Chapter 423: Sudden Change.
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On March 22 of the sixth year of Jian'an, the combined forces of Sun Cao and Liu launched a strong attack on Xiakou, and the Jiangxia army fought against the water, fought back to the death, and the battle was extremely tragic.
The coalition forces in this battle were mainly Zhou Yu as the main general, Xiahou Yuan and Guan Yu as deputy generals, Cao Cao and Liu Bei supervised the battle, with a total strength of more than 23,000 people and more than 300 warships of various types. Taking advantage of the fine weather, Huang Gai, Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, LΓΌ Meng and others each led 1,000 to 3,000 men and launched wave after wave of attacks on Xiakou by boat.
Chen, the commander of the Jiangxia army, set up a tent on the precipice on the river bank, commanded the sergeants to counterattack, destroyed the ship with stones thrown by wrestlers, and killed the enemy with crossbowmen. Su Fei sat on the side of the river, held the water gate, and let the soldiers on the walls on both sides of the water gate, with bows and arrows, poles, and spears, to sink and kill all the Jiangdong military ships and soldiers who were lucky enough to rush through the Yashi Henge.
For a while, the arrows and stones were like rain, the sound shook both sides, and the Xiakou section of the Yangtze River was shrouded in a bloody and bloody wind. There are countless broken wood, sunken boats, corpses, armor, and wooden shields floating on the river, and more are soldiers who are up and down and howling, including Jiang Dong and Jiang Xia......
Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin led 2,000 soldiers to charge successively, and rushed four times in a row, but they were all knocked down by torrential rain of arrows. Zhou Tai's shoulders and back were swollen by stones, Jiang Qin was also smashed to the point that his head was broken and bleeding, and his face was bandaged like a zongzi. If it weren't for the two generals wearing double armor and iron helmets, I am afraid that they would have become one of the floating corpses in this river.
"Zhonghujun, this can't be done! The Jiangxia thieves were well defended, the arrows and stones seemed to be endless, and the sons and daughters suffered heavy casualties. If we continue to fight, we won't have anyone......"
As for the request of the second general, Zhou Yu was expressionless: "Zhou and Jiang Erjun have worked hard, please go down to rest and heal." Huang Gai, Lu Meng, it's time for you to ......"
In the fierce battle, more than 1,000 soldiers were killed and wounded, but no decent results were achieved.
The next day, the offensive continued; On the third day, fight again; Day 4...... God opened his eyes, and it rained heavily. The Yangtze River is rarely calm for a day, and the blood and debris on the river surface have finally been washed away.
In the land south of the Yangtze River, it is the rainy season again, and it will either not rain, but it will rain for at least a few days. In the dripping rain, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Zhou Yu, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Xiahou Yuan, Huang Gai, Lu Meng and other generals wore robes and were under the escort of Hu Cong. When I came to the riverbank, I looked at the misty river and the faint cliff village on the other side, and sighed for a long time.
"Gong Jin. The rapid attack did not fall for three days, and the morale was slightly reduced, and this battle was not easy to fight. Cao Cao wiped a handful of rain from his long hair. The wet rain dyed the black hair even darker, and it was almost time to catch up with the beautiful bearded man on the side.
Zhou Yu raised his head. Let the rain hit that white and handsome face, and the damp droplets seemed to wash the complexion even paler. His tone was as gentle as usual, but it had its own sonority: "It's not good to fight, but you have to fight!" And, as soon as possible, we can't afford to delay. β
Liu Bei put his hand on the pergola and looked at it for a while, put down his hand, and sighed slightly: "What Gongjin said is not bad, that life-urging ghost in Jiangdong is driving us with a whip in the back!" β
Guan Yu thought so: "Before that person's army enters Jiangxia, Huang Zu must be destroyed, and it is still possible, otherwise everything will be stopped." β
Cao Cao and Xiahou Yuan couldn't help but glance at each other, and saw a touch of horror in each other's eyes - Guan Yunchang, what a proud person, would actually say such a thing, which shows the psychological shadow left on him by the fiasco of Weishui that day......
