After several days of day and night repairs, the two captured building ships were completely repaired, fenders were added, and the wooden oars were replaced with wheels. As a result, the Shu Navy, which originally had only one building ship, suddenly had
Five large ships, three of which are the latest wheeled warships, their combat effectiveness has quadrupled in the blink of an eye.
Being able to make such a rapid improvement in such a short period of time is of course inseparable from the adequate preparations in the early stage. Even before the war started, Wei Ba obtained the consent of Wu Yi and Meng Da and selected three soldiers from their troops.
Thousands of soldiers who knew the nature of water used Feng
They have been following the whole process from the beginning of the refitting of the building ship. They are gradually familiar with the warship they are about to control. In the future, when they go to the battlefield, if any accident occurs, they are also experts in repairing it and can repair it.
Losses are minimized.
As for the armor and wheels, Wei Ba had prepared them a long time ago. He prepared ten sets in total. This already included the materials needed for the modification of the building and ships owned by the Wei Army Navy in Danshui. If Wei Ba's plan can be
When fully realized, the Hanzhong Navy of the Shu Army will have more than ten new-style large ships. Although its overall strength cannot be compared with the Wu Navy, it is enough to surpass the Wei Navy. Even if it faces the Wu Navy, it will still be able to fight.
These preparations were carried out in an orderly manner, all thanks to Wei Ba's plan. The industrial production he experienced in his previous life made him familiar with this set of processes. He knew many details that others could not notice. And the person who transformed these warships
The process made him seem to have become the engineer in his previous life again, focusing on specific practical matters, which was more convenient than racking his brains and intrigues, and he was as comfortable as a fish in water.
It's a pity that good times always pass quickly. This simple life passed by in an instant, and headaches came one after another.
First, news came from Hanzhong that Li Feng, the son of Li Yan, had escorted a batch of grain and grass to Hanzhong. Then he criticized all the affairs in Hanzhong and made those who stayed in Hanzhong disgraced. Later I found out that
The Prime Minister ordered Li Yan to lead ten thousand people to Hanzhong as backup, but Li Yan obviously did not intend to accept the order, so he asked Li Feng to pick a fight.
Wei Ba understood Li Yan's criticism very well. Li Yan is now a former general, but when Liu Bei passed away and he and Zhuge Liang received the posthumous edict, he was the Protector of the Central Government, commanding internal and external military affairs, and was the number one person in the army. Now the military power has been
Zhuge Liang seizes
After walking most of the way, Zhuge Liang asked him to leave Jiangzhou and stationed in Hanzhong. As Wu Yi's reserve force, how could Li Yan accept it? He couldn't directly reject Zhuge Liang's order, but he could use this obviously not a reason to excuse him.
This is called a fire at the city gate, which affects Chiyu. Zhuge Liang and Li Yan fight each other, but the unlucky ones are the left-behind officials in Hanzhong.
If Li Yan didn't come, forget it. Wei Ba didn't expect Zhuge Liang to send him any more reinforcements, otherwise he wouldn't ask his father for help privately. After a thousand soldiers arrived, other reinforcements were still on the way. And Shangluo's
Deng Zhi is also actively preparing. Once the time is right, he will pounce on Wuguan.
While the rear was uneasy, there were also some surprises in the battle ahead. Wei Ba, Wu Yi, and Meng Da's previous plan was to pretend to attack Fancheng, attract the Wei army to the Xiangyang area, and have close contact with the Wu army, so as to fish in troubled waters and engage in a melee. The result
Meng Dafan
It took half a month for the city to reach Fancheng. In addition to eating Hu Zhi's three thousand cavalry, the main force led by Sima Yi was blocked outside Dengsai and never reached Fancheng. The Wu army also advanced at a rapid pace under the leadership of Lu Xun.
, it is still more than two hundred miles away from Xiangyang.
Wei Ba didn't feel anything unusual at first, but as time went by, he felt something was wrong.
It’s not surprising that Lu Xun, a Ninja Turtle, was passive and idle in fighting. Lu Xun had always wanted the Shu army to be used as cannon fodder so that he could take advantage later. But Sima Yi’s actions seemed a bit strange. There was no way he didn’t know the importance of Fancheng.
, little Deng Sai cannot stop him. Even if Deng Sai is difficult to conquer for a while, he can still take a detour. It’s really unreasonable that he hasn’t reached Fancheng in half a month.
The main force of the Shu army, more than 20,000, went out to fight and could not collect food locally. The food consumed every day had to be transported from Hanzhong, which was too much. The delay was too long, which was very detrimental to the Shu army. Sima Yi and Lu Xun seemed to have colluded.
, no one is willing to take the initiative, which makes Wei Ba's plan to use his strength to fight may come to nothing. If Wei and Wu cannot fight each other, he will have no chance to take advantage, and in the end his efforts may be in vain.
Failure means failure. This is not a result that Wei Ba can accept, nor is it a result that Wu Yi and Meng Da can accept.
Wei Ba couldn't sit still anymore and rushed to Fancheng with the two renovated ships and the food and baggage.
With warships on his way, Wei Ba could have more time to consider the battle situation. He vaguely felt that he might be too idealistic. The Wei army had heavy troops in Xiangyang and Fancheng. There were more than 3,000 people in the small Fancheng.
As many as eight
More than a thousand, with such a powerful force, coupled with the solid city and the seven or eight thousand naval forces that control the Han River, Xiangyang and Fancheng can be said to be impregnable. Unless the Wu State can go all out, the two or thirty thousand people of the Shu State will not be able to succeed.
