Chapter 363: The Battle of Red Cliffs (Final Chapter)
At night, the river breeze is cold.
The pre-war military meeting of the Wu and Chu coalition forces had ended, and Zhou Yu took Lu Meng and Lu Xun to the riverside, looking at the other side of the Yangtze River, only to see the torches Qi Ming in the Wulin Village, boiling in the sky.
Lu Xun said: "Governor Dadu, the Liang army has agreed to fight a decisive battle on the Chibi River in three days, and it seems that it is ready." β
"The Grand Governor." Lu Meng asked Zhou Yu worriedly, "This battle coalition army is afraid of many auspicious people." β
"Yes, that's exactly what the Admiral was worried about." Lu Xun also echoed, "The last general thinks that the Liang army will erect pontoon bridges in three places and expand the Hanyang Water Village, but it is not just to induce our army to divide troops to attack and disturb it, if our army ignores it, the Liang army is likely to fake the show and really build three pontoon bridges on the Yangtze River, so that the Yangtze River is suddenly in danger, and this battle will not have to be fought again." β
"How can the Governor not know?" Zhou Yu sighed, "But the coalition forces can't divide the troops." β
"Ugh."
Lu Meng and Lu Xun looked at each other and sighed, Zhou Yu was right, the Wu and Chu water armies only had a slight advantage over the Xiliang water army, if they divided the troops again, they might lose the Chibi water battle, if they even lost the water war, then what would Wu and Chu rely on to resist the southward movement of the Xiliang army? The demise of the two countries is not far off.
"The national strength of the Liang State is too strong, the strength of the Liang army is too strong, if it is not for the horse butcher to be in a hurry, if the horse butcher is willing to wait for another ten years, and wait for Gan Ning's water army to have an overwhelming advantage over the Wu and Chu water armies before launching a southern expedition, the coalition army will have no chance of winning at all!" Zhou Yu put his hands behind his back, looked at the bright fire on the other side and sighed again, "Now the only chance for the coalition forces is to win the Chibi Water Battle as soon as possible, eliminate Ganning's 70,000 water army, and then burn the pontoon bridge, even if hundreds of thousands of Xiliang troops have crossed the Yangtze River, as long as the Liang army's grain and grass cannot cross the Yangtze River, Wu and Chu will still have a chance to turn defeat into victory." β
Lu Meng said in a deep voice: "But Ganning has been rampant in the Yangtze River waterway for many years, and he is good at water warfare, and most of the naval soldiers recruited are Huainan and Jingzhou who are familiar with the water nature, and there are many river and ocean thieves who are rampant on the waterway, plus the coalition army only has a slight advantage in terms of strength, and it is difficult to say that it will win against such an opponent!" β
Lu Xun nodded and said: "What's more, the Western Liang Navy still has the super rush warships mentioned by General Zhou Tai, even if there is a southeast wind at that time, the fire ships are afraid that they will be hit and sunk by these super warships before they get close to the Liang Army's fleet!" There are also stone throwers on the Liang army's warship, and the last general always feels that the horse butcher cannot be targeted, and these stone throwers may really be different from the stone throwers we know. β
"It's man-made." Zhou Yu muttered, "Since it is a war, there will always be winners and losers, as long as you do your best, there is nothing to regret." β
Lu Meng and Lu Xun looked at each other silently, although the river breeze in October was not too harsh, but the two of them felt inexplicable coldness at the same time, and even the metropolitan governor lost the confidence to defeat the Liang army, this battle ...... Is there any hope for the coalition?
Hanshou, the imperial palace of the state of Chu.
When Cheng Yu and Jia Kui walked into the main hall, they found Cao Zhen standing behind the imperial case and was stunned, Cheng Yu stepped forward and gently called His Majesty, only to wake Cao Zhen up from the confusion, Cao Zhen breathed a sigh of relief, and said lonely: "Oh, you are here?" β
"Your Majesty." Cheng Yu arched his hand and said respectfully, "The frame is ready." β
"Ugh." Cao Zhen sighed and asked, "Do you really have to go?" β
Cheng Yu and Jia Kui looked at each other silently.
Cao Zhen said: "Zhongde, is this really Kong Ming's order?" β
"Yes." Cheng Yu said gloomily, "The prime minister said that the coalition forces in the Battle of Chibi were more auspicious, and suggested that the ministers and others escort them to Guiyang for temporary refuge." β
"Guiyang?" A miserable smile flashed across Cao Zhen's face, "If you can't win the Battle of Chibi, is it necessary to go to Guiyang?" β
Jia Kui said: "Your Majesty, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood." β
"Nope." Cao Zhen's face gradually became firm, and he said in a condensed voice, "I'm not going anywhere, I'm waiting in Hanshou, and the horse butcher will let him come if he wants to come, I'll wait for him!" β
"Your Majesty......"
Jianye, Wu State Palace.
"Father! Father ......"
