The clear Han water rushes all the way, like a fierce tiger into the turbid Yangtze River. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 The water of the info river is clear and turbid, and the clear water and turbid water do not blend with each other, forming a very obvious boundary, and the water is distinct.

The victorious ocean-going fleet went down the river and into the mighty Yangtze River.

The surging river is flowing endlessly.

Ouyang Shuo stood on the bow of the boat, staring at the vast Yangtze River, remembering the ancient song that has been sung for thousands of years.

……

The rolling Yangtze River is passing away, and the waves are sweeping away the heroes.

Success or failure turns empty.

The green mountains are still there, and the sunset is red several times.

On the white-haired fisherman river, accustomed to watching the autumn moon and spring breeze.

A pot of turbid wine is happy to meet.

How many things in ancient and modern times are laughing and talking.

……

For a while, I felt a lot of emotion.

Ouyang Shuo's state of mind is like the Yangtze River in front of him, sometimes passionate, sometimes calm and waveless. The vast Yangtze River has given birth to countless Chinese civilizations and embraces all things.

Only in this way can it last forever.

Jia Xu stood behind Ouyang Shuo, his expression unpredictable, and his eyes showed thought.

The shock brought to Jia Xu by the ocean-going fleet has slowly subsided with the passage of time. What Jia Xu can't understand now is Ouyang Shuo's actions in the past few days.

After capturing Lu Su, Lü Meng, Gan Ning and Zhou Tai, what made Jia Xu strange was that Ouyang Shuo didn't even see them, but just ordered the sergeant to take care of them.

This is too strange.

Jia Xu had long seen that Ouyang Shuo was eager to seek talents, and it was obvious that these generals were very rare. Otherwise, when cleaning up the battlefield at that time, he would not have ordered to let anyone go.

In that case, why did you not see them and persuade them to surrender?

Jia Xu didn't understand.

Ouyang Shuo sensed Jia Xu's doubts, but he wasn't ready to explain. In the battle map, it is easy to capture the generals, but it is difficult to subdue the generals, and the difficult thing is to gain their sincere allegiance.

At this moment, the war has just begun, how could Ouyang Shuo expect that Lu Su and them will surrender obediently. If that's the case, Ouyang Shuo still doesn't dare to accept it, there must be fraud.

Rather than bothering on words, it is better to wait for the opportunity.

At present, the focus of Ouyang Shuo's consideration is how to capture Chibi.

The defeat of the Lusu army did not really kill all of them, and more than 2,000 prisoners were taken in by the way. In the past few days, the intelligence officers have obtained some information one after another through the interrogation of the prisoners.

One of them is "Lu Su received an urgent order to return to Chibi immediately".

Ouyang Shuo couldn't guess whether Huang Gai and Liu Bei had received the same urgent order. But what is certain is that Chibi at this time is not very peaceful, and it must be prepared.

Especially after the annihilation of the Lusu army, the enemy will definitely wake up.

In this way, Ouyang Shuo has to be more cautious.

When he first entered the Yangtze River, Ouyang Shuo was still thinking about whether to go up the river first, exterminate the Huang Gai army by the way, and then clean up the Chibi defenders.

Jia Xu disagrees with this.

"Huang Gai's army is very likely to join Liu Bei's army at this time, and attack rashly, for fear that the traitor will not succeed, but will be mired in the quagmire and unable to get out, which will affect the plan to capture Chibi. On the contrary, as long as Chibi is taken and their communication with Chaisang is cut off, the Huang Gai army will come uninvited. At that time, we only need to wait for work in Chibi, why do we need to go on an expedition? Jia Xu analyzed.

Ouyang Shuo listened to it and was not convinced.

……

On the seventh day of the battle, the Dragon's Head was on board.

With only two days to go from Chibi, Ouyang Shuo ordered the fleet to slow down. At the same time, hundreds of Red Horse boats broke away from the fleet and went to Chibi with hundreds of frogmen to reconnoiter the enemy.

The fleet was moving slowly while waiting for intelligence ahead.

On the evening of the eighth day, the first group of frogmen brought the latest information.

According to the frogmen, the enemy built a large water village in Chibi and Wulin. There are many warships in the water village, no less than 100 of them, and they are well defended. Outside the water village, it is deliberately camouflaged.

In particular, the water village on the Ulin side is surrounded by charred wood. From the outside of the water village, you can't see the situation inside the water village at all, and you can't find the warships with bad intentions.

Some tall warships have also been deliberately camouflaged.

If the army passes through the river between the water villages without any defense, it is difficult to imagine that there are huge sailors ambushed on both sides. If you are not careful, you will be able to fall into an ambush.

The purpose of the enemy army is self-evident.

In addition to this, the frogman also brought another piece of important information.

According to the description of the special frogman who infiltrated the water village and boarded the battleship at night, the enemy warships were also mainly building ships and warships, and what was even more terrifying was that the building ships were equipped with artillery.

According to preliminary estimates, the entire artillery will not be less than three hundred.

Ouyang Shuo listened, and his eyes flashed. There is no doubt that they must have mastered the art of making artillery, otherwise they would not have been able to equip such a large number of guns.

"The confidentiality work is really well done!" Ouyang Shuo sighed.

……

in the war room.

"Wenhe, what's the best plan?" Ouyang Shuo asked Ji Jiaxu.

