Shilian Mountain is located in the northeast of Xunyang County, east of Huangmei County, Hubei Province, and west of Susong County, Anhui Province.

Here is the key road from Yangzhou Yuzhang to Jingzhou Jiangxia, and it is the only way for Jiangxia to go from Jiangbei to Yangzhou.

At the same time, it was also the Qichun County and Lujiang County of Yangzhou in the later Eastern Wu, and the southernmost dividing mountain range between Hubei Province and Anhui Province in the later New China.

At this time, the drizzle was still falling, and there was an abandoned village at the foot of Lianhuafeng Mountain in the northwest of Shilian Mountain.

When Huang Zu attacked Yuzhang, he was 60,000 Jiangxia water divisions, but after the Peng Lize water battle last year, although he repelled the Jiangdong army, he also lost a lot of money, and now there are more than 50,000 horses.

Among them, more than 30,000 people were stationed in Chaisang, 8,000 in Xunyang, 5,000 in Xiapheasant, then 3,000 in Qichun, and a total of 5,000 or 6,000 in Xiling, Exian and Yixian.

Because the important counties along the way needed people to garrison, when Liu Qi and Shen Chen arrived in Xunyang, they did not mobilize the soldiers and horses of the cities along the line, but only brought 500 Xiling garrisons all the way to Xunyang.

After arriving in Xunyang, Shen Chen thought that Jiangdong might attack when Huang Zu withdrew his troops, so he strongly persuaded Liu Qi to send troops to hold the road from Shilian Mountain to Xunyang and intercept Sun Quan.

So this time, Liu Qi asked Zhang Shuo, the defender of Xunyang, to lead 3,000 people to defend the city, and he and Shen Chen came out with 5,000 troops to Shilian Mountain to ambush the Jiangdong army.

It's just that what Shen Chen didn't expect was that his guess was correct.

However, it is different from the imagination that the main force of Jiangdong is mainly boats, intercepting Huang Zu's army on the river.

Jiangdong chose to come in reverse, and the main force of the navy became the main force of the army, and it was killed directly from the land in Jiangbei.

This was unexpected.

Therefore, after discovering that the enemy actually had tens of thousands of horses, Shen Chen and Liu Qi did not choose to take the initiative to attack, but sent someone to inform Huang Zu while watching them pass by.

In the wooden house, Liu Qi frowned and said, "Ah Chen, the Jiangdong Army has been almost half an hour, and it is very likely that Xunyang has been killed, so we can't just stay here all the time." ”

Shen Chen, who is nineteen years old this year, is one meter eighty-four tall, and has a burly physique, holding his hands on each other, standing on the side of the table and looking at the Yu Zhangyu map above in a daze.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Liu Qi said again: "It's better to go back to Xunyang immediately now, at least to defend the city!" ”

"It's hard."

Shen Chen shook his head: "I suggested that General Huang's troops be divided into three routes, because I wanted to use a suspicious strategy to transfer the main force of the Jiangdong Navy and let the army withdraw to Xunyang safely, but I didn't expect the enemy to go the opposite way and choose the main force to abandon the ship and go ashore." Although the Jiangdong Army is not as strong as the Kwantung Army on land, it is still stronger than the Jiangxia Army, and General Huang is afraid that he will be defeated. ”

"Is it too late for us to go to the aid now?"

Liu Qi asked.

Shen Chen muttered: "Let me think, let me think"

He pondered again.

This strategy was actually a modest retreat plan.

Due to the inconvenient transportation in ancient times, coupled with the recent heavy rainfall, the communication between the south and the north of the Yangtze River was not good, resulting in great problems in the command.

Huang Zu withdrew to Jiangbei because of the exhaustion of food, Shen Chen knew nothing about water warfare, and could only provide a general suggestion of a suspicious strategy, and the specific plan still depended on Huang Zu himself.

So the whole plan of the layout is rather crude.

To put it simply, Shen Chen suggested to Huang Zu that when the wind and rain were lighter one day and the river could be sailed, Huang Zu would immediately choose to withdraw, and at the same time divide the troops into three ways and arrange suspicious soldiers to prevent Jiangdong from taking the opportunity to intercept them.

At that time, Shen Chen thought that there must be Jiangdong's eyeliner in the Chaisang area.

