Chapter 80: The Halberd God Sends Troops
The 30,000 troops of Caisang went down the Yangtze River and came from the Lujiang River in the north of the Yangtze River. Sun Qian, who defended in the Lujiang River, was unsealed in the Yangtze River, and began to start defending with fear when the spring returned to the warm sun, although he knew that he had 10,000 declining soldiers and remnants and a commander who thought he had no military talent, resisting the Jiangdong soldiers and horses was tantamount to a fool's dream, but the lord sincerely told himself, and said that success or failure does not matter, he can only do his best, this is the sorrow of the minister.
Sun Qian knew that he could not fight a water battle with Zhou Yu, nor could he shrink in the dilapidated Lujiang City, so he led 10,000 horses to block the port in the south of the Lujiang City, the Yangtze River is different from the Yellow River, the river is sometimes steep and sometimes shallow, along the Yangtze River for hundreds of miles, only this port can be crossed. Hmph, you have an army of 30,000 people, well-equipped, and you are invincible in water battles on the Yangtze River, but you have to go ashore, I will let 10,000 people block the port, see how you get ashore.
Zhou Yu led the army down the Yangtze River, only to see 10,000 heads crowded into the huge port, at this time it was a little narrow, 10,000 people stepped on the shore of the port, even if the sailors landed and slaughtered, it would take a lot of time, not to mention that Sun Qianjun would not sit back and watch Zhou Yu's army land.
The oncoming southeast wind blew Zhou Yu's beard, quite chic, Zhou Yu looked at the dense port, and said with a light smile: "Yes, it seems that the enemy generals also know a little about the art of war, and it can also be seen that Liu Bei is no longer in Lujiang and has given up Lujiang." ”
Lu Su frowned and asked, "Does Gong Jin already have a strategy to defeat the enemy?" Now that the enemy is holding the port, we will land and fight ashore, and I am afraid that we will suffer heavy casualties! ”
"Haha, although I think that I can't catch up with you when I lead the army to fight a field battle on land, but the time you have been in Jiangdong is still very short, and I don't know that this water battle is very different from a land battle!" After Zhou Yu finished speaking, he didn't wait for Lu Su's reaction, looked at the port and shouted:
"Ships swing around the harbor and shoot a few rounds of rockets!" The soldiers around him hurriedly went to deliver messages to the ships.
The big ships swing around the harbor in the shape of a crescent, and the middle ships and small boats are interspersed, and then rounds of rockets are shot out one after another, "swish" like a beam of meteors passing by, and the traces of burning are stagnant in the blowing spring breeze. Sun Qianjun in the harbor hurriedly dodged the rockets that came from him, but the port was crowded with 10,000 people, and it was suddenly crowded with abnormal crowds, dodging the rockets, how to seize it, only heard the sound of "bang, bang, bang" head to head, and then one rocket after another shot at the soldiers, lying on the ground and wailing.
Sun Qian saw that the enemy army had already suffered heavy casualties in a round of rockets, and couldn't help but retreat, but he remembered Liu Bei's weak tone and bleak face before leaving, and still decided to persevere.
The next moment, the rockets were fired on the wooden planks of the port, tens of thousands of rockets were fired on the wooden port, and the port burned coaustically, especially the rockets were fired on the body that was still struggling to die, and the fat burned "sizzling", and his screams were shocking, and the black smoke was still floating up, and it was miserable.
"Governor, do you still shoot?" Xu Sheng, who was on the boat approaching Zhou Yu, shouted, and the other ships stopped shooting arrows when they heard the sound. The harbor was burned, and although 10,000 of the enemy troops would be burned to death, the destruction of the harbor would make it difficult for them to land and disembark, affecting the progress of the march.
Zhou Yu waved his hand, "If the enemy army does not retreat, continue to shoot!" Roared. The generals on the other ships also heard it and continued to shoot rockets.
The harbor has become a sea of fire, from time to time some soldiers are burned alive, and the sound of "bang bang" on the wooden bars on the harbor is heard, and some of the soldiers on fire fall into the river, but they also save their lives, but they never have a chance to leave here. The wailing in the port continued, thick black smoke rose calmly on the surface of the river, and the monstrous fire burned Sun Gan's hope.
Sun Gan didn't expect it to be like this, and immediately ordered a retreat, retreating to Lujiang City, Sun Gan had 10,000 soldiers, and only 6,000 could go back with him, and each of them was burned and his clothes were burned, and he complained.
The port was in a sea of fire, but it also prevented Zhou Yu's army from pursuing the victory.
Sun Gan comforted the soldiers, while returning to Lujiang, the distance was not more than 100 miles, Sun Qian's army arrived at noon the next day, but found that an army outside Lujiang City was lined up, the array was like, the flags were flying, the soldiers were all staring at each other, well-trained, full of morale, the whole army was like a wolf and a tiger, and the aura was pressed on Sun Gan and others, and they were suddenly a little out of breath, let alone fighting.
