For Li Sheng, who has "understood" the entire history, a real Chibi battle is going on in front of his eyes, which is very boring but very tense. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Li Sheng knew the outcome of this war, but he didn't know much about the course of this war, let alone how this war would change because of the emergence of a third force like him who could compete with Liu Bei and Sun Quan. He stared closely at Jiangdong Huanggai's deception team, watching them approach Cao Cao's camp little by little in a rather impatient waiting.

Time passed slowly in the cold eyes of a side, and two hours had passed unconsciously. Although the speed of Huang Gai's fleet was as slow as a turtle, it did approach Cao Cao's camp after crawling for such a long time. The mist that hung over the entire river had slowly dissipated at this moment, and the sun finally poked its head out of the thick clouds after a long day, making the southeast wind, which had always been a little cool, gradually bring a little warm breath, which made people feel very comfortable.

"It's a really sleepy time." Li Sheng, who had just hastily used the lunch sent by his soldiers, and was a little satisfied after eating a full and slightly satisfied Li Sheng, looked at the situation opposite, although everything had not changed much on the surface, but Li Sheng felt that the next moment should be that exciting. After all, Huang Gai's fleet was already very close to Cao Cao's water village.

"Will something happen between them? Cao Cao wouldn't just be so stupid that he couldn't see Huang Gai's tricks and put them completely into the village, right? Li Sheng watched Huang Gai's fleet continue to approach Cao Cao's water village, and couldn't help but feel a little worried about Cao Cao in his heart: "This smart Lord Cao Cao won't be stupid here." He thought, but he smirked: "What do I have to worry about Cao Cao?" Doesn't the current situation make Cao Cao suffer as much as possible? He shook his head self-deprecatingly, but he couldn't figure out what was going on in his heart.

Here he watched the events on the other side as a bystander, thinking vigorously, with slightly misty eyes, and forgetting to pay attention to the situation in Jiangbei for a moment in a confused mind:

Cao Cao was not a fool. When Huang Gai's fleet was so close to his water village. Cao Cao, who had always believed that Huang Gai had really come to surrender, finally discovered that Huang Gai was wrong, he saw Huang Gai actually set up a charging formation at such a close distance, and saw the hideous smiles with a little mockery on the faces of the sailors on Huang Gai's boat. At this moment, the oncoming southeast wind was blowing violently, although there was a little warmth in the wind that made Cao Cao addicted, but watching all this happen made Cao Cao's heart a little colder than the cold wind in December.

"These damn Jiangdong soldiers didn't come here to surrender. They want to attack us. Cao Cao, who suddenly realized this, immediately ordered: "Stop them, we can't let them approach us." All of them prepared me for battle. ”

"Yes!" Since the lord has spoken, although the generals below are still a little confused about what the situation is, they still quickly began to prepare. For a while, Cao Cao's water village was full of people, but it was boiling all of a sudden. In the face of the approaching Huanggai fleet, the lookout, which received Cao Cao's latest order, seemed to want to make a final test and effort - the soldiers on the lookout kept waving the red flag in their hands and issued simple but very clear flags: "The prime minister has an order, let you go back!" ”

If Huang Gai really wanted to surrender, he would naturally follow the order of Cao Cao, the future lord, and retreat. However, it is a pity that Huang Gai is not a person who really wants to surrender to Cao Cao, everything he has done so far is to drive the warship into Cao Cao's water village and then burn a fire all over the sky.

Seeing that Cao Cao actually sent such a message to him, the old Huang Gai didn't realize it: "They have already discovered that something is wrong with us." Looking into the distance, Huang Gai quickly estimated the distance between his side and Cao Jun's water village, and found that it was impossible for Cao Cao's side to stop his actions at such a distance, so he quickly gave an order: "Raise the sail!" Hasten! ”

Under the old and majestic order, the sailors quickly got busy. They untied the knots, pulled the rope with all their might, and pulled up the bamboo sail that had fallen under the mast. The wind blew from behind, and slammed down on the ship, and the speed of the ship increased at once. Twenty slender ships were like twenty sharp blades that flew away, aiming straight at Cao Jun's water village.

"Stop ...... Hurry up and stop them for me! Seeing that the other party completely ignored the orders from his side, Cao Cao's heart couldn't help but chuckle, and the uneasiness in it expanded a little, and he shouted loudly, as if he had calculated that the speeding warship would bring ruin to his side.

