he immediately closed his mouth and stopped talking.
"It's better for us to spread rumors everywhere, just say that Zhu Yuanzhang is cowardly by nature and feels inferior to others, so he will cast an iron lock on the river outside Yingtian City, after this word spreads, Zhu Yuanzhang and Xu Da will inevitably be laughed at by the heroes of the world. If he can provoke Zhu Yuanzhang, maybe he will order someone to remove the iron lock. Chen Youliang's advisor in the seat said.
"Confused! Even if Zhu Yuanzhang can't hold his breath, how can he be such a stupid and dull person? Besides, the entire guard of Yingtian City, Zhu Yuanzhang has been handed over to Xu Da. Xu Da is the most calm and resourceful, how could he be so easy to fall for you, isn't what you said too child's play? ”
When Zhang Dingbian heard Zhu Yuanzhang's words, his heart moved, and he felt that it was imperative to separate the relationship between Zhu Yuanzhang and Xu Da as soon as possible. Zhu Yuanzhang has Xu Da, not only is it like a tiger with wings, it is simply invincible, if you can't separate Xu Da, if you want to defeat Zhu Yuanzhang, I'm afraid you can't.
Zhang Dingbian thought for a while and said: "As the saying goes, water and fire are ruthless. Fire and water are the most lethal. We have also been attacked by Zhu Yuanzhang and Xu Da. If we can set fire to the river, can we burn the chains? ”
"You are so confused, Captain, everyone knows that water and fire are complementary to yin and yang, and they are mutually reinforcing. Water can extinguish fires, not to mention the hard iron chains, isn't it too child's play to set fire to the iron chains on the surface of the river? Zou Pusheng said with a smile.
"Slow, fire? Chen Youliang thought for a while, slapped his palms and laughed: "Okay, fire attack is good, fire attack is good!" If you can think of a way to scorch oil on the chains, I believe that the fire will be able to overcome the water, and even burn the chains, hahahaha....."
Others haven't understood what Chen Youliang meant, but Zhang Dingbian knows it, and he is neither humble nor arrogant: "King Han is wise." ”
Zhang Bi saw Chen Youliang first, Chen Youliang was very much in favor of the idea of fire attack, but Zhang Dingbian was calm and relaxed on the side, and the Han King was wise. He was originally impatient, and now he is even more confused by the second monk.
For a while, he didn't figure out what the two of them were talking about, so he opened his mouth and asked Chen Youliang: "King Han, brother, could it be that the two of you have already understood that you are all in the chest, why do you say that fire attack is feasible so happily." ”
Han King Chen Youliang knew that this brother was restless by nature, and he had always spoken openly, and he didn't think he was angry when he questioned himself. just smiled slightly, and replied: "Brother, don't be anxious, now I wait for Kuan to eat meat and drink wine in the big tent, be good at planning, and come up with a safe way to destroy the enemy in one fell swoop, wouldn't it be better." ”
Chen Youliang, who Zhang Bi heard first, was silent for a while, but he still couldn't calm down. I touched a soft nail in front of Chen Youliang just now, so naturally I didn't dare to open my mouth again to ask Chen Youliang for help, so I turned my head to Zhang Dingbian who was sitting next to me and asked, "Brother, what is your idea, why don't you tell me first." ”
Zhang Bixian's voice has always been quite loud, although this question lowered his voice, but the position of the position was very close to the Han King Chen Youliang, and it still reached the ears of the Han King Chen Youliang.
Chen Youliang and Zhang Dingbian looked at each other and smiled when they heard this.
Han King Chen Youliang was the first to speak: "The Dingbian brothers have always been good at making decisions, and they must have come up with a strategy to break the enemy. This article also thought of an idea, I don't know if it is different from the method of the Dingbian brothers, it is better to talk about it first. ”
Zhang Dingbian heard that the Han King Chen Youliang had this order, he didn't dare to slack off, and quickly got up from his seat, came to a certain place in front of the Han King Chen Youliang, bowed to Chen Youliang, and said humbly: "The Han King is too famous, and Dingbian was also inspired by the words of the generals, and he came up with this fire attack strategy with a wit. It's just that in a hurry, I couldn't think of it completely, and whether this plan can be done is still unexpected. ”
"This article knows that the Dingbian brothers have always been silent, planning and then acting. The temperament is extremely humble, and this attack on Tianshui Village is a big deal. Our army should brainstorm and the Dingbian brothers are resourceful and decisive, and the method they come up with must be excellent, so don't bother to talk to your brothers. Chen Youliang stared at Zhang Dingbian with a smile and said calmly.
