Chapter 245: Attack on Wulin Port

Jiangling, the prefect's office.

Ma Yue was watching the map in the faint fire light when he suddenly saw Li Meng, Wang Fang and Gan Ning entering together, standing side by side in the hall, clasping his fists to Ma Yue and saying, "I will meet the lord."

Ma Yue waved his hand, stood up, and asked in a narrow voice: "How is the matter of collecting ships?"

Li Meng wiped the sweat from his face and gasped, "Reported to the lord, all the big and small ships on both sides of the river have been recruited by the generals. He has obtained more than 200 large ships and more than 1,000 small ships, enough to carry 8,000 soldiers and more than 10,000 war horses. There are also surplus ships that can be shipped to the grain of rice in Jiangling City as horse materials, but..."

Ma Yue said in a deep voice: "Speak."

Li Meng whispered: "But most fishermen on both sides of the country fled after hearing the news, and may not be able to recruit enough boatmen."

If enough boatmen cannot be recruited, Ma Yue's army will not be able to smoothly descend along the river. This is not a small problem! Although the Eight Thousand Xiliang Iron Cavalry is brave and good at fighting, it is on the land that they are on the boat and paddling, which is really hard forcing Zhang Fei to embroider.

After a while, Ma Yue asked in a deep voice: "How many boatmen are needed in total?"

Li Meng looked at Gan Ning and replied: "The big boat requires twenty boatmen and five boatmen in small boats, and a total of more than nine thousand boatmen are needed."

"What!?" Ma Yue was shocked and said in a lost voice, "Is there so many boatmen?"

It was really something Ma Yue had not expected to need so many boatmen. In Ma Yue's impression, one boat was only one boat boss, and at most three people would be amazing. It would take 8,000 Xiliang cavalry from Jiangling to Jiangdong. If they were to die, only two hundred boatmen would be enough.

But reality gave Ma Yue a blow.

"Lord, this is already a small amount." Gan Ning on the side couldn't help but leave and said, "If it was the largest three-story boat in the Jingzhou navy, it would take a total of six hundred people just for the oar horn! This is not counting oar horns, fibre horns, oar horns, sail horns, anchor horns, and cable horns. If one piece is added, a large ship will require thousands of boatmen."

Ma Yue's face gradually became a little embarrassed, and he asked Li Meng: "So how many boatmen have been recruited in total?"

Li Meng's head drooped and he replied weakly: "More than two hundred people."

Ma Yue shouted, "There are only more than two hundred people!"

Li Meng said helplessly: "The last general is incompetent, please punish the lord."

Ma Yue waved his hand and said in a calm voice: "It's not your fault for this matter, it was the general who took it for granted."

After saying that, Ma Yue turned to Gan Ning and said, "Xingba, are there any familiar water thieves on the river waterway (an ancient name of the Yangtze River)?"

"Yes." Gan Ning responded, "Jiangxia thief Zhang Bao, Chen Hu and the last general have a good relationship, so they can recommend them to the general's tent."

"That's great." Ma Yue said, "How many people and boats are there in total?"

Gan Ning said: "More than fifty ships of all sizes and sizes, and more than three hundred thieves."

Ma Yue pondered for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Zhang Bao, Chen Hu's Jiangxia thieves are more than 300, and your Jinfan thieves are about 800, and it will be more than 1,000 people together, which is almost enough."

"Not enough, lord." Gan Ning said anxiously, "More than a thousand water thieves are only enough to raise sails, hold poles, lay anchors, row oars, and the remaining oars, and the fibrous oars require a total of eight thousand people."

"Eight thousand people? This is not a problem!" Ma Yue smiled gloomyly and said to Li Meng, "Li Meng, how many Jingzhou soldiers have been captured in total after Jiangling captured?"

Li Meng said: "There are eight thousand people!"

"It's these eight thousand people!" Ma Yue said with a grim voice, "Tear through their collarbones and chain them together into the cabin with iron chains, and these prisoners act as oar horns and fibrous horns! Didn't these Jingzhou soldiers grow up in the south since childhood? Is it a problem to be oar horns?"

Li Meng and Wang Fang were stunned at first, and then sighed: "Lord is wise."

Gan Ning was a Jinfan bandit, and was rampant in land and water. In the past ten years, he was often pursued and suppressed by the Jingzhou army. Although he did not hate the Jingzhou army, he hated it deeply. Ma Yue's vicious plan was exactly what Gan Ning wanted. He smiled grimly at that time: "Hehe, these Jingzhou native dogs are having fun now."

"But..." Ma Yue changed his tone and said to Gan Ning, "Before I deal with these Jingzhou native dogs, I want to figure out something first."

