Five hundred and ninety-two Sun Ce also felt that a bright future was beckoning to him
A large number of Wu soldiers were killed, but despite this, because the base was relatively large, there were still a small number of lucky Wu soldiers who kept fleeing back in small boats.
They tried to leave the water to find a way to survive and return to Jiangdong, or swim to the east bank of the water to avoid the pursuit of the Wei army on the west bank.
It's okay to run back with the current, but it's too eager to escape to the east coast to figure it out.
Wouldn't the Wei army set up an ambush on the east bank?
Cao Xing, the general of Wei Guoyingyang, was assigned by Zhang Liao to cooperate with Xu Huang and lead an army to set up an ambush on the east bank of the Misu River.
When a large group of Wu soldiers boarded the east bank and fled eastward in a hurry, Cao Xuan immediately led the army to kill and fired arrows at the group of Wu soldiers.
The arrow pierced through the sky and hit straight away, killing a group of Wu soldiers in an instant, and a large number of people fell in response.
There were also a bunch of Wu sergeants who saw that there was an ambush here, and they were immediately frightened, and they turned their heads and ran back.
Where is Cao Xuan willing to let go, bend his bow and shoot an arrow at it, and then shout "chase me", and lead the army to chase after him.
Cao Xing bent his bow and arrows on his horse while chasing, and shot an arrow at a figure who looked like an officer wearing an extraordinary suit and a helmet.
Cao Xing's luck was good, an arrow pierced his neck, and the officer fell straight forward, silent.
"Kill it!!"
Cao Xuan discarded his bow and arrows, drew his ring head knife, and pounced on it, killing a Wu sergeant with one sword.
The Wei soldiers followed closely behind, pursued the past and slaughtered, killing the Wu army's foot soldiers who were in a hurry and had no military formation to protect them, and the Wu army's foot soldiers encouraged resistance, and they were not the opponents of the Wei army at all, and they were soon annihilated.
Cao Xing got off the horse, found the officer who was killed by his own arrow just now, turned his body over, and saw that it was a dead middle-aged man with a little gray hair.
If you are an officer at this age, it is estimated that it will not be a small minions and miscellaneous fish, but may be a big fish.
Thinking that he might have killed a big fish, Cao Xing happily cut off his head and prepared to go back to ask for help.
Cao Xing's side killed the Wu soldiers who landed on the east bank and tried to escape, and then led the horse team to leap off and pursue the Wu army's small fleet that was trying to escape along the wet water.
On the other side, on the west bank, there was also a horse team led by Xu Huang himself galloping on the shore, galloping and shooting at the Wu army who was desperately rowing the boat to escape in the river.
The waterway of the water is not wide, and it is not good to avoid the range of the bow and crossbow, some of these Wu troops are lucky, and they also bring shields, which can resist, and some are not, they are killed by an arrow, and the Wu troops on the boat are killed one after another, and they are all finished.
There were also crossbowmen on the ships of the Wu army, and the shield soldiers protected the crossbowmen, and they could shoot back while rowing, and shot several Wei cavalry archers, which made Xu Huang angry and chased after him.
However, after all, they still did not catch up, they continued to follow the river to the south, but the horses gradually struggled to continue the pursuit, Xu Huang could only curse bitterly, seeing that the remnants of the Wu army were defeated and successfully fled.
Although annoyed, Xu Huang knew that he had made a great contribution.
Using trebuchets to strengthen his crossbows and his invincible cavalry, he managed to destroy an army of Wu, and it seemed that there were so many of them that were killed and drowned in the water or killed by arrows.
Of course, this is not the main force of the Wu army, but a partial division, but as far as Xu Huang feels for himself, being able to defeat a partial division of the enemy army can already prove that he has the ability to lead an army to fight on the battlefield.
According to statistics after the war, at least more than 10,000 Jiangdong soldiers were killed in this battle, most of whom were killed by arrows thrown into the river, and some were stoned to death or drowned by flying stones.
In addition to a large number of kills and injuries, Xu Huang also captured nearly 4,000 Jiangdong soldiers, and it is estimated that less than 3,000 escaped by boat if he was lucky.
The general under the banner of a general that Xu Huang killed himself was recognized by the descendant and confirmed that it was Jiang Qin, the general of Wu Guozhaowu, and Xu Huang was very happy.
After that, Cao Xuan came to ask for a reward with a head, and the Jiangdong descendant who was responsible for identifying it immediately cried when he saw this head.
After asking carefully, Cao Xing was overjoyed, it turned out that this head was the head of Cheng Pucheng, the general of Wu Guozuo, who had followed Sun Jian and Sun Ce's father and son for more than ten years.
Cheng Pu was the chief general of this army, and he was entrusted by Sun Ce to lead this army to attack Lujiang County alone, which was originally inevitable.
Cao Xuan was stunned by this huge joy at that time, Xu Huang looked at Cheng Pu's head, and suddenly felt that Jiang Qin's head in his hand was no longer so heavy.
Having said that, he is the main general, the main general who is in charge.
This battle broke from 10,000 to 20,000, and the Wu army was defeated miserably, and the whole army was almost annihilated, which was the credit of his own command, and the first credit was of course Xu Huang himself, and Cao Xing could only be regarded as the second merit, and it was the same when he reported to Zhang Liao.
Xu Huang was still very happy.
He felt that the Zhonglang that Zhang Liao had told him that he would become a general was becoming a fact, and he felt that a bright future was beckoning to him.
Sun Ce actually felt the same way.
As the army slowly moved forward, Sun Ce also felt that a bright future was beckoning to him, and he also felt that he would soon be able to reach the peak of his life.
As long as Jiujiang County and Lujiang County are won here, so that Yangzhou becomes complete, then he will have the strength to win the Central Plains.
Although he never fought against Guo Peng's army, in his opinion, when Guo Peng led his army to fight in the south and in the north, he also led the army to fight in the south and in the north, Guo Peng faced foreign opponents, and he also faced foreign opponents.
Guo Peng has been fighting non-stop and creating a strong army in the world, and he is also constantly fighting.
The local tyrant forces, the official forces, and the Shanyue barbarian forces have won a very large number of victories, and the elite of the army will not be lost to Guo Peng.
Moreover, Zhou Yu also proposed a new tactic, relying on ships to counteract the superiority of the Wei army's cavalry, which Sun Ce liked very much.
After arriving at Chaohu Lake, you can directly enter Shishui, and go north from Shishui to reach the city of Hefei.
The county seat of Hefei is on the water's edge, and as long as Sun Wu's army lands, it can basically set up a position to fight the Wei army.
No, when you are on the boat, you can shoot arrows to attack the Wei army on the shore.
The Wei army will definitely block the landing of the Wu army, so it is necessary to take advantage of the ship, attack the Wei army with a rain of arrows, crush the Wei army, and then send an army to land and attack the city of Hefei.
As long as it is on the waterway, the Jiangdong Naval Division is invincible, and if it can use the waterway, it is easy to transport food or reinforcements.
Sun Ce also did not forget to send people back to ask Cheng Pu and Wu Jing about the battle situation, in his opinion, Cheng Pu had conquered at least one county town, gained a firm foothold, and repelled the Wei army with the advantage of troops.
Wu Jing's side should be similar, Sun Ce felt that Wu Jing should also be able to rely on the superiority of the water division to deal a great blow to the Wei army in Guangling County, making it impossible for the Wei army in Guangling County to attack.
Their own advance in these three aspects will bring a great blow to the Wei army, which has never had experience in water combat, and will inevitably make them at a loss, thus exposing their flaws.