Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

On December 13rd of the [-]th year of Jian'an, at sunrise and the beginning of the last eclipse, the sky seemed to be bright, and the fog on the river was vast, and the whole world seemed to be shrouded in darkness.

The howling north wind blows the surface of the Yangtze River, and the rolling Xiangjiang River pours into Yunmeng Lake from south to north.

As the confluence of a large number of medium and large rivers such as the Xiangjiang River, the Yangtze River, the Zijiang River and the Yuanjiang River, Yunmengze has a large area and a wide water area. The river is as vast as mist, and it looks like an endless ocean from a distance.

Baqiu Township, Dongfeng Lake, Jijia Lake, Chengyu Lake, Maojiayan Lake, Bajiao Lake and other places in the north of Yueyang in the Han Dynasty were still connected to Yunmeng Lake at this time, only the mountains on the river bank continued.

On a high mountain called Hongshan on the south bank of Basho Lake in later generations, a beacon watchtower was built.There is a team of people stationed in the watchtower, and the team leader was on duty last night. After eating some dry food indiscriminately at the end of Pingdan, he handed over to the soldiers under his command and lay down in a hay shed built by them to rest.

There was still a fire burning in the shed, and one of the two soldiers who had just taken over was watching the distance from the watchtower, while the other was still adding firewood to the fire.It can heat some dry food and water in normal times, and it is very useful in critical times.

"It's too dark today, I can't see anything." The watchman standing on the watchtower kept staring at the hillside north of Bajiao Lake, but couldn't see anything because of the weather.

The soldier who was burning the fire below said casually: "Stupid, watching the fire at night and lighting cigarettes during the day, you just need to look at the fire over there. Don't you know this bit of common sense?"

The lookout said unconvinced: "Of course I know, but the river is too big, not to mention the fire, even if the whole mountain is burned, there will be no fire."

"It's really foggy today."

The soldiers burning the fire below got up and climbed up to the watchtower, frowned and said: "But the fog is so thick, Jiangdong probably won't attack."

"No one sails a boat in fog."

The watchman shrugged his shoulders, his eyes still patrolling in the distance.

Since Bajiao Lake is connected to the Yangtze River, Shen Chen set up beacon towers along the coast to monitor the situation on the river at any time.

It's just that the fog is thick today, not to mention the river, even the beacon towers they placed in other places can't be seen clearly, and the method of lighting fires at night and lighting cigarettes during the day is also impossible to implement.

However, because of the thick fog, it is impossible for the fleet to sail on the extremely complicated waters of the river, and if they accidentally drive to the shore, the fleet will run aground immediately.

Therefore, although the soldiers on the watchtower are still carrying out their tasks seriously, they all think that Jiangdong's fleet is unlikely to sail in this kind of weather.

"Forget it, I'll go to the big one."

The watchman went down from the tower. He has been staying in this deep mountain and old forest for the past few days. He is going crazy. He can only walk around when he is going to the toilet, which can be regarded as a breath of air.

The soldier who had just gone up took his place and said lazily, "Be careful, there are bears and tigers in the nearby mountains, don't get caught."

"Susu Susu Susu!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there were various rustling noises from the nearby woods.

The watchman trembled all over, and hurriedly looked around, and saw more than a dozen birds flying through the white mist in the forest about half a mile away, soaring into the sky, and complained for a while: "So they are birds, Startled me."

While speaking, he had already climbed to the bottom of the watchtower, walked more than 100 meters along the hillside on the right, and got into the small woods.

But what the team didn't know was that at the bottom of the hill to the east of them, where the birds flew through the white mist just now, some people were quietly approaching down the hill.

These people noticed that the surrounding wood above the hillside had been cut down. Since the location of the watchtower had to be eye-catching and at the highest point, they could easily see the tower hidden in the fog, but they hadn’t acted yet. Just looking from a distance.

"Only one on the tower."

The leader of the team was a strong and strong man, wearing a coarse jacket and staring at the hillside with piercing eyes. This man was none other than Lu Meng.

In history, when Lu Meng crossed the river in white clothes, he sent people to capture all the soldiers of the watchtowers and beacon towers along the river. It was because these watchtowers and beacon towers had to be built at the highest point along the river. They had no concealment and could be seen at a glance. They catch.

At this time, Lu Meng obviously planned to repeat the old trick. These days, they often sent people disguised as fishing boats to investigate along the river. They remembered the positions of these watchtowers and beacons. Taking advantage of today's heavy fog, they cleared them one by one to pave the way for the fleet.

A lieutenant beside Lu Meng said, "Captain, are they all in that wooden shed? The soldiers from the previous beacon tower lived in the wild at will, but this platform has been made into a wooden shed, blocking the view."

"Even if it's a wooden shed, normally there should be two people guarding it."

