Cai Gong didn't have long to be happy, and a scout soldier crawled over and said angrily: "General, it's not good, a large number of sailors appeared downstream, under the banner of the enemy's Dong attack, about 10,000 people, and soon joined the battlefield and besieged Wulin." ”

"What?" Cai Gong shouted loudly, only to feel his head bang, and the whole person was dizzy, and he almost fell to the ground.

Several lieutenants under Cai Gong also had earthy faces, thinking that it was a rescue soldier, but he didn't expect it to be a bad star, and now it's all over.

An adjutant general held Cai Gong and asked inappropriately, "General, what should I do if I am still there." ”

Cai Gong's mind was blank, obviously he hadn't come back to his senses from the blow just now, and said to himself: "I don't know what to do, do you have any good solutions?" ”

The following lieutenants glanced at each other, and each felt the fear in the other's eyes, and couldn't help but think of running away.

Cai Gong saw that the lieutenants were all dull and silent, and suddenly became as angry as thunder, reached out and grabbed the placket of one of them, kept shaking, and shouted loudly: "Aren't you usually very methodical? Why don't you let out a fart at this juncture? ”

The unlucky lieutenant was out of breath with Cai Gong, his cheeks were red like a pig's liver, and then the lieutenant general on the side relieved the siege and said: "General, the Jiangdong Army can come down from Xiakou, and we can also let General Huang Zu support it." ”

Cai Gong is now in a mess, and when he heard this, he was like grasping the last straw, and he turned around and said: "Yes, yes, yes, you immediately send someone to send a letter to General Huang Zu, asking him to send reinforcements down, 100,000 is urgent." ”

As soon as Cai Gong finished saying this, a general covered in blood came limping with the support of two soldiers.

When Cai Gong saw it, his already pale face had become dead and gray, his emotions were almost out of control, he frantically stepped forward to hug the general, and said angrily: "Sheng'er, how did you become like this?" How's the situation going in Shuizhai? ”

Cai Sheng is the son of Cai Gong, his body is very weak, he caresses his left chest with one hand, blood is oozing out of the armor little by little, he laughed miserably and said: "Father, the child is incompetent, the Jiangdong Army has broken through the gate of Shuizhai and started to land and fight." ”

"What?" Cai Gong couldn't stand such stimulation anymore, and the whole person stayed there stupidly.

Cai Sheng gathered the last trace of strength, and said weakly: "The child commanded the soldiers to fight hard to defend to the death, and originally wanted to use the defense system of Shuizhai to keep the enemy out, but the Jiangdong army was extremely brave, each of them was not afraid of death, fell one, and the other immediately rushed up, and the entire army was like water pouring silver, like a tide, endlessly. Although the brothers fought bloodily, they could not stop their repeated impacts and announced the loss of the walled gate. After saying such a long sentence in a row, Cai Sheng pulled the wound, fainted in pain, and was unconscious again.

Cai Gong quietly held Cai Sheng in his arms and didn't say a word, because he didn't know what to say anymore, but the cold eyes and the grinding of his teeth that kept gurgling were still hinting at the strong struggle in his heart.

Jiang Qin had already woken up from his coma, and his first reaction was to shout: "Waiter." ”

"General, you're awake." The two soldiers were guarding beside him, and when they saw Jiang Qin wake up, their eyes were full of admiration. Jiang Qin found himself placed on a clean bed, the light was very dim, he didn't know where he was for a while, the wound on his chest had been treated simply, wrapped in thick gauze, he didn't have time to take care of these, but asked the attendant a little nervously: "Where am I now?" ”

The attendant said, "The general is on the Mengchong ship." ”

Jiang Qinzai breathed a sigh of relief, and just wanted to sit up, when suddenly a heart-wrenching pain came from his chest, which made him have to lie down. Jiang Qin couldn't help frowning, and said hoarsely, "Help me up." ”

The attendants obviously didn't dare to refute Jiang Qin's words, and carefully helped him up.

Jiang Qin, supported by the soldiers, slowly walked out of the cabin.

