When Gan Ning and Lu Meng attacked the gunpowder depot of the Church Ulin camp. The 120,000 sailors of Jiangdong were quietly waiting on the river fifty miles away from Wulin.

Seeing the mushroom cloud that soared into the sky and ignited half of the sky in the west, Sun Ce was overjoyed, "Gan Xingba and Lu Zimeng have succeeded." Pass on my general's order, and the whole army will anchor and land immediately. ”

More than 300 warships started at the same time, taking advantage of the tailwind from the east to pounce on Ulin like arrows.

At this time, in the Ulin camp of the church, the church guards under Cao Cao were in a chaotic state of smoke and fire. By the time they found the Jiangdong warships on the riverside, the Jiangdong warships were already less than half a mile away from the north bank.

Cao Cao hurriedly organized men and horses to board the ship to meet the enemy, but it was too late.

When the chaotic men and horses gathered in a row, before they had time to set sail and anchor, the first round of tens of thousands of rockets of the Jiangdong Navy Army took off and fell from the sky like a sky full of stars.

"Bang bang" smashed on the warship flying the blood red cross flag like a drum. Flags, sails, and ropes burn when they catch fire, and they burn fiercely and set the deck and fence on fire.

The clerical guards put on them fought hard, but the wind fueled the flames, but it didn't have much effect. Not only did they not extinguish the fire, but they were shot by stray arrows shot by the Jiangdong people, and many people died.

And this number is still growing rapidly with the increase in the number of rockets fired by Koto.

The hull of the warship burned, and the incendiary bottles and gunpowder stored in the large ships such as bridges and ships also burned. These combustibles, which were originally used to deal a fatal blow to the enemy, have now become the cause of self-immolation.

The warships that were once the pride of the Church Navy burst open and turned into debris floating on the river.

Sparks flew around, igniting the surrounding walkers, Yu Huang, three wings, and sudden attacks.

The north bank of the Yangtze River was plunged into a sea of fire in an instant. The fire swarmed eastward to the shore and splashed onto the grease-smeared tents.

The tents burst into flames, and the tents burned violently, and the flames were one after another.

Gray smoke billowed and condensed into dark clouds that obscured the sky. The fire was so great that the Jiangdong Army, which had come to attack, could not land on the shore.

The fire burned for three days and three nights before it was extinguished, and the Jiangdong naval army, which had been waiting by the river for a long time, was able to dock, and the 120,000-strong army broke into the charred Cao Cao camp.

By this time, Cao Cao had retreated, and the camp was full of scorched tents, as well as a whole set of armor and mutilated bones that had been blackened by smoke. Come to think of it, the bodies of these armor owners have turned into ashes in the billowing smoke.

Although the number of bones could not be distinguished, it could be estimated that more than 50,000 of Cao Cao's army were burned alive in this battle.

Zhou Yu said to Sun Ce with a happy face: "I'm afraid that since Luan Ziqi took charge, I haven't suffered such a big loss." ”

Sun Ce shook his head, "This defeat is not because Luan Ziqi is unscrupulous, but because he is not using people properly. Cao Mengde boasted of being a traitor, but he had few victories. Using him to defend Gangneung is purely self-defeating. ”

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu discussed Luan Yi's gains and losses, and a scout came to report and found Gan Ning and Lu Meng and his party.

Hearing that Gan Ning and Lu Meng, the two henchmen, would have no worries about their lives, but Gan Ning suffered some internal injuries, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were overjoyed. What made them smile even more was that after igniting the powder magazine, Gan Ning and Lu Meng did not destroy all the thunderbolts, but dug a fire ditch to protect the 122 remaining thunderbolts. In addition to this, they also protected more than 100 large boxes full of hand melons.

With so many trophies, and it was also a thunderbolt and a handmelon that were conducive to the siege of the city, Sun Ce's confidence in the Northern Expedition to attack the city was strengthened.

The 120,000 Jiangdong troops rushed non-stop and rushed straight to Jiangling. However, when he arrived in Jiangling, he learned that Cao Cao did not enter the city at all after the defeat of Wulin, but retreated all the way north to Nanyang, relying on Xiangyang City to defend it.

Sun Ce immediately made a decision, leaving Huang Gai and 5,000 soldiers to guard Wulin and guard the warships along the river. He led the army to Xiangyang.

Ten days later, Xiangyang City became a battlefield where tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were gathered.

In this battle, Sun Ce changed the tactics of the crowd in the past, but learned Luan Yi's tactics and took the lead in sending a thunderbolt. More than 100 thunderbolts were pushed to the front of the battle under tens of thousands of shield soldiers.

Seeing the huge figure of the thunderbolt, Cao Cao secretly complained in his heart, according to the plan set before, the thunderbolt should have been burned down, but he never thought that there would be an omission to leave such a disaster.

"Ten days, we must hold on for ten days." He took out Luan Yi's military order from his sleeve, and his heart went up and down. A few days ago, when he was in Wulin Port, all the gunpowder in the army was burned by Sun Ce, and although there were still dozens of sets of main accessories left in the Thunderbolt car, it was now trapped in the city and could not go out of the city to collect wood, so it could not be assembled. Now he is poor and white, but Sun Cebai has a lot of thunderbolts and handmelons, and he is fully armed. "Ziqi, Ziqi! It's not a good errand! ”

Bitter to bitter, Cao Cao knew that his duty in this battle was very important, and he must stick to Xiangyang for ten days according to what Luan Yi said. Otherwise, a rout will be a rout, and the whole game will be lost.

"Do you have a way to fend off the Thunderbolt?" Cao Cao stood on top of the gatehouse, watching the thunderbolt get closer and closer to the city, and hurriedly asked his subordinates for advice.

