Xu Sheng scolded, and Jiang Qin no longer spoke with him, but ordered the whole army to attack! Not long after the two sides fought, Guan Yu and Zhou Tai also started a fierce battle on the lake at the entrance of the Yangtze River. Unlike the confrontation between the two naval armies in the north of Chaisang City, the battle at Hukou was obviously much more intense. Because both sides know the importance of fighting for the mouth of the lake!

After only holding out for three hours, Xu Sheng's 2,000 defenders on the west bank suffered most casualties. This was still Jiang Qin's conservative tactics, and 5,000 men surrounded the water village along the shore base, first striking with bows and crossbows. After holding out for an hour, the Soochow naval army was in a panic. At this time, Jiang Qin gathered his soldiers and attacked from the middle gate! Jiang Qin was anxious to make meritorious contributions, and his courage was abnormal, and Xu Sheng over there was not a vegetarian, so he fought and retreated.

Three hours later, he fled to the opposite shore by boat with his wounded soldiers, and at this time Xu Sheng's 2,000 men were left with less than 500 fighting power. There were three or four hundred wounded, and the rest were either splattered with blood on the spot, or were sent into the lake by the enemy to feed the fish during the battle or retreat. Of course, under Xu Sheng's stubborn resistance, Jiang Qin also paid the price of nearly a thousand people!

Obviously, Xu Sheng didn't expect that his 2,000 people still had various camp fortifications as cover, and he didn't hold out for even half a day. I knew that I should have completely abandoned the West Bank camp. Although Xu Sheng's bravery infected the surviving Wu soldiers. But Xu Sheng had an intuitive understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Jingzhou Navy in his heart. After retreating to the camp on the east bank of Hukou, Xu Sheng arranged for the treatment of the wounded while sending someone to inform Zhou Tai.

The West Bank has been lost, and some soldiers must be sent back to garrison the camp. Although Jiang Qin attacked from land and did not bring warships, Xu Sheng did not leave warships for Jiang Qin. But the two sides of the strait are only a mile apart, and it is not difficult for Jiang Qin to requisition some fishing boats in a nearby village. The fishing boats are slow, but they don't take long to cover a mile of distance. Xu Sheng's five hundred people may be difficult to stop Jiang Qin's four thousand people from rushing over at the same time.

And at the entrance of the Yangtze River in Poyang Lake, Guan Yu and Zhou Tai were both red-eyed, and even the flagships of both sides rushed to the forefront. Zhou Tai's 8,000 soldiers defended the mouth of the lake to the death. Guan Yu was worried that Cheng Pu would be flanked from front to back when he arrived, so he relied on his own warship and a large number of people to attack frantically! Although Guan Yu's side also has an advantage in weapons. But at the turn of spring and summer, the wind direction helped Zhou Tai a lot! When the wind was strong, most of Guan Yu's warships were blown onto Sangluezhou.

also relied on Guan Yu to lead the troops without causing greater chaos. After stabilizing his position, Guan Yu's flagship rushed into the enemy formation first. The two sides exchanged battlefields several times. The battle lasted from noon to evening, when the two sides withdrew their troops, Zhou Tai led the boat back to the camp, and Guan Yu prepared to find a place to camp near Sanglu Island.

As soon as Guan Yu found a good place and parked the boat, Jiang Qin arrived, covered in blood, he did not stop for a moment after capturing the west bank of the lake, and then arranged for the soldiers to enter the camp and began to send people to the surrounding villages to start searching for all kinds of fishing boats. By the time the battle at Hukou was over, Jiang Qin found a total of more than 100 fishing boats, large and small, but did not immediately drive to Hukou, but stopped at Meijiazhou, which was three miles west of Hukou. At the same time, someone was sent to sail the previous warship over. As soon as the fighting on Guan Yu's side stopped, Jiang Qin immediately rushed over.

