Iron cable across the Yangtze River, this is the most important means of defending the Yangtze River in history, hence the name, is to use thigh-thick iron cables, on the Yangtze River to set up a blocking rope to block the enemy's fleet action.

On both sides of this barrage, a strong fortress was to be cast, in which catapults were erected, and eight-oxen crossbows were to be used to strike at the ships that broke the iron locks.

And the only way to chisel these iron chains is to send a fleet of ships, dock in front of the Hengjiang iron cable, fish out the iron rope in the river water, put it on the blazing charcoal fire on the bow of the ship, burn these iron chains red, and then order the blacksmith to wheel up the sledgehammer chisel and break the iron chain, which is quite a time-consuming and laborious thing.

And at this moment of immobility, the crossfire of the enemy's two fortresses used these ships with blacksmiths as live targets, so every time such a battle appeared, it would bring heavy losses to its own side, but there was no other way but to do so.

Wu Jun Water Village, is the first line of defense, to the west of ten water, is the place where the iron cable crosses the river, such a design has its reason, the first reason, the two armies are equal, you can use the first line of defense, two water armies to fight a water battle.

And the second reason is that even if the enemy's navy passes through the first line of defense, it will be crossed by the iron cable, so the navy of Soochow can be beaten with its ass.

As a result, the current situation is beyond the original design, because there are only 30,000 sailors in Dongwu, and Zhuge Liang has 50,000 sailors, so he has the ability to divide his troops and use a part of the sailors to block the sailors of Dongwu, so as to solve the worries of the sailors going west, so that the sailors going west can chisel the Hengjiang iron cable with peace of mind, and then go west.

Chen Dao's sailor army 1 came to the iron cable of the Hengjiang River unimpeded, and the main force of the naval division stopped outside the strike range of the enemy's two pillboxes, and then encouraged the soldiers who were about to die in battle with heavy money, rowing a small boat with a fire to the iron rope of the Hengjiang River, and carried out the chiseling and locking operation.

One after another, stout men, drank the farewell wine, and then howled, and rushed to the iron rope in the small boat, and when they were stopped, they used one after another wool hooks in their hands to pull up the iron cable that was submerged under the water, and lay it on the fire of the boat, and the charcoal fire was red, and the water on the burning iron chain smoked for a while, and then several soldiers with blowers desperately blew the wind, making the carbon fire even more intense.

While these people were nervously busy, the fortresses on both sides of the Yangtze River suddenly became a buzzing sound, and the soldiers in charge of observation could only see in despair that a huge stone was smashed all over the sky.

There is no chance to dodge, it can only be left to fate.

After countless exercises, the trebuchet was corrected, and smashed one boulder after another, smashing on the small boats that were working, with a loud bang, the boulders smashed on the boat, and for a time the sawdust flew, and the rows of boats that were fixed in front of the iron cable were blown up in a blink of an eye, and the iron cable fell into the river again, and those ships who participated in the war were only scattered wooden planks, and the soldiers who were killed and injured flowed down the rolling river.

When the surviving soldiers drifted past the fleet, the brothers on board dropped the planks or ropes, let them catch them, and then pulled them onto the boat.

The first team failed, losing hundreds of heroes and dozens of small boats, but in this tragic war, such losses were simply insignificant, and could not stop the pace of continuing to move forward, so Chen Dao waved the command flag again, so there was another group of such warriors, after drinking Zhuangxing wine, continued the previous operation.

As a result, the result can be imagined, they were once again hit by crossfire, and their entire army was immediately annihilated.

At this time, Jiang Wei anxiously looked back at Wu Jun's water village, where there was still no movement.

This proves that his actions of mobilizing the enemy do not make the enemy feel worried, and since this is the case, then this futility must be carried out.

Another group of soldiers was sent out, and this tragic operation continued, as long as the Wu army was not dispatched, it must be carried out.

Ling Tong has decided to send troops to attack Liu Bei's army, he must not let the situation he predicted appear, then his Jiangdong will completely lose Jingzhou, and he will lose the 200,000 army in the hands of Lu Xun and Huang Gai Handang, this is almost the most powerful military group that the entire Eastern Wu can put together, once these two forces are lost, Eastern Wu will completely lose its vitality, and it will be difficult to recover.

At the same time, judging from the current situation, the surrounding tigers and wolves look around, and it is impossible to leave themselves a chance and time to recover, as long as they are weak, those jackals, tigers and leopards around them will immediately pounce and bite, and in a blink of an eye, Dongwu will be completely destroyed, and the efforts of his father and brother for several generations will be completely in vain.

Therefore, Ling Tong must fight to the death.

Just as he was reorganizing the fleet and preparing to go into battle, a weak roar sounded in Ling Tong's ears: "Without my order, who dares to go out to meet the enemy?" ”

When he turned his head to look, it was Lu Meng who spoke.

Lu Meng was really sick this time, and he was not lightly ill, and he couldn't walk on the ground anymore. When he heard the report from his cronies that Ling Tong was going to send troops without authorization, he knew that if he didn't go in person, no one could stop Ling Tong's action, because Ling Tong was not his own subordinate descendant, but Lu Xun's relative, who was originally unwilling under his own subordinates, but because he was the top boss of the three dynasties, Ling Tong had to endure himself.

So he ordered a few strong men to tie a cloth bag and carry himself directly to the water village to see Ling Tong.

Even so, due to the running of those strong men, Lu Meng, who was still bumpy, was out of breath, and his originally pale and thin face was out of breath because of the violent coughing, and the blood he was holding back was as red as blood.

As soon as he saw Ling Tong, Lu Meng coughed bitterly, pointed at him, and said, "What are you going to do?" Is it all? ”

Seeing Lu Meng come forward in person, Ling Tong originally had to argue a few words, but looking at the old man's emaciated figure, gray hair, and flushed cheeks, Ling Tong finally couldn't bear it.

In fact, Lu Meng's age at this time is not very old, he is only 41 years old this year, which can be described as a legitimate prime, but the state affairs are difficult, especially for him to face Zhuge Liang, who is like a demon, and he feels a lot of pressure.

Therefore, Ling Tong also gave up his previous unhappiness, walked up to Lu Meng, and explained the situation in front of him. Ask Lü Meng for permission to send his troops. Block Liu Bei's army from advancing west into Jingzhou.

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