Straw boat to borrow arrows? Liu Mang finally remembered this familiar scene. During the Battle of Red Cliffs, Zhou Yu knew that Zhuge Liang was very talented. With him by Liu Bei's side, Escapist Zhou Yu would only bring harm to Jingzhou. Therefore, out of consideration for the future and for the sake of Jiangdong, Zhou Gong Jin had been making things difficult for Zhuge Liang. As long as there was an opportunity, he would create trouble for Zhuge Liang. Finally, there was an opportunity. During the meeting, Zhuge Liang praised Zhuge Liang to the heavens. Moreover, he was advancing step by step. As Zhou Yu's army was lacking bows and arrows, the war was about to begin. Without bows and arrows, all fire attacks and counterattacks would be useless. Therefore, the American Wolf used this opportunity to ruthlessly scheme against Brother Zhu. He wanted Zhuge Liang to collect the arrows and gave him ten days to collect them. Ten days to make a hundred thousand arrows. If Zhuge Liang did not sleep and worked overtime, he would be able to complete it. However, that would require a lot of manpower.
While Zhuge Liang was scheming, he wanted to take drastic measures against Brother Zhu. However, Brother Zhu actually raised three fingers. Not ten days, but three days to collect the hundred thousand arrows. Zhou Yu could not help but sneer. Three days? Even if he gave you fifty thousand troops, it would still be difficult for you to succeed. For insurance, Zhou Yu even gave Zhuge Liang a military order. This way, no one would say anything if Zhuge Liang killed Brother Zhu. Just as Zhuge Liang was preparing to kill Brother Zhu, Brother Zhu really came back with a hundred thousand arrows. It was completed in two and a half days. Where did these arrows come from? Of course, it was the kind hearted Boss Cao who helped Brother Zhu. The part where Boss Cao was cheated was the so-called straw boat to borrow arrows.
Originally, Liu Mang thought that the straw boat to borrow arrows was just an exaggeration. This was because at that time, Lao Cao had an army of eight hundred thousand. Although 800,000 was an exaggeration, it was still around 400,000 to 500,000! Moreover, Old Cao had attacked Jiangdong from Jingzhou. He was going downstream. Once he discovered the truth, he would definitely give chase. Would Brother Zhu be able to escape with his boat full of arrows? Would Brother Zhu be able to escape with his boat full of arrows? Moreover, the most important thing was that Old Cao had attacked Jiangdong from Jingzhou.
But now, Liu Mang didn't have any doubts, because Brother Zhu didn't have time to get a loan from Boss Cao to buy arrows! Here, Little Turkey gave Liu Mang a vivid lesson, borrowing arrows from straw boats.
The wind, the fog, and the damp air. Most importantly, Liu Mang did not have a navy under his command. Gan Ning's navy had already gone to Lujiang! Liu Mang's subordinates, whether it was the City Guard or the Black Flag Army, they were all landlubbers. Even if Gan Ning's navy was there, Liu Mang did not have any warships. Liu Mang was a little regretful. If he knew earlier, he would have left behind a few warships. Even if it was White Horse Qu Ah, it would have been good! With the navy, he could force Liu Mang to fight in Runan, making him unable to enter Huai River.
But there was no time to think. Liu Mang shouted to Liu Ye. "Ziyang, you go. Like this!" Liu Mang instructed Liu Ye. After listening, Liu Ye cupped his fist to Liu Mang. "Understood, Milord!" Then he immediately separated from Liu Mang.
Liu Mang continued to run towards the direction of the navy camp. "I hope everything is not too late!"
By the time Liu Mang arrived at the Shouchun Navy camp, the show of borrowing arrows using straw boats was already half over. Xu Sheng, the prodigal son, actually listened to Little Fire Chicken's words and shot out countless arrows. This was nothing to Liu Mang. Liu Mang did not care if he lost the arrows. But Little Fire Chicken was too arrogant. He actually dared to cross the river and shouted "Thank you, Your Highness, Prince of Shu, for bestowing me the arrows!" Liu Mang did not care about the arrows.
Liu Mang was angered to the point that his seven orifices were about to ascend to the heavens. This was karma! The day before yesterday, he said thank you, General Guan, for the arrows, and now he said thank you, Your Highness King Of Shu for the arrows. Moreover, this voice belonged to Guan Yu.
