The significance of this final battle of Tianwang Mountain is clear to everyone.

As the actual ruler of the Lu Lin Group and the controller of the battle situation, Lin Mo should have a very detailed understanding of the war materials of both the enemy and us.

This kind of understanding is not only limited to the gap between the two sides' troops, grain and grass, and warships, but should be more detailed, such as the speed of the opponent's warships, the depth of the draft, the tacit understanding of the changes in the battle formation, and even the specific situation of the waters from Xiakou to Baqiu.

Only in this way can we truly know ourselves and our opponents, and we can formulate different tactics in a timely manner.

In fact, on the way here, Lin Mo was also firm in this idea, but after boarding the ship for a drill, he gave up this idea.

I was very dizzy, I really didn't fit in, this kind of discomfort was not only myself, my old father-in-law and Ma Chao had a similar situation, which caused Lin Mo to have a sense of crisis.

For example, if you want to truly understand the draft, speed, and formation changes of Cao Sun and Liu's warships, you must fight at close range to understand them intuitively.

In the past, when he was fighting on land, Lin Mo would go deep to understand and check it so that he could make adjustments at any time, but that was because there were peerless fierce generals like his old father-in-law and Zhao Yun by his side to protect him, and he didn't worry about being ambushed.

But water warfare is different from land warfare, you can see the opponent's warships a few miles away, once you are close, whether these fierce generals can absolutely put themselves in safety, it's really hard to say.

Lin Mo still cherished his life, and he didn't board the ship again after that time, so he could only trust Lu Xun and a few of them.

However, during this period of time, Liaoshen, Lu Xun, Zhu Huan, and Gan Ning and their group had several collisions with the fleet of Cao, Sun and Liu's coalition forces.

The scale is not large, and it is basically a trial, so these materials can also be fed back to Lin Mo, but this feedback is not intuitive enough.

It can't be helped, standing on a boat is always uncomfortable, and sometimes, it's wise to leave professional things to professional people.

"Sikong." In the tent of the Chinese army, Lin Mo was looking down to study the water map of this area and the detailed information of Cao Sun and Liu Shuijun, and a man with an elegant temperament between his eyebrows walked in and bowed to Lin Mo.

"Oh, Yuan Zhi is here, sit down."

Lin Mo glanced up, and threw these materials aside, these pieces of information are considered to be one for each person, Lu Su, Chen Gong, and Xu Shu each have them, so Lin Mo subconsciously felt that he should be here to discuss the military aircraft, "But what do you think about the war situation?" ”

"Judging from the current three confrontations, the combat strength of Cai Mao's sailors is comparable to that of our Jiangxia sailors, but our elite is only 30,000 after all, and there is no disparity between the enemy and our military strength, so I feel that it is not easy to decide the outcome with combat power in a short period of time."

Xu Shu, who sat on the side, said straightforwardly: "But I think that although Cao, Sun and Liu can unite these hundreds of thousands of sailors, the territory at hand cannot support these people for a long time, time is good for us and not good for the enemy, as long as the front line goes down, the long is a year, the short is half a year, the coalition army will inevitably be chaotic without a fight." ”

Lin Mo nodded, "Yuan Zhi's opinion is the same as that of Mr. Gongtai and Zijing. ”

Fighting a war is not only about strength and strategy, but also about national strength and heritage.

Based on such a premise, Cao Sun Liu will not be able to hold back the shot first, usually in such a battle situation, whoever strikes first is often more likely to expose his weaknesses, according to their ideas, they can strike later.

"But I'm not here to talk about it." Xu Shu changed his words.

"Oh? So what's the matter? Lin Mo raised his eyebrows and looked at him.

Xu Shu glanced at the outside of the tent, took a deep breath, and said in a low voice: "Dare to ask Sikong, but you want to use Huang Zu to deceive and surrender?" ”

Lin Mo just looked at him without any change in expression, "Why do you ask that?" ”

"Sikong, the ancestral graves of the four major families in Jingzhou were dug up, and then Huang Zu had a rebellious heart, all this seems to be quite reasonable, but I can forgive you for saying it bluntly, according to your understanding of Zhuge Kongming, this kind of scheme can't be deceived at all."

In fact, after entering the Lu camp, in addition to calculating that Yuan Tan followed Zhang Yang to make a fraudulent surrender, Xu Shu was more in the rear with Gao Shun to act as a housekeeper, and rarely had the opportunity to overlook the battle situation and put forward opinions like now.

He didn't know much about Lin Mo, but he knew that he had not tasted defeat in strategic tactics, and now he was in a high position, so he had actually thought it through when he came to mention this idea, and he was worried that he might not be able to listen to it.

