Chapter 3453: Rivals of the Time

Chapter 3452 A moment of enlightenment

Above the river, the Jiangdong Army uncharacteristically gave up its central position. On the surface, it seemed that it was afraid of the artillery of the Sichuan and Shu Army, but in fact it was to create a death trap.

The appearance of artillery on warships is undoubtedly a huge, even era-changing change.

However, the vast majority of new things are relatively weak in the initial stage and cannot really play a decisive role.

Historically, cold weapons have coexisted with hot firearms for a long time. It was not until gunpowder weapons finally matured that cold weapons took a back seat.

It’s the second line, it’s not disappearing.

Therefore, relying on artillery can make Jiangdong Army fearful and destroy Jiangdong Army's ships, but you must rely entirely on artillery, or directly kill Zhou Yu with one shot and end the battle...

Then you have to be favored by the God of Luck.

Artillery is not omnipotent. Generals who think that artillery can decide everything will often end in failure.

Napoleon in history also felt that artillery could decide everything during the Battle of Waterloo.

It is a pity that the twelve-pounder artillery, which was favored by Napoleon, did not play a key role at the critical moment.

If Zhuge Liang puts all his chips on the artillery, then it is equivalent to limiting all the cards in the hand to the artillery. Once the artillery cannot be fully used, it means that the entire card is invalid.

This is like the regicide sword in the hands of a thief. Once it is taken away, it is basically equivalent to GG.

Zhuge Liang is obviously not so stupid. He has a more flexible strategy and does not need to take dangerous risks. Even for Xu Huang and Zhuge Liang, only by defeating the Jiangdong Army with upright troops can they truly cultivate the strength of the Sichuan-Shu Navy. The momentum is coming, otherwise no matter how many ships and soldiers there are, they will be unable to do without the Sichuan and Sichuan rivers and cannot dominate the rivers or even all over the world!

On the other side, Gan Ning's pursuit was also intercepted by Jiangdong's army.

When Gan Ning first started, he was very happy to chase.

After chasing after him, Gan Ning suddenly felt that something was wrong. He looked up and saw that the mountains ahead were high and steep, and there were dense trees. It seemed that some light flickered in the shadows of the trees...

Gan Ning's heart skipped a beat, and when he looked closely, he saw nothing.

What's in the woods?

Gan Ning couldn't help but slow down for two steps, and then started to think about it.

Although it may be some kind of rock or the reflection of water droplets, it is more likely to be a knife or a gun!

"Knife and gun reflect!" 』

Gan Ning reacted quickly and shouted, "There is an ambush!" There's an ambush ahead! 』

Gan Ning's voice echoed in the mountains, but there was a certain delay between the time it was transmitted to the ears and the soldiers realized what the problem was. Moreover, Gan Ning's shouts were also heard by the ambushing Jiangdong Army. arrive.

"They found us!" 』

"Don't panic!" 』

"When you find it, you find it, prepare to attack!" 』

"Arrows, arrows are ready!" 』

"Stone! Throw the stone down! 』

Arrows and falling rocks roared down the mountain, causing Gan Ning's troops to fall into chaos.

Gan Ning's formation, because it was in the process of chasing, was very long and did not have a decent array. When it was ambushed by Jiangdong's army, there was no way to talk about a counterattack on the spot, and it quickly Partly defeated.

However, the disadvantages of this formation also brought some advantages. This advantage was also brought about by Gan Ning's early discovery of Jiangdong Army's ambush. Because Gan Ning's queue was stretched in the mountain road, when it was attacked by Jiangdong's army, only the front part, which was the part closest to chasing Zhou Tai, was lost, while the part in the middle where Gan Ning was, and the part at the back were lost. Some soldiers were not attacked by Jiangdong Army.

Of course, if Gan Ning had not discovered Jiangdong's ambush in advance, the result would have been different.

This is true in war.

No one is completely sure.

One moment, Gan Ning was excitedly leading his men to chase Zhou Tai, and the next moment, his soldiers ran into Jiangdong's ambush.

Seeing this, although Gan Ning was unwilling to do so, he had to stop chasing Zhou Tai and withdraw his troops.

