Three Kingdoms

  When Lu Xun was serving as an envoy in Xu County, Jiangdong's water army had once again defeated the Sichuan and Shu water army in the Xiaoting area, forcing the Sichuan and Shu water army to retreat.

   This is the good news that Lu Xun said.

   But this good news did not bring the Jiangdong Navy a good follow-up, because after Xiaoting, the river narrowed.

  Xiaoting, not only is the river curved, but also narrowed, the water surface is not very open, and there are many hills and mountains around, with complex terrain. This makes the Jiangdong navy vulnerable to attacks from the mountains on both sides during the march.

First, when Jiangdong first used small warships to clear obstacles in the water, he was ambushed by the ballista on the bank when he pulled the wooden stakes and iron chains in the water. Because he was unprepared, he was shot and killed by the ballista at the beginning Many people were shot and wounded.

  Huang Gai asked the building boat to come forward as a cover, but he did not expect that Sichuan and Shu would not only have ballistas, but also catapults...

  Heavy stone bullets roared towards them, hitting the Jiangdong soldiers on the building ship in agony, hugging their heads and wailing.

  In a short while, several holes were smashed into the deck of the building ship, and sawdust flew everywhere.

That's right, in comparison, the overall strength of the Chuanshu navy, whether it is ships or soldiers, is weaker than that of Jiangdong on the water. It has indeed taken advantage of a lot, and has also given full play to the advantages of its navy, but now when it encounters new problems, the Jiangdong navy is a little bit awkward.

Without breaking the obstacles on the water surface and underwater, the Jiangdong navy cannot move forward, but if they want to break these obstacles, small boats become targets for ballistas, and large ships become targets for catapults. The army couldn't give full play to its advantages at all. After working hard for a day, they failed to remove many obstacles. Instead, many soldiers were taken in, and two or three warships were damaged to varying degrees, and they retreated to the back for emergency repairs.

  And there are still many obstacles on the water surface...

   This is a moderate blow to the morale of the Jiangdong navy that has just been raised.

  Even Huang Gai has to admit that the Sichuan and Shu navy's tactics are very disgusting.

  『Is this a general change? 』Huang Gai pinched his beard and muttered.

  Before the attack, he also had some understanding of the Chuanshu navy.

Gan Ning is indeed a good navy general and good at naval warfare, but after all, he is a bit petty and has no experience in commanding large-scale naval forces, so Huang Gai's strategy at the beginning was to fight more and fight less. Seizing a weak point and attacking in an all-round way, using the quality of his navy soldiers to crush Gan Ning, he has indeed achieved good results.

  But the style of play displayed by the Chuanshu Navy is obviously very unwilling.

  The problem now is that if you want to pull out the obstacle, you must first take down the position of the crossbow cart and stone bullet cart of the Chuanshu Navy on the hill.

  The new plan is not difficult to formulate, which is to use small boats to carry soldiers ashore to attack.

  But Huang Gai smelled something that made him uneasy.

  The Chuanshu navy set up obstacles in the water, so there are no traps in the mountains?

  『Captain! Do you want to send soldiers up the mountain to attack? 』

  The military academy asked from the side.

  Huang Gai nodded, waiting is not an option, let's try to attack first.

Immediately, more than a dozen ships were separated from the fleet of warships and moved to the shore. Then the soldiers of the Jiangdong Navy got off the boats, lined up on the shore, and began to go to the ballista and catapult positions set up by the Sichuan and Shu Army. .

Because of the relationship between the mountains and trees, the ballista catapult can shoot into the range of the Jiangdong warship on the water without shelter, but it has no shooting vision for the Jiangdong soldiers walking through the forest, and can only rely on Soldiers fought in the mountains and forests.

   Fighting in dense forests and shrubs is a completely different concept for the Jiangdong Army than fighting on the water.

  Because of terrain problems. Fighting in the mountains and forests is destined to be a battle between life and death.

