After having a drink with Wei Ba, Zhuge Ke returned to the tent, but could not calm down for a long time. Judging from the whole process, the purpose of Wei Ba's meeting with him was to persuade him to surrender, and to use Zhuge Dan as an example, it was nothing more than this.
Purpose. Zhuge Dan's official career in Wei State was not smooth. After arriving in Guanzhong, Zhuge Liang did not immediately reuse him. Less than a year after joining Wei Ba's command, he served as deputy commander of the navy, even though there were Xia Houxuan and Deng Yang among them.
With the role of recommendation from others, Wei Ba's courage to employ people is still impressive.
However, what made Zhuge Ke uneasy was not this, but the fact that Zhuge Dan was now leading the Jiaozhou Navy in Wu County.
Zhuge Ke has received a notice from Sun Quan, saying that Wei Ba may have sent some naval troops to Wu Commandery, preparing to harass the rear. Once the war breaks out, Wei Ba may attack on two fronts. In order to thwart Wei Ba's conspiracy, Zhuge Ke must do a good job.
Preparations for a fierce battle should at least not allow Wei Ba to advance his troops too smoothly.
Zhuge Ke always disagreed with this. He believed that this was Wei Ba's bluff. No matter whether it was an army of 70,000 surrounding Changsha or a navy of 10,000 attacking Wu County, it was nothing like it. The cost of using troops is not the same as that of 10,000 navy.
With a distance of three thousand miles, Wei Ba could not effectively command at all, and the psychological deterrent effect was greater than the actual combat effect.
However, when these two things are taken together, it is not that simple. Zhuge Ke has never met Zhuge Dan, but he went to Guanzhong twice and heard Zhuge Liang mention this person. Zhuge Dan is a famous person, and he has the frivolity of a famous person.
The habit is true, but Zhuge Dan is also talented. Zhuge Liang has not used him for the time being. He originally wanted to let him calm down for a period of time, and then promote him after he shows certain talents, so that people will know that he is not reused because of his surname Zhuge.
, Unexpectedly, Zhuge Dan couldn't bear it and went directly to Jiaozhou. As soon as he arrived in Jiaozhou, Wei Ba awarded him the important task of deputy commander of the Navy.
Zhuge Liang said that Zhuge Dan has a surname of a scholar who is willing to die for those who know him well. Whoever appreciates him will live and die for him. He knows that his time is short, so he wants to give this opportunity to future generations and let Zhuge Dan do it for him.
He wanted to be loyal and help him, but the person in his mind was definitely not Wei Ba. Zhuge Dan left without saying goodbye and went to Jiaozhou again, which was something he did not expect.
Now, this talent has taken advantage of Wei Ba in vain, and Wei Ba has firmly grasped this opportunity and won Zhuge Dan's loyalty. Zhuge Dan has just taken on an important task, can he not show his sincerity? In this way, this could have been possible
The 10,000-strong naval force that was just a suspicious force could very well turn into a real sharp blade and pierce Wu's back at once.
Perhaps it was Zhuge Dan's suggestion that the navy detour thousands of miles to attack Wu Commandery. This journey is not short, and the wind and waves are high during this period, making it a very dangerous journey. Of course, once implemented, the tactical effect will be very
Astonishing. Otherwise Sun Quan would not have panicked like this and surrendered without a fight.
If Zhuge Ke still had some confidence about the war in Changsha, then he had no confidence at all about how much damage the navy led by Zhuge Dan could cause.
However, this did not break Zhuge Ke's will. On the contrary, it made him more motivated. He believed that the 70,000 troops deployed by Wei Ba in Changsha seemed to be strong, but at least half of them were reserve forces and had only undergone basic battles.
They have been trained but have never been on the battlefield. The only ones with real combat effectiveness are the 30,000 standing troops. With this ratio of troops, Wei Ba does not have enough chance of winning against the 40,000 Wu troops in Changsha. Because of this, he wants to use those 30,000 standing troops.
Zhi Qibing revealed it to increase the deterrence. Otherwise, he didn't need to tell him at all and just took action.
This was a sign of Wei Ba's guilty conscience, and it also strengthened Zhuge Ke's determination to defend Changsha. Now, he was not sure that Wei Ba would not take action, but he was confident that he could defend Changsha. Likewise, he hoped that Sun Quan could withstand the pressure.
, Don't be intimidated by Wei Ba. In Zhuge Ke's view, although Sun Quan has not yet agreed to become a vassal, he invited Du Qiong to Wuchang for negotiations and raised the level of negotiations. In fact, he was showing weakness. The reason why he did not agree immediately was just
In order to save some face, psychologically, he has given up.
This is not a good sign.
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East China Sea.
Hu Zong stood on a large ship and looked at the two giant ships in the distance, feeling chilled in his heart.
He came all the way from Wuchang just to take a look at these giant ships. According to Zhang Wen and others, these giant ships built by Wei Baxin have powerful combat effectiveness, enough to cause a devastating blow to the Wu Navy stationed here.
Sun Quan was doubtful and ordered Hu Zong to rush to the East China Sea as quickly as possible that night to witness it with his own eyes.
In order to speed up, Hu Zong did not ride on a comfortable large ship, but on a warship called Mengchong. This kind of warship had a long and narrow hull, so the space was small. Apart from the twenty oarsmen, there was nothing left for Hu Zong.
There is only room to lie down and sleep.
Hu Zong stayed on such a boat for two days and three nights, and finally arrived at the camp of Henghai General Wei Wen in the early morning of September 28. After hearing the order conveyed by Hu Zong, Wei Wen immediately beat the drum to gather together without saying a word.
