This old poisoner is very measured, and he usually likes to carry his arms with his arms crossed, but now that the situation is urgent, he doesn't dare to show off any more.
Yan Liang's spirit suddenly perked up. He knew that Jia Xu had always either kept silent or had a good plan.
Yan Liang happily asked: "Wen He has any clever ideas, please tell me."
Jia Xu then stood up, walked slowly to the map, raised his hand and gestured: "Sun Quan wants to fight quickly, but our strategy is to wait until autumn harvests and winter begins, and the Wu people's food and grass begin to run out.
To carry out a decisive battle, it seems that what our army has to do now is to delay the Wu people so that they cannot attack Fankou with all their strength."
Yan Liang nodded slightly, deeply agreeing with Jia Xu's proposal.
Jia Xu continued: "Then, I think that if we want Sun Quan to be unable to attack Fankou with all his strength, we must create some movement behind him. Let's make a fuss here at Lukou Trail."
Jia Xu's fingers moved in the direction of Lu Shui.
The generals in the tent were originally excited, but when they heard that Jia Xu was only referring to the Lukou Trail, their spirits sank immediately.
Gan Ning said: "The first time we took the Lukou Trail, we captured firewood, and the second time we burned all the Wu people's grain fields. Sun Quan was attacked twice, so he will be more vigilant. Mr. Wen He wants to use the third attack again."
Three times, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to get into the hinterland of Chaisang this time."
Everyone also said so, and everyone seemed to have lost interest in Jia Xu's strategy very quickly.
Jia Xu, however, stroked his beard slightly and listened quietly to the generals' denials.
Yan Liang's insight was so sharp that he thought that with Jia Xu's resourcefulness, how could he not know the pros and cons? His strategy would definitely not be as simple as copying the previous two.
"Everyone, please be patient and wait until Wen He explains his plan."
As soon as Yan Liang spoke, all the generals immediately fell silent.
Yan Liang turned his gaze to Jia Xu and asked with a smile: "Wen He, if I guess correctly, the making a fuss on the Lukou Trail you are referring to is probably not the second time that I have repeated the same trick.
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"Those who know me are my lord..."
Jia Xu smiled with emotion, something mysterious flashed across his eyes, and his two white fingers suddenly drew eastward.
"Everyone has seen it clearly. The land connected by the Lukou Trail is not just Chaisang."
The generals were startled, and their eyes followed what Jia Xu was looking for. When they saw the place Jia Xu pointed to, their originally suspicious faces suddenly filled with infinite surprise.
All the generals suddenly realized.
"Mr. Wenhe, do you mean..." Even the resourceful Lu Meng couldn't help but be greatly surprised.
Yan Liang's secretly frowning brows relaxed in an instant. When he saw where Jia Xu was pointing, a knowing smile couldn't help but flash across his lips.
Jia Xu is worthy of being Jia Xu, and this move is indeed wonderful.
Lu Meng said happily: "My lord, if we follow Mr. Wenhe's plan, our army will send out a surprise force from Lukou. It will really kill the Wu people by surprise."
Lu Meng also agreed with Jia Xu's strategy, and Yan Liang had nothing to worry about. At this time, what he was thinking about was who to send out this unexpected force.
Scanning the murderous faces in front of the tent, Yan Liang's eyes immediately locked onto that young and eager face.
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It's approaching evening, and the setting sun has shed its last rays of light. The sky is gradually getting dark.
In the water and land camp in Fankou, smoke was curling from cooking stoves, the smell of meat was overflowing, and tens of thousands of soldiers were all having dinner.
On the Shuiying trestle, the officers and soldiers of the Yan army who had eaten well first were silently boarding their respective warships.
As the setting sun shone in the west, Yan Liang rode his horse slowly up the trestle.
Wei Yan, who was commanding the troops to board the ship at the bridgehead, saw Yan Liang's arrival and rushed to greet him. The young general's face was full of confidence and excitement.
Wei Yan, who had been unable to show his prestige for a long time, finally found a place to use his skills this time.
At this time, Gan Ning, a young general who was also discovered by Yan Liang, had gone through several bloody battles and was powerful in Jingxiang.
During the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, the veteran general Huang Zhong became famous all over the world and was well known to the world. Even generals like Lu Meng who surrendered to the Eastern Wu Dynasty had shown great fame before.
As for Wei Yan, although Yan Liang had always trusted him and had asked him to guard strategic places such as Xiangyang and Hanchang on many occasions, because of this, Wei Yan never got the opportunity to fight bloody battles and become famous in the world with his dazzling military exploits.
This time, Yan Liang finally chose to use Wei Yan to carry out the surprise attack.
"Wen Chang, whether you can delay the Wu people's attack depends on your attack. Are you confident?" Yan Liang's eyes were full of hope.
Wei Yan cupped his hands and said: "Don't worry, my lord, before I leave, I will give the people of Wu a great gift that will make Sun Quan's blue-eyed boy wet his pants."
Wei Yan's words were full of confidence. Although the sentence "making Sun Quan wet his pants" was rough, his overbearing confidence was self-evident.
Yan Liang laughed and said happily: "Very good, Commander Wen has this confidence, so I can rest assured. Then I wish you immediate success. The generals and I will wait for your peace at Fankou.
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"My lord, I'm just waiting for the good news. I'm going to leave soon."
Wei Yan smiled heartily, said nothing more, and turned around to get on the warship.
With the flag waved, more than 70 troop transport ships set sail and sailed away from Fankou Village, but under the cover of night, they headed westward along the Yangtze River towards the upstream Lukou.
Yan Liang watched the warship leave until the shadows of the sails disappeared into the dusk.
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Two days later, early in the morning.
The rapid sound of the horn woke up the sleeping soldiers. The officers rushed back and forth, shouting loudly, urging the soldiers to come out of their tents.
The sleeping Yan Family Army officers jumped up from their warm beds and quickly put on their armor almost instinctively.
The sound of footsteps, the sound of weapons rubbing together, and the sound of rapid breathing mixed together into a special melody that only the army could have.
A famous soldier emerged from the tent in a hurry, holding a weapon and a sleeping face, and quickly ran towards their respective posts in an orderly manner.
Twenty thousand naval troops quickly boarded the ship, and nearly ten thousand soldiers from the dry camp also rushed to the water camp. Thousands of crossbowmen were all in place, and nearly a hundred catapults were pushed onto the slope where the water camp was located.
In less than a quarter of an hour, nearly 30,000 Yan Jun soldiers were in full combat readiness.
The sound of horse hooves sounded, and Yan Liang rode his horse like the wind through the entire water camp until he reached the small slope on the shore.
Zhuma looked around and saw the soldiers of the three armies quickly completing their formation. Yan Liang couldn't help but feel a bit of relief on his face.
He didn't say much, he just looked into the distance with a calm expression, staring downstream.
The reconnaissance sentry ship had just sent back information that ten miles downstream, Wu Jun's huge naval force had already set sail and was heading upstream towards Fankou.
On such a sunny morning, General Yan Liang led his elite men to fight a defensive battle.
Wei Yan's surprise attack force took away 5,000 troops and horses. There are still 10,000 naval troops training in Xiangyang, and there are still 10,000 infantry reserves stationed in Xiakou City. Now Fankou Yanliang does not have enough land and sea troops at his disposal.
Thirty thousand.
Yan Liang and his less than 30,000 soldiers will face a powerful navy of more than 50,000 Wu people.
As the commander-in-chief, Yan Liang was calm and calm, showing no sign of fear.
The men under his command who have experienced hundreds of battles are also calm and calm, and there is not a trace of fear on their young faces.
The entire Fankou Camp was completely silent, and the tens of thousands of soldiers were as quiet as if only one person was breathing.
The river fog has not yet cleared, and the sun has just risen.
Half an hour later, in the mist across the river, dark silhouettes of boats began to appear faintly, slowly and steadily moving towards Fankou.
The hazy shadows, like countless ghost ships, were approaching silently, and there was something strange about the silence.
The officers and soldiers of the three armies all tensed up their nerves and quietly held the weapons in their hands tighter.
The sun rises in the east, crawling over the calm sun, shooting out thousands of rays of rays of light, like countless golden arrows, finally tearing apart the mist that shrouded the river surface.
Looking around, I saw thousands of warships approaching overwhelmingly, with countless white sails lowered like clouds. Looking from a distance, the enemy ship across the river was like a giant white dragon, swimming in momentum.
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The Wu fleet finally showed its ferocious appearance.
Even though Yan Jun's officers and men, who had been on the battlefield for a long time and had been well prepared, could not help but take a deep breath when they saw the true face of Wu Jun's fleet.
Even though Yan Liang was as calm as water on the surface, he couldn't help but feel a little shaken in his heart.
The navy he saw before his eyes was the strongest navy he had ever fought against Soochow in terms of size and momentum.
"It seems that Sun Quan, this blue-eyed boy, is planning to risk his life. Very good, I will play with you..."
A sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, and Yan Liang waved his hand slightly.
Zhou Cang, who was beside him, understood and shouted loudly: "My lord has an order, and the whole army is ready to meet the enemy——"
"Prepare to meet the enemy——"
"Prepare to meet the enemy——"
The announcement quickly spread throughout the camp, and the red flags waved like fire in the water camps along the river.
The sound of "clucking" was heard, thousands of sharp arrows were slowly aimed at the approaching enemy ships, and the catapults began to be loaded with stone bullets.
On the river, Sun Quan, wrapped in a red cloak, holding a sword in his hand, stood on the fifth deck of a giant ship.
He stroked his beard slightly, his green eyes were condensed into two slits, and his dazzling eyes stared coldly at Fankou Yanying a few miles away.
A sense of pleasure that a great revenge was about to be avenged and resentment was about to stagnate began to fill his young face.
Looking around, the huge fleet, the 50,000 elite Jiangdong soldiers, and the mighty military spirit gave Sun Quan great confidence.
"Yan Liangpifu, no matter how cunning you are, I'll see how you can withstand my attack of 50,000 men, huh~~"
Sun Quan's heart suddenly felt proud.
While I was thinking, the fleet was approaching the enemy camp and could not get out.
Sun Quan's eyes suddenly focused, he drew his sword fiercely, pointed at it fiercely, and shouted sternly: "Send the order, the whole army attacks, let me break the enemy camp in one fell swoop -" (To be continued)