Gan Ning said: "What's the matter?"

Ma Yue said: "You mentioned just now that the Jingzhou Navy has a three-story boat, which requires 600 oars. Is there such a big boat?"

Gan Ning said: "This is fake."

Ma Yue said: "So, except for the boatmen on the boat, how many soldiers can each ship transport?"

Gan Ning thought for a while and replied, "At least one thousand soldiers, or five hundred war horses!"

"What!" Ma Yue said, "A building ship can transport one thousand soldiers, or five hundred war horses?"

"That's right."

"In other words, only thirty such ships can transport the general's eight thousand Xiliang cavalry to Jiangdong!?"

"This is absolutely fine." Gan Ning said, "but it is not easy to get thirty tower ships. These giants are usually hidden deep in the Jingzhou Naval Village in Wulin Port and will not come out to wander around. Although Cai Mao and Zhang Yun's Jingzhou Naval Army are common, it is very difficult to touch the Naval Village in Wulin Port."

"The solution was come up with people!" Ma Yue suddenly turned around, spread the map on the table, and asked Gan Ning, "Where is the Wulingang Naval Village of Jingzhou Naval Army?"

Gan Ning reached out and took a photo of somewhere on the map, and said in a deep voice: "It's right here, opposite the Red Cliff."

"What...what!?" Ma Yue's eyes turned dark and he almost fell to the ground, saying in a lost voice, "Red Cliff!?"

No matter how unfamiliar Ma Yue is, the name of Chibi is well-known.

Gan Ning said in surprise: "Master, what's wrong?"

"Nothing." Ma Yue took a deep breath, held his forehead with his hands, frowned and said in a frown, "Let me think about it, let me think about it..."

Sanjiangkou.

A huge fleet of water warships is slowly advancing.

After Cao Cao stood up in the female wall surrounded by Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, there was a loft under the female wall, a loft under the wall, and a female wall under the wall, and a female wall downstairs. The deck and aisle below were extremely wide and could pass through the four chariots. Outside was the side of the ship, and the light was rippling with a rippling blue wave. It turned out that Cao Cao and Cai Mao were on a huge warship.

This huge warship is exactly what Gan Ning Xiang Ma Yue said.

"Prime Minister." Cai Mao proudly showed off to Cao Cao, "How about the warships of my Jingzhou Navy?"

Cao Cao was amazed without any concealment and said repeatedly: "It's really amazing! How can he compete with such a huge creature?"

Cai Mao said again: "How about my Jingzhou navy?"

A hint of undetectable smile appeared on the corner of Cao Cao's mouth, and he praised: "It's such a majestic teacher."

"Hahaha..." Cai Mao laughed proudly, "Jingzhou Navy is invincible in the world."

Cao Cao's expression moved and suddenly asked, "I wonder how many large tower ships the Jingzhou navy has?"

Cai Mao said: "More than a hundred ships."

"There are more than a hundred ships!" Cao Cao was really surprised this time, and after a while he came to his senses, he said in a narrow voice, "Why did the general bring only three tower ships to the expedition this time?"

Cai Maoyu said disdainfully: "The Prime Minister doesn't know that although the large tower ships are extremely powerful, they are slow to move. Most of the ships found by the horse butcher from Xiling Port are fishing boats. These fishing boats are small in size, shallow in draft, and very fast with the wind. To deal with these fishing boats, the narrow and long rushing boats are far more threatening than large tower ships."

Cao Cao really didn't know the secret of the water battle. He nodded after hearing this, "So that's it."

Jiangling, the prefect's office.

Gan Ning said in a lost voice: "What, the lord is going to attack the Jingzhou Navy Village in Wulin Port?"

"No, it's not a sneak attack!" Ma Yue said in a deep voice, "It's a strong attack."

"Assault!?"

"Yes, attack!" Ma Yue said with a fierce voice, "I will lead my army to attack Wulin Port and seize the warships in the water army's village to bring your Jinfan thieves and Zhang Bao and Chen Hu's Jiangxia thieves into powerful naval forces that can compete with the Jingzhou naval army! Then sweep the Jingyang naval army all the way and safely escort the general's 8,000 Xiliang cavalry to Jiangdu Port to land."

Gan Ning said in a deep voice: "The general has sneaked into Wulin Port several times to spy on the background of Jingzhou naval forces. He found that the terrain of Wulin Port is extremely dangerous, with steep mountains on all sides, so it is difficult to launch an assault on land! The only front that can be attacked is also garrisoned by Jingzhou naval forces. There is no strong enough naval force, so how easy is it to attack?"
Chapter completed!