Chapter One Thousand and Thirty-Four: A Novel Way of Water Warfare
Ma Chao stood coldly on the top of the building boat flying house, looking at the other side of the Yangtze River, only to see the torches in the Dazhai of Wenxian County, boiling in the sky.
"Gan Ning, you will command this battle!" Ma Chao proudly said a word, which made Gan Ning on the side a little stunned. Half a month ago, the Dongchuan battlefield had been calmed. Ma Chao left Zang Ba to guard Hanzhong, but urgently transferred Gan Ning to the front line of Chenggao. At this point, when Gan Ning had not yet figured out when the Ma family had so many more building ships and warships, he heard that Ma Chao had given such a strange order.
"My lord, Ma Jialiang will gather together, and he is not a latecomer. How can he convince the people of commanding an army of 400,000 with this offense? Gan Ning didn't agree, but he didn't refuse either. He felt that he was speaking in a measured manner.
"Wen Ping guards Nanyang, among the Ma family, apart from you and Wen Ping, who else is proficient in water warfare?" Ma Chao's tone became more and more cold, and the corners of his mouth even had a touch of disdain: "If you don't dare to take it, just say it, I'm not reluctant!" ”
"Lord!" Gan Ning was a little stunned for a while, and he didn't know why Ma Chao was so fierce and strange today: "Now that the southeast wind is prevailing in summer, and the Ma family's army is eight times that of Chun Yuqiong, this battle will undoubtedly be won!" "On the opposite side of Wenxian Dazhai there were 100,000 troops the day before yesterday, but later Shangdang County was in turmoil, Su You abandoned the city and fled, Guo Tu had no choice but to send 50,000 troops to quell the chaos - these battle reports, Gan Ning has seen them for the first time.
"Yes, you can win a good fight, but I want you to command, I want you to win cleanly in the fastest time!" Ma Chao didn't look at Gan Ning, his wolf-like eyes seemed to pass through the Dazhai of Wenxian County opposite, and directly looked at the fighting Jinyang City. There is a person there who Ma Chao can't wait to meet!
That stupid thing almost ruined the plan set by the fox of the Ma family, and Ma Chao couldn't spare him!
After the suggestions of the foxes of the Ma family, Ma Chao did not let himself become Yuan Shao in the end. He ordered Yang Xiu to transcribe all the strategies of all the strategists, and finally asked those foxes to pick and arrange, take the plan with the greatest benefit and the best plan, and reasonably and rigorously subordinate a set of interlocking plans, and enter the map and merge the state. However, when everything went well, there was such a mistake as robbing Jinyang City, which really made Ma Chao angry!
"Gan Ning, let me ask one last question, do you admit that you don't have the ability to capture Wenxian Dazhai as quickly and ruthlessly as possible in terms of water warfare?!" When he said this, Ma Chao's eyes had already swept over Gan Ning, and Gan Ning saw a deep disappointment in Ma Chao's eyes.
"Nope! As long as the lord fully trusts Gan Ning, within half an hour, Gan Ning will definitely make Wenxian Dazhai a sea of fire! "As a general, the last thing you can do is to lose your backbone in front of the lord. At this time, Gan Ning no longer had any worries, and said loudly with his fists.
"Good!" Ma Chao untied the iron sword at his waist and handed it to Gan Ning: "This sword is in your hand, if there is anyone who does not obey your order, you will cut it immediately, and you don't have to report it to me!" ”
"Yes." Gan Ning suddenly agreed, and the generals around Ma Chao couldn't help but be awe-struck.
Immediately, Gan Ning turned around and waved his arm fiercely at the messenger in the finch room. The Herald, who was climbing high above the Bird Chamber, quickly raised a red pennant and waved it vigorously twice to the left. The sound of trumpets and war drums rushed into the sky, and a fleet of forty or fifty ships of the ground and water army separated from the formation and slowly pressed towards Dazhai in Wenxian County.
At this moment, Chun Yuqiong stood outside the gate of Dazhai in Wenxian County, looking at the continuous camps, full of ambition: this layout is to block the entire Wenxian water ferry to death, so that the Ma family water army has no place to land. At the same time, in order to facilitate the soldiers to attack them halfway through, these camps are very close to the banks of the Yellow River, and it is easy to send troops nearby and take them by surprise.
