In the first month of the fifth year of Emperor Jian'an of the Han Dynasty (192), Ma Yueqi attacked Jiangling and succeeded.

From then until March, Ma Yue's 8,000 Xiliang troops were always stationed in Jiangling City, and the situation in Jingzhou began to appear in a strange confrontation situation.

Liu Biao strictly ordered the Jingzhou Navy Division not to cross the Wulin Harbor to patrol the water, so as not to startle the snakes. Because once the Jingzhou Navy blocks the river channel, Ma Yue is likely to give up the plan to go south to Jiangdong and wreak havoc on the land of Jingxiang! Liu Biao would rather Yuan Shu's Yangzhou suffer, than his Jingzhou to become a ranch for horse butchers to run horses.

The Jingzhou army stood still, anxiously waiting for the Xiliang Iron Cavalry to descend the river, but Ma Yue did not seem to be in a hurry to leave Jiangling.

Liu Biao never expected that the Jingzhou army's immobility just gave Ma Yue enough time to prepare, and Ma Yue was in full swing preparing to attack Wulin Port!

A generation of heroes Cao Ying almost expected everything, but he didn't expect Ma Yue to attack Wulin Harbor!

Storming the port of Ulin is a crazy decision!

Gan Ning has been crisscrossing the Yangtze River (the ancient name is too awkward, or follow the Yangtze River) waterway for many years, with unparalleled experience in water warfare, in Gan Ning's view, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry has no chance of winning in the attack on Wulin Port! Unless fish bubbles can grow under the iron hooves of Xiliang horses, and they can be killed directly from the water, they will be sent to death in vain.

In the face of Gan Ning's questioning, Ma Yue only smiled faintly, but the preparations for the attack on Wulin Port never stopped.

From the first month of the fifth year of Jian'an to March, the trees within a radius of 50 miles of Xiling Port were almost cut down, all the houses in Jiangling City were also demolished, and the deep mansion compound of the Shi clan gate lord was also not spared.

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The spring is cold, and the port of Ulin is silent.

On the lookout, two Jingzhou soldiers were shrinking and stomping their feet, and the fog on the river in the distance was so thick that it was difficult to distinguish the scenery a hundred steps away.

"Heh......" A Jingzhou soldier put his hands to his mouth, snorted hard, and cursed indignantly, "Damn, on such a cold day, there is not even a single human hair on the river, and someone who eats a bear's heart leopard dares to come and attack the army Dazhai?" Hu Laosi's bastard made it clear to us, damn it. ”

"Say less." Another Jingzhou soldier frowned and persuaded, "Beware of misfortune coming from the mouth." ”

"Humph!"

The Jingzhou soldier who was the first to speak snorted, turned around, unbuckled his trouser belt tremblingly, and peed on the river under the lookout.

"Whew."

Jingzhou Bing shook the words under his crotch, slowly put them into his pants, his eyes inadvertently swept to the river, and then lowered his head to continue to lift his pants, but after a while, the Jingzhou soldier jumped up as if he had been stabbed, looked up and stared at the wide and vast river in front of him, and his eyes already showed indescribable fear.

"Old Seven, you're crazy!" Another Jingzhou soldier was napping, and was startled by the Jingzhou soldier's unwarning behavior just now, and couldn't help but scold, "Startled, scared ghosts?" ”

"Hiss ......"

The Jingzhou soldier named Lao Qi didn't pay attention to it, only an extremely sneering sound came out of his throat, and his eyes were getting bigger and bigger, and he looked like he had seen a ghost.

"Old Seven! You ......"

Another Jingzhou soldier suddenly felt a chill down his spine.

In the past, many brothers disappeared inexplicably when they were on guard, and then many days later, the bodies of the missing brothers would be found in the barren rocks and mudflats by the river.

Don't......

Another Jingzhou soldier held back a huge fear, slowly and mechanically turned his head, and at a glance, this Jingzhou soldier was suddenly devoured by thunder, and it was difficult to withdraw his gaze. After a long time, the Jingzhou soldier who called Lao Qi breathed a sigh of relief, and asked his companion in a dreamy voice: "Fifth brother, what ...... What the hell is that? ”

Jingzhou Bing, who was called Fifth Brother, shook his head and was speechless.

In the distance, on the vast river in front of the Wulin Port Navy Dazhai, a huge black shadow is floating! If it weren't for the fact that the black shadow was slowly squirming forward, the two poor Jingzhou soldiers would almost think that it was a piece of land! This thing can float on the surface of the river like a boat, but it is not a boat!

