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Song-Ming -> Romance of the Three Kingdoms -> Kan Ze Presents A Treacherous Letter; Pang Tong Suggests Chaining The Ships -> 21.1

:“便疾病?”曹操:“?”:“。”"What is this excellent scheme?" said Cao Cao. "The river is wide, and the tides ebb and flow. The winds and waves are never at rest. Your troops from the north are unused to ships, and the motion makes them ill. If your ships, large and small, were classed and divided into thirties, or fifties, and joined up stem to stem by iron chains and boards spread across them, to say nothing of soldiers being able to pass from one to the next, even horses could move about on them. If this were done, then there would be no fear of the wind and the waves and the rising and falling tides." Coming down from his seat, Cao Cao thanked his guest, saying, "I could never defeat the land of the south without this scheme of yours." "That is only my idea," said Pang Tong. "It is for you to decide about it." Orders were then issued to call up all the blacksmiths and set them to work, night and day, forging iron chains and great bolts to lock together the ships. And the soldiers rejoiced when they heard of the plan.


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