Chapter 21: The Decisive Battle in Advance (5)

PS: Pity the poor and pure wolf, ask for a ticket on Monday! )

When the black liquid gold slowly surrounded Sun Quan's fleet, Zhou Yu did not know that the catastrophe was approaching, and he was still thinking the flagship to break the enemy's good strategy, it is not difficult to break the iron lock across the river, the key is the lack of tools, as long as there are a large number of iron hooks fixed on the bow of the ship to hook the iron lock, with the strong north wind and the natural flow of water to pull downstream, the iron lock can be pulled off, but when the army goes out, who will have so many strong and strong iron hooks?

Now it is obviously too late to return to Chaisang or go to Jiangling to build, Zhou Yu had to retreat and summon the generals to order: "Our army's waterway is blocked, unable to reinforce Xiangyang, but the battle in Xiangyang is very tight, can not be delayed, this governor is determined to go ashore in the middle of the night to rob the enemy camp, I don't know that the general is willing to be the vanguard of the battle?" ”

Hu Zong, Han Dang, Deng Dang and Lu Fan came out together, hugged their fists and said: "The last general is willing to go." Before the four of them finished speaking, Ling Cao, who was crying for his father on the side, rushed to Zhou Yu and knelt down on one knee and cried: "Dadudu, my father died tragically in the enemy, I am not only a son of man, but also a subordinate of the lord, I am willing to go ashore to kill the enemy, not to avenge the country and family hatred, and vow not to return to the camp." ”

Zhou Yu was very satisfied with Ling Tong's performance, having subordinates who swore to fight to the death was undoubtedly a blessing for any commander, and then Zhou Yu ordered: "Okay, Ling Tong will lead a thousand skilled sailors to go into the water first, clear the underwater iron drill on the west bank of the Xiangjiang River, and open the way for the big ship. Deng Dang and Lu Fan also led 2,000 soldiers to ambush the enemy's road leading to the pontoon bridge, and when the enemy rescued the pontoon bridge, they were ambushed halfway, and the others followed the governor to kill the Dong thief camp! ”

"Do as you are told!" The generals of Sun Quanjun, including Cheng Pu, all agreed loudly, and in the face of the sinister and cunning enemy, Cheng Pu also had to put aside his personal grudges and temporarily cooperate with Zhou Yu to fight the enemy.

After the generals went down to prepare nervously, Zhou Yu, who had been frowning during the day, relaxed instead, and even picked up his beloved Tongqin, which he had rarely touched, and played the famous song "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix", the sound of the piano was resentful, the tune was sad, recalling the days and nights with Xiao Qiao in Jiujiang, unconsciously, Zhou Yu had burst into tears.

"Zheng!" Shang Xuan on Tongqin didn't play and broke off, Zhou Yu's heart was shocked, and he suddenly threw the piano and cried a few times, the terrible cry was covered by the sound of the rushing river, and a waning moon bent from the weak oblique shooting cabin in the window of the ship, and the dim moonlight was faintly sprinkled on Zhou Yu's painful body......

"Why is the river black?" The shouting outside the cabin woke up Zhou Yu, and he could only hear the constant shouting outside the cabin, "Strange thing, why is the surface of the river completely black?" Zhou Yu was shocked in his heart, Dong Zhuojun's ever-changing pre-battle tactics are famous all over the world, unpredictable, the clear water of the Xiangjiang River suddenly turned black, it is difficult to say that Dong Zhuo, who should kill a thousand knives, is doing something famous.