Even if Jiangdong did not find that Huang Zu's army was running out of grain and grass, as long as he found the fragments of the grain ship in the Yangtze River and the hundreds of thousands of stone grain floating in the Yangtze River, he would definitely be able to guess that Huang Zu would definitely choose to find an opportunity to retreat.

Therefore, he felt that the Jiangdong Army would most likely come.

It's just that he didn't expect that Jiangdongjun would choose to abandon the ship, and he went straight to Xunyang.

Aren't they afraid that Huang Zu will directly withdraw to the pheasant or Qi Chun?

Maybe it's because of the trouble with sailing.

ZHOU Yu, LU Su.

They obviously grasped Huang Zu's psychology.

Shen Chen couldn't help but sigh.

The dilemma now is many, due to the lack of means of communication.

He didn't even know the situation on Huang Zu's side, and he didn't know if Huang Zu really used his suspicious tactics.

But what is certain is that whether he uses it or not, the situation on Huang Zu's side will not be too good.

Even if he sent someone to inform Huang Zu in advance, it was not a good thing to fight the well-prepared Jiangdong Army in the field without preparation.

Therefore, what was now in front of Shen Chen was; One, he didn't know the situation on Huang Zu's side.

Second, he didn't know how Jiangdong arranged it.

The third and most important point is, what can I do with these 5,000 people?

Returning to Huang Zu?

The number of Jiangdong troops who were scouted before was more than 40,000.

This means that the main forces of the Jiangdong Army are pouring out.

Even if Huang Zu didn't divide his troops and retreat according to his plan, it was only 30,000, and if he added these people, it might not have any effect, but he might put himself in.

In addition, there is another important point, that is, in the entire Jiangxia naval army, only Liu Qi went to block it, so he brought enough arrows.

The Huang Zujun is an army retreating from the front line, and the arrows are not necessarily sufficient, and to fight this kind of frontal impact battle, it often depends on the level of the arrows and the two armies.

Obviously, in terms of numbers and preparation, as well as the quality of soldiers, Huang Zu's Jiangxia naval army was far from being comparable to the Jiangdong army.

It's a pity that I didn't bring the soldiers of Huangmenting over...

Shen Chen sighed in his heart.

If he brought the soldiers of Huangmenting, he might be able to sneak attack from behind when the Jiangdong Army attacked Huangzu.

"Report!"

At this time, a scout suddenly came to the door, and said in a loud voice: "A fleet from Jiangdong has come to Guanting!" ”

"Did you stop at the official pavilion?"

Shen Chen asked.

The scout replied, "Yes." ”

"This should be the fleet that responds to the main force of the Jiangdong Army, if my expectation is correct, the main force of the Jiangdong Army is very likely to attack Xia Pheasant and Qi Chun along the river after defeating General Huang."

Shen Chen groaned and said, "Childe, look at the map." ”

Liu Qi hurriedly came over.

The two looked at the map.

Shen Chen pointed in the direction of Xunyang and said, "The main force of the Jiangdong Army is here at this time, and their receiving ships are here, and now the rear of Jiangdong is empty." ”

Liu Qi shook his head and said, "If we follow the path of the Jiangdong Army and attack Anqing, it is very likely to be captured." But we have no way to retreat, there are no ships to meet us, and once the Jiangdong army returns to defend there, we will definitely die. ”

"Hmm."

Shen Chen nodded.

It is not advisable to change tactics at home, people are covered by receiving boats, and even if they are repulsed, they can leave at any time when they return to the river bank and get on the boat.

They don't have a ship, and if they choose to change homes, they will have to go and have no return.

"But didn't the enemy send a ship?"

Shen Chen said suddenly.

Liu Qi was surprised: "What do you mean?" ”

Shen Chen pointed in the direction of Guanting and said, "What if you take this batch of Jiangdong ships, what if the main force of the Jiangdong Army lets them fight to Jiangxia?" There are no food and grass ships to pick them up, and they are also alone, and if we have a boat, we can retreat. ”

Liu Qi was shocked: "Seize the ship? ”

Shen Chen nodded: "Yes, our soldiers are all well-trained sailors, and they are not good at land combat, but they are all good at water combat." Now that the enemy has sent a ship, it's a good opportunity to take advantage of the fire! ”

Liu Qi hesitated: "This is too risky." ”

Shen Chen said with a smile: "As the saying goes, if you don't enter the tiger's den, you can get the tiger, if you want to solve the siege of Xunyang, you must threaten the rear of Jiangdong. The eldest son, please stay here, I'll just go. ”

Liu Qi hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "What Ah Chen said is that if you don't enter the tiger's den, you will get the tiger, and I will accompany you." ”

Shen Chen thought for a while and said, "It's okay, then let's go together, without further ado, let's go now." ”

At that moment, the two gave the order, and the whole army was dispatched.

