After three days.

Since the escalation of the epidemic last month, almost 40 percent of the entire army has been infected, of whom about 6,000 are seriously ill and have lost their combat effectiveness, and this number is still increasing.

Cao Ying slipped into a tent, which was full of sick soldiers, most of whom were curled up in the quilt, shivering with cold.

Cao Ying frowned slightly, and said to the left and right: "Why is the fire in the tent so not prosperous, and the quilts of the soldiers are so thin, pass on the life of the orphan, quickly go and allocate six thousand beds and bedding, and be sure to keep the wounded warm." ”

This plague is related to schistosomiasis in Jiangnan, the wounded are shivering with cold, the cold weather is only one reason, even if they add more quilts, they will still shiver. However, Cao Ying gave orders, and he didn't dare to disobey left and right, so he had to obey again and again.

When he came out of the wounded camp, Cao Ying's face was quite heavy, I don't know if it was caused by feeling or deliberate, and he suddenly sighed softly in front of all the strategists: "The soldiers are suffering from this, and it is really distressing to be alone, but I hope God will protect and bless the lonely athletes to survive until the beginning of spring." ”

Cao Ying sighed in his words, and seemed to vaguely reveal a little retreat, Xun You beside him had some understanding, so he said tentatively: "Prime Minister, there are many sick people in our army, and the current situation of several other partial armies is not optimistic, is it time to consider adjusting the strategy a little." ”

Cao Ying could hear what Xun Yu meant, in fact, he also had a retreat in his heart at this moment, otherwise he would not have had the feeling just now, but he had said too many big words about immortalizing Liu Sun and vowing not to give up, and he retreated like this, which was really damaging to face.

Only then did Cao Ying realize that the steps he had climbed were too high, and it was not so easy to come down.

"The number of lonely fighters is still twice that of Wu, what's not optimistic, let's go, let's go and see the training of the navy first."

Cao Ying's mouth immediately hardened again, and he whipped his horse away, and the strategists looked at each other, shook their heads and sighed lightly, so they had to follow again.

Cai Mao and others can not beat Zhou Yu in actual combat, but this water village is not inferior to the southerners, the whole water village is divided into twenty-four gates to the south, standing side by side with large fighting ships, listed as a city, there are small boats hidden in it, there are alleys back and forth, twists and turns, it is really the wonder of the naval army to set up the village.

Cao Ying was stationed on the slope and watched from a distance, and saw that in the square waterway in the village, a group of northern sons and daughters who had just been transferred from the dry camp to replenish the naval forces were practicing on several ships.

Cao Ying's interest gradually rose, and the horsewhip shook his finger and said: "Look, isn't my northern son also doing a good job on the boat, and in time, he will be able to be used to water warfare like the southerners." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, his northern son began to lose his face.

When the ship had not moved, they were still barely compatible, and as soon as they started moving, the hull of the ship was slightly bumpy, and the soldiers inside swayed from side to side, screaming in horror, and even worse, they just lay on the side of the ship and vomited wildly.

In such a situation, not to mention the fact that the southerners are fighting on the river like walking on the ground, even if they are just transported to the south bank without moving, it is estimated that a large number of people will vomit and lie down.

Cao Ying was swept away in interest and threw a horsewhip fiercely.

"The soldiers can't stand on the boat, and the navy can't fight at all." Xun You sighed beside him, still hinting that Cao Ying might be able to retreat.

"There will always be a way, Lone doesn't believe in this evil, tell them to continue practicing, and don't practice secretly." Cao Ying's response was still full of confidence.

However, Cao Ying didn't have the heart to inspect the navy again, and immediately prepared to return to the camp, but at this time, he saw a sudden movement on the river, and after a while, he saw a group of Wu warships coming over.

"Hurry, order Cai Mao to fight quickly." Cao Ying was anxious to drink the order, and then rode his horse and whipped, and hurried to the water village to command.

At this time, Cai Mao had already discovered that the enemy was coming, but seeing that the Wu army that came only had more than twenty or thirty ships, he ordered more than fifty large and small warships to go out of the village to meet the enemy without waiting for Cao Ying's order.

However, although the scale of the Wu army that came this time was not large, only more than 20 fighting ships and a few warships, its formation was very different from usual.

When he approached, Cao Jun noticed that the Wu people had actually divided those fighting ships into a team of ten, connected to each other by iron chains, and laid wooden planks between the gaps on the sides of the ships. In this way, ten fighting ships came side by side, like a small island in the river, and the Wu army on it was like standing on the ground, and there were cavalry coming and going between the ships, and the momentum was extremely huge.

Cao Ying, who was on the shore, couldn't help but be taken aback when he saw this formation, and hurriedly ordered Cai Mao to quickly recall the battleships sent out, and only relied on Shuizhai to force back the enemy ships with bows and crossbows.

It's just a little late, thinking that the Jingzhou Navy Army, which can finally win a small victory with a large number of people, rushed fast, but as soon as the two sides approached, they were dumbfounded.

In the face of these two "small islands on the sea", they don't know how to attack, and fight with their ships, the Wu army crossbowmen on the iron-locked boats can shoot you at will from many aspects, if you collide with each other with fighting ships, you only have one, and they are a row, so it's strange if you don't break you up.

And in the moment when Cao Jun was shocked, Wu Jun Lian Boat came in a mighty and flat way, and two giant "aircraft carriers" swaggered into Cao Jun's array.

Nearly 2,000 Wu crossbowmen on the boat blossomed in the center and opened fire on the chaotic ships of Cao's army in all directions. The surrounding ships don't even need to move, they just need to protect the surroundings to prevent the enemy from rushing to catch fire first.

In the blink of an eye, the Cao army, which was several times larger than the Wu people, was scattered, and after hearing the signal of the Shuizhai to collect troops, the large and small warships fled to the north shore in embarrassment.

Wu Jun seemed to be only to disturb the enemy this time, and only then pursued for a while, and after approaching the range of the bow and crossbow of the Cao army's water village, he changed his direction, and paraded sideways from the front of the Cao army's water village, and then slowly returned south.

The generals of the Northern Army on the shore couldn't help but be furious when they saw this, and they were furious one by one, asking to go out to fight to the death with the enemy, Cao Chun was even more angry and said: "Prime Minister, the Wu people are obviously deliberately teasing us, the soldiers can be killed and not humiliated, please ask the prime minister to allocate 3,000 to my navy, I will kill all this group of Wu people to shame the snow!" ”

Of course, Cao Ying was also angry, he hadn't been humiliated for a long time like this, but when the anger surged through his mind, suddenly, his mind was bright.

His iron-clad face was gloomy for a long time, and suddenly he looked up to the sky and laughed: "God really bless me Cao Yingye, self-righteous Wu people, thank you for coming up with a wonderful plan for Lone, he said that Lone will slaughter Jiangdong as a reward for you, haha-"

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