Even Zheng He turned his head and looked at Jia Xu with anticipation in his eyes. After a few days of getting along, Zheng He admired Jia Xu's resourcefulness very much.

Jia Xu was not humble, isn't this the duty of a strategist, he groaned for a while, and asked: "Dare to ask the governor, if you attack, no matter what ambush the enemy has, what is the chance of winning directly on the river to meet the enemy troops on both sides of the river?" ”

When Zheng He heard this, his expression was solemn, and he got up and came to the sand table in the center of the war room.

On the sand table with a length of five meters and a width of three meters, according to the intelligence detected by the frogman, the arrangement of the enemy forces in the Battle of Chibi has been perfectly restored in the sand table through countless warship models.

Zheng He placed the models of warships representing the ocean-going fleet one by one on the river in the middle of the two water villages. While placing it, while pondering, the battleship model was placed very slowly.

Obviously, Zheng He simulated the war scene in his mind to formulate the fleet formation and firepower arrangement.

It took half an hour for the model of the ocean-going fleet to be placed, and hundreds of warships were filled on the narrow river.

Even Ouyang Shuo couldn't see the mystery of this array at once.

After placing it, Zheng He did not stop, but began to adjust the warships in the water village on both sides. One by one, the battleships were moved out of the simulated water village by Zheng He and began to flank the ocean-going fleet left and right.

Looking at Zheng He's murderous expression, Ouyang Shuo felt that the sand table at this time was already raging, with artillery roaring and a tragic battle being staged.

Ouyang Shuo and Jia Xu held their breath, not daring to disturb Zheng He at this time.

With the deduction, one after another the battleships were sprinkled with fierce fire oil by Zheng He and lit with fire candles, representing the fall of the ship. The small firelight contains an indescribable sense of slaughter.

The further you go, the more battleships caught fire.

At the same time, Zheng He was constantly adjusting the formations of the enemy and the enemy.

Simulating the tactics of both sides at one time is a huge test of both mental power and strategic command.

Ouyang Shuo clearly saw that Zheng He's forehead was already faintly oozing with sweat.

Zheng He himself, who doesn't seem to be aware, is still simulating the battlefield. The further back you go, the more battleships are "on fire". Even the ocean-going fleet was not spared, and one battleship after another caught fire.

After a full hour and a half, the whole battle was completed.

The big sand table suddenly became empty. The models of battleships that were set on fire had long since been burned to ashes, and only a few dozen battleships floated alone on the "river", and some battleships were still emitting black smoke.

Ouyang Shuo and Jia Xu glanced at each other, their expressions solemn.

The situation could not be more obvious, in the event of a strong attack, the ocean-going fleet would be a pyrrhic victory, if any.

Such an ending is unbearable for Ouyang Shuo.

The purpose of the ocean-going fleet is not only to defeat the defenders of Chibi, but to firmly occupy the strategic point of Chibi. If it was only a crushing victory, how could the crippled ocean-going fleet withstand the attack of the combined forces of Huang Gai and Liu Bei, in that case, it would undoubtedly be a failure.

Therefore, the ocean-going fleet must simply and beautifully take out this Chibi defender.

At this moment, Zheng He was already relieved, and bowed to Ouyang Shuo, "Your Majesty, sir, you have all seen that after deduction, our army only has a sixty percent chance of winning. That's it, it has not yet been calculated, and the situation that Huang Gai's army and Liu Bei's army arrived on the battlefield in time to reinforce it. ”

"In the heat of battle, if a large army arrives to reinforce it, the consequences will be unimaginable." Zheng He's expression was solemn.

Ouyang Shuo listened, and was speechless.

Chibi was originally a strategic point and a convenient location, but now it is in the hands of the enemy.

How difficult it is to deal with the enemy army neatly without occupying a favorable position in terms of strength and equipment.

For now, there is only a trick.

Ouyang Shuo raised his head and looked at Jia Xu with anticipation in his eyes.

Jia Xu stared at the sand table, his brows furrowed, obviously he hadn't thought of a way to break the enemy.

"Your Majesty, can you use the frogman tactics you used before?" Zheng He interjected.

"You mean, arranging for frogmen to scuttle boats?"

"Not bad." Zheng He nodded, "Quietly scuttle their warships and see how they still behave." ”

The first use of frogman tactics killed the Spanish Invincible Armada, and brought Ouyang Shuo a huge fortune. The shocking scene at that time had a very big impact on Zheng He, and it is still fresh in my memory.

Ouyang Shuo thought for a moment, shook his head and refused: "It's not appropriate." Now it's on the river, not in the sea. The river is narrow, and our fleet simply cannot reach Chibi and wait for an opportunity to move. Moreover, now their warships are parked in the water, and once the enemy warships are scuttled, they can abandon them and flee and go directly to the shore. ”

"In this way, only their ships were destroyed, and the enemy's army remained unharmed. In that case, even if we occupy Chibi, we will face constant harassment by the army. Ouyang Shuo saw it very accurately.

There is another point, Ouyang Shuo didn't say it.

If he doesn't completely get rid of the Chibi defenders, it will also be detrimental to his next plan.

"Therefore, this can only be used as a next resort, and it is an option without a choice." Ouyang Shuo made a final decision, "If it's possible, we still have to think of a more effective plan." ”