Sun Quan shouted twice, and suddenly woke up from the nightmare, and the Empress Bushi hurriedly stepped forward to hug Sun Quan, and asked regretfully, "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?" β
"......Huh" Sun Quan breathed a long sigh of relief, only then did he realize that Fang Cai had just had a nightmare, shook his head and said, "It's nothing, it's just a nightmare, I dreamed that my father was covered in blood, and he was walking towards me step by step, my father's eyes were full of anger, and it seemed that he had something to say to me, but at this time, Ma Chao's thief slapped the horse and killed him, and a shot pierced the ......"
Sun Quan's face was flushed with a trace of bitterness, and he didn't say any more.
Bu Low gently rubbed Sun Quan's chest, and comforted softly: "The emperor has been working hard for state affairs for days, I think he is a little tired, why don't the concubines let the slaves and maids come in to perform a few songs and dances, so as to ease His Majesty's mood?" β
"That's it." Sun Quan waved his hand, frowned, and said, "Now that the enemy is present, where do I have such thoughts." β
"Alas......" Speaking of this, Sun Quan suddenly sighed again, looked up at the west and said abruptly, "I don't know what the situation in Jingzhou is, in this battle, can the coalition army defeat the three million Xiliang army of the horse butcher with a weak victory?" β
Bu comforted: "Your Majesty is blessed with all the heavens, and you will be able to turn evil into good fortune." β
"I don't sleep." Sun Quan suddenly sat up and said to the Bu family, "Let's change my clothes, I suddenly feel that the personnel in Wuhu have to make some changes, although the second brother is brave, he can be rigid and self-serving, he may not be able to listen to General He Qi's words, at present, the main force of the Wu army is in Jingzhou, but don't let Chen Deng and Tian Yu take advantage of the situation to cross the Yangtze River." β
A trace of disappointment flashed across Bu's face, and he immediately responded tenderly: "The concubine will change your Majesty's clothes." β
Three days later, Chibi.
On the vast river, thousands of sails are racing, hundreds of boats are contending, tens of thousands of large and small warships are almost crammed into the river surface dozens of miles wide, especially the large group of serial warships of the Liang army is even more magnificent, majestic, when the first row of serial buildings and ships fly to the house, Gan Ning is wearing the robe of the governor, standing proudly under the support of more than a dozen naval generals.
Standing on the flying house and looking condescendingly, thousands of warships and fighting ships are driving in front of the large fleet of large ships in a scattered formation, just like guards wearing iron armor to protect the safety of the commander.
Suddenly looking back, there was a huge trebuchet towering on the deck behind him, the slender rod arm of the trebuchet was quietly pressing on the deck, and the crockpot was quietly placed in the throwing basket tied by the cable, which was filled with fire oil and extremely flammable silk and other sundries, Gan Ning had witnessed the power of this behemoth, and the light of the fire oil tank blooming under the night sky seemed to be still circulating in front of Gan Ning's eyes.
Suddenly, Gan Ning clenched his iron fist tightly, he was determined to win this battle!
On the flagship of the Eastern Wu Naval Army, Zhou Yu wore a Confucian shirt and held a feather fan, surrounded by Lu Meng and Lu Xun, he stood on the flying house of a super-large building ship, looking at the northern river, the sails of the Western Liang Navy almost wanted to cover the entire river, and the rows of serial warships seemed to turn the undulating river surface into solid land, and a large group of Xiliang archers were waiting on the deck of the serial warship.
The situation faced by the Wu and Chu water armies is very sinister, if they can't solve the chain of warships of the Xiliang Water Army, just the rockets fired by these hundreds of thousands of Xiliang archers are enough to burn all the allied warships to ashes! However, when Zhou Yu saw the team of rushing and fighting ships in front of the Liang Army's serial warship fleet, his heart couldn't help but sink to the bottom of the river.
However, don't give up until the last minute.
A faint hint of determination flashed in Zhou Yu's eyes, and he said loudly: "Lu Meng." β
Lu Meng hurriedly stepped forward and replied, "Here." β
Zhou Yu said: "Order Zhou Tai to attack, clear the fleet in front of the Liang army, and clear the obstacles for the fire attack fleet." β
"Yes."
Lu Meng suddenly agreed, and immediately turned around and waved his arm fiercely at the messenger on the finch room, and the herald who climbed high on the finch room quickly raised a red pennant and waved it vigorously to the left side twice, the sound of trumpets and war drums rushed into the sky, and a naval fleet composed of four or five hundred ships and fighting ships separated from the main formation of the coalition army and slowly pressed towards the Xiliang naval army.
On the first fighting ship, Zhou Tai stood proudly with a machete in his hand.
Behind Zhou Tai, fifty Wu army soldiers held flying hook slings and carried steel knives, just like fifty water ghosts guarding the deck gloomily, each of them was full of cold killing intent in their eyes, on land, Guan Liang was invincible, but on the water, he was still invincible in the world!
