Chapter 1605: The only way is to attack
More than 200 small boats approached the vicinity of the port, and the speed did not slow down, and the Jiangdong army, hiding behind the shields, each holding a longbow in their hands, put the arrows on the bowstring, and only waited a little further, they could fire arrows at the ships of Zhou Yu's army waiting in formation.
The officers and soldiers of Zhou Yu's army, who were waiting for the battle, also opened their bowstrings one after another, aiming at the Jiangdong army that was marching towards them!
"Shoot the arrows!" The Jiangdong army continued to move forward, and there was a loud cheer from Zhou Yu's fleet.
The soldiers let go of their hands holding the bowstrings, and the arrows flew out with the loud shout.
The arrows flew like raindrops towards the marching Jiangdong Army.
Many arrows landed on the boat, striking the shield on the boat and the side of the ship, making a continuous "tuk-tuk" sound.
Some of the feathered arrows flew up the boats and passed through the gaps in the shields.
In the front row of small boats, a soldier of the Koto Army hides behind the shield held by his companion.
He carried a longbow in his hand, and a feathered arrow on the bowstring, and his eyes looked through the gap between the two shields at the bank of the river, which was not far away.
Countless arrows flew towards the small boat they were riding, and the arrows landed on the shield with a crackling sound.
Seeing that he had advanced a little more towards the river, the Jiangdong army with a longbow was about to stand up and shoot the arrow, when he heard a "pop" sound different from the sound of striking the shield.
As soon as he heard this sound, he felt a pain in his forehead, and then his eyes went black, and he fell headlong.
Several Jiangdong soldiers squatting beside him glanced down at him, only to see that a small half of the feather arrow on his forehead had already entered his head, and the small half of the exposed half was still trembling.
Many of the arrows fell into the river, first the whole army was submerged in the water, and then the top of the arrows floated up again, and finally sank to the bottom of the river due to the weight of the metal arrows at the bottom of the feather arrows.
The soldiers of Zhou Yujun on the ship unleashed feather arrows, and the archers on the shore also spread their bowstrings one after another, shooting a puff of arrows towards the Jiangdong army.
The Jiangdong military building ship parked on the river also fired a puff of feather arrows at this time.
The feathered arrows of both sides flew in a staggered manner, and some arrows collided in mid-air, making a "crackling" sound and falling on the surface of the river.
"Shoot the arrows!" The small boat pushed forward, and seeing that it was only twenty or thirty steps away from the port, one of the Jiangdong officers riding the small boat shouted loudly.
Finally, when it was time to return fire to the other party, the Jiangdong troops on the small boat leaned over and loosened their bowstrings, and shot a puff of feather arrows at the soldiers of Zhou Yu's army.
They were already very close to Zhou Yujun, and the arrows they shot were wrapped in the sound of the wind, whistling towards Zhou Yujun.
Bearing the arrows fired from the small boats of the Lou Boat and the Jiangdong Army, the arrows fired by Zhou Yujun were much sparser than before.
The two sides were separated by a certain distance, and they shot each other with longbows, and from time to time some soldiers who were hit by arrows would fall into the water from small boats, causing a splash.
The speed of the Jiangdong Army's small march gradually slowed down, and because it was still advancing, the small boat was still getting closer and closer to Zhou Yu's army.
Arrows kept flying on the riverbank, and the boats on the river were also constantly arrows, taking the soldiers of both sides in the middle of the battlefield as the target of shooting.
As the Jiangdong Army's small boat got closer and closer to Zhou Yu's army in the water village, the arrows on the shore gradually stopped, and the boats on the river also stopped firing.
The wooden walls of the water village are not very high, and the small boats in the water village are lined up in a neat formation, and they have long been waiting for the battle.
On the wooden wall, some soldiers of Zhou Yu were running around, carrying a large stone to the wall.
Some of the soldiers of the Jiangdong Army approaching the water village are still insisting on firing arrows, and more soldiers have already taken out their short spears, planning to board the water village and fight with Zhou Yu's army guarding the village!
With a dull thud, a small boat slammed into the wooden wall.
The small boat shook violently, and the surrounding river was also stirred up by splashes.
Immediately afterwards, the second and third small boats also hit the wooden wall, and as the small boats hit the wooden wall, the wooden wall shook violently, and Zhou Yujun, who was standing on the wooden wall, also swayed violently with the shaking.
The wooden wall of the water village is quite wide, although it was hit by the small boat, but it did not collapse, the soldiers of Zhou Yujun on the wall, while firing arrows at the Jiangdong army below, picked up a piece of stone, and threw it towards the Jiangdong army outside the wall.
The stones fell down from top to bottom on the small boats of the Jiangdong Army, and the stones that did not hit the small boats fell into the water, causing a splash like cannonballs.
Some stones hit the small boat of the Jiangdong Army impartially, although the wooden wall is not very tall, the gravitational acceleration of the falling stones also makes the impact force not small.
The small boats that were hit by the stones made a loud bang, and some of them were smashed out of huge gaps, and gradually sank as the river poured in.
There were also some small boats, which were smashed in two by stones from the middle, and the Jiangdong Army on the boat fell into the water like dumplings, and the broken small boats sank rapidly.
