Chapter 20 The surrender of the Jingzhou naval army
Outside the city of Xiangyang, Jingzhou, Liaodong Iron Cavalry 50,000 troops besieged the city.
The water village thirty miles outside Xiangyang City was surrounded by Tai Shici with an army of 20,000. Dozens of platoon ballistae aimed at the Shuizhai battalion.
If you talk about it from Huang Yueying, Liu Biao is Gongsun Kang's uncle, and Cai Mao, the governor of the navy, is Gongsun Kang's uncle. They are all real relatives.
But in his previous life, Zhuge Liang didn't spare his hands on his uncles, cousins, uncles and the like, and he was ruthless. Now that he is Gongsun Kang, he will not pay attention to these.
In order to reduce the loss of manpower, Gongsun Kang still saluted first and then soldiers, wrote two letters, and shot them into Xiangyang City and the naval army camp respectively. Explain that you will wait for three days, and after three days you will attack the city.
Gongsun Kangdu has arrived in Xiangyang City, so where did Liu Bei go?
There are soldiers who were dragged by Liu Bei to Shudi, but they couldn't rest assured that they couldn't leave Jingzhou's family, and they looked for an opportunity to escape back halfway.
These people were found by Liu Biao and asked about the cause and effect.
I heard that Liu Bei took 20,000 Jingzhou soldiers to Sichuan. Liu Biao was so angry that he vomited blood on the spot. Scolding the white-eyed wolf.
The military generals of Wenchen looked at each other, and they didn't expect it to be such a god unfolding.
Helplessly, his butt was beaten to the ground, and Zhang Yun, who was recuperating at home, was also called to go to the city to defend the city with Wen Ping and Huo Jun.
Cai Mao is deeply familiar with the method of cultivating and training the navy, and has been doing it himself these days, eating and living in the navy camp. So he was blocked by Tai Shi Ci.
When he received Gongsun Kang's symbolic letter of persuasion, he didn't think about it at all. With 50,000 sailors, he wanted to rush out of the camp, rush into Xiangyang City, and join Liu Biao.
The Xiangyang Navy is still 50,000. The Liaodong naval army is still 20,000. This is exactly the same as when facing each other in Jiangxia.
But there are still differences, and the difference is not just that the Liaodong Navy blocked the camp of the Jingzhou Navy Army.
It was also because Gongsun Kang allocated a platoon ballista battalion for Tai Shici to use.
The Liaodong Navy has long heard that the army has a Liaodong cannon, which is said to be like the power of the thunder god, and today you can finally see it.
The door of the Jingzhou Water Barracks was wide open, and groups of soldiers lined up to come out. Soon the queue was formed.
Dozens of platoon ballistae in Liaodong were already in place, and they saw the Jingzhou Navy marching out of the camp.
The lieutenant of Liaodong waved a small flag and ordered: "Arrows!" ”
The two big men carried a large box, stuck it in a position at the back of the car, and fixed it.
The lieutenant continued waving the small flag, "Wind up!" ”
Two more Liaodong soldiers stepped forward and turned the handles on the left and right sides, just like the steering wheel of a car in later generations.
The crunching sound sounded, and it could be heard clearly from a distance of several hundred meters.
The Jingzhou soldiers who were lining up panicked and felt inexplicably frightened. It's as if some man-eating monster is coming.
When nearly half of the soldiers left the camp, about 20,000 people.
"Aim!" The lieutenant of the Liaodong army continued to order: "Shoot! ”。
The true range of a platoon ballista is 1500 steps, but the closer you are, the better the effect. Therefore, the position where they placed the platoon ballista was 1,000 steps away from the naval battalion, and now the closest distance to the Jingzhou soldiers who had completed the line was 500 steps. This can not only ensure lethality, but also have enough depth.
A shirtless strong man, wielding a wooden hammer, smashed the trigger with a bang.
And I saw dense iron spears coming out of those black holes. When I saw them come out of the big iron box, I saw that they had crashed into the team of the Jingzhou Navy Army.
"Hum. . . Boom" two syllables in a row came into the ears of the Jingzhou Navy who were lining up.
At this time, the soldiers of the brigade had already begun to split in large areas. It shows that the firing speed of these iron spears is synchronized with the speed of sound.
The first iron spears tore through thousands of soldiers in the front row.
When the second batch of iron spears arrived, they were just in time to meet the limbs and torsos of the Jingzhou Navy in mid-air. I saw the blood raining down, and the limbs, torsos, and heads of thousands of soldiers who had been torn off continued to be shattered to pieces by the high-speed impact of the iron spear! I didn't even have time to scream.