"Haha!" Liu Mang sneered. His laughter made Xu Sheng tremble. Xu Sheng was really afraid of Liu Mang. Liu Mang did not kill people like them! Liu Mang either did not kill people or did not even blink when he killed people.
In Wan Cheng, he slaughtered the nobles who participated in the rebellion. In the prison of Wan Cheng, Liu Mang wanted to kill the 3000 Black Flag Army soldiers. If Xu Sheng did not have a bit of insight, he would have already become a rotten corpse in the prison of Wan Cheng.
After that, he did not allow the Black Flag Army to directly participate in the defense of Wancheng city. Instead, he deliberately exposed a gap in the defense of Wancheng city to attract Sun Ce's Army. After that, Sun Ce's Army was crushed by the heavy armored soldiers. In that battle, only 10,000 soldiers survived. There were a few nobles who were lucky enough to jump off the city walls and not die. The rest were turned into the walls of Wan Cheng.
Liu Mang's methods made Xu Sheng more and more determined that he did not dare to be enemies with Liu Mang. Now, Liu Mang once again showed that kind of expression, that kind of expression of disdain for killing thousands of people. "Lord, Sheng deserves to die. Please punish me!" Xu Sheng did not care about the inconvenience of his heavy armor and forced himself to kneel in front of Liu Mang.
"Lord, this is not General Xu's fault. If Lord wants to punish, please also punish Wang Wei!" When Wang Wei saw Xu Sheng kneel down, he also knelt down. He also knew that this matter was a bit serious. Liu Mang was their lord, their master. If Guan Yu only called Xu Sheng or someone else, then it might not be a big deal. After all, it was just a general being humiliated. But now, Guan Yu brought along Liu Mang. If Guan Yu really swaggered away from this battle, then Liu Mang's face would be lost. How would the world view Liu Mang if he was played like that? However, there was no other way. Even Wang Wei did not think that Liu Bei's Black Flag Army would have such an expert. He was able to think of such a strategy to play with Liu Mang's Black Flag Army.
If Wang Wei did not stop them in time, then they might have lost even more arrows. So when Wang Wei saw Xu Sheng kneel down and beg for forgiveness, Wang Wei also knelt down. He hoped that Liu Mang would not punish him. Even if he punished him, it would not be too heavy.
"Get up!" Liu Mang did not help these two people up. One of them was Xu Sheng, a general that Liu Mang subdued in Wan Cheng city. His strength was first-class. His Black Flag Army was one of Liu Mang's two troops. Without the Black Flag Army, Liu Mang would have died in Wan Cheng city. So Xu Sheng could also be considered as Liu Mang's savior. The other one was Wang Wei. Although this person was a general of Jingzhou, he was subdued because of Liu Mang's strategy, but Wang Wei's real ability was there. It was not that Liu Mang did not pay attention to these newly subdued generals.
Ever since Zhao Yun's White Horse Cavalry took over, they had been eating, drinking, and discussing with the City Guard's cavalry unit. Some of the veterans in the City Guard's cavalry unit were from the Pengzhou Army. Changshan Prefecture was not far from Youzhou, so Zhao Yun got along well with them. Zhao Yun's army was different from the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry's. Zhao Yun's White Horse Cavalry tended to treat each other with sincerity and would never abandon anyone. On the other hand, the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry was known for their cold-bloodedness. In the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, the survival of the fittest was the survival of the fittest. What's more, the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry was most likely to sacrifice themselves in order to achieve their goals. This could be seen from the way Lü Bu fought against the Yuzhou Cavalry. When those Bingzhou Wolf Cubs died, Lü Bu didn't even frown because he knew that love was useless. Only by ruthlessly eliminating the enemy and avenging them was the most important thing.
Wei Yan, Baldy Wei, was promoted by Liu Mang to become a soldier. Although he still felt like he was a big shot, but now he is much better. He also knows how to think for others. The Urban Army pays attention to cooperation. This is the foundation of Liu Mang's army. He does not want heroism, he wants collectivism. If one person drags the whole army down, then the whole army will be punished. Each unit, each unit, each unit, each unit, each unit of 100 people, each unit of 1000 people is a unit. Wei Yan's performance was very good. He also helped his fellow soldiers who did not pass the training, he helped them practice martial arts, he also helped them to set up the army formation, he also helped them to do their own positions. Wei Yan's performance was very good.