When they came, they brought with them three days' dry rations, as well as a large number of arrows, and each soldier wore a coat and marched in the direction of the Guanting to the south.

Guanting, located in the east of Xunyang, in the northwest of Longgan Lake in the south of Huangmei County in later generations, there are townships around this place, and more fishing for a living, so Guanting has a relatively small ferry, although it can not accommodate so many ships, but it can barely borrow the wharf to dock temporarily.

The road in the Shilian Mountain Range is actually very wide, and it is not a dangerous place, otherwise, if it is a place where one man is not allowed to open ten thousand people, it is not impossible for five thousand people to try to stop the 40,000 army in Jiangdong.

However, although it is not a dangerous place, it can stretch all the way to the south for more than ten kilometers and is a hilly area, so there are many bunkers.

The ships of the Jiangdong Navy Division obviously also valued this point, so they chose to dock in the area of Guanting.

The soldiers were all dressed in robes and hats, and went all the way to the south.

After about half an hour, they arrived at Guanting, a few miles away from the Guanting ferry.

Shen Chen ordered the soldiers to hide in the mountains of Jinxian Mountain first, and led dozens of people to the official pavilion to see the situation in person.

The light rain was still falling, but the mist had cleared, and the view was barely visible.

After arriving at the Guanting Ferry, Shen Chen personally went up to a small hill, and from the height of the hill, he saw the inner bay port in the south, where hundreds of ships were parked densely.

Guanting Ferry is the Dayuan Lake of Huangmei County in later generations, connected with Longgan Lake, at this time it belongs to a part of Peng Lize, but because it is located in the inner bay, there are a large number of hills and mountains around, the wind and waves can not enter, so it is an excellent inland river wharf.

However, because it was originally built as a rural fishing port wharf used by the surrounding countryside for fishing, most of the ships were basically just parked on the water, and there was some distance from the shore.

"Strange."

Shen Chen was very puzzled when he saw this scene.

Liu Qi didn't come over, he just followed a deputy general named Qu Kang, and when he saw that Shen Chen was puzzled, he asked, "General, what's strange?" ”

Shen Chen pointed to the boats floating on the lake in the distance and said, "Their ships are not docked, how can they meet the Jiangdong army?" ”

Qu Dang smiled and said, "Did the general see the front few fighting ships?" ”

"Hmm."

Shen Chen nodded.

Qu Kang explained: "If we encounter a small dock or there is no dock to dock a boat, we will choose to use small and medium-sized boats to dock and pick up the soldiers to the ship. ”

"I see."

Shen Chen noticed that there were countless ships of all kinds in the distance, and he didn't know what the role of them was, so he asked Qu Dangdao, "Can these ships be used to transport troops?" ”

Qu Dang said: "No, some are used for transporting troops, some are used for defense, and some are used for attack. The general looked over there, and the farthest one was a building boat, like a city on the river, which could carry thousands of people. The farther ones are called boats, which are transport ships that can carry thousands of people, as well as ships, raiders, fighting ships, and boats."

Shen Chen only went to Xiling in May, and he had never fought a water battle before, so he really didn't know much about ships, so when he saw those large and small ships, he didn't know their role.

And Qu Dang is a middle- and lower-level officer of the Jiangxia Navy, so he naturally knows all about these things and introduces them one by one.

These vessels are large and small, with different functions, and because of the complex environment of the river, there will be different ships to perform certain special tasks.

For example, the "scout" ship "yacht" ship is a reconnaissance ship, which is only a little larger than an ordinary awning boat. There are also ships and fighting ships that belong to medium-sized warships, which generally carry hundreds or thousands of people to engage the enemy at close range. There are also such as raids and boats, which belong to raid ships and are equivalent to war horses on the water.

Qu Dang introduced to Shen Chen, and when Shen Chen looked from afar, he saw that the fleet of the Jiangdong Naval Division had a building boat, which was parked and floating on the farthest lake.

There are four large boats on the left and right of the ship, and then there are more than 20 ships and fighting ships near the shore, and there are hundreds of ships on the periphery, and more than 200 scouts and yachts cruising in the farther places, building the entire fleet.

