There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

But I saw a few shirtless soldiers carrying things jumping out of the nearby grass in a panic, dodging around in fright, and behind them, a wild wolf jumped out with a grinning brow, and let out a deep groan from its throat. low growl.

Obviously, this is a hungry wolf looking for food, accidentally hitting and bumping into the water village.

Lu Lingqi's confused eyes lit up when she saw the hungry wolf again.

Then, she turned her fist into a palm, screamed, jumped towards the hungry wolf, and hit the wolf's sky spirit cover heavily with her palm.

Although Lu Lingqi's hands were white and tender, they were full of strength, and she saw that the hungry wolf's spirit sank suddenly, his eyes turned white, and he lay on the ground twitching back and forth, and then stopped moving.

The potter's eyes were a little straight.

Lu Lingqi stood up, blew on her palm, and gently gestured at the potter, "How about this palm?"

The potter nodded in satisfaction: "It's a good move that blows away the dog's head's palm technique, I'll learn how to make a deal!"

In June of the first year of Jiankang, the big ship of Liu Biao's navy finally began to attack the potters after installing stone catapults and preparing enough other water warfare equipment.

The pottery merchant had already been ready for battle, and he ordered the twelve sailors under his command to divide the entire navy into twelve groups, and headed up the Yangtze River from all directions, rushing straight to the Jingzhou army's navy.

The Tao merchant made up his mind that as long as he defeated the Jingzhou navy this time, his navy would become the number one navy in the world. From now on, no navy could compete with the Jinling navy.

Chapter 643 Liu Tao Water Battle

The twelve navy generals of the Jinling Army commanded the Jinling navy, which was divided into twelve groups, and slowly headed towards Liu Biao's navy from all directions against the river.

The pottery merchant was on the main ship, wrapped in a cloak against the river wind, carefully looked at the forms on the river, and then shook his head.

"You can't fight this way. Use the flag to order the three armies to retreat temporarily. Don't confront Liu Biao head-on now. Find a way to guide his navy into the side waterway."

Pei Qian immediately said: "No!"

Standing behind the potter, Lu Lingqi looked suspiciously at the huge fleet of Liu Biao's fleet in the distance, and wondered: "It seems that a direct confrontation is about to take place, why did Liu Biao's navy go elsewhere by a sudden feint? ambush?"

The potter pointed Lu Lingqi and said, "Above the great river, how can there be any ambushes? What is important in water warfare is not the bravery of soldiers, but strategic weapons. At the same time, the ability of generals is also very important. Of course, it is best for soldiers to be familiar with water. Above all, there are many factors that can determine victory or defeat, among which wind direction and water flow are very important."

The potter pointed to Liu Biao's warship in the distance and said: "The Jingzhou navy is equipped with many trebuchets, which are good for long-distance. Our warships are equipped with rackets, which are water warfare weapons for close combat. Liu Biao, if you want to reduce the loss to the minimum, you must quickly approach them with the battleship loaded with rackets in the shortest possible time, so as to get twice the result with half the effort and achieve the best results."

Lu Lingqi was pondering thoughtfully, when suddenly a gust of river wind blew past, and the cold wind pierced through her clothes, making her shiver all over.

Lu Lingqi's performance fell into the eyes of the potter.

The pottery merchant hesitated for a moment, but took off the cloak he was wearing, and handed it to her.

Lu Lingqi took the cloak and put it on her shoulders, her fair face was slightly flushed, and she unconsciously lowered her head.

At the same time, the military order of the pottery merchant's main battleship has been vaguely passed down in order.

Gan Ning was the first person to receive the order of Tao Shangqi. Gan Ning was already ready to enter the army and was about to fight a battle, but he got an order to retreat, with a big face like a lion. It sank.

He sniffed hard, and muttered to himself: "What evil is this prime minister doing? It's so good that you run away even if you don't hit me. It's exhausting my strength."

But complaints are complaints. Gan Ning did not dare to disobey the direct military orders of the potters. He immediately ordered that all the warships under his command began to turn around.

And the other navy generals also learned from Gan Ning and acted upon hearing the wind.

Seeing that the potter's brigade fleet began to shift direction, Zhang Yun, the front commander of the enemy navy, quickly began to transmit information to the main ship.