When Jiang Qin saw the blue sky and white clouds, he couldn't help but feel much brighter, and he smiled and said, "What is the situation now?" ”

The soldier's admiring expression had crawled all over his face, and he said respectfully: "General Jiang Shen has led his soldiers to attack the Wulin Water Village, and so far he has occupied the gate of the Wulin Water Village, and destroyed the defensive strongholds on the periphery, and is now beginning to besiege the opponent's general command post." By the way, there is also General Dong Xian, who caught up from the downstream half an hour ago and has now participated in the battle. ”

Jiang Qin took the telescope and took in the battlefield in full swing in front of him: a large number of Jiangdong troops, with clear banners, scattered in various places of Wulin Water Village, and fought to the death with the corresponding black leather armor Liu Biaojun. In some areas, the generals of the other side obviously fought more and fought less, and they had a certain advantage. Around the water village, there are many boats with no oars, floating in the river. More buildings in the water village have been flooded with smoke and flames, and a large number of them have been destroyed. If there is no special accident, Liu Biaojun will no longer have the possibility of turning the tables under the situation that many armies are pinned. When Jiang Qin saw this, his heart was itching, and he couldn't wait for him to go into battle again. As a general, it is a great pity that I cannot personally lead my troops into battle to kill the enemy.

With the reinforcement of Dong's attack troops, the Jiangdong Army was like a rainbow, and every soldier was not far behind and took the lead. Every heroic soldier was covered with the blood of the enemy, and the original bright orange armor had already seen a trace of its original appearance. The sweat from the fierce battle and the smell of blood in the mist in the air mixed into a strange smell.

Seeing that the defenders of Ulin were losing and retreating, the Jiangdong army became more and more courageous, and the soldiers kept trampling on the corpses of the enemy, stepping on the blood red and broken arms and blades all over the ground; The voice was hoarse, still screaming hard; The blade became dull, and the whole body became a weapon to break the enemy. Even if they were wounded in many places, those who could get up never sat down, those who could fight never rested, and the soldiers who really lost their combat ability and could no longer continue, they did not get out of the line of fire, but desperately waved their flags and shouted in the rear not far away to boost their morale.

Victory is coming, victory is just around the corner, and every Jiangdong soldier is firm in this belief. After nearly two years of holding off in Xiakou, several bloody battles, and paying the lives of countless brothers, victory is finally at hand. And he, an ordinary soldier who can no longer be ordinary, wants to become the creator of history and write about the most glorious moment of his life. As long as Wulin is taken, the form of Jingchu will inevitably change greatly; As long as Ulin is taken, the gateway to Nanjun will be completely opened; As long as Wulin is taken, the feat of the lord's southern invasion will inevitably take the most solid step.

"Kill." The crazy soldiers, for the victory in their hearts, were still desperately roaring and charging into battle.

The horn of the charge has been resounding in the sky, enveloping the entire Wulin Water Village.

The golden drum of the bloody battle is still supervising the soldiers' desperate progress in the rear.

The port of Shuizhai is already full of the corpses of countless soldiers, lying all over the ground. Bright red blood also oozed from the corpse from time to time, flowing to the ground, staining the loess red. And the originally clear river water has turned into a blood-red.

"Whoa" A Jiangdong soldier successfully destroyed the fence deployed by the enemy, and they screamed excitedly. Another group of pikemen immediately rushed straight up from behind, their eyes full of excitement, entered, had already entered, the enemy's main fortress defense system had been completely destroyed. Just add a little more effort to capture Cai Gong alive.

Liu Biao's army has begun to collapse on all fronts, and some soldiers have scattered and fled for their lives. And the soldiers who were still resisting soon fell into a heavy encirclement, and the screams from time to time not only did not frighten the Jiangdong soldiers, but intensified their bloodthirsty impulses.

Cai Gong still commanded the soldiers to defend hard, and he still had the last glimmer of hope in his heart: he hoped that the army of Huangpengshan could break through the blockade as soon as possible and come to support. I also hope that Huang Zu of Hanyang can learn the news of Wulin's emergency and send a large army down.

Cai Gong's several lieutenant generals, the dead and the disabled, now there are only two or three people left alone. And two of them, their eyes wandering around, their gaze drifting, were obviously already frightened, ready to slip away.

At this time, a soldier came running and whispered a few words in the ear of a lieutenant.

The lieutenant nodded and shook his head, then sighed deeply, then waved the man back, stepped forward lightly, and said, "General, retreat." ”

Cai Gong glanced at him coldly, and a sharp look rushed straight into his heart, and the deputy general suddenly shuddered, and his frightened eyes rolled straight.

