Golden Thread Mountain, time is passing minute by minute.

It was getting late, and the Jiangdong army launched an attack on Huang Zu after noon, and their side arrived at the official pavilion after an hour and a half, and they didn't know what the situation was on the Xunyang side.

The light rain was still dripping underground, and Shen Chen and Liu Qi led 4,000 men and horses, crouching in the forests around Jinxian Mountain, waiting for news.

I don't know how long it took, maybe half an hour, maybe an hour.

When the sky was a little darker and the wind and rain were lighter, someone on the outskirts of the forest suddenly shouted, "Here it is." ”

I saw two soldiers running towards them outside, shouting: "Eldest son, General Shen, it's done, we have captured four boats and seized the river!" ”

"Let's go!"

Shen Chen's spirits perked up, and he immediately ordered: "Blow the whistle!" ”

"Toot toot toot!"

Suddenly, the whistle sounded all over the sky, and four thousand people poured out of the surrounding woods.

Four thousand people sounds like a lot, but in fact there are very few, and only two or three basketball courts can be full when they stand together, so it is a little sparse for a while.

These Jiangxia naval forces may be stronger than the army on the water, but they are far inferior to the soldiers in the north in terms of soldier quality and assembly speed, let alone compared with the Huangmenting soldiers who have been trained all year round and are out of production.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry."

"It's all dead, hurry up!"

"A bunch of pigs, and then cut off your heads?"

It seemed that noticing Shen Chen and Liu Qi's darkening faces, another adjutant general, Liu Nan, hurriedly asked the middle and lower-level officers to urge the soldiers.

After some chaotic scenes, the soldiers gathered together and headed towards the official pavilion.

Shen Chenshen stepped on the mud with one shallow foot, the soldiers were wearing straw sandals and draped clothes, and the shoes would be covered with hemp shoes, this season is not cold, but it is easy to enter the water in the rain, which makes people very uncomfortable.

Raising his head and looking at the sky, the wind and rain have been much smaller at this time, maybe the rain will stop in the past two days, for Jiangdong and Jingzhou, this may also mean that the war is about to begin.

Soon the army arrived at Guanting, at this time the Guanting Lake was already in chaos, Qu Dang led the men and horses of the headquarters to dive into the water, captured a few ships and fighting ships, and then flew to those boats.

The huge hull of the boat was used to block the surface of the lake, and although the surrounding yachts, scouts and other small boats found clues, there were very few pilots on these boats, and they could not form a counterattack at all.

After the mouth of the lake leading to the Yangtze River was blocked by several large boats, the remaining small boats could only crash around in the lake like headless flies, turning into a situation of catching turtles in an urn.

Seeing this scene, Liu Qi immediately happily ordered: "Order, attack!" ”

"Wait!"

Shen Chen hurriedly stopped the herald who was about to blow the horn, but looked at Liu Nan and said, "Liu Sima, you blow the horn and call Qu Sima to send a warship to pick you up, you lead a thousand people, and then use the enemy's warships and fighting ships to encircle and suppress them." ”

"Yui!"

Liu Nan was the Sima of the Navy Army, so he naturally knew that Shen Chen's tactical arrangement was right, so he hurriedly led the soldiers over.

Shen Chen and Liu Qi led the remaining 3,000 men to surround the enemy on the shore.

Dayuan Lake is actually very wide, with several kilometers along the left and right coasts, and countless hills and hills as shelters, so it is impossible to capture the enemy by swimming in the water.

And the best way is naturally to take advantage of the time when the opening is blocked, and use the warships to encircle and suppress.

It's just that this method is not safe.

Because the river shoreline is particularly long, people can abandon boats on the left and right banks to escape on land, and the forests and hills on both sides of the bank are all over the place, and the mountains overlap, so you can naturally escape by getting into them.

Therefore, Shen Chen and Liu Qi had to spread the remaining people along the coast and outflank the enemy.

The whining horn sounded for a long time.

Soon Qu Kang in the distance heard the call, and sent soldiers to drive four warships to rush in.

At this moment, the more than two or three hundred small boats floating on the lake such as daring, walking, dewing, scouting, flying boats, and yachts naturally knew the other party's intentions, and they immediately panicked, and flew towards the shore one by one.

