Chapter 499: Guan Gong's sorrow

After listening to Zhuge Wang's story, Guan Gong couldn't wait to ask: "Then do you have a way to deal with it?" Who knows, Zhuge Wang hesitated for a long time, and finally said with a very embarrassed look: "I haven't thought of a way for the time being, please let the general allow us more time, and the staff will definitely be able to come up with a perfect response plan." ”

Everyone felt disappointed when they heard this, and even Guan Gong's eyes couldn't help but dim a lot after hearing Zhuge Wang's words. The flame of revenge in his heart seemed to have been extinguished. Although he really wanted to hit Jianye immediately, at this time, he also knew that this matter was really not urgent.

Thinking about it, this Zhuge Wang is only in his twenties, and it is already very good to be able to deduce the battle plan of the Dongwu people based on intelligence, and it is indeed a bit difficult for him to come up with a solution in a short period of time.

In fact, it's not that the staff can't think of a solution, but it just needs more time to plan, after all, the scene of the arrangement of the Dongwu people this time is very huge, and a powerful "momentum" has been formed, in layman's terms, this is called too powerful aura.

It is not easy to break such a strong "momentum", and it requires detailed and careful layout, and this kind of plan is indeed not something that can be taken out in a moment, and it is also necessary to spend some time to plan.

Lu Xun's arrangement is close to a conspiracy, rather than a simple conspiracy. If the Jingzhou navy wants to attack the hinterland of Eastern Wu, it must pass through this section of the river, and if it wants to pass through this river, it must enter the pockets they have laid out.

If you want to break this momentum, you will inevitably have to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Dongwu naval army, no matter how well prepared the Jingzhou naval army is, it will inevitably fall into a melee in the end, which is equivalent to hitting the enemy's strength with its own shortcomings. As long as the two sides fall into a scuffle, the Soochow naval army will have a chance to take advantage of the fire.

Even if the Dongwu Navy could not win this battle in the end, even if it could not completely annihilate the Jingzhou Navy Army, if it could inflict heavy losses on the Jingzhou Navy Army, delay their time to enter the hinterland of the Eastern Wu, and even make them have to abandon the plan to attack Wu, it would be regarded as a strategic goal.

To put it bluntly, Lu Xun calculated that even if Guan Gong knew that they had an ambush, he had to break into this encirclement, especially with Guan Gong's conceited character, it was very likely that he would rely on his own ships and guns, and he would completely ignore his ambush and break into the encirclement and fight with himself.

This is why Lu Xun knew that there was a reconnaissance weapon like a hot air balloon in the Han army, and still dared to arrange ambushes on such a large scale, because he was not afraid that Guan Gong would know about their ambush, and even wished that Guan Gong would know, and then break into the encirclement in a rage to find himself for a decisive battle.

But it's a pity that Guan Gong obviously didn't follow his wishes, of course, in fact, Guan Gong did have this idea at the beginning, but he was persuaded by Wang Fu, Zhuge Wang and others, which made Lu Xun's arrangement fall through again.

Since Guan Gong knew that the General Staff would not be able to come up with a feasible combat plan in a short period of time, and he was no longer entangled in this issue, he said: "Since this is the case, then ask the General Staff to formulate the next battle plan as soon as possible." Anyway, we need to stay here for a few more days, waiting for the supply of ammunition and food, and there is no hurry. Adjourn the meeting. ”

With that, he waved his hand and adjourned the meeting. After all, the purpose of this meeting is really only to clarify the intentions of the enemy, not to formulate countermeasures.

Now that the enemy's objectives and even the operational steps have been deduced by the General Staff, and the purpose of this meeting has been achieved, there is no need to waste everyone's time, especially the General Staff and the Logistics Department, which will be very busy in the coming time.

After everyone left, Guan Gong stood by the window, stroked his beard with one hand, and looked to the east through the glass window, with the sparkling river in the near distance, but there was no end in sight in the distance. At the end of the day, there was an army that he most wanted to defeat, and a country that he most wanted to conquer.

Over the years, he had been thinking about defeating this army and conquering the country, a goal that would have been within reach, and his revenge was just around the corner, but now he had encountered a setback and had to stop and wait.

As the saying goes, saints make mistakes, but in fact, saints not only make mistakes, they also have seven emotions and six desires when they are alive, and they also have things they want to get. Although Guan Gong was named a martial saint in later generations, he also made mistakes, and of course he also had desires.

For the current Guan Gong, his greatest wish is to destroy the country and leave a name in history. As long as he successfully destroys Soochow, these his greatest desires can be obtained. This war is a war of greater scale and more important significance than the Battle of Chibi, and the generals of the two sides involved in this war are destined to go down in history.

Of course, the winner will leave a good name, and the loser will leave a bad name. Of course, Guan Gong didn't want him to be recorded in the history books in the future: he led the most powerful fleet in the world, but was beaten to the ground by the Soochow naval army with only a few wooden ships, and finally returned home.

As the saying goes, if you have no desire, you are strong, and it is precisely because Guan Gong has expectations in his heart that he is not calm. Although he was very anxious now, he didn't dare to act rashly. Because in the past, he thought that the Jingzhou Navy was invincible, there was nothing in this world, and no one could threaten the Jingzhou Navy Army.

However, from Zhuge Wang's analysis just now, he knew that the Eastern Wu Navy in front of him could threaten the Jingzhou Navy and even inflict a fatal blow to the Jingzhou Navy Army. From the previous high-spirited, wanting to destroy Wu in one fell swoop to now hesitating, Guan Gong's psychological change is not insignificant.

Three days later, the supplies had not yet arrived, and the staff had not yet worked out a targeted battle plan, but they were waiting for the little emperor Liu Hou. It turned out that Liu Hou was also very worried about the war on the front line, and after receiving unfavorable news from the front line, he finally couldn't help but run to the front line.

Originally, the emperor's travel was a big thing, and the imperial driving expedition was even more incredible. However, for the sake of convenience, in order not to disturb the people, and in order to be responsible for his own safety (so as not to be detected by the enemy country and assassinate himself), Liu Hou arrived here secretly.

Of course, although he went on a secret patrol, he still brought a lot of defense forces, and he came with the supply fleet, and there were many warships around the supply fleet to escort the escort, and even the two wooden super battleships also participated in the escort operation.

Although the hulls of these two super warships are not as strong as those of cement ships, they have strong firepower and fast speed, and they are still warships that are decades ahead of the Soochow Navy.

In addition, the accompanying Yulin Army has as many as a regiment, all of which are equipped with the most advanced fire~ guns and horse crossbows that can be fired continuously. It can be said that this guards regiment is comparable to special forces in terms of equipment and combat capabilities.

A regiment of special forces, what a terrible combat force. It was precisely with so many powerful protective forces that Liu Hou, who was afraid of death and unwilling to be lonely, dared to go to the front line to command the war.