"Koto's sons!" Zhou Tai raised the machete and shouted, "Give Lao Tzu a twelve-point spirit, let the group of Xiliang soil dogs on the opposite side know that this Yangtze River is the world of our Jiangdong heroes, if anyone wants to intervene, Lao Tzu will let them not eat and walk around, let them taste the taste of hob noodles and wonton noodles!" β
"Hahaha......"
The sailors behind Zhou Tai burst out laughing.
Zhou Tai raised his sword, and the laughter of the sailors stopped abruptly, and Zhou Tai shouted to the soldiers behind him: "Order all ships, and listen to Lao Tzu's orders later, don't rush to sprint!" β
Liang Jun is in this position.
A general said to Gan Ning: "Governor, about four or five hundred ships and fighting ships are approaching our army. β
"Hmph, it's just right to come, Ben Governor is waiting for them." Gan Ning shouted sharply, "Order, the front army will attack and defeat the Eastern Wu Naval Army!" β
"The front army is attacking!"
The pro-soldiers behind Su Li Ganning hurriedly raised their heads and shouted at the messengers in the finch room, the messengers shivered excitedly, hurriedly raised the command flag and waved it vigorously, and the Liang army immediately sounded the sound of horns, and more than 1,000 ships that were cruising back and forth in front of the formation quickly turned their bows and greeted the Soochow naval army led by Zhou Tai.
In an instant, a mountain of shouts sounded in front of the two armies.
In the fierce and suffocating shouts and cheers, Zhou Tai raised his machete and shouted hoarsely: "Command the whole army, rush ahead, fight the ship behind, set up an offensive formation, and sprint at a speed...... Offensive! β
The so-called ship rush is actually the ancient version of the "ironclad ship", the hull is long and narrow, the cabin is low and closed, wrapped in animal skin to resist fire, the bow is strong and has a sharp ramming angle, there are no sergeants in the cabin except for the oarsman, and its offensive means is neither a broadside battle, nor a fire arrow, but a pure collision! Fighting ships, on the other hand, were specially used for broadside battles, with female walls on the side to defend against arrows, and in addition to the oarsmen, there were also five to fifty dead soldiers, who were generally equipped with flying hooks and slings to rob enemy ships.
Although the Soochow Navy was in a headwind, the ships and fighting ships did not rely on the sails, so they were not greatly affected by the wind direction.
The two armies were advancing like sharp arrows breaking through the waves, and they were already tied together before the tea was ready, and in an instant, the sound of "swelling and swelling" sounded continuously, and dozens of warships had already slammed into each other viciously.
After all, the Dongwu naval army is battle-hardened, and the advantages have been fully revealed, due to the hedging between the two armies, the Xiliang Chong is not tacit enough, and they are basically fighting separately, so it is difficult to pose a threat to the Dongwu Chong, but the Dongwu Chong relies on skillful skills The two ships cooperated, one ship leaned sideways and hit the direction of the Xiliang Chong, and then the other ship viciously crashed into the side of the Xiliang Chong.
The swift warships were like cavalry on the water, staggering past at the first touch, and when the two ships turned their bows to prepare for the next round of collision, the fighting ships of the two armies were already inexorably entangled. In fact, the contest between the two ships was only the prelude to the war, and the competition between the fighting ships and the desperate battle between the dead soldiers of the two navies was the theme of the water war.
"Instigation......
More than a dozen flying hooks swept into the air, nailed deep into the side of a Liang army fighting ship, more than a dozen Wu army dead soldiers holding the flying rope shouted and struggled to pull the flying line, the two fighting ships quickly approached in the loud and neat sound of the Wu army dead soldiers, Zhou Tai stuck a machete in his back, holding a penny in his hand and proudly standing on the head of the ship, wolf-like eyes have been viciously staring at a Liang army colonel on the other side.
"Quick, throw the gun!"
Colonel Liangjun was not afraid, the fighting ship relied on the size of its own fighting ship, and there were more than 100 sailors on the ship, and he didn't take Zhou Tai's more than 50 people in his eyes, and immediately summoned more than 20 gunners to line up on the side side, and in the hoarse shouting, a row of sharp throwing guns had already shot towards the Dongwu fighting ship, Zhou Tai snorted and waved his knife to drop several throwing guns on his body.
A miserable snort sounded from behind Zhou Tai, and then there was a soft pop, Zhou Tai didn't have to look back to know that there must have been a soldier who had been shot and fell into the water, and at this time, the two boats were less than ten steps apart, Zhou Tai lightly touched the penny bow in his hand, and his huge body had risen into the air like a big bird, and fell heavily towards the bow of the Liang military fighting ship.
Zhou Tai people in the air, the sharp machete has come to the hand, and then with a straight slash without any tricks according to the head of the Liang Jun Colonel, the Liang Army Colonel shouted, raised the knife hard fight, only to hear a loud bang, Zhou Tai has already the Liang Army Colonel with a knife to the ground, Liang Jun Colonel did not have time to get up, Zhou Tai followed up and slashed again, and cut the Liang Army Colonel into two in an instant.
