There is actually a land of dozens of miles from Xiling to Xiakou Ferry, so the ordnance materials will be transferred here as soon as possible.

Lu Bu and Lin Mo did not wait for Zhao Yun's group of generals in the rear, and followed Zhang Liao and they went to Xiakou first.

No way, over the years, it has been a land fight, he really doesn't understand the water war, and from the surrender of Huang Zu to the formation of his own naval army, Lu Bu really hasn't seen his own fleet once, and he can't wait to take a look.

This is the same for Lin Mo.

They set out early in the morning, and when they arrived at Xiakou, it was not yet noon, and the generals of the sailors were already lined up on the warships at the ferry.

On the riverside, the momentum is very huge, of course, not all of the thousands of ships are crowded on this ferry, but thousands of ships have been docked, but not all of the people participating in the drill will be pulled, that is, tens of thousands of people, hundreds of boats.

Looking at the tall building ship surrounded by ships, red horses, and fighting ships, the excitement in Lu Bu's eyes was unconcealed, and even Lin Mo couldn't help but widen his eyes and muttered: "This formation is interesting, I feel like I have seen a mini version of the aircraft carrier." ”

"Please, General, Lord Sikong." Liao Shen was still unruly and made a gesture of please.

The group boarded the largest ship, and accompanied Liao Shen to make introductions, "The ship is divided into four floors, and each floor can accommodate a different number of sergeants, for example, this first deck can accommodate three hundred crossbowmen, and five sets of throwers are installed;

The second level can accommodate two hundred people, eight sets of throwers are installed, and the third level can accommodate a hundred people, and ten sets of throwers are installed. ”

As everyone ascended to the top floor, Zhang Liao pointed to the highest position and said: "The top layer can accommodate fifty people, and that position is the position of the heralds, from that position, you can directly command the accompanying ships and red horses to attack or change hands to defend through the flag." ”

Wei Yan, Lu Xun and Zhu Huan on the side will also make supplementary explanations from time to time, of course, Huang Zu still did not accompany him, Lu Bu felt that Lin Mo's heart medicine did not seem to be so effective, but he did not delve into it, as long as the people under his subordinates could be obedient.

From beginning to end, Lu Bu and Lin Mo just nodded and didn't squeak, after all, they hadn't seen anything actual yet.

With a wave of Liaoshen's hand, the herald on the top deck of the building ship waved the flag of both hands, and then the ship opened the way, and the red horse swam around the building ship, and the fighting ship and the sea hooves alternated on the periphery.

There were a total of three fleets accompanying it, that is, three building ships, and the battle was quite bluffing.

"This is our Gongwei Water Gate, which is deliberately heightened to five zhang and about three zhang wide, which may be better than the city defense of Xuchang City, and it is not a problem to accommodate thousands of people on it."

Following Zhang Liao's point, there were water gates in front of him, and between the water gates were wooden walls piled up with solid wooden barriers, and the periphery was wrapped in a layer of mud, which was used to strengthen the defense.

Of course, this layer of dirt can also act as a defense against fire attacks.

Lin Mo, who was standing on the top floor of the building, couldn't actually see what was going on above the water gate, but there were many flags and crossbowmen.

With the drawbridge-like water gate being pulled up from above, three warship teams opened out from different water gates and officially entered the Yangtze River basin.

Liao Shen opened his performance, accompanied by the constant waving of the flags of the flag soldiers, the thirty ships of the main fleet marched alternately, the red horses were at full speed, playing the role of the light cavalry on land charging quickly upstream, and the fighting ships and sea hooves were also performing their performances.

In addition, the two fleets next to them are also responding, except for the sound of no noisy horses' hooves, it seems that they are indeed ruthless.

During the whole process, Lu Bu still nodded with satisfaction, and he was not stingy to praise Liaoshen a few words, "Yes, Wenyuan, our brothers in the north are not used to water warfare, you can be so familiar with the sailor battle formation in such a short time, there is a set." ”

Lin Mo didn't pay much attention to the tacit understanding and battle formation cooperation of these sailor warships, raised his hand to look at the direction, and muttered, "It's the northwest wind."

At this point, Lin Mo is still more concerned, the defeat of Chibi in the romance is because Cao Cao ate a serial plan, first was deceived by Pang Tong's iron cable boat, and then hit Huang Gai's serial plan to deceive the water gate, and finally let Zhuge Liang borrow the east wind from Nanping Mountain, and finally hundreds of thousands of troops were destroyed in one burn.

But in fact, from the bottom of his heart, Lin Mo never believed that Zhuge Liang could borrow the east wind through spell casting, and he had been in this world for many years, and the aliens had also been in contact with it.

What Lin Mo prefers to believe is that Zhuge Liang is proficient in astronomy, and he predicted in advance that the wind direction would change in those days and the southeast wind would blow, but based on Jiangdong's deterrence after the victory, he had to pretend to intimidate Zhou Yu.

Such a judgment is not without reason, at least, the old yin goods can also do it.

