There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

Seeing that Yuan Shu remained silent, Liu Xun remonstrated, "My subordinates implore the general to retreat."

Yuan Shu's complexion suddenly changed, and he said angrily, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Liu Xun explained to Yuan Shu unhurriedly: "Mr. Yuan, although our army has a large number of soldiers, most of them are new recruits, and they are useless. The pottery merchants have already prepared for this battle. We are inferior in this battle. , but what pottery merchants own is only one county, with a population of less than 60. The master occupies the five counties of Nanyang, Runan, Yingchuan, Jiujiang, and Lujiang, with a population of millions. How can he be a pottery prime minister? Than? What it relies on is nothing more than the armor and heavy cavalry of the soldiers. The last generals will save them. The pottery merchants have been preparing for the war for a year and recruiting civilians to smelt iron, but this will not last long. After all, the eighteen counties of Danyang Roads, bridge repairs, people's livelihood, fishing and animal husbandry all need manpower, with such a population, potters can devote all their efforts to smelting iron for one year, which is the limit, and there will be no more soldiers after that."

After a pause, Liu Xun said again: "As for the armored cavalry, although they are fierce, their speed is too slow, and they cannot last long. In the end, their horseshoes are exposed outside the heavy armor. As long as they can cut off their horseshoes, they will be The entire army is nothing to be afraid of, and compared to Lu Bu's Bingzhou wolf cavalry, it is far behind, so I will go back at the end and take out an army to train alone, and I will definitely be able to defeat this heavy cavalry!"

Speaking of this, Liu Xun said again: "Besides, with the combat power of Sun Jian's army, it is actually not inferior to the army led by Jin. It's just that the lord treats him very poorly. In this battle, Sun's soldiers and horses are not prepared for battle. It's a pity that Zumao's morale is low, and because of this, it's a pity... This time, if the lord can treat him wholeheartedly, take his heart into him, attach fine armor, and use Huainan's wealth to arm the Sun family's soldiers and horses. In the next year, we will be on top of the potter's gold leader, and by then our new army will have completed their drills, and our army will be fully aware of the methods shown by the pottery merchants, and today's panic will not happen again. , One year later, Jinling City will be at your fingertips!"

Among the people, Yan Xiang couldn't help nodding his head in his heart when he heard this.

Liu Xun is indeed talented as a general. If the arrangements are really as he said, it will not be difficult to take down Jinling City in a year's time.

But obviously, Yuan Shu did not intend to adopt Liu Xun's best strategy.

"Back back!" Yuan Shu said coldly.

"Ah? This..." Liu Xun was a little dazed, and didn't understand why Yuan Shu didn't listen to persuasion.

"Yuan came here with his army, but he didn't make any achievements, so he just retreated to Nanyang...how can he face the world? He still hasn't retreated!"

Hearing this, Liu Xun sighed and shook his head helplessly.

Yuan Shu glanced at the rest of the people coldly, and said, "Who can teach me how to defeat the Tao thieves?"

Everyone bowed their heads in silence again.

No sound?Can you hide without making a sound?

Yuan Shu's eyes widened, and he carefully looked around at the people around him, his teeth "creaking".

In the end, he set his sights on Yan Xiang, the director.

Yan Xiang's heart seemed to be broken in an instant.

Ancestor... can we stop looking at me for everything?

There are dozens of people squatting in this handsome tent, can't you turn your head and look at them?

Every time people don't say anything, they come to me. Do I owe you or something?

In Yan Xiang's mind, there are almost [-] mud horses galloping at the moment.

But obviously, Yuan Shu didn't know Yan Xiang's thoughts at all.

He was still there, staring at Yan Xiang vigorously.

Now Yan Xiang really wanted to go up and give Yuan Shu a big slap in the face, and scolded him loudly: Look at your mother!

It's a pity he doesn't have the guts.

Under Yuan Shu's gaze, Yan Xiang really couldn't stand it any longer. If he didn't stand up and say something at this moment, it would be difficult to perfunctorily pass.

Yan Xiang sighed deeply in his heart, then stepped out of the shift, saluted Yuan Shu deeply, straightened his face and said, "General, if we don't follow Liu Gong's advice and continue to fight the Jinling Army on land, our army will be fine no matter what." , I’m afraid I can’t even get it right.”

Yuan Shu took a deep breath, closed his eyes and recalled it carefully, vaguely remembered that Yan Xiang had mentioned to himself the matter of winning by water warfare before sending out troops, but because of the large number of soldiers under his command and Tao The letter that Shang wrote to himself before the war really made Yuan Shu dizzy, so he forgot himself for a while, and only cared about attacking Ruxuwu, but completely forgot about the tactics that were most beneficial to him. back……

Thinking of this, Yuan Shu calmed down his irritable emotions just now, and asked Yan Xiang humbly: "Then, as Lord Yan advised at the beginning - the water battle, will Yuan be sure to win the potter?"