"Kill, kill, kill!"
In the terrible shout, the three Xiliang sailors swooped down, Zhou Tai's face suddenly floated a trace of a hideous smile, and suddenly raised his head to the sky and let out a long roar, and the machete in his hand immediately turned into a ball of light and shadow, whistling across the waists of the three Shiliang sailors, and the figures of the three Xiliang soldiers who rushed forward suddenly paused, and then lowered their heads with some difficulty, only to find that there was a red blood splattering out of their waists.
"Puff puff ......"
Three pieces of stump slid cruelly from the waist trunk.
A Xiliang soldier who was lying in a pool of blood and still had not lost his breath howled miserably: "Grandma, I want to go home......"
The two ships finally connected, a strong Wu army colonel jumped on the Liang army fighting ship first, the steel knife in his hand took advantage of everything, the miserable howl of the Western Liang soldiers stopped abruptly, a wisp of soul finally returned to his hometown, less than a moment of effort, several Eastern Wu dead soldiers have followed Zhou Tai behind the killing of the Liang army fighting ship, more than 100 Western Liang soldiers can not resist the enemy, in the attack of the Wu army is defeated and retreated.
The same bloody scene was staged continuously on the river, hundreds of fighting ships of the Liang and Wu armies have been entangled to death, and nearly 10,000 soldiers are fighting for their own survival. The sword light was huo, the blood splashed, and a corpse with severed limbs fell into the river, and the red blood was already red on the surface of the river.
Finally, even the last soldier of the Liang Army was killed on the spot by Zhou Tai.
"Woo Ha ......"
Zhou Tai raised his machete and roared.
"Woo Ha ......"
"Woo Ha ......"
"Woo Ha ......"
The more than 1,000 soldiers of the Wu army who survived roared one after another, although there were heavy casualties, but in any case, the Eastern Wu naval army had won the first battle!
"Damn!"
Gan Ning slammed his fist viciously against the female wall, and his face suddenly turned pale.
Although this result was already expected by Gan Ning, but seeing the naval army he trained himself defeated under the hands of the Eastern Wu naval army without any suspense, Gan Ning still felt unacceptable, if Gan Ning could personally lead the army to attack, maybe the result would be different, but unfortunately, Ma Yue strictly ordered Gan Ning not to come to the front of the battle.
"Hoo ......"
The river wind howled, and the fluttering banner suddenly turned.
Seeing this, Lu Meng was overjoyed, and hurriedly said to Zhou Yu: "Governor, the southeast wind is rising!" β
"Great, it's a southeast wind!" Lu Xun couldn't help but be overjoyed and said, "It's really heaven to help me Dongwu, hahaha......"
"Okay." Zhou Yu bowed his head lightly and said, "Order, Jiang Qin's team will attack and prepare for a fire attack." β
The flagship of the Liang Army.
"General." Deputy General Zhang Bao suddenly shouted, "The wind direction has changed!" β
"Huh?" When Gan Ning heard this, he looked up hurriedly, and sure enough, he saw that the flag on the flying house had turned, so he shouted in a deep voice, "I didn't expect that the southeast wind could really blow in October, it seems that we must be careful of the fire attack of the coalition army. β
Wu Jun flagship.
Lu Meng shouted excitedly again: "Look, the Metropolitan Governor, it's foggy, hehe, it's foggy!" β
"Great!" Lu Xun also shouted in ecstasy, "It's really foggy!" β
"Oh?"
When Zhou Yu hurriedly looked back, he saw that the vast white fog was spreading from the east of the river to this side, the vast river surface and the mountains on both sides of the Yangtze River gradually disappeared in the vast fog, Zhou Yu's eyebrows suddenly floated a trace of imperceptible joy, the northwest wind turned sharply to the southeast wind, creating conditions for the fire attack of the coalition forces, and the sudden fog on the river was a godsend!
Once fog rises on the river, the two armies will completely lose their command, and the ships of the enemy and our armies will have to fight on their own! Such a situation was undoubtedly extremely advantageous for the well-trained, battle-hardened, and numerical superiority of the Wu and Chu naval armies! The so-called plan is in the people, and the success is in the sky, Zhou Yu's attitude of never giving up even if he knows that he is not clear seems to have moved the heavens.
Heaven did not abandon the Wu and Chu coalition forces, at this moment, Zhou Yu felt that victory was so close to the Wu and Chu coalition forces!
In a trance, Zhou Yu saw a monstrous fire in the dense fog, and the rows of large ships of the Xiliang Water Army were burning in the flames, and on the deck where the flames were churning, countless Xiliang soldiers were like ants on a hot pot and were so anxious that they were spinning around, and in the roar of the tide, Wu and Chu Shuijun took advantage of the situation to raid with small boats.