After a comprehensive analysis, the water flow is at a disadvantage, because Xiakou is downstream, and Baqiu is upstream, that is, it is countercurrent and downstream.

But the wind direction is dominant, as long as the old yin cargo is charged with the function of weather forecasting, this northwest wind itself will definitely be able to take advantage of it.

The old father-in-law on the side was asking Liao Shen about the warship formation, and Lin Mo slowed down for a while before interrupting: "Uncle, how do you know about the waters in this area?" ”

"This has to be said to be the credit of Huang Zu, since then to Baqiu, I have a clear understanding of the undercurrents, rapids, shoals and whirlpools along the way.

During this period of time, I also took these sailors to inspect every day, but Liu Bei was only there at the end of Baqiu before, and his soldiers and horses did not dare to go out at all, so they did not have the opportunity to fight. Speaking of this, Liao Shen still felt sorry.

"Never fought before? However, I don't think the tacit understanding of these sailors can be formed through training in a short period of time, and it seems to have been brought about by years of running-in. "Lu Bu doesn't understand water warfare, but the details of the transition between battle formations and the replenishment of the missing positions by the warships can be speculated.

Speaking of this, Zhang Liao laughed, "Don't hide it from the general, these are all veterans of Jiangxia, and they are also Huang Zu's old subordinates, this group of people fought with Sun Ce every day in the early years, and of course it is not a problem to practice."

But if we really put our Qingxu Water Army, the sailors of the four major families, and the newly recruited Jingzhou Army, it is actually far from achieving this effect. ”

"I see."

Lu Bu wasn't too surprised, the drill, of course, was to pick the most elite parts, and then asked, "Thirty thousand, is it?" ”

Liao Shen nodded, "These 30,000 people are our spearhead, but the 15,000 people brought by Lu Xun are not bad." ”

The battleship did not sail to Baqiu to show off its might, after all, it was just a drill, and the battlefield was the most intolerable child's play, and now the tripartite alliance forces of Cao, Sun and Liu were all converging, and no one dared to guarantee what would happen if they really encountered it, and they began to return when they came to the Chibi area.

After dozens of miles back and forth, Lin Mo already showed signs of seasickness, and he didn't vomit, but the whole person was a little fluttery, and his stomach was a little fussy.

Although the old father-in-law didn't speak, when he was approaching the ferry, his hand was already on the edge of the boat, and his face was not so good, after all, he was used to the feeling of being down-to-earth, and he was floating and sinking for dozens of miles, even Lu Bu among people couldn't stand it.

Liao Shen was a little floating, standing on the deck, clasping his hands on his chest, glancing at his old father-in-law, and then smiling arrogantly.

The old father-in-law was born so strong, such a move could not hide his eyes, and immediately took the bow and arrow from the hand of the sergeant next to him, and at a distance of more than a hundred steps, he directly put the bow on the banner above the water gate.

Sou~

The arrow hit the flagpole accurately, and the powerful penetrating force directly broke the flagpole, and a flag fell with the wind.

This scene made Gan Ning, Wei Yan, Zhu Huan, Lu Xun and others behind them all dumbfounded, and they couldn't help but look at each other.

God, this is at least a hundred and twenty paces away, and the ship is not land, it is up and down, even if it is as majestic as a three-zhang tall building ship is up and down under such wind and waves, plus the river wind is fierce, it actually shot over the flagpole with an arrow.

This is the Wen Hou who shoots the halberd at Yuanmen, is this the insurmountable mountain top of the world's martial artists?

Among them, Gan Ning's archery skills were the highest, but he asked himself, let alone shoot the flag, even if he shot the flag, it was as difficult as climbing to the sky, it was simply a demon.

"Victory! Win! Win! The sailor generals on the side were obviously shocked by the sudden hand of the old father-in-law, and shouted in unison.

The old father-in-law glanced at Liao Shen contemptuously, "So capable, why don't you shoot one and let me take a look?" ”

"I didn't say anything, General." Liao Shen spread his hands innocently.

An old father-in-law who is going to be strong all his life.

After landing, Lin Mo was not in a very good state, and he was a little dizzy, but he did not leave the ferry immediately, but let Liao Shen climb up the Gongwei Water Gate with him.

It is indeed as Liao God said, there are three zhang wide, and it is the same as the Chengguan horse road, but one of the zhang positions is all piled with arrows, which is convenient for the soldiers to take arrows and shoot.

After looking around, Lin Mo asked, "Why don't you place a thrower here?" ”

Zhang Liao pouted, shook his head and said: "It's too narrow, you have also seen, although the width is three zhang, but these arrows occupy a small half of the position, the water gate is not as good as the road, and the arrow supplement cannot be carried up from under the city pass as quickly as the siege and defense war, so these arrows must be stacked here."

If the throwers were to be replaced, the oil jars and stones would have to be placed, and there would not be too many people standing here.