Moreover, not only these ships, but also a large number of small boats such as open, abrupt, and walking boats were hung on the sides of the building ships, large boats, sterns, and fighting ships, which could be lowered at any time to meet the soldiers on the shore.

In this way, once the Jiangdong naval division retreats from the land, they will immediately be able to dock and cover.

Obviously, the Jiangdong sailor is by no means a good stubble.

"Qu Sima."

After listening to Qu Dare introduce him to the functions and functions of these ships, Shen Chen found that his idea was still too simple.

If you rush over like this, the scouts and yachts on the periphery will soon find out and warn.

When the time comes, the raid will inevitably fail.

So he pondered for a moment and then asked Qu Dang, "How many people do you think are left behind?" ”

"No less than 3,000."

Qu Dang said: "The number of soldiers that can only be carried by the ships here is at least 30,000, and if you want to maintain the basic navigation of these ships, you need at least 3,000 people. ”

Both the building ship and the big boat are huge ships, carrying about 3,000 people. The ship, on the other hand, is a medium-sized ship that can carry two or three hundred people. Ordinary raiders, walkers, and dewors belong to raid boats, generally with twenty or thirty people, while scout yachts belong to reconnaissance boats, generally with less than ten people.

However, it was a combat state, and if it was only satisfied with the basic navigation, there were about one or two hundred people in the building ship, twenty or thirty people in the warp, four or five people in the boat, and four or five people in the boat, and the scout yacht was similar to the awning boat, and one or two people could drive it.

Therefore, according to the minimum needs, there are five large ships, which are about 1,000 people, more than 20 fighting ships, which are about 6 or 700 people, more than 100 assault ships, about 5 or 600 people, and then 2,300 reconnaissance ships, and only 5 or 600 people per ship.

Therefore, if you count it to the fullest, 3,000 people are about the same.

It's just that Shen Chen is a little strange, he had to scout back before, and the Jiangdong army that went was at least 40,000, but the boat they received could only carry more than 30,000 people, so what about 10,000?

But now is not the time to think about this, he asks, "Is there a way to raid?" ”

Qu Dang shook his head: "There are hundreds of ships docked on the shore, but we will kill them directly, and they can leave at any time." But if you sneak over, you should be able to raid these ships, that is"

"What's it?"

"I just don't dare to guarantee the success of the raid, after all, our most powerful water ghost can only sneak for half an hour, the recent rainstorm, the river is turbid, it is difficult to act in unison."

"That's right."

Shen Chen thought about it.

A raid on the shore is definitely not okay, people are not stupid, they rush over directly, even if everyone wears robes and pretends to be Jiangdong sailors, but people will definitely come over for interrogation.

When the time comes, as soon as the stuffing is revealed, at most it is to kill a few soldiers who come to interrogate, and the people on the other boats will just drive the boat and leave, which makes no sense.

And if you go into the water and dive over, although the Jiangxia sailors have also specially trained such water ghosts, the problem is that the river is turbid, and it is difficult to command them in a unified manner.

Therefore, it is easy to raid a camp on land somewhere, but it is very difficult to raid a ship on the riverside.

"Dive over, can you chisel through those big ships?"

Shen Chen suddenly asked.

He remembered a scene in the TV series "Water Margin" before crossing over, "Zhang Shun scuttled the boat and defeated Gao Yu".

Dayuan Lake is connected to Peng Lize at this time, its shape is very special, like a gourd, it is a natural inland lake inside, there is a narrow channel outside to connect the Yangtze River, the right bank is called Xia Xinshan in later generations, and the left bank is called Chitieling, all of which are small hilly areas.

The building boat and the big boat are more than 20 meters long, if they can chisel through these three big boats, they will basically block the river, which belongs to catching turtles in the urn, even if the opposite side finds that the situation is not right, they can also rush up and attack from the water.

However, Qu Dang's eyes widened and said: "General, there are two layers under the ship, each layer is several feet thick, not to mention whether it can be chiseled through the bilge, even if it can be chiseled, there is another layer below, and the ship will not sink, and it can even sail." ”

"Amount"

Shen Chen was slightly embarrassed.

TV series kills people.

He didn't really know much about water warfare ships.

In fact, there was a "watertight bulkhead" technology in the Han Dynasty.