Zhang Dingbian hadn't opened his mouth yet, Zhang Bixian had already blurted out impatiently: "Brother Dingbian, since the King of Han wants you to tell you the strategy in your heart, you don't have to be so mother-in-law, be refreshing, it's good to say the method of fire attack, brother has raised troops to attack Shuizhai these days, but those turtle grandsons of the Tianshui Division, no matter how I scold, just refuse to come out to fight against me." It's just that relying on the solid defense of the water village, hiding in the water village and refusing to come out to fight, I am really angry. If it goes on like this, in a few days, Lao Tzu will not be able to fight again, and his hands and feet will be moldy. ”
Zhang Bixian's unabashed words seemed frank and gratifying, and when Chen Youliang, the king of Han, heard it, he couldn't help laughing.
The rest of the generals listened interestingly, and naturally they laughed out loud.
Zhang Dingbian smiled irrepressibly and said to Zhang Bixian: "Brother, I have served you today." Okay, well, my brother will tell you this policy. ”
As he spoke, Zhang Dingbian made a gesture to the generals around him with a smile, and then said: "King Han, generals, the enemy army of Ying Tian crossed the river with a thousand iron locks, intending to obstruct the advance of our army's fleet of sailors, which is extremely dangerous and the most powerful. ”
Hearing this, the surrounding soldiers all nodded yes, and Chen Youliang even praised and said: "Everyone in the world knows that Zhu Yuanzhang is a benevolent and righteous gentleman, how could he have thought that this person is extremely vicious." Although there was a precedent for laying iron cables across the river in the previous dynasty, at most only three or five were laid, but when I went to visit yesterday, there were as many as seven. Across the river, Yingtian Water Village is really easy to defend and difficult to attack. ”
Zhang Dingbian said: "King Shengming of the Han Dynasty, when Weichen looked at the historical records without incident, he had only seen the Hengjiang of the Eastern Wu and Later Jin Dynasty laying iron locks to intercept ships. However, there were only one or two back then, and I never thought that Zhu Yuanzhang's kid had laid down as many as seven. That's a pretty powerful move. ”
In the tent, a sailor general sitting at the bottom of the tent stood up and shouted loudly: "General Zhang is right, but the younger brother thinks that Zhu Yuanzhang's thief is afraid of death. It seems that Zhu Yuanzhang saw that the sailors couldn't beat us, so he didn't get down the iron locks of these Laoshizi on the river, and blocked the way of our Han army's sailors. Feelings: Wu Guogong Zhu Yuanzhang is a coward. ”
"What the general said is extremely true, in my opinion, Zhu Yuanzhang is not only a coward, in terms of his virtue of making Ying Tianshui refuse to fight, he is not afraid of being a ghost who is afraid of death, and he is not afraid of insulting his identity as the Duke of Wu." One of the generals chimed in.
Hearing this, Zhang Bixian on the side shook his head and said: "I think Zhu Yuanzhang is a turtle reincarnated, and I have never seen someone who is afraid of becoming like this." Give you a high-hanging free battle card, horizontal and vertical should not fight, angry people do not pay for their lives. Why don't I take the axe and cut down these locks? ”
Zhang Dingbian was naturally much calmer, and coldly glanced at Zhang Bixian, who was shaking his head, and said: "Nonsense, what do you know, each iron lock has the thickness of a bowl mouth, and the knife and axe can't be cut." Although Zhu Yuanzhang was forced to do this, it was also a wonderful way to delay the army, and we came from Hanyang lightly, although it was quietly concealed, and appeared outside the city of Yingtian, it can be said that it was a fierce shock to the Yingtian defenders. However, our army went out this time, and the grain and grass were not enough, and if it could not be attacked for a long time, the time when the grain and grass were exhausted would be the day when our class teachers returned to the court. ”
Zhang Bixian listened to Zhang Dingbian's reprimand, but he was not angry at all, but just smiled wryly: "What my brother taught me is that I didn't expect this, it seems that Zhu Yuanzhang is really not to be underestimated, and he is extremely vicious." ”
Han King Chen Youliang was also very worried when he heard this, knowing that what Zhang Dingbian said was not a lie.
