Several warships rushing to the front collided one after another, and dozens of soldiers fell into the water, struggling in the icy water, being hit by a dense stream of arrows, and letting out a terrible scream. Those who were shot were killed, those who were slightly wounded gritted their teeth and persevered, and those who were lucky enough not to be injured struggled to swim to other ships.

It was winter, and each soldier wore armor with a thick jacket underneath, which was already bulky, and once they fell into the water, they sank as if they had fallen on a stone, pulling them down. In the midst of Wu Jun's eager shouts, one person disappeared, and another person disappeared, leaving only a splash on the water.

Zhou Yin also fell into the water, he was wearing fine armor, the nail leaf was smaller, and the protection was stronger, but it was also heavier. He was dragged into the water, and his eyes were full of the bottom of the ship and the jumble of oars, several of which struck him. Beside him, a long arrow shot into the water, although the "whoosh" sound of breaking through the air could not be heard, but a string of bubbles made the trajectory of the feather arrow more obvious.

It was quiet, unrealistically quiet. Time seemed to slow down suddenly, and every feathered arrow was clearly visible, and Zhou Yin could almost see the bubbles attached to the arrow when it parted from the water. He tried to open his eyes wide, and through the river of ten paces, he faintly saw a thick black shadow, standing silently in the water.

Before he could see clearly, he was suddenly dragged out of the water, and the sound of rushing water filled his ears, washing away the peaceful feeling he had just felt.

"Captain, are you alright?" Several guards rushed up and protected Zhou Yin. Examining his body.

"Lao Tzu is fine." Zhou Yin spit out two mouthfuls of water, took off his helmet, poured out the water inside, and then untied his armor and strode towards the cabin. With every step he took, there was a sound of water under his feet. Inside, he sat down, gasping for air.

"Zhongying, take off your wet clothes." Zhou Jun followed. Shouted, "Don't freeze. ”

Zhou Yin responded. Untie your coat. The cold wind came through the window, and it made him cold. Zhou Yin was suddenly stunned, and his hand stopped. He thought for a moment, then turned and rushed out of the cabin again. Jumped into the water with a thud.

"Zhongying. What are you doing? ”

Zhou Yin couldn't hear what Zhou Jun was calling at all. He slammed down, searching with wide eyes. He quickly found the dark shadow he had just seen and swam over. By the light of the water, he saw that it was a tree trunk.

A tree trunk as thick as a hug swayed slowly in the water.

Zhou Yin gasped, such a thick tree is hidden under the water, the depth is exactly the position of the belly of the ship, once the rapidly advancing warship brushes it, there is a chance that it will fly, how can the people on the boat not fall into the water. He pushed hard, but couldn't. At this time, he felt that he was not enough gas, so he let go of the wood and emerged from the water, ready to change his breath and dive again. As soon as he showed his head, Zhou Jun saw it, stretched out his hand and dragged him up, and scolded angrily: "You are crazy! ”

"There's something underwater." Zhou Yin struggled, "I haven't seen it clearly, you let me take a look again." ”

Zhou Jun, who has always been gentle, changed his face this time, and scolded loudly: "You are a captain, not a water pawn, how can you risk yourself." Come on! You you, you go into the water and see what it is! ”

Zhou Jun pointed at three soldiers in a row, but the three soldiers didn't say a word, took off their clothes, and turned over into the water. They are all excellent water pawns, who are responsible for exploring the situation underwater, and they are a few points stronger than Zhou Yinlai. Zhou Yin knew that Zhou Jun's arrangement was right, so he climbed onto the boat, and when the wind blew, he felt cold all over his body, and he couldn't help sneezing.

"Yawn!"

"Go back, go back!" Zhou Jun couldn't help but command the warship to turn around, but was stopped by Zhou Yin. Zhou Yin twisted his wet battle jacket, draped it on his body, and looked at it by the side of the boat.

It didn't take long for the three sailors to emerge one after another.

"Du, there is a big tree trunk under the water, tied with bamboo strips, and it should be dragged with stones underneath, so that the trunk will not come out of the water, and we have suffered this loss."

"This shaft is so insidious!" Zhou Yin slapped the boat gang hard and scolded. There are a large number of bamboos and big trees on the mountains on both sides, and the barbarians led by Wei Ba rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, and of course they know how to use bamboo. The bamboo is broken into bamboo strips and twisted into ropes, which are far tougher than ordinary ropes, and they are underwater and difficult to cut even with a knife. These bamboo strips are hidden in the water by dragging the trunks of large trees, and they are obstacles that are difficult to remove. Until these obstacles are cleared, the faster the ship goes, the greater the danger of capsizing.

"Withdraw!" Zhou Yin no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered a retreat.

Half an hour later, the first charge of the Wu army ended in a disastrous defeat, only less than a third of the warships did not crash because of the timely slowdown, and returned safely, the other warships capsized in the water, some sank, some did not sink, but the soldiers above had fallen into the water and drifted downstream.

Zhou Yin told Zhu Ji what he saw, and Zhu Ji was also very surprised. Wei Ba actually came up with such a method, no wonder he was able to fight better than the Wu army in the first battle of Xiangyang.

"Then don't be in a hurry, let's send someone to clear these obstacles first." Zhu Ji said, looking at the three-hundred-step long section of the water, and sighed secretly. He understood that Wei Ba Weishenme was going to build such a long plank road on the cliffs on both sides, which was intended to prevent them from clearing the underwater obstacles. There are so many things that must be completely cleaned up, and it is impossible to do it in three or five days, and the loss of manpower is immeasurable.