General Fenwei said in the forbidden admonition: "It's not okay to stick to it, if you lead the troops out of the city, you will desperately destroy the thunderbolt!" ”

Jingzhou Don't be frustrated: "No! Sun Ce's tiger and wolf momentum, I am afraid that he has already taken precautions. A strong assault will only increase casualties. ”

Li Dian, the general of Wu, suggested: "It is not possible to attack strongly, you can only outwit it." Why don't we come tonight and attack the west, and General Yu Ban pretended to attack the enemy's camp and burned his grain and straw to attract Sun Ce's attention. I can take the opportunity to attack his thunderbolt from the north gate. If Sun Ce goes to save the grain, I will burn the car, and if Sun Ce comes to the rescue, General Yu will burn the grain. Either of the two can be easily profitable. How is it? ”

Cao Cao shook his head, "This strategy is good! However, Zhou Gongjin is scheming, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to be fooled. In this battle, we seek stability rather than victory, and we cannot take risks easily. ”

"Then there's really no way around it. He could only hide in the city with his neck bent, praying to the Holy Mother to let Sun Ce not blow up the city wall before he ran out of ammunition. Yu Ban said helplessly.

Cao Cao turned to Tian Feng and Fu Zhu, "Tian Junshi, don't be frustrated, do you have a clever plan?" ”

Tian Feng pondered for a while, and said, "It's not completely impossible? ”

"What's the solution?"

Tian Feng glanced at Cao Cao, Cao Ren, Yu Ban, Li Dian, Zang Ba and other generals who were staring at him, and said, "That's a long time." ”

"Let's make a long story short." Cao Cao knew that Tian Feng liked to go off topic when he talked about it, and he didn't stop chattering. It's a simple thing, like did you eat today? He can start with how the chickens on the table came from. If it were normal times, Cao Cao would still have time to listen to him tell the ins and outs of the matter clearly, and now that Sun Ce's thunderbolt car is outside the city gate, where is he still in the mood to listen to Tian Feng's gossip?

Tian Feng moistened his throat with saliva, "This matter has to start with a conversation between the sect leader and me......

As soon as he heard this, Cao Cao suddenly became a big one. A conversation with Luan Yi? That's all the Year of the Monkey and the Horse Month, and Tian Feng is still in the mood to talk about these things at this time. He pleaded: "Master Tian, my Lord Sacrificial Wine, let's get to the point. What's the point? ”

"Meng Degong, don't disturb me, and listen to me." Tian Feng spat and the stars flew wildly, and just wanted to start, he heard a roar of "bang" outside the city, and the sound was like a mountain collapsing.

"Not good! Watch out for hand melons! As soon as these words came out, Tian Feng's face turned pale with fright, and he felt that his body was light, and he was actually carried by Yu Ban and ran under the female wall. Cao Cao, Li Dian, and Fu Zhu followed closely behind, and they looked embarrassed and embarrassed when they fled.

Crawled and threw himself under the women's wall. Behind them were his own soldiers holding shields to protect them.

Then, the handmelons fell on the inside and outside of the city wall like hailstones, smashing the solid wall into pit after pit, and then jumping up and down on the city wall, exploding with a bang...... Iron filings with barbs splattered in all directions, and when they pierced the person's body, it was a bloody hole, and even the hardest armor could not resist it.

The screams rang out, and the "whooping" was an indescribable cautious person.

After a round of projectiles, Cao Cao's face turned pale, and he said in his heart: You can't stay in the city anymore and wait for death. Immediately ordered all the soldiers and horses defending the city to go down to the city, leaving only more than ten lookouts on the city, so that they could hide under cover and pay attention to every move of the Jiangdong army at any time, and once they found that the other party had signs of siege, they immediately called the army to the city to garrison.

When Cao Cao picked up the steps and went down to the city, he turned his head and asked Tian Feng again, "Military advisor, what is the strategy to retreat from the enemy." Say it quickly! ”

At this time, Tian Feng was frightened by the hand melon, and his legs and feet were weak and leaned on the forbidden body. After an explosion, he completely cleared the current situation and understood the urgency of time.

He replied to Cao Cao very quickly, "The only way to deal with the thunderbolts at the moment is street fighting and guerrilla warfare. ”

"Street fighting? Guerrilla warfare? What is it? Cao Cao didn't know why.

Tian Feng said: "The sect leader told me that with the advent of gunpowder, the role of the city wall in future wars will be reduced day by day. When war befalls the city, only field and street battles can defend against enemy invasion. The so-called street fighting refers to the fight with the invaders between the streets and alleys, street by street, house by house. In this process, it is impossible for the besieging side to enter the city with siege equipment, while the defenders can take the opportunity to avoid its edge, and at the same time take advantage of the advantage of being familiar with the streets and alleys of the city to set up ambushes or traps to divide and encircle the enemy. ”

Everyone present was a person who had been killed for a long time and was familiar with military books, and after hearing Tian Feng's words, he immediately understood the specific operation method of street fighting.

"According to the meaning of the military division, should we abandon the city wall and rely on street fighting to resist the enemy?"

"Yes, not entirely." Tian Feng stroked his beard and said, "In order to delay time, the city wall still has to be guarded." Otherwise, Sun Ce would attack the city wall without much effort, which would be very disadvantageous to our army. Therefore, we must put on a posture of holding on and force Sun Ce to launch a wanton bombardment of the city, and it is best to directly collapse the city wall. It not only consumed Sun Ce's gunpowder, but also prevented Sun Ce from blocking all of us in the city with high walls on all sides and finding no way out. It's just that he can't fight hard, but he still focuses on consuming the opponent and preserving his own strength. ”