  No one knows if there is someone lurking behind the trunk, and no one knows if there is a trap under the fallen leaves. There is also no way to be able to see the opponent's warship from a long distance like on the water, and to adjust one's body position when the warship is about to collide. When the opponent is found in the mountains and forests, the opponent's swords and guns are also there. in front of you.

  The speed of reaction in a split second may decide whether to live or die.

The sound of the war drum sounds very exciting when it is on the water, and it seems that the whole body will be agitated with the war drum. However, in the mountains and forests, after being separated by trees, the sound of the war drum on the water in the distance seems a bit fragmentary, just like It seems that the cry of the young and strong has turned into the gasp of the old and weak in a blink of an eye.

  The moment the two sides came into contact, Chuanshu caught Jiangdong Army by surprise.

  Facing the Sichuan and Shu army leaping out of the mountains and shrubs like tigers and leopards, these "strong men" in Jiangdong on the water could not make effective resistance at all.

   Some Jiangdong soldiers were shot in the side by an arrow as soon as they went forward to assassinate.

   Some Jiangdong soldiers raised their swords and slashed, but the swords got stuck on the branches of the trees.

  The shields in the hands of Sichuan and Shu soldiers are smaller and the swords are shorter.

If it is on flat ground, these short shields and swords will expose greater flaws, but now in the mountains and forests, with many branches and vines, these Sichuan soldiers with short shields and swords, On the contrary, it will be more flexible and deadly than Jiangdong soldiers with spears and shields.

  The sharp sword shines in the light and shadow, and the nimble figure jumps among the bushes.

  Jiangdong soldiers screamed one after another.

  The smell of blood pervades the mountains and forests...

  『Array! line up! Raise the shield! Raise the shield! Watch out for the archers! 』

  The Jiangdong soldiers and non-commissioned officers shouted subconsciously, trying to gather the Jiangdong soldiers to form a solid front, but he forgot that there was no decent open space in the mountains and forests for an array attack. Moreover, the sound waves will be reflected many times on the tree trunk, especially when fighting for life and death. This kind of command that cannot determine the direction of the sound source will often make Jiangdong soldiers at a loss. It is to give up one's back to the opponent.

  In contrast, the Sichuan and Shu soldiers used whistles to determine whether to attack or retreat.

   Simple and efficient.

   It's like on the water, the Jiangdong navy can easily launch a critical strike against the Chuanshu navy, and now it's the Jiangdong navy's turn to take the critical strike.

  After the short and fierce battle, the Jiangdong navy was terrified, quacking like hundreds of ducks, swaying their buttocks and rushing out of the forest...

   This cannot be blamed on these soldiers of the Jiangdong Navy. After all, they have basically never left the ship since the day they served as soldiers. They are more used to thinking that the ship is their warm and safe rear, so when they are hurt, they subconsciously go to find a warm embrace. The desire to fight to the death with Sichuan and Shu soldiers in the mountains and forests.

Those Sichuan and Shu soldiers did not blindly chase and kill them, but retreated slowly at the edge of the forest, like cats hiding in the shade of bushes again, leaving only **** vertical pupils staring at them. Up and down Jiangdong.

Huang Gai stared intently at the soldiers from Sichuan and Shu who were looming on the edge of the forest, and suddenly felt a little uneasy. He suddenly looked up and looked at the surrounding rolling hills, trying to find someone's figure on the high places of these hills …

  『This is not Gan Xingba...』 Huang Gai frowned deeply, 『Gan Xingba doesn’t have the ability...this is the mountain army of hussars... Could it be that Xu Gongming has arrived? 』

   But the previous information was that Xu Huang was in the south of Sichuan, but not in the east of Sichuan!

  Huang Gai's hand was tightly grasped on the handrail of the building, his veins were exposed.

   This is an opponent with a completely different fighting style from Gan Ning.

  Insidious, cunning, murderous, and impeccable.

   Who is he?

  Mountain lass floating.

  Huang Gai looked at the surrounding mountains and forests, and his heart was moved.

  He has a strategy to defeat the enemy.

  …\(^o^)/…

  Longyou.

   Fei Qian is dressed in military uniform.

