Chapter 8 Red Cliffs
Zhuge Liang looked up at the gray sky, enjoying the hard-won rest after being busy.
Unlike the one who is wise and almost demonic in another dimension, he can't borrow arrows from a grass boat, can't borrow the east wind from the altar, can't put up an eight-array diagram, can't light a seven-star life-sustaining lamp, he is not very good at commanding battles on the spot, he is good at the overall situation and logistics and internal affairs.
Don't think that he is a mediocre talent, compared with Zhang Zhao, who was entrusted by Sun Cetuo, assisted Sun Quan to stabilize the situation, and became famous in Jiangdong, 'upright' and 'dare to admonish' do not mean that it is always right, before Zhuge Liang's family defected to Jiangdong with the black powder formula, Zhang Zhao was the leader who advocated surrendering to Cao Wei, if it weren't for Zhou Yu and Lu Su to help support Sun Quan, Jiangdong would have given it away.
As Zhou Yu and Lu Su were stationed on the front line to confront Cao Wei's army, the number of strategists left behind in Wu County was greatly reduced, and the power that fell on Zhuge Liang's shoulders increased greatly, and he also kept everything in order, becoming more and more trusted by Sun Quan.
Perhaps after the untimely death of a certain superior leader, Sun Quan will find various reasons to suppress the courtiers of the surrender faction and support the courtiers of the main battle faction to ascend to the throne, and he will leap to the important position of holding power in one fell swoop and be able to realize his former ambition.
But at this moment, Zhuge Liang didn't think about it for so long at all, he was just like an ordinary father, worried about the son who left home without permission and boarded the warship.
It's too early.
Even a dragon should not swim into the river at this age.
If they die in a chaotic battle, the juvenile dragon is no different from a bug...... No, it should be a small snake, similar to Ganluo, who has been brilliant for a moment and can leave a name in history.
"Wu'er, your ambition is a hundred times greater than that of your father, don't fold on the battlefield easily."
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Zhou Yu looked at the Cao army's fleet that was pressing over like a fortress, and calmly gave the command.
To be honest, it is not a bad thing to connect the warships end to end, it can reduce the turbulence of the wind and waves, and improve the combat ability of the northern soldiers when crossing the river, but there are a few flaws. But whether these flaws exist, in fact, no one in the Soochow camp knows at all, how can there be so many almighty meticulous works to report back the details of Cao Ying in time.
Either take fire prevention measures in advance, or be very careful when receiving the general, or be able to quickly untie the link between the ship, once Cao Cao puts away his arrogant mentality because of the unification of the north, and fills in these flaws in advance, the chance of success of Zhou Yu's deception + fire attack that Zhou Yu once wanted to perform is very small.
β¦β¦ It's just that there is no need to have any 'expectations' of the enemy anymore, and there is no need for any tricks.
"The father and son of such a genius in heaven, since they abandoned Liu Jingsheng in Jingzhou and voted for my Jiangdong, it is God who will give us victory in Jiangdong!" Unlike the narrow-minded one in another dimension who was angry to death after a few hits of popularity, he was very large, and he had a very high opinion of Zhuge Liang and Lyle, and even recommended Sun Quan many times.
Of course, don't regard him as a perfect existence, from the fact that after he and Sun Ce broke through Anhui City, they heard that Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao were beautiful and immortal, and they were directly accepted as concubines, and he also had the inferior nature of human beings (especially men), but his shortcomings were not hindered in military affairs.
"All the army turns!" After confirming the distance from Cao's fleet, Zhou Yu gave an order.
The flag-bearer conveyed his order to the warships, and the Soochow warships changed their advance to turn left as they had rehearsed, and a row was across the river.
The cannons installed on the right side of each warship had been loaded with gunpowder and stone shells in advance, and one by one the holes were directed towards the Cao army's successive fleets that were slowly and calmly pressing over.
"Whole army, open fire!"
Cannons roared.
At a distance beyond the reach of bows and arrows, stone bullets fell into Cao's fleet in an arc. Some stone bullets fell into the river surface and caused splashes due to the insufficient amount of gunpowder stuffed; Some stone bullets smashed into the ship, piercing the planks and pouring water into the cabin; Some stone bullets smashed directly on the soldiers of Cao who were standing at the forefront, not knowing whether to shoot arrows to suppress or prepare to engage in broadside battles, and smashed these unlucky eggs into the deck together.
Strategy is important, but if you can climb technology and crush your opponent with armaments, why do you need to strategize?
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Lyle looked up at the "Flaming Skull Flag" he had drawn fluttering in the wind, and nodded in satisfaction.
"It's so ugly, why do you use the skull pattern as a flag?" At this time, Gan Ning and his subordinates were nervous, waiting for the right time to set fire to the back, and Sun Shangxiang was the only one who had time to take care of Laier.
Lyle turned around and explained with a smile, "If you run into our Jiangdong Pirates, you either stay away, or leave behind bones and ashesβthat's what I mean." β
ββ¦β¦ I think you really should read a good book. Although similar words have been said many times, Sun Shangxiang really can't help it.
This child's consciousness is really sufficient.
Sufficiency is too much.
"If it's useful to study, then what kind of battle do you need to fight, the county lord might as well propose to the lord to surrender to Cao Wei, I personally don't mind." Lyle replied indifferently, "Anyway, it's just a matter of changing someone to be the emperor, the lord may be a great man now, but his stubbornness has been revealed, after becoming the emperor or being a faint king, Cao Mengde has a bad record in the past, he is suspicious, and after becoming an emperor or killing heroes, since both sides are not very good, it is all the same." β
None of the princes on any side came up with attractive slogans, they were all unnourishing officials, and everyone only started wars for the sake of becoming an official or an emperor.
Hearing that his second brother was so predicted, Sun Shangxiang's eyes widened, and he said unconvinced: "You can't look down on the princes of the world, so what if you come to be the emperor?" β
"I'm going to be the emperor...... Is it? Lyle, who had never thought about this question before, lowered his head and pondered for a while before answering, "If I were to govern the country, I would be crazy about building ships and cannons and changing the way the country operates." β
Sun Shangxiang was stunned and said: "To manage the country, you also want to go to sea?" β
"Why not?" Lyle asked rhetorically, "Isn't it a great choice to attack other countries, plunder other countries' resources, and divert domestic conflicts and disputes than to fight your own people?" β¦β¦ Although for people in other countries, I just went too far. β
ββ¦β¦ Doesn't that seem like a bad thing? Sun Shangxiang thought for a while, and suddenly said.
"However, this kind of thing about managing the country has nothing to do with me, it's troublesome to listen to, and I can't finish exploring the world outside the Han Dynasty in my life." Noticing the signal to go to war, Lyle smiled, "Besides, isn't it fun to fight a naval battle or something?" β
The ships under Ganning's command set sail.