On the other side, Zhou Tai was in a state of embarrassment, looking at the military academy sent by Zhou Yu. He was angry in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it, "Commander... What orders do you have from the Commander?" 』

Zhou Yu predicted that there would be an ambush by the Sichuan-Shu Army, but did not notify Zhou Tai. He even asked Zhou Tai to continue to advance. This was almost like asking Zhou Tai to step on the opponent's trap!

If Zhou Tai hadn't been feeling bad all the time, so he didn't rush to the front line, then he might have died in this unknown mountain forest by now!

They all have the surname Zhou, so why bother? !

Although Zhou Tai's Zhou and Zhou Yu's Zhou are written in the same way, but their origins are different, so Zhou Yu never valued Zhou Tai more, but such a naked display of the huge class nature of the upper and lower levels, no matter how Zhou Tai Even though I work hard without complaining, my heart may not always feel comfortable.

However, Zhou Yu's military academy obviously didn't care what Zhou Tai thought, and from a certain perspective, he "saved" Zhou Tai's life, so the military academy directly under Zhou Yu gave away Zhou Yu's second copy without saying a word. The warrant was given to Zhou Tai.

Zhou Tai smiled along with him, opened Zhou Yu's warrant, and then his eyes narrowed.

"What...what does this mean?" 』

Zhou Tai's hands were trembling slightly.

Zhou Yu's military commander glanced at Zhou Tai coldly, and then said in a deep voice: "Now the governor himself is risking his own life and using himself as bait in order to win this battle. I wonder if the general has any questions?" 』

Zhou Tai was silent for a while, and then said: "I obey the order." 』

The military academy directly under Zhou Yu said yes and led the people away.

Zhou Tai sat dejectedly on a rock aside.

Guard Zhou Tai saw Zhou Yu's direct subordinate military academy and others leaving, so he came up to him and said, "General, is it the commander-in-chief who has punished you?" We...the bandit army was so cunning that they actually laid an ambush in advance...you can't blame us for that! 』

Zhou Tai was silent for a long time, then stretched out his hand and patted his cheek, "Okay!" The governor has an order! As a team, get ready to go! 』

"Set off? ! "The guard asked, "Where to go? 』

Zhou Tai turned back and glanced in the direction of Jiangdong Water Village, "Of course it's an attack!" We want to counterattack! They certainly didn't expect that we would counterattack! Everyone is here, let’s head towards the bandit army! 』

Yes, not only the Hussars may not have expected it, but also the Jiangdong soldiers under Zhou Tai did not expect it either!

But the military order had been issued, and they had to drag their tired bodies and set off again.

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Jiangdong Water Village, the place where the battle is taking place.

When everyone looked up, they could see the figure under the banner of the general and commander in the central military formation.

The sunlight fell on the figure, coating him with a layer of gold.

Almost all Jiangdong soldiers would feel relieved when seeing such a scene, but only the guard military schools around Zhou Yu seemed worried.

Zhou Yu's health is getting worse and worse, and he eats less and less.

Although he seems to be in good spirits on the surface, he is actually supported by the golden elixir most of the time.

What about the golden elixir? Some people rely on Yanhuang and Lao Tzu, and seem to attribute Huang Lao, Luhuo and Yi Jing to the same theme. But in fact, Huang Lao's technique and Waidan are the same as Dahan's current The golden elixir has nothing to do with it, and the "Book of Changes" is very different from the external elixir.

The reason why they were mistakenly thought to be the same is of course because there are many similar terms in "cultivation", and we don't know who copied whom...

Alchemy is actually a by-product of China's metallurgical industry.

In the beginning, these colored minerals were just used as pigments. As soon as they were applied, there were paintings with more or less mineral pigments found in various places on the earth.

However, few civilizations can actually turn these pigments into metals.

Because many civilizations do not have pottery making industry.

Without pottery, there would be no fire; without fire, there would be no metallurgy.

This is the route of technological advancement, and there is no room for ambiguity.

There are some civilizations that clearly have no pottery industry, nor any historical traces of blast furnace metallurgy, but they are able to carve stones in the end, and can also hide steel in the "stones", which cannot but be called "miraculous".