"General Guan, it's windy at Hukou, it's better to go to Meijiazhou to camp." Because Jiang Qin has occupied the west bank of the lake, so the camp is located on the south bank of the Yangtze River is not afraid of enemy attacks, Jiang Qin knows that this season is stormy at night, especially in the area of Hukou and Sangluozhou, don't look at the river surface of Sangluozhou is only two miles wide, but the phoenix comes from three sides, and the soldiers must not rest well at night, if Zhou Tai attacks at night, or attacks with fire, it is really not easy to prevent. Leaning on Meijiazhou, the wind from the river and the lake is completely blocked. Zhou Tai has an action at night, and the West Bank must have found out, and the report is too late.

In this area, Jiang Qin is the home field, Guan Yu naturally did not hesitate, and immediately ordered all the warships to follow Jiang Qin to the south bank of the Yangtze River.

"Gong Yi, it was not easy to take the camp on the west bank, Zhou Tai is like a fish in his throat, and he will definitely launch a night attack to recapture the camp at night. You're in for a tough battle tonight! Seeing that Jiang Qin didn't mean to return to the camp immediately, Guan Yu couldn't help but ask.

"The general is calculating, and Qin is also thinking about how to deal with tonight." Although Jiang Qin attacked from the land during the day, Xu Sheng was powerless to fight back. But at night, Zhou Tairuo came to attack with the whole army. There are more than a mile face-to-face, and it is obviously too late to rely on Guan Yu's support. The water village is small, with a maximum of two or three thousand people stationed, and it is easily surrounded by the enemy from the river. Coupled with the direction of the wind this season, the fire attack must be difficult to support.

But Jiang Qin didn't want to give up the attack and defense of the camp he had just captured. After all, where did the attack come from, but it was five or six miles closer than Guan Yu's current camp. Moreover, Zhou Tai resumed the occupation of the camp on the west bank, and it became very dangerous for Guan Yu to camp in Meijiazhou, but Zhou Tian took advantage of the night to land on the west bank and then attack the camp of Guan Yu from the shore on foot! This is also the reason why Jiang Qin is reluctant to give up the chicken ribs on the west bank of the lake.

"Is there a small river leading to the lake around here?" Seeing Jiang Qin's unwillingness, and then looking at the fishing boats that Jiang Qin sent to collect in the evening, Guan Yu thought that if there was a small river, he would let some small fishing boats carry them into Poyang Lake, and then attack from the south, and he would lead the troops into the house from the back, and Zhou Tai would not be in the mood to seize the village.

Jiang Qin shook his head helplessly and said, "The nearest river is to Baishui Lake." That side has already entered Chaisang, and there must be a Dongwu naval army guarding it! ”

"Then what is Gong Yi's plan?" Guan Yu saw that the soldiers were already camping hard, and of course he didn't want to give up the camp on the west bank so soon.

"It's hopeless to keep it, it's a pity to abandon it!" Jiang Qin was very embarrassed.

"Can you set a trap to make Zhou Tai return in vain?" Guan Yu also knew that he was not as familiar with the terrain as Zhou Tai when he fought at night, and the wind on the lake at night was easy to disturb the ships, and the losses might be even greater!

"The shore foundation around the water village is flat, there is no danger available, and Zhou Tai often comes here, I'm afraid it will be difficult to hide from him."

"That plan for today can only wait, if Zhou Tai attacks in the middle of the night, Gongyi can block the stall, and if he can't stop it, he will retreat. When dawn comes, after I lead my people into the mouth of the lake, Gongyi can still recapture the camp as today! ”

"For now, it seems like that's all it takes."

"Then be careful! Especially at night battles, in addition to the necessary duty, try not to spend the night in the water village! A small number of sentries can be assigned to the lake at night. The rest of the men camped on the shore to rest, so that they could retreat in time in case of a big attack......

That night, Guan Yu and Jiang Qin agreed that Guan Yu would set up camp three miles west of Meijiazhou, and Jiang Qin still took 4,000 men and horses to garrison the water village on the west bank of Hukou. However, Jiang Qin kept an eye on it and assigned two hundred people to be on duty in the water village, and the rest were stationed half a mile away from the shore. Not long after nightfall, the opposite shore was really brightly lit, and then Jiang Qin, who was sleeping on the shore, heard the killing cry, hurriedly got up and stood on a high place to see, and hundreds of warships on the entire lake were heading towards the water village together.