Cai Gong turned his head and looked at the Jiangdong Army who was getting closer and closer to his handsome village, his eyes were a little confused and a little unwilling. Cai Gongtou didn't reply: "Is it that Huang Zu didn't send reinforcements down, but attacked Xiakou?" ”

A trembling voice sounded behind him: "No, Hanyang has been harassed by the Jiangdong Army since this morning, and at noon, Zhou Tai led 10,000 naval troops, personally supervised by Cheng Yu, and began to launch a fierce attack on Hanyang. ”

Cai Gong frowned lightly and said: "If it's just like this, as long as Huang Zu has 10,000 soldiers to stick to his post, the Jiangdong Army is fierce, and it will be difficult to break through." At that time, we can send more troops to support our Ulin, and it will not be in the current situation. Wu Lin and Hanyang, his lips are dead and his teeth are cold, he should know this truth. I'm Wulin lost, and he doesn't want to keep Hanyang. ”

The adjutant general explained: "In fact, General Huang Zu also sent 10,000 sailors to support us, but I didn't expect the Jiangdong Army to expect this step, and asked Zhu Ran to take 5,000 sailors to intercept our army's support troops at Jitou. ”

Cai Gong sighed again, and the whole person suddenly turned more than ten years old, and muttered: "I am convinced of defeat today." Zhang Lang's men have countless strange people, and at this point, I have nothing to say, I can only admire them for being too clever. It's just that General Ben still doesn't understand where the strange soldiers of Ulinji came from; There are also people who can kill my first fierce general in a heads-up, hey, it seems that our defeat is decided. You go and prepare, bring a few loyal subordinates with the letter, and transfer Cai Sheng out. ”

The deputy general was ecstatic in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it on his face, so he just hesitated: "What about you, general?" ”

Cai Gong said lightly: "I'm not leaving." ”

The adjutant general persuaded: "General, keep the green mountains here, there is no firewood." ”

Cai Gong glared at him, and said angrily: "If you don't go, if you don't go, I'll let others do this, and don't talk nonsense." ”

The deputy general was startled and hurriedly said, "My subordinates will do it." ”

Cai Gong sighed, watched him leave, his eyes were full of contempt, and he said to himself: "I think my Cai Gong has been on the battlefield for several years, although he has not won every battle, but he has not lost a few times. And among the battles I have lost, no matter what the ordinary, I am unconvinced. Only today is this battle, and I have nothing to say about what I lost. Time also, life also. Lord, this is really a crime of non-war, but the enemy army is too cunning, Cai Gong has no color to face the lord, and now he is only fighting to the death in order to repay the kindness of the encounter. After Cai Gong said this, he suddenly shouted, and his voice was like Hong Zhong: "Come on, bring a gun." ”

Behind him, an adjutant general exclaimed, "General, you? ”

Cai Gong looked at him coldly and said lightly: "People are in the city, and people are dead in the city." ”

Cai Gong raised his arms again and shouted: "Today, Wulin is broken, what face do we have to return to the lord, if you come forward with this general to fight, if you win, you are a warrior; Even if you die in battle, you can be named loyal. Come on, it's a hot-blooded man, all pick up the weapons in the knife, and go out with the general to fight to the death. Cai Gong strode forward, with the black and shiny iron spear in his hand, like a strong man breaking his wrist and stepping forward without looking back.

A strong sense of heroic twilight and tragic righteousness floated in the hearts of all the soldiers.

Most of the soldiers silently followed behind Cai Gong, and no one made a sound, because they knew that taking this step was a road of no return, and the chance of surviving was about zero. And the few soldiers who are uncertain are obviously lagging behind, and it is not known what they think.

In the sixth year of Jian'an, on the 21st day of the lunar month in 202 AD, the Jiangdong Navy broke Wulin, beheaded 5,000, captured nearly 10,000 alive, and the main general Cai Gong fought to the death without surrendering, and was killed. In this battle, the Jiang army lost 3,000 soldiers, nearly 10,000 soldiers were wounded, and Jiang Qin was seriously wounded and lay in Chibi to recuperate. Although the battle was won, it can only be described as a miserable victory. But compared to the great significance of taking Ulin, this sacrifice is definitely worth it.

In the seventh year of Jian'an, in the early spring of 203 AD, the Jiangdong army was divided into two routes, one was Sun Ce with 10,000 soldiers from Wulin, and the other was Zhou Tai with 10,000 soldiers across the river to attack Hanyang. After only half a hard battle, Hanyang changed hands, and Huang Zu fled.

The Jiangdong Army won a complete victory and occupied the two extremely important strategic strongholds of Wulin and Hanyang, marking the official opening of the door of Zhang Langjun's southern invasion, and the entire southern county was completely exposed to the eyelids. I believe that Liu Biao's good words did not last long.

(To be continued)