Although Shen Chen had already arranged it in advance, the river bank line was too long, and the jungle and hills were also very dense, and when he drilled into the forest, all these people were gone, so there were very few Jiangdong soldiers who caught.

"Let's go!"

Seeing this scene, Shen Chen didn't care about the fleeing Jiangdong soldiers, and after clearing the lake, he let the army drive those abandoned ships and began to move closer to Dafu.

By the time the sky was getting darker and darker, the original five thousand Xunyang defenders had already seized four boats, four ships, and fighting ships, a total of eight ships, and countless other small boats, but those ships were useless, and they were all dragged into the Yangtze River.

On land, these Sun-seeking defenders were just second- and third-line troops, but when they got to the water, they suddenly became first-line elites. Under Shen Chen's command, while the sky was still dark, the sails opened and sailed into the Yangtze River.

In fact, it cannot be said that it is the Yangtze River, but Longgan Lake, although it is now called Peng Lize and is connected to the Yangtze River, but the water flow speed and river temperature here are better than the Yangtze River.

Because the current was too gentle, the soldiers had to start rowing desperately, and they had to row for half an hour before approaching the Yangtze River.

The lookout on the mast watched from afar, and suddenly shouted downward: "General, there are many ships in the south!" ”

"Oh?"

Shen Chen immediately walked to the edge of the deck ship and looked out.

And they saw that in the south, near the southwest, that is, in the right-hand direction in front of them, there were countless ships on the river.

It was two groups of men, and because of the distance, it was not clear who it was, only that the two sides were fighting.

At that time, the war on the river was actually quite simple, and the main weapons of both sides were bows and arrows.

The second is to use the ships used to charge, such as ships, fighting ships, raids, boats, and scratches, to reach the vicinity of the enemy's ships, and then use ladders or gangs to kill the enemy's ships in close combat.

At this time, the two groups of people and horses in the distance are now entangled and intertwined, and the two sides are raining arrows, and they have launched a fierce confrontation on the rippling Yangtze River.

"General, Liu Sima and Qu Sima asked us what to do?"

The lookout shouted down.

The left and right Da Fang are asking in the flag language, which has been recorded as early as Jiang Ziya's "Six Taos".

However, at that time, the flag language was not overly complicated, and there were only a few words for communication, such as simple instructions such as charging, retreating, flanking the flanks, and asking the commander for his opinion.

Shen Chen pondered for a moment and said, "Let them not care, let's go ours, avoid those ships, and go directly to the direction of Anqing." ”

"Yui!"

The lookout responded with a flag.

The order was given, and the eight ships headed southwest, a little away from some of the battlefield.

When they got closer, about three or four kilometers, they vaguely saw that the flags of the two sides were fighting with black letters on a yellow background, and black letters on a red background and white edges.

"It's General Su and General Deng!"

The eyes of the lookout hand were like eagle eyes, at this time there was no fog on the river, and his vision was extremely wide, and he saw the flags of "Su" and "Deng" on those boats, which were obviously Su Fei and Deng Long, the generals under Huang Zu.

Shen Chen looked over from a distance, and saw that Su Fei and Deng Long's ships were a little more than Jiangdong's ships, and obviously there were more people, and they seemed to have the upper hand at the moment, pressing the Jiangdong army to fight.

If this is the case, it seems that Huang Zu also listened to the words and sent two schools of men and horses to cover his retreat, but he didn't expect that the enemy did not fight him on the river, but went to the land to intercept him, so the two schools of men and horses seemed to have done useless work.

It's just that I don't know why Su Fei and Deng Long fought with a small number of Jiangdong sailors, maybe the Jiangdong sailors came to lure their men, or they came to pick up the fleet of land interception troops, but at least they helped a lot.

"Let's go ours!"

Shen Chen shouted.

"Yes."

The lookout waved the flag again.

In this way, eight ships were several kilometers away from the battlefield and entered the Yangtze River.

By the time it was getting darker and darker, and it was about five or six o'clock in the evening, the fleet was already heading downstream along the estuary.

The speed of entering the Yangtze River is much faster, the speed of the water is speeding up, and it is the flood season, and the boats seem to be flying.

At this time, there were many Jiangxinzhou on the Yangtze River, but fortunately, the soldiers who operated the ships were all veterans, and the river was wide, so they would not hit the reef at all, and the road was safe and sound.

