Chapter 1643 Soldiers are limited

Zhuge Liang refused to tell his method, but Zhou Yu did not ask: "Since Kong Ming refused to say it, I don't force myself to ask. I just hope that it will not delay the big thing."

"Don't worry, the Grand Governor, I am willing to issue a military order. If I cannot send 100,000 arrows in three days, I will present the head of the head!"

"Okay!" Zhou Yu slapped the table and said, "What I want is Kong Ming's heroic spirit. I will let Lu Zijing go to your residence later."

After leaving Zhou Yu's barracks, Zhuge Liang returned to his residence for a while, Lu Su came to visit.

When Zhuge Liang learned that Lu Su was coming, he hurriedly welcomed him into the room.

"The Grand Governor said that Kong Ming promised to create 100,000 arrows within three days." Lu Su asked, "I wonder if this is the case?"

"Yes!" Zhuge Liang replied calmly.

"Does Kong Ming plan to get 100,000 arrows from Xuande Gong?" Lu Su asked.

"Of course not." Zhuge Liang said: "Don't say that my lord doesn't have so many arrows. Even if there are, he has to leave it for the soldiers. How could he give it to the Grand Commander?"

"Since I didn't take it from Xuande Gong, can I really make it?" Lu Su said: "A craftsman can only have a hundred arrows a day. How many craftsmen are Kong Ming planning to use?"

"No one." Zhuge Liang waved his hand with a smile.

"Don't want craftsmen, nor did they take them from Xuande Gong. Where did they get so many arrows?" Lu Su asked.

"The Cao army opposite the river bank has been stationed." Zhuge Liang said: "Just borrow some from them."

"Borrow from Cao's army?" Lu Su looked at Zhuge Liang blankly: "When the two armies are fighting, how can they borrow arrows to Kong Ming?"

"Does Zijing have a boat in his hand?" Zhuge Liang suddenly asked.

"There are some," Lu Su asked, "What is Kong Ming going to do?"

"Please ask Zijing to lay twenty straw men on each small boat." Zhuge Liang said: "Just prepare a total of 100 small boats."

"Kong Ming wants..." Still not understanding what Zhuge Liang is going to do, Lu Su asked in surprise.

"Zijing doesn't need to ask too much." Zhuge Liang said, "Don't tell the Grand Governor either. If he knows, he will definitely understand what I plan to do. First hide it from him, and wait until we get 100,000 arrows back, and then tell him the passage."

"I wonder when Kong Ming wants it?" Lu Su asked.

Zhuge Liang replied: "Let it beside the river tonight and use it before dawn tomorrow."

"I'll go and prepare now." Lu Su stood up and took a break.

Zhuge Liang asked Lu Su to prepare a straw boat, and Cao Shu, who had already led his army to the Yangtze River, was patrolling the river bank.

Catacombs lined up on the shore.

Standing next to a catapult cart, Cao Shuo asked the controlled soldier: "Based on your experience, can our catapult cart hit the other side?"

"Report to the young master." The soldier replied: "The catapult can still hit the other side, but..."

"Just what?" Cao Shuo asked.

"It's enough to have a bad wind in the river." The soldier said: "If the wind in the river is too strong and the stone is blown away halfway, it may not be hit."

"How long have you been a stone-population soldier?" Cao Shu asked again.

"Since the young master built the catapult cart, I have been doing it." The soldier replied.

Cao Shu nodded and pointed at the opposite side of the river bank: "After being a stone-cattering soldier for so long, you should understand that the catapult can adjust the angle. Is there any defense line of the Jiangdong Army on the other side? Once I give the order, I will bombard me hard."

"Don't worry, young master, stones and other things have been prepared long ago, just waiting for the order to be issued." The soldier responded.

Accompanying Cao Shuo to continue patrolling forward, Pang Tong asked Cao Shuo: "Young Master, one or two hundred catapults are deployed along the coast. Is it necessary to build a house on the shore of Jiangdong?"

"It's not about building a house, but about demolishing their houses." Cao Shuo asked with a smile: "Shi Yuan thinks that in the battle, when should the soldiers start a charge?"

"I think it should be when the enemy is weak and our army is strong." Pang Tong replied.

"How can we make the enemy weak?" Cao Shuo asked again.

"Strategy." Pang Tong said: "Using strategies will cause the enemy's morale to be disintegrated."

"That's too troublesome." Cao Shu said: "The easiest way is to beat the enemy with long-range weapons when they can't see our army. Both sides have bows and arrows, so bows and arrows are not considered long-range. The ones that can be used are these catapults."

Before Cao Shu said this, Pang Tong had already understood his intention.

He just felt that it was indeed a bit too silly and unnecessary to get a catapult to put in here.

"The real commander who knows how to fight is the lives of soldiers." Cao Shu said: "No matter how many soldiers there are in the army, the number of people is always limited. If one dies on the battlefield, we will have one less soldier. So we have to do everything we can to make more deaths from the enemy, and our army is best not to die."

"After going to the battlefield, people will die." Pang Tong said: "I understand the young master's intention..."

"You don't understand very well." He patted Pang Tong's shoulder lightly, and Cao Shu said: "Soldiers are limited, but stones are infinite. From the moment when the catapults are all equipped, there is only one thing we have to do, which is to constantly drop huge rocks to the other side and destroy their defense."

