Chapter 697: Gone in Smoke

The vast Han water, flowing day and night, is endless, like a giant dragon, crawling in the southern land. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe rushing river splashes at sharp bends.

The banks of the river are longitudinal and horizontal, the wild grass is withered and yellow, it is difficult to see a farmer, and it looks bleak.

Yunmeng Daze in the east, fertile fields for thousands of miles, abundant water and grass, in this midwinter season, is also a dead silence. In the withered yellow grass half a man high, there are evil wolves and goshawks hovering high in the sky.

In the dead of winter, even the strongest jackals can go hungry.

Hunger was the main tone in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Harsh government is fiercer than a tiger, and people are still like this, let alone jackals.

In the huge cold wind, the ocean-going fleet that stretched for hundreds of meters took advantage of the wind, and the white sails were rustled by the cold wind, pushing the giant warships to break the waves.

On the deck of the Dragon Head, Ouyang Shuo frowned.

It's been four days!

The ocean-going fleet traveled day and night, for four days and four nights in a row, and there was not even a ghost on the river as far as the eye could see, except for the occasional fishing boat or two.

The army of Lu Su disappeared as if out of thin air.

"There's no reason!" Ouyang Shuo muttered to himself.

With the sailing speed of the ocean-going fleet, it took four days and four nights to travel thousands of miles, and it was almost at the mouth of the Yangtze River where the Han River entered the Yangtze River. In this way, he still did not catch up with the Lu Su army.

"Wait patiently, they can't be so fast." Jia Xu comforted him.

After a few days of getting along, Jia Xu's sense of Ouyang Shuo has changed. This young man is not ordinary, whether it is knowledge, mind, or royal skills, there are merits.

Many times, Jia Xu couldn't help but compare him with the lord Cao Cao.

This kind of thinking is dangerous, Jia Xu knows it.

"Sir is right, now is a contest of wills, we can't give up."

Ouyang Shuo looked ahead, his eyes firm.

……

On the fifth day of the battle, news finally came from the scouts ahead.

"Qiyu Junhou, a hundred miles ahead, I found traces of enemy ships and are evacuating back." The scout came to report.

"A hundred miles, that is, the enemy is about to enter the Yangtze River?"

"Yes."

Ouyang Shuo immediately made a decision, turned his head and ordered Zheng He: "Order the fleet, speed up, don't let them run." "Once you enter the Yangtze River, you may have to completely lose it.

Who knows, the Lusu army will go upstream or downstream of the Yangtze River. The situation would be even worse if they were divided into two lines and set up suspicious formations.

Ouyang Shuo was thinking that he wanted to catch them all.

"No!"

Zheng He also realized the urgency of the situation and immediately began to dispatch the fleet.

At the same time, the order to fight was issued.

The soldiers entered the first level of combat readiness, and the gunners began to adjust the cannons and prepare for the big battle. During the rapid march, the formation of the entire fleet was also quietly changing.

Such skill, such execution, only the ocean-going fleet can do it. The biggest gain of an ocean voyage is to train a group of experienced sailors and sailors.

The ocean-going fleet, like a sharp arrow, breaks through the waves.

At about three o'clock in the afternoon, on the empty river, the shadow of the enemy fleet was finally seen.

"Drumming!" Zheng He ordered.

"Boom! Rumble! Boom! ”

The rhythmic sound of war drums is played on the surface of the Han River.

With the sound of war drums, the morale of the soldiers was accumulated little by little.

The current ocean-going fleet has changed its formation.

At the head of the pack were twenty huge ships, two by two, with the task of breaking through the enemy's formation and breaking through the enemy's formation in one fell swoop with the help of the hard, sharp and huge ramming angles at the bow.

This was followed by three sail battleships, marching in a line. The three battleships are the killers of the river, and once the fire is fully fired, no one can resist it.

After the battleship, there were twenty more giant building ships, one was to cover the battleship, and the other was to provide fire support. Finally, there are countless warships and red horse boats.

Their task is to clean up the battlefield and eliminate the remnants.

The river was narrow, and Zheng He thought about it for a few days before he came up with such a practical formation.

……

On the river not far away, Lu Su stood on the deck with a solemn expression.

As the No. 2 person in the Jiangdong Army, the real Lu Su in history has great ambitions, far-sightedness, wisdom and bravery, but he is not what is described in the romance, he is a straightforward and honest man.

In 200 AD, Lu Su analyzed the situation in the world to Sun Quan and put forward a proposal, which was known as the Jiangdong version of the "Longzhong Pair", which pointed out the strategic direction for the Jiangdong regime.

In the Battle of Chibi, Lu Su was a key person, and his role was even higher than that of Zhuge Liang.

At that time, it was Lu Su who was the first to stand up and suggest that Sun Quan unite with Liu Bei to resist Cao together. Lu Su was the first to stand up and suggested that Sun Quan immediately recall Zhou Yu to discuss major matters.

The situation at that time was that Jiangdong was strong and Liu Bei was weak. Jiangdong is the main, and Liu Bei is the subordinate. Not to mention, Zhuge Liang, who has just come out of the mountain, is just a young man, who wants to be famous or not, and has no status.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang's main role in the Battle of Chibi was only to mediate one or two diplomatically in promoting the alliance between Sun and Liu, which is still worthy of recognition.