Even the largest three-story ship in the port of Ulin was insignificant compared to the dark shadow in front of it, and it was impossible for such a huge ship to exist in this world. Since it's not a boat, what else can float on the water? A terrible thought crossed their minds at the same time - water ghosts!

It turns out that the water ghost is so huge!

"Ghost~~"

The two Jingzhou soldiers exchanged glances, and at the same time howled hoarsely.

The next moment, the continuous sound of horns, as well as the fierce war drums have already resounded in the sky, the sleeping sailors have been awakened, hurriedly put on a stop, a team out of the village, began to form a formation.

"What's going on?" A junior colonel of the Navy hurriedly climbed to the lookout and asked sharply, "What's the ghost's name?" ”

"Will ...... Checkmate. The two Jingzhou soldiers said in a trembling voice, "You...... You look ahead. ”

"Huh?" Huo Ran, the junior colonel of the navy, turned around, and was taken aback when he saw it, and said in a lost voice, "God! This...... I'm not dreaming, am I? This...... Such a big ship!! ”

"Huh, boat?"

The two Jingzhou sailors turned their heads in horror and found that the huge black shadow had gotten much closer, and the outline had gradually become clearer, only to find that it was indeed a huge, incomparable giant ship! In other words, it is not a ship, but a chain of ships fixed and connected together!

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The river is flooding, and the cold wind is like a knife!

A blood-colored wolf flag was fluttering in the wind on the bow of the ship.

Under the big flag, Ma Yue carried his hands behind his back and stood proudly. The fierce river wind swept the heavy dark cloak behind him, crackling, revealing a scarlet lining, which was as bright as blood in the light of the morning sun. Dian Wei held a swarthy double iron halberd, and Gan Ning held a nine-ring broadsword, like two killing gods lined up around Ma Yue.

Behind Ma Yue, five thousand Xiliang elites were wearing iron armor and holding sabers, ready for battle!

More than 1,000 large and small ships are entwined and riveted together by countless criss-crossing chains and wooden piles to form a closely connected whole, and then a strong wooden frame is fixed on it, and thick wooden planks are laid on the wooden frame, and finally a large chain of ships is enough to accommodate tens of thousands of Xiliang athletes to line up and fight!

There were no sails on board, and it was impossible for such a large and clumsy ship to be propelled forward by sails.

Pushing this huge chain boat forward were the Jingzhou captives, or the oars in the hands of the Jingzhou captives. A full 2,000 Jingzhou prisoners of war were brutally chiseled through their collarbones, strung in two rows with iron chains, and arranged on the left and right sides of the chain ship.

Chibi!

It was Chibi that inspired Ma Yue.

In the battle of Chibi in real history, Cao Ying adopted the plan of the chain ship offered by Pang Tong because the northern army was not accustomed to water warfare, and connected the big ship as a whole with iron chains, avoiding the drawbacks of the hull shaking due to the flooding of the river, but it also brought a catastrophe to the 830,000 Cao army.

If you rigidly copy the art of war, no matter how perfect the tactics are, they may bring about a catastrophe.

On the other hand, if you learn and apply it, then the most failed tactics in history may bring a hearty victory! Tactics are never the final factor in determining victory or defeat, people ...... is the decisive factor that affects victory or defeat. The serial ship plan once wiped out Cao Ying's eighty-three major armies, but today...... It will help the horse butcher rewrite history.

Ahead, the Wulin Port Navy Dazhai is already in sight.

The corners of Ma Yue's mouth couldn't help but bloom with a hint of murderous aura, and he said to Gan Ning: "Attack speed, move forward!" ”

Gan Ning clenched his fists loudly, then turned around and walked quickly onto the high platform behind him, raised his right arm and said sharply: "The Lord has an order, and the attack speed is ...... Advance!!! ”

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

As soon as Gan Ning gave the order, the two rows of drummers on the left and right of the bow of the ship immediately increased their rhythm, and the drum beat suddenly became rapid, and the Jingzhou prisoners were also forced to speed up the speed of their oars, if someone was a little sluggish, the Liangzhou soldiers who were patrolling the side would not hesitate to whip him on.

The serial ships that were slowly moving forward gradually began to speed up, crushing towards the Wulin Port Naval Army Dazhai like a mountain.

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Wulin Port, Jingzhou Navy Dazhai, has been in chaos at this time.

"God, the Scarlet Blue Wolf Banner!"

"Xiliang Iron Cavalry, it is the Xiliang Iron Cavalry of the horse butcher! My eldest brother was a soldier in Gangneung, and before the city was broken, he saw such a blood-colored blue wolf flag. ”

"Oh my God, the big ship is starting to speed up!"

"Oh my God, it's coming!"

