China has had the potential to be an infrastructure madman since ancient times.
Compared to the West, which has simple tactics, a grandson of China's Sun Tzu said thousands of years ago: "A soldier's tactics are also deceitful." This is the beginning of the magnificent poem of military strategists.
In order to deal with various sneak attacks and strange tactics, China built camps. The quality of the camps was unparalleled in the world.
In less than ten days, a naval camp was erected on Chao Lake.
More than five hundred warships circled around a five-story ship on Chao Lake.
Luo Youdu was sitting high on the deck of the building, watching Cheng Shilang beside him commanding the Zhou Navy to practice various offensive tactics on Chao Lake, and his brows furrowed involuntarily.
Compared with the ever-changing nature of land warfare, the tactical routines of water warfare seem rigid and old-fashioned.
Because on rivers, all human actions rely on warships.
Bulky battleships are destined to be less flexible than humans, and their tactics are greatly restricted.
The quality of the battleship becomes the key to victory or defeat.
All their warships were plundered to the Southern Tang Dynasty. In this regard, both sides were on the same starting point.
The battleship is the same, the test is the skill of the helmsman in controlling the battleship.
The disadvantage in this aspect is difficult to make up for in any case.
In the same battleship used for charging, the southerners can drive it faster and more nimble than the northerners.
There's no way to reason.
Just like when Liu Yanzhen wanted to chase Luo Youdu, he chased with all his life but couldn't even see Zhou Bing's butt.
This is because the Northerners attach great importance to marching in infantry combat, and pay attention to being able to enter the battle as soon as possible after a rapid march.
Their basic skills are endurance and footwork.
The navy of the Southern Tang Dynasty relied on boats to advance and move, and their foot skills were extremely average. The two usually trained in completely different ways.
Even if the three thousand soldiers assigned to him by Guo Rong were good at water, they would only be able to swim.
At best, it can guarantee that you will not drown if you fall into the water. How to sail and maneuver the boat is completely blank.
Not to mention the flexible use of wind speed and water flow.
This kind of deep-rooted experience cannot be achieved without a long period of boating on the water.
With this solidified combat method, it is difficult to rely on external factors to smooth out the strength gap between the two sides.
Now, the only good thing for Luo Youdu was Zhang Xiong's wave of recruits and the great gifts from Liu Yanzhen: Cheng Shilang, who knew navy tactics, and the Southern Tang navy soldiers, who were good at sailing, dropped their soldiers.
At this point today, Cheng Shilang is trustworthy and he can no longer go back.
However, Luo Youdu did not dare to put too much emphasis on the navy of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and gave them the key position of helmsman to control the movement of the navy.
What if they fail to work when the two armies confront each other?
Or just take the opportunity to dive into the water, and there will be no ghosts.
Luo Youdu decided to turn all the new recruits under Zhang Xiong into naval helmsmen and let them learn boating skills from the troops sent down by the Southern Tang Dynasty.
They originally made a living on the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, and their boating skills were first-rate.
Although driving a civilian ship is not the same concept as controlling a warship, there is at least a foundation.
This can also avoid their weaknesses in combat effectiveness.
Let the northern soldiers who are already capable of fighting take charge of the battle. They can just adapt to fighting on the ship.
This is the best method Luo Youdu can think of at the moment.
However, Luo Youdu knew clearly.
Just this is not enough.
The Southern Tang Dynasty dominated the world with its navy, and the Southern Tang Dynasty today is no better than when they first entered Huainan.
Zhu Yuan, Lin Renzhao, Chen Decheng, and Guo Tingwei, the four generals who made Zhou Dynasty suffer in history, have emerged.
Especially Lin Renzhao, who was born in the poor mountains and harsh waters of Minyue, had extraordinary martial arts, was a monster of water, forest and land, could climb mountains and wade as well as walk on flat ground, and could charge on horseback. In the later period, he became the pillar of the Southern Tang Dynasty.
Zhao Kuangyin didn't even dare to invade the south without trying to kill him.
It is very likely that the naval force in his hands will be against him, and he will use this navy that has been trained for many months to compete with the Southern Tang Navy led by such a strong opponent as Lin Renzhao.
Just thinking about it makes me feel guilty.
Luo Youdu is the most realistic person. He never exaggerates his own abilities, let alone underestimates the strength of his opponents.
"Is it really like what the officials said? Don't bully them too much, just block their way?"
"Who are you looking down on!"
Although Luo Youdu didn't think he could compare with Prime Minister Zhuge, since he was called Little Zhuge, he couldn't lose the old man's face.
"Is there any way to make his elderly parents look good? To win this battle that is not favored by most people?"
Luo Youdu frowned and thought hard.
Cheng Shilang on the side showed off his talents to Luo Youdu: "The surface of Chao Lake is stable, which is most suitable for training naval forces. But in wartime, this is not the case. In naval operations, upstream advantage is the first factor, almost
Whoever controls the upstream will win."
Luo Youdu asked: "What about the second element?"
Cheng Shilang answered without hesitation: "It's the direction of the wind! In the face of the advantage of the current and the direction of the wind, the manpower is slightly insufficient."
Luo Youdu couldn't help but nodded. Even though he knew all this, he still praised Cheng Shilang: "Do a good job. When the Navy succeeds, I will show you my merits to the officials."
Cheng Shilang looked excited.
Luo Youdu then pointed at Zhang Xiong and said, "This is your deputy. He doesn't know anything. You should teach him well."
Zhang Xiong said hello to Cheng Shilang honestly.
Cheng Shilang responded politely, but obviously didn't take him seriously.
Luo Youdu secretly laughed in his heart: With Zhang Xiong's cultural background, he might not be able to accept it if he is asked to learn something profound.
However, the naval command and basic water warfare skills that Cheng Shilang was good at, and Zhang Xiong's tenacious character who was willing to learn and endure hardships, could take away all of Cheng Shilang's skills in a month or two at most.
After leaving Chaohu Water Village, Luo Youdu returned to Luzhou.
As soon as he entered the city, he learned about Chai Kehong's request for an audience.
Chai Kehong's status was too special. Shi Shouxin and Dou Yi did not dare to let him enter the city, so they let him rest at a tea stall outside the city.
Luo Youdu frowned and said, "How many people are there on the other side?"
Dou Yi replied: "Not many, just three people, him and two guards."
Shi Shouxin said: "If the people in Jiangnan have anything to talk about, just drive them away."
Luo Youdu pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "They dared to come here with three of them, so why not meet him? They turned him away and spread the word that we are afraid of them."
"In this way, there are three of them, and I will also take three of them. Brother Shi, Brother Liu, and Brother Zhang. Let's go meet this general of the Southern Tang Dynasty."
Luo Youdu didn't seem to think of himself as a human being, so he led the three bodyguards Shi Shouxin, Liu Fu, and Zhang Qiong to the tea stall not far away.
This Liu Fu is the latest general assigned to him by Guo Rong, and he is also an outstanding figure.
A native of Xiapi, Xuzhou, he is tall and tall with extraordinary physical strength.
When Guo Rong arrived in Huainan, Liu Fu came to the military camp on foot to meet Guo Rong and asked to join the army.
Guo Rong was quite surprised and kept him as his subordinate.
Guo Rong knew that Luo Youdu was short of manpower, so he transferred him to Lujiang for help.