"They don't have much food and grass."
On the city of Sanhe Pass, Li Xuan turned sideways and looked at Yao Zhi, Du Bixing, Wang Qin, Feng Hua and others behind him.
Just one sentence shocked everyone.
Li Xuan stood on the high platform, turned sideways, looked at the silhouette of the mast that began to appear on the river at the end of her sight in the distance, and sneered: "I have not gained anything from this trip."
Everyone present felt relieved immediately when they heard what Li Xuan said.
There is not enough food and grass, and there are too many ways to deal with it.
Even those who are not familiar with the art of war can find a lot of strategies from history books.
Li Xuan turned to look at Sanheguan Colonel Shen Lin behind him who was wearing a silver chainmail, and ordered in a deep voice: "Colonel Shen, immediately ask people to move as much of the food in the warehouse as possible. If you leave, don’t burn it, mix some croton powder in it.”
"Ba Dou... fans?" Shen Lin was slightly startled, then suddenly said: "I obey the order."
After saying that, Shen Lin immediately hurried forward to make arrangements.
Li Xuan continued: "Immediately send a message to all the rear. Yuan Chao pretended to surrender and was discovered by me. He is now attacking Shanhe Pass. Let everyone prepare immediately."
"Here!" Du Bixing immediately turned around and sent a message to all the checkpoints in Lanxi County.
"Feng joins the army!"
"The official is here." Feng Hua immediately stepped forward and held his hand.
Li Xuan nodded and said: "I order you to prepare all the trebuchets in Guancheng. You personally control the launch and prepare for a head-on attack."
"I obey the order." Feng Hua immediately turned around and walked away quickly.
"The king joins the army."
"I'm here!" Wang Qin immediately stood up with his hands raised.
Li Xuan took out a roster from his arms, handed it to Wang Qin, and said: "Go now and find a group of literate Lanxi soldiers and ask them to carve words on the wood pieces, as small as possible, after each of their names. , engrave the amount of land received and remember to use thin wood chips that can float on the water."
"Your Majesty wants to..." Wang Qin immediately understood Li Xuan's thoughts and quickly said, "I will obey the order."
After Li Xuan had arranged everything, Yao Zhi on the side said softly: "It seems that the prince has gained a lot from this trip!"
Li Xuan shook her head lightly and said: "Originally, I was just on guard against Yuan Chao's unsatisfied desires, but Wen Fuzhi came unexpectedly before he could. What an unexpected surprise!"
"Yes, now that he has arrived in Muzhou, the troops in Yuezhou and Hangzhou can be mobilized." Yao Zhi breathed a sigh of relief.
Wen Fuzhi was in Hangzhou and controlled all Tianyin believers and hundreds of elite Tianyin black soldiers in Hangzhou and Vietnam.
If we cooperate with the Zhoushan pirates, once something changes, Yuezhou and Hangzhou are in danger of overthrowing, and it may even affect Taizhou and Suzhou.
Before finding the Tianyin Sect's black soldiers and Zhoushan pirates, the soldiers of Kuaiji Mansion could not move at all.
It is precisely because of this that Yao Zhi rushed to Wuzhou.
As long as Wuzhou is completely stable and has no worries, they can deal with the Zhoushan pirates.
You can even take this opportunity to completely strangle the entire Zhoushan pirates.
But now that Wen Fuzhi appears in Muzhou, opportunities have come for Hangzhou and Yuezhou.
"We can't take it too lightly." Li Xuan shook his head, looked at the increasingly clear silhouette of the sail in the distance, and said in a deep voice: "Wen Fuzhi chose to come to Sanheguan at this time, on the one hand, because this is indeed the easiest point to break the situation. , on the other hand, he is plotting against Hang Yue...
Once he acts rashly and the location of his troops is discovered, he may immediately abandon everything and turn around to fight back to Hangyue.
For him, Wuzhou and Hangyue's breakthroughs are the same. "
Yao Zhi suddenly became alert, nodded and said, "What the prince said is true, but the lower official underestimated Wen Fuzhi."
"Actually, as we have judged before, the Tianyin Water Soldiers are not as strong in fighting spirit as the soldiers. Once the disparity between victory and defeat is obvious, they will hesitate. Yuan Chao's ability to persuade and surrender is proof."
At this point, Li Xuan paused for a moment and said softly: "In this case, as long as we can completely crush their will, it will not be difficult for these people from Tang Tianyin's sect to surrender again."
"Does the prince not want to cause any more killings?" Yao Zhi asked in a low voice.
Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said: "I never thought that Tianyin's disciples would be so crazy and so desperate once they attacked. I killed nearly seven thousand of them in one Meiling Pass." Soldier, if this number is really transmitted to the center, it will be very troublesome.
Sima, please ask You and Duan Du to think of more solutions for this matter. "
"I understand." Yao Zhi breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the King of Nanchang understood what he meant.
How to trade depends on Yao Zhi's methods.
…
Huge rolling rocks came hard from the sky above the Wujiang River, hitting the river surface of Sanheguan and causing huge water waves.
The waves splashed on the shore, soaking a large area of water.
Just water waves.
Rolling stones flew through the air, but Li Xuan, who was on the wall of Sanheguan, was filled with astonishment when he saw this scene.
"Have they not experienced some actual combat?" Li Xuan turned his head and looked at Yao Zhi standing next to him. Even he had never expected this scene.