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The bow of a chain of large ships.

The coldness at the corner of Ma Yue's mouth became more and more intense, and he waved his hand lightly to Gan Ning, and said in a condensed voice: "Sprint speed...... Advance! ”

Gan Ning clenched his fists sonorously, turned around again and walked quickly onto the high platform, raised his right arm and snorted loudly: "The lord has an order, the sprint speed is ...... Advance!!! ”

Dozens of drummers howled wolf, waved their mallets like rain, and beat on the marching drum like a desperate beat.

In an instant, the dense drumbeat of the rain has rushed into the sky, driven by the whip and the saber, the Jingzhou captives also waved the wooden oars in their hands as if they were dead, and the clumsy chain of ships finally completed the final acceleration, and viciously crashed into the gate of the Wulin Port Naval Army Village at the fastest speed.

"Click!"

With a crisp sound, the lookout platform outside the main gate of the naval army Dazhai was the first to be broken by the waist, and the three Jingzhou generals wailed and plunged into the icy river, and the huge chain boat continued to slam forward with a strong habit, and easily broke the barrier of the water village fence with a devastating momentum.

"Click...... Burst! ”

The continuous sound of breaking sounded, and more and more ships moored in the water village were collided and squeezed by the chain of big ships, and then pierced and crushed by the sharp and sharp ramlets on the bow of the chain of big ships, and the panicked Jingzhou sailors were planted into the water like dumplings.

"Bell bell bell ......"

Gan Ning waved the nine-ring broadsword in his hand fiercely, and suddenly there was a pleasant groan, and suddenly, a full eight hundred Jinfan thieves had gathered behind Gan Ning. At this moment, there was only a scorching killing intent in Gan Ning's eyes, before today, he never knew that the water battle could still be fought like this, and the Jingzhou Navy Dazhai in Wulin Port could still be broken in such a way!

"Brothers~~" Gan Ning raised the nine-ring sword, looked back at Dian Wei like a wolf, and looked up to the wolf and snorted, "Xiliang Tie rides well, and our Jinfan thief is not a good stubble!" ”

"Whoa~~"

Eight hundred sail thieves responded with three calls, and the momentum was like a rainbow.

"Interesting." In the face of Gan Ning's aggressive provocation, Dian Wei slowly crossed the double iron halberd, and his eyes revealed murderous intent, "Lao Tzu will not lose to you nameless juniors. ”

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, the fast-moving serial ship finally hit the head of the port of Wulin Harbor, and the momentum of the forward rush was sudden, and the huge hull turned sideways uncontrollably, Dian Wei held a double iron halberd and stood in the bow of the ship, and was about to find an opportunity to jump on the port to fight, when he felt a slip under his feet, and fell from the side of the serial ship with a pop.

"Puffy!"

Dian Wei's heavy body happened to fall on a small boat, and suddenly there was a loud noise, and the hull of the boat also shook violently, poor Dian Wei had just stood up, only to feel that his feet slipped and fell heavily on the deck of the small boat. On the small boat, two Jingzhou soldiers saw that there was an opportunity, howled and stabbed with guns.

Dian Wei roared, and blocked the halberd, not wanting the boat to shake again, Dian Wei's iron halberd was crooked again, and he couldn't block the spurt of the two Jingzhou soldiers, only to hear two soft pops, and then his shoulders were cold, and the armor-swallowing beast on his shoulders and the shoulder armor had been removed as a whole.

"Damn!"

Dian Wei was furious, stood up suddenly, roared and stabbed at the two Jingzhou soldiers, the two Jingzhou soldiers stomped hard, and the hull of the boat tilted sharply to one side, Dian Wei's feet were empty, and his huge body suddenly turned sideways, staggered back to the side of the boat, and took another step out to plunge into the icy river.

"Oops......"

Dian Wei waved his arms desperately, trying to keep his balance, but God did not fulfill his wishes, and as soon as he put his foot hard, the hull of the boat tilted even more, sending him more and more into the river.

"Poof!"

Dian Wei waved his hands twice in vain, and finally inevitably plunged into the icy river, poor this evil man is a fierce tiger on land, but this is immediately in the water, as soon as he fell into the water, he abandoned the two big iron halberds, and his hands desperately slapped the water, trying to float up, but the harder he tried, the more the whole person sank.

"Ah...... Woo...... Coo Dong Coo Dong ......"

In less than a moment, Dian Wei had already poured a stomach of cold river water, and there was already chaos in front of him, and the two Jingzhou soldiers saw that the timing was about the same, so they plunged into the water, dragging Dian Wei's head hair and dragging him to the shore like a dead dog.