Zhou Yu hurriedly grabbed out of the cabin, jumped off the deck from the second floor of the building ship in three steps and two steps, looked down the river, and Ling Tong, who was ordered to go into the water to remove the iron drill, had already swam back to the side of the boat, and shouted to Zhou Yu in the water: "Dadudu, the surface of the river suddenly turned black, and there is a terrible smell, and the water on the body can't be washed away, what is this?" ”

"Is there such a thing?" Zhou Yu was shocked, and hurriedly ordered someone to get a bucket of water in the river, and sure enough, the surface of the river floated with a thick layer of black liquid, which was sticky when touched, and could not be washed off, like oil but not oil, like water not water, and exuded a pungent odor, which was strange to describe as something that Zhou Yu had never seen in his life. "What is this?" Zhou Yu looked up and pondered, carefully searching for the impression of this strange liquid in his memory, and suddenly, Zhou Yu thought of a battle example when Dong Zhuojun swallowed Yizhou, and a battle example of Jia Long breaking the camp!

"Retreat!" Zhou Yu shouted frantically: "The whole army retreats immediately!" Withdraw from Xiangjiang! ”

Sun Quanjun was inexplicable, and he didn't understand why Zhou Yu wanted to withdraw his troops, but Zhou Yu had already rushed to the side of the ship hanging the anchor stone (PS: ancient anchor replacement), pulled out the ghost head knife obtained from the captain of Kang Peng's own soldiers who died in battle, and cut the iron cable tied to the anchor stone with only two knives, and the huge flagship rushed downstream like a sharp arrow off the string with the help of the north wind, and even Zhou Yu's deacon, Ling Tong, did not have time to get on the ship.

Almost at the same time, the two sides of the Xiangjiang River suddenly rose a little starry, from the stars to the dense Tianhe, getting closer and closer, as the first point of the stars fell into the water, calm as a gentle girl on the water surface of the Xiangjiang River flashed a flame, incredibly spreading, more and more stars landed, the slowly flowing Xiangjiang water surface became a bright red sea of fire, the dark night that could not be seen into the day.

The red crows danced, the fire snake raged, the smoke covered the sky, it coincided with the north wind, the fire was even more violent, the poor Sun Quanjun fleet was caught off guard, and was surrounded by the sea of fire in an instant, the wooden warship that could withstand such a burn, immediately turned into a blazing fire ship, no matter the water on the boat, it was already a burning hell, smoke and fire, Sun Quanjun's soldiers ran nowhere to go, were burned by the fire, screams and cries were endless, the soldiers had no way out, either fell to the water and were burned to death by the fire, drowned by the water, or burned into charred corpses on the ship, Smoked to death. What was even more pitiful was the Ling Tong army who dived into the water to remove the iron drill, when the fire rushed to the face, they could not avoid it, except for a few people who climbed ashore to surrender to Dong Zhuojun, most of the others were charred alive, screaming and dying miserably, including Ling Tong......

"Zhou Lang's clever plan to settle the world, lost his wife and broke his soldiers! Zhou Lang's clever plan to settle the world, he lost his wife and broke his soldiers! Dong Zhuojun cheered thunderily on the shore, and in the celebration, this sentence specially tailored for Zhou Yu was naturally indispensable, and Hu Che'er's cheers were the most special, "Zhou Lang's clever plan is to calm the world, I have beef to eat!" ”

On the night of November 11 in the fourth year of Han Chuping, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry miraculously defeated the Jiangdong Naval Army on the water surface of the Xiangjiang River, and Sun Quan's army was almost wiped out, only Zhou Yu's flagship was able to retreat quickly when he saw the opportunity, saving the lives of most of the middle and senior generals of Sun Quan's naval army, but Sun Quan's naval army was also greatly injured, and he was no longer able to reinforce Jingzhou, and even the overwhelming advantage over Dong Zhuo's naval army was greatly reversed, and he almost returned to the same running line with Dong Zhuo's naval army. After this battle, the prestige of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry became even more famous, which made the princes frightened......

Almost at the same time that Zhang Xiu burned the Jiangdong warship, the Dong Zhuo Navy led by Lu Su and Gan Ning was also on the water of the Xiangjiang River near Xiangyang, and the Jingzhou Navy launched the first water battle since the establishment of the Xiliang Water Division, and the cause of the battle was also because of Zhou Yu, after Cai Gong returned to Xiangyang to bring Zhou Yu's letter to Liu Biao, Liu Biao immediately asked Ma Liang, who had been extremely trusted, to discuss the feasibility of Zhou Yu's plan, Ma Liang also thought it was feasible after careful study, and Liu Biao ordered the Jingzhou Water Army, the only trump card in his hand, to dispatch, As planned, he went to block the harbor where Dong Zhuoshui's military camp was stationed.

