Chapter 141: The Bloody Battle of the Yangtze River (continued)
Gan Ning held a long-handled knife in his hand, and when the knife fell, several good heads immediately rose to the sky, and blood was sprinkled all over the river. Gan Ning sneered, showed Sensen's white teeth, jumped onto the enemy ship, and stepped on the corpse of the Jingzhou Navy soldier who had just been beheaded by him, only to hear Gan Ning shout: "Jinfan thief Gan Ning is here, and he hasn't come to send him to death......" After drinking, he slashed with both hands and slashed across with the momentum of sweeping thousands of troops, and several Jingzhou soldiers died under the knife.
The Jingzhou Navy did not hear the life of the Jinfan thief, but many people only heard of his legend and had never seen him, and today he finally saw it, as the legend said, he was a murderer like a butcher, and many Jingzhou soldiers did not dare to resist and retreated. Gan Ning had no mercy, he pounced on it, the sword flashed, and in a short time, twenty or thirty Jingzhou soldiers fell under his feet, and he occupied a deck within a radius of three zhang, and the Yizhou soldiers immediately rushed up, and under the command of Gan Ning, they rushed across the building.
The archers on the upper floor of the building ship were shocked, once the middle floor was lost and attacked by the Yizhou army on the upper floor, these soldiers who were only equipped with bows and arrows could only be slaughtered, they didn't want to face such a situation, and immediately aimed the arrows at the Yizhou army soldiers who attacked the upstairs boat.
"Whoosh...... Sou...... Whoosh......"
"Ah......" The Yizhou soldiers who followed Gan Ning were immediately killed and wounded, Gan Ning waved his long knife and shot down all the arrows that shot at him, and then shouted: "Rush, rush up and mix with the enemy, their archers will not dare to let go of the arrows...... and said: "What the hell are you guys looking at, don't you kill the enemy archers quickly......" This is to let the archers on their own boats solve the Jingzhou army that shit on their heads.
Gan Ning's reputation among the Yizhou naval army was even higher than that of the governor Lusu, and when he heard his shout, the archers did not dare to slack off, and opened their bows and arrows, drawing the attention of the archers of the Jingzhou army back. The melee soldiers followed closely behind Gan Ning and rushed into the enemy formation, melee with the enemy army, so that the Jingzhou army archers were tied hand and foot, and with the containment of the Yizhou army archers, they could no longer manage the battle on the middle deck. The soldiers on the middle deck of the Yizhou Lou ship jumped onto the enemy ship one after another......
He Qi and Dong Xi were not to be outdone, these people who had left their names in the history books had extraordinary skills, and the two of them commanded the soldiers to kill the enemy ship with their weapons, slashing left and right, which can be described as invincible. As the governor of the capital, Lu Su wanted the governor of the overall situation and could not get involved in danger, so he ordered Ling Cao, who was accompanying him, to lead the soldiers to start a series battle with the enemy......
Compared with the brave generals' slaughter, the soldiers' confrontation is less powerful and heroic, but there is more of a helpless sadness and desolation, they used to be the lowest people in this society, living and working in peace and contentment is their eternal expectation, but unfortunately they were brought to the battlefield, they can not retreat, dare not retreat, they can only advance, kill or be killed, if they survive, they will receive a not very rich salary, maybe they will be regarded as heroes, But there are still many battles waiting for them, will their luck be maintained? Will they be able to survive the next battle? Nobody knows! If they die in battle, isn't that a relief for them? A roll of straw mats, the most exquisite fallen leaves of the Chinese after their death may be a luxury for them!
The tiny soldiers roared angrily and raised their swords and guns to coldly assassinate and block, they wanted to survive, they wanted to see their relatives back home, but they finally died on the battlefield and returned to a foreign place. They don't understand, and don't need to understand, why the patriarch insists on each other's lives with the same face, the same words, and the same food. They paid for it with their lives, and the reward they got was only cheap money, blood splattered, there were enemies, there were comrades, and there were their own.
Two soldiers, a Jingzhou army, a Yizhou army, they met, in the violent collision, their only support, tightly grasped the support, but because of the huge tremor and fell into the river at the same time, the two people rushed to each other without the slightest hesitation, in the fist and fist, tooth and tooth duel, the two scuffled together, they almost greedily sucked each other's blood - it is said that can speed up the death of the enemy, accidentally, the two fell into the river at the same time, the water splashed, but neither of them let go/ The meaning of the mouth, in an instant, the two of them were lost on the river, maybe they would find their weapons at the bottom of the river and continue their battle, if there was a soul, their soul might find out their stupidity, and they would shake hands and make peace......
The collision of steel in the sky intersects, playing a passionate and poignant symphony.
The small ships of both sides were not willing to be lonely, looking for their opponents on the battlefield, they crossed the battlefield, or fought close to the enemy ships, or attacked the enemy soldiers from a distance, and when the broadside battle was unfavorable, they immediately broke away and poured arrows into the enemy direction from afar.
