Yang Shu's bold idea was actually the idea of fighting Baqiu, the former naval garrison of Eastern Wu.

Baqiu is a key point connecting Dongting Lake and the Yangtze River waterway, which was originally a military garrison for Zhou Yu to guard against the four counties of Jingnan and Jiangling, and at the same time, it is also a bridgehead for going up the Yangtze River and attacking Jiangling.

This place, when the four counties of Jingnan and Jiangling were all under Liu Bei's rule, had a very important strategic location.

However, now that time has passed, the four counties of Jingnan have been completely controlled by Dongwu in their own hands, and the Shu Han side has at most stretched out a small hand in Lingyang County of Wuling County, and it is indeed impossible to threaten Baqiu in Changsha.

The threat of land is basically gone, so the only thing left is the threat of water.

Therefore, Soochow is now in Baqiu, and only stationed a naval army unit, as well as a water village, to guard against the attack of the Jingzhou army by waterway.

However, because most of the naval fleet led by Zhu Ran is now stationed in Lukou, the reason for this is to provide Jiangxia County with a naval barrier. Therefore, on Baqiu's side, there was only one partial division, about 4,000 people, and more than 60 warships stationed there.

The main general who stayed behind in Baqiu was Liuliu. In fact, he is also a pretty good naval general.

But it's a pity that this stay, in the eyes of Yang Wei, is far worse than Zhu Ran.

On the one hand, Liuluo is not very old, and he is also a young general who has only become famous in the past few years, and his experience in water warfare is actually not much better than that of Zhong Limu and Wen Dai and others.

On the other hand, Yang Shu came from the side of Soochow, and he is the best at appreciating characters, and he actually knows this strategy.

This person is indeed a character who can fight both water and land battles, but the problem is that this person's personality and temper are also a problem, he is not stable enough, he is a little impatient, he is fine when he fights against the wind, but when he fights against the wind, he is easy to fall into a situation of brain fever.

To this end, Yang Wei specially gave a set of tactics to Liu.

First of all, Yang Wei sent Zhong Limu to lead thirty warships and one Mengchong warship to Baqiu Water Village.

Don't do anything else, just return immediately after the bow and arrow are output at Baqiu Water Village.

The purpose is to lure Liuliu to lead the naval army out of the village to meet the battle, and then attract them to the direction of public security.

Of course, this plan is a bit rough, and Yang Wei is not sure whether that Liuluo will be fooled.

In fact, Liuluo can be placed by Zhu Ran to guard Baqiu, obviously it is not Zhu Ran who has taken a look, he really has good ability.

Zhong Limu brought 3,000 people over to test the defense of Shuizhai, and after shooting an arrow, he left, no matter how he looked at it, it was a problem.

In these years, anyone with a little experience in water warfare knows how strong the defensive performance of the water village is, how can it be possible to use such a small number of troops to besiege the water village with sufficient defense facilities?!

Liuluo didn't care about Zhong Limu's behavior at all, but ordered the whole army to guard the water village to prevent the Shu thieves from going and returning.

At the same time, Liuluo also kept an eye on it and reported the matter to Zhu Ran, who was stationed in Lukou, so that he could also be more vigilant against the Shu thief army.

And after Zhu Ran received Liuliu's military report, after thinking about it for a while, he also came to a judgment similar to Liuliu's - Shu thieves must be cheating.

Combined with the current situation, Dongwu just withdrew from Jiangling at the beginning of the year, and the two countries have not been back and forth because of this matter, and the Shu thieves came to commit it at this time. Don't dig a pit for Soochow to jump.

Zhu Ran was not worried about military problems, after all, if the Eastern Wu Naval Army fought head-on on the river, it would not be afraid of the Jiangling Naval Army, which had just been formed for less than two years.

What Zhu Ran is really worried about is political issues. Beishu Han took this opportunity to make a small move, and then sent an envoy to Dongwu, under the banner of accountability, so that Dongwu fell into political passivity.

Well, it can be seen that Zhu Ran's political IQ is actually not very good. You have hit Huarong County in Dongwu, and the obvious invasion, Shu Han still needs to find another excuse for fart.

But Zhu Ran didn't think so, he thought that now that the two countries had a truce, they couldn't give Shu Han an excuse to take the initiative to threaten, and then let the Supreme fall into political passivity.

Therefore, Zhu Ran gave a military order to Liuluo, telling him to guard the water village and not to fight unless it was absolutely necessary.

Zhu Ran felt that his orders had been given enough, after all, the combat strength of the Dongwu Navy was still maintaining well, as long as the Dongwu Army did not take the initiative to fight, it would not create a real outlet for the Shu thieves.

But leave it here. Liuluo's side did stick to the water village at the beginning and refused to fight.

After all, using warships to attack the water village, and only bringing such a small number of troops, it is impossible to break through the water village.

But, you can't stand the sailors on the other side, he comes every day!!

There are only 3,000 sailors in total, and they have nothing to do with running to your door to shoot two arrows, shouting two voices, seeing that you don't go out, the tone and attitude are becoming more and more arrogant day by day. Who can put up with this?

Why is it mentioned in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that the battle between the two armies is the most scolding battle outside the camp gate in addition to heads-up. Ordinary people really can't bear this thing.

Broadly speaking, avoiding the battle for a long time will create an illusion that the commander is not courageous, or that he cannot defeat the enemy, and seriously reduce morale.