Less than half a day after the order was issued, the Jingzhou Navy basically completed the blockade task, and the news was sent to Kang Peng, as a modern Kang Peng, of course, knew the danger of the Navy being blocked in Hong Kong, and immediately ordered Lu Su and Gan Ning to fight out before the Jingzhou Navy completed the blockade, not to win a war, at least not to let the Jingzhou Army easily block their own Navy.

Kang Peng's order is very difficult, Dong Zhuo's navy is far from mature, there are not even a few well-built warships, only more than 200 small warships can be put into battle, three unfinished sub-motherships are only live targets, only a half-completed 'Wuya' class warship 'Lian Po' can pose a threat to the Jingzhou warships, but in front of the Jingzhou navy with more than 7,000 large and small ships, it is tantamount to a drop in the bucket.

If you can't fight, you have to fight! This is Kang Peng's death order to Lu Su and Gan Ning, Lu Su and Gan Ning after more than half an hour of consultation, hard to work out an extremely risky plan, take the night to dispatch the 'Lian Po' and more than 200 small boats, together to assault Cai Mao's flagship, only by sinking the flagship of the Jingzhou naval army, Dong Zhuojun has a chance of victory.

The water flow in the upper reaches of the Xiangjiang River is much more rapid than that of the downstream, with the cover of the fierce north wind and night, Dong Zhuo's sails suddenly set sail and snatched out of the military port, Lu Su took the 'Lian Po', and Gan Ning took a small boat that could only carry fifty soldiers, around the Ganning boat, there were fifteen of the same boats, and the boats were all Gan Ning's old eight hundred brocade sail thieves, which was the most combat-effective team of Dong Zhuo's navy, and it was also the water war veteran who was overturned in the gutter - the water war veteran who was poured down by Dong Erye's sweat medicine pit.

Dong Zhuojun's navy just left the military port, and was immediately discovered by the experienced Jingzhou navy, the Jingzhou navy that had been in water warfare for a long time quickly ignited and notified the ships, and hundreds of Jingzhou warships immediately approached from all directions, surrounding Dong Zhuo's navy, and more Jingzhou navy formed a larger encirclement in batches and times, completely blocking any of the waterways from which Dong Zhuo's navy withdrew.

Lu Su held a monocular that had been heavily equipped with Dong Zhuojun, stood on the bow of the 'Lian Po', and quickly found Cai Mao's flagship, which was commanding the Jingzhou naval army with torches, and commanded in a deep voice: "Turn the rudder left, northeast, speed up, and crash into it!" ”

With the efforts of the clumsy Dong Zhuojun sailors, the 'Lian Po' struggled to adjust its direction and rushed directly to Cai Mao's flagship, and Dong Zhuojun's other small boats followed together regardless of how the enemy surrounded them. And the Jingzhou Navy laughed all over the world, Cai Maozhi is famous for his fear of death, in front of his flagship, it is naturally the most densely populated area of Jingzhou Navy warships, Dong Zhuo's Navy rushed to this side, isn't it self-defeating?

The bow of the 'Lian Po', the huge boulder on the slap rod more than ten zhang long was raised high, and a Jingzhou military ship had rushed to the front, it was obvious that this warship also saw that the 'Lian Po' was Dong Zhuojun's flagship, and wanted to rush up and fight with the 'Lian Po', and it was Lu Su who shouted loudly to greet this Jingzhou military warship, "Shoot!" ”

The slap rod fell, and the boulder weighing more than 1,000 catties smashed into the bow of the Jingzhou Navy warship, "Kazi!" "The sound of wood breaking can be heard far away......