A team of Jiangdong dead soldiers with sharp knives in their mouths successfully flew on the zipline and climbed onto the Xiliang warship, which was lucky not to be damaged by the fire.
"Order the whole army to ......" Zhou Yu drew his sword and shouted, "From now on, we will fight separately and attack!" β
"Attack!"
"Attack!"
"Attack!"
The herald standing behind Zhou Yu hurriedly raised his head and yelled at the herald on the bird room.
In an instant, Zhou Yu's military orders were conveyed one by one, and a piece of sails had been raised on the bare masts of the allied warships, and the southeast wind was in a hurry, blowing the sails of the allied warships, and under the blowing of the strong winds, nearly 10,000 large and small warships of the Wu and Chu allied armies pulled anchors and set sail one after another, forcing towards the fleet of the Liang army.
The flagship of the Liang Army.
Adjutant General Zhang Bao suddenly shouted in horror: "The governor is not good, it is foggy!" β
"What!?" Gan Ning suddenly gasped when he heard this, and lost his voice, "It's foggy!?" β
"Governor, look to the east!" Zhang Bao hurriedly said, "The fog is blowing from the east side of the river, and it seems that at most, half a pillar of incense should completely permeate the Chibi River!" Dadudu, the number of warships of our army is at a disadvantage, and it is in a headwind, if we fight with the Wu and Chu water armies in the dense fog, we will definitely lose, what should I do? Is it a desperate fight or a retreat to Dazhai? β
"The Wu and Chu water armies have already begun to attack in a big way, and now it's too late to retreat!" Gan Ning said awe-inspiringly, "If you forcibly retreat, you can only lose faster!" β
Zhang Bao said sharply: "Then fight!" β
Gan Ning raised his eyebrows, and shouted sharply: "Order the whole army, the ship rushes ahead, the fighting ship is in the center, and the building ship and the boat are behind, and all the serial warships are arranged in two rows, and all the archers are lined up on the deck, and they keep firing arrows forward until the last fire arrow is shot, and the trebuchets of each serial ship also need to throw fire oil bombs without interruption!" β
It's really the so-called heaven doesn't help me, and now, Gan Ning has no other way.
Now he can only concentrate on a melee in a thick fog with Wu and Chu Shuijun, even though he knows that he will be defeated, but Gan Ning has no choice, who would have thought that there would be a burst of fog at this juncture?
Gangneung.
The wind gusted, the rain and snow drifted away, and the horse leaped up to the top of the city in the rain, looking at the vast sky in the south.
Although he can't see it, Ma Yue is clearly aware that the current Chibi is engaged in an unprecedented naval decisive battle! Ma Yue didn't want Gan Ning to be distracted in order to protect himself, so he didn't come to Wulin in person, and for this battle of Chibi, the whole Liang country could be said to have tried their best, but this result was ...... Is it really as good as it could be?
Before the good news arrived, the bad news came first.
"Your Majesty!" Jia Xu's eldest son, Jia Mu, stumbled up to the city tower, knelt down behind Ma Yue, and cried loudly, "Your Majesty, my father is dying, and I said in a tone that I have to see Your Majesty for the last time, woo woo woo ......"
Ma Yue's face changed, and he hurriedly said to Dian Wei: "Quick, prepare a horse for me!" β
"Your Majesty." Dian Wei looked at the rain with concern, and suggested, "It's raining today, let's take the car." β
"Shut up!" Ma Yue shouted, "Prepare a horse for me immediately!" β
Jiangdong, Jianye.
"Karala ......"
A dazzling lightning swept through the sky, and then there was rolling thunder that resounded through the mountains and rivers, and in the biting wind, the raindrops of beans poured down, and the entire Jianye City was immersed in the rainstorm in an instant.
Yu Xuan, who was standing behind Sun Quan, said in a panic: "It's October, and it's still thundering?" β
Zhang Zhao muttered: "A vision from the sky will be the main murderer......
Sun Quan disagreed: "Where the beginning and turn of the day, it will inevitably be accompanied by various visions, do you know that the combined forces of Wu and Chu will defeat the Liang army in Chibi?" β
The ministers were speechless.
Jingnan, Hanshou.
Twenty-eight beauties Sun Ren (Shang Xiang) sat on the high platform, is on the case of the zither, the slender ten fingers gently brushed the strings of the zither, the pleasant sound tactfully rose, like a clear stream flowing along the stone cracks, making people feel refreshed and happy, Cao Zhen held the sword and danced, while dancing the sword and singing the desolate song: pull out the mountain and cover the world, the time is not good for the Xi Xi will not pass away, the Xi Xi will not pass away, Yu Xi Yu Xi will not be helpless......
"Zheng ......"
The strings snapped, the clear sound stopped abruptly, and Sun Ren slowly lifted his delicate face, already in tears.
Chibi.
Jiang Qin jumped on the boat last, and then untied the cable that tied the boat from the boat with his own hands, and immediately turned around and shouted: "Ignition!" β
"Puff puff ......"
