Chapter 422: The Outpost Battle (Part II)
The flotilla of the Jiangdong Army followed the "defeated" Cao Army, drove straight in, and broke into the Cao Army's water village.
Seeing that the enemy was hooked, Lu Xun 'revealed' a smile on his face.
However, he is not in a hurry, now the Jiangdong army has not yet entered the water village, if the ambush soldiers are too early to 'expose', with the other party's ability to 'operate' the boat, they can easily escape from the village.
At least wait for more than half of the enemy army to enter the water village before launching an ambush, so that a relatively good effect can be achieved.
It's just that in this way, it will be bitter for Cai Mao and his group of sailors, after entering the water village, there are not many routes to continue to escape, and the Jiangdong navy rushed up violently, taking advantage of the situation to carry out killing, and further killed a lot of Cao Jun.
Seeing this, Cai Mao also had a bitter word in his heart, he was not a mediocre general, seeing that Lu Xun had not let the ambush attack for a long time, he could naturally guess what the other party was doing.
It's just that these sergeants who are being killed are all brothers who have been trained by themselves, although it is not yet a climate, but they are also the only sailors who have taken the shot, if the losses are too heavy, it will be difficult to make up for it.
Of course, Lu Xun also knew this, and he also wanted to delay some more time and let more Cao Jun enter the ambush circle of Shuizhai. But if it continues to delay, the losses of its own naval army will be even greater, and even if it can defeat the Jiangdong army at that time, I am afraid that the gains will outweigh the losses.
Lu Xun gave instructions, and the archers who were originally hidden 'appeared' one after another, like the Jiangdong Navy 'shooting' a dense rain of arrows.
"Retreat!" Tai Shici did not hesitate, and as soon as he saw the ambush appear, he immediately gave the order to retreat.
Tai Shi Ci has the style of a general, and he is not panicked when he is suddenly ambushed, and when Jiangdong's fleet retreats, it is quite orderly, and there is not the slightest 'chaos'.
Although under the cover of the rain of ambushes and arrows, there were casualties among soldiers from time to time, but the Jiangdong army still withdrew from the water village at a very fast speed.
Lu Xun looked at the retreating Jiangdong fleet, and his face was not very good-looking. The speed of the Jiangdong Navy was even faster than he expected, and in this situation, even if they all entered the water village, it would not be difficult to retreat.
Although his ambush had some effect, it was really insignificant, much worse than originally expected.
The outpost battle between the two armies was over, and the Jiangdong Army originally occupied this absolute advantage, but at the last moment, it still suffered some casualties, and the total number of casualties was about 4,000.
The losses of Cao's army were even more severe, with more than 6,000 killed in battle.
This made Lu Xun's face become a little 'gloomy', under the premise of his own strategy, the casualties of his own army were so serious, if it was a face-to-face 'confrontation', I am afraid that this water village would really change hands.
Although Lu Xun didn't know what the casualties on the Jiangdong side were, he was sure that it would never be more serious than his own army.
Although the Jiangdong Army's water warfare capability was estimated to a higher level, it was finally discovered after the 'engagement' that the strength of the Jiangdong Army was still stronger than expected.
It seems that the upcoming battle will not be easy.
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On the third day after the clash between Cao's army and the Jiangdong army, Cao 'Cao' led a large army into Sanjiangkou, and when he learned that he had lost 6,000 men in the first battle, his face was obviously extremely ugly.
Although the first battle cannot be described as a fiasco, it suffered a big loss in the first battle, which obviously made Cao 'Cao' unsatisfactory.
Before Cao 'Cao' raised his troops, he was full of ambition and wanted to take Jiangdong in one go. But now he has suffered a 'stick' in the face, which makes him not angry.
Cao 'Cao' went south, and although he gathered 250,000 troops, he also had 150,000 troops on the Jiangdong side. Although the number of their own troops is much better than that of the other side, if you look at the ratio of casualties between the two sides in the battle two days ago, you may not be able to take Jiangdong.
Just when Cao Cao was worried about the defeat in the first battle, a man with an elegant face slowly stood up with a confident look on his face.
"Why should the king worry, the generals of Jiangdong are only Zhou Gongjin'er. If there is no Zhou Gongjin in Jiangdong, there is no need to worry about it. The man said confidently.
Cao 'Cao' recognized this man as his subordinate strategist Jiang Gan, and couldn't help but be a little disdainful of his words. Jiangdong is not worried about Zhou Yu, isn't this complete nonsense, everyone knows this truth, but what can you do, send an assassin to assassinate Zhou Yu?
"Although he is not talented, he used to have a friendship with Zhou Gongjin, such as the king wants Zhou Yu to abandon Wu and Wei, and he wishes to go to Jiangdong to persuade Zhou Gongjin to abandon the dark and turn to the light."
Although Cao 'Cao' didn't believe that the elegant and elegant Zhou Gongjin would be easily surrendered, he couldn't help but look forward to it when he saw Jiang Gan's confident look.
"How sure are you about persuading Zhou Yu to surrender?" Cao '' asked.
"I'm very sure of it!" Jiang Gan said it categorically.
Cao 'Cao' was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately ordered Jiang Gan to set off, and said that if it was done, there would be a heavy reward.
In the Cao Jun barracks, when Gao Shun learned the news of Jiang Gan's trip to Jiangdong, a trace of inexplicable smile appeared on his face.