General, lead the navy to attack.
Two days ago, he had just discovered these giant ships, but they had been parked on a desert island far away from the coast. They had not entered the territory of Wu State and did not fly any battle flags. He did not dare to provoke them. Now Sun Quan's
He couldn't wait to test the strength of these huge warships. If possible, it would be best to capture them and use them as his own ships.
Three thousand Wu army naval forces left the stronghold, and Wei Wen accompanied Hu Zong to stay in the middle army, boarded the flying hut, and observed the battle situation in the distance. Zhuge Zhi led a thousand men of his troops to the front, and he was also riding a three-man ship.
The story ship is equipped with more than 500 warriors. In front and on both sides of it are more than 40 medium-sized warships, each equipped with 100 warriors.
Facing the bright morning sun, Wu Jun's navy was high-spirited and gearing up.
Zhuge Zhi held the railing and stood on the flying hut. He looked at the island in the distance like an ink dot and held his breath involuntarily. Like Wei Wen, he was doubtful about the relevant information relayed by Hu Zong. He was larger than Wu Jun's tallest building.
It's half the size of a ship, but it's as fast as a medium-sized warship, and it's hard to defeat a rock. Is it still a warship?
"General, look, the enemy warships have left the stronghold." The guard pointed in the distance and said loudly.
Zhuge Zhi narrowed his eyes and raised his hand to cover his eyebrows to block the dazzling sunlight. He saw a black spot where the water and the sky met.
"Coming." Zhuge Zhi shouted in his heart, and immediately raised his hand and ordered: "Gather--"
When the flag was played, the warships scattered on both wings searching immediately gathered together to form a triangular sagittal shape with the tower ship as the base. This was an assault formation with both offense and defense. The thick formation could ensure penetration of the opponent's battle formation, while the two unfolded wings
It can also ensure the killing area.
Wu Jun adjusted his breathing. The oarsmen spit in their palms and clenched the oars again. The soldiers clenched their weapons. The crossbowmen drew their crossbows, nocked their arrows, and were ready for battle.
. Others scooped up water and poured it all over the boat to wet any flammable objects to avoid being attacked by fire from the other side.
Wu Jun had rich experience in water warfare and did everything in an orderly manner. When the two sides were five hundred steps apart, they were all ready, the oars began to speed up, and the charge officially began.
The water roared and foamed, and the blue sea surface was stirred up into white flowers.
Zhuge Dan was sitting on the flying hut, looking at the Wu army warships getting closer and closer, he couldn't help but laugh: "Zhongying, what do you think of this tactic?"
Zhou Yinhan had a face on his face and stared intently at the approaching warship in the distance: "It's quite satisfactory. I can't say it's good, nor can I say it's bad."
"Can it be broken?"
"Easy as a piece of cake."
"Haha, then I owe you a favor and I will pay you back double in the future."
"No, I owe the general a favor." Zhou Yin sighed helplessly.
Zhou Yin was deceived and frightened by Wei Ba. After thinking about it for several days, Zhou Yin had no choice but to surrender to Wei Ba. It didn't matter to him that he died. If Wei Ba had to dig up his father's grave, he would send his mother and sister to the supply camp.
If he went to camp, the Zhou family would lose all face. He could ask for death, but death would not solve the problem. To avoid this tragedy, he had only two ways: one was to defeat Wei Ba, and the other was to surrender to Wei
Ba.
The previous thought was just a thought. Wei Ba is no longer something he can deal with. He has never led an army of more than 5,000 people. However, Wei Ba can now mobilize an army of 70,000 to 80,000 people. With his wings fully formed, the two sides are not even on the same side.
At the level, there is no possibility of competition. Not to mention him personally, even the entire Wu Kingdom is not Wei Ba's opponent. He has no better choice except to rely on Wei Ba.
He reluctantly surrendered, but Wei Ba valued him very much, let him go with the army, and prepared to give him a large ship. In fact, he was given the official position of general, with the power to command two thousand naval troops. However,
Zhou Yin didn't want to show his face like this, he didn't even want to hang up his battle flag. If Sun Quan knew that he surrendered to Wei Ba and led the Jiaozhou Navy to attack Wu County, he was afraid that his mother and sister would be imprisoned, so he begged
Zhuge Dan did not want him to raise the battle flag to fight.
Zhuge Dan was very considerate of his difficulties, agreed to his request, hoisted his own battle flag, and handed over the command to him.
Zhou Yin was very grateful.
Zhou Yin stared at the Wu army warship in the distance, slowly raised his hand, and suddenly ordered: "Start accelerating and prepare for collision!"
"Here." The ordering soldier responded loudly, waving the colorful flags in his hands, and issued the order. The drummer beat the cowhide drum, and the powerful war drum suddenly exploded, breaking the calm on the sea.
Following a majestic trumpet sound, snow-white water spray spurted out from behind the huge building boat, like two giant dragons wagging their tails. The building boat swayed slightly and began to accelerate. The bow cut through the waves and rushed forward.
Zhuge Zhi heard the faint sound of war drums and noticed the opponent's movements, but he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. The opponent had only begun to accelerate now, and there was not much time left for them. If he could hit them before they reached full speed,
, it is still beneficial to yourself.
"Accelerate, accelerate, crossbowmen prepare! Shieldmen prepare!" Zhuge Zhi issued several combat orders in succession.
The two sides are getting faster and closer, the war drums are getting louder and the fighting spirit is soaring...