After an hour and a half, the sky had completely darkened, and the rain had stopped, although it was not cloudy and rainy, but it was a good thing.

Against the wind, the flotilla sailed a hundred kilometers and arrived at Anqing.

In the Han Dynasty, this place was not actually called Anqing, but called Wankou, because there is Anhui water connected to Anhui County, so the geographical location is as important as Xiakou, which is the confluence of the Yangtze River and other rivers.

However, there is a wharf outside the city of Wankou, called Anqing Pavilion, although it is a pavilion, but a large dock wharf has been built, so Anqing has become a military important place at this moment.

At this time, a huge tower was built on the pier, and the towers were lit with billowing flames, like lights in the night, guiding the ships in this direction.

In ancient times, night navigation was more dangerous, few people would choose to have a water battle with the enemy at night, if you are not familiar with the route on the Yangtze River, you will accidentally hit the reef or hit the Jiangxinzhou.

Before, they had come by relying on the fact that it was completely dark, but now that it was completely dark, the lighthouse became an important reference, and they stumbled to the dock along the way.

Naturally, there were soldiers left behind on the wharf, and they were extremely surprised to see a boat coming in the middle of the night, and the horn of "woo woo woo" sounded for a long time, which alarmed the defenders of Wankou City in the distance, and the city was suddenly in chaos.

"What's going on?"

In Wankou City, Lu Su, who was looking at the map in the mansion, suddenly heard the sound of the horn outside the city, and hurriedly got up and went out.

This horn is not a warning call for an enemy attack, nor is it a rapid attack horn, but a relatively long sound, which often indicates that an unknown army is approaching.

"It's from outside the city."

Han Dang, who was also awakened by the sound of the horn, also went out wearing a single dress.

Both of them lived in the county office, and when they met in the outer courtyard of the county government at this moment, Lu Su said, "General Han, go out and have a look." ”

"Let's go."

And they went out.

The Jiangdong army is now moving in a hurry, and on the Yangtze River, Cheng Pu, Ling Cao, Dong Xi and others are in charge of the water division, and about seven or eight thousand people are entangled with Su Fei and Deng Long.

Zhou Yu, Zhou Tai, Ling Tong, Lü Meng, Xu Sheng, Hu Zong and others led the main force to attack Xunyang from the land.

So at this moment, the defenders in Wankou City are less than 2,000, and the defenders are only Lu Su and Han Dang.

Hearing that someone was suddenly approaching, because they didn't know whether they were friends or foes, the two of them did not make any mistakes, but immediately urged the soldiers to rush to the city wall and waited solemnly.

This act apparently saved their lives.

Because at this moment, the hundreds of Jiangdong soldiers guarding the wharf in Anqingting were still looking at the river from the shore, and vaguely by a little light, they could see that it was Jiangdong's boat, so they shouted: "It's our ship." ”

Then, when they came over to greet them happily, countless Jiangxia sailor soldiers rushed down from the boat and swarmed up, and soon all kinds of screams and wails continued.

Lu Su and Han Dang were very vigilant, not only did they let the soldiers immediately go to the city wall to prepare, but also sent a team of scouts to Anqing Pavilion to check.

Anqing Pavilion is not particularly far from Anhuikou, about two or three kilometers, the scouts rode over, through a large number of torches lit on the dock, from a distance have seen the Jiangxia Navy disembarking and slaughtering the defenders on the riverbank, frightened, hurriedly went back to Tongyu.

Knowing that there was actually a Jiangxia naval army that had reached the mouth of Anhui, Lu Su and Han Dang were taken aback, and immediately mobilized a large number of bows and arrows to the city.

At this time, after Shen Chen took control of the dock, he immediately ordered an attack on Wankou City.

Unexpectedly, the enemy's reaction was very fast, and when the army arrived outside the city, they wanted to use the captives to deceive the city gate, but they were greeted by a rain of arrows, which immediately let Shen Chen know that the matter had been revealed, so he ordered a strong attack.

There is naturally a reason for a strong attack.

In ancient times, planks and ladders were often needed to transfer personnel between fleets, so these things were available on those eight large ships and were easily obtained.

And Wankou is just a small city, and the city is only two feet high, about four or five meters high, and you can easily climb it with a ladder.

