Chapter 917: Do it Yourself
After a great victory, Meng Kangbu did not dare to be careless when he returned to the Kushan side. He won on the surface, but in fact he had a close call with death.
And he was not a fool. He knew at first glance that the mob on the opposite side were pirates, far inferior to the regular army under his command.
If he looked down on the Han Dynasty like this, he would be a fool.
"Aruno, pass the message back. We've already started, so don't hold out any more hope. Neither of us is destined to back down!"
After writing a letter, Montcomb handed it to his deputy, then sat on the bow of the boat to fish. This was a way for him to practice the visualization of Acalanatha, and for him it was the best way of training.
At the critical moment of life and death, the bottleneck loosened, and he finally saw the opportunity to become a god or Buddha.
For such famous gods and Buddhas, breaking through the realm is the threshold to becoming a god or Buddha, which is far beyond the reach of internal energy leaving the body.
Taking that step is very important. There is a huge gap between gods and Buddhas and internal energy leaving the body. He is very eager to become a god or Buddha.
For him, the improvement of combat effectiveness after becoming a god or Buddha is secondary. The blessing of gods and Buddhas in their prime is the key point. For someone like him who is on the path of a commander, this step is crucial.
But Montcomb never expected that there are people in this world who do things without using their brains.
After Montcomb finishes his work, he has to give an explanation to the people behind him as to why the fight broke out, and then wait for follow-up orders. During this process, everyone just needs to tacitly maintain the status quo.
But Meng Kangbu underestimated Sun Ce's IQ. As the nominal commander of a branch, Sun Ce never used his brain. Even if he did, it was to engage in intrigues with his external brain.
As a result, Meng Kangbu still needed to wait for follow-up arrangements, but Sun Ce did not need to wait at all.
Gan Ning submitted a report, and he approved it and led the army to do the work.
"Urgent news!"
Just when Meng Kangbu was practicing quietly, the shrill shouting of the messenger directly broke Meng Kangbu's defense.
Slowly opening his eyes, Meng Kangbu looked at the messenger in front of him with great dissatisfaction.
In this sea area, there could be no enemy attacks from anywhere except them and the Han Dynasty.
It can't be that the Han Dynasty is attacking. Besides, even if it is, they have a water fort with defensive fortifications that they have built for such a long time. They have a great advantage. Why should they be so panicked?
"What happened? Why are you so panicked?" Montcomb asked calmly, holding the fishing rod.
"Report to the general, the Han army is coming. Judging from the number, they are suspected to be the main force!" The messenger's words stunned Meng Kangbu.
After he reacted, he threw the fishing rod in his hand and flew towards the front line in a flash.
At this time, Hammer still needs to be calm.
After arriving, Meng Kangbu saw the Han fleet in the distance from high above. The messenger did not lie to him. It was really the main force of the Han army.
The navy is different from other branches of the military. The strength of your soldiers can be disguised, but the size of your ships cannot be disguised. Such a huge scale must be the main fleet.
Just as he was rushing towards the main ship, dozens of small dots flew towards him, or rather, towards the water fort fleet.
After looking carefully, I found that there were dozens of arrows, and they were not the kind that could be fired at a crossbow.
Meng Kangbu was stunned for a moment, but then ignored it. As long as it wasn't a crossbow, it wouldn't matter if it hit the ship. If some unlucky person was shot to death, it would be his fate.
Just as he expected, dozens of arrows fell on the fleet, killing one unlucky guy without causing any other impact.
Just when he was wondering what the Han Dynasty was doing, he suddenly realized.
This thing's combat mode is exactly the same as Peacock's. It's a beyond-visual-range attack.
On the other side, the Han Dynasty's long-range forces, the veterans of the Shesheng Battalion looked at the trajectories derived from the light and shadow secret technique, selected several of the best trajectories and began to cover and shoot.
Jiangdong had nothing much but a lot of archers, so Sun Ce easily gathered a group of archers to assist the long-range legion.
The real core was the 800 veterans of the Shesheng Camp under his command, who were also a group of veterans of the Shesheng Camp that Zhou Yu had gone to great lengths to get from the central government. In total, there were only a little over 1,000 of them, and most of them were given to Sun Ce.
The main reason is that with the self-circulating system, archers are of little significance to Zhou Yu, but they are very useful to Sun Ce and Gan Ning.