Huang Xu and Chengyu had talked to him many times. They wanted to promote Wei Yan's official position and let him be a commander of a thousand people. However, they were all rejected by Liu Mang. According to Wei Yan's ability, he was more than qualified to be a commander of the City Guard. But now wasn't the time.
The only one left was Wang Wei. After Wang Wei joined the Black Flag Army and became a lieutenant, he wasn't like Zhao Yun and Wei Yan. Wang Wei was very simple. He didn't provoke the original system of the Black Flag Army. He also didn't give any constructive advice to Xu Sheng. Instead, he felt that when in Rome, do as the Romans do. He integrated himself into the Black Flag Army. Although a commander needed to be swift and decisive, Wang Wei was only a lieutenant right now. He knew how to cooperate with Xu Sheng. He also knew that his position wasn't that of a commander. He was only a lieutenant. His job was to remind the commander when the commander was confused. He was also to help the commander when the commander was charging.
These two people could be said to be talented generals. Wang Wei could even go further than Xu Sheng. The two of them could defend a province if they cooperated. But today, they were played by a little turkey. However, they couldn't be blamed. Who would've thought that the little turkey would play such a trick. According to the original track, Lao Cao's subordinates, Guo Jia and Yu Jin, were all fooled. Moreover, the two of them also reported to Cao Cao. Although Cao Cao's subordinate, Guo Jia, was dead, there were no other famous generals. Even if there were so many of them, they couldn't see through Brother Zhu's plan. Therefore, Liu Mang didn't blame the two of them. The enemy was in the dark while he was in the light. Biding one's time and using arrows to test the enemy was the right way. Liu Mang didn't blame them, but it didn't mean that he would comfort them. One must learn from one's mistakes. Liu Mang needed them to remember this humiliation. Therefore, Liu Mang's tone towards the two of them was very calm.
"Do you want to take revenge?" Liu Mang looked at the two of them and asked. One must climb back up from where one fell. It was true that it was never too late for a gentleman to take revenge. However, Liu Mang wasn't a gentleman. He was a person who held grudges. He was just an ordinary person and a villain. Hatred would be forgotten after a long time. If he didn't want to forget, then he would solve it now.
"Revenge?!" Xu Sheng and Wang Wei were both stunned. They looked at each other. No one could guess what Liu Mang was thinking. Although there were still Liu Bei's warships on the river, they were connected by iron chains. If they wanted to leave, they would have to turn the entire fleet over. But how could they take revenge? They were all on the river! They didn't have any warships in their hands. Could it be that they had to swim? One must know that the Black Flag Army was wearing heavy armor that weighed more than 100 pounds. Let alone swimming, even if they fell into the water, they would die.
"Use the rockets!" Liu Mang said his idea. They wanted to leave so easily. Did they really think that Liu Mang's Shouchun was a tourist attraction? If they wanted to come and go, even if it was a tourist attraction, they would still have to pay the entrance fee.
"Lord, I and Deputy General Wang have already tried the rockets. It didn't work. In this wet weather and this fog, the rockets were extinguished before they could reach us. "Xu Sheng stood up and went to Liu Mang's side and said with a wry smile. He had also tried the rockets. However, it didn't have the slightest effect. Some of the rockets even became the spoils of war on Liu Mang's warships.
"Those are your rockets! It is not my rocket! "Liu Mang looked at Escapist Liu's fleet that is changing direction on the river. What's the difference between your rockets and my rockets? Xu Sheng didn't understand, but after a while, he understood.
"They should be here." Liu Mang said indifferently. His Shouchun Navy's dry camp had some movement. A team of cavalry was pulling several huge equipment from the dry camp to the water camp.
"My lord, everything is ready!" Sure enough, the one leading the group was Zhao Yun. When Liu Mang sent Liu Ye over, he wanted Liu Ye to do it alone. He did not expect that Zhao Yun would also come. Since Zhao Yun was here, it would be good for him to enjoy this beautiful scene.
"This." Xu Sheng also saw what Zhao Yun brought. It was a ballista. It was the ballista that was used in the Yangtze River Valley.
