On the north bank of the Yangtze River, Yu Wenwen looked at the battle situation on the river with a clairglass mirror, and only then did his own vehicles and ships break the vehicles and ships of the Chen army, and the subsequent scene made many people a little confused: the intact main fleet of the Chen army actually retreated.

Retreating in front of the enemy has been a difficult thing since ancient times, the Chen army just had to retreat because of the frustration of the forward, in the eyes of the 'onlookers' it is simply incredible, so many ships retreat together It is easy to squeeze together, and then the Zhou army rushes up and fires, which is basically the end of the destruction of the whole army.

"Should we withdraw or not, should we not fight." Yu Wenwen sneered, he could see everything clearly with the clairvoyant mirror, and the retreating Chen army obviously did not use all his strength.

"Could it be that General Chen is hesitating?" Zhang Yu asked stubbornly, of course he could see that something was wrong, but now Lord Lang needs a 'acquaintance' to lead to the following, and the soldiers guarding next to him are all stupid and big, and only he can do this kind of work.

"Of course not, there must be something strange in it." Yu Wenwen was very useful, and he also knew that Zhang Yu must have seen it, and asking that kind of question was purely for cooperation.

"So, what's weird" Zhang Yu cooperated with Lord Lang with a bitter face, and when he saw the curious ears of the soldiers next to him, he felt that his sense of superiority in IQ arose.

"Of course it's to lure the enemy, ah, no, it's to lure our army to catch up." Yuwen Wen said with a smile, he finally had the opportunity to 'preach', and he would not waste it.

"Eh, envoy, these birdmen have all been defeated, what kind of enemies are they tempting?" A soldier asked stupidly.

Yu Wenwen began to explain: It was also smooth sailing, the Chen army warship moved first, but the Zhou army warship that moved later was able to catch up, and the distance between the two sides was shortened for a while, but then it remained the same, either the Zhou army warship was weak, or the Chen army warship was deliberately unhurried.

The soldier asked again what would happen if it went on like this, could it be that everyone chased and chased it all the way, and went all the way to the Huangkou in Jiangzhou, could it be that the officials and soldiers could take the opportunity to finish all the Huangkou?

Zhang Yu said where to chase to the mouth, the mouth is more than 200 miles away from the Xisai mountain waterway, everyone who does not eat or drink all the way to chase all the way to escape, to the mouth is afraid that even the strength to paddle is gone.

A group of guards scratched their ears and cheeks, they really couldn't figure out what Chen Jun's intentions were in deliberately 'luring the enemy', Zhang Yu had his own judgment, but he would not be stupid enough to steal the limelight from the lord of Lang.

"More than twenty miles downstream of Xisai Mountain is Weiyuankou, maybe Chen Jun is ambushing a fire ship or something there." Yu Wenwen expressed his opinion, "When our army chased all the way and unknowingly passed Wei Yuankou, those fireships rushed out, but they were behind our army, and it was smooth sailing. ”

"More than twenty miles, smooth sailing, less than half an hour to arrive." Zhang Yu added.

"If our army chases, they can turn defeat into victory, and if our army stops, they can retreat safely, and they will not lose horizontally or vertically, that is, drought and flood will ensure harvest."

Seeing that the soldiers suddenly realized, Yu Wenwen had no sense of achievement, Chen Jun's plan was very thorough, if the commander of the Zhou army did not investigate, it would be a conspiracy, and if the commander of the Zhou army saw through it, it would be a conspiracy.

Yuwen Wen made such a fuss, not to show off in front of this group of soldiers, but to make the soldiers think more, seeing that the atmosphere at the scene was almost brewing, he ordered to release the beacon smoke.

"And, let them spin that big winch!"

The place where they are located is the riverside camp near the mouth of the lake, this camp is the stronghold of the Chen army not long ago, because the Zhou army has been stationed with thousands of people, so the Chen army warship did not send people ashore to 'get a handful' when the warship passed by, at this time the camp beacon tower has lit the beacon smoke, and a huge winch in the open space in the village is rotating.