At the moment, 5,000 troops carrying hundreds of ladders wanted to rush directly to the outside of the city.

But as the army rushed forward, they heard shouts from the city walls: "Arrows, arrows, arrows!" ”

In an instant, countless arrows rained out, and the screams outside the city were endless.

Immediately afterwards, the Jiangxia Navy collapsed on its own, retreated and ran.

Shen Chen looked at this scene, his face was really not good-looking, and these soldiers under Huang Zu could only fight water battles, no wonder he was beaten by Sun Ce and Sun Quan repeatedly in history, and the land battle was really collapsed.

That's why they were shot dead and wounded one or two hundred people, and even most of them didn't even shoot arrows in front of them, so they cried and shouted backwards, which is really worrying.

Fortunately, Shen Chen also knew that not all soldiers were well-trained Huangmen Pavilion soldiers, so he didn't expect much.

He ordered Qu Dang and Liu Nan to gather the scattered soldiers, and he himself came to the outside of the city to look at the small city of Anhui.

I saw that this city is located in the northeast of Wanshui, the west and south are Anhuishui, and the north is backed by a hilly mountain, which is the Lion Rock area of Anqing City in the later generations, and the only direction of attack is the east, which can be described as an important place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

But it's not entirely flawless.

That is, the west side of the mouth of Anhui is closer to the river, and the south side has a gentle slope because of the bend of the river, and if you can feint to the east, you can sneak through the gentle slope from the south, and you may be able to open up the situation.

So Shen Chen summoned Qu Kang and Liu Nan, pointed to the direction of the south city and said: "The enemy has enough arrows, it is not easy to attack strongly, but you can feign to attack the east gate, but in fact attack the south gate, and then the two of you will lead the army to drum up momentum outside the east gate, and I will personally lead the men and horses to attack the south gate." ”

"Yui!"

The two hurriedly received their orders.

Although Shen Chen has now stepped down from his position as Zhonglang General, his prestige is too great, and no one in Jingzhou is dissatisfied.

In addition, everyone knows that Shen Chen is a popular man in front of King Chu and a friend of the eldest son.

So even if they don't have positions, the two are willing to be commanded.

After getting the tactical arrangement, Qu Kang and Liu Nan immediately followed Shen Chen's instructions, lit torches, and began to drum up momentum outside the east gate.

At the same time, Shen Chen led five hundred people and quietly walked around the Wanshui River, climbing towards the gentle slope of the south gate.

On the gate of Wankou City, Han Dang looked away and said, "They are attacking again." ”

"I'm afraid it's a fraud."

Lu Su raised his eyebrows, feeling that things were not so simple.

Han Dang was surprised: "Where is the fraud? ”

Lu Su said with a smile: "If I am an enemy general and want to attack, I will inevitably rush to the head of the city in the dark, and then suddenly storm it. ”

"Oh?"

Han Dang thought for a moment, and suddenly his eyes widened: "South Gate!" ”

"I'll lead the people!"

Lu Su immediately rushed to the south gate with 200 people.

In fact, the south gate was also a bit of a defender, but there were less than a hundred people, and at this time they didn't realize that there were enemies outside the black city, and they were all looking in the direction of the east gate from afar.

Suddenly, seeing Lu Su leading people over, the sentry chief guarding the door greeted him quite puzzled and asked, "Captain Lu, what's wrong?" ”

"The enemy is ready to attack the south gate, be careful."

Lu Su said to him, "Take your people and go to carry the arrows immediately." ”

"Yui."

The sentry commander hurriedly went to carry out the order.

Lu Su took 200 soldiers to the head of the city and took control of the south gate.

After a while, there was a sudden sound of a high horn at the east gate, followed by a shocking shout of killing.

The soldiers hurriedly looked in the direction of the east gate.

Lu Su scolded: "Keep an eye on the south gate, don't care." ”

After the rain stopped, a lot of torches were lit on the castle tower in Anhuikou, but there were no outside the city, and nothing could be seen in the black.

Lu Su did not order the soldiers to peek out at the edge of the city wall, but only arranged for dozens of soldiers to patrol the city tower, and the rest of the soldiers squatted under the female wall.

At this moment, a ladder was suddenly placed on the top of the city, and the soldiers could clearly hear the sound of rustling outside the city.