On the small boat that was not hit by the stone, the Jiangdong army behind opened their longbows and fired arrows at the wooden wall to cover the Jiangdong army in front.
The Jiangdong Army, which was close to the wooden wall, jumped to the wooden wall one after another, picking at the watery wall, and climbed up with little difficulty.
The wooden wall was too slippery, and the Jiangdong Army in the climbing, because it was not cut, people kept falling from the wall into the river.
The soldiers of Zhou Yujun on the wall kept throwing stones and arrows at the Jiangdong Army under the wall, shooting down the Jiangdong Army climbing one by one.
On a boat on the river in the distance, Lu Xun frowned, looking at the battle that was taking place.
The battle between the two sides was not very fierce, Zhou Yu's army suffered fewer casualties due to the shelter of the water village, while the Jiangdong army suffered a lot of losses due to the frontal attack.
On the surface of the river, in addition to some broken fragments of small boats, there are also many corpses of Jiangdong Army.
Looking at the battlefield that was fighting, Huang Gai, who was standing behind Lu Xun, said to him: "Metropolitan Governor, if this continues, it is impossible for our army to break through Zhou Yu's water village, so let the soldiers withdraw for the time being!" ”
"I know I can't break it!" Keeping his eyes on the battlefield, Lu Xun said to Huang Gai: "I just want Zhou Yu to know that when our army comes here, it will definitely not just surround and not fight!" ”
"What do you mean by ......?" Lu Xun said that he didn't expect to break through the water village, and Huang Gai asked him confusedly: "Could it be that this attack is just to remind Zhou Yu?" ”
Turning his head to look at Huang Gai, Lu Xun grinned and said to him: "It's almost over, the old general can Mingjin withdraw his troops!" ”
"No!" Still didn't understand too much why Lu Xun wanted Zhou Yu to feel that the army would take the initiative to attack, Huang Gai didn't ask any more, answered, and turned to leave.
It didn't take long for the Jiangdong Army's ship formation to hear a burst of ringing gold.
The Jiangdong Army, which was attacking Shuizhai, heard the sound of gold, and paddled their small boats backwards.
Some of the Jiangdong troops who fell into the water during the attack on the water village hurriedly grabbed the side of the boat closest to them, floated in the water, and moved closer to the boat formation with the boat.
Zhou Yujun on the wall, seeing the Jiangdong Army withdrawing, opened their longbows one after another, and shot a puff of feather arrows at the retreating Zhou Yujun.
The Jiangdong army on the small boat held a shield to block the arrows flying towards them, while the Jiangdong army holding the side of the boat was completely uncovered, and many of them became the live targets of Zhou Yujun.
There were constantly arrows planted in the Jiangdong Army from the small boat and fell into the water, and many of the Jiangdong Army who were holding the side of the boat were also shot by arrows, leaving the side of the ship with weak hands, and drifting downstream with the river waves.
The small men of the Jiangdong Army, under the cover of the arrows shot from the building boat, gradually left the range of Zhou Yujun's arrows.
The arrows behind them were still whistling towards them with a strong wind, but the strength they encountered could no longer achieve the effect of shooting them, and they fell into the water one after another some distance away from them.
Finding that the arrows could no longer shoot the evacuated Jiangdong Army, the soldiers of Zhou Yujun stopped shooting arrows one after another and cleaned up the messy battlefield that had experienced fighting.
On the surface of the river, a piece of wood that is about to be broken, with the rolling waves, drifts towards the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, although there are countless warships parked on the Yangtze River, but the surface of the drifting wood chips still reminds people of a bleak group.
The blood of the people, in the rolling of the river, was quickly diluted and dissipated, and only the corpse of the Jiangdong Army was drifting with the tide and rippling in the river.
The sun shone on the surface of the river, and the waves were also inlaid with a thin layer of golden light.
The atmosphere of slaughter covered up the beautiful scenery on the river, and neither the soldiers of the Jiangdong Army nor the Zhou Yu Army felt the beautiful scenery of the Yangtze River.
All they are waiting for is the next fight!
Looking at the Jiangdong warship on the river, Zhou Yu's face was even more solemn.
"General, the enemy is telling us that this attack is just the beginning!" Sima Yi, who was also looking at the Jiangdong Army warship, said to Zhou Yu on the side: "In this way, it puts me in a dilemma!" ”
Nodding, Zhou Yu said with a solemn face: "Although the imperial court has won Jingzhou, the Jingzhou naval army has been lost due to Jiangxia and cannot come to help. Once the Jingzhou naval army rushed to the aid and the Jiangxia enemy army was exhausted, perhaps the time for the imperial army to move south would be delayed. Hold the ferry, you can only rely on us to wait! ”
Sima Yi and Zhao Yun didn't say anything, Zhou Yu had already said the key to the matter, and there was no need for them to speak before they thought of a good way!
"There are many ships in Jiangdong Navy Building, as long as the big ship hits the water village, they can drive straight in!" Frowning, Zhou Yu continued after a moment: "The only way to keep Shuizhai is to attack. But the Jiangdong warships have besieged the ferry, and they can't find where to start! ”