Lu Meng thought for a while and said: "Shen Chen has always been very disciplined. There must be two guards on the beacon tower before. It is impossible to be so slack unless we go out to pay respects temporarily. If we wait patiently, maybe we have gone out to pay respects."

"clear."

The lieutenant general nodded, and pressed his hands down to the soldiers behind him, signaling them to keep quiet and wait quietly.

At the same time, in Shen Chen's barracks in Baqiu Township.

Before the soldiers got up early in the morning, the back kitchen of the barracks had already started to light a fire and cook.

Shen Chen also got up.

He read official documents until midnight yesterday, and he didn't wake up until the end of the sunrise, so he put on a coat and prepared to go out to relieve himself.

As soon as the curtain of the tent was opened, Shen Chen was stunned. He didn't expect that there would be heavy fog today.

"When did the fog start?"

Shen Chen immediately asked the guards on duty beside him.

The guard said: "Going back to the general, it should be around Pingdan this morning."

"Why didn't you wake me up? Didn't I say that if there is fog at night, you must notify me?"

Shen Chen frowned.

The guard hurriedly said: "But last night, the moon and stars were thin, and there was no fog. I got up in the morning. Because the sky was too dark, I couldn't see clearly at first. When the fog thickened, I thought it would disperse soon in the morning, so I didn't dare to look at it." Report to the general."

"Whenever there is fog, you must call me. You guys go and get the five army sticks and the ten army sticks. Remember this lesson, do you understand?"

Shen Chen said sharply.

The guard's heart trembled, and he quickly lowered his head: "Wei!"

"However, now is the time of war, so remember the army stick first. If you fight bravely during the battle, you can be exempted and rewarded."

Shen Chen patted the guard on the shoulder and said: "Go and send a message to Governor Su, ordering him to send a group of troops northward to change defenses for the soldiers of the Beacon Tower along the river. They have been stationed on the bank of the river for seven or eight days. The dry rations we went there are only ten days old, so we should have used them almost, so we should return them in exchange.”

"only!"

The guard was very grateful when he heard that there was no need to fight for the time being, so he hastily led a few men to run towards the north gate of the camp, preparing to send a message to Su Fei's camp in the north.

Seeing his leaving back, Shen Chen turned around and continued looking for a place to relieve himself.

Now the main force of Jiangdong has occupied Shaxian, Xiakou, Zhouling and other places, pretending to go northward along the Han River to attack Yicheng and sneak attack Liu Bei's rear.

But Shen Chen knew that they would not do this.

Because they dared to do this, Shen Chen dared to copy their retreat. As long as Xiakou was knocked down and the Jiangdong Navy's retreat was cut off, Sun Quan would completely collapse.

Don't look at the tens of thousands of Zhang Yun in Xiangyang, but firstly they are all mobs, secondly, they will not let Sun Quan into the city, and thirdly, they will not give them food and grass.There will be no follow-up supplies at that time, and Sun Quan will die in the face of the joint attack of Liu Bei and Shen Chen.

Even looking for Cao Cao is useless.

Unless Cao Cao loses his mind and doesn't want to go north and bring all his more than [-] troops, otherwise, the situation will become that Liu Bei's main force will surround Zhang Yun around Xiangyang, and Shen Chen will cut off Sun Quan's retreat south of the Han River. At most Cao Cao would occupy Nanyang, but he would not be able to invade Nanjun and Jiangxia. At that time, both Zhang Yun and Sun Quan would be finished.

Therefore, to a certain extent, deliberately letting Xiakou out was actually a trap for Sun Quan. If he was really fooled, Shen Chen would have to wonder if Sun Quan's IQ was negative.

Moreover, because Liu Bei in Xiangyang is suppressing Zhang Yun, Sun Quan can't fight anywhere. If he goes north to Xiangyang, Baqiu can take advantage of them.Attacking Jiangling, Baqiu can take advantage of their retreat.Go south to Jingnan?That's even worse, Baqiu is on the only way to go south to Jingnan.

So no matter where you go, you will be restrained by Baqiu, who guards the convenience of north-south transportation. In the end, Sun Quan will definitely come to attack Baqiu.

Soon Su Fei got an order from Shen Chen, and immediately sent a group of people north to replace Jiang Fang.

And Hongshan here.

Lu Meng has been waiting for three quarters of an hour.

Nothing came.

It turned out that the soldier kicked the quilt to catch a cold while sleeping yesterday, and had diarrhea. Every time he just finished the stretch, before he came back, his stomach would be noisy again, and he had to continue squatting in the woods.

Seeing that there was no movement for a long time, Lu Meng finally became convinced that someone might have deserted. There were a group of people, four of whom were asleep, and one was on duty.

"Captain, it seems that Shen Chen's soldiers are not all strictly disciplined. Now that the sky is almost dawn and the fog is about to clear, our fleet may have already set off. If we don't do anything else, might be noticed."