There were more than 100 soldiers pushing the winch, but even then it seemed to be very difficult to push the winch, and all of them were red and sweaty, and those who did not know it thought that they were not complimentary.

As the winch slowly turned, a thick iron chain gradually straightened, and the iron chain extended from the winch and submerged into the water by the river not far away.

"Come after me, if you catch me, I'll let you hehehe." Yu Wenwen muttered to himself, he looked at the Chen army fleet that was about to retreat to the river in front of him, and said with a 'cruel smile': "Dare to run? I'm going to catch you now, and then hehehehe! ”……

On the river, the warships of the Chen army were retreating in an 'orderly' manner, the big ships did not even turn their bows, they were all full of sails and rode down the wind and water, and the boats equipped with shours and oarsmen did not work, and they were too lazy to move unless ordered by the officials.

"Don't be fast, don't be slow, obey orders, if anyone dares to mess around, be careful of eating whips!" The governor shouted loudly, these rowing young men were all civilians who were temporarily conscripted into the army, one or two were stunned, they didn't know how to talk too much and were less lazy, only the whip could make them remember for a long time.

After scolding and scolding, seeing the cowering silence of the young men, the governor snorted and walked towards the bow of the boat, and when he saw the fierce god walking away, someone whispered.

"What's going on, one will advance and one will retreat, could it be that the battle has been defeated in front?" A thin man asked, as they were paddling in the cabin, and they couldn't see anything but water from the small side window, and they couldn't see what was going on in front of them.

"Who knows, just listen to orders, what does it matter to us if we win or lose, and it is important to save our lives." A tall man next to him said that the two of them were recruited by the government to go out with the army together in the same village.

This is very crucial, if the officers and soldiers win the battle, it is better to say, if they lose the battle, they have to desperately row for their lives, and if they are slow to escape and are caught up, then they have to throw themselves into the water as soon as possible to escape.

They are all fishermen in Pengli Lake, fishing in the lake on weekdays for a living, although the days are a little hard, there are aquatic products, and they have a good water nature by driving a boat in the lake to make a living on weekdays, even if they are fluttering in the Yangtze River.

It doesn't matter to them whether the officers and soldiers win or not, anyway, it is the most important thing to go home alive, so they pay special attention to the movements outside the cabin.

"It's going downstream, and it looks like the front is really defeated." The tall man shook his head.

"Defeated? Then why don't you row quickly, waiting for Zhou Jun to catch up? The thin man asked.

"In my opinion, I'm really waiting for Zhou Jun to catch up."

Seeing that several people next to him were looking at him, the tall man said mysteriously that there was something strange on the side of Weiyuankou downstream, and he had a familiar army who went to Weiyuankou, as if the official army was drumming something there.

"Could it be that you want to lure Zhou Jun to Weiyuankou, and then copy the back road?" Some people's eyes lit up, and the rest of the people also had a knowing expression.

Most of them are fishermen, so another side hustle of the fishermen is also done from time to time, sailing in the rivers and lakes on weekdays, meeting or carrying a lone business trip, many of them turn into murderous bandits without blinking.

On weekdays, honest farmers may temporarily become bandits to rob and rob single merchants, so it is normal for fishermen to temporarily work part-time as water bandits.

"Then those Zhou Jun are all fools, they won't guess that Wei Yuankou might have ambushes, right?"

"God knows, maybe it's the one-legged bronze man commanding the water army, where do the northerners know the twists and turns on the water."

"The one-legged bronze man? I've heard that he eats human flesh! Someone picked up the conversation, and the name of the one-legged bronze man has spread to Pengli Lake, and the common people like to spread this kind of absurd-sounding rumor.

"I also heard that he robbed the people's girls to enter the house, hehe." Of course, the focus of some rough embryos is different, when it comes to the topic of one-legged bronze men, no one cares about the current war situation anymore, all of them are 'hehe' discussing one-legged bronze men, and all kinds of popular jokes emerge in endlessly.