  Summer and autumn are the hottest time. People and horses not only sweat easily, but also the dust on the road is unwilling to be lonely and lingers on all the greasy men in the past, so Fei Qian tasted the long-lost military experience again.

   Fortunately, the human olfactory system has a self-shielding function.

  After a long time, I can't smell my own smell.

   After a long time, the similar smell can't be smelled anymore.

   Just like now, Feiqian basically doesn't smell any sweat and sour smell.

Fei Qian untied the **** his chin, took off the pocket, and then knocked the sand in the pocket on his thigh casually, a lot of sand and dust fell down, then clamped the pocket and shook his left leg , and then shake the right leg.

  All over the body, dust and sand fell down.

  Since he was already like a clay figurine, Fei Qian naturally didn't care whether the surrounding soil was dirty or not. He sat down under a tree beside him, and then tried his best to straighten his legs, like a character horoscope.

  Traveling thousands of miles every day sounds very cool and exciting, but if you don’t listen to it, but do it yourself, you may not feel happy.

Although Feiqian is not as delicate as it used to be now, and he will not be **** and **** like a relative after a long-distance ride, but the place where there has been no friction for a long time, now suddenly increases the amount of exercise, which is not a small burden. Especially between the two thighs, there seemed to be a burning pain again.

   It’s okay, it’s not too painful, I can bear it.

   Otherwise, if you are a majestic hussar, you will end up applying medicine in public with your buttocks up, where will you save your face?

  The farther west you go, the more desolate it becomes.

   Except that this is a supply point specially arranged by Jia Xu, there are not many people at all in a radius of more than ten miles.

   Hills, hills, ravines, rocky beaches.

  The rest of the place is a desolate desert.

  White and light gray clouds all over the sky move slowly on the sky, sometimes they kindly help Feiqian to block the sun, sometimes they walk around Feiqian deliberately.

  The mountains in the distance are like the background painted on the horizon, no matter how far you go, you will never be able to touch them.

  The scalp was a little itchy, so he stretched out his hand and pricked it a few times with his fingers, and then looked at the black mud in the crevices of his fingernails, Fei Qian sighed helplessly.

   It would be great if I could take a hot bath at this moment...

  Fei Qian felt like there was an extra layer of mud crust on his skin.

  『My lord, drink some water. 』

  Xu Chu stood aside and handed the water bag to Fei Qian.

   This time Fei Qian brought Xu Chu as his guard.

  Tai Shici has set out first, as the vanguard ahead.

  A bully man is a bully man. Fei Qian, who is a war scum, can neither compare with Xu Chu nor Tai Shici. Wearing such a suit of armor for a long-distance gallop almost kills Fei Qian.

   But Xu Chu was still in high spirits, and it seemed that it would be easy to run another 800 miles.

   Physical differences, everyone is different.

  Even if it is the same person, the early years and the later years will be different. For example, Wei Du, another guard battalion leader who stayed in Chang'an to guard his home, has obviously aged in recent years. The reason is simple. Wei Du received a serious injury before. Although he survived, his vitality was overdrawn. It wasn't very obvious at first, but it gradually showed up later.

  It’s like the annual rings of a tree. Even if you don’t say anything, you can tell which year is rich and which year is poor.

  So Fei Qian left Wei Du in Chang'an, full-time as the guard of the hussar government office.

  For the long-distance travel like the present one, the younger Xu Chu is obviously more suitable.

  Fei Qian took the cowhide water bag, rinsed his mouth first, spit out the sand and dust in his mouth, and then took a few gulps to relieve the burning in his throat.

The water in the cowhide water sac was sweet at the beginning, but soon, after tasting the light salt, the sour smell and the smell of tanned leather also took the main role after the taste buds were activated. The taste, the original sweetness is gone.

   Feiqian returned the water bag to Xu Chu and burped.

   In the absence of further development of material science, the leather water bladder is still the best storage tool for marching water. Bamboo and iron water bottles have been tested by Feiqian for a period of time, but unfortunately they all have problems of one kind or another. They cannot be like leather water bottles. They can be soft and easy to carry, large in volume and easy to repair...

