Volume 5 The General Trend of the World Chapter 131 The situation is clear
On the Bohai Sea, dozens of large warships are slowly moving eastward. The sea breeze blew, and the big flag with the word "Cao" fluttered in the wind.
Cao Shuang stood at the bow of the boat, looking into the distance, it was so powerful that the Central Plains, which had grown for decades, Cao Shuang's heart was somewhat uncomfortable.
Dozens of large ships, plus sailors, are less than 20,000 people. It was a long way to go to the Wa Kingdom, so Cao Shuang didn't really bring 30,000 people, but loaded a large amount of grain and fresh water.
In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Cao Shuang told the soldiers that he would attack Qingzhou by water, and ordered the rest of the soldiers to continue to stay in Leling, while he took the selected elite soldiers and prepared to flee to the Wa Kingdom.
Biqiu Jian came to Cao Shuang's side, and at this time, Biqiu Jian no longer had the spirit of the past, but instead had a bitter face, and his expression was like an eggplant beaten by frost.
Seeing Biqiu Jian coming over, Cao Shuang opened his mouth and asked, "Biqiu, are you feeling better?" ”
"It's much better, I've been vomiting for a day and a night, and I've vomited everything I should have vomited." Biqiu Jian spoke.
The northerners were not good at water warfare, and the wind and waves on the sea were much larger than the rivers, and the sea ships of the Three Kingdoms era were far less able to withstand the wind and waves than the sea ships of the current one. It was very bumpy, so many Cao soldiers began to get seasick after going to sea, such as Biqiu Jian, who got used to it in one day, which was already good, but there were still many soldiers who did not adapt to it and rested in the cabin. Today's Cao Jun is still as alive and active as before, and less than thirty percent of them are still alive and well.
"Hey, Biqiu, let's go, I don't know when we will be able to come back again!" Cao Shuang sighed slightly.
"General, the green mountains in the country are here, don't be afraid of no firewood, one day, we will definitely be able to come back." Biqiu is thrifty and stable.
At this moment, several black dots faintly appeared on the horizon in the distance, which were quickly noticed by Cao Jun's soldiers. Slowly, the black dots became longer and longer, and at this time Cao Shuang had already seen clearly that there were warships on the horizon.
"General, that's the Dongwu Naval Division, why is the Eastern Wu Naval Division here, hurry, prepare to meet the enemy!" Biqiu Jian shouted.
Although the Bohai Sea has already become the inland sea of the Dongwu naval army, although the Eastern Wu lost some warships in Leling Port, the main port of the Dongwu in the north is still Donglai, and Donglai Zangai still has a considerable number of naval troops and warships in the hands of Donglai Zang Ai. And now it appears in front of Cao Shuang. It is part of the Jiangdong Navy led by Zang Ai. On the orders of Sima Yi, he inspected the coast.
Zang Ai only started to get in touch with water warfare a few years ago, and his understanding of water warfare was far inferior to that of Quan Cong Ding Feng and others, but the Cao family and Biqiu Jian on the other side knew nothing about water warfare and had no experience.
Under the command of Cao Shuang, the Cao Army's naval division became more and more chaotic, and in comparison, the Dongwu naval division of Zang Ai on the opposite side was a little unstable, and slowly began to pull the formation, occupy the upper hand, and look for a favorable position. In addition, Zang Ai's underwater sailors are genuine sailors, all of whom have undergone years of training and actual combat, while Cao Shuang's sailors are all half-, and some of them are going to sea for the first time.
As soon as the two sides come into contact. The most significant point is that the wind and waves on the sea are much larger than those in the river, and the formation of the naval army becomes more important. If it's a headwind, you'll need to be closer to hit the opponent.
The ability of Wu Jun's sailors was much stronger than Cao's sailors, so Zang Ai took the upper hand at the first time, taking advantage of the tailwind to consume Cao Jun with arrows. And the trained Dongwu sailors, on the warship that shook very strongly, the arrows did not lose their accuracy, as for the Cao army, without training, the arrows were all off.
After a few rounds of arrows, the two sides finally came to an end. At this time, the disadvantage of the northerners who were not good at water warfare finally appeared, and although the Eastern Wu army could not be said to be walking on the ground on the rocking warship, it did not affect the movement. On the contrary, these Cao Jun, who have never been to the sea, will be cautious with every step. Moreover, not all the people of the Cao army have come out to fight, the voyage on the sea has consumed a lot of Cao Jun's physical strength, and those soldiers who vomited and collapsed were not able to fight at all.
After just a few encounters, Cao's army began to retreat, and Wu's army became more and more courageous.
Cao Shuang also knew that these soldiers of the Cao Army were not the opponents of the Dongwu Water Army at all, and Cao Shuang originally wanted to fight this battle with a large number of people, but he didn't expect it. Cao's army was almost crushed at the touch of a button, and there was no decent resistance at all.
"Biqiu, what should I do?"
Biqiu Jian shook his head helplessly: "General, I don't know how to fight in the water, and I don't know what to do!" ”
Seeing that Biqiu Jian had no choice, a hideous look appeared on Cao Shuang's face.
"Give me the order to go down and hit me with a boat, and their boats will be sunk!" Cao Shuang roared angrily.
The warships of the Three Kingdoms period were all made of wood, and they were not without a keel structure, so the degree of sturdiness was very poor, and even a slightly larger wind and waves could tear the ship apart.