The 20,000 soldiers of the Liaodong Navy looked at this scene and were dumbfounded.
These iron spears, which are actually crossbow arrows, are set up to be fired in five batches at a time.
A total of five batches of 1,500 iron spears were shot into the ranks of the Jingzhou naval army.
Each iron spear pierced through a dozen soldiers before it stopped.
The soldiers in the back were better, but they were pierced through their bodies by iron spears, and they still kept their bodies intact.
The Jingzhou Navy in front was smashed into pieces by one iron spear after another and mixed into the mud of the Navy camp.
Five batches of crossbow arrows completely leveled all the generals and soldiers 300 meters wide in front of the Jingzhou Naval Army. Total destruction.
I saw that the formation of the Jingzhou Navy opened a large hole about 300 meters long, which included a deep area more than a mile long behind, and was cleaned up. That is to say: including the Jingzhou soldiers who had not yet walked out of the naval camp, they were all shot.
The tens of thousands of soldiers left on the two sides were still lined up, and they did not react at all.
Finally, some Jingzhou soldiers reflected. Begin to vomit and diarrhea. It's gastric juice that's spitting, and it's peeing pants underneath.
"Mom! Devil! The devil is coming! The Jingzhou soldiers were full of feces and urine, crying and shouting, and fled to the naval army camp with rolling and crawling.
Some of the lieutenants and lieutenants of the Jingzhou Navy came out in the previous batches, and they had to sort out the team.
Those crossbow arrows just now don't have long eyes. As long as it is within its reach, it is completely torn to pieces.
Therefore, these lowly generals, deputy generals, captains, and lieutenants were also pierced by crossbow arrows, but whether they have complete corpses can only be verified when the battlefield is cleaned after the war.
It was the first time that the soldiers of the Liaodong Navy saw the power of the ballistae, and although they were speechless, they were the ones who enjoyed the fruits of victory, and they were naturally full of joy.
Someone took the lead in striking the shield with an iron knife. At the same time, a cry of "roar, roar" was issued.
Slowly forming a joint force, the Liaodong soldiers were spontaneously "roaring, roaring" and shouting roughly, venting the joy in their hearts to the fullest.
Just one launch of a platoon ballista lowered the morale of the soldiers of the Jingzhou Navy to the lowest point.
Tai Shici did not give the order to charge, and the order he received was to guard the gate of the Jingzhou naval camp and force them to surrender.
The platoon ballistae fired five batches this time, and the more than 10,000 Jingzhou sailors in the middle of the queue were completely destroyed. Not a single person was left alive.
Tai Shi Ci continued to block the naval army camp for two full days.
During this period, Cai Mao sent people out to clean up the bodies of the dead soldiers, but Tai Shici did not attack them.
After all, if the corpse is left for a long time and the plague is prevalent, it is not good for anyone.
In these two days, the morale of the Jingzhou Navy dropped sharply, and it was no longer blocked on the water surface of Jiangxia, showing off its might and invincible.
They all felt that the Liaodong soldiers had this kind of big killing weapon, and they were completely invincible.
And the Liaodong army is obviously merciful, if they use this weapon to attack the naval army camp. It is completely possible to tear everything, and it is useless to have any fences, antlers, or horses.
Therefore, the theory of surrender became popular in the Jingzhou naval army, and Cai Mao couldn't suppress it several times.
At this time, Gongsun Kang incarnated as Sun Kang's image and appeared in front of the naval camp. He specified that his uncle Cai Mao would come out and answer.
Where did my nephew come from? Cai Mao was very puzzled, but he broke the jar and broke it, and he left the camp without fear.
When he saw Sun Kang, of course he knew, Huang Yueying had been to his house with Sun Kang several times. Not to mention, it's really a nephew and son-in-law.
I saw Gongsun Kang hug his fists and salute, and introduced himself: "Uncle, let me reintroduce myself, people call me the champion Hou Gongsun Kang!" ”
Got it all! Cai Mao cried in her heart, when this kid went to my house, why didn't I kill this guy? After thinking about it, my nephew and son-in-law won Jingzhou, so wouldn't my glory and wealth, and the Cai family's acres and shops be saved?
immediately grinned: "It turned out to be a family, if you don't say it earlier, you have to kill my 10,000 sailors first." Give your uncle a dismount. ”
In this way, Cai Mao and Gongsun Kang bargained to ensure their prosperity and wealth, and after the Cai family's acres of land, they ordered the Jingzhou Navy to surrender.
Gongsun Kang let Cai Mao enter Xiangyang City to persuade Liu Biao to surrender.
(End of chapter)