Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

"Pengju, what are your thoughts? Speak them boldly!"

Tong Guan desperately needed a victory to boost morale, so when Duan Pengju said he had an idea, Tong Guan was naturally very excited.

"General, I believe we have a numerical advantage, but because our warships are rocking and swaying, too many soldiers are unable to exert their fighting power. I think we can link all our large ships together with iron chains, either in rows of three or five, and then use iron rings to chain them together at the ends, and then cover them with thick wooden planks! Form a ship formation!"

"With this kind of ship formation, no matter how strong the wind and waves, not only can people walk, but even warhorses can walk. The gaps between the ships allow our medium or small ships to sail back to patrol and guard. In this way, our ship formation can allow our soldiers to exert more combat power!"

"If we can form a naval formation, we won't be afraid of Liangshan's next boarding action! Our naval formation can even ram their ships to pieces!"

Duan Pengju's strategy was to link the ships together with iron chains. He felt uncomfortable because his ship was indeed unstable during the boarding action that day. Therefore, he believed that the reason he lost was because his ship was no good.

It's absolutely not because Yuan Lang is a better fighter! Absolutely not!

"A ship formation?"

Tong Guan thought about it and thought, "Hmm, that seems like a possibility."

"Does our army have iron locks?"

Tong Guan asked the general of the navy.

"General, we have iron chains and wooden planks, but not enough to connect all the large ships."

The naval general answered honestly.

"You're a veteran online troll too. Let me ask you, what do you think of Pengju's suggestion just now?"

One thing that makes Tong Guan better than Gao Qiu is that he would never pretend to know what he didn't. He would ask questions about things he didn't understand, and he was very sincere in his attitude.

"General, there's really nothing wrong with Duan's suggestion."

After thinking for a moment, the naval general told the truth:

"Indeed, if we form a ship formation, the firepower of our warships will increase, which will also benefit our soldiers in combat."

"However... this ship formation also has a major problem, which is that if the enemy uses fire attack, the ship formation will not be easy to escape."

"Fire attack?"

Tong Guan raised an eyebrow.

"Yes, General, you have served in the Western Army for many years, so you may not know much about naval warfare. In naval warfare, the most feared weapon is fire attack."

"Pengju, what do you say?"

Compared to naval generals, Tong Guan would trust his confidants more.

"Cough, fire, I've considered fire attack."

Duan Pengju paused for a moment, then said:

"To carry out a large-scale fire attack on a body of water of this size, firstly, you need enough ships to burn; secondly, you need to be able to start the fire quickly; and thirdly, you need suitable weather to assist you."

"Therefore, our ship formation does not connect all the large ships together, but rather three or five ships linked together, so that the bandits will not have too many ships to burn."

"Secondly, we'll have our small boats patrol and guard the gaps in our fleet. If the Liangshan bandits really intend to use fire, our small boats can rush in and block them directly!"

"Third, the recent wind direction and weather are actually not suitable for fire attacks. If the Liangshan bandits forcefully set fire, they will only burn themselves!"

"Is what Commander Duan said correct?"

Tong Guan then looked at the naval general.

"Well... what Supervisor Duan said is actually not wrong, but Commander, you can't be sure about this. The iron chain chain caused a big incident back then. The Sun-Liu alliance at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty defeated Cao Cao's army in this way."

The naval general didn't really want to implement this chained iron mechanism, but he couldn't directly refute Tong Guan, since he could sense from Tong Guan's tone that Tong Guan did want to do it.

Therefore, he could only offer historical anecdotes and let Tong Guan consider them himself.

If you, Tong Guan, think you're better than Cao Cao, then I have nothing to say.

"Hahaha, what are you worried about? Cao Cao is Cao Cao, and the General is the General! I believe in the General, he will definitely be able to defeat Cao Cao!"

At this moment, Duan Pengju decisively flattered Tong Guan!

"well said!"

Tong Guan was overjoyed by Duan Pengju's flattery.

Who wouldn't want to be compared to Cao Cao?

"Cao Cao's failure back then was due to a variety of reasons, including his arrogance stemming from years of smooth sailing."

"But I won't! I will learn from Cao Cao's failure, and this time our chained formation will definitely succeed!"

Tong Guan looked very confident!

"Since the commander is so confident, then I will obey the commander's order."

The naval general was a shrewd man; since his own boss had already said he was going to do it, he would never stand up and disagree at this time.

"Well, we don't have enough iron chains, so let's not lock too many at first. Let's just lock two three-ship formations and one five-ship formation."

"The other ships must guard the area around the fleet day and night to prevent the enemy from launching a fire attack!"

Tong Guan quickly issued the order.

"Yes, by the way, Commander, since we're going to set up a naval formation, when are we going to pick up Uncle Zhang's troops?"

The naval general said, "Tong Guan, you've given me all the instructions."

"Hmm...that's true. In that case, let's connect the two three-ship ships first, and use the remaining large ships to pick up Uncle Zhang and the others."

After thinking it over, Tong Guan decided to pick up Zhang Shuye first.

After all, we lost men today and need fresh troops.

"General, shall we first form a battle array on the water before advancing? Or...?"

The naval general asked again.

"Connect them first! Then crush them!"

Tong Guan said he could do it.

"Yes!"

……

At this time, the vanguard of the government army, which was the remnant of Wang Qing's forces, was already preparing to land.

"Old Wei, are there any ambushes on the shore?"

The remaining four generals of Huaixi were nervously watching the riverbank.

"I didn't see it."

Wei Zhaode did not see any ambush.

"That's strange, why isn't Liangshan lying in ambush on us?"

Guo Gan and Chen Yun said it was simply unbelievable.

"Is it possible that our leader is currently on Liangshan Mountain? That's why Liangshan is giving him face?"

He Ji put forward a bold idea.

"Old He, your idea... are you saying that the alliance leader has already defected to Liangshan?"

Wei Zhaode was taken aback for a moment, then realized what was happening.

"I didn't, I'm not! Don't talk nonsense! You all heard it, it was Lao Wei who said it, not me!"

He Ji waved his hands repeatedly, jokingly saying that if Wang Qing didn't surrender, how embarrassing would it be if Wang Qing found out what he just said!

"Hmph, if you ask me, you're celebrating too soon."

Zan Tongmei interrupted coldly.

"Hey Zan, what are you doing interrupting us brothers?"

He Ji was very unhappy.

"See for yourself!"

Zan Tongmei pointed to the shore, where dust seemed to be rising from the woods.

Who said there weren't any ambushes?!

(Back home today! Long flight, so only one update!)