However, the good fortune of these two Jingzhou soldiers did not stop there.

Before reaching the shore, a vigorous figure has been dehydrated like a dragon, the splash of cold light flashed, the two Jingzhou soldiers have already wailed and turned over and planted in the river, less than a moment effort, there is a red blood water bubbling up from the clear river water, and it is red in an instant.

The figure stabbed two Jingzhou soldiers, and then reached out and grabbed Dian Wei's back armor and fell up gently, Dian Wei's two hundred catties of flesh floated up as if they were nothing, and the volley sprinkled water droplets all over the sky, and then fell heavily on a small boat.

"Puffy!"

Dian Wei fell heavily on the deck of the boat with his stomach on the ground, and suddenly opened his mouth to spew out a stream of water arrows with a muffled snort, and the whole person's consciousness also regained consciousness, and he suddenly turned around, only to see Gan Ning's feet split, standing like a rock on the sharply shaking boat, laughing at him.

"Boom!"

With two clear sounds, Dian Wei's two large iron halberds were thrown onto the deck of the boat, and the figure flashed, and the two brocade sail thieves jumped onto the boat like fish. Gan Ning looked up to the sky and laughed three times, picked up an iron halberd, and said to Dian Wei not without a show-off: "Hey, stupid big man, your scrap iron, remember not to throw it away next time." ”

"Damn!"

Dian Wei slammed his fist on the deck, and wanted to sit up, only to feel that the boat under him shook violently again, so frightened that Dian Wei quickly fell down again, grabbed the gap in the deck with both hands, and didn't dare to move. Gan Ning saw Dian Wei's embarrassment, and couldn't help but laugh out loud with extreme pleasure.

"Laugh, make you laugh!" Dian Wei gritted his teeth and said viciously in his heart, "When you get to land, Lao Tzu has the means to clean you up." ”

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On the first day of the third month of the fifth year of Emperor Jian'an of the Han Dynasty (192), history will always remember this day.

Because on this day, the horse butcher once again performed a miracle, and from then on, no one dared to say that the horse butcher was only good at riding and not at water fighting! This is because the horse butcher actually broke through the Jingzhou Navy Dazhai in Wulin Port with 5,000 Xiliang soldiers who did not know the surname Shui, and ...... Or a frontal attack!

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Sanjiangkou.

Near the exit of Xiangshui, the Jingzhou naval army led by Cai Mao and Zhang Yun was fighting on the river, and Cao Ying adopted the oldest ambush strategy of guarding the plant and waiting for the rabbit. Because the terrain of the Sanjiangkou is very unique, if Ma Yue's fleet went down the Yangtze River, it would never be possible to find the Jingzhou naval army swimming at the mouth of the Xiangshui River without leaving the Sanjiangkou.

And by the time the Jingzhou Navy is discovered, it is already too late, and the Jingzhou Navy will surround it like wolves, dividing, encircling, and annihilating Ma Yue's fleet full of Xiliang cavalry.

However, Cao Ying and the others did not wait for the appearance of Ma Yue's fleet, but the bad news of the capture of Wulin Port was delivered first.

When Cai Mao and Zhang Yun's boats were swimming on the river, a boat flew in. After the tea, the two Jingzhou Colonels, who looked embarrassed, were brought to Cai Mao, Zhang Yun and Cao Ying.

"General, Port Ullin...... Whew...... The port of Ulin was captured. ”

"Poof......

Cai Mao squirted out all the tea that had just been swallowed in his mouth, splashing the Jingzhou Colonel's face, Jingzhou Colonel looked embarrassed, not wiping, not wiping, and wishing that he would end up with his surname with a sword.

"What did you say?" Cai Mao pulled down his face and shouted, "Ulin Harbor has been captured? Conquered by whom? ”

Jingzhou Xiaoxiao said: "Horse ...... Horse butcher. ”

"What a joke." Zhang Yun jumped up when he heard this, and said sharply, "Wulin Port is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and one side faces the river, and those landlubbers have jumped on the land a few times, how can they capture Wulin Port." ”

Jingzhou Xiaoxiao said in a trembling voice: "Really...... It's true, the port of Ulin was really captured. ”

Unlike Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, who absolutely believed in the combat effectiveness of the Jingzhou Naval Army, Cao Ying was obviously more worried about the horse butcher's tricks, and couldn't help asking: "Dare to ask how the horse butcher captured Wulin Port?" ”

"Alas......" Colonel Jingzhou sighed and replied in frustration, "Serial warship, the horse butcher built a serial warship!" With the devastating momentum, we broke through our army's naval army and reached the hinterland of the wall, our army could not give full play to the advantages of water warfare, and the water war became a land war, our army was outnumbered, the whole army was annihilated, and the port of Ulin fell. ”

"Serial ship!?"