Several blazing torches were thrown on the ship, and the gunchong, which had been poured with fire oil in advance, burst into flames, and the flames spread along the open cabin, and ignited the piles of hay, dry firewood and other fire-starting things in the cabin, and the fire suddenly became more and more violent, and Wu Junchong, who was not far away, saw the faint fire from the fog, and also set fire one after another.
"Tom!"
The Soochow navy, which had already released the fireboat, transferred to the boat and followed behind.
Jiang Qin stood solemnly in the bow of the ship with a single knife in his hand, and was waiting for the fire ship to rush into the Liangjun fleet and burn it, when a sharp sound suddenly sounded in his ears, as if something had pierced into the water, and when he looked back urgently, a column of water had risen from the surface of the river around him, and the water column rose several feet high before it burst into a burst of water, turning into water droplets in the sky, and Jiang Qin and the Wu soldiers on the boat were drenched into soup.
"What's going on?"
"What's wrong?"
More than a dozen Wu soldiers on the boat looked at each other, not knowing what was happening.
"Whew......"
Another sharp roar dragged a long tail into the air, Jiang Qin and the soldiers of the Wu army on the boat only heard a loud bang in their ears, and when they looked at it urgently, a soldier on the ship had fallen in a pool of blood, poor fellow, the whole head was smashed by a three-sided bluestone on all sides, and after the bluestone smashed the soldier's head, it was still inexhaustible, and smashed through the deck of the boat, and smashed a big hole in the bottom of the ship.
The icy river water suddenly poured in.
"He's ***." Jiang Qin cursed viciously, and was about to jump into the river when a soldier behind him suddenly screamed in horror, "General, look, what is that?" β
"Huh?"
When Jiang Qin looked up in a hurry, he happened to see that the dense fog that filled the river had dispersed a crack, and in the gap of this dense fog, a burning flame fell from the sky like a meteor, and in the dense fog that had dispersed, a ship that had not yet ignited the fire was smashed down by this fire, only to hear a loud bang, the burning flame had bloomed into countless sparks, and the burning oil had already been poured into the ship's bow to stern at the same time.
Poor more than a dozen Wu soldiers were engulfed in flames before they could change their boats.
Coalition flagship.
Lu Meng suddenly turned around, looked at Zhou Yu in shock and inexplicably, and hissed: "Dadu Dudu, the fog has dispersed!" β
Zhou Yu's eyes were cold, he had already seen it without Lu Meng reminding him, this strange fog came and disappeared quickly, God seemed to be deliberately playing this joke with the coalition forces, so that the belief in victory that had just risen in Zhou Yu's heart was instantly discounted, and he lost the cover of the dense fog, even if the coalition forces could win, he was afraid that he would have to pay a heavy price.
"It's okay anymore!" Lu Xun said excitedly, "General Jiang Qin's fleet of fireships has been ignited, and it is rushing towards the fleet of the Liang army at full speed, and there are dozens of steps to rush into the fleet of the Liang army, and our army is already victorious!" β
At this time, a team of sterns rushed out of the fleet of the Liang army, and viciously collided with the burning fleet of fireships at a very fast speed, although they were three hundred steps away, Zhou Yu and the others still seemed to be able to hear the sound of the planks breaking when the fireships were knocked through, and several fireships were knocked obliquely, and then a second team of sterns rushed forward and slammed into the side of the fireboat.
Even though a few fireships escaped the collision of the Liang army, but before they could get close to the Liang army's big ship, they had been intercepted by the Liang army fighting ships that followed the Liang army's ship behind them, and a group of Wu and Chu naval warships rushed forward to try to disperse the Liang army's big ship and the fighting ships, but what awaited them was a tragic fate, losing the cover of the dense fog, and hundreds of trebuchets on the Liang army's big ship exerted amazing lethality.
In the terrible sound of breaking the air, the black pressure boulders fell overwhelmingly, and the Wu and Chu ships that were close to the Liang army's big ships within two hundred steps were quickly smashed to pieces, and only a few ships broke through the blockade of the Liang army's trebuchets, but what was waiting for them was the rocket salvo of hundreds of thousands of archers on the chain of ships!
"Oh no!" Lu Xun's handsome face suddenly appeared in disbelief, and he exclaimed, "This is impossible! β
"Rushing and fighting ships alone are not enough to win, their decks can't withstand the trebuchets of the Liang army!" Lu Meng hurriedly turned around and said to Zhou Yu, "Metropolitan Governor, the whole army will attack, victory or defeat is here!" β
"Hmm!" Zhou Yu nodded fiercely and shouted, "Order, the whole army will attack!" β
Gangneung, Jia Xu's military tent.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, ......"
The last glimmer of brilliance in Jia Xu's eyes gradually dissipated, and the hands that grabbed Ma Yue's sleeves suddenly let go, and his breath suddenly flowed.