Cao Cao took a deep breath of moisture, calmed down, and said: ", we should change the way of playing, it is advisable to destroy the enemy's ship first, and then climb the cliff and fight the enemy in close quarters." β
Huang Gai frowned and said, "Destroy the enemy? I tried the day before yesterday, but I couldn't even break through the wall, so how could I destroy the ship behind it? β
Cao Cao rolled up his sleeves and raised his fingers and drew a long "one" on the muddy ground.
Zhang Fei looked left and right around the word "one", and heyed: "The word Cao Gong, the pen and pen power are not enough." β
Cao Cao was angry: "Yide, is this a word when I am a word?" β
Zhang Fei was dumbfounded: "Isn't it? How clear is that...... Cao Gong, it's nothing if the words are ugly, just practice more......"
"Okay, third brother be cautious." Guan Yu pulled his brother to worship, this guy thought that his handwriting was good, so he showed it everywhere.
Zhang Fei was not happy: "Big brother, you come to evaluate ......"
Liu Bei hurriedly stood far away, so as not to be implicated.
Zhang Fei's eyes turned to Zhou Yu again: "Gongjin, come on." β
Zhou Yu smiled: "Okay, I'll comment." He walked over, pulled out the sword at his waist, and drew a sword on the word "one", which was broken in the center.
Cao Cao laughed: "Gong Jin is worthy of being Jiangdong Junyan, which is exactly what I want." β
Liu Bei glanced at it and smiled knowingly: "Starting from here, maybe it is possible." β
Looking at the third brother's puzzled look, Guan Yu sighed, patted his thick shoulder, and pointed to the misty Jiang Mian: "It's the one." β
Until everyone left, Zhang Fei was still staring at the river with bull's eyes. After a long time, a gust of wind blew, and the river mist dispersed, faintly revealing something.
Zhang Fei patted his thigh: "I understand, cable!" It's a cable! β
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Five days later, the wind and rain stopped, and the coalition forces attacked again. This time, the target was the thick cable that connected the two ships on the river, not one, but six, and all of them had to be cut off in order to make the two ships lose the momentum of the confrontation, so that they would not be attacked by one and the other.
This time, the coalition forces attacked together, Dong Xi, Lu Meng, Guan Yu, Han Hao, and the four generals went to battle, each leading a thousand troops, and the task was clear: Guan Yu attacked the left water gate of the river, Lu Meng attacked the left bank of the river, Han Hao attacked the right bank, Dong attacked 500 sharp soldiers, 500 pawns and boatmen, and five warships, responsible for breaking cables.
The battle is reopened, and the fighting is blazing. From the left side of the river to the right side of the river, there are fighting figures everywhere, the river is red, and the corpses are blocked.
Despite fierce battles everywhere, the eyes of Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Zhou Yu and other generals were always locked on Jiang Xin. There, it was Dong Xi's fleet, and he was the key to this victory.
Suddenly, Huang Gai shouted: "Okay, cut off a cable!" β
Sure enough, a thick cable on the river was chopped down by Jiangdong Shulishi. Suddenly broken, the Jiangdong Army let out a burst of cheers.
Just as the Jiangdong shipwrights adjusted the boats and the wrestlers raised their knives and axes to the second cable, a sharp wave hit, the boats tilted, and the wrestlers fell into the river one after another, causing an exclamation.
Seeing this, Dong Xi picked up a big axe, jumped down from the top of the boat, and cut it with the axe.
One, two, three...... After the Seven Axes. The arm-thick rope, soaked by the river and unusually tough, was broken. The soldiers of the Jiangdong Army who watched the battle on the north bank cheered again.
Breaking two cables in a row, Su Fei, the guard at the water gate, was also in a hurry, and sent three warships in a row to stop them, but they were all defeated, and the cables were also cut off one after another. The battle lasted until dusk, and only the last cable remained.
Su Fei finally became anxious, and after repelling Guan Yu again, he personally boarded the boat with a knife and fought with Dong Xian.
The two ships had a similar number of soldiers. Soldier against soldier, general against general, catch against fight.
Dong attacked three axes in a row, and the axes were strong. The momentum is sinking. Su Fei blocked three times in a row, couldn't bear it, fell on his back, and the hull of the ship tilted. Take the opportunity to roll to the other side of the ship.
Dong Xun couldn't chase after him, turned around and ran to the last cable, click! Three axes chopped down. The cable is split in half. Dong Xun looked at the axe blade, because of the fierce fighting, the axe blade was dull, but it was too late to change weapons, so it could only be a hard cut.