They were 'hehe' in the cabin, but the people on deck were not in such a good mood because there was an unexpected change in the river.

"What to do, what to do!" A general shouted loudly, and a group of soldiers gathered at the stern of the ship, pointing to the direction of the warship and whispering, and reporting what they saw when they saw the superior scolding.

"Has there been a change in the flow of the river?" The general was a little puzzled when he heard this, he walked to the stern of the boat and looked at the river in front of him, but after a glance, he found that the situation was wrong, and the current on the river was obviously wrong.

It seemed that there was something under the surface of the water, and judging by the way the water was scattered around, it was not small.

"Reefs? Sandbar? It's impossible! ”

Although the Yangtze River is wide, it should not be taken lightly when sailing, and some dangerous shoals, reefs and sandbanks in the river should be avoided, otherwise the light ones will run aground, and the heavy ones will capsize or sink on the reefs, but there are no such things on the river near Xisai Mountain.

"No, it won't be the Dragon King," someone said tremblingly, the current of the river is changing more and more obviously, and there seems to be something floating under the water, which seems to be horizontal in the water, which makes people shudder.

There are definitely no reefs and sandbars on the Xisaishan River, so the long things that float up are not normal, it is not a big snake or the legendary dragon, if it is really given to these things across the river, then everyone will not be able to run away and will be buried in the belly of the fish.

"Don't talk nonsense!" The general scolded loudly, although he looked very calm, but his heart was also suspicious, this situation was incredible, he didn't want to believe that there was a dragon or a big snake, but this situation made him unable to explain.

Suddenly, there was a commotion on both sides, and there were people on the left and right warships pointing in a panic, and he looked up at both sides of the river, and then he was stunned: on the left and right sides of the water near the river, a strip rose out of the water.

One end is connected to the direction of Xisai Mountain on the south bank, and the other end is connected to the direction of Jiangbei Yingzhai, seeing this scene, his heart is uneasy, and before the answer is about to come out, the soldiers at the stern of the ship burst into a 'boiling'.

"Iron ropes! It's a ferret! A rope has risen from the water! It's the Hengjiang Iron Cable! ”

"How is it possible, how is this possible!"

An iron cable rises from the water, abruptly traversing the river, one end of it is the Xisai Mountain on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and the other end is the shore camp on the north bank of the Yangtze River, this iron cable directly blocked the retreat of Chen Jun.

"This is impossible, isn't the Hengjiang iron cable in Xisai Mountain broken by the Zhou army" Someone said with a pale face, the iron cable is across the river, which means that most of the warships will be stopped, but there is still the Zhou army in hot pursuit, the situation is not good.

"Impossible, impossible!" A general roared, "Our army has already inspected the riverside side at the northern foot of Xisai Mountain, and the original three iron cables have been removed, where did this iron cable come from!" ”

It's not that he can't understand, it's that the situation is changing too quickly, the iron cable in front of him is really across the river, and it depends on the situation that the Zhou army has laid a trap, and this iron cable was originally sunk under the river, so the Chen army's warship can pass without hindrance before.

Now the other party turned the winch to straighten the iron cable, so it finally rose to the surface of the river, he really couldn't figure out why such a long iron cable would be safe and sound, sinking in the river and not being broken by the river, and now crossing the river will kill the official fleet.

"The Zhou army has caught up, their ship speed has accelerated, and they are about to catch up!" The lookout on the mast shouted at the top of his voice, and there was an uproar when the news came, and the soldiers looked at each other and then at the generals.

"What are you doing! Take an axe, take a knife, take everything you can to chop the ropes! ”

In a hurry, the soldiers of the Chen army took out all the tools they could to deal with the approaching Hengjiang iron cable, but at this moment, the drums on the north bank of the river suddenly beat loudly, and the army was in turmoil.

"Mast! There are a lot of masts on the lake, and there are boats over there! (To be continued.) )