The Han army is happy to move its troops to the east, and the current situation is that I attack him and defend it, which is also very beneficial to the Han army, but once the grain and grass are urgent, it is bound to not be able to fight for a long time. At that time, the situation reversed, but it was very unfavorable to the Han army.
Thinking of this, the smile on the face of Han King Chen Youliang narrowed, his eyebrows were furrowed, and his face became gloomy.
Zhang Dingbian turned his eyes and saw that the Han King Chen Youliang's expression was different, and naturally understood that his words must have touched the heart of the Han King, and immediately said loudly to Chen Youliang: "But the King of Han doesn't have to be anxious, as the saying goes, Jin Kemu, Huo Kejin, when the iron lock of Eastern Wu and Later Jin Dynasty was burned with fire. The rut ahead, although Yin Jian is far away, but you might as well Xiao Zhi. ”
Zhang Bixian was impatient, and when he heard Zhang Dingbian say that he was going to attack with fire, he shouted angrily: "Since it has been agreed to attack with fire, I will immediately send someone to find more firewood, but the river is so big and it is all water, how can I set up a firewood." ”
Hearing Zhang Bixian's words, Zhang Dingbian said with a dumb smile: "How did I ever tell you to set up a firewood, if you burn it with a firewood, I'm afraid it will continue to burn for a month." ”
The surrounding generals also laughed, and the Han King Chen Youliang was drinking, so he couldn't help laughing, and squirted the wine in his mouth all over the ground in one gulp. ”
Zhang Bixian looked at Zhang Dingbian a little helplessly and said: "Brother, you can do it, explain this plan clearly, so as not to let me guess blindly and let the King of Han and the brothers in the army make fun of me."
Zhang Dingbian looked at his stupid appearance and extremely innocent expression, and unconsciously lamented to himself, how to say that Zhang Bixian is also a fierce general in the army, and he is the champion of the three armies. It's also his cousin, why are he so mindless. You can only drive him to attack the city, and you must not let him take charge of the battle.
At this time, the generals of the Han army under the command of Chen Youliang, the king of Han, clamored from the side and said: "Since Brother Bixian doesn't understand, I will bother General Zhang to explain in detail how to burn the iron chains across the river." ”
Zhang Dingbian heard this, thought about it carefully, and then opened his mouth and sang: "Wang Junlou went down to Yizhou, and the king of Jinling was gloomy. The iron lock of Qianxun sank to the bottom of the river, and a piece of falling flags came out of the stones. ”
Zhang Bixian couldn't help but interject and said: "Big brother, didn't you say how to burn the iron lock, chanting this bird poem." ”
Zhang Dingbian glanced at him, and was about to open his mouth to explain, only to hear the Han King Chen Youliang who was sitting on the high ground and said with a smile: "General Zhang, don't worry, this poem is called "Xisai Mountain Nostalgia", which was written by the great poet Liu Yuxi, and it was really written that Wang Rui of the Western Jin Dynasty led his troops down the river to pacify the south of the Yangtze River. According to this king's view, the historical facts in the poem are all there, and the scenes are thousands, and it has become a great realm of its own. Yesterday, when this article visited the iron-locked pile platform in the Yingtian River, this poem also came to mind in my heart, as if I saw at a glance the situation of thousands of flat waves, red light reflecting the sky, and the fierce battle between the two armies on the river. ”
Zhang Dingbian stepped forward and flattered Chen Youliang, the king of Han, and said: "The king of Han is really eloquent and strategic, and Wen Taowu is the first person in the world. ”
Chen Youliang has always been so happy, Zhang Dingbian praised himself so much, he couldn't help but be happy, and said to Zhang Bixian happily: "Brother Bixian, when you have time, you can also learn from this king and your brother, read more books." In the future, if you win the world, you can't just shout and kill to govern it, you must be diligent in making up for it, and the temple and the people still have to rely on Xiankun Ji to decide. ”
Chen Youliang's pretentious drop of the book bag, smashed Zhang Bixian with a head and two big, but some of the meanings can still be understood, and the rest can guess a few points, but the latter only understands the word diligent to make up for clumsiness.