"Can't wait!" Zhou Yin, who changed into dry clothes, listened to Zhu Jihua's jihua and vetoed it without thinking. "We don't have that much time. With the addition of General Lu's army, our food supply is even tighter, and the longer it drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for us. ”

"Then what good advice does Zhongying have?"

"On a bamboo raft." Zhou Yin sneezed two more times and rubbed his nose: "The bamboo raft has a shallow draft and can move forward." ”

"But the bamboo raft doesn't have much protection." Zhu Ji frowned, "In this way, our casualties will be very large." ”

Zhou Yin asked rhetorically: "Do you think it is better for these people to die in battle or starvation?" ”

Zhu Ji was speechless. It took a long time to sigh. He knew what Zhou Yin meant. Wei Ba arranged obstacles underwater, the purpose of course was to slow down their attack speed. At present, they have no better way, either risk heavy casualties to rush to attack and buy time, or risk running out of food and collapse to clear the obstacles first, none of which is good, only which one is worse. The lesser of two evils, Zhou Yin's method is also a helpless solution.

"Okay, use a bamboo raft." Zhu Ji gritted his teeth and agreed. He sent someone to report to Pan Jun. Prepare a bamboo raft at the same time. Pan Jun received the reward. I also sighed, and I couldn't find a better way. He just asked Zhu Ji to attack and clear obstacles at the same time, striving to clear the underwater obstacles as soon as possible and use warships with stronger combat effectiveness to go into battle. Minimize casualties.

After half a day of preparation. A large number of bamboo rafts took the place of warships. At the same time, the water pawns who are proficient in water are also arranged to go into the water to clear the obstacles that have been dragged by the boulders.

Wei Ba stood on a high place and saw the bamboo raft sailing out of the Wu army's formation. Smiled silently.

The battle began again, and the Wu army rowed bamboo rafts and rafts forward, the water was too deep to be supported by pennies, and could only be controlled by oars, and the Wu army looked very clumsy. In the face of attacks from both sides of the strait, they were exhausted in coping. There was no canopy on the raft, and the soldiers had to use shields for protection, which were somewhat useful for arrows, but when stones fell, they were not so lucky.

Sharp arrows shot at each other, taking away the lives of each one. Stones fell from the air, splashing up columns of water several feet high, countless bamboo rafts were hit, the bamboo rafts split, and the soldiers fell into the water. The clear water of the river became muddy and bloody because of them, and even the water pumped up smelled of blood.

In the first day of fierce fighting, Wu's army lost more than 2,000 people, and the battle line only advanced about ten steps. After listening to Zhu Ji's report, Pan Jun gave an order with a blank face, allowing more soldiers to go up the mountain to cut bamboo and wood overnight, prepare more bamboo rafts and rafts, and increase the offensive. At the moment, apart from taking advantage of the large number of people, he has no more ways to think of it.

As Zhou Yin said, instead of waiting for the food to run out and collapse, it is better to let these people die in battle, in case they run out of the arrows and stones prepared by Wei Ba, they may have a chance to break through.

It's cruel, but isn't war meant to be cruel? Wei Ba is not cruel, he wants to block all these more than 10,000 people in a place only thirty miles away from Chenyang, and let these more than 10,000 people starve to death while watching the food close at hand.

As soon as he thought of this scene, Pan Jun felt a chill.

At the same time, Wei Ba was sitting on the overpass across the two banks, looking at the battle formation of the Wu army in the distance and was silent. However, he did not look at Pan Jun and Lu Dai in the west, but Lu Xun in the east. Lu Xun's camp was five miles downstream, and when Pan Jun launched an attack today, Lu Xun's warship sailed to the front of Longtan and was ready to respond, but he did not attack, just watched the formation.

Wei Ba didn't know what Lu Xun thought, was it because the attack was too difficult, or because he had confidence in Pan Jun? However, he knew in his heart that with Pan Jun's current situation, it would be impossible to break through his position without half a month. Half a month later, even if he breaks through the position, more than half of his 10,000 troops will be lost, and his strategic goal can still be achieved.

He was thinking about what method Lu Xun would use to break his game. He was very curious.

"Young master, the results are out." Jin Dongliu walked over cautiously. He is good at horseback riding, and he is no stranger to water warfare, but walking on this volleying and rickety overpass, he doesn't even have the courage to take a look at Xiangxia. He didn't understand that Weishenme Wei Ba liked to stand in such a place and was in the mood to drink. If this is a mistake, you won't even be able to find a shadow if you fall.

"How?"

"At present, a total of 873 Wu troops have been salvaged, including 251 corpses, 131 seriously injured, and the remaining 491 are slightly injured, as long as they rest for a while, they can recover."

"How many of those who did not die were willing to surrender?"

"Twenty-three were seriously wounded, and two hundred and fifteen were lightly wounded."

"Those who are willing to surrender stay, those who are not willing to surrender are killed, and the bodies are hidden. The other corpses were thrown into the water for Lu Xun to see. Wei Ba let out a long breath, as if talking to himself. We can't afford to keep captives. ”

Kill prisoners? Jin Dongliu's scalp was numb, hesitated for a moment, and bowed down to receive the order.

"Whoa." (To be continued......)