However, at this moment, it was too late to remember to stop Huang Gai from approaching. "Ignition!" With Huang Gai's order, the soldiers on the twenty ships took out the fire folds that had been prepared for a long time, quickly rubbed and ignited them, and threw them on the mantle that had already been soaked in oil. The cyan curtain suddenly burst into flames, and the jubilant orange-red not only spread on the oil-soaked curtain, but also ignited the firewood and grass under the curtain. Like the veil, the grass is soaked in oil.

The fire spread very quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the twenty ships of the Jiangdong Army had completely turned into twenty huge torches, burning and rushing towards Cao Jun's water village. At this moment, the boat behind the ship has been put down, and Huang Gai and his men have jumped on the boat, standing on top of it, sitting and watching the appearance of his masterpiece.

"Boom......!" This is the sound of a burning ship crashing into Cao Jun's chain ship. The ramming angle at the tip of the ship was deeply embedded in the body of the chain ship, stuck there, and ignited the huge chain ship.

"Whew......!" It was a fire on a chain ship, startled by the whirring southeast wind. Although it had just rained heavily last night, Cao Jun's warships were still so flammable at this moment. Looking at this sea of fire that was rapidly igniting without the slightest room for escape, Cao Cao understood why the people in front of Huang Gai drove so slowly: "They are not waiting for their own ships to get firewood and grass to dry, but waiting for our chain warships here to dry." ”

At this moment, everything is clear to Cao Cao, but this clarity came too late and too late after all. Faced with the strange east wind howling, in the face of the rapidly spreading scorching flames, and watching his warship locked by heavy iron chains without moving, Cao Cao knew that he had been defeated. All the lofty ambitions that once existed have become garbage that must be thrown away at this time. Although he himself was extremely unwilling to do this, all he could do was to quickly escape from this place and leave the place that would soon be reduced to ashes.

"It's a must...... Although the fire that has been lit now is not big, and it seems that there is still some irreparable appearance, in fact, everything is no longer possible. Jiangdong's Zhou Yu'er is not such a simple character, and the fireboats he discharged will not be such a mere twenty in Huang Gai's hands. Despite the panic in all directions, Cao Cao himself was very calm, and while he asked the troops of Jingzhou to find a way to extinguish the flames that had been ignited, he beckoned his cronies to try to leave this dangerous place. He had already expected things to go down the road, and all he wanted to do now was to bring back as many generals and staff as he could. For him, the soldiers under his command can be easily given up, but these generals and strategists who help him fight the world cannot be given up casually, they are all talents, and they are all talents that can be used by Cao Cao. Just for the value they still have, Cao Cao will not abandon them at will. Except, of course, for the case where even Cao Cao's own life was threatened.

Cao Cao retreated slightly, and under the cover of everyone, he made up his mind to give up all this in front of him first and sneak back to Xiangyang. Because, he had already decided that what was in front of him was not to be done: at the same time that he was sure of his thoughts, the Jiangdong navy that appeared out of nowhere, was swarming from all directions, and the ones they used to hit the head seemed to be the same cyan swords used in front of Huang Gai.

Using the ship as a fireboat, this made Jiangdong's navy feel distressed for a while. After all, as a professional warship, the warship is not as easy to build as the ship. These are the main warships of Jiangdong, but now they have to be used as disposable consumables, which can't relieve the generals who have commanded the naval army for more than ten years. It's just that they also have to admit that the ship is indeed the best modification of the fireship. Its excellent seaworthiness, fast speed, elongated hull, sturdy hull and ramming angles designed to hold enemy ships in place made it almost the only option for completing fire missions. Under the clap of the Metropolitan Governor Zhou Yu, about a hundred ships were converted into fireships and put into this widely praised Chibi battlefield at one time.

The fireboats that came out of all directions unceremoniously hit the outer wall of Cao Cao's water village made of chain ships, adding a few more places to smoke and fire to the huge water village. This is just the beginning, after these fireships as consumables, the main force of the Jiangdong Navy is divided into four neat phalanxes and slowly leans over, they use large building ships mixed with medium-sized ships as the outer wall, and the troop carriers and the largest fighting ships as the inside, like a moving castle slowly pressed. When they got closer, they fired countless rockets, canisters of tung oil, and powerful ballistas.

For a time, all the periphery of Cao's water village was swallowed up by the scorching fire in the attack of the Jiangdong army. At the moment, the southeast wind was on the right key, and the inside, which was slightly better than the outside, although it had not yet felt the scorching heat, was also shrouded in the billowing smoke that came with the wind. The soldiers from the north were confused by the violent coughing, they had no similar experience, and they had no idea what they were supposed to do at this moment.