Therefore, Zhang Bixian stood up, shook his head and said to Chen Youliang, the king of Han: "The king of Han has high hopes, and he must be grateful first. But after all, he must be a martial artist, martial arts, if he says to study, it is a big hardship in his life, not to mention that he was born to not like to sit, he studied in a private school for a year as a child, and he fell asleep with a book, or he played with the children next to him, and then he was kicked out by Mr. Speaking of studying, it is better to let me carry a knife into battle and have the pleasure of fighting. ”
Hearing Zhang Dingbian say this, Chen Youliang also shook his head, and cut off the idea of continuing to persuade Zhang Bi to study first.
"It's okay, if you don't want to do it first, and this king's spontaneous combustion won't be difficult, so please sit down and listen to General Zhang's clever plan."
Chen Youliang turned his face and said to Zhang Dingbian: "Brother Dingbian, you have to talk to the generals about how to burn the Qianxun iron lock on the surface of the Ying Tianjiang River. ”
Zhang Dingbian said yes to Chen Youliang, the king of Han, then turned around, cleared his voice, and said to the soldiers in the tent: "What the King of Han just said is that since ancient times, the heroes who have fought the world have suffered a lot of losses in front of the thousands of miles of Yangtze River moats. What's more, the people in the south of the Yangtze River have always regarded the boat as the horse, and the naval army has always been strong. Cao Cao was defeated by Chibi; Cao Pi attacked Wu and returned from the Yangtze River, all because of the restrictions of the Yangtze River. Therefore "
Zhang Bixian suddenly said: "That's it, with the great momentum of our Han army, it still suffered a defeat in Longwan, it seems that this ghost Yangtze River is really good." ”
As soon as he heard Zhang Bixian speak like this, Zhang Dingbian was shocked, and was about to use his words to stop Zhang Bixian's words, but he didn't expect Zhang Bixian to be extremely fast-talking, and before he could change his words, Zhang Bixian had already finished speaking.
Zhang Dingbian naturally stared at Chen Youliang nervously, for fear that his cousin Zhang Bixian's words would annoy Chen Youliang.
However, Chen Youliang, the king of Han, said disapprovingly: "What General Zhang said is reasonable, but it is true to look back at the past. Even traitors like Cao Cao returned defeated, and it is not an exaggeration for this king to be defeated for a while, but the Han army burned our army, and this revenge is not a gentleman. This king decided to also set a fire in Yingtian to burn Zhu Yuanzhang's kid Shuizhai boat, to avenge the brothers who died in the previous battle, in order to vent the hatred in the king's heart. ”
When Zhang Dingbian saw that the Han King Chen Youliang's face was as usual, he did not blame Zhang Bixian, he secretly called luck in his heart, and after making up his mind, he admonished Zhang Dingbian and said: "Brother, it's better to talk less and listen more." ”
Zhang Bixian naturally didn't understand the deep meaning of these words, and blurted out: "You say yours, I talk about mine, and it doesn't hinder you, what does it matter." ”
As soon as he heard this, Zhang Dingbian couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this cousin was really hopeless. It is inevitable to talk too much.
Zhang Dingbian shook his head with a wry smile, and then said: "Let's say that Wang Jun, the assassin of Yizhou, has long had the intention to defeat Wu, and he has painstakingly trained a powerful naval army in the upstream country. In order to prevent this secret from being discovered by the people of Eastern Wu, the news was strictly blocked. Yizhou Thorn Shi Wang Jun also made people build a large number of warships. This type of warship was large and could accommodate more than 2,000 people. The ship also built a walled tower, on which people could stand and look out on all sides. Therefore, it is also called a building ship. ”
Hearing this, a general under his command said: "In this way, this building ship is similar to the ship built by the King of Han." It seems that our king's expedition against Yingtian Wu Guogong Zhu Yuanzhang will definitely be able to succeed immediately. ”