Chapter 390: The Battle of Red Cliffs

Jiang Sheng for the battle of Chibi, he used the way of the other to return the other body, since you Dongwu like to use fireboats, then I will also use it.

The cabins of the rowboats were covered with gunpowder, and the decks were equipped with sulfur leads, which began to burn slowly after colliding with the opposing fireship.

Gan Ning's water ghost knew the distance between the ships and the speed of the river well, and when Huang Gai walked towards Daying, the row of boats had already adjusted the lead according to the distance and speed of Ling Cao's fleet, so as not to explode in advance.

The warships upstream rushed into Ling Cao's fleet, and also ignited some ships, and the huge inertia knocked Ling Cao's fleet into a mess.

When he was fleeing, dozens of ships that were originally in the rear and now in the front were chiseled by Gan Ning's water, and the river water quickly poured into the cabin, and the overweight speed of the cabin also slowed down, and Ling Cao's entire fleet was slowed down while sinking.

At this time, the lead of the Ganning ship had already landed, and the "boom-" was like a thunderbolt in the clear sky, and the gunpowder in the cabin was ignited, and due to the closure of the space, the heat of the gunpowder burning accumulated together, causing an explosion!

The surrounding Ling Cao fleet was blown apart, sawdust and corpses flew into the air, and the fire in the Yangtze River ignited, and the sound of explosions was endless.

Seeing that the entire fleet was about to be finished, Ling Cao had no choice but to let people blow the horn and give the order to abandon ship and escape.

Gan Ning's water warriors had already prepared, and as soon as someone jumped, the water warriors would stab them with a conical spear dedicated to the bottom of the water.

At this time, there was no such thing as an oxygen cylinder, and the reason why these water warriors could survive in the water was that they had a trick, they used something very sticky to stick to the outside of the cabin, made a handle, and when the boat was moving, they grabbed the handle, their heads were exposed on the water, and they alternated to come up to ventilate when they were fighting underwater.

The people on both sides of the Yangtze River gave Gan Ning and his group a title of "Jinfan Thief", because Gan Ning and their water village were rampant on the Yangtze River, whether it was Cai Mao Zhang Yun in Jingzhou or Huang Gai Ling Cao in Dongwu, they couldn't do anything about him, of course, Gan Ning's subordinates were familiar with the generals of the Dongwu Naval Army.

Huang Gai, who jumped into the sea, was captured by two water warriors as soon as he jumped off the boat, and these two water warriors knew Huang Gai and had been staring at him for a long time.

Ling Cao was not so lucky, he changed into a soldier's costume and jumped out of the boat to escape, and as soon as he jumped down, he was stabbed with two holes in the chest.

When there was chaos in the river, the shore was also lively, and Xiahou Yuan, Li Dian, Xu Huang and other armies attacked the Sun-Liu coalition army from the land.

Liu Bei's soldiers and horses were all ready for defense, and Li Dian's soldiers and horses, who mainly attacked Sun Liu's Chibi camp, bore the brunt of the attack and were repelled by random arrows.

Xu Huang's soldiers and horses made great strides, killed in the south of Changsha County, broke through the four defense lines of Lümeng, and successfully broke through Yuzhang County.

Yuzhang County is an important area in the southwest of Yangzhou, and once Yuzhang is controlled by Xu Huang, all of Yangzhou is exposed to Xu Huang.

Zhou Yu only paid attention to the battle around Chibi, and did not take into account that Jiang Sheng would go to fight Yuzhang.

Lü Meng did not succeed in attacking Changsha, but he did not completely withdraw, and stayed in Yuzhang County, Zhou Yu felt that his stay in Yuzhang County should prevent the Jin army from attacking and harassing, but Lü Meng's four consecutive defeats made Zhou Yu vigilant.

The Yangtze River Navy was almost wiped out, and the frontal battlefield of Chibi has always been limited, and the combat troops invested by Jiang Sheng here are not like the main force of the regular army.

The soldiers and horses led by Xu Huang were the group armies of the northern armies, numbering 150,000 people, and they were equipped with the newly developed artillery of the Academy of Military Sciences.

Lu Meng only had more than 70,000 people left, and he was blinded by artillery in the first array, losing four battles and four defeats, losing more than 30,000 people, and he hadn't figured out what Xu Huangjun's weapon was.

