Chapter 139: The Dragon in the Water

At noon, Liu Zhang led most of his troops to join Gao Shun, and immediately launched an attack from behind the Jingzhou army.

When the earth-shattering shouts of killing sounded from behind him, Zhang Yun immediately reacted - Jiangling was lost! Since Gangneung was lost, it was useless for him to continue the assault at that time, and he had to withdraw to Xiangyang immediately, otherwise once the enemy army behind him approached, it would be the danger of annihilation. Only by bringing this army back to Xiangyang will it be possible to block the enemy's offensive under the city of Xiangyang......

Zhang Yun immediately made a decision and ordered a retreat.

However, it was too late, Zhang Fei stood on a high place, far earlier than the Jingzhou army to discover the arrival of reinforcements, he and Li Dian quietly went down the city wall, commanded the four thousand Yizhou troops who had been on standby to kill out of the city, dragged the enemy army, and created a good opportunity for Liu Zhang to completely annihilate the enemy army.

Zhang Yun tried his best to retreat, but with Zhang Fei contained, the speed was never fast, he had ordered to leave some troops to block Zhang Fei, to buy time for the army to escape, but the main force of his troops and horses was the private soldiers and recruits of the rich families in Xiangyang, they knew very well that staying was to send them to death, they did not have such a high consciousness, one by one ran faster than anyone else, but the blocking was not completed, but the already chaotic formation impact was more chaotic, did not run out of five miles, and was caught up by the main force of the Yizhou army that pursued with all its might.

Under the leadership of peerless generals such as Xu Huang, Zhang Liao, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, and Zhang Fei, the Jingzhou army was quickly defeated, and countless people threw away their weapons and crawled on the ground under the shouts of the Yizhou army......

Zhang Yun and more than 100 of his own soldiers were besieged in a vegetable field by Gao Shun's 500 trap camp, and the tender vegetables were trampled and confused, and they were sprinkled with the blood of Jing and Yi soldiers.

Liu Zhang knew that Zhang Yun was still good at leading troops, especially in the water war, even Zhou Yu was a little jealous, so he wanted to ambush him, but Zhang Yun didn't know what medicine he had taken wrong, so he scolded Liu Zhang and swore to die. Liu Zhang couldn't help but feel depressed, why did you jump and shout to surrender as soon as Lao Cao came, but when I came, you were so faceless, didn't listen to persuasion, and scolded me, it was my uncle who could bear it, and my aunt couldn't bear it, so I immediately ordered Gao Shun to attack.

Gao Shun, who got the order, immediately commanded the trap camp to rush forward, and the iron-clad trap camp soldiers quickly crushed the remnant army, and Zhang Yun was subdued by Gao Shun and actually sent his neck to the blade himself......

Liu Zhang ordered the surrendered army to be escorted back to Dangyang for care, and after burying Zhang Yun, he led an army of 30,000 to continue to advance towards Xiangyang, Zhang Fei and Li Dian advanced with the army, and Dangyang was handed over to Du Yi to be fully responsible.

When Liu Zhang waved his army to Xiangyang, the Gong'an Port, Cai and Huang's combined forces were in one place, and after a little rectification, hundreds of large and small ships released slurry to kill the Gong'an Port, and the uncountable pulp cut through the river in a uniform manner, and the sound was like a dragon's groan, and it spread several miles away.

The patrol post of the Yizhou Navy Division immediately discovered the movement of the Jingzhou Army, but it was no longer strange, these days, almost every day the Jingzhou Navy Division would come to take a look. However, the patrol soon noticed that the fleet was too large, almost twice the size of the previous days, and that there was an additional "yellow" flag fluttering in the wind. The patrol did not dare to stay slow, and immediately turned the bow of the boat and ran to his own water village. The Jingzhou Navy downstream also found the boat of the Yizhou Army, but they had no intention of chasing, first, there were only four or five people on the boat of the Yizhou Army patrol, and it was impossible to pose a threat to the Jingzhou Army, and second, the boat of the Yizhou Army was fast and flexible, and it was not easy to catch up, not to mention, let these people go back to the Yizhou Water Village to promote their own strength, and they could also hit the morale of the Yizhou Army, right?

As a result, Cai Mao and Huang Zu didn't seem to notice the Yizhou patrol, and continued to move forward unhurriedly.

The patrol sentry quickly returned to the public security port, and before the boat docked, the captain of the boat jumped onto the dock and shouted: "Emergency military intelligence ......" The Yizhou navy in charge of guarding identified their identities and quickly made way of an avenue.

Wu Chang kept running to Lu Su's tent, even if there was an emergency military situation, he was not a place where he could break in, and explained the situation to the guards, and the guards did not dare to slack off, and immediately returned to the account. Soon, Wu Chang was allowed to enter.

"Report to the governor and deputy governor, the army of Jingzhou Navy is coming, and the villain roughly estimates that there are more than 500 large and small warships, and the number of people is about 50,000, and now it is speeding up, only fifteen miles away from our military camp!"

The shock in Wu Chang's imagination did not happen, Lu Su smiled, and said to Gan Ning: "Xingba, as you and I expected, Cai Mao and Huang Zu really couldn't bear the loneliness, and they came to the door so quickly regardless of the fatigue of the boat!" ”

Gan Ning said: "Since Cai Mao is in a hurry to seek death, how can we ruin his interest?" It just so happens that he has had enough of his majesty in the past few days, and the brothers are fed up with his provocation, but they are all holding their breath, and now if they are released, they will definitely pass the top tigers! ”

Lu Su said: "However, the disparity between the enemy and our forces is too great, so we must not be careless!" ”

Gan Ning smiled: "Don't worry, general, no matter how many ants there are, you can still bite the elephant to death?" Don't worry, today I will prove the name of the Yizhou Sailor, and from now on, all the enemies will tremble when they hear the name of the Yizhou Sailor! Obviously, Gan Ning didn't know the sentence that ants bite elephants to death.