The lieutenant general glanced at the sky, and it was already three o'clock in the eclipse, that is, eight o'clock in the morning. Although the fog had not completely dissipated, the sky had brightened, and the visibility and vision became clearer.

They are all veterans living along the Yangtze River, and they know that this kind of winter fog usually dissipates between the end of the morning meal and the end of the corner.

Now the Jiangdong fleet is stationed in the south of Chibi Wulin, more than 100 miles away from Baqiu.

According to their usual boat speed against the river, it would take about three hours to reach Baqiu. However, in winter, the north wind blows along the Yangtze River, and their sailing direction is from north to south. Two hours against the current and the wind should be enough.

If the beacon towers along the coast cannot be resolved immediately, by the time the Jiangdong fleet arrives, it will be at the end of the corner. The fog will definitely clear and the fleet will be discovered.

Lu Meng raised his head to look at the sky, and asked, "How far is this place from Baqiu? How far is it from Chibi."

"Thirty or forty miles away from Baqiu, and more than a hundred miles away from Chibi."

"How many beacon towers are there?"

"two."

The lieutenant general replied.

The number of beacon towers on the Qin Great Wall is usually five to ten miles, while the beacon towers along the Yangtze River depend on the mountain.

So sometimes there is one in one or two miles, sometimes one in four or five miles, and sometimes there is only one in more than ten or twenty miles, and there is no fixed number.

Hearing that there were only two beacon towers behind, Lu Meng waved his hand and said, "Go! Hurry up!"

"on!"

The lieutenant immediately rushed out of the bushes with a cat on his waist, and rushed towards the hillside with a dozen people.

But their luck is obviously not very good.

Originally, their direction was behind the beacon tower, and the soldiers above kept their backs to them, looking at the river.

But when the lieutenant was less than fifteen feet away, the soldier suddenly turned his head.

It wasn't like this hadn't happened before.

However, due to the weather, the beacon tower was illuminated by a fire, and they could use the fog and the weather as cover to slowly approach to the side and then attack suddenly.

However, the sky is already bright now, and the field of vision and visibility have greatly increased, allowing the soldiers on the watchtower to faintly see more than a dozen vague figures approaching at the bottom of the hillside behind them.

"tongue!"

Before the word enemy could be uttered, a cold arrow pierced through the void and hit the soldier's neck.

The soldier tilted his head and fell limply in the watchtower.

The deputy general was shocked and did not dare to move.

Lu Meng retracted his bow and glared at the officer, then said in a low voice, "What are you doing in a daze, hurry up!"

"only."

The lieutenant continued in a hurry.

The three soldiers who fell asleep in the wooden shed were on duty last night, and they didn't sleep for a long time, and they didn't wake up at all.

Soon he was led by the deputy general to hack and kill, and the beacon tower was occupied.

"Captain, there are only four of us."

The lieutenant was horrified.

Lu Meng was also taken aback, and immediately said: "Let the soldiers disperse and search!"

"only."

The deputy general hurriedly ordered his men to search.

They brought more than 200 people and dispersed one after another.

Soon after less than a quarter of an hour, someone reported that fresh rice rice was found in the forest on the right, but there was no one there.

Lu Meng immediately knew that the matter had been exposed, and gritted his teeth: "There is a soldier who has escaped. We cannot let him report the news. Come with me. Immediately go and forcibly raid the last two beacon towers. We must be ahead of that man!"

"only."

The soldiers quickly agreed and followed him to raid twenty or thirty miles away, leaving only two beacon towers.

And at the same time.

In the Jiangdong army camp located in the Chibi area, after the heavy fog on the river had cleared a lot, Zhou Yu had already organized his team and was ready to leave.

Standing on the river, Lu Su watched the soldiers start to board the ship one after another. He said softly to Zhou Yu, who was wearing a red cloak and majestic beside him: "The moon was still thin and the stars were thin last night. I didn't expect it to look like this this morning. Let us We can successfully remove their Beacon Tower."

Zhou Yu nodded and said: "Shen Chen thinks that occupying Baqiu will give him a good location, but he doesn't know that the north wind is fierce in winter, and we take a boat south from the Red Cliff in the north of the Jiangbei. The speed is far beyond his imagination. Within two hours, we will be able to Raid Baqiu and catch him off guard!"

Lu Su cupped his hands and said, "Then I wish Gongjin the victory!"

"Ha ha ha ha."

Zhou Yuhao laughed loudly and said, "God blesses me with a thick fog to protect me! Shen Chen, in this battle, I will let you die at the bottom of the river!"

Between heaven and earth, the fog became thinner.

The current situation is, tinnitus in the right ear, coughing, lethargy, palpitations, listlessness and so on.Envious of my good brother Soy Sauce, he has nothing to do.Another good brother, Luo Xiaoming, has a persistent fever, which is much worse than mine. I hope he can recover soon.