Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 210 Lu Meng's Ominous Premonition

The river in Moon Bay is narrow, Jiangdong's fighting ships are leading the way, the building ships are in the middle to command, there are mixed boats and boats, and the fighting ships are at the rear, a standard fleet attack formation.

Because Shamoco's people were dumping sand and gravel, hundreds of meters of the river were covered with rocks and hidden reefs, and it was almost impossible for large ships to pass through. The boat stops on the north shore.

Thousands of sailors from Jiangdong went to the river to dredge stones, but progress was very slow because of the turbulent current.

Half a day later, Lu Fan came to the front line by boat, boarded the upstairs boat and found Lu Meng with a sad face.

"The dredging situation is not ideal?" Lu Fan asked.

Lu Meng nodded, "The current in Moon Bay is too fast. I estimate that it will take at least ten days for the sailors to clear the river channel needed by the fleet. If the river water is fully swollen, it may take until mid-July. That would be too much." waste time."

"I really don't know what Lai Gong is doing so much." Lu Fan was very puzzled.

Lu Meng sneered and said, "Pan Wengui is now stationed on the hills on the north bank, and Lai Gong's main force seems to be camping by land. Only a thousand sailors are blocking Yushui. This guy knows how to avoid the most important and take the lightest, but he won't be able to stop us for a long time."

"Yu Lin's navy is very different from our Jiangdong. Lai Gong used this method to block our navy's way. Could it be that he intends to fight Captain Pan on land? Now they occupy the mountains on the south bank, whether it's our ships on the water or the north bank You can see all the cavalry and infantry at a glance, so I have to tell Wen Gui not to be greedy for meritorious deeds." Lu Fan looked up at the peaks on the south bank, his face a little heavy.

Lu Meng nodded and said: "The Yue people are extremely brave and have more troops than our cavalry. I have ordered Colonel Pan to stand by on the spot. If the enemy does not move, I will not move. As long as the waterway can be cleared, Lai Gong's land and water garrison will be able to stand by." will be like chickens and dogs."

Lu Fan sighed, "It's best to play steadily like this. Spending more time is nothing more than consuming more food and grass. Ziming will be able to retreat back to Jiangdong with a healthy body at that time. Ziming is a great achievement."

"Ziheng will go back to Guangxin to govern with peace of mind. I will let Lai Gong know what happens if he doesn't know the current affairs. The food and grass on the fleet will still cost two months, which is completely enough to win this battle." Lu Meng said.

"Cangwu is initially determined, and it is not suitable to collect food immediately, so I will go back to Guangxin first." Lu Fan bowed his hands and said goodbye.

At the beginning of July, Lu Meng's navy had cleared obstacles for more than ten days, and with the rising water level of Yushui in summer, the deepest draft buildings could barely pass.

Lu Meng couldn't wait to command the fleet to go upstream, the movement of hundreds of fleets was very loud, and the watchtower on the top of the mountain immediately lit a beacon.

After the first beacon fire was lit, the beacon towers in the west saw the fire letter and lit the beacon fires along the river one after another.

The Jiangdong soldiers stationed on the south bank noticed something unusual, and the army commander Ma Zhong hurriedly reported to the chief general Pan Zhang, "General, look at the mountains on the south bank. Lai Gong's men lit the beacon fire."

Pan Zhang stepped out of the big tent and looked across the bank. He clearly saw the raging flames on the top of the mountain. He frowned and said to himself, "Lai Gong didn't come to fight or raid the camp for more than ten days. He Dao, I always thought there was some kind of conspiracy, maybe just today"

"Ma Sima, what's unusual in Moon Bay now?" Pan Zhang asked hastily.

Ma Zhong replied: "I just sent scouts to investigate. General Lu's boat is advancing from the big bend. It is estimated that the river has been cleared."

Pan Zhang nodded, "The beacon is indeed related to Moon Bay."

"Do you want to remind General Lu?"

Before Ma Zhong finished speaking, Pan Zhang quickly shook his head and said: "General Lu is the commander in chief, we just need to guard the land route, maybe he also found out the clue."