As for the specific operation, it was the credit of Zhou Yu, Huang Gai and others, and it basically had nothing to do with Zhuge Liang.

In 210 AD, Zhou Yu wrote to Sun Quan before his death to recommend Lu Su: "Lu Su is loyal and cautious, and can be loyal to Yu. ”

In this way, Sun Quan appointed Lu Su to lead the troops instead of Zhou Yu.

It can be seen that Lu Su is really a great talent, and he is by no means as unbearable as described in the romance.

……

"I'm still catching up!"

As soon as he received Zhou Yu's urgent report, Lu Su ordered the fleet to turn around, travel day and night, and return to Chibi in a hurry, preparing to join the Inhuman Legion stationed in Chibi to jointly defend against the enemy.

Unexpectedly, hurry up and hurry, after all, it is still a step slower.

"Governor, what should I do now?" Lu Meng asked.

Lu Meng, who was questioned, is also a core figure in the Jiangdong Group. At the end of the Battle of Chibi, Zhou Yu recommended to Sun Quan that the commander who would lead the water division to pursue Cao's army from the waterway was actually Lü Meng.

It's just that Lu Meng politely declined, saying that he didn't dare to rob Lu Su of the credit.

In this way, there is a situation where the two lead the army together.

When it comes to Lu Meng, the most familiar thing is the story of "Wuxia Ameng".

Farewell three days, should be impressed.

This allusion should be on Lu Meng. From the biography of Lu Meng, we can see his growth and see how an illiterate young man grew into a famous general in Eastern Wu.

After Lu Su's death, it was Lu Meng who took over his shift.

One of Lü Meng's most classic achievements was to cross the river in white, all of which were based on Jingzhou, and indirectly killed Guan Yu.

In addition, Lu Meng also has a good eye for people.

Gan Ning, Lu Xun, Zhu Ran and others were all recommended by Lu Meng.

In particular, Lu Xun, who was recommended by Lu Meng, became the minister of the humerus in the later period of Eastern Wu in one fell swoop, and his position was higher than that of Zhou Yu.

It can be said that Soochow has many talents.

If you really want to compare, among the three kingdoms, only the Shu Han regime is the most talented. Among them, it has to be said that there is the factor of Zhuge Liang in it.

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"What else can I do?" Lu Su frowned, "The enemy can catch up with us from such a distance, and he can't go if he wants to." Moreover, the river is so narrow that we have no way to escape. Only then did it go to the First World War. ”

"Understood!" Lu Meng nodded solemnly, his expression firm.

Leaning slightly, in the Lusu army, the sound of war drums also sounded.

Worse still, because the Lusu army was the one being pursued, it left its back to the ocean-going fleet. The river is narrow, and it's too late to make a U-turn.

If you make a U-turn in a hurry, you will only mess up your own situation.

Therefore, under the command of Lü Meng, Ling Tong and other generals, the army simply stopped on the river and quietly waited for the enemy to attack.

In the eyes of generals such as Ling Tong and Gan Ning, water warfare cannot be just shooting at each other. If archery doesn't solve the problem, then just lean in and engage in white-knuckle combat.

Therefore, it does not really matter which way the battleship is headed.

As the strongest sailors in the Three Kingdoms, they really didn't fear anyone. And with the might of the Red Cliff War, even if Zhou Yu described how powerful the enemy was in his letter, they didn't believe it.

"No matter how powerful you are, can you still turn the sky upside down?" Gan Ning's words represent the voices of the generals.

I can only say, sit in the well and watch the sky!

Among the generals, only Lu Su and Lu Meng looked solemn. One is that they trust the governor Zhou Yu and know that Zhou Yu has always sought truth from facts and will never be untargeted.

Zhou Yu said that if it is strong, it must be strong.

It's just that how strong the enemy is, I'm afraid that Zhou Yu himself can't say why.

Only when you meet head-on can you intuitively feel one or two.

Not to mention anything else, at least the speed of the enemy fleet is much faster than theirs, and it is not a star and a half faster, but more than twice as fast.

Thinking about it like this, how could Lu Su and Lu Meng be relaxed.

Not to mention, they don't have the advantage of troops, and if they really want to fight, they really don't have much chance of winning.

Forced into such a situation, they have no choice.

……

About twenty minutes later, the vanguard battleship of the ocean-going fleet officially entered the field of vision of the Lusu army.

The five-storey giant building boats, lined up on the river, brought the shock to the soldiers of the Lusu army, which is really not small.

Before I got closer, a strong sense of oppression came to my face.

"Oh my God, there are such huge warships in the world!" The soldiers were dumbfounded.

morale, inevitably suffered.

"Shoot the arrows!"

Gan Ning and other fierce generals are not afraid and take the lead in attacking.

They were responded to by the rumbling of artillery.

"Boom!"

One shell after another exploded on the surface of the river, blowing up the warships of the Lusu army to pieces.

"What's the situation?"

Gan Ning's eyes widened, and he didn't know what weapon the enemy was using. He was greeted by the sound of artillery that became more and more rapid.

It is in response to Su Shi's description of Zhou Yu's words: "Between talking and laughing, the canopy is annihilated." ”

"It's over!"

Lu Su closed his eyes in pain, unable to bear to look at the scene in front of him.