"Probably, but it's not surprising. Although the Muzhou Navy is also called the Navy, it has never traveled on a large river, and has never experienced any real ship battles, let alone the current siege battle. Yeah." Yao Zhi couldn't help but shake his head as he looked at the rolling stones that occasionally hit the open space in front of the pass.
Li Xuan also figured this out at this time.
Since its establishment, the Muzhou Navy has been kept extremely secretive and has never fought against any enemy.
The sailors on the ship may have undergone rigorous training, but their ability to withstand pressure is insufficient.
This point is the same whether it is Muzhou Navy or Muzhou Infantry.
At this moment, the Muzhou Navy's ship stopped at a distance two hundred steps away from Guancheng and stopped moving forward.
A long mast stretched out on the river in front of the ship. When Li Xuan returned, he sank his official ship directly in the river.
Further south, heavy chains fifty meters long were arranged on the river, with a total of more than thirty chains arranged.
It was precisely because Li Xuan decisively sank his official ship into the river that the chains were not moved at all.
…
Li Xuan stood at the gate of the city. There were racks of catapults placed in the key open space. These catapults have not moved at all yet.
The rolling stones thrown from the warships of the Muzhou Navy only hit the river and did not hit the shore.
It is even said that the damage has reached the shore.
The attack distance of the catapult on the warship itself is not as good as that of the catapult on the ground, and launching it now is just a useless effort.
That's why Li Xuan said that they had never experienced actual combat.
Li Xuan raised her head and looked at the frontmost warship on the river in the distance.
Wen Fuzhi, wearing blue silk clothes and holding a long sword in his hand, stood at the bow of the ship, his face as gloomy as water.
On both sides of him stood Yuan Chao, who looked very embarrassed, and Zhu Si, who had changed into his armor again.
Under Zhu Si's command, small boats disembarked from more than 20 official ships and sailed towards the iron chain on the river and the shores on both sides.
Although the mountains on both sides of Sanhe Pass are steep, they are not high. As long as they can land, they can launch an attack on Sanhe Pass from the ground.
It's just that the mountains are undulating, making it difficult to attack. Once Guancheng is prepared, they will be in trouble.
"There are two thousand infantry in the Muzhou Navy. I guess they should be left alone, so we sent them out." Li Xuan explained in a low voice.
Yao Zhi nodded lightly and said: "It's just a little trouble. The real problem is that they have more than 20 ships, which cannot be stopped by Sanhe Pass alone."
Water warfare and land warfare are completely different ways of fighting. It does not mean victory when there are more people, nor defeat when there are few people.
Warships play a very important role in this.
"That's why we have to use the entire Wujiang River as a battlefield." Li Xuan raised his head and looked at the small boats in the distance. He sneered slightly and said, "Now it depends on how long it will take them to break through the Meiling Pass. If they delay the time Too long and they’re screwed.”
Nowadays, the autumn harvest in Wuyue states has entered its final stage. Once the autumn harvest is over, all states and counties will be able to spare manpower to deal with various changes.
By then, even Chen Shuozhen in Shezhou would be in big trouble, let alone Wen Fuzhi.
The longer they delay, the more unlucky they will be.
Yao Zhi thought of this, turned his head to look at Li Xuan, and asked: "I heard that the prince is good at the art of conjuring wind and rain. I wonder if this is true?"
"It can't be true." Li Xuan waved his hand and explained: "I have been studying Taoism for more than ten years, and I can have a glimpse of the flow of water in the heaven and earth. The rise and fall of water vapor drives the change of wind. Therefore, I can see the movement of Feng Shui, and I will borrow it later. "
At this point, Li Xuan paused for a moment, and then said: "I always like to imitate Zhuge Kongming. If I can learn a thing or two, I will win unfortunately."
Zhuge Kongming borrowed the east wind to place seven stars and spread the Eight Diagrams. It is recorded in the history books, but most of them are just borrowed characters.
When Li Xuan learned from Zhuge Kongming and borrowed "Eastern", most people in the world would praise him by saying, "He knows astronomy from above and geography from below." However, if he really has the ability to move wind and rain, Confucianism would praise him to the extreme by saying he has great merit. You are welcome. He would directly call him a monster.
"Look, the first iron rope is about to break." Li Xuan suddenly pointed to the middle of the river.
Three or four small boats were seen gathering together, slashing with swords and axes, burning with fire and smashing with hammers. In a moment, the chain at the front had been broken.
The strange thing is that during this process, not a single stone was thrown from Sanheguan, not a single crossbow arrow was shot, as if they just watched calmly and allowed them to break the iron chain.
Li Xuan and Yao Zhi above the city gate also had calm expressions, and Wen Fuzhi's sharp eyes on the river opposite had already seen everything clearly.
"Send the order and send two large ships forward to see what they are up to?" Wen Fuzhi turned sideways and looked at Zhu Si, who immediately accepted the offer.
Soon, the two large ships had passed through the broken iron chain and began to move forward. However, they had just moved forward ten meters, and then they heard a bang and a huge crash suddenly came from below. .
"It's leaking, it's leaking." An exclamation immediately sounded on the ship, followed by countless exclamations.
"It's a hidden stake." Zhu Si's face turned livid. He turned to look at Wen Fuzhi and said, "They actually arranged hidden stakes at the bottom of the water. Now we are in trouble."
Wen Fuzhi did not look at Zhu Si, but raised his head and looked at Sanheguan in the distance.
In the distance in the open space in front of Guancheng, catapults have begun to prepare.
(End of chapter)