The book of war says that 'the soldiers can be attacked when they cross the water in halfway' does not mean that the troops are dispatched when the enemy is halfway across the water. Rather, it refers to attacking when the enemy's foothold is not stable and the formation is not established, at this time, the enemy's personnel are not in order, and he cannot advance or retreat, so he can win. The so-called 'half-crossing' refers to the timing of the enemy's crossing the water and landing on the shore, which depends entirely on Chun Yuqiong's decision-making ability.
Chun Yuqiong is so sure of this, and these self-confidence comes from his character: unlike those mediocre generals who seek fame or wealth, others take risks for the sake of victory, and he only takes risks for the sake of risk, wishing that he could have a thrilling action every day, so that his rusty muscles can be moved.
It was Chun Yuqiong who suggested that Yuan Shao enter the palace to avenge the general He Jin - he was not out of political or military considerations, but simply liked excitement, and the more dangerous the place, the more excited he was, which had become his life enjoyment, and he couldn't stop.
But in the later period, under Yuan Shao's large number of talents, his sharp sword became a respected ornament. Military power is firmly controlled by those so-called 'court pillars', and in the council room, there is a group of intriguing strategists clamoring and shouting. From this, he quickly wore off.
To tell the truth, Chun Yuqiong is very grateful to Duanmu Ruoyu for her assassination, if it weren't for her assassination, which made him demote to an ordinary general, he would not have been able to lead an army alone and fight against Ma Chao in Wen County. In the eyes of others, this is a good opportunity to make meritorious service and Yuan Shao's forgiveness. But for Chun Yuqiong, this is a new life given to him by God!
The more she thought of this, the more excited Chun Yuqiong felt. His eyes were fixed on the opposite side, feeling the southeast wind blowing, and he hoped that the four or five hundred floors of the boat in front of him could be faster, faster, and faster to cross to him.
"Ma Chao has already prepared so many building boats, and he also came up with a way to use cloth sails to travel water with the help of the wind, which is really a ghost." Chun Yuqiong sighed at the unstoppable momentum of the Ma Jialou ship in front of her when it was moving rapidly, and then the corners of her mouth pulled out a touch of disdain: "However, Ma Chao is a disciple of Guan Liang after all, and he is invincible on land. Fighting a water war, it is really like a toddler in a young child, extremely immature, coming! Board the ship and smash the Ma Jialou ship for me! ”
The so-called warship is actually an ancient version of the "ironclad ship". The hull was long, the compartments were low and closed, the bow was sturdy and had sharp ramming angles, and there were no sergeants in the cabin except for the oarsmen. Its means of attack is neither a broadside battle nor a fire arrow, but a pure collision! In addition to the oars, there are also five to fifty dead soldiers on the ship, who are generally equipped with flying hooks and slings to rob enemy ships.
The two armies were in a stalemate on both sides of the Yellow River for more than a month, and Chun Yuqiong naturally prepared some warships in case of emergency. It just so happened that today came in handy. Although the Chun Yuqiong Navy is in a headwind, the Ship Chong and the fighting ship do not borrow the sails, so they are not greatly affected by the wind direction.
"Keep going!"
Gan Ning saw that Chun Yuqiong had already led the boarding ship to start intercepting, and he didn't react at all, and still gave such an order. The soldiers behind him were stunned and a little overwhelmed. But after seeing that Gan Ning's right hand had touched the Sutie sword given by Ma Chao himself, he hurriedly raised his head and yelled at the messenger in the finch room, and the messenger shivered excitedly, hurriedly raised the command flag and waved it vigorously, and forty or fifty ships rushed towards the sailor led by Chun Yuqiong.
In an instant, the Yellow River resounded like a mountain of shouts.
In the fierce and suffocating shouts and cheers, Chun Yuqiong raised his machete and shouted hoarsely: "Command the whole army, rush ahead, fight the ship behind, set up an offensive formation, and attack ....... at a sprint speed!" Let these mud legs of the Ma family take a good look, how should the water war be fought! ”
However, as soon as this order was given, Chun Yuqiong saw that the Ma Jialou ship on the opposite side actually began to lower its sails. Moreover, changing the direction of progress to a horizontal cruise, a lot of planks suddenly fell from the tall ship wall, and a small ship with sails was unloaded, and the water fell very lightly, and the wind rushed towards the Yuan family shipper!
"This? ......." Chun Yuqiong was a little confused, he couldn't understand, why there was a ship in the ship, and what kind of fighting method was this?