Looking at Jia Xu's peaceful face, Ma Yue's whole person seemed to be petrified, and he didn't roll his eyes for a long time, Dian Wei called His Majesty a few times, Ma Yue rolled his eyes, and said gloomily: "Go out, you all go out, I want to stay alone with Wen He for a while." β
Dian Wei sighed and waved his hand to Jia Mu, Ma Zheng, Ma Zhan and others.
Everyone withdrew, and Dian Wei finally withdrew from the tent and lowered the tent curtain.
The light in the tent dimmed, Ma Yue sighed softly and sat down in front of Jia Xu's couch, grabbed Jia Xu's gradually cold hands, and said dreamily: "Wenhe, if I remember correctly, you should have followed me in the spring of the second year of Zhongping, right?" Time flies, it's been 25 years since then, and alas, you and I are getting old......"
Chibi.
"Boom ......"
A boulder roared from the air and smashed heavily on the mast behind Zhou Yu, only to hear a crisp click, the mast was actually broken by the waist, and the upper half of the mast suddenly fell under the pull of the sail, and it fell towards the place where Zhou Yu was standing.
"Metropolitan Governor be careful!"
Lu Meng's eyes were quick, and he hurriedly rushed forward and pushed Zhou Yu away, but he himself was hit to the ground by the mast.
Zhou Yu hurriedly turned over and got up, helped Lu Meng up with Lu Xun, and asked with concern, "Ziming, are you okay?" β
"The end will not ...... It's okay. β
As soon as Lu Meng opened his mouth to say half a sentence, blood slid down the corners of his mouth.
"......Hurry up," Zhou Yu hurriedly turned around and shouted to the soldiers behind him, "Quickly help General Lu Meng down." β
"Boom!"
When Lu Xun looked back hurriedly, he saw that Zhou Yu had been completely attached to the deck of Feilu, and there was a three-sided triangular bluestone weighing three or four hundred catties on his back, and the sharp angle of the bluestone had pierced Zhou Yu's back, straight through the deck, and the red blood had already stained Zhou Yu's green shirt.
"The Grand Duke!"
"The Grand Duke!"
"The Grand Duke!"
Lu Xun and a group of pro-soldiers hurriedly surrounded, only to see a faint bloodshot gushing from the corners of Zhou Yu's mouth, nostrils, eyes and ears, but the corners of Zhou Yu's mouth clearly bloomed with a shallow smile, as the so-called crockpot is not broken from the well, the general will inevitably die in battle, as a soldier, it is a great honor to be able to die on the battlefield.
Lu Meng struggled to climb forward a few steps, and his head suddenly rammed down weakly, and he never lifted it again.
"Grand Governor, Governor LΓΌ Meng, don't worry, even if there is only a glimmer of hope, the last general will lead the coalition army to continue fighting!" Lu Xun slowly stood up, his face had become solemn, he suddenly picked up Zhou Yu's sword, looked up to the sky and shouted, "Order the whole army, continue to attack, you must not give the enemy a chance to breathe, and defeat the Xiliangshui ......Army in one go."
The flagship of the Liang Army, Feilu.
Deputy General Zhang Bao hurriedly came to Gan Ning's side and shouted: "Governor Dadu, the Wu and Chu water armies are completely fighting in the same end, and now the warships of the two armies have been completely entangled, and the enemy and me are inseparable, chaotic, all in chaos!" β
"Got it." Gan Ning's eyes suddenly became extremely hideous, and he said sharply, "As long as you can burn the jade with the Wu and Chu water armies, the battle of Chibi will be won!" Without the blockade of the naval army, His Majesty's million-strong army could easily cross the Yangtze River, and the destruction of Wu and Chu would be just around the corner! Ordered the whole army not to retreat, today's battle, either the enemy dies or I die! β
"Yes!" Hearing this, Zhang Bao viciously waved the meteor hammer in his hand, and shouted, "Fight with his mother's Jiangnan, the brothers are all with Lao Tzu, kill ......"
Gangneung.
"Report ......"
The mournful long howl gradually approached from a distance, and then there was a rapid sound of iron hooves that shattered the dark silence, and when Dian Wei, Ma Zheng, Ma Zhan and others who were guarding outside the tent looked back hurriedly, they saw a fast horse galloping like the wind.
"Report, Ulin urgent!"
"Stop!"
Ma Zheng snorted lightly, Ma Zhan had already stepped forward to strangle the reins of the horse that came to ride, and the fast horse that was galloping was stopped by the power of Ma Zhan, but the Liangjun Colonel who was riding on horseback was thrown forward under the effect of inertia, only to see Ma Zhan quickly poking out his right arm like lightning and scooping the small colonel in his hand, and then throwing it on the ground casually.
