Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 431 Overlord Gunner, Take It Up and Down.

Seeing the Lord came, everyone immediately stood up and said in unison: "Greetings, General (Zhou Mu)"

Wang Zheng waved his hand and signaled everyone to sit down: "This time to aid Linhu City, you are all veterans on the battlefield. I am not very worried, but there may be a water battle on the Yangtze River later. Our sons and daughters are all Qing and Xu's army. Practice water warfare, but don't be careless."

Having said that, he turned his head to look at Huang Zhong, and said warmly with a smile: "Although Han Sheng joined our army not long ago, he is from Jingzhou. He was very knowledgeable about the Haizhou dock before. You can ask him more on weekdays." Ask for advice, so as not to suffer the loss of experience when confronting the enemy."

As soon as these words were said, all the generals agreed with a loud bang, and Huang Zhong was even more moved. He felt that choosing to go to Xuzhou that day was really the most correct choice in his life.

Since he joined the Celestial Army, he has always been highly valued by the king, and finally he is a hero, and he feels that every day is lived happily, even though it has only been more than half a year, Huang Zhong feels that it is better than mediocrity In the first half of his life, he didn't know what was going on, but he felt like a fire was burning in his chest.

"So good."

Wang Zheng smiled slightly and said, "Come here, bring me the map."

A soldier immediately came over with a large silk scroll, Wang Zheng pointed to the ship wall next to the Excalibur and said, "It's hanging here."

As soon as the scroll was pulled open, a map was revealed, which recorded the map of Yangzhou and part of Jingzhou's mountains, rivers, rivers and roads. Wang Zheng nodded slightly to Guo Jia. Guo Jia stood up, stepped forward to the center, and pointed On the picture, he said: "Everyone, please take a look."

"Most of the rivers in Yangzhou belong to the Huaihe River system. Our army went down the river, and the city we passed just now should be Yicheng, so we entered the territory of Jiujiang at this time."

Speaking of this, Guo Jia paused, looked at Wang Zheng and cupped his hands and said, "Below Yicheng are Ping'a and Xiacai, and on the right are Dangtu and Xiquyang. This city just forms a barrier to the north of Shouchun. Then lord"

Wang Zheng understood Guo Jia's meaning, waved his hand and said: "The opponent in this battle is Sun Ce, he is also a young hero who should not be underestimated, the general must sit in front, when passing Shouchun, Feng Xiao, you can enter the city for me to meet Yuan Shu. "

Guo Jia nodded and continued: "According to our army's marching speed in the past two days, we can travel more than 23 miles a day, so we can reach Hefei in about seven days. Now it is the early morning of May [-], so we have to We will be able to reach the city of Hefei in early June."

"How long has it been?" Wang Zheng frowned slightly when he heard the words: "It will take about two or three days to return to Hefei and then go to Linhu. Our friendly troops are eagerly looking forward to reinforcements day and night. At this speed, will there be any delays?"

All the generals understood Wang Zheng's meaning, and they couldn't help but fell silent.

You must know that Sun Ce's army had already started to attack Pinghu before the Xuzhou army set off, and now it has been more than half a month. If there is such a long delay, can the guard Chen Lan last until then?
At this moment, a general stood up suddenly, and everyone looked, it was the current leader of the Xuzhou navy, Zhonglang General Chen Jiao.

However, Chen Jiao bowed first and saluted, and then said: "Zhou Mu, there is a way at the end, which may save some time."

Wang Zheng looked up at Chen Jiao, nodded, and signaled him to continue.

"I asked the brother at the helm, and he said that the wind direction is just right for the past few days. When the wind is smooth and the water is smooth, although a large ship such as Zhou Mu's ship can't speed up much, the boat can travel four times per hour. ten miles."

The boat is a small cargo ship in the Han Dynasty, with a single sail, heavy and easy to handle.

"Forty miles per hour, that's nearly five hundred miles a day?" Wang Zheng immediately understood what Chen Jiao meant, and immediately asked, "How many boats did we take with us this time?"

Huang Zhong stood up immediately: "My lord, there are about thirty ships."

"That's enough." Chen Jiao said with a smile: "Zhou Mu, a small boat can carry more than 100 people. The last general thought that it would be better to send out [-] pioneers and set off first, and then the army would follow closely. Linhu City is in urgent need."

"If you travel five hundred miles a day, you can reach the city of Hefei in three days."