Golden elixir, in fact, to a certain extent, is the motivator that ancient Chinese people longed for to live as long as heaven and earth. The effectiveness of the golden elixir is basically the body's immune system mobilized in order to eliminate the toxins in the golden elixir, that is, the potential within the body. However, if the potential within the body is mobilized too much and is overdrawn, naturally there will be no good results.

Zhou Yu's hair is already slightly gray and sparse, and the color of his skin is also dull. All kinds of conditions are not consistent with his age.

This naturally aroused the attention and worry of the guards around Zhou Yu. Under such circumstances, how could these Zhou Yu guards, who were directly affiliated with the military academy, pay attention to other people's emotions?

Their generals and the governor of Jiangdong have fought hard to the present level, so what else can others say?

Zhou Yu raised his head and looked at the smoke and flames on the river. He suddenly smiled and said, "There is such a big battle in this life. If you can fight a strong enemy and show what you have learned, this life will be worthwhile!" 』

Zhou Yu smiled, "It's a pity that Bo Fu couldn't see this in person..."

The guard next to Zhou Yu had red eyes and his voice was choked with sobs, "Captain..."

Perhaps others are not very clear, but the guards around Zhou Yu can clearly feel that Zhou Yu's life is like a meteor in the sky, burning hot and colorful, but will soon fall, extinguish, and disappear... …

Even a normal and healthy person would be overwhelmed by staying up late continuously. What's more, Zhou Yu's health is already very poor. In the past few days, he has been supported by a strong desire to win.

"Everyone is destined to die..." Zhou Yu waved his hand and said without looking back at the guard, "If you can enjoy yourself to the fullest, why should you be afraid?" Today's battle can change the general trend of the world! As a general, all you want in your life is this! 』

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The Sichuan-Shu Army's attack is still continuing.

On the front battlefield, a tall building ship stood majestically and magnificently.

Like a huge beast ready to attack, it came riding the waves on the water, looking coldly at the prey in front of it.

In front of the building ship, the fighting ship and the ship are preparing to go.

The scales on the armor and the blades on the weapons shone brightly in the sunlight.

"Kong Ming, I don't understand..." Xu Huang frowned and said, "Jiangdong wants to attack with fire, but the river flows eastward... If this happens, wouldn't they burn themselves?" 』

Zhuge Liang looked up at the flag on the boat.

The river wind blows southward.

During this season, most of the wind blows from the south.

Regardless of whether it is going south or north, in fact, for the Sichuan-Shu Army and Jiangdong Army, which are currently on the east and west sides, they generally have the same effect, and no one is more advantageous.

In the direction of the river, Jiangdong Army is obviously at a disadvantage...

Zhuge Liang didn't believe that Zhou Yu couldn't even calculate this, so there must be something they didn't notice that would increase Jiangdong's chances of winning.

Hidden stakes?

fence?

Or was Zhou Yu using a false strategy, knowing that Zhuge Liang would think too much about Xu Huang, so he actually wanted to lure the Sichuan and Sichuan navy to fight in a place where the water flow changes more and basic skills are tested?

Or...

Zhuge Liang's eyes were looking around and thinking rapidly.

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On another narrow mountain road, Jiang Qin looked at the mountain stream at his feet and couldn't help but feel a little frightened.

Although it is not an abyss, looking down from the top, one still feels somewhat weak in the legs.

Jiang Qin and the others were used to looking at the river on the boat, but not used to looking at the stream from the high mountains.

There is no other way to choose to take such a path.

Zhou Yu deduced that the Sichuan and Shu army must be on guard against Zhou Tai's side, so Zhou Tai was destined to fail and could only become a feint attack to attract the attention of the Sichuan and Shu army. And this kind of road seemed to be rolling down the mountain stream every step of the way. Yes, it can't even be called a "road", only then can it truly have an unexpected effect.

The only drawback is...

It’s not easy to walk.

Jiang Qin tried his best not to look at his feet or think about how he would die if he rolled down the mountain. But the more he wanted to control it, the more he couldn't help but think about it.

Maybe it was cut open on the neck by a sharp rock, or maybe it was slapped on the boulder and turned into a meat pie?

Of course, it’s also possible that you won’t fall to death, but become crippled——

This may be worse than falling to death directly.

He couldn't help but ask himself, "Are you afraid of death?" 』

I'm not afraid it's all lies.

Can you win by fearing death? Can you win?

