Chapter 271, heavy casualties

Although Cai Mao is not very outstanding, but this time, the preparation is really complete, just because, this is an order given by Mrs. Cai herself, Cai Mao did not dare to be careless at all, Sun Jian divided the troops into two ways, and let Zhou Shan lead people to pass first, which greatly surprised Cai Mao, even if Sun Jian was strategic, and even had precautions in advance, but Sun Jian still did not expect that Cai Mao not only laid iron cables under the water, but also hid a lot of water-based sailors.

Being good at water warfare is not the patent of Jiangdong soldiers.

As soon as the confrontation began, many Jiangdong soldiers fell into the water and were killed by the ambush soldiers hiding in the water, and the accompanying boats also continued to turn into the water one after another, Sun Jian hurriedly rushed to Cheng Puhan and ordered, "Demou, Yigong, you two will immediately take someone to dive into the water to get rid of the water ghosts hidden under the water, and be sure to tear the iron rope open for me." ”

"No...", the two agreed, and hurriedly jumped into the river with more than 300 water-based soldiers, and a tragic fierce battle in the water suddenly began, Cheng Puhan was superior in ability, and the water was even better, and the Jiangdong soldiers also fought in the water all the year round, and the Jingzhou soldiers who were hiding in the water did not fall into the wind at all, for a time, the river was rushing, the waves were rolling, and the raging Xiangjiang River surface was floating from time to time one after another of the enemy's floating corpses, and the original clear and turquoise river water was gradually dyed blood red.

Cai Mao's 3,000 sailors outflanked the front and back, and after approaching the Jiangdong soldiers, Cai Mao stood on the bow of the ship and sneered at Sun Jian with disdain, "Sun Jian, today is the place where you are buried, not only your life is difficult to protect, but none of your Jiangdong soldiers, as well as your whole family, will survive." ”

"Hmph... Is it? You've got a lot of appetite. He glanced at Cai Mao. Sun Jian gripped the ancient ingot knife tightly. Proudly sneered.

"Archers. Get ready. "Jiangdong soldiers were temporarily trapped by the iron cable, in a dilemma, the ship was constantly being violently bumped by the huge waves, such a good opportunity, Cai Mao naturally would not miss it, the flag waved, the Jingzhou navy on both sides of the front and rear, the ships were running side by side on the river. The archers, who had long been ready to attack, strode to the bow of the ship, bent their bows and arrows, and aimed at Sun Jian and the others who were trapped in the center.

"The shield repels the enemy." Sun Jian hurriedly gave an order, in the heart of the river, he couldn't advance or retreat, and he couldn't sit still, but even so, once he couldn't tear the iron cable in the water as soon as possible, Sun Jian's soldiers and horses could easily become a live target for Jingzhou soldiers. The result is simply unimaginable.

Above the water, the sound of the bang sounded. Feather arrows were fired together, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun attacked back and forth, thousands of archers fired arrows together, although the Jiangdong soldiers had shields to resist, the casualties were still very tragic.

Cai Mao Zhang Yun temporarily has the upper hand on the water, and Zhou Tai in the water is fighting to the death, constantly killing the enemy soldiers hidden in the water one by one, everyone understands in their hearts, time is pressing, every minute and second is related to the overall result, Cheng Pu shuttles in the water like a flying fish, the steel knife in his hand chops the waves without any resistance, and he is stunned to lead the troops to kill the enemy soldiers under the water, and the floating corpses of about more than 100 water ghosts quickly surfaced, and the obstacles of the enemy soldiers are finally much smaller, Cheng Pu is just about to tear the iron chains in the water, Suddenly, a dense array of eagle arrows flew overhead, and the archers of the Jingzhou soldiers were indiscriminately dense and densely shot, and both the enemy and the enemy under the water were not spared, and as soon as Han Dang surfaced, he was hit by an arrow in the shoulder.

"Yigong..."Sun Jian shouted anxiously when he saw that Han Dang was injured.

Han Dang didn't say anything, just gritted his teeth and waved his hand at Sun Jian, and dived into the water again, watching the blood-colored waves float on the surface of Han Dang's diving, Sun Jian stomped his feet urgently.

"Damn Cai Mao Zhang Yun, you wait, I have to kill you." The angry Sun Jian glared at the tiger angrily, and gritted his teeth and shouted angrily at Cai Mao, who was standing leisurely at the bow of the boat opposite.

Cai Mao sneered and waved her hand, "Really? Who kills whom? Don't stop, keep firing arrows, save him for me. ”

Jingzhou archers have aimed at Sun Jian, for a time Sun Jian's tiger-headed boat was suddenly covered in a dense rain of arrows, the ears continued to hear the sound of tinkling, endless arrows overwhelming, some shot in the crowd, some shot on the sailboat board, some were blocked by the shield of the Jiangdong soldiers, indiscriminate dense feather arrows, like a downpour, although the Jiangdong soldiers were tightly defended, but after all, they could only passively resist, the number of casualties continued to increase, From time to time, someone was hit by an arrow and fell to the ground, seeing the soldiers around him fall one after another in a pool of blood, Sun Jian's eyes were shattered, and his anger was high, and Cai Mao Zhang Yun on the bow of the opposite boat laughed proudly.

Seeing that Sun Jian's men and horses were falling one by one, the situation was completely controlled by the Jingzhou army, but suddenly a soldier rushed to Cai Mao's front and reported with a panicked face, "General, it's not good, the warship behind has been sneak attacked." ”

Cai Mao was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and suddenly there was a fierce shouting and killing sound behind him, Cai Mao hurriedly turned around, I don't know when, Zhou Shan's navy had turned around and covered up, and Zhou Shan led hundreds of sailors from the river to swim in the river in advance and boarded the Jiangdong soldiers' warships while the Jingzhou soldiers were unprepared, the two sides had already handed over, and the Jiangdong soldiers in the rear team were caught off guard, and the casualties killed by Zhou Shan were very heavy, and even many Jingzhou warships were stunned by Zhou Shan and set fire.

"It's really unreasonable, don't panic, meet the enemy immediately."

In Cai Mao's view, even if Zhou Shan's men and horses were killed, he still had an advantage, and the situation was still under control, but the bravery of the Jiangdong soldiers was far beyond Cai Mao's imagination.

"My lord, the chains in the water have been torn apart, and you can set sail." Han Dang, who was covered in blood, suddenly showed his head out of the water, and laughed at Sun Jian with excitement on his face.

"Okay, lean over for me immediately, Ben Shuai wants to completely defeat Cai Mao's Jingxiang Water Army, and let them taste the power of my Jiangdong Water Army."

Sun Jian hurriedly raised his arms and shouted, while Cai Mao hurriedly met the enemy Zhou Shan, Sun Jian's fleet quickly pulled open the sails, and quickly moved forward in the wind and waves.

The process of the battle was short and tragic, Cai Mao's 3,000 sailors fled in defeat under Sun Jian's strong counterattack, 3,000 sailors, nearly 2,000 casualties in the first battle, similarly, although Sun Jian repelled Cai Mao, the casualties were also very tragic, with nearly 2,000 soldiers, and the general Han Dang was shot in the shoulder and seriously wounded.

At this time, Sun Jian's men and horses, there were still more than 3,000 people left, breaking through the Tianqian Canyon, the waterway was impassable, Sun Jian and others had to abandon the boat and go ashore, and just at the mouth of the gourd in front, there was another wave of men and horses waiting for him, Sun Jian did not expect Huang Zhong to ambush troops here, the veteran Huang Zhong was brave and good at fighting, and he was more proficient in commanding the army, and Sun Jian did not notice any signs of ambush. (To be continued......)