With the Shesheng Battalion taking the lead and the archers from Jiangdong providing auxiliary shooting, a hail of arrows like locusts covered Meng Kangbu's fleet.
By the time they reacted, Montcomb was shouting, "Everyone get into the cabin to avoid the rain of arrows!"
After Montcomb realized that the opponent was attacking beyond visual range, he instantly understood the opponent's plan.
The original beyond-visual-range attack was deliberately carried out to shorten the distance, so the purpose was self-evident.
"Raise the ships for collective defense, quick, quick!"
Montcomb reacted quickly, but the soldiers were still a step slow.
The few ships that were covered and not started were baptized by a rain of arrows in just a moment, and any soldiers standing on the deck and unable to enter the cabin were all killed.
Even if the fleet's collective defense was activated, it could not prevent this scene from happening.
Meng Kangbu took a deep breath, neither got angry nor felt regretful, and more quickly ordered the Kushan soldiers to board the ship and fight.
He knew that this was just an appetizer. The purpose of the Han army was definitely not to kill hundreds of people. The other side was here to attack the water fort.
"Moncombe, clean your neck and wait for death. This is the price of provoking me!"
Gan Ning appeared in the air like a god or demon, in the appearance of a giant hundreds of feet tall. His every move seemed to be accompanied by the power of heaven, and his words swept towards the Kushan fleet with the sound of thunder.
That kind of domineering aura and that kind of huge appearance like a god or demon instantly crushed the minds of many low castes.
"Die!" Meng Kangbu was extremely angry. He could tell at a glance that Gan Ning's appearance was fake. Gan Ning did not have this ability at all.
He held the report in his hand, roared, mobilized the clouds and slashed towards Gan Ning's huge figure.
The huge legion's attack penetrated Gan Ning's body, and Meng Kangbu's face instantly turned three points darker. It turned out that they used a mirage projection.
But he had to admit that this thing was indeed effective. Although the Brahmins had fallen, the impression still existed and was deeply rooted. It could not be eradicated overnight.
Moreover, from a national perspective, maintaining this situation would be more beneficial for the Kushans.
However, the drawbacks of the religious caste system are also clearly revealed, and there is almost no resistance to this kind of mysterious approach.
Just a phantom that was still a mirage, coupled with a wave of ordinary arrow rain, was enough to make many low-caste people lose their will to fight.
You know, these low castes who have lost their morale will spread this situation to other low castes.
In fact, the rain of arrows did not bring any fatal blow. There were not many people on the decks of the covered ships, and most of them jumped into the sea directly. The ones who actually died were some recruits, and the total number was less than three to five hundred.
However, this wave of momentum attack actually destroyed the morale of nearly two to three thousand low-caste people. In this back and forth, before even fighting, he had lost the equivalent of three to five large ships.
"Han General, don't be too proud!"
Montcombe was furious and had no choice but to use the same method to project his own image in the air in the form of a mirage.
Then he drew on the clouds and launched a huge cloud attack towards the distant Han fleet to boost morale.
But the next moment, Montcomb realized something was wrong and dived into the water without hesitation.
Sure enough, more than three hundred arrows chased towards him as if they had eyes.
Fortunately, he reacted quickly and avoided this fatal decapitation blow.
"We can't keep dealing with the Han Dynasty like this. We're being led by the nose. I must disrupt their rhythm!" Montcomb emerged from the water with a gloomy look on his face.
Being schemed against repeatedly, even he was already furious.
The other party's attack was not a strategy at all, but a pure provocation. He had to reverse the situation.
"First column, second column, go out of the camp to meet the attack, crossbows and naval guns are ready to fire indiscriminately to force the enemy's position!"
Meng Kangbu simply gave up the idea of using some tricks to restore morale and chose to attack the Han Dynasty directly. Nothing can boost morale more than seeing real losses.
He was forced into a desperate situation. Indiscriminate firing is a way of fighting a war with money, and it is an extremely wasteful way of fighting.
However, there is no time to care about so many things at this moment. The most important thing is to quickly reverse the disadvantage. If the water fort is lost, leaving so many supplies will become aids to the enemy.
"He's taken the bait!" Gan Ning looked at Meng Kangbu who came out to meet the enemy with a sneer on his face.
Do you really think that Gan Xingba is a soft persimmon? He is a governor of the sea who is both civil and military.