Now seeing that he didn't have any abnormalities, Xu Shu's heart relaxed a little, and continued: "There is one more thing, please don't forget, Sun Ce killed Huang Zu's whole family, and Huang Zu also slaughtered Sun Ce's family, and now that the opposite side is in an alliance state, how could Huang Zu take the initiative to defect because of something that has not yet been confirmed?" ”

Hearing this, Lin Mo laughed loudly, "I can't hide it from you, I also considered letting Shi Yuan go, but he has no military power in his hands, he can't mobilize sergeants, and he doesn't have any prestige in the hearts of Jiangxia Navy, so it is definitely better to choose Huang Zu than to choose him."

As for your worries."

Lin Mo let out a 'hmm' and said, "Actually, I know that I can't be fooled, but I didn't think they would take the bait." ”

"And why is that?"

Xu Shu frowned, and couldn't help but become anxious: "You must know that no one in this Jiangxia Navy is more familiar with than Huang Zu, if you don't have the certainty of success, you shouldn't replace him from the front line." ”

"That's true."

Lin Mo leaned his back against the handsome chair, holding his head in his hands and exhaling a breath of turbidity, "However, if you use this trick as a confuse, I think the certainty of success will be much higher than the bitter meat trick." ”

"Will you plan it?" Xu Shu lowered his head and muttered, that is to say, this is deliberately let the other party see through it, the question is what is the point?

Xu Shu won't be able to figure this out for a while, Lin Mo won't say it, he won't ask, in the end, everyone plays the role of strategists, and then the same camp is also discussing with each other in this regard, and it is meaningless to get to the bottom of it.

"Okay, don't think about it, come with me to the barracks, I heard that there are many soldiers who have tried to board the ship for several days and can't slow down, and I don't know what the situation is."

Xu Shu followed silently, this army of hundreds of thousands, no one will be sick one day, this is just a trivial matter, but as the commander, it is still necessary to walk around the barracks from time to time, so that the soldiers can feel this concern.

On the edge of the Baqiu ferry, forty clippers were docked, the hull of the ship was covered with green cloth, and the two sides were lined up with scarecrows.

He had already asked the sergeant, this was what Zhuge Liang had prepared in the past two days, but Fa just looked at it again and again, but he couldn't see what this thing did.

"I'm not as good as Zhuge Liang" After a long time, Fa Zheng couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

It is common for literati to be contemptuous, but it is not absolute, and a man like Fa Zheng, who is not very well-behaved, is not very competitive.

Since Zhuge Liang swore seven days ago that arrows would be sent, he has been pondering this matter, but the situation at that time was just instinctively that this matter might involve Zhuge Liang's scheme, but it was not completely impossible to invite foreign aid.

After all, Uncle Liu's reputation is still quite loud, and it is entirely possible to absorb one or two great families as a secret weapon at a critical time.

However, these ordnance must be transported with a hand, and these days, whether it is by land or water, there is no return from the scouts, which together is enough to prove that Zhuge Liang does not have any foreign aid.

The question is, where did his arrows come from, and what does it have to do with these scarecrow-strewn ships?

After thinking about it for a long time and having no answer, he just turned around and went back to prepare to report the situation here to Cao Cao truthfully.

As soon as I returned to the Chinese military tent, I saw that Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were already here.

"Kong Ming, tomorrow will be the eighth day, and the surrounding spies have not reported that there are carriages and warships transporting ordnance, and I am afraid that your arrows will not be able to be sent over." Cao Cao seemed to be joking and warning.

After all, the two sides reached a unified opinion, and if the arrow was less than eight days, Liu Bei's troops would be arranged by Cao Cao, and he would have to completely obey Cao Cao's orders.

Through the past few days of getting along, Cao Cao also roughly figured out the situation, although Sun Ce was grateful to Liu Bei for saving his life at the foot of Anyang Mountain and was willing to support Liu Bei more, but he only had the word revenge in his heart, a reckless man, as long as Liu Bei was pinched, then the coalition army could be completely unified.

Selfishness aside, such a model is actually more conducive to the Allied army's repulsion of Lu Lin.

"General Cao, this is exactly what I came here for today."

After Zhuge Liang finished speaking, Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh lightly, "Kong Ming, let's talk about it." ”

"Tomorrow at noon, 200,000 arrows will arrive as scheduled, but I still need to take a boat out of the river to get arrows. From Zhuge Liang's point of view, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to show off his muscles.

As long as Cao Cao is suppressed this time, he should not dare to think like this again in the future.

Take a boat to the river to get arrows?

Cao Cao couldn't help tilting his head slightly, "How many warships and sailors do you plan to bring?" ”

"Forty ships and more than 1,000 sergeants are enough, but it is easy to make mistakes when there are too many people."

Looking at Zhuge Liang's appearance of Zhizhu in his hand, Cao Cao was a little stunned, and confirmed again: "How much?" ”

"Forty ships, more than 1,000 soldiers!" Zhuge Liang replied sonorously, and Liu Bei on the side put his hands in front of him, smiling without saying a word.

In fact, so far, he hasn't figured out what Zhuge Liang wants to do, but the strategy that can make Zhuge Liang so calm must be absolutely sure, just like the three tips that were handed over to Guan Yu at the beginning.

As far as Cao Cao is concerned, it is not so optimistic, forty ships are actually very few, once they encounter Lu Lin's sailor ships, although they can rely on their small size to have the advantage of flexibility, but if the other party sends a red horse clipper, it may fall into a heavy siege at any time.

What is even more puzzling is that there are only more than 1,000 people with him, that is, more than 20 people per ship, what is the difference between this and suicide.

At this time, Cao Cao didn't dare to talk easily, he understood that the other party was commanding his own army, and if he didn't go, it would seem that he was not as brave as a Confucian scholar, and he wouldn't mention anything about the lord of the alliance in the future;

But it is too risky to dare to dare to imagine, just imagine, even Lin Mo is afraid of boarding the ship, not to mention that Cao Cao is only accompanied by more than 1,000 people, God knows what ulterior secrets Zhuge Liang hides.

On the warship, even Xu Chu could not exert his force, the risk was too great.

"I'm interested in traveling with you, I don't know if Mr. Kong Ming will accept it."

Everyone followed the prestige, and when they saw that it was Fa Zheng who walked in, Cao Cao immediately got off the donkey and said, "Okay, filial piety, you will walk on my behalf."

Cao Cao paused for a moment and added, "Let you go with you!" ”

Zhang He's water warfare skills are average, but he is one of the few northern generals who don't get seasick, and the other Cai Mao, Zhang Yun and Wen Ping have all led the army, and they each have their own military affairs on weekdays, so it is more appropriate to let Zhang He go.

"Thank you, Lord." Fa Zheng looked at Zhuge Liang after bowing his hand, waiting for his answer.

"Filial piety is willing to go together, and it is an honor to be in the next."

Zhuge Liang didn't think that Cao Cao would dare to agree, after all, how could someone who didn't know the inside story have such courage.

Liu Bei on the side took the initiative to speak: "I have heard filial piety for a long time, and I will go with me tomorrow, just to discuss a lesson with Xiaozhi." ”

This was out of plan, Zhuge Liang didn't plan to let Liu Bei go with him, as the owner of the people, there was no need to follow to do such a thing, but he knew that Liu Bei couldn't help but open his mouth at all, just to take the opportunity to suppress Cao Cao, so he cooperated with Liu Bei to look at Cao Cao tacitly and give him a 'you know' look.

Cao Cao sneered coldly in his heart, it shows that you have the guts, right, I didn't want to leave alive when I stabbed Dong with a seven-star sword, you had better bring the arrow back.

"In that case, then I wish you all the best, and I will send someone to wait by the river at noon."

Watching Cao Cao leave with his hands on his back, Liu Bei still felt a little dark in his heart, although he was mostly tossed by Lu Lin over the years, but when he occupied Xuzhou in the early years, Cao Cao was not less bad, plus those things in Xuchang and Anfeng, Liu Bei, who had been suppressed, still had some mustard in his heart, and he was finally a little angry.

Before dawn the next day, the river was filled with fog, and Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, Huo Jun, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were already waiting on the ferry.

"Big brother, do you want to think about it again, it's too dangerous to take such a few people out, plus today's fog, I always have a feeling of unease." Guan Yu persuaded bitterly.

"That's it, big brother, I asked that Kong Ming how to get the arrow, he was still selling Guanzi, you just followed, I and the second brother are really not at ease, if the eldest brother has to go, then I and the second brother will also go together!" Zhang Feiyang said.

Liu Bei smiled slightly, "There are still people in the barracks who need to watch, we can't all leave, it's only a few hours, don't worry, don't you still believe in Kong Ming?" ”

Zhuge Liang's methods, in Fukong Mountain, and in Anfeng's three tips, have all been confirmed, but this kind of play still makes them a little scared.

Just a few small boats, more than a thousand people, if they really encountered Lu Lin's cruising fleet, they didn't know what would happen if they died.

"Big brother."

When the two of them wanted to persuade again, Zhuge Liang had already come slowly, "The two generals can rest assured, we will definitely return before noon, and the lord and I will not be in danger." ”

On the other hand, Cao Cao personally brought Fa Zheng and Zhang He over.

Liu Bei didn't forget to give a look, "Kong Ming's method is actually intended to knock Cao Cao to deter, if I don't go, wouldn't I let Cao Cao underestimate me?" ”

Hearing this, the two didn't persuade again, but just said to Huo Jun on the side: "You must protect your eldest brother." ”

"The two generals can rest assured." Huo Jun arched his hand.

Cao Cao didn't say too much after he came over, just looked at the scarecrow-ridden ship on the ferry and frowned, even now he still didn't understand what Zhuge Liang wanted to do.

Finally, he said to Zhang He in a deep voice: "You must protect your filial piety." ”

"Don't worry, my lord."

After Zhang He gave up, he escorted Fa Zheng onto the boat.

Watching the forty ships lift anchor and go away, Cao Cao let out a long breath, look at what you can, I want to see what you can bring back when noon comes!

(End of chapter)