Yan Xiang nodded affirmatively, and said: "In the land of Yangzhou, water warfare is the first priority, but the main warships in Yangzhou were hoarded by Chen Wen in various docks in Jiujiang County, and now Shouchun has been acquired by Yuan Gong. , with the advantages of the Jiujiang dock, it is not difficult to cross the Yangtze River and approach Jinling. Moreover, the subordinates have inquired clearly in advance that although Danyang County also has some warship reserves, the potters do not have enough sailors to control them. It is a definite fact. If the general wants to fight, there is no need to wait any longer! Let the navy cross the Chaohu Lake and enter the river, and take the Jinling City directly. Forgive the potter, but he can only look at the river and sigh, and he has no choice."

Yuan Shu gritted his teeth, hit his right palm fiercely with his left hand, and hissed: "Okay, since that's the case, Yuan will let the pottery thief run rampant for a few days!"

He turned his head and called out, "Qiao Rui!"

Qiao Rui stepped out of the shift, cupped his hands at Yuan Shu and said, "General!"

"Quickly send people back to the various ports in Jiujiang County, and collect warships in the docks to gather in Chaohu Lake. This time, Yuan will cross the Yangtze River by water and go straight to Jinling City, and completely destroy the pottery boy!"

"promise!"

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Ruxuwu, the residence of potters.

Guo Jia just rushed over from Jinling City today. The prodigal son did not directly participate in the battle at Ruxuwu. Instead, he was ordered by the pottery merchant to go to the counties under Danyang County to collect available ships from the docks in the county.

"Have all the ships in Danyang County that can participate in the water battle have been recruited?" The potter asked Guo Jia.

Guo Jia shook the wine jue in his hand, sighed and said: "After the conquest is completed, there are about three hundred ships of all sizes that can be used for water warfare."

The potter was silent when he heard the words.

After a while, I heard him say: "How many warships can Yuan Shu recruit?"

Guo Jia raised his head, drank all the wine in the Jiujue, and said slowly: "Jiujiang County is the seat of Chen Wen, the governor of Yangzhou, and most of the warships in Yangzhou are stored in Jiujiang County. Come on, it should be above six or seven hundred."

The pottery merchant blinked, made a rough calculation, and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter. Water battles are not necessarily about the number of warships, but about the strength of the sailors. We may not be able to compete in this battle." lose."

Guo Jia couldn't help laughing at the pottery when he heard this.

Is this kid trying to numb himself on purpose?

"What you said is quite easy, then Guo, let me ask you, Mr. Taiping thinks that all the soldiers and horses under his command are proficient in water warfare?"

The potter's expression darkened upon hearing this.

The fantasy was ruthlessly destroyed by Guo Jia.

After half an hour...

"Even if my army is not good at water warfare, is it possible that Yuan Shu's soldiers are proficient in water warfare?"

Guo Jia said to the pottery merchant word by word: "Okay, even Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses are not proficient in water warfare, but the number of his warships is here, Mr. Tao's three hundred warships , How many people can be carried into the river? Yuan Shu's seven or eight hundred warships, how many people can be carried up the river? The number of people in battle is different, how can you stop Yuan Shu's offensive?"

The potter frowned, and emphasized: "But the defenders of my Jinling City, when it comes to equipment, can be described as excellent."

Guo Jia's words directly punctured the fantasy of the potter: "Since Mr. Taiping doesn't understand water warfare, please don't talk nonsense. On the river, have you seen any soldiers who can wear heavy armor? Water warfare is different. In land warfare, especially we have fewer big ships, all of them are small boats, and the sailors and soldiers are mainly agile, otherwise how to row the oars? How to set the sails? When you get on a boat, you won’t be able to move in the middle of the river! Not to mention those who are not good at water, even those who are good at water, if they fall into the water, they will drown because of their thick armor...Dear brother, why do you teach Guo about this matter? ah?"

The potter's face turned dark all of a sudden.

"I don't understand! You understand, you understand everything! Then you will be the commander of the navy and lead people up the river to beat Yuan Shu!"

Guo Jia rolled his eyes and said, "Aren't you talking about it? Anyway, Guo has already told you what to say. If Yuan Shu really marches into Jinling by water, you will definitely lose if you intercept him on the water!"

The pottery merchant ruthlessly said a word to Guo Jia, leaned on his chin and remained silent for a while.