"Shoot the arrows!"

Lu Su suddenly stood up from under the female wall, grabbed his bow and arrows, and shot towards the bottom of the ladder.

You must know that he is a person who can shoot through the shield with an arrow, and his archery skills are extraordinary, accurate and fast, and when an arrow falls, there is a scream from the city.

"Shoot the arrows!"

At this time, Shen Chen, who was outside the city, also realized that the people in the city had seen through his plan, so he also ordered the arrows to be released.

The two sides shot at each other under the city, but there was a female wall, and there was no cover on their side, so they naturally suffered a big loss, and soon they could only leave dozens of corpses and retreat in a hurry.

When Shen Chen returned to the troops, the feint troops of Qu Dang and Liu Nan over there were also repelled by the enemy, and the main combat method of the naval army was bows and arrows, and the number of bows and arrows in Wankou City was massive, and they had no way to attack at all.

In this case, Shen Chen could only gather all the soldiers and retreat to Anqing Pavilion, first control the wharf, and order the soldiers to destroy the ships on the wharf while trying to find a way to take Wankou City.

The reason why he wanted to take Wankou was because Wankou was an important offensive outpost in Jiangdong, and if he could take Wankou, the main force of the Jiangdong Army in front would inevitably withdraw.

It's a tactical change.

The difference is that they now have boats, which can advance and retreat.

But he didn't expect the small Wankou City to be so difficult to attack, and it made Shen Chen difficult for a while.

Fortunately, there is still plenty of time.

Although they lost hundreds of people, they still had a numerical advantage.

Shen Chen ordered the soldiers to rest first, and then think of other ways to capture Wankou City.

"Ah Chen, this Anhui mouth is difficult to attack."

Liu Qi and Shen Chen were discussing in the dock building of An Qingting.

Shen Chen nodded and said, "Yes, this Wankou guard doesn't know who it is, it's really powerful, and he has seen through my plan to attack the west." ”

"Is there still a way to be done?"

Liu Qi asked.

Shen Chen thought for a while and said, "There are two ways, one is the strategy of exhausting the enemy, and the other is the strategy of surprise attack. ”

"How?"

Liu Qi asked curiously.

"It's simple."

Shen Chen said: "The plan to exhaust the enemy is that we send people to harass the defenders in the city every half an hour, so that they can't rest, and after dawn, we launch a general attack, they have not rested all night, they must be exhausted, maybe by tomorrow before dark, we can take Wankou." ”

"What about the surprise attack?"

"The plan of surprise attack is simpler, we don't do anything, and the people in the city must be very afraid of our night attack, so they will always be ready to fight. But we just need to rest well, and before dawn, when the enemy relaxes his vigilance the most, a sudden attack, maybe we can conquer it. ”

"Which plan is better?"

Liu Qi doesn't know much about tactical play, and only feels unfathomable.

Shen Chen smiled and said, "There is no good strategy, only the most suitable strategy." It depends on whether the people in the city will be fooled, and I am afraid that they will see through our plan again. ”

Tactics are all about playing with psychology in the end.

If he chooses to exhaust the enemy's strategy and is seen through by others, who don't take them seriously and continue to choose to sleep, then there is no point in launching an attack during the day.

If he chooses a surprise attack and is seen through by others, but remains vigilant when he is most relaxed, then he will still be beaten back by the enemy.

In the final analysis, it is up to both parties to choose.

Liu Qi thought for a while and said, "Can these two strategies be used together?" ”

"Good idea."

Shen Chen gave a thumbs up and praised, "I think so too." ”

"Hahaha."

Receiving Shen Chen's encouragement, Liu Qi suddenly became happy.

Shen Chen went to give the order.

It is true that both strategies can be used at the same time, because there are many of them.

There is a story in later generations called "The wolf came".

There is also a saying that nine out of ten sentences are true, mixed with one falsehood.

This is the easiest way to deceive others.

Therefore, Shen Chen felt that he would send hundreds of people to drum up the momentum each time, and the rest would go to rest.

In the middle of the night, the people in the city thought that this was a tired enemy's plan, and when they were resting, there was a sudden real surprise attack, and the people in the city couldn't react if they couldn't say it.

At that moment, he immediately arranged for Qu Kang and Liu Nan to make such an arrangement.

(End of chapter)