Turning around and walking to the riverside, looking at the water camp of the Jiangdong Navy on the other side, Cao Shuo said: "When fighting with the enemy, we must recognize our own strengths and also understand the strengths of the enemy. The Jiangdong Navy has been more diligent than the Jingzhou Navy in recent years. Every time they attack Jingzhou, they are headquartered by the navy. If we use the navy to fight them head-on, we will definitely suffer."

"Young Master is planning..." Looking at the Jiangdong Navy on the other side, Pang Tong subconsciously glanced at the catapult carriage placed on the shore.

"Shi Yuan understands me." Cao Shuo grinned and said, "The warships are made of wood. The huge rocks fall on the warships. Even if they cannot be broken, they will be destroyed. As long as the defenses along the east coast of the Yangtze River are destroyed and the navy is gone, our Cao family army can drive straight into Wujun."

"If the Sun family in Jiangdong provokes an opponent like the young master, it may become their nightmare." Looking at the other side, Pang Tong said: "Young master personally fights, but in fact, we aides follow us, it is useless."

"Nonsense." Cao Shu said: "When I attacked Jiangdong, I still plan to rectify the military system. You guys have been outside for a long time. It's time to go back to Shouchun to become bigger officials."

"Young Master is planning to change the military system?" Pang Tong asked, "I don't know how to change it?"

"There are many disadvantages for generals to lead troops today." Cao Shuo said: "The best way is to establish a general's headquarters in each army, and change from general's leadership to a general's headquarters system. You can adapt to the situation and make strategic adjustments in a timely manner when marching and fighting."

Chapter 1644 Borrowing Arrows on the Grass Boat

Cao Shu led his army to station on the north bank of the Yangtze River, while the Jiangdong Army confronted them on the south bank.

The boat that Zhuge Liang asked Lu Su to prepare for him was delivered to the Yangtze River that night.

He thought he could hide it from Zhou Yu, but not long after the boat was ready, Zhou Tai sent the news to Zhou Yu.

When he heard that Lu Su had prepared many small boats with straw men, Zhou Yu was stunned at first, and then laughed.

"What did the Grand Governor laugh at?" Zhou Tai asked him in confusion.

"I laughed at Zhuge Kongming and made a boast about it in front of me." Zhou Yu said to Zhou Tai: "Send people to pay close attention to them and do not harass them. I want to see what new tricks Zhuge Kongming can play."

"I still don't understand what he wants to do." Zhou Tai said with a confused look on his face: "Can he still thinks of attacking the Cao family with a straw man?"

"No need to ask more." Zhou Yu smiled and waved his hand, saying to Zhou Tai: "You just need to watch it."

The night passed quietly, and as dawn approached, the sky became darker and darker, and the river was covered with darkness and could not see anything clearly.

Zhuge Liang came down to the riverside with two guards.

In the darkness, Lu Su heard the footsteps and asked, "Is it Kong Ming here?"

"That's right." Zhuge Liang asked, "The boat is ready?"

"Everything is ready," Lu Su said: "There are 200 ships in total, and each ship has twenty straw men."

Following the sound, Zhuge Liang came to Lu Su.

Lu Su asked, "What do Kong Ming wants these ships to do?"

Zhuge Liang said mysteriously: "Zijing will naturally understand when he comes with me."

The two of them got on the boat, and Lu Su gave the order and two hundred small boats headed to the south bank of the Yangtze River.

"How far is it from the river bank?" After walking for a while, Zhuge Liang asked the soldiers who were lying on the boat.

"It shouldn't be far away." The soldier replied: "At most, there is only a half shot."

"Stop." Zhuge Liang ordered.

"Send the order, stop." Lu Su then issued an order.

In the black cabin, he could not see Zhuge Liang's appearance, but could hear the other party's breathing.

Lu Su asked, "What exactly is Kong Ming planning to do?"

"Zijing, don't be anxious, you'll know after a while." Zhuge Liang said confidently: "Send the order and beat the drums of war to make the other side think that we are about to launch an attack."

The order to beat the drums was issued, and the sound of war drums that were shaking from the river immediately came from the sky.

The general Cao's army who was responsible for the night patrol was Xiahou.

He was shocked when he heard the sound of war drums coming from the river and quickly shouted to the soldiers: "Go and invite the young master!"

The soldier held the torch and ran quickly towards Cao Shu's handsome tent.

Before he could run far, he saw dozens of torches coming towards him.

He was almost there and he saw clearly that Cao Shu was walking in front of the group of people.

"What's going on?" Before the soldiers could speak, Cao Shu had already asked first.

"Report to the young master." The soldier said: "The sound of war drums suddenly came from the river. Because it was too dark, we couldn't see how many enemy troops there were. General Xiahou asked me to invite the young master."

The war drums on the river were very loud, which had already awakened most of the soldiers of the Cao army. Many people ran out of the tent and looked at the direction where the drum sounds came.

But the darkness before dawn gave Zhuge Liang and others the best cover, and no one could see clearly what was going on.

Cao Shuo accelerated his pace and ran towards the place where Xiahou was stationed.

He came to the front and Xiahou greeted him: "Young master, the enemy seems to be going to launch an attack."
To be continued...