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Could Wu and Shu join forces without any grudges? Wei Ba didn't believe it, and Sima Yi probably wouldn't believe it either, so he wasn't in a hurry. Otherwise, how could a small fortress like Dengsai have been able to stop Sima Yi for so long.
Wei Ba re-evaluated the plan and thought hard about how to break the situation. Then after a long period of hard thinking, he could not think of any other way to approach Sima Yi and approach Fan City other than storming Fan City.
To attack Fancheng, he must first cut off the pontoon bridge of the Han River to separate Xiangyang and Fancheng. Otherwise, he will have to face not only the 3,000 Wei troops in Fancheng - these 3,000 people are enough to give him a headache
Yes - and the Wei army in Xiangyang City.
Thinking about it made his head hurt, Wei Ba lamented, and had to give up for the time being. He sat cross-legged in the cabin with his eyes slightly lowered, hoping to relax and maybe get something unexpected.
Seeing Wei Ba put his hands on his forehead and closed his eyes, Ling Dang came over excitedly, rubbed his hands and said, "Are you tired of joining the army? Can I pinch your neck?" Ever since Wei Ba gave her a chance to take Pan Ping
After falling to the point where he couldn't take care of himself, Lingdang's hostility towards Wei Ba was obviously reduced a lot, and he would try to please him and be a good boy from time to time.
Wei Ba didn't even open his eyes and shook his head: "Forget it, I won't be lucky enough to enjoy your hand that is full of muscles and bones."
Ling Dang's face froze, she let out a frustrated sound, and walked out with her head hanging down. Ding Feng, who was standing outside the cabin door, saw him and frowned slightly. He was about to step forward to offer some words of comfort, but Ling Dang waved his arm and walked away.
Ding Feng smiled bitterly and had to return to his original position and stand still.
Wei Xing came towards him. Seeing this, he winked at Ding Feng and turned around to enter the cabin. Seeing that Wei Ba was resting his mind, he called out softly: "Young Master?"
"What's up?"
"There is news about Fei Canjun."
As soon as he heard that Fei Yi had news, Wei Ba immediately became energetic, opened his eyes, sat up straight, and quickly opened the secret letter. Probably to prevent it from being intercepted, Fei Yi wrote it very briefly and did not say too much.
There are too many details, but it can only be said that Sun Quan attached great importance to this joint operation and specially sent his second son Sun Lu to serve as a trainee in Lu Xun's army to boost morale.
Wei Ba looked over it twice, and finally settled on Sun Liu's name. Whether Sun Quan valued it or not was all empty talk. The only useful information here was that Sun Liu was in Lu Xun's army. If it was just a trainee
, then there seems to be no need to mention that Fei Yi is not the prince Sun Deng.
Wei Ba pondered for a long time, put away the secret letter, and called out: "Chengyuan?"
"Join the army." Ding Feng responded and appeared at the door.
"Come in." Wei Ba hooked his fingers and asked Ding Feng to sit down opposite. "I have nothing to do. I want to hear your story about Soochow."
Ding Feng blushed and said in embarrassment: "Joining the army, I...I'm not very good at telling stories."
"I know you can't tell stories, so I asked you to tell stories." Wei Ba said seriously: "Do you want to get closer to Lingdang?"
Ding Feng nodded repeatedly.
"Then you have to learn to tell stories."
Ding Feng blinked, wondering what the connection was between the two. But he could see that Lingdang and Wei Ba were very close, and maybe what Wei Ba said did make some sense. He nodded and stood up straight.
It's like an interview.
Wei Ba couldn't help but laugh, but he didn't point it out. He rambled on for a while, and slowly it got to Sun Quan, and then to Sun Lu.
"How is this person Sun Lu?"
Ding Feng thought carefully: "The prince is very smart, more like the king than the prince."
"How to say?"
"The prince is too boring. The prince is more active, and his martial arts skills are also good." Ding Feng didn't know what he thought of, and he also laughed: "But he doesn't have much contact with the generals of the auxiliary country. My understanding of him is limited, but the prince
I often send people to ask the general of the auxiliary country for advice."
Wei Ba's heart suddenly moved, and he suddenly knew the message Fei Yi wanted to convey, and he couldn't help but express his admiration.
In this joint operation, Fei Yi and Zhang Wen were the contacts of both parties, equivalent to ambassadors. In addition to exchanging information, Fei Yi also shouldered another task, which was to encourage Sun Quan to send troops.
After Wei Ba learned about Lu Xun's character from many aspects, he knew that it was impossible to play with this person. This kind of person is a standard person who will not let go of the eagle when he sees the rabbit. If he is not sure, he will not take action.
If Lu Xun fought alone, he would not have any chance to take advantage. Fortunately, although Lu Xun was trusted by Sun Quan, he was not Sun Quan himself, so the person in charge of this battle was not Lu Xun, but Sun Quan.
Different from the impression that later generations had on Sun Quan's hegemony, Wei Ba learned that Sun Quan was actually a very impulsive person, and it was much easier to stimulate him than to stimulate Lu Xun.
This task fell on Fei Yi's shoulders.
Wei Ba didn't know what Fei Yi could do, so he could only hope that Fei Yi would find the opportunity on his own. Judging from the current results, Fei Yi's mission was completed satisfactorily. Sun Quan sent Sun Lu, who was incompatible with Lu Xun, to
In Lu Xun's army, the meaning is very subtle. If Lu Xun is a divine turtle with no flaws, then Sun Lu is a thorn that pierces the turtle shell and grows out of the flesh.
No matter how strong a fortress is, it cannot withstand the destructive force generated from within. With Sun Lu as a thorn, Wei Ba has a chance against Lu Xun.
Wei Ba smiled and praised secretly: Fei Yi, you really have something up your sleeve.
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