This is the mistake of Cao Jun's naval instructors, and it is also the misfortune of their people. As for those Jingzhou troops who knew how to deal with it in this situation, they only got themselves at the moment. The big "generals" who surrendered to the army are all with Cao Cao and them at the moment, and most of the people who can command these people are some middle and lower-level generals in the surrendered army. Because Cao Cao's idea of a decisive battle was too strong, the Jingzhou army has not been rectified since the integration of Jingzhou's people, and it is basically the same as it was and what it is now. This was no problem when Cao Cao's army was still strong, but now this point has become the most regrettable point for Cao Jun in the future.

When the fire broke out, a message spread among these junior generals and soldiers: "Cao Gong is going to be defeated, and they will not be able to escape tonight no matter what." Jiangdong Army, Liu Qi's son's men and horses, and Changsha Li Shengtai's Jinfan Sail Army had a total of hundreds of thousands to kill. If you don't want to die, find a way back. Surrendering to Cao Cao and having a better future is the business of those high-ranking officials, and for us little soldiers, everything is not the same? Our home is in Jingzhou, do you think it is necessary for us Jingzhou people to work for a northerner? ”

The rumors are very vicious, but for the soldiers of the Jingzhou Army who have never worked hard for Cao Cao from beginning to end, such rumors may not be rumors at all. At least, at this moment, when the fire is rising. The banner in the west has disappeared, and the enemy in the east has been killed. Anyone with a little bit of brains understands that the commander of the whole army, the great Lord Cao Cao, has left this place that is almost a baking oven. He ran, and it was his guards who had brought him from the north to protect him. As for his side, there is not even a messenger at all, and he has completely abandoned his role. The other party doesn't want to be himself, do you still have to fight for their escape?

"It's time to think about the back road on your side." Most of the people in Jingzhou Army think so. They quietly retreated, relying on their familiarity with water warfare, mercilessly abandoning their northern "comrades-in-arms" on the same ship, and invariably advancing in the southwest direction. Among the two forces that were attacking at this moment, almost all the soldiers of the Jingzhou Navy Army chose Li Shengjun in Changsha as their object of refuge. After all, for these old Jingzhou, although Jiangdong is an ally at the moment, more often than not, they are their enemies in the past.

If only Jiangdong's men and horses are attacking at the moment, and nothing else, then perhaps the soldiers of Jingzhou will surrender to Jiangdong as a last resort. However, it is a pity that Li Shengjun's fleet has appeared in the southwest direction of Chibi at the moment. Although from a distance, Li Sheng's fleet is not many, that is, there are twenty or thirty big ships, followed by a puff of smoke, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a team of merchant ships, but these people are not their own people anyway. What's more, there is also the prestige of Jinfan Ganning, as long as you think about this so-called distant relatives, it is not surprising what kind of decision these people in Jingzhou will make.

At that moment, there were many people in the crowd on this side of the river, waving the red flags that had been prepared long ago and signaling to the river. Although as soon as their red flag was taken out, almost everyone understood that these things had been agreed between them and the other party for a long time, but things had reached this point, and it was obvious that no matter how unwilling they were, they couldn't change the facts, anyway, everything didn't get worse for them.

"The red flag on the opposite side appeared." Yang Xu, the governor of Li Shengjun's Second Fleet, quickly reported the latest situation on the other side to the case of his lord Li Sheng, waiting for his instructions.

"Oh? It seems that Zhong Ming's plan is going well. Li Sheng supported his chin with his hand, muttered unconsciously, and then ordered Yang Xu: "I'll leave it all to you, give me a small boat, and I'll go directly to the front with Zheng Ping." You can cover for me. As for the rest, I don't want to say anything more, I just want you to let go of your hands and feet to fight, so that Cao Cao's side and Jiangdong's side know that our naval army is very strong. ”

"Yes!" Yang Xu replied loudly, his face like a knife was full of deep perseverance.

Li Sheng nodded with a smile and strode outside. Although nothing was said to praise Yang Xu, no matter who could clearly see how much Li Sheng admired Yang Xu.

"Whoever is appreciated by the lord must be promoted very quickly." Although Yang Xu admits that he is not a person who likes fame, but there is really a chance of promotion in front of him, he will not give up stupidly, and when his lord clearly expresses his satisfaction with himself, he is really excited in his heart. He smiled, as if his body had suddenly lightened a few pounds.