It is precisely because the warship is not strong enough that under normal circumstances, the ship collides with the ship, whether it is hit by people or hit, the loss is almost the same, basically sinking a Soochow warship, Cao Shuang also has to lose a ship. It can be said that hitting the ship is a lose-lose move.
Cao Jun's water nature is not as good as Wu Jun's, once the ship sinks, Wu Jun can still wander on the sea for a while, but Cao Jun can't do it, Cao Jun will suffer more if he hits the ship, not to mention that the sea is not as good as 6 places, this vast sea, once Luoshui. The only way to survive is to be rescued. People are desperate for their lives, so although Cao Shuang's order was given, few of the ships below carried it out.
This situation made Cao Shuang completely angry. Cao Shuang drew his saber fiercely, pointed forward with his sword, and shouted: "Bump over, bump into me!" ”
As Cao Shuang's car, this ship was full of people who were loyal to Cao Shuang, and they did not hesitate to follow Cao Shuang's order, and the big ship crashed into the Dongwu Navy in front.
"Boom!" The huge shaking caused by the collision between the two sides made Cao Shuang almost not fall from the bow of the boat, but fortunately, Biqiu Jian supported Cao Shuang from the side.
"General. The cabin is flooded! The sailors below shouted.
"Take the lead for the general, leave him alone, rush me!" Cao Shuang continued to shout.
But this time, the "rule of leading by example" did not resonate, only a few boats followed Cao Shuang and rushed up, and the vast majority of people were still timid.
In the distance, Zang Ai, who was commanding, had already realized the warship that Cao Shuang was on.
"Cao Shuang is there, kill Cao Shuang, and we will win this battle! Order, everyone attacks Cao Shuang! ”
At this moment, Cao Shuang's warship became the target of everyone, and all the surrounding Dongwu naval forces understood that the target of the attack was the warship that Cao Shuang was riding.
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The battle lasted only an hour before it ended.
There were debris of the ship's wood floating on the sea, some soldiers desperately holding on to the broken wood, and some soldiers swimming desperately.
The Eastern Wu army had already put down the boats and began to rescue the sergeants who had fallen into the water, and at the same time began to collect prisoners, none of the Cao army's warships could escape, and all of them were captured by the Eastern Wu army.
The warship that Cao Shuang was riding had already sunk under siege, and although Zang Ai made great efforts to capture Cao Shuang, he still did not capture Cao Shuang. Cao Shuang and Biqiu Jian were both drowned. All the others who were alive became captives.
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At this time, Sima Yi's army had already begun to approach Leling Port.
Cao Jun in Leling Port didn't know that Cao Shuang had abandoned them, and at this time they were still waiting for the news of Cao Shuang's triumphant return.
It is precisely because of this that Sima Yi attacked, and Cao Jun immediately put on a defensive posture and prepared to resist. At this time, there were still a lot of men and horses in Leling Port, and if Sima Yi attacked strongly, he would not be able to get much benefit, so Sima Yi simply garrisoned the army and waited for the Cao army in Leling Port to run out of grain and grass, and naturally surrendered without a fight.
Sima Yi is worthy of being a first-class commander in the Three Kingdoms era, although he is leading the army, he still does not forget to train soldiers and practice formations.
At the same time, Sima Yi also paid close attention to the news from Yecheng. Wei Yan, who was stationed in Bingzhou, had already left Huguan, and Guan Ping's troops were approaching Yecheng as quickly as possible. However, after Guan Ping took over Yecheng, he did not continue to move forward. Instead, he began to garrison Yecheng to stabilize the situation in Yecheng, and it seemed that after converging with Wei Yan's army, he would start to take over the entire Jizhou.
And this also gave Sima Yi an opportunity, as long as Sima Yi could incorporate Leling's Cao army, the number of soldiers could even surpass that of the Han army.
Sima Yi has already killed outside Leling Port, from the geographical location, the integration of Leling Cao Army must have an advantage, according to Sima Yi's calculations, Leling's grain and grass can only support seven or eight days. Seven or eight days later, the Cao army ran out of food, and it was the time when Sima Yi surrendered the Cao army in Leling.
Inside the big tent, Sima Yi stared closely at the map in front of him, drawing a few strokes from time to time.
Zhuge Dan hurriedly walked in, and it could be seen that he was in a hurry.
"My lord, I just visited the Malay newspaper, and the Yellow Turban Army is attacking in the direction of Leling." Zhuge Dan said.
"The Yellow Turban Army, it's just a rabble, don't worry." Sima Yi didn't look at the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou at all.
"My lord, there are two Yellow Turban Troops here, and there are more than 100,000 people in total!" Zhuge Dan continued.
"Hundreds of thousands?" This time, Sima Yi's brows furrowed slightly, and then he said slowly: "Although there are a lot of Yellow Turban troops in Jizhou, most of them are more than 1,000 people, when did they come out with more than 100,000 people!" ”
"What my lord said is that I didn't care about these Yellow Turban Army at the beginning, but it is really strange that more than 100,000 people came at once."
"More than 100,000 people...... Not good! Sima Yi suddenly shouted, and then said, "You go and give the order immediately, and withdraw the army immediately!" ”
"Withdrawal? My lord, why is that? ”
"If what I expected is right, this Yellow Turban Army must be related to the Han Army, and the purpose is to contain our army here!"