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At the same time, Kang Peng was also worried in the barracks, listening to the shouting and killing on the river, Kang Peng's heart in the chest like a stab was like about to jump out of his throat, it was too risky, once this naval army was wiped out, the construction progress of Dong Zhuojun's naval army did not know how long it would be delayed. But it's useless to worry, all Kang Peng can do now is to sit in the village, not to panic or be busy, so as to stabilize the morale of the army.

Kang Peng tried to pull his heart to the war on land, besieged the city for more than half a month, the Jingzhou army was a turtle out of the shell, and Dong Zhuojun's military food situation was even worse than Zhou Yu estimated, it was only enough for ten days, this is not counting the consumption on the road to the withdrawal of the army, if within six days, Dong Zhuo's army could not break through Xiangyang City, then there was only one way to withdraw the army. But Xiangyang City is too strong, and the troops and ordnance that Dong Zhuo's army can put into the siege are too few, even if Dong Zhuo's army has two top military divisions, Jia Xu and Pang Tong, they are helpless against this strong city.

"If only there were a few packets of nitrocellulose." Kang Peng laughed at himself in his heart, but nitroglycerin refining is too troublesome and time-consuming, and ancient China did not produce cotton, the cotton used to fry the Yellow River last time was bought by Kang Peng from Arabia at a large price, and the only few packages made are still lying quietly in the secret warehouse in Chang'an, far from quenching the thirst, not to mention, even if the nitrocellulose is really in his hands, Kang Peng does not dare to use it casually - wouldn't that be a self-confession and admit that the Yellow River was blown up by Dong Zhuojun?

"Xianggong, haven't you rested yet?" Wen Lu hugged Wen Zhen and quietly approached the tent, Huang Yueying jumped up and down behind, jumped in front of Kang Peng and shook Kang Peng's hand, "Good Xianggong, there is so much sulfur in your army, I went to ask for some to test, but they didn't give it to me, saying that it can only be used if you have a warrant, you quickly write an order, let them take some sulfur and give it to your good wife." "After taking the initiative to take off his clothes and seduce Kang Peng on the 'Chang'an' last time, although Kang Peng was powerless because of seasickness and serious injuries, Huang Yueying has not really become Kang Peng's wife, but the cheeky Huang Yueying has already regarded herself as Kang Peng's wife, and her title for Kang Peng has also become Xianggong.

"No, sulfur is a must-have in the army, and when you get to Chang'an, I'll give you as much as you want." Kang Peng first pushed away Huang Yueying, who was sulking with a small mouth, took his daughter from Wen Lu's hand and said with a smile: "Good baby, let my father kiss it." ”

It may be that Wen Zhen was dissatisfied with Kang Peng's furry and hard beard, and was kissed by Kang Peng and cried, and suddenly urinated Kang Peng's hands and body, Wen Lu was angry and funny, snatched her daughter and scolded: "My daughter is already asleep, you still wake her up, you deserve it!" He also asked Huang Yueying to get clothes for Kang Peng to change, so as not to catch Kang Peng's cold.

"Xianggong, the boy's urine is a good thing, and it is also called white, which has the effect of clearing heat, reducing fire and eliminating stasis." Huang Yueying, who was shameless, changed Kang Peng's clothes while showing off her knowledge, "Isn't the injury on your body still healed, let Zhen'er pee on you a few more times, it will be fine quickly, and we can also round the house......"

"Pee? White in the world? Kang Peng looked at the urine of his daughter on the fat hand and muttered to himself, thoughtfully, he didn't notice that a stunning girl was showing love to him, and suddenly, Kang Peng pulled open the broken gong and yelled, "There is a way!" There's a way to break Xiangyang City! ”

Kang Peng's yelling startled Huang Yueying and Wen Lu, and just as they were about to ask, Kang Peng had already rushed out of the big tent in rags, "Get up for your own appearance, and immediately collect all the old toilets near Xiangyang!" The more the merrier! ”