"The whole team is in a line array, side boats, and three feet apart; All pitchers and archers are in place, and all sailors are ready for protection; The sail operator and the helmsman are all ready, and the target is Cao Cao's water military camp, ready! Seeing Li Sheng leave the building he was on, Yang Xu adjusted the look on his face and ordered loudly.

As an "old" soldier, especially a veteran who has been mixed on the water for many years, Yang Xu is definitely inferior to Gan Ning, the governor of the First Fleet, in terms of his strategic level and his own martial arts, but he is not completely devoid of his own brilliance. As a veteran, he is so familiar with the generals who fight on the water that he can't be familiar with them. Although the conspiracy is not good, it is very steady in the upright attack, which is one of the reasons why Li Sheng agreed to let him be the governor.

In Li Sheng's opinion, Gan Ning under his command can become his sharp knife across the rivers and lakes, and this Yang Xu, who doesn't look very good in any way, can become his thick fist that can go straight. Both of them have their own places to use, as for how to play their respective levels, it is a matter of their own people - these are all things that their own people need to consider, and Yang Xu obviously only needs to complete the command and organization of tactics under his own orders.

The fleet moved slowly under the command. To be honest, these ballista battleships, which are the main force of Li Shengjun's army, are far superior to Jiangdong's warships in terms of speed, attack and protection, but they are less flexible in the steering of warships than Jiangdong's. Although Li Sheng's warship is currently being used on the rivers and lakes, his own prototype is used for naval warfare. Due to the depth and breadth of the sea, the draft and flexibility of the warships are not as strict as the rivers, so naturally Li Sheng's current problems with these warships are not a problem.

Cao Cao's water village was surrounded by flames, and Cao Cao's own escape caused the entire water village to lose its unified command and show a situation of weak resistance. The chaos of the scene made the defense of the shore completely ineffective, and the advantage that this brought to Li Shengjun was that Li Shengjun's fleet dispatch was not disturbed in any way.

A quarter of an hour later, the fleet was ready, and the fierce attack followed Yang Xu's angry shout on the platform of the ship: "Attack!" The rockets launched with the waist crossbow rained down on the battleships of Cao Cao's navy; The crossbow guns that were as long as iron spears and thick as baby arms were fired one by one from the crossbows on the platform, because these bamboo crossbow guns were filled with fire, so that this seemingly shoddy product of rough things brought infinite fear in the battle - when the iron head of the crossbow robbery poked into the enemy ship, the crossbow that had already been ignited grabbed the attached fuse would completely detonate the fire in the crossbow robbery, and the rapid explosion made even the huge ship as hard as the floor bed unbearable. The huge holes and the raging flames were all designed to quickly plunge the warship into an irreparable desperate situation, especially with the fire support of the powerful trebuchets on Li Sheng's battleship.

If the arrows shot by the waist crossbow are a little spark, the crossbow guns issued by the bed crossbow are undoubtedly the hailstones that fell in the summer, and the trebuchets that themselves do not have much attack power, but constantly throw oil cans into Cao Cao's warships, play a role in adding fuel and salary. Although oil is undoubtedly a luxury for other forces, for Changsha, whose prosperity has in fact far surpassed that of Xiangyang, the oil bombs thrown on the battlefield today are only a month's tax. Although this is not cheap, it is generally within the range that Changsha can afford, so it is naturally allowed to be so extravagant.

Li Shengjun's battle line advanced very quickly in front of the ballista warships with powerful attack power. Under the constant attacks, even Cao Cao's chain building ship, which claimed to have solid defense, really couldn't resist. They tilt and sink rapidly. Just under the two rounds of blows from Li Sheng's fleet, this row of fifteen building ships chained together became undoubtedly scraps of wood drifting on the water, and dissipated in wisps of black smoke.

The fleet moved forward in constant attacks. Although Li Shengjun's entry into battle was much later than that of the Jiangdong Army, with the support of this combat method of completely attacking and opening the way, Li Shengjun's marching position was only an hour later. It is already comparable to the Jiangdong Army.

"Do they use flying ones? Running so fast! For the speed of Li Shengjun's attack, the soldiers of the Jiangdong Army were simply a little dumbfounded. They found that their allies were running lightly in the fiercely burning fire, simply moving forward without any fighting. They were not fettered by the enemy, for anyone who had imagined them attacking had been overshadowed by the attack of their ships before that. Looking at the kind of storm-like attack presented by Li Sheng's battleship, the Jiangdong army was extremely envious at the same time, but also had a slight fear of them. They hardly dared to imagine what would happen to those people around them who would one day call these things to their side. "What if you go to war with them in the future? It's not something that can be resisted just by thinking about it." This is not an unfounded thing. Most of the well-informed soldiers vaguely knew something: "The governor of his own country does not seem to get along well with his allies on the left and right." ”

"It seems that we are going to re-estimate the strength of Changsha." Standing on the high platform of the building boat, Zhou Yu said with a worried face to Cheng Pu, the deputy governor who was standing beside him at this moment.