Yes, it was a ballista. However, the ballista in front of them was not the one used by Jingzhou Liu Biao and Jiangdong Sun Ce. It was the second generation ballista. The one in Liu Mang's hand was the third generation ballista.
"Are you ready for revenge?" Liu Mang was very indifferent. He took a wooden barrel from Zhao Yun and opened the lid of the barrel. A pungent smell came out from the barrel.
"What is this?" Xu Sheng and Wang Wei pinched their noses. This smell was too smelly. Not only was it pungent, it was also pungent.
"Haha." Liu Mang didn't directly explain. Instead, he painted the black stuff on the ballista. Finally, seeing that there wasn't enough time, Liu Mang directly poured the black stuff on the ballista.
Liu Mang's third generation ballista not only used the gear technology, it also had a magazine. That's right, a magazine. Once the ballista's arrows were used up, it could be reloaded. There was no need to reload and pull the bowstring again.
"You guys help me paint the rest of the magazines with this stuff. Remember, don't touch it on your body." Liu Mang warned Xu Sheng and Wang Wei.
"Now, let's get ready to taste Huainan's number one dish, Red Braised Chicken." Liu Mang took the torch from Zhao Yun and directly placed it on the ballista's arrowhead.
"Boom!" A wave of heat hit his face. The arrowheads of the ballista were made of iron, and they were even coated with copper and reinforced with iron sheets. However, such a metal arrowhead suddenly burst into flames under the torches.
"I know, I know! This is tallow! " Wang Wei was indeed knowledgeable. Although he wasn't famous in Jingzhou, he had a lot of knowledge. What was tallow? It was a black viscous substance that splashed out from rocks. It was as slippery as animal fat and had a very unpleasant smell. In the Book of Changes, there was a record of "fire in the pond", "fire in the upper part of the pond". Pond, lake, pond, and swamp. "Fire in the pond" referred to the phenomenon of oil vapor on the surface of the pond. The Eastern Han Dynasty writer and historian Ban Gu wrote, "Book of the Former Han Dynasty, Volume 38, Geographical Records, Volume 8." It said, "Dingyang, Gaonu, Muddy water, fat can be dipped in."
These records were all about this black and greasy substance. It was said that this substance could even light up rocks!
Can even light up rocks? Wang Wei was misled by the book. If he used this thing to refine it properly, coupled with the addition of natural rubber, it could really become something that could even ignite a stone. But now, it didn't have such great power. This was just a natural product produced by nature, without any refinement!
That's right. This was the black oil that Liu Mang found in Shouchun. If you didn't know this name, then you would know the next name. It was the crude oil of petroleum. Crude oil that hadn't been refined!
Oil had been discovered long ago in the Chinese civilization. China was one of the first countries in the world to discover, extract, and use oil. China had a history of using oil for more than two thousand years. In ancient times, oil was mainly used in five ways.
First, it was used for lighting. It could be ignited immediately and could completely replace oil. Second, it was used as a lubricant. Third, it was used for medicine. Its unpleasant smell was unbearable to humans, let alone other insects. Fourth, it was used to make ink. It was black and viscous. It could be used as ink! Finally, it was used for military purposes.
Because of its flammability and high temperature, it was destined to play a huge role in the war from the moment it was born.
And now, Liu Mang was using it to complete his military mission. He was using it to cook the most delicious food in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
"Military Advisor! Yu really thanks a lot! "Guan Yu was still thanking Pang Tong. It was Pang Tong who had helped Guan Yu vent his anger!
"Haha, General Guan, you can actually shout a few more times!" Pang Tong didn't care at all. He was waving his feather fan. After returning to the city, the news of tonight's battle would probably spread throughout the world! False and true, true and false. Pang Tong had fully proved that there was no such thing as too much deception in war.
"No need!" Guan Yu was already very happy. He finally returned the words, "Military Advisor, let's leave now!"
"En! There's no hurry! "Pang Tong waved his feather fan. Today could be considered as his second confrontation with Liu Mang's Army! The first time was at Shouchun. He originally intended to let Liu Mang nail Guan Yu in Huainan. This way, whether attacking Huainan or other places, it would be difficult for Liu Mang's Army to move. After all, the biggest city in Huainan was Shouchun. With 10,000 troops in Shouchun, Liu Mang would have to use at least 20,000 troops to pin him down. Otherwise, once Guan Yu sent out troops from Shouchun, the entire Huainan would be exposed to Guan Yu's troops.