Broadly speaking, avoiding the battle for a long time will create an illusion that the commander is not courageous, or that he cannot defeat the enemy, and seriously reduce morale.

In a narrow sense, unless the main general is really cowardly, or there is absolute certainty that he can win, and now he is just waiting for the opportunity, there are a few old men who can afford such insults.

Who is willing to be a soldier these years, who is not a character with a little blood on his body, can endure such a provocation.

It is precisely because of this that the success rate of this kind of scolding war is actually very high, and there are really few people who can withstand the scolding war and are indifferent, and there are really few who are either really cowardly or famous generals, and have other plans in mind.

And it is clear that Liuluo is not timid, and he is not a famous general. Although Zhu Ran said that he should not go to war as a last resort, if the Shu thieves are allowed to scold like this, the morale of the army will be affected.

This can't be considered a game for no reason, right!!

For this reason, Liuliu decided to lead 3,000 soldiers and more than 40 warships to meet the enemy.

Of course, at this time, Liuliu had not completely lost his mind, and his purpose in the battle was only to disperse the enemy army, and he did not intend to really engage the enemy army.

After all, the combat power of the Dongwu Navy still has obvious advantages, and the probability of the Dongwu Army winning in a frontal water battle with the same strength is still very high.

But what he didn't expect was that the moment he led his troops into battle, Zhong Limu immediately ordered the whole army to retreat, go upstream, and retreat in the direction of public security.

At this time, Liuluo's mind was still sober, and he always felt that there must be something wrong with the enemy's withdrawal so quickly, and his goal was also achieved, and the Shu thieves were no longer surrounding the water village, so let's collect the troops.

Originally, I thought that after such an active attack, the Shu thief should not dare to come again. Last time they ran fast, they didn't chase after it, but they can't run fast every time.

Again, it's a bit of a brainlessness.

But Liuluo still miscalculated in the end, Zhong Limu came again, but this time, Zhong Limu took 5,000 soldiers, more than 60 marchers, and two Mengchong warships.

Take a look at this posture and coincide with the last time you retreated, did you think that your troops and warships were insufficient?!

Do you think that with your current 5,000 soldiers and more than 60 warships, you will have the combat strength to stably suppress my Baqiu naval army?!

Liuluo felt that not only the Baqiu Navy was underestimated by the Shu thieves, but even he was also underestimated by the enemy.

If you don't fight a ruthless one, let these Shu thieves know the power of the Dongwu Water Army, and then they will come endlessly.

At this time, Liuluo directly left Zhu Ran's advice behind, and took Baqiu's 4,000 naval troops, more than 60 warships, and three Mengchong warships, and poured out with all his strength.

Zhong Limu saw that Liuluo had come out of the nest, and he didn't delay at the moment, he turned around and retreated directly, went upstream, and retreated in the direction of public security.

But this time, Liulu did not let Zhongli Mu retreat, but followed closely and chased after him.

From Baqiu to Gong'an, it will take at least half a day to go upstream, and during this time, as long as Liuluo can catch up with Zhong Limu's fleet, he will be sure to fight a defeat battle, and Liuliu believes that the Dongwu Navy under his command has this ability.

And in fact, Liuluo did almost do it, he led the four thousand Eastern Wu naval army, relying on rich experience in water warfare, after the pursuit process, gradually narrowed the distance with the Zhongli Musuo naval army, and in the most recent time, it even reached a gap of only one stone's throw away.

This made Liuluo very excited, thinking that as long as there was more time for a stick of incense, the two sides would be very close, and then enter a state of direct combat, but at this time, Liuluo found that something was wrong.

In Liuluo's line of sight, in addition to the 5,000 sailors of Zhongli Mu who were on the run in front, a dense fleet of sailors suddenly appeared in the direction of the upstream.

After skimming it with his eyes a little, and according to his own experience in water warfare, he roughly judged that this naval army that went down the river upstream had no less than 10,000 troops, nearly 100 warships, and at least three Mengchong warships.

Good guy, at this time, can Liuluo still not know that he has been tricked?!

Not to mention, the Zhongli Mushui Army in front of him had already begun to adjust the formation in front of him, and it was obvious that he was going to entangle his fleet and create time for the main force of the Jingzhou Navy Army coming upstream to encircle and annihilate him.

In this case, Liuliu also immediately made his own response. Remove.

It was necessary to withdraw to the water village of Baqiu, rely on the defense facilities of the water village to defend on the spot, delay time, and at the same time notify the main force of General Zhu Ran's water army to come to the aid and defeat this Jiangling water army in one fell swoop.

Liuluo's strain is not slow, but the problem is that his strain is actually expected by Yang Wei.

Yang Wei hurriedly ordered his fleet to set sail and speed up, approaching the battlefield as soon as possible, and at the same time, after seeing Yang Wei's main army set sail, Zhong Limu immediately ordered the whole army to pursue, trying to drag down the sailors of Liuliu.

But. Liuliu is also a mature naval general, and the proficiency of the Eastern Wu Naval Army in water warfare is completely superior to the newly formed Jiangling Naval Army.

Therefore, even if Zhongli Mu tried his best to intercept the Liuluo Division, but. Still, let Liulu get rid of the grappling and quickly return to the defense in the direction of Baqiu.

In the final analysis, it is still the experience and combat power of water warfare, which is inferior to the Soochow side.

However, Yang said that it was not a big problem.

(End of chapter)