Lu Su said: "Strong! Xingba, don't blame me for talking too much, we still need to remember the teachings of the lord 'despise the enemy strategically and attach importance to the enemy tactically', if you and I are careless and cause failure, you and I will have no face to see the lord! ”

Gan Ning said: "General, don't worry, although Ning is arrogant, he doesn't dare to ignore a fleet of 50,000 people!" However, our army is expected to be the first enemy, all kinds of distributions have been decided, and the first opportunity is exhausted. ”

Lu Su nodded: "Let's start acting, according to the speed of the ship, the Jingzhou army will arrive outside the public security port in one hour at most, don't let them block our army in the water port!" ”

"Yes, please give the general's order!" Gan Ning bowed.

Lu Su called his own soldiers to take the arrows, sent orders to all departments, and immediately set sail.

The entire public security port immediately boiled, and all the soldiers heard that they could finally go out to fight the Jingzhou Naval Division, and they all felt that the time had come, and they were very excited, and under the command of generals and colonels at all levels, nearly two hundred warships sailed out of the port.

Lu Su and Gan Ning also led their own soldiers on the ship, and in order to ensure safety, the two did not get on the same boat, so that even if the enemy sank the flagship, the other could command the sailors to continue the battle, and not let the army fall into leaderless chaos.

After saying a word of appreciation to each other, the two of them got on a building boat. This kind of building is 100 paces long and 35 paces wide, divided into three floors, and can carry 500 sailors and soldiers. The functions of each layer are different, the lower cabin is used for water hand rowing, the middle layer is placed with a female wall, the soldiers hide behind the female wall, and the enemy is engaged in broadside combat with melee weapons such as knives, guns, swords, halberds, etc., and a small trebuchet is installed on the upper floor, and is equipped with a number of crossbowmen to suppress the enemy in the medium and long range.

Soon, the Yizhou sailors set up a position above the river. Ten ships were in the front, fifteen smaller ships followed, and more than seventy small warships of various kinds were listed behind, such as the Raid, the First Climb, and the Hazy Rush.

Soon after the Yizhou army set up a position, the Jingzhou Navy Division arrived. Fifty building boats, the same number of Ge boats, 300 raids, first boarding, and hazy rushes, and more than 200 fishing boats of various sizes accompanied the journey, the scale was extremely huge, far from being comparable to the Yizhou army.

Looking at the "small" Yizhou fleet not far away, Cai Mao was also a little surprised, he had to challenge every day, but the Yizhou army had never flinched, and now he got the support of 20,000 Huang Zujun, and the strength was strong, but the Yizhou army went out of the village to face the battle, something strange! However, looking back at the huge fleet behind him, Cai Mao secretly thought: "Strength is the decisive factor that determines success or failure, I have strong strength in hand, all conspiracies and tricks, side doors and left-handed ways are in vain, wait for me to crush the past, from now on the Yizhou Navy will be removed from the world, and I will be famous in the world, fame and fortune, haha......"

Thinking of this, Cai Mao ignored the inferiority of his own downstream, and ordered someone to send an offensive signal to Huang Zu not far away. They each take a boat for their own safety, after all, everyone is just a combination of interests, no one can trust anyone, and if they want each other to get on their own boat, it is equivalent to letting the other party take their lives into their own hands, and none of them have the courage.

Huang Zu was also dismissive of the Yizhou Water Army, and when he got Cai Mao's signal, he immediately responded and agreed. Immediately, the sailors who had been resting for a while shouted their trumpets, shook the ship in unison, and the fleet rushed towards the Yizhou army like wild horses.

Lu Su ordered people to tap the bronze bell three times, and the Yizhou sailors moved when they heard the order, and they unanchored and moved forward to meet the Jingzhou navy.

Gan Ning's boat rushed to the front, only to see him standing on the top floor of the ship, shouting in a gong-like voice: "Brothers, everyone has been aggrieved enough these days, and I am the same, I have long wanted to compete with the water monkey of Jingzhou, and now, I have finally waited for this day, today, is the first real battle of my Yizhou Sailor, we have to prove ourselves, we want to use a complete victory to make the name of the Yizhou Sailor spread all over the world, do you have confidence?" ”

"Yes...... Yes...... There are ......" Yizhou sailors shouted in unison.

"It's useless to shout, the enemy is in front, destroy them, don't let others think that you are just shouting loud slogans, let the world recognize your strength, from now on, where my Yizhou fleet appears, all enemies will be retreating." Gan Ning shouted.

"Kill ......" everyone raised their weapons and shouted with murderous hiss.

Cai Mao looked at the indomitable and high-spirited Yizhou army, and was a little uneasy for a while, but soon he swept away these little uneasiness, smiled self-deprecatingly, and shouted: "Brothers, Jingzhou Sailor is the best in the world, and now the little Yizhou Sailor dares to offend the majesty of my Jingzhou Sailor, it is really a grasshopper shaking the tree and bold, today, let us use a massacre to let the world know who is the overlord in the water, let everyone see, pick the fate of my Jingzhou Sailor, I order you, this battle, do not take prisoners, Kill all enemies! ”

"Kill ......" Cai Mao's words also attracted the response of countless Jingzhou sailors.