Chapter 216 Too many captives
LΓΌ Meng had already seen the fierce battle between the warships on both sides of the river, and at this time, the sergeants surrounding the four gates of Jiangling had not completely withdrawn, and he was worried that they would be panicked and disorderly when they retreated, and they were rushed out and pursued by the Xu Shu defenders in the city, and once again fell into the chaotic situation of Xiaoyaojin back then, and he was so anxious that he didn't know which one to take. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
After a moment of worship, he felt that it was the most important thing to keep the victory in the water battle, so he quickly asked the attendants to go separately to inform the generals that they must maintain an orderly retreat, and the violators will be beheaded immediately! Then he beat his horse and hurried to the river.
Yu Pan had already rushed to the river, and saw that all the soldiers were desperately boarding the boats, waiting for them to meet the enemy, but found that the boats had turned around and fled down the river to go home.
"Come back! Give me all back! He shouted desperately, jumped into a small boat and went in pursuit, and after rowing far, he saw the tooth general who had come to report that the bird had laid eggs, and was now directing a large ship across the river to prevent his own sergeant from escaping.
Some of the sergeants rowing in small boats could not control him so much, and sped away from the big boats.
"How did you do it, why can't you even control your own sergeant!" Yu asked loudly.
The tooth general was also reluctant to be embarrassed now, and when he saw that it was Yu Tuo who came to ask him, he replied loudly: "Where can this be stopped, they are all frightened!" Didn't you see that the divine bird in the sky laid eggs again just now! Didn't you see, a couple more ships were smashed there! β
Although he didn't care about it just now, from the exclamations of the surrounding sergeants, Yu Chuan already knew the general idea, but no matter what, he couldn't let the sergeants escape without permission like this, if it goes on like this, what kind of battle will it take!
When LΓΌ Meng hurried to the riverside, the fierce battle between the Shu warships and the Jiangdong warships had already been earth-shattering.
Since most of the Jiangdong warships were docked on the north bank, allowing the sergeants to land on the shore to attack the city, the warships of the Shu army took the opportunity to get close to the south bank and sailed forward for a long distance.
And this is where the lateral catapult comes into play.
When Ge Liang and Huang Yue originally designed this kind of ship-borne catapult, they deliberately adjusted the angle of the lateral trebuchet to ensure that the stones thrown out were launched at a large elevation angle, not seeking to hit too far, and trying to pursue the distance between the width of a ship, and when throwing it at the enemy ship, they could throw it as high as possible to obtain a larger potential energy.
When many stones fell from the sky, those Jiangdong soldiers holding shields hurriedly raised their shields to the sky to cover them, but if it was a big stone that fell, what role could this shield play?
And when the shield is raised to block the falling rocks in the sky, what do you use to block the random arrows fired by the enemy? You can't hold a piece of one hand to defend against the sky and one hand to hold a shield to defend against the other side, right?
I can't fight this battle!
All the ships in Jiangdong began to retreat one after another, and even Han Dang was under the double attack of the enemy, and the warships were seriously damaged, so they hurriedly let the small boats retreat in the rain of stones.
"Withdraw, Governor!" Han Dang felt that it was impossible to stop the enemy.
"Nope! Don't be afraid, hold on! Our Jiangdong Navy is the best at water warfare! The enemy's stone-throwing will not last long! "Lu Meng is unwilling, he has been preparing for such a long time, how can he have only been fighting for a day, and he is about to retreat in a full way.
"Governor! However, now the morale of the army is gone! Morale! Morale! If the water battle lasts for a while, as long as we can rush into the enemy's ship battle formation, I also believe that we can win, but this attack is completely trapped by the enemy, Dudu! "Han Dang doesn't want to save face for Lu Meng anymore, it's important to keep the army.
Lu Meng was unwilling: "No, I wasn't fooled!" Really, as long as we hold on, we will be able to take Gangneung Fortress in no time! There really weren't many defenders in the city. Believe me, I put a lot of eyeliner in Gangneung City, and it can't be all wrong. β
Only now, his voice is so weak.
"Well, I believe it! I believe there weren't many defenders in the city. However, you have also seen how many reinforcements are there on the enemy's river now? There's always a thousand, right? Moreover, they came so quickly, obviously they came prepared. Can you guarantee that they won't have any more reinforcements? I think they deliberately set up an ambush outside the city! The more Han Dang spoke, the louder he became.
At this moment, there was another shouting of killing along the shore in front, which was Meng Da and Fan Jiang who had killed along the river bank after they landed.
Sure enough, they were ambushed by the enemy's heavy soldiers, and there were divine birds in the sky to help them!
The sergeants couldn't do that much anymore, and they all rushed to board the ship and flee.
"Let's go! The besieging sergeants were almost gone. After Han Dang finished speaking, he turned around and left first.
At this time, the gate of Jiangling City was also opened, and Xu Shu led more than 1,000 elite defenders who had already assembled and prepared, and took the opportunity to rush out.
"Withdraw! Evacuate! LΓΌ Meng gave the order loudly, closed his eyes in pain, sighed, and began to organize the riverside sergeants to resist while boarding the boat and retreating.
Meng Da and Fan Jiang had already held their breath to make a great contribution, and at this time they led the army to show off their might, and they fought and rushed.
The Jiangdong sergeants had no fighting spirit, and they only fled for their lives to fight for the boat, and they didn't care what orders he gave to Lu Meng.
Seeing that many ships had left behind the riverbank, the sergeants hurriedly went off the shore, and Song Hao and Sun Zicai, who had just withdrawn to the shore, hurriedly pulled Lu Meng onto the boat.
Meng Da, Fan Jiang, and Xu Shu from the city took advantage of the situation to lead the army to pursue and kill, cutting down those enemy troops who did not have time to board the ship, forcing them to either raise their hands to surrender, or jump into the river and drown.
On the river, Ge Liang commanded the navy to chase for several miles before turning around.
Fan Jiang and Zhang Da were counting the prisoners and mortal enemies, arguing whether there were tens of thousands.
Meng Da felt that it was not enjoyable, and asked Ge Liang: "Strategist, why don't you chase it?" Chase all the way to Jing'an City, chase to Jiangxia! β
Ge Liang shook his head again and again: "No, no, alas, in order to ensure the safety of Jiangling, we threw stones too fast, and the stones are almost used up, so we have to add up." β
Meng Da was a little disapproving: "The enemy is already panicking, and now the pursuit is just right to use their retreat to disrupt Lu Xun's fleet that is still besieging Jing'an City on the south bank, isn't it better?" β
Ge Liang still shook his head: "No, no, no, Lu Xun is a serious person, and at this time, he must have received the news from the sergeant who escaped earlier just now, and he has already prepared." β
Meng Da was surprised: "Then when we attack again, isn't the enemy more prepared?" β
"Well, Zidu, don't forget, you're both on the shore now. There are only 4,000 sergeants in our fleet, so how can we fight Lu Xun and them? I'm going to have to get you on the boat first. Ge Liang took a breath.
"Alright, let's go." Meng Da was about to get on the boat in a hurry.
Xu Shu also came over, and greeted each other with Ge Liang and Meng Da, and then sighed again: "Alas! There are so many prisoners, what should I do with them, there are still 30,000 Cao army prisoners in the city. (To be continued.) )