"Fire the naval guns indiscriminately and attract all the enemy's attention!" Gan Ning ordered loudly.
Repairing the plank road in public and marching to Chencang in secret.
He is also a man who has seriously studied the art of war.
On the other side, Sun Ce, who had landed, directly ordered all the small boats to be smashed.
Just as Kang Mengbu said, a fleet usually cannot conceal its strength, because in order to keep the ships combat-ready, the necessary personnel cannot be withdrawn, and reserve forces must also be added.
Otherwise, they would collapse soon after the war began. Reinforcement at sea is much more difficult than on land, at least Gan Ning cannot do it to that level.
So Gan Ning directly led the Han Dynasty's fleet, while Sun Ce led the natives on Australia.
After Australia surrendered to the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty provided humanitarian aid to Australia and began to plot against Australia with the Australian Aborigines as the core. After all, the iron ore there was so attractive and who wouldn't want it?
The troops led by Sun Ce were indigenous people drawn from Australia. Each of them was highly trained and had extremely strong basic qualities.
Of course, these are just auxiliary forces. After all, they only have one elite talent, so they are at a great disadvantage in a fight. Their overall strength is just like a double-talent legion.
The core that Sun Ce really relied on was his personal guards, this special version of the Three Military God Legion that he obtained after he clung to Han Xin, bribed Bai Qi, and fought with Huo Qubing.
Han Xin was really annoyed by Sun Ce at the beginning, and had to pull out the soldiers of Xiang Yu in his memory and throw them to Sun Ce. After Sun Ce got the legendary Overlord's personal guards, the pride of Jiangdong's soldiers, he immediately left in a tactful manner.
He called himself the Little Overlord of Jiangdong, and this thing was exactly what he wanted.
Then Sun Cehai cleverly bribed Bai Qi and asked for a copy of the Wei Wuzu training method from Bai Qi.
This is actually of no use. The current environment is destined to be an era of the cloud system. The divine way is too difficult, and ordinary generals can't go on at all. The strong point of this version is the luck system, which cannot be changed even if they are gods of war.
But Sun Ce is different. Although he doesn't use his brain, his intuition is beyond ordinary people.
He took the three documents to find Huo Qubing, and after a friendly discussion, he helped Huo Qubing to make a few revisions, thus completing the last part regarding willpower.
A legion design that looks weird but subtly reveals harmony has just been released.
Of course, the difficulty of making this thing can even be said to be unique.
Zhou Yu knew at first glance that he couldn't handle this thing, so he decisively gave himself a halo of stupidity and encouraged Sun Ce to just go for it.
Even without the halo of stupidity, Zhou Yu was afraid that he could not fool Sun Ce. It was really too difficult to fool him, but he had to fool him.
If he couldn't do it, Sun Ce would definitely blame him and ask him to provide a legion.
But to be honest, the Three Gods Legion is truly perfect, and has no shortcomings except the difficulty of training.
If you ask him to redesign one and fill it with the rest of his life, he may not be able to come out. It is too difficult.
But everything depends on human efforts, and Sun Ce really trained him.
Zhou Yu studied it for a whole day and night, but still couldn't figure out how Sun Ce did it. In the end, he could only sigh and think that fools have their own luck. Maybe this is the charm of Sun Ce.
To be honest, Zhou Yu always felt that it was a stupid thing to have melee troops in Jiangdong.
However, Sun Ce did not think so. Sun Ce collected eight thousand deformed species in a large area of Jiangdong.
It's not the appearance that is deformed, but the talent points that are deformed.
The talents of most people in Jiangdong are all focused on long-range and naval warfare, and the level of close combat can only be described as difficult to describe. Even the deliberately trained close combat troops have a very obvious gap compared with other regions.
With the same talent, a soldier from Xiliang could beat two soldiers from Jiangdong. From then on, Zhou Yu decisively gave up the hopeless career of Jiangdong infantry.
But Sun Ce did not give up. He searched the entire Jiangdong for those who were interested in close combat, and then concentrated on testing them.
The training method is also simple, he just rides his horse forward and raises his hooves in front of people.
What he wants is to be able to stand still and not run during this process.
In the whole of Jiangdong, there are a total of 8,000 such deformed species, who are naturally gifted with bravery.
Then he started training according to the training methods given by the God of Three Armies, doing the whole process himself, and helped Sun Ce achieve success.