At this point, the utility of the trebuchet had been completely lost, and the only heavy weapon was the bed crossbows that both sides were equipped. From time to time, huge crossbow arrows are fired at the opponent, and if you are hit by it, no matter how strong the armor you are wearing, you will eventually run to death, of course, if you don't hit it, this is not the case. On the crowded deck, bed crossbows rarely missed, and often more than one soldier was killed or wounded with a single arrow......
Neither side was willing to retreat, and the battle lasted from morning to afternoon, and the bloody battle lasted for more than two hours, and the river was full of red, and countless corpses drifted with the waves.
The Jingzhou army, which had the advantage of troops, had more than 15,000 casualties, but they were unmoved, because the dawn of victory had appeared, and they were sure of victory, because the opponent's Yizhou naval army had also suffered heavy casualties, and more than half of the ships and soldiers had been lost, and the situation was precarious...... Many Jingzhou soldiers shouted in their hearts, "The Jingzhou Navy is the best in the world, this flag finally did not fall in my hands, and the little Yizhou Navy dared to challenge the status of the Jingzhou Navy Army, it was simply beyond my ......"
When Cai Mao and Huang Zu showed a victorious smile on the corner of their mouths, Lu Su, who was less than a hundred feet away from them, also showed a smile, why could he laugh when he was in a dangerous situation? Under the shaking of the command flag in Lu Su's hand, dozens of big drums beat two short and one long drums, and the neat drums converged into thunder, and the sound shook for more than ten miles. Gan Ning, who had been dyed with blood as a "red man", heard the drum and shouted, and his whole body was filled with endless power, and the big knife that had been broken out of several gaps was once again powerful, and countless Jingzhou troops turned into wisps of light smoke under the knife......
Cai Mao listened to the sound of the drums, smiled disdainfully and said to himself: "What's the use of this motivating the soldiers?" Do you still want to turn defeat into victory with such a small remnant of the army? Let's talk about dreams! He added: "Someone, pass on my order, attack in an all-out way, annihilate the enemy before dark, add food to the brothers tonight, and pay for three months!" ”
Cai Mao's order was conveyed, and the Jingzhou army immediately cheered, as if the wine, food, gold and silver treasures had fallen into their pockets!
However, in less than half an hour, a fleet suddenly sailed upstream, led by five building ships, followed by dozens of ships, rushing forwards, rushing forwards, and boarding first......
Cai Mao, who was in ecstasy, found the rushing fleet under the reminder of his own soldiers, and saw the "Han" character handsome flag on the enemy ship, the left and right "Liu" character flags, and a "Zhou" character flag. He knew very well that of course this would not be a reinforcement from the Jingzhou army, so ......
After the frightened Cai Mao hastily communicated with Huang Zu with the banner, Huang Zu agreed to use his own reserves to meet this fleet. Why not use Cai Mao's? It was not long ago that he had given the order for the whole army to attack, and the reserves had all rushed forward to pick up the leaks. And Huang Zu's reserve team did not get Huang Zu's order, so naturally they would not attack. Of course, it wasn't that Huang Zu didn't want to order the reserves to go up to snatch the results of the battle, but the sudden beating of the drum made him feel uneasy, and he felt as if there was some conspiracy brewing, so he didn't give the order for the reserves to attack.
"Brothers, the reinforcements have arrived, hold on a little longer, and we will be able to completely annihilate the enemy army......" Gan Ning shouted loudly, and the morale of the Yizhou army was strong.
It was indeed the Yizhou reinforcements who came, they were the 10,000 naval troops under the command of Zhou Tai who were responsible for blocking the north-south connection between Jingzhou, and after receiving Liu Zhang's order, they arrived at 20 miles upstream of the Gong'an Port at noon yesterday, and under Lu Su's order, they did not enter the Gong'an Port, but were stationed on the spot. Until the battle starts, then quietly drive to the battlefield not far away and quietly wait for the opportunity. As the battle progressed, the situation became more and more unfavorable to the Yizhou naval army, Lu Su never put this army into the battlefield, he knew very well that even if Zhou Tai's 10,000 naval army was put into the battlefield before, it could not turn defeat into victory, after all, the advantage of the army was still in the hands of the other party, at most it was a stalemate, and finally both sides were exhausted and retreated. When Cai Mao thought that the victory was in his hands and sent a reserve, the fighter plane that Lu Su had been looking forward to finally appeared, so he ordered someone to sound the code and ordered Zhou Tai to attack.
The anxious Zhou Tai looked forward to the signal to attack, and immediately ordered to pull out, rushing to the battlefield at full speed.
Huang Zu's reserve team lifted anchor and slurred, calmly and slowly preparing for battle, seemingly not taking the other party in his eyes at all.
Huang Zu looked at his reserve team, and was very proud in his heart, this is the real elite.
Cai Mao looked at the Jiangxia army that was preparing for war step by step, and felt a little relieved, although their strength was slightly inferior to the enemy's reinforcements, but what did it matter? As long as they can hold off the enemy for an hour, perhaps only half an hour, he can take out the enemy's main force, and then mobilize troops to annihilate the enemy's reinforcements......