At that time, the ship was divided into two levels, and even if the bottom of the ship leaked, because the density of wooden ships was less than that of water, even if the bilge was filled with water, as long as the bottom cabin was sealed, the ship could still float on the water.

After arriving in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Sun En's brother-in-law Lu Xun invented a better "watertight bulkhead" technology on the original "watertight bulkhead" technology, called the eight-groove ship.

The original ship had two cabins, but Lu Xun increased it to eight, so that no matter how many holes were dug in the bilge, it would not affect the navigation of the ship.

So let's not mention how hard the water ghosts have to go underwater to wield a hammer through a ship, and even if they can chisel through, it is impossible to scuttle the ship, at most it will make the draft heavier.

But if that's the case, isn't it the so-called plan to raid the Koto fleet that was stillborn before it even began?

Just as he was hesitating, he suddenly dared to say, "General, they are leaving." ”

"Who's gone?"

Shen Chen hurriedly raised his head to look.

I saw that some people were waving the big flags on the boats on the lake, and then many big boats began to turn, and some small boats on the left and right fell one after another, and began to move closer to the building boat, there were ladders on the boat, and at least four or five hundred people climbed to the building boat one after another.

At the same time, half of the smaller boats began their return journey.

After a while, under the leadership of Lou Chuan, more than 20 warships and fighting ships used for battle began to sail away from Dayuan Lake and headed south towards the Yangtze River.

At this time, the lake suddenly opened up a lot, and after only half an hour, there were only four ships left, two ships and two ships left, forty or fifty boats, and only about a hundred scout yachts.

Although he didn't know what was going on, Shen Chen was still in good spirits and said to Qu Dare: "Qu Sima, can you lead people over to see how many of them are left?" ”

Qu Dang said with a smile: "You don't need to go over, I just took a look at the raids and boats near the shore, there are no more than three or four people in each boat, and the number of people left behind is less than five hundred." ”

"Can you take those big ships?"

Shen Chen asked again.

Qu Dang thought for a while and said, "Unless we can capture those ships, even if we dive to the bottom of the boat, we won't be able to get on board." ”

Shen Chen patted him on the shoulder and said, "Qu Sima, you are good at water warfare, can you take it?" ”

"You can give it a try."

Qu Dare replied.

Shen Chen said: "If you can succeed, I will ask the eldest prince to recommend you to the King of Chu as a partial general!" ”

Qu Kang suddenly said excitedly: "Humility will not disgrace your life!" ”

"Let's go, go back."

Shen Chen waved his hand and led them away.

There are also Jiangdong soldiers patrolling the surrounding shore, as well as sentry posts, so it is not advisable to stay here for a long time.

Now everyone went back.

After returning to Jinxian Mountain, Shen Chen discussed tactics with Liu Qiqu Dang and another military commander.

Shen Chen looked at the terrain and thought that if he wanted to break through, he had to go around from the left and right banks.

Because there are many ships docked on the shore at the location of the official pavilion, and there are many Jiangdong soldiers guarding the surrounding shore, the number is not large, but once it is detected, it will definitely issue a warning.

The north and south banks of Dayuan Lake are several kilometers long, and there are many hills and mountains on the left and right banks, so it is impossible for such a long place to be guarded everywhere.

Therefore, Shen Chen suggested that the water ghosts should swim to the side of the warship from the Xiaxinshan and Tiechiling on the left and right sides, and then climb up from the left and right sides of the ship.

It is impossible to climb to the building boat and the boat, even after the draft, the side of the boat is more than a zhang high from the water.

However, after the draft of the warp and the fighting ship, the surface of the ship is relatively close, only a few feet, and there are holes on the edge, only 0.3 meters from the water surface.

So it's very easy to climb onto the ship.

Qu Dang recognized Shen Chen's suggestion, and immediately set up a military order, and among the 2,500 people and horses he led, he selected 1,000 elite water ghosts and headed in the direction of the official pavilion.

This chapter is a chapter of tactical arrangement, which may be a little boring, but I'm afraid that writing directly without tactical layout and logic will be sprayed, so I write logically, no way. The body is a little better.,After the tactical arrangement is completed, tomorrow is the time to look at the operation.,The next few chapters are guaranteed to be very interesting.,Tomorrow to recover 6000 words update.,And then the body is better.,Recovery 8000 words.,10000 words like this.。 Anyway, the next plot will definitely be very interesting and won't make everyone feel bored.

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