The water ghosts of Jiangdong attacked and quietly went down the river at night.

The surface of the river is pitch black, and the sound of water is bursting.

Below the water's surface, thousands of people are quietly moving.

After swimming for a while, they approached the busy temporary pier by the river.

There are many boats queuing up at this temporary wharf, waiting to load grain, grass and people.

These water ghosts are targeting these ships.

When they got under the boats, they scraped slowly with knives to break the bottoms of the boats.

It was not easy to break them with the thick bottom of the boat, and they used knives to scrape slowly on the edge of the boat, not daring to use the chisel for fear that the movement would be too great and they would be discovered.

The thick planks on the bottom of the boat were scraped thin and were not in a hurry to break.

There are usually two or three people moving under a boat, and they are close to the side of the boat, and after a while they can come out and breathe through the tube in their mouths, and they can stay underwater for a long time.

The boat was so busy that they didn't realize what was going on underneath the ship, the sound of carrying items on board, the shouts of the people, and the sound of the water muffled their voices.

These people are people who live by the river, and it is no problem to stay underwater for an hour.

Sharp knives are specially configured to scrape the pass with less effort, and some people even bring a few knives tied to their waists, which allows them to operate with a more handy knife.

The bottom of the ship was scraped very thinly in a few places, and there were even some cracks, the cracks were not big, and the command had a little water seeping into them, and they would not be found in the dark night.

A lot of parked boats are taken care of.

More than an hour later, the ships were under attack, and there were problems with the bottom of the boats.

And these water ghosts swam downstream along the Yangtze River.

After swimming for a few miles, there was a special person in a reed swing to answer it.

One by one, the water spirits were tiredly pulled onto the boat to rest.

"My lord, there are still more than 200 people who haven't returned, I'm afraid..."

The young general who was in charge of receiving these water ghosts sighed and said, "Wait for another stick of incense, if you don't come back, I'm afraid you won't be able to come back." ”

Most of these water ghosts are not members of the army, they are temporary conscripts of water-oriented people.

Some of them were boatmen, some were fishermen, and this time there was a need, and as soon as the government called for it, many people came to apply.

In the end, such a group of more than 1,000 water ghosts were selected.

But the danger of this operation was still great, not because of the enemy, but because of the dark night and the cold river.

The temperature at night is already low, and it takes so much time to be underwater, which is very exhausting.

A lot of people just don't have the strength to swim back and never come back.

But their sacrifice was worth it.

A few hours later, the ships were loaded with cargo and the formation began to move towards the other side of the river.

There are hundreds of big boats, and there is a feeling of majesty on the river.

This is the fleet that Sun Ce and Yuan Shu put together.

The army has crossed the opposite bank, and now the main thing is grain and grass, and the grain and grass can be transported over, and then they can prepare for battle.

The plan was good, and they moved overnight.

Hundreds of boats headed for the center of the Yangtze River.

The waves in the water crashed on the boat, but the boat was full of supplies and personnel, and the draft was very heavy, so it did not make the boat shake violently.

But some cracks under the bottom of the boat began to seep under the lapping of the river, and then the openings slowly widened.

When some of the thin planks start to crumble, those cracks will get bigger and bigger.

At first, it was not discovered.

Crackling, crackling.

Some of the planks shattered in one piece, unable to withstand the lapping of the waves and the pressure of the boat, and shattered all at once.

"It's not good, it's flooded here, hurry up and plug it."

"How can it be broken, hurry up and plug it, otherwise the ship will sink."

"What, there's water in here, too."

"Quick, soak some of the food off the ship."

"Plug it, plug it, it's dangerous if you don't plug it again."

A boat began to crack, cracking a few holes, and then the river gushed in.

The crew was frightened, the ship was fine just now, why did such a serious thing happen when it arrived in Jiangxin.

Problems began to arise with one boat, followed by problems with several boats at the same time, and chaos arose on the river, and the originally neat fleet suddenly became a mess.

"What the hell is going on, what's going on, what's going on." Huang Gai was Sun Cefang's general in charge of escorting, and he crossed the river with 10,000 soldiers with grain and grass, when something like this suddenly happened.

"Don't mess up, if it's messy, it's going to collide." Huang Gai shouted as he looked at the ships swaying around him.

If the ships collided, it would be serious.

"Click, click."

There was also a clicking sound from the boat where Huang Gai was located.

"General, it's not good, the bottom of the ship is leaking."

"Two big holes have been broken, and the ship is sinking."

The soldier hurriedly shouted.

Huang Gai has realized something, these ships are all sabotage.

Since they were in a hurry to cross the river, there was no inspection.

"Bang~"

Suddenly, a collision sound that was not very loud came, and Huang Gai saw that two boats not far away had collided.

Many people were thrown into the river, and the boat tilted.

The ship was completely hopeless, and the two ships sank rapidly.

This sinking also brought great harm, that is, the whirlpool generated by the sinking also affected some ships next to it, and they could not be controlled, and they collided one after another.

"It's over, it's over." Huang Gai sighed, and then ordered: "Abandon the ship, abandon the ship immediately, and swim to the river." ”

Knowing that these ships were all passive, Huang Gai could only order to abandon the ship, and if he could save some soldiers, he would save some soldiers.

Many soldiers jumped into the water, and the smart ones knew to take off their equipment, and some nervous jumped in their equipment, and after a while, they sank.

Even those who take off their gear may not be able to swim to shore.

Not to mention the grain and grass, most of which sank to the bottom of the river.

"It's going well, it's time for us to go."

Calculating the time, Gao Shun slowly moved towards the river with the army.

Fifty miles back, just to make the enemy careless.

Gao Shun set up the battlefield by the river to prevent the enemy from attacking the hinterland, and at the same time took advantage of the natural danger of the Yangtze River.

At this time, many people in the Yangtze River were struggling, including Sun Ce's soldiers and Yuan Shu's soldiers.

More than 30,000 soldiers were transported on hundreds of large boats, and these people all jumped into the water, and those who were lucky could catch the planks and swim back, and those who were unlucky were directly swept into the water by the whirlpool.

After tossing for most of the night, the people on both sides actively rescued people, but only about half of the people came back in the end.

It's so miserable, the loss is so big before it is fought, especially the grain and grass of the more than 100 big ships.

Without this grain and grass, it will take several days for them to reorganize the delivery.

What's more important is that food is easy to come by, but ships are hard to find.

They suddenly realized a big problem, and it might be a big mistake to fight across the river.

Zhang Yu has controlled the Yangtze River for so long, he has already felt the Yangtze River clearly, and he has also thought of many tactics, this time they came, and they already had a way to deal with it.

(End of chapter)