Battle formation beach: Zhou Yu ordered generals
Chen Jinshun
Legend has it that Laoba Tou is at the junction of Huimin and Changgou villages. It was the "battle formation beach" where Ding Feng trained his navy and formed troops during the Three Kingdoms period. It was also the "pointing platform" for Zhou Yu, the governor of Soochow at that time. Regarding the origin of this general station, there is such a magical story circulated among the people:
At that time, Soochow was always beaten every time it fought with the Wei army led by Cao Cao. After returning from the defeat, Zhou Yu, the governor of Soochow, was so anxious that he frowned, did not think about food and drinks, and did not know how to deal with the invading enemy.
Once, Zhou Yu returned to the house after going down to the morning. He had nothing to do and was walking in the back garden of his home. He happened to find an empty water tank next to the rockery mountain and thought about it. Plant a few water lilies inside to add a little leisurely interest to the garden. He put some soil at the bottom of the tank, found a pole and a bucket, went to the pond to fetch water, and poured it into the tank. But when the water in the tank was almost full, a scene of a general's platform was suddenly reflected in the tank. The platform base, flagpole, etc. are clearly visible. What is even more peculiar is that an old elm tree gradually grows next to the platform, and a locust tree grows out of the elm tree. It is actually the elm hugging the locust tree.
How could such a strange scene appear in the water tank? Zhou Yu felt it was incredible. After hearing the news, the family members came over and saw what was found in the jar. They were all surprised and didn't know why.
After that, every time the tank was filled with water, this scene would appear in the tank. Zhou Yu thought there must be a reason for it, so he hired a painter to paint it. The scene that appeared in the vat was painted on paper.
On this day, Zhou Yu took the painting and found the military advisor Lu Su. He told the strange scene in the water tank at home and asked what the reason was. Lu Su looked at the painting carefully, pondered for a long time, and suddenly clapped his hands and said: "Oh, this is a great thing for me in Soochow!"
Zhou Yu asked urgently: " What did the military advisor see?"
Lu Su pointed at the painting and said: "Look at the trees next to the general platform in the painting, 'Elm' and 'Sophora japonica'. The word "wood" is removed from each of the two characters, which is exactly the half of the word "yu" in your name, the governor, and the word "wei" in the name of Wei Jun. Yu holds a locust tree - isn't it God's hint to me that this battle in Soochow will be done in the future? The Wei army was surrounded and annihilated in one fell swoop?"
After hearing this, Zhou Yu said with great joy: "The military advisor's vision is really different, but how can we destroy the invading Wei army? ?"
Lu Su said: "What we need to do now is to find where the point in the painting is as soon as possible; if we can find what is shown in the painting, Wherever you go, you may find a way to defeat the enemy! The question is, does the general platform in this painting really exist in reality? ”
said What a coincidence. At this moment, Ding Feng rushed from Jinbaowei to Jianye City in Wudu to do some business. After finishing the business, he stopped by to visit Zhou Yu and happened to bump into Zhou Yu and Lu Su discussing the painting. Ding Feng looked at the painting and said in surprise: "Where did you get this painting? Isn't this the battle formation beach where I practiced the navy?"
Zhou Yuhe After hearing this, Lu Su looked at each other and couldn't help but said in unison: "Is there really such a place?"
Later, Zhou Yu and Lu Su followed Ding Feng and rushed to Jinbaoxu.
Ding Feng took them to the battle beach and said, "This is the place!"
Zhou Yu and Lu After looking at it carefully, the two of them couldn't believe their eyes. They couldn't help but marveled. Both the platform built and the position of the flagpole were exactly the same as in the painting. On the side, there is indeed an old elm tree, with a locust tree growing on the tree. The elm tree is thick and the branches are pressing tightly against the locust tree. It looks like the locust tree is out of breath and in pain.
Zhou Yu climbed onto the platform made of earth and had a panoramic view of Jinbaowei. He saw the crisscrossing ditches and rippling waves, dividing the fields into different blocks, and the breeze When you hit your face, there is the smell of water, but also the fragrance of field seedlings and soil.
Watching, watching, Zhou Yu's eyes lit up. He discovered that the naturally formed ditches in Jinbaowei were intertwined with each other. They seemed messy, but they could be identified carefully. There seemed to be certain rules. After a little tidying up, those ditches looked like arranged Bagua arrays. Zhou Yu couldn't help but be overjoyed by this discovery, and quickly called for someone to bring a pen and paper, and sketched out the arrangement and direction of the ditches on the paper.
Later, Zhou Yu showed the ditch map to Lu Su. Lu Su saw the intention of this picture at a glance and praised loudly: "What a picture of the "Jinbaoxu Water Village Battle Formation Picture"!"
Zhou Yu immediately ordered Ding Feng to summon Soldiers from the Marine Division formed their formations and conducted drills as shown in the picture.
The military drums were beating, and the soldiers, under the command of Ding Feng, lined up in different formations. As the colorful flags in the hands of the flag officers continued to wave, the formations also The formation kept changing. The sound of the drums is sometimes fast and sometimes slow, and the movement of the queue is sometimes fast and sometimes slow. The people on the side were dazzled, as if they were in a maze.
The soldiers practiced for seven days in a row, and Zhou Yu was very satisfied with it. At this time, a scout horse came to report, and nearly ten thousand water troops from Wei State came to kill him.
Zhou Yu laughed loudly and said: "Well done, I will let them have a taste of the power of the Jinbaowu Water Village Battle Formation!"
Then, Zhou Yu took the stage to order the generals, and ordered Ding to be the main general to hold the battle, and Zhou Tai to be the deputy general to fight in the vanguard against the Wei navy. At the same time, he invited Zhuge Liang and others from Shu State to watch the battle.
When the two armies fought, at the beginning, Zhou Tai was ordered to use conventional combat methods to fight the Wei navy, but it gradually became exhausted. Zhou Yu suddenly ordered Ding Feng to gather the warships. , the "Jinbaowei Water Village Battle Formation" was set up, and then with a trumpet blast, those small and exquisite warships suddenly gathered and then separated, scuttling in all directions on the water like swordfish, and in just a moment, the Wei navy was divided into pieces. Before the general of the Wei army could understand what was going on, the war drums of Soochow sounded like heavy rain from all around. The Wu army changed their formation at lightning speed and surrounded the Wei army.
In this battle, almost all the Wei naval forces were wiped out. Those who died died and those who surrendered surrendered.
Zhuge Liang witnessed the battle with his own eyes and repeatedly sighed: "The formation Zhou Yu deployed this time was like God's help!"
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How could others imagine that Zhou Yu's formation was actually derived from the layout of Jinbaowei's natural canals?
In order to commemorate Zhou Yu's victory, later generations named the place where Ding Feng practiced naval training at Laoba Tou "Dianjiang Terrace".