Before he could cut a few times, he caught a glimpse of Su Fei rushing over again. Dong attacked the horizontal axe, kicked down Su Fei with one kick, and was about to chop it down with an axe. Suddenly, a stray arrow shot in, hitting the back of Dong's hand, and the big axe fell off his hand and fell to the ground.
Su Fei was ecstatic and raised his knife high.
Dong Xi laid his hands and his eyes were about to split.
Burst! Blood burst out, splashing Dong Xian's face - but not his blood, but his opponent's.
Su Fei's movements froze, his face was incredulous, staring at the protruding tip of the knife on his chest.
Dong Xian stretched out his hand, caught the knife that Su Fei had dropped, turned around, raised it high, and slashed it down with all his might! The last cable has finally broken!
The two ships of the Jiangxia Army lost their stable bolts, and the hull of the ship tilted, rising and falling with the river, and many soldiers fell into the river in shock.
In the thunderous cheers of the Jiangdong army, Dong Xiyao hugged his fists and thanked him.
Dozens of feet away, Guan Yu, who was empty-handed, bowed his head in greeting.
As soon as the river cable was broken, the balance of war began to tilt in favor of the Jiangdong Army.
The battle of Xiakou was in full swing, Huang Zu was in danger, as urgent as an ant on a hot pot, but Xiakou was cut off, and it was impossible to know the movements of the Dragon Wolf Army. Where did the Dragon Wolf Army hit? Did Ma Han occupy Yuzhang? Has the dragon wolf warship entered the waters of Jiangxia? If you don't come, you won't be able to stand it!
Ma Han has been paying close attention to the battle situation in Jiangxia, but no matter how timely the Flying Eagle Transmission is, there is always a certain delay. So he only knew that the coalition forces had failed to storm Xiakou, and that the attack had been suspended due to heavy rain. Unbeknownst to him, the tide of the war had changed unexpectedly.
Of course, even if he didn't know the latest situation in Xiakou, Ma Han at least understood that Huang Zu really couldn't last long, and he had to enter Jiangxia as soon as possible to help.
On March 28, Ma Han saw that Sun Quan had almost withdrawn and that the time had come, so he gave an order, and Qianfan marched, and the army advanced by land and water. The navy army marched into Chaisang, and the infantry army surrounded Xunyang.
As expected by Ma Han, Guo Jia, Xun You and others. The Chaisang garrison should not fight at all, and when they saw that the dragon and wolf army was really moving, they quickly withdrew their troops and fled to Xiapheasant.
The task of Cheng Pu, Wu Jing and others is to ensure the smooth relocation of the Nanchang base camp. Before that, if the dragon and wolf army attacked, it would have to resist it no matter what; And after that, there is no need to fight for an empty city.
Ma Han and his advisers also saw this, so they did not rush to attack, and only sent Gan Ning to suppress them, so that the Chaisang defenders could not be at peace. Sure enough, after the building was empty, the Chaisang defenders also ran away immediately. The Dragon Wolf Army didn't spend a single shot, and Yu Zhang started.
So Li Dian and Gan Ning led 8,000 sailors to be vigorous and high-spirited, and raised the flag into Chaisang. Later, taking advantage of the hurried withdrawal of the Jiangdong Navy and the disorganized fleet, he was about to pursue and give the Jiangdong Navy a hard blow from the back, but suddenly received an order: stop the troops, stop the battle, and retreat to Chaisang.
This retreat gave Cheng Pu and Wu Jing a chance to breathe and escape, and at the same time put Huang Zu in a desperate situation.
What happened? Ma Han has always been decisive and decisive, and he has never retreated before the battle, not to mention that it is at the moment of life and death of his allies, which is simply roasting his allies on the fire.
When Li Dian and Gan Ning hurriedly returned, with a depressed and puzzled face, they rushed into the Chaisang County Mansion, and saw the general who was sinking like water above the hall, and before he could open his mouth, Guo Jia made a silent gesture and handed them a copy of the translated information.
The two of them bumped their heads and unfolded to see, there were only five small characters on it, although the words were small and the text was small, but the words were terrifying and shocking - "At the end of the day, the son of heaven." (To be continued......)