Cai Mao and Zhang Yun are both experts in water warfare, and as soon as they heard about the serial boats, they already knew how powerful they were! The Wulin Harbor Naval Army Dazhai is easy to defend and difficult to attack, which can effectively resist the enemy's attacks by land and water, but it is difficult to resist the brutal collision of a series of large ships! The two finally came back to their senses and asked quickly, "You mean that the horse butcher built a chain of large ships to attack the port of Ullin?" ”

"Hmm."

Jingzhou Xiaoxiao nodded gloomily

"Damn, so Urin Harbor is really lost." Cai Mao was so angry that he jumped like thunder, and scolded sharply, "Then what are you still doing in a daze, hurry up and give an order, the whole army will return to Wulin Port, no matter what, you must take back Wulin Port, and you must take back the naval ships, grain, grass and ordnance in Dazhai, and take them all back!! ”

"General Cai Mao!" Cao Ying took a step forward, blocked in front of Cai Mao, and said in a condensed voice, "It's only time to return to Wulin Port at this time, I'm afraid it's too late!" And if the horse butcher is forced to rush and burns down the Wulin Port Naval Army Village, as well as all the large and small ships in the village, it will be even more than worth the loss. ”

"So what to do? But what can I do? Cai Mao was so anxious that she jumped to her feet, and said with a crying voice, "Wulin Port can accumulate all the hard work of the Jingzhou Navy Army for ten years of dismal operation, a full fifty building ships, thousands of ships, fighting ships, and countless boats, and military rations that can't be eaten for ten years!" ”

"General Cai Mao, these are not the most important." Cao Ying's eyes showed a gloomy color, and he said in a condensed voice, "If the ship is destroyed, it can be rebuilt, if the grain and grass are gone, it can be raised again, and if the ordnance is gone, it can be rebuilt, as long as the two generals are still there, as long as the Jingzhou Navy is still there, everything will be there again!" ”

"Hey......" Cai Mao sighed, sat down on the seat in a dejected manner, exchanged a panicked look with Zhang Yun, and said in a trembling voice, "After this defeat, how should I treat the main bus when I return to Xiangyang?" ”

Cao Ying said: "Liu Jingzhou has his own nature to take care of everything. ”

Cai Mao's eyes showed a look of gratitude, and asked, "Prime Minister, what should we do now?" ”

Cao Ying's eyes showed a ruthless look and said, "One word, wait!" ”

Cai Mao and Zhang Yun were surprised: "Still waiting? ”

Cao Ying said: "We have been waiting until now, and we have paid the heavy price of the fall of Wulin Port, so it is even more necessary for the two generals to wait!" If you can't defeat the Xiliang Iron Cavalry at the mouth of the Sanjiang River and capture the horse butcher, won't all this lost become meaningless? ”

Cai Mao nodded and said, "That's right." ”

Cao Ying smiled gloomily, and then said: "As the so-called misfortune and fortune are relied on, blessing and misfortune are lurking, although Wulin Harbor has fallen, it may not be a good thing for the horse butcher!" ”

Cheng Yu, who was standing on the side, looked moved when he heard this, but Cai Mao and Zhang Yun were puzzled: "What does the prime minister mean by this?" ”

"It's easy!" Cao Ying said in a dark voice, "Wulin Port has fallen, the horse butcher has tasted the sweetness of the serial ship, this time down the river he is likely to repeat the old trick, with the capture of fifty building ships to dock the serial ship again, in order to carry the eight thousand Liangzhou iron horsemen and more than ten thousand Xiliang war horses under his command, really want to do this...... Even the Eastern Emperor can't save the horse butcher! ”

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Wulin Port, the water army Dazhai.

Ma Yue stood on a three-story ship with great ambition, turned around and shouted: "Where are Gan Ning, Chen Hu, and Zhang Bao?" ”

Gan Ning and the Jiangxia thieves Chen Hu and Zhang Bao, who had just led the crowd to vote, responded to the call, and stood in front of Ma Yue in a zigzag shape, and responded sharply: "What does the lord command?" ”

Ma Yue took a deep breath of cold air and said sharply: "Pass the order, and build a series of big ships with ten of the fifty ships seized!" General Ben wants to create a moving land on the vast water surface of the Yangtze River for the eight thousand Xiliang Iron Horsemen to gallop across the country, hahaha......"

"The last general commands."

The three generals of Gan Ning agreed to the promise and took the order.

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(To be continued)