The little colonel struggled to get up and said urgently: "Ulin urgent!" β
Ma Zheng said loudly: "Speak." β
The little colonel was stunned, then fell to the ground, and gasped: "Gan Ning, the governor of the navy, has presented, and the battle of Chibi has ended." β
"Ah, the Battle of Chibi is over?" Ma Zheng lost his voice and said, "What is the result?" β
When Xiao Zheng was about to answer, a tired voice suddenly came from the tent and asked, "Is the Battle of Chibi over?" β
The little colonel knelt down and said, "Exactly." β
"Come in." The voice said, "Tell me more." β
"Yes."
October of the ninth year of Liang Taizu's Taiping (210).
The unprecedented scale of the Battle of Chibi finally ended in the defeat of the Xiliang Water Army, 70,000 water troops and 100,000 Xiliang archers who went on the ships to help the battle were mostly buried at the bottom of the river, and Gan Ning, the governor of the water army, only led more than 100 ships to flee back to Wulin Dazhai in embarrassment.
However, although the Wu and Chu naval forces won but also paid an extremely heavy price, Zhou Yu, the governor of the Eastern Wu Dynasty, Lu Meng, the governor of the naval army, and Cai Mao, the governor of the Chu naval army, were killed in battle, and most of the 50,000 archers who went on the ship to help the war were killed, and nearly 10,000 large and small warships also lost most of them.
After the Battle of Chibi, the strength of the Wu and Chu armies was greatly damaged, and they were no longer able to block the Yangtze River defense line.
In November of the ninth year of Liang Taizu's Taiping, the pontoon bridge was completed.
In the same month, Liang Taizu Ma Yueqin led an army of 600,000 cavalry to cross the Yangtze River to the south.
In December, Baling, an important town in the north of the Chu State, fell, the general Zhang Liao was killed in battle, and the entire army of 30,000 Chu elites was annihilated.
In February of the tenth year of Liang Taizu's Taiping (211 years), Cao Zhen led the people to flee from Guiyang in panic, and was caught up and trapped in Hengyang by the prince of Liang, Ma Zheng, the prince of Liangguo, and the light cavalry chased and trapped in Hengyang.
In March, Ma Yue moved Chen Deng to Jingzhou to assassinate the history, and then returned to the dynasty.
In the first month of the twelfth year of Taizu Taiping (213 years), Ma Yue took the throne, and the crown prince Ma Zheng ascended the throne, respecting Ma Yue as the emperor, changing the Yuan Kaiyuan, and being known as Emperor Wen of Liang in history.
In March of the first year of Emperor Wen of Liang, Gao Shun, the general of the expedition to the east, and Xu Huang, the general of the expedition to the south, each led 100,000 troops to conquer Jiangdong in two ways.
In June, Xu Huang captured Chaisang, and Tai Shici, the general of Wu, was killed in battle.
In September, Gao Shun captured Jianye, Sun Quan surrendered, the state of Wu was destroyed, and the world was unified.
From the first year of Kaiyuan to the forty-sixth year of Kaiyuan, Emperor Ma Zheng of Liangwen reigned for 46 years, adopted the policy of recuperation with the people, encouraged farming, encouraged industry and commerce, and reduced taxes at the same time, streamlined government agencies, reduced financial expenditures, under the hard work of Emperor Wen of Liang, the desolate scene of the early days of the Great Liang Empire was full of holes, and gradually had a prosperous atmosphere, known as the rule of Kaiyuan!
In the forty-sixth year of Emperor Wen of Liang, Emperor Wen collapsed, and Ma Tuo, the grandson of the emperor, succeeded to the throne, changed the Yuan to Yangwu, and was known as Emperor Liangwu in history.
After Emperor Liangwu succeeded to the throne, he changed the strategy of Emperor Wen to strike the sword soldiers and recuperate with the people, and began an unprecedented invasion and expansion of the surrounding areas of the Great Liang Empire, from the first year of Yangwu to the thirty-seventh year of Yangwu, during the thirty-seven years of the reign of Emperor Liangwu, the Great Liang Empire launched more than 3,000 bloody plundering wars against the surrounding areas, successively captured more than 10 million slaves, and slaughtered 2,907 large and small tribes.
In the ninth year of Yangwu, the thirteenth year of Yangwu and the twenty-sixth year of Yangwu, Emperor Liangwu made three expeditions to the west, led the Mobei Iron Cavalry to attack the western power Parthia three times, two of which captured the Parthian imperial capital of Spin City, the two favorite concubines of the Parthian king, the seven princesses were all slaves of Emperor Liangwu, and in the thirty-seventh year of Yangwu, Emperor Liangwu died of illness on the way to Rome in the west.
After the death of Emperor Wu of Liang, the three Wanhu of Mobei rebelled, and the Great Liang Empire fell into a brief split.
But the Liang Ming Emperor Ma Yi who succeeded to the throne was the most outstanding politician and military strategist after Liang Taizu Ma Yue, and in less than three years, Liang Ming Emperor Ma Yi conquered the Mobei grassland again and maintained the unity of the Great Liang Empire.
Since then, the Great Liang Empire has lasted for more than 800 years, and the 36 emperors have been replaced by the Tang Dynasty.