As soon as the warship entered the firing range, countless rockets were fired from the opposite side. Jiang Qin immediately made a decision and asked all the soldiers to withdraw to the shore. Four thousand soldiers quickly set up a position on the shore to prevent Zhou Tai from landing and attacking. What Jiang Qin didn't expect was that Zhou Tai's night attack was a rocket launcher. In less than half an hour, the entire water village was surrounded by raging fires.

Jiang Qin then understood, Zhou Tai also knew that this water village was easy to attack and difficult to defend, rather than constantly changing hands and constantly attacking and defending, it was better to burn it with a fire! It's good to guard the east coast water village with peace of mind. If there was no reminder from Guan Yu, or if Jiang Qin just relied on courage to carry Zhou Tai to the death, I am afraid that most of the soldiers would be buried in the fire now! The fire lit up the surroundings of the water village, and you can even see the water village on the other side through the light of the fire!

Seeing that there was no hope of fighting the fire, Jiang Qin had to let the soldiers retreat again, and only stopped after confirming that it was safe. Sure enough, then Jiang Qin found that almost all of Zhou Tai's naval troops stationed at the mouth of the lake were dispatched, and after the water village was completely set on fire, the boats landed near both sides of the water village, and countless soldiers were ready to rush to the location of Jiang Qin and others!

"Too much deception!" Jiang Qin immediately grabbed his weapon and shouted to the soldiers behind him: "Prepare for battle, beat these guys back into the water!" The 4,000 people behind him shouted in unison, and then the torches were lit and rushed down in the northeast direction of the water village.

Due to the division of the water village, Zhou Tai's men and horses were divided into two parts. Unable to concentrate for a while. And Jiang Qin saw this opportunity and rushed to the Zhou Taibu who was landing with all his men. This can be said to have caught Zhou Tai off guard. Originally, Zhou Tai's whole army was dispatched, and when he came up, he set fire to the village, thinking that most of Jiang Qin's men and horses should not have time to react, even if they escaped, they were still in shock!

Therefore, Zhou Tai ordered the landing, and took the opportunity to cover up the killing, so as to expand the results of the battle. But soon there were fierce shouts from the shore, followed by people falling into the water. But it's all the soldiers of the Soochow Navy! Zhou Tai watched carefully in Far EasTone telecommunications. Judging by the number of torches, there were almost four or five thousand people. Zhou Tai's first reaction was that Guan Yu was ambushed on the shore! The heart is not good! If Guan Yu came, the people who went ashore and those who were going ashore were afraid that they would die, but then they felt that something was wrong, since their whole army was dispatched, Guan Yu would definitely have no reservations, at least he would send tens of thousands of troops to attack the landing troops.

And now it is only concentrated in the northeast of the water village? When he was hesitating whether to concentrate the whole army to attack, Xu Sheng rushed over from the south.

"General, the situation is a little wrong, why is there no panicked shouting in the water village? There are no lights on the shore of the water village? ”

"Are you saying that Jiang Qin had already withdrawn? And now it's a counterattack? Zhou Tai asked rhetorically.

"That's how it should be! This Jiang Qin was very familiar with this area, and he must have known that the water village on the west bank could not be defended, so he had already slipped to the shore. The general collects the troops, Jiang Qin occupies the garrison base and is condescending, if our army rushes hard, the casualties will be very large! Now that the water village is on fire, our army only needs to wait on the boat! ”

"That's it!" Zhou Tai said helplessly. Originally, it was an attack at night, but Zhou Tai thought that he had a lot of people and the help of the wind, and as soon as he came up, he would ignite the water village, and Jiang Qin would definitely be in chaos. Now it seems that Jiang Qin is not stupid, since the purpose of burning the water village has been achieved, there is no need to fight with Jiang Qin! Immediately the whole army was ordered to withdraw to the ship.

Jiang Qin had no warships on his side, and he couldn't pursue, and the number of people was not as large as the other party, so he had to shoot at the warship a few times helplessly, and then retreated again. The two sides were like watching a fireworks show, watching the thunderbolt burning in the water village. From time to time, Zhou Tai's side also had warships close to the water village to make up a few fires.