What's more, although the thrower has a long range, it will be very difficult to adjust the shooting target, which is far less convenient than the bow and arrow, which is also the reason why the naval army mainly uses bows and arrows in combat. ”

Lu Bu hugged his chest and nodded, it was indeed so.

Lin Mo also nodded, but then said, "Install a row of throwers here." ”

"It's not what I just told you, you should be on the sidelines, are you?" The god of Liao looked like he was in his ears.

"What are you talking about, pretending to be or not?"

The old father-in-law's eyes widened, and Liao Shen immediately nodded, "Pretend, pretend, pretend, turn around, you shot an arrow off me, oops, it's really a son-in-law who wants to kiss some." ”

Gan Ning and Xu Sheng were also used to the fact that Liao Shen would be presumptuous in front of his old father-in-law, Lu Xun and they were a little confused, no wonder Liao Shen was so arrogant, it turned out that he dared to be so unruly in front of the general.

"Actually, what Wen Yuan said makes sense, the thrower is indeed not as practical as the crossbowman."

After waiting for the water gate, Lu Bu said softly, "But it doesn't matter, I took a careful look at the terrain, and when the time comes, I will ask Wen Yuan to deploy some soldiers and horses on the riverside on both sides of the water gate, if they dare to attack, they can also shoot over." ”

Over the years, the old father-in-law has developed this habit, even if he doesn't agree, he will listen to his own words and do it, every time like this, Lin Mo can't help but think of what he said in Xuzhou, he can only be his son-in-law, not a strategist.

Lin Mo didn't explain anything, after all, such defensive measures are actually a bit leaning on the prophetic side, but history has completely changed, who knows if it's useful, the right is to change the mode of defense.

At this end of Baqiu, Liu Bei and Sun Ce's warships have been docked on the riverside, Sun Ce's soldiers and horses are very few, only more than 10,000 people, and the sailors are even more miserable, only 5,000 people, so the warships together are only about 300, which is poorer than Liu Bei.

But today, Cao Cao's Jingzhou sailors also drove over, and countless warships poured in from different water gates, especially the three-zhang tall building boat, as soon as this behemoth drove in, it made Liu Bei's ships and red horses that were originally transformed from civilian ships seem even more insignificant.

Of course Liu Bei is very envious, how good it would be if this was his own.

After experiencing the rebellion of the four major families, Sun Ce already knew in his heart that it was impossible for him to create a decent sailor, but he was relieved and did not make too many waves.

Under the protection of Xu Chu, Cao Cao walked down from the central building boat, and Liu Bei and Sun Ce were already waiting on the shore at this time.

At this moment, Cao Cao's mood is actually a little complicated.

"General Cao." The two stepped forward to greet each other, a little embarrassed, the court's Sikong has been stripped away, if it is according to the imperial decree, then Cao Cao is already a thief, so calling General Cao can be regarded as a face-to-face pass.

This voice of General Cao brought Cao Cao's memory back to more than ten years ago, and he couldn't help but sigh, "Xuande, you still remember May in the third year of Chuping." ”

Liu Bei was stunned when he heard this, the river wind blew, and his memories flooded, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly, "That year, the princes of the Eighteenth Road opposed King Dong Qin, and we were also allies. ”

"Time flies, the white horse flies, and twelve years have passed in a blink of an eye."

After Cao Cao sighed, he looked at Sun Ce and chuckled: "At the beginning, Ling Zun and I and Xuande had made a blood oath, and I didn't expect that there would be such an opportunity in this life, but the old man is gone. ”

"General Cao, please." Sun Ce couldn't empathize, so he made an invitation with a blank face.

In this alliance, everyone has their own ideas, but if you have to generalize, Cao Cao and Liu Bei actually want to go together, both pointing to further expanding their territory and enhancing their strength after defeating Lu Lin.

But Sun Ce is different, from the beginning of Huang Gai and Zhou Tai and their deaths, to Sun Quan and Ling Cao's deaths in Guangling City, and then Zhou Yu and Tai Shici died in Lujiang, and finally his whole family was slaughtered by Huang Zu.

All these blood debts are directly or indirectly related to Lu Bu and Lin Mo.

In his heart, revenge is far more important than expanding the territory.

A person who is filled with hatred will not care what the future holds.

Therefore, when he saw Cao Cao's boat, Liu Bei was envious, and Sun Ce was excited.

Because that means the odds are a little bit greater.

Cao Cao glanced at the warships moored by the river, and there was no squeak, but he had already calculated in his heart how many of their sailors there were, and he knew that you were weak, so don't be weak to this extent.

But that's fine, at the first meeting of the alliance later, I have always been the leader of this alliance, and no one dares to say a word.

This matter is very important, Cao Cao will not think of using Sun Liu as cannon fodder, before Lu Lin is defeated, the alliance must be solid.

But everything needs a leader, the lessons of the year are vivid, the princes of the Eighteenth Route are independent, Yuan Shao, who is known as the leader of the alliance, has no way to command that group of people, such an alliance has no meaning at all.

(End of chapter)