CHAPTER XIX

Although Yingshui burst the embankment, although the water was released overnight, because the downflow was not blocked, and the major branