Killing system of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 117 Zhou Gongjin can't burn the boat

Zhou Yu was really puzzled. He had stayed in both Jiujiang and Lujiang.Shu County in Lujiang is his hometown, and he served as an official in Liyang in Jiujiang. When Sun Ce crossed the river, he gave up his official position in Liyang and followed Sun Ce.

So he is very familiar with the shipbuilders in Jiujiang and Lujiang counties.But he has never heard of a shipbuilder who can build large ships. If he knew, he would not leave it to Zhang Yi, and would have recruited him long ago.

If he could recruit craftsmen who built big boats, would he still be bullied by Gan Ning with big boats?

Although wars usually involve people, the Navy fights entirely with technology.One is to look at the size of the ship and its protective capabilities; the other is to look at the ship's attack capabilities.

This shield and spear are the foundation of the navy.Before the invention of cannons, the attacks of the navy were nothing more than bows and arrows, ballistas, and fireboats.

Bows and arrows are conventional methods, and the technological content of ballistas is relatively high. In this era, there are no ballistas capable of sinking ships, only slightly smaller ballistas.But it is not equipped by the navy, because the ballista is heavy and heavy, and it is difficult to put the ballista on the rickety ship.

Therefore, until the proposed device for attaching arrows to the ballista is made, the ballista is not a conventional water warfare weapon.

Both crossbows and fireboats can be used by both sides, so in terms of spears, the two sides are actually equivalent.

Since the spears are equivalent, it is better to upgrade the shield.Therefore, whoever has the largest and strongest ship has the upper hand.

Because Zhang Yi summoned Meng Kang, he was able to build ships far beyond this era.This gave Zhang Yi an advantage in water warfare, but Li Hongzhang was very conservative in water warfare before, which may have something to do with his money-saving side.

Now Gan Ning has become the governor of the eastern part of the navy. He has a tough personality and loves to take risks, so when facing the navy led by Zhou Yu, he is always on the offensive side.

After a few contacts, Zhou Yu and the others had figured out Gan Ning's character, and began to prepare for a plan.

Zhou Yu summoned Jiang Qin, Huang Gai, Chen Wu and other navy generals and said: "Gan Ning is reckless and prone to risks. I intend to lure the enemy deep into the enemy's territory, and then use his fire ships to burn his warships, annihilating Gan Ning's navy in one fell swoop."

Huang Gai also has a violent personality, but he is quite scheming, very similar to Zhang Fei, "Commander, leave it to me to lure the enemy forward!"

Zhou Yu nodded and said, "Old General Huang, it's a very important matter to lure the enemy this time, so please leave everything to me."

The relationship between Zhou Yu and Sun Jian's remaining veterans is not very good, mainly because Zhou Yu is young and is only 26 years old now.From the perspective of qualifications, it is not his turn to be the main general, but both Sun Ce and Sun Quan trust Zhou Yu very much and let him supervise one side.

Regarding this matter, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and others were not very convinced.Cheng Pu was the most dissatisfied, so Sun Quan took advantage of Jiangbei's defeat and sent him to Chungu County to join Tai Shici in recruiting troops to fight against the enemy.

Huang Gai, a veteran who knew the general situation, was sent to Zhou Yu's command to assist him in managing the navy.Han Dang stayed by his side to reassure himself.

And Zhou Yu is a generous person, and he respects the veteran generals very much. When he speaks, he always takes care of the veteran's face.

Zhou Yu gave Huang Gai face, and Huang Gai naturally gave Zhou Yu face. He cupped his hands and said, "I will live up to the command of the governor!"

The warship chosen by Zhou Yu was at the bend of the river. The river flowed northeast when it crossed Ruxukou, but when it reached Moling County, it turned to flow east.

The river has seldom changed its course since ancient times, so the waterway is wide, several miles or even tens of miles wide.So as long as you lie in ambush among the reeds by the river, it will be difficult to be found.

So Zhou Yu asked Jiang Qin and Chen Wu to prepare fire boats in the reed marshes around Moling. The Gan Ning navy will definitely be wiped out.

After Huang Gai received the order, he immediately challenged Gan Ning to fight.

When Gan Ning heard that Huang Gai was coming to attack him, he immediately became suspicious.The Jiangdong Navy was already at a disadvantage. In the past few days, it had been taking the initiative. It can be said that Zhou Yu was retreating steadily.

If it wasn't for the lord not to let him go deep alone, he would have hit Dantu long ago.Although he didn't know what the lord's intention was, Gan Ning still found some clues from the recent military newspaper.

The lord has now reached Wanling, and after passing Wanling, he can go straight to Wu County and cut off Sun Quan's way to the south.As long as Sun Quan is left by the river, the navy will definitely need to block the river to prevent Sun Quan from escaping to Guangling.

Both the north and the south were impassable, and Sun Quan became a wild beast in a cage, and he must be caught sooner or later.

Under such circumstances, Huang Gai's purpose is not difficult to understand.Gan Ning is not stupid, on the contrary, he is very smart.

With this move, Huang Gai must have wanted to fight him in advance, and even set up a trap for him to fall into.

Gan Ning immediately asked Li Jun to drive away Huang Gai with ten large battlefields, but did not fight against him.

Seeing Li Jun's boat coming, Huang Gai was very disappointed, because the ten warships were less than one-fifth of Ruxu's army.It is not worth the loss to lure this little warship back.But if you don't quote, what should you do?
After thinking for a while, Huang Gai decided to eat the ten boats.Otherwise, Gan Ning would definitely not mobilize all the members, but how to eat them?
The big boat is strong, and Huang Gai also sent water ghosts to dig the boat, but they couldn't dig through it at all?The big ship is tall, and it doesn't take advantage to use bows and arrows to shoot at each other.The only weakness of the big ship is that it is very slow, but it is also much faster than the fire ship.If it weren't for being crowded together, the fireboat would not be able to burn him at all.

Huang Gai tried various methods, but he couldn't do anything with Li's ten boats. Instead, he lost a lot.

Seeing that going on like this was not an option, Huang Gai had no choice but to retreat first.After returning home, he reported this matter to Zhou Yu, who also frowned. Gan Ning did not fight at all, and the strategy of luring the enemy could not be implemented at all!

What is the problem?Zhou Yu couldn't figure it out.

It was not until a few days later that Sun Quan received an order that Zhang Yi's troops came to Wanling, and Sun Quan asked him to lead his troops to rescue.Otherwise, once Wanling is broken, Jiangdong will be over.

Zhou Yu also froze after receiving the order.Zhang Yi actually hit Wanling?What about Cheng Pu and Tai Shici from Spring Valley?where are they all
Zhou Yu immediately handed over the water army to Huang Gai, and then took Chen Wu to go ashore quickly, and then went to see Sun Quan.

"Lord, do you have any report on the Spring Valley battle?"

Sun Quan handed Zhou Yu a battle report on several cases, and Zhou Yu was surprised and angry after reading it.It was written that Zhang Yi was besieging the city, and Tai Shici was hit by a catapult and fell into a coma.Zhang Yi took advantage of the situation to break through the city, and Cheng Pu escaped through the tunnel.Being chased, Cheng Pu's old injury relapsed, and he still hasn't woken up yet, while Tai Shici was captured by Zhang Yi, and his life and death are unknown.

(End of this chapter)