Xu Huangjun's artillery pieces were all made of fine iron, which was very heavy, and even if it was transported by a large wheeled cart, it was still pulled by six war horses.

Although the transportation speed was slow, Xu Huang's army also fought for a while, rested for a few days, and the follow-up shells were made locally in Changsha, and then transported from the Xiangjiang River waterway to the front line, and then it was more difficult to advance eastward, and the transportation was extremely inconvenient.

However, for Xu Huang, the deterrence with artillery has achieved very good results, even if it is only with artillery without ammunition, Wu Jun only sees the artillery coming, so he does not dare to show up.

Xu Huang took this opportunity to send cavalry to conquer everywhere, and half of Yuzhang County fell into the hands of the Jin army.

The battles on the main battlefield of Chibi were painless, Zhou Yu discussed with Zhuge Liang to withdraw part of Chibi's troops, the Wu army went south to resist Xu Huang, and the Shu army went west to attack Nanjun.

Everyone formed a consensus, so the Sun-Liu coalition army separated, the Shu army and the Shu army of Ba County attacked Zhao Yun and Cao Chun in Nanjun, and the Wu army guarded Chibi and Yuzhang.

Jiang Sheng was very satisfied with the Yangtze River water battle, especially the killing of Ling Cao and the capture of Huang Gai, which wiped out the entire Yangtze River water army.

The troops under Lu Xun's jurisdiction on the Chibi side were withdrawn, and Jiang Sheng quickly grasped the news and reported it to Xu Huang, who built fortifications after Xu Huang conquered Luling City to attract the main force of the Wu army.

Li Dian and Xiahou Yuan adjusted their deployment and stormed Chibi three days after Lu Xun withdrew, Zhou Yu didn't expect that Jiang Sheng still had so many troops under his command, and in the case of a strong attack by a large army, Zhou Yu understood that there was no point in defending Chibi and ordered the withdrawal of troops.

Li Dian and Xiahou Yuan quickly took the Chibi area, and then chased Zhou Yu's soldiers and horses for more than 50 miles, and the results were quite fruitful.

Xu Huang held the city on his side, and the two armies of Lü Meng and Lu Xun did not take advantage of the attack, but Xu Huang's cavalry started a guerrilla attack in Yuzhang, and Lu Xun and Lü Meng couldn't figure out where Xu Huang's main attack direction was, so they could only besiege Luling.

Xu Huang was fully prepared to defend the Luling Tomb, even if the enemy army besieged the city for half a year, they could hold on.

After Zhou Yu withdrew to Danyang County, Xiahou Yuan also entered the border area between Danyang and Jiangxia to build a defensive front.

A few months later, Eastern Wu encountered the most uncomfortable situation, and Chaisang, the seat of Yuzhang County, was taken by the Jin army!

After the city was broken, the soldiers of the Wu army who escaped did not understand which unit it was, and the angry Zhou Yu beheaded seven people in a row.

When the scouts went to investigate, they only saw a golden dragon flag flying on a red background at the head of the city!

Jiang Sheng's use of troops is really unpredictable, Zhang Xiu was still fighting in Changsha some time ago, but he didn't expect to be transferred back to Luoyang to preside over the city defense soon, and Lu Bu led the tiger and leopard cavalry to quickly go south, and joined forces with Dian Wei who arrived before, and then went out day and night, and suddenly attacked Chaisang in the early morning of one day.

After the battle, Lu Bu built fortifications, and Lu Xun's soldiers and horses tried to recapture Chaisang, but they were all repulsed, seeing that Jiang Sheng's army was increasing, Lu Xun could only accept the reality that Chaisang changed hands.

The total army of Xu Huang, Lü Bu, and Dian Wei was more than 200,000 people, while Lü Meng and Lu Xun had a total strength of only 120,000, which could not compete with them, and in less than half a year, Eastern Wu completely lost Yuzhang County.

During this period, the operation in Nanjun was also relatively smooth, Zhuge Liang brought the troops of the Eastern Wu Alliance, and was beaten by Zhao Yun and Cao Chun in Nanjun, plus the sneak attacks of the mountains and villages that had been returned to the Jin army, and when they returned to Ba County, the strength was less than thirty percent.

And the big war has just begun!