After Huang Zu got the news, he immediately reported it to Liu Biao who was on the same boat.

Although Liu Biao was old and prudent, he didn't know much about water warfare, so he immediately asked Huang Zu and Cai Mao, the commander of the navy, for their opinions.

Cai Mao was good at water warfare, and he immediately advised Liu Biao, "There are only two possibilities for this matter. One is that the potters see that our navy is equipped with trebuchets, and think that they are not our opponents, so they retreat."

Liu Biao thought about it for a while, then shook his head and said, "Although this old man seldom goes to war, he knows a lot about what pottery merchants can do. Although he is young, he has defeated Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu, Sun Ce, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and others in a row for several years. They fought back and forth, and they were the direct disciples of Huangfu Yizhen when he was still alive. How can such a person withdraw without fighting? Besides, the ability of the school office is well known in the whole world. It is impossible for the pottery merchant not to know about the matter, so the old man concluded that his withdrawal might not be due to this matter."

Cai Mao agreed: "The last general is also thinking the same way, so now it can only be the second possibility. The surname Tao is deliberately tempting us."

"how do I say this?"

Cai Mao hurriedly said: "Duke Ming, do you still remember the war between the potters and Yuan Shu in the third year of Chuping, when Jinling soldiers first became famous in the world, how did Yuan Shu lose in that battle?"

Liu Biao stroked his beard and pondered, "My old man remembers that Yuan Shu was lured to low-lying land by a pottery merchant in a water battle at that time, and was defeated by Gan Ning and others who had just defected to the pottery merchant."

Speaking of this, Liu Biao woke up suddenly.

"Could it be that the potter wants to repeat the old trick?"

Cai Mao nodded: "This is very possible."

Liu Biao pondered for a while, then said: "Since this is the case, what should we do with this matter?"

Cai Mao laughed when he heard this.

"What's the fear of repeating the old trick? We just need to be cautious about the rear of the fleet and chase him carefully. If we don't go into low-lying places, we don't have to be afraid of him!"

After listening to Cai Mao's words, Liu Biao was relieved.

He nodded at Cai Mao in satisfaction: "Since that's the case, I'll let you take full command of the old man."

"promise!"

Cai Mao's idea is correct, the pottery merchant is indeed using tricks to lure them, but the pottery merchant is not trying to outflank them right now, nor is he trying to lure them to a low-lying waterway, he is trying to lure the Jingzhou navy to a place In the upstream, let your navy go straight to the Jingzhou army, approach Liu Biao's army at the fastest speed, and use the racket to defeat the Jingzhou fleet with lightning speed.

If you want to change the direction of each other's upstream and downstream, you must find a confluence of rivers, and then order the fleet to turn to attack after traveling upstream for a certain distance.

The potter's army was galloping ahead, and Liu Biao's army was chasing behind. Along the way, after the Jinling water army faintly entered the range, the trebuchets began to launch a fierce attack.

It's just that the opponent's fleet is moving, so although the trebuchet is powerful, it is not very accurate, and it splashes huge water on the river.

Seeing that they missed every stone thrown, Liu Biao and Cai Mao were very anxious.

They longed now for the potter to lure them into the shallows.

At least you can wait for the Jinling army to go to the pile first, and then you can use the trebuchet to bomb them violently to increase the hit rate.

Finally, Jinling's navy turned into a tributary that turned against the fork, and the entire fleet, under the unified command of the pottery merchant, rushed upstream without any delay.

After Cai Mao observed the water situation and terrain, he saw that there was nothing suspicious, so he ordered the Jingzhou Army Navy to continue the pursuit.

After driving for a while, the pottery merchant saw that the distance had almost widened, and immediately ordered that the rear army be changed into the front army, and turned to attack the Jingzhou water army.

Naturally, the movements of the Jinling Navy could not be hidden from Cai Mao's eyes.

Seeing that the rear team of the Jinling Navy changed to the front team and began to attack his own side, Cai Mao hurriedly observed the surrounding terrain.

It is still above the big river, there are no low-lying roads, and there is still a distance from the shore, and there are no signs of warships attacking from behind.

Cai Mao was overjoyed. He knew that under such circumstances, it would take some time for the enemy's naval warships to change their formation, and this time was a great opportunity for him to take advantage.