But who would have thought that Shouchun would be broken in one day! "Trebuchets?!" Pang Tong was still thinking about this. It wasn't that he didn't know about mechanisms. Pang Tong could even be considered half a master. This was because Brother Zhu was his good friend, and Brother Zhu was a true mechanism master.
Pang Tong was not in a hurry because he still had a good friend under Liu Mang's command! Xu Shu, Xu Yuanzhi. When they were in the thatched hut in Nanyang, Pang Tong and Kongming really had a bright master in their hearts. Pang Tong favored Liu Mang, while Kongming favored Liu Mang. Xu Shu was laughing and drinking while watching the two argue. But now, Pang Tong was assisting his bright master, Liu Bei, while Kongming was working in Jingzhou! Although Kongming had the help of his teacher Shui Jing and his uncle Pang Degong, his career was very smooth. However, Liu Biao was still a dog that guarded his achievements. It was impossible for him to fight for hegemony in this great country!
Therefore, Kongming, Kongming, your talent is going to be wasted in Jingzhou and buried with that dying old man! Pang Tong had already made up his mind. Once he helped his bright master, Liu Mang, conquer the Central Plains, he would immediately set off for Jingzhou. Even if he had to kidnap Kongming, he would kidnap him and bring him to his bright master. But Xu Shu had somehow joined Liu Mang's troops.
Although Liu Mang was a member of the royal family and was also the King Of Shu, Pang Tong was very disdainful of him. First of all, this person was a butcher. In Wan Cheng, he actually laid his hands on the "innocent" people. Pang Tong had seen the battle of Wan Cheng. Sun Cejun's soldiers had surrendered, but Liu Mang did not hesitate to slaughter them! If this was not a butcher, then what was he? Moreover, this King Of Shu was completely digging his own grave. Recruitment order? Haha! Offending all the landowning clans in the world was tantamount to digging one's own grave. Whoever obtained the landowning clans would obtain the world! Although Liu Mang had obtained some talents, but in Pang Tong's eyes, he had lost a watermelon for sesame seeds. How could such a short-sighted person be a bright master?
Perhaps Kongming had also seen through this point, which was why he did not come to Huainan to become an official. But it did not matter. Since the bet with Kongming was gone, Yuanzhi was there. It would be fun to fight with you.
Jingzhou had Fledgling Phoenix and Crouching Dragon, but no one knew that there was a young Qilin, and that was Xu Shu. If Xu Shu was not a commoner, he would have been called a young Qilin.
"Yuanzhi, Yuanzhi, don't disappoint me!"
"Military Advisor, let's go!" Guan Yu did not know why he suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart. "Yu has always had a bad feeling in his heart!
"General Guan, don't worry. It will take time for the fleet to turn around!" Pang Tong waved his feather fan and said. Bad feeling? Haha, now that they were in an invincible position, where did the ominous premonition come from? One must know that there was no fleet in the Shouchun Navy's camp. There was no one on the lake that could harm them.
"Military Advisor, Military Advisor, the Shouchun Navy camp is about to start shooting arrows again!" The messenger's voice was a little hurried.
"Shooting arrows? Haha, we already have enough arrows, no need! " “
"No, Military Advisor, it's a rocket, it's a rocket!" The messenger repeated.
"So what if it's a rocket! No matter how strong the fire is, it can't burn today! "Pang Tong did not think it was difficult.
"No, no! Military Advisor, it's too big, too big! "
"How can you be so surprised!" Pang Tong's face had a trace of anger. He was about to compose a poem on the lake, but he was interrupted and lost his mood. He was about to scold the messenger outside.
"Boom!" "Bang!" The entire boat shook, and the straw mattress outside immediately caught fire.
"How can this be!" Pang Tong was stunned. A huge arrow pierced through half of the ship, and the flame on the arrow was burning.
"Braised Little Fire Chicken, today you will be the number one dish in Huainan!" On the Shouchun Navy camp, Liu Mang pressed down with his arm, and countless huge arrows were shot out!
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