"Indeed, we never thought that their warships would have such a strong attack power." Cheng Pu agreed with Zhou Yu's words, but he was a little puzzled by Zhou Yu's worries: "However, why is Du Du's face so ugly? Li Shengjun's strength is just right for us. Without them, it would have been impossible for us to defeat Cao's army so quickly. As he spoke, Cheng Pu compared the battlefield on the other side with his hand. At this moment, with the further deepening of the battle, the fighting on the battlefield along the river has gradually stopped. The battle against Cao Cao has changed from the initial frontal attack to the current pursuit of Cao Cao's "remnants". Countless soldiers of the Jiangdong Army were mixed with the soldiers of Li Shengjun, like ducks, running quickly behind Cao Jun's pursuit. Everything seems to be going well so far. In Cheng Pu's view, a large part of this can be regarded as the credit of Li Shengjun's warships supporting him. Although the other party did not mean to support himself.

"You can't say that." Zhou Yu shook his head gently: "Although they have helped us now, what about the future?" If Jiangdong wants to develop further, it absolutely needs to possess Jingzhou, which makes us have contradictions with Liu Bei and Li Sheng. We are allies now, but we may not be able to do so. Once we are at war on both sides, if we don't have the equipment to target these ships, I'm afraid the battle between us and them will be a one-sided slaughter. ”

"This ......" Old Cheng Pu pondered for a while, but he stopped speaking. Because he knew that if the situation that Zhou Yu said really happened, then everything would really become a massacre of the other party on his side as Zhou Yu said. "Alas...... I have to admit that we are really slow in the development of new warships. Cheng Pu sighed helplessly in his heart.

What Cheng Pu can think of, how could Zhou Yu, as the governor, not think of it. But he knew that now was not the time to say these things. Although the worry in his heart was a little more than Cheng Pu's, after everything was said, he just pursed his lips tightly and looked at the battlefield opposite without saying a word, wordlessly waiting for the past of the gunsmoke on the battlefield.

The general tone of the battle has been set because of Cao Cao's escape. The departure of all the senior generals of the Cao army, including Cao Cao himself, made the entire Chibi battlefield a complete chicken rib. Although the pursuit of Jiangdong Army and Li Sheng was also quickly launched after basically excluding those who dared to stand in front of him, under the condition that Cao Cao took the lead and ordered a large number of Jingzhou troops to be the main force behind the break, it became difficult to pursue Cao Cao's own team to fight. So, after the two armies united and pursued for nearly twenty miles, both sides coincidentally adjusted their pursuit strategies: they re-threw their infantry into the battlefield where the flames had not yet dispersed in Chibi, and gathered their respective cavalry to continue the pursuit. They were not at all worried that they would be counterattacked by Cao Cao's defeated army with only 10,000 troops, because they had already received the latest information - Liu Beijun, who had not appeared on the battlefield, had completed the ambush work at various passes from Chibi to Jiangling, and was now waiting for Cao Cao, who thought he could escape the ascension to heaven.

"Let's see how Uncle Liu's team plays. I think Liu Beijun, who has fierce generals like Guan, Zhang, and Chen, should not let us down. Zhou Yu met Li Sheng for the first time after the round of the army, and after a short greeting between the two sides, Zhou Yu casually asked this question.

"I think there is a young military division over there, even if it can't kill Cao Cao, it won't be a problem to rip off three catties of flesh on his body." Li Sheng looked at Zhou Yu's handsome face and replied with a smile.

"That's what I said, since the majority of the chasing soldiers was handed over to Liu Bei's side, then we should also deal with the chaos here in Chibi with our hearts now. What do you think, that which is on the east, and that which is on the west, yours? Zhou Yu smiled faintly, but his eyes released a sharp light and stared at Li Sheng tightly.

"Isn't the Governor a great loss? In this way, in addition to the soldiers, we will gather the rest of the supplies, count them together, and divide them equally into two parts? Li Sheng kindly suggested.

"That's ......!" Zhou Yu groaned slightly, and then readily agreed: "Then thank you." ”