But Jiang Qin never expected that even in such a remote mountain road, there would be a hussar sentry!

"Have they discovered it?" 』

When Jiang Qin received the reward from his soldiers, he asked eagerly.

Jiang Dongbing said, "I don't know, but it seems like there's nothing unusual about them..."

The moment Jiang Qin learned that there were hussars, he was a little worried, but he quickly calmed down.

When we meet on a narrow road, how can we win?

Only fight for your life!

We have come this far, is it possible to go back?

"Now there is only one chance!" 』

"Whether they notice it or not, they must rush over!" 』

"After rushing out, go straight to the Sichuan-Shu Army Water Village!" 』

"I'll take the lead!" Whoever flinches at this time will be killed immediately! 』

After giving orders one after another, Jiang Qin calmed down more and more.

Moreover, Jiang Qin did not bring too many people, which allowed Jiang Qin to command almost every Jiangdong soldier.

If there are more people, it will be a disadvantage. After all, if there are thousands of people, once they are blocked on such a small trail, not to mention command, even movement will be a problem. Maybe only a few casualties are needed, maybe not all. If they suffer casualties, they may collapse, become jammed, trample on each other, and be defeated by a small Sichuan-Shu army.

The number of people is small and the movement is small!

Even if the Sichuan-Shu Army has sentries here, there won't be too many people, and even if the other party notices their arrival and issues an alarm, so what? He only needs to make a surprise attack before the Sichuan-Shu Army fully reacts, and ignite the Sichuan-Shu Army's water stronghold, and it will be a success!

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"Shoot, shoot!" 』

"Arrows, go and get some more arrows!" 』

The soldiers in Zhou Yu's navy shouted loudly and were busy and running around.

Arrows whizzed in the air and passed by each other.

The ships of Jiangdong Army fought and retreated.

The fleet of the Sichuan-Shu Army followed behind.

Zhou Yu stood on the central formation building ship and watched quietly.

By now, both sides have almost no cards left...

The rest are trump cards.

Zhou Yu's trump card is his familiarity with the river water.

This river is the cornerstone of his fame!

But it also became a shackle for his life.

Zhou Yu has been revolving around this river all his life, upstream, downstream, Jiangdong, Jiangbei. Even the grand strategy formulated by Zhou Yu still unfolds and extends along this river.

The great river succeeds and fails...

Impossible to lose!

Zhou Yu persisted.

Not only did he have to fight against the Sichuan and Shu armies, he also had to fight against his own illness.

The movements of the Sichuan-Sichuan navy were within Zhou Yu's expectations, but also somewhat unexpected.

The Sichuan-Sichuan navy did attack Zhou Yu's center, but they spread out their ranks very wide, as if they were preparing to press forward little by little and finally win, instead of relying on a surprise attack to kill the generals and capture the flag.

"The Sichuan-Shu Army, do you really believe in your soldiers?" 』

Zhou Yu pondered.

It is not easy to play this tactic well.

Because on the battlefield, soldiers at the bottom are often unable to obtain overall information in a timely manner, so once a local area is trapped in a bitter battle, they will begin to doubt whether this part of themselves has been abandoned...

This requires the soldiers to have enough trust in the upper-level commanders!

Zhou Yu has been in Jiangdong for so many years. Except for the troops that Zhou Yu can directly command, he dare not say that he can make all other Jiangdong soldiers trust him so much...

Because many of the other Jiangdong troops are private soldiers of other generals!

Even if the soldiers in front of these troops are willing to trust Zhou Yu, those generals are not happy!

In the eyes of other generals, this is like their own red apricots going out of the wall...

However, it is okay for the Sichuan Army to deal with it this way.

Because the river water flows downward, they will eventually step into the trap in the river step by step!

In the river, not all water flows are smooth, there are also turbulent flows!

Although Zhou Yu does not know the definition and theory of so-called turbulence, he is familiar with this river. He knows that there will be a backflow phenomenon in a certain area of ​​the river!

Only when the ship enters this area can it feel the difference. The speed of the front ship slows down due to the influence of the water flow, but the speed of the rear ship remains the same. Then the only result is that the Sichuan Army will be tangled and gathered into a ball in a certain area!

And at this time, it is the best time to attack!