Wang Zheng nodded, and looked at Chen Jiao with admiration: "When Xi'an County first met Chen Xiaowei, I thought you were very meticulous, but I didn't expect you to be so careful that you didn't know it. I have inquired about these subtle things clearly."

It was rare for Wang Zheng to speak affirmatively. Chen Jiao was ecstatic in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. He pretended to be humble like others, and said: "Zhou Mu is absurd."

On the other hand, Huang Zhong and Guo Jia were secretly surprised. They were surprised by another point. In this way, Chen Jiao could be regarded as an old man who had followed Wang Zheng for a long time. Why didn't the general seem to use him very much?

Don't talk about the leader of the water army, it's just that Xuzhou currently lacks talents who can fight in water battles. Chen Jiao's election is to select generals from among the dwarfs and learn from the short. Many people are well aware of this. .

Although he was puzzled, Chen Jiao's idea was indeed good, and Huang Zhong immediately agreed: "Lieutenant Chen's plan is also good, but there are still some imperfections in it."

"A small boat can carry more than 100 people. That is based on the fact that only soldiers are carried and the luggage is not accompanied. But if three thousand troops go ahead, how will the food and grass keep up? Linhu City has been trapped for more than half a month. If we want to solve it in the city, I'm afraid it will only add to the chaos."

This time the Heavenly Army was helping Yuan Shu to quell the chaos. It was certain that Yuan Shu was in charge of food, grass, equipment and even horses and military strategists, but it was impossible for the family not to produce a single grain of rice. Even if Yuan Shu was willing to provide everything, Wang Zheng would not dare to agree!
Just kidding, if Yuan Shu is uneasy and kind, and cuts off the supply of food and grass at a critical moment, wouldn't his army that has penetrated into other lands be overthrown?

So the two sides discussed before that Wang Zheng led the army to Linhu City, and after setting up camp, Yuan Shu would send people to send logistics continuously. At the same time, he would even open a road for Xuzhou so that Zhang Zhao could also Arrange for food delivery.

Afterwards, the two parties will count and calculate, and the loss on Xuzhou's side will be replenished by Yuan Shu again, either with grain, grass, cloth, or equivalent to gold and silver.

So this time, whether it is Wang Zheng's road or Wu Sheng's side, they also brought a lot of baggage along with them.

Hearing Huang Zhong's words, Chen Jiao was stunned for a moment, but he ignored this point and was racking his brains, but Wang Zheng, who was sitting on the throne, smiled and said, "Han Sheng, this matter is not difficult."

"Soldiers always carry three days' worth of food with them. To be on the safe side, let the sons and daughters carry five days' worth of food with them. Although there is no food in Linhu, Hefei is a prosperous city in the east of the Yangtze River, and the supply of food and grass is sure to be safe. When Feng Xiao went to Shouchun, he asked Yuan Shu to inform the guards in Hefei to help with food and grass. Anyway, there were only 3000 troops, which is not too many, and it is expected that there will be no troubles."

Guo Jia also nodded: "Three thousand soldiers and horses go first does not necessarily require breaking the enemy's siege, as long as the defenders near the lake and Sun Ce's army know the news that our army is approaching soon, the morale of the army will inevitably ebb and flow. It is expected that we can hold on until our army arrives five days later!"

Does Zhou Mu agree with this plan?
Chen Jiao was overjoyed, and immediately raised his head and asked for orders: "Zhou Muming sees thousands of miles away, since this plan is feasible, the general is willing to take three thousand tigers to Linhu first!"

You go?

Wang Zheng glanced at Chen Jiao, remembering what Li Ren had said before, although the commander of Sun Ce's army attacking Linhu at this time was not Sun Ce himself, he was also Cheng Pu, the well-known Jiangdong Twelve Tigers, secretly shook his head, and immediately said with a smile : "Chen Jiao, you have come back from training in Beihai, and you are now the general of the navy under the command of the general. Next, you have to consider the overall situation and learn more about Yangzhou's waterways. The position of a pioneer is not suitable. "

After Wang Zheng said this, although Chen Jiao was a little disappointed in his heart, he still said loudly: "Follow the order."

After letting him return to his seat, Wang Zheng immediately shouted: "Huang Zhong obeys the order!"

Hearing Wang Zheng call his name, Huang Zhong immediately stepped out, saluted and said: "The last general is here."

"Han Sheng won the three armies bravely, and you have a strategy in mind. You will be at ease as a vanguard, but the enemy in this battle is far from Beihai. Sun Ce's fierce generals are like clouds, such as Cheng Pu Huang Gai, Han Dang Jiang Qin, Ju is the brave tiger of the world, the vanguard is just a partial teacher, this time go first, be careful, if you encounter the enemy, don't be reluctant to fight, the first is to help the defenders near the lake, do you understand?"

If Wang Zheng had said the last sentence directly, Huang Zhong would have accepted the order with awe, but the short words before him had caught Huang Zhong's ears, and instead aroused his competitive spirit, his heart was filled with pride, and he suddenly looked up at Wang Zheng, without answering. Asked in reverse: "The last general heard people say that the sword given by the lord that day was handed over to Sun Ce. I don't know if this is true or not?"

Hearing this, when Wang Zheng looked at Huang Zhong, he saw that he straightened his chest, raised his eyebrows sideways, and immediately showed a high-spirited aura, clearly aroused to fight. He was startled at first, and then laughed dumbly: " If this is indeed the case, what does Han Sheng want to do?"

"My lord doesn't believe what my lord said, the final general doesn't believe it. How can there be so many fierce tigers in the mere Jiangdong?"

Huang Zhong replied loudly: "It's just that the lord has an order, and the general dare not disobey it. When he meets Sun Ce's subordinates, he will not fight with them. But hey, I heard that this little overlord has another magical weapon called the Overlord Spear."

When he said this, Huang Zhong's eyes were full of surging self-confidence, and he snorted coldly: "If Huang Tian has eyes, and let me meet this deity, I should look up and pick it up, and dedicate it to the lord!"

Wang Zheng couldn't help laughing, and laughed: "What a Huang Hansheng, what a good one!"

Pitching and picking up means that you can pick it up anytime, anywhere. Facing a character like Sun Ce, it would be a bit arrogant for anyone to say such words, but if it is Huang Zhong's words
Since time travelling, except for Lu Bu who has never met, Huang Zhong, who is about fifty this year, is indeed the No. 1 martial arts Wang Zheng has ever seen. Recalling Sun Ce's combat prowess in Kaiyang before, comparing the two, in Wang Zheng's opinion, if there is a situation of fighting generals, Sun Ce is indeed not Huang Zhong's opponent.

Unless the other party has also made great progress in martial arts during this time
But if you kill Sun Ce, then this general will be useless!
Thinking of this, Wang Zheng looked up to the sky and yelled: "Han Sheng, in this way, the so-called general will not accept the order of the emperor. Anyway, the priority is to help the war. How about you do something expedient?"

"That Cheng Pu's iron-backed snake spear, I heard it is also a good weapon."

Huang Zhong glanced at Wang Zheng when he heard the words, and also smiled and said: "The general understands, since the lord also feels itchy, then Sun Ce will leave it to the lord."

"Haha."

When I returned to my own boat, it was almost dawn at this time, and after some orders, the mighty fleet began to change its formation, and then a group of fast boats appeared one after another around Huang Zhong. The brigade was much faster, but after a short while, they began to move away from the building boats in the center. Huang Zhong looked back and saw a faint light behind him, but it was dark in front, so he couldn't help but nodded secretly.

According to this speed, within three or four days will be able to rush to the city of Hefei.

Until it gradually sailed out of the river from Yicheng to Xiacai, and turned several tributaries, it entered a new river, which was Qinghe from Shouchun to Hefei.

Most of the big rivers they have passed through since they set off all the way flow from west to east, but this big river runs from north to south, which is really an odd number.

But others don't know, but Huang Zhong knows that this canal was actually dug out by hand, which is really incredible.

"Huainanzi" said: "Sun Shuao decided to water the water of longing and thinking, and poured the wilderness of Yulou, and the king of Zhuang knew that he could be Lingyin."

In the ninth year of King Zhuang of Chu, Sun Shuao presided over the construction of the earliest large-scale water diversion irrigation project in China - Qisi Yulou Irrigation District.Digging Shizuitou on the east bank of Shihe River and diverting water to the north is called Qinghe River; and opening a canal on the east bank of the lower reaches of Shihe River to divert water to the east is called Kanhe River.Using these two diversion rivers and canals to irrigate the land between the Shihe River and the Quanhe River, an artificial lake was formed, named Shaopi, also known as Anfengtang. It wasn't until after a great man was born and the country was established that after a period of rectification, it was revitalized and nurtured.

After watching for a while, Huang Zhong sat on the side of the boat and took a nap. After an unknown period of time, he felt someone pushing him gently. When he opened his eyes to look, he felt that his eyes were dim.

It's sunset again.

At this time, the northeast wind was blowing, and dozens of fast boats around were sailing at full sail, and they were sailing fast. Huang Zhong looked at it and asked, "Guo Lu, how many days will it take to arrive?"

Guo Lu said: "General, the wind is going smoothly and the boat is traveling extremely fast. At this speed, we will be able to reach Hefei City tomorrow night."

There are two more days?
Huang Zhong nodded, and then patted Guo Lu on the shoulder: "Let the brothers rest well these two days. When we arrive in Hefei, we have to march to Linhu in a hurry. Afterwards, we will fight the enemy. I'm afraid I don't want to sleep. Gotta sleep."

"Yes!"

The two were talking about this, when another personal guard suddenly ran over: "General, the two small boats that explored the way just now haven't come back yet."

These twenty or so boats were advancing on the river, and the front was better. From the moment they entered Qinghe, they had entered the enemy's field of vision. Huang Zhong didn't dare to be careless, so he sent a dozen or so boats to take turns driving two small fast boats to explore ahead. Road, shifts every day, to be used as sentinel ships.

"Haven't come back yet?" Huang Zhong frowned: "When did you send them out?"

"Two hours ago."

This time is not too long, and it is impossible to slow down the whole army because of such a trivial matter, then it would be a bit of a waste of time, Huang Zhong thought for a while and said: "Send two small boats to the front to have a look, the whole army will still go as usual. Go forward quickly. Maybe their boat got entangled in some aquatic plants."

From spring to summer solstice, everything grows, and the aquatic plants under the river surface are naturally luxuriant. Large-scale buildings are naturally fine, and they will be affected, not to mention the smaller sentinel boats. It is a headache if they are entangled in aquatic plants.Guo Lu agreed, and went to arrange staff.

As the sun set, the floating clouds were also dyed a bright red. Huang Zhong was looking at the sky with his hands behind his back when he suddenly heard a waterfowl chirping from ahead.

Looking as far as the eye could see, hundreds of black spots were flying from afar, but a sea of ​​waterfowl passed over the fleet's head, and then fell to the surface of the water one after another.

Most of the soldiers around him were from the north, and they seldom saw such a scene, so they couldn't help pointing and discussing. At first, Huang Zhong didn't care, he just glanced casually, and then looked around for movement.

Until a soldier casually said "so many birds, it's the first time I've seen them in my life", but he stood up and stamped his feet!
Yes, this amount is inevitable.
Too much!

Huang Zhong's heart skipped a beat, as if he had been burned, he immediately shouted, "Guo Lu!"

Guo Lu heard the sound and ran over: "General, what's wrong?"

Huang Zhong looked at Guo Lu and asked, "The four people who have been sent back have already set off?"

"Not yet, General, what's the matter?"

"Did you see the waterfowl just now?" Huang Zhong pointed to the sky in front of him: "It's a surprise change of habitat!"

"Ah?" Guo Lu was stunned: "The general means that you were startled by our previous sentry ship?"

"Four people, two small boats." Huang Zhong shook his head, his face darkened: "It is absolutely impossible to startle such a number of waterfowl!"

"The General Means"

Huang Zhong shook his head: "Immediately issue a semaphore to remind other ships to be careful of changes ahead!"

"Here!"

Guo Lu turned around and ran back, another soldier also probed his head and asked, "General, do you think there will be an ambush ahead?"

Huang Zhong didn't answer, but said again: "You also immediately inform the soldiers, lower the sails, and slow down the oars, as soon as we slow down, the other ships will also slow down, and let the archers get ready! "

Soon after, all sails began to lower their sails, and the speed of the ship was reduced to about half.At this time, the river was still divided into three columns, Huang Zhong's boat was in the middle and front, and the others were arranged on the left and right, slightly behind, in the shape of an arrow.

At this moment, Guo Lu came over again and said, "General, the orders are down."

Huang Zhong looked at the river, nodded and said: "Okay, let everyone prepare their weapons, pay attention to the front, and let the boat go to the front immediately to explore the way."

"General, will there really be an ambush?"

"I don't know." Huang Zhong looked at the two small boats in front of him calmly: "It's just that as a pioneer, I can't make mistakes, lest I lose the first battle and live up to my lord's trust!"

"It's not a bad thing to be careful anyway."

Just when he uttered the last sentence, he saw a sudden change!

(End of this chapter)