  That’s right, if the water bladder is broken, you can directly use the isinglass attached to the army to paste the leather, and as long as it is not exposed to heat, it will generally not melt.

  Wood or bamboo water bottles are okay when used at first, but one is heavier than a cowhide water bladder with the same capacity, and on the other hand, it is broken and difficult to repair.

Iron or steel kettles also have such disadvantages, and with the current metallurgical production technology, it is not a big problem to knock a delicate kettle alone. Method, the anti-rust work is not just as simple as brushing a few layers of paint, or else there will be no intentional use of various aluminum products during World War II.

  So even if Fei Qian has advanced ideas in his head, but the productivity can't match it, he can only put it on hold.

It’s like what Fei Qian said to people in this world about aviation aircraft, spaceships, flying out of the solar system, conquering stars and galaxies, etc., so at present, no one in the whole world or even the whole earth will think that What kind of whimsy and great guidance are Feiqian's ideas, and only think that Feiqian is a lunatic.

   For example, the Western Regions.

  The problem of the Western Regions broke out too fast, too early, and too chaotic.

  Fei Qian and Pang Tong have expressed emotion before, if the problem of the Western Regions can be delayed for a few years before erupting, maybe the problem will be relatively simple.

   After all, Lu Bu is old.

  Midlife crisis is not only for later generations.

  The capitalists of later generations will coax young people in various ways, but as long as they reach thirty-five, isn't it possible to squeeze them to death? The decline in physical function, the education and upbringing of the next generation in the family, and assets and liabilities, etc., can fully turn an ambitious young man into a screw willing to be ordinary.

  At that time, even if Lu Bu wanted to make a fuss, he couldn't do it anymore.

  Does his child want to go to Chang'an Academy?

  Does he want to have a small courtyard in Chang'an?

  Does he want to reserve a place in the lecture hall?

  Sometimes Fei Qian feels that he is also gradually becoming ruthless. When encountering anything, he will subconsciously directly measure it with interests instead of emotions.

  The bigger the territory, the more Fei Qian can't simply use emotion as a weight to measure right from wrong.

   Treat things not people.

  This is easy to say, but not easy to do.

  Selfishness is the most important aspect of human animal nature, but the higher the position, the less selfish you can be. Lu Bu obviously didn't control his selfishness. He wanted to get more, but in fact he kept losing. He wants to be free, but actually loses his freedom.

  It's like if you tell Lu Bu the words "right to the matter, not to the person", Lu Bu will probably smile and say, what's the matter? Does he still know this? But when he himself dealt with the problem, was it because of things, or because of people?

  In the past, most of the problems in the Western Regions were caused by people, but now what Feiqian wants is to become people because of events.

   This is a new battlefield, a new concept.

   Lu Bu is old, not only physically, but also mentally.

  Physically, there are ways to change, but mentally, it is difficult to change.

   After all, someone said that it is easy to treat a person's body, but it is difficult to treat a person's mind.

  A person's talent is different.

   It's like Fei Qian is a war scum, Xu Chu may be able to beat Fei Qian to the ground with only one arm.

   But the question is, how many Xu Chu and Lu Bu are there in this world?

  So, if we can only make any changes by waiting for a powerful person to appear, is it impossible to open up the Western Regions except for the appearance of characters like Zhang Qian and Ban Chao? Is it true that only by waiting for a general like Wei Qinghuo Qubing can he have the ability to defeat the Northern Desert Nomad?

  These courageous and wise people should be role models, not imprisoners.

  Inherit courage from the brave, and inherit wisdom from the wise.

What Fei Qian wants is that ordinary Han people can also solve problems step by step according to relevant examples and inherit the laws handed down from their ancestors, to expand the territory of the Great Han, and to plant the banner of the Great Han in every part of the world. land!

  And Lu Bu, the courage is used in the wrong place, and the wisdom is also in the wrong place...

  Some smoke and dust rose in the distance, and the sound of horseshoes came.

  Xu Chu stood aside, looked over for a while, "My lord, Mr. Jia is here..."