Pan Zhang didn't send anyone to remind him that although he was also Sun Quan's confidant and favorite general, he belonged to Commander Lu Meng after all, and sometimes he would offend people by talking too much.

The three battleships opened the way ahead, and the building boats, boat boats, and walking boats formed formations one after another.

When the fleet was a third of the way out of Moon Bay, twenty fishing boats loaded with cargo came from upstream.

The sentinel on the upper boat immediately reported, "General, there are twenty boats coming along the river ahead."

Lu Meng was at the front of the deck right now, and he nodded lightly without speaking. Even if the sentry officer didn't report, he could see clearly.

The boats blocked by Lai Gong gave way to the river half an hour ago, Lu Meng thought that this fellow had given up resistance, but what do these twenty boats mean?
"General, those boats are only 200 meters away from us. There seems to be something on board, but it seems to be a fishing boat." The sentry officer continued to report.

Lu Meng tapped his forehead lightly, why is this scene so familiar?He suddenly had an ominous premonition.

one hundred feet
eighty feet.
Thirty feet.
fifteen feet.
Fire, raging fire.

Suddenly those fishing boats caught fire at the same time, and the sailors on board abandoned the boat and jumped into the river.

The Jiangdong water army watching from the warship was shocked at the same time. Lu Meng instantly recalled the familiar scene, the Battle of Chibi.

Back then Huang Gai set fire with warships and warships, but now Lai Gong actually used Zhou Lang's fire to attack, but this method was undoubtedly a bit petty.

"Stop the incoming ships quickly, don't let these fire boats rush into the fleet." Lu Meng shouted.

"General, look quickly." The sentinel exclaimed.

Lu Meng followed the reputation, and there was the same black spot more than a hundred feet away, and then it slowly turned into a boat again.

It turned out that Lai Gong's fire boat was not finished at all, and it also sailed to fifteen feet away to ignite and charge.

Again and again, Lantian again and again, a total of [-] fireboats in three rounds rushed towards Moon Bay along the rushing river.

At first Lu Meng was planning to block the fire boats, but the successive fire boats couldn't stop them at all, and even the tung oil poured on the boats couldn't put out the fire.

The sixty fire boats were like a wall of fire, blocking the way of Jiangdong warships on Yushui. After the fire attack, the ships quickly fell into panic.

After the fire boat charged into the formation, Lai Gong led the water army forward, and the soldiers shot at random with crossbow arrows. They aimed not at Lu Meng's soldiers but at the warships, and they specially selected large ships.

Today's arrows are all smeared with tung oil, in order to play the role of fire.

Seeing that the fire was getting bigger and the water at the entrance of Moon Bay was rushing, Lu Meng had no choice but to order the commanding soldiers to retreat with flags.

What was the mentality of Cao Jun during the Battle of Chibi? What is the mentality of Lu Meng’s navy at this time? When panicked, they all want to escape for their lives. It is difficult for warships and buildings to turn their rudders for a while.

Soon the flames spread to the fighting ships and the building ships. Because the river was not cleaned thoroughly before, many of the warships running for their lives ran aground, forming a 'traffic jam' situation in Moon Bay.

The house leak happened to rain all night, and the defenders in the sentry tower on the top of the mountain took advantage of the "traffic jam" in Moon Bay to throw "bolides", dry firewood and other things into the river.

There were hidden reefs, damaged warships in front, chasing soldiers and fireboats behind, and fireballs falling from the sky from time to time. All these battlefield factors caused psychological pressure on Jiangdong soldiers.

In a dilemma, Lu Meng also became at a loss for a while, he still wanted to keep the expensive building boat at this moment.

"General, the boat can't get away, let's quickly change to the stern of the boat." Pi Jiang on the boat reminded anxiously.

　At the end of the year, the author needs to be with his family.Starting from the first day of the Tiger Lunar New Year on February 2, the daily shift will be adjusted to two shifts, and it is expected to resume three shifts after the Lantern Festival.I wish all the book friends a happy family, good luck in the year of the tiger, and prosperity in the year of Yin.

　　
　
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