Early the next morning, Yuan Yao ordered Wei Yan to lead 10,000 elite armor to line up outside Jiangxia Mountain, putting pressure on the defenders of Sanjiangkou and involving some of their soldiers and horses; He also ordered Yang Zaixing to lead 500 guards to accompany the guards, leaving the rest of the army to garrison the camp, and then he and Pang unified and boarded the flagship of the building ship, and took 20,000 sailors and all the navy warships to go straight to the mouth of the Sanjiang River.

Yuan Yao's army fleet left the water village, and soon came to the front of the Sanjiang estuary, only to see that the waterway in front of it suddenly changed from a width of dozens of zhang to only about ten zhang wide, and the terrain on both sides of the river also changed from a plain of a horse and a flat river to a cliff several zhang high, and there were many people on the cliff, and I don't know how many soldiers and horses were ambushed.

Yuan Yao felt a little chill in his heart when he looked at the terrain in front of him, and then ordered the fleet to stop, looked at Zhang Dingbian and said: "Dingbian, this battle is going to attack the enemy's water village at the risk of arrows and stones, it can be described as nine deaths, but a real bloody battle, I don't know what you plan?" ”

Zhang Dingbian looked at the terrain in front of him for a while, and replied: "Lord, look, the waterway ahead is narrow, and the building ship cannot be turned at all, and the huge size of the building ship is easy to become a target for rolling wood and stones, so you can't use building ships in this battle, and you can only use small and medium-sized warships such as Xiandeng, Fuchong, Ge Chuan, and Chima." The enemy's water fortress is built by six first-boarding warships, and the use of small boats to attack the enemy will occupy a condescending position, so this battle must use medium-sized warships such as Shipping and Xiandeng as the main force, and small ships such as Ge Ship and Red Horse can only be used as a containment to distract the enemy's goals and energy for the main force of our army. ”

"At present, the enemy situation in the valley is unknown, and the water situation is not very clear, the last general plans to send a small number of red horses, scouts, turquoise and other warships into the valley to explore the enemy situation and water situation, and wait until the enemy situation and water situation are clear, and then personally lead the main army to attack the enemy water village in a sudden way!"

Yuan Yao hadn't even studied the foot battle thoroughly, let alone the water battle, after listening to Zhang Dingbian's words, he could only respond: "You will personally lead the army to fight in this battle, I will only give you a plunder in the rear, the military situation is like fire, you don't have to ask me for everything, you can arrange the troops by yourself!" However, Sanjiangkou is full of dangers, you still need to be extremely cautious, even if my army can't take Xiakou in this battle, I don't want to break you as a general! You are the pillar of our army, far from being comparable to the land of Jiangxia County, do you understand what I mean? ”

Zhang Dingbian was grateful when he heard this, bowed his hand, and said in a solemn voice: "No, the last general will live up to the trust of the lord, and he will return in triumph!" ”

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After Zhang Dingbian bid farewell to Yuan Yao, he immediately went to dispatch troops, and Yuan Yao stood at the bow of the ship to watch the battle.

A moment later, Yuan Yao saw twenty or thirty small boats lining up, rushing straight towards the Sanjiangkou Valley Road against the water potential of the Yangtze River.

"Enemy ships enter the valley, kill!"

"Shoot the arrows! Shoot the arrows! Shoot me the enemy! ”

"Roll the wood and stone, smash it hard for me!"

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As soon as the warship entered the valley waterway, countless ambushes suddenly appeared on the cliffs on both sides, and countless arrows and rolling wood and stones instantly shot at the same time, heading straight down for the warships on the waterway.

"Raise your shield, enter the house, and dodge the arrows!"

"Turn the rudder, turn the rudder quickly, and avoid the reef ahead!"

"A boulder has fallen, turn quickly, and quickly dodge !!"

"Ah!!h

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The officers and men of the navy saw countless arrows and rolling wood and stones crashing down, and immediately panicked, although Zhang Dingbian had made all kinds of preparations earlier, but there were still nearly 100 soldiers who were shot by feather arrows;

In addition, there were three or four warships that were hit by the rolling logs, and the small warships were not large, and they disintegrated after being smashed by the rolling logs, and the sergeants on the ships were instantly swept into the river without knowing their lives and deaths;

There was also a small boat that did not have time to turn around because it did not have time to turn around because of the evasion of the arrow attack, and it crashed directly into a reef, and the warship ran aground and became a fixed target, and several rolling logs and stones crashed down, smashing the warship in an instant, and the sergeants on board were also killed by random arrows.

In a matter of moments, four or five small boats had been destroyed, more than a hundred sergeants were killed, wounded and missing, countless ship fragments and sergeant corpses were floating on the waterway, and even the river was slightly reddened.

However, fortunately, the rest of the warships quickly adapted to this rhythm under the life-and-death crisis, and the sergeants all rowed their boats like crazy to attack forward, and the casualties caused by the ambushes on both sides were much smaller after being dispersed.

There was a small wooden house on the warship, Zhang Dingbian specially ordered the sergeant to install some wooden planks to prevent arrow attacks, and after the sergeant adapted to the environment, the damage caused by the attack feather arrows became much smaller, and the warship needed to pay attention to the reef and rolling wood and stones of the waterway.

Countless rolling logs and rocks crashed down, and from time to time warships would be smashed and disintegrated, but fortunately, this mountain road was only more than ten miles, and these small warships were extremely fast, and soon explored the enemy's water village closer.

However, as soon as these small warships approached the water village, countless feather arrows attacked them, and the water village at the front also threw down many sharpened logs, and after these logs entered the water, they became powerful along the panting river, and attacked the water warships.

"Arrow attack, dodge quickly!"

"We have detected the enemy situation and the water situation, quickly turn around and return home, and pay attention to avoid the sharp wood!"

"Go back, make a quick U-turn, brothers don't want to die here in the end!"

After seeing the situation of the water village, the sentry boat hurriedly ordered the ship to turn around and return home, and the sergeants were overjoyed when they heard this, and hurriedly began to turn the rudder and turn around.

During the time when the rudder of the warship slowed down, two more warships were hit by stones and disintegrated, and the sergeants on board could only jump into the water to survive; There was also a warship that was stuck in the hull by a sharp log because it couldn't dodge, a hole was cracked in the ship's gang, and the speed of the warship slowed down, and in an instant, several more rolling logs and stones were smashed, and the ship disintegrated instantly.

Fortunately, most of the warships had already turned around, and the small warships, which were already extremely fast, were now going down the river again, and the warships quickly rushed out of the valley again to the safety of the waters outside.

By this time, Yuan Yao's fleet had already moved out of the main waterway, dodging the giant trees and ship debris that were flowing downstream, and only dozens of small boats shuttled through it, constantly searching for the corpses of sergeants and survivors.

In the end, only a dozen or so of the twenty or thirty small boats returned, and the battle loss ratio was almost half, and this time it was still the small boats that entered the valley, and the target of the small boats was still relatively small, so it was relatively easy to avoid the rolling wood and rocks.

Zhang Dingbian kept asking the sentry ship about the situation of the valley waterway and the enemy's water village, and after asking about these conditions, Zhang Dingbian's face became more and more unpleasant.

It seems that this battle can only live up to the lord by fighting with his life!