Sun Qian was immediately disheartened, he knew that there were still many Jiangdong soldiers and horses in Jianye, Wujun and Huiji and other places east of Lujiang County, but he was defenseless, and looked at Lujiang City from afar, it was no longer Liu Bei's military banner, but the words "Sun" and "Taishi".
"You and others plundered our state and county, and I Taishi Ziyi should do the right thing for heaven!" Saying that, wielding a double halberd, he led tens of thousands of troops and tens of thousands of troops to rush towards Sun Qian's army, and the momentum was monstrous.
Tai Shici, Ziyi, a native of Donglai Huang County, died of illness before the Battle of Chibi in history, and is now 37 years old. The ape arm is good at shooting, and the beautiful hair is fluttering, making a double halberd in one hand, known as the halberd god. Strict management of the army, friendly, handsome, quite the favor of the Eastern Wu soldiers, at this time in the Eastern Wu, Zhou Yu Lu Su Ganning Zhou Tai is still very young, Cheng Pu Han when Huang Gai is already old, only Tai Shi Ci is middle-aged, and loyal, brave and strategic, quite prestigious, alone commanding the soldiers and horses of the three counties of Jianye Wu County Huiji, the mainstay.
With Tai Shici's formation at this time, even if Zhao Yun and Ma Chao led the remnants of the weakened army to meet the attack, they would only be defeated, let alone Sun Qian. Sun Qian is also very self-aware, now it is not a question of whether he can return to Lujiang, but whether he can escape back to Shouchun, without waiting for the Taishi army to rush over, he led the army to flee in the direction of Shouchun in the north.
Sun Qian also learned a little bit of Liu Bei's escape technique, running at the forefront of the team, from time to time the soldiers behind him were chased by the Taishi Army and were killed and captured alive to make a wailing sound, he didn't look back, thinking in his heart: I want to pass the news to the lord as soon as possible.
Tai Shi Ci chased a hundred miles away, and saw that there were only a few dozen people who escaped with Sun Gan, and he couldn't become an atmosphere, maybe he was killed by bandits and robbers on the way back to Shouchun, so he returned to Lujiang City with the captured soldiers, released the prisoners as civilians in Lujiang City, and let the soldiers and the people in the city go to Tuntian outside Lujiang City.
Three days later, Zhou Yu and Lu Su led the army to Lujiang, and learned that Tai Shi Ci had recaptured Lujiang for many days, and was overjoyed, Zhou Yu stroked Tai Shi Ci's hand and said:
"When I saw Ziyi, I remembered the days when I pacified Jiangdong with Bo Fu and fought with Ziyi! I think back then, my brother and Ziyi and I drank and talked freely on the land of Jiangdong not long after the pacification, majestic and heroic, in the prime of life, full of enthusiasm, and vowed to calm the world when we were young and strong. But now, I don't want my brother to die early. ”
Tai Shi Ci didn't expect that Zhou Yu would not talk about military affairs when they met, but reminisced about the past, but Tai Shi Ci was also a person in temperament, recalling the past, full of emotion, and said: "Yes, I want to be young and vigorous back then, talk about the world, and don't want the years to go by. Although Jiangdong has gone through 30 years now, it seems that the country is in danger and the people are attached, but in fact it is suffering from internal and external troubles. I look at all the heroes and heroes in the Jiangdong Army, only Gongjin has the talent to command the whole army, but now you can't show it. ”
Zhou Yu's words changed: "Let's not talk about anything else now, let's talk about how we want to take Shouchun now and unify Yangzhou." I was still powerless, and after taking Shouchun, I would be counterattacked by Runan, Xuzhou and other places, but now that I have Ziyi, I can rest assured. It just so happens that I have now brought out 30,000 soldiers and horses for Caisang, Caisang is empty, and it is possible that Zhang Xiu will be attacked, and I am not at ease. It's better to seize the responsibility of guarding Huainan Shouchun and hand it over to Ziyi, and I will lead my troops back to Caisang. ”
Tai Shi Ci said: "I think so too. Since Zhang Xiu dared to kill General Sun, he would not sincerely ally form an alliance with us, and it was really dangerous to be empty of Caisang. Liu Bei is just a man of twilight, and now Cao Cao's army is still harvesting land in the north, so I am not afraid of other soldiers and horses. Seize the people guarding Huainan and leave them to me. Tai Shici patted Zhou Yu's shoulder and said, in the end, he is ten years older than Zhou Yu, how can he show the temperament of an elder.
"Okay, the business has been discussed, today and Ziyi, you will reunite, and the joy of military victory, heroes from all walks of life in Jiangdong will be in Lujiang, why don't we hold a banquet tonight, it's good not to get drunk!" Zhou Yu said.
"This," Tai Shi Ci wanted to refuse, after all, he was going to send troops soon, but seeing Zhou Yu's eager look, and it seemed that he wanted to borrow wine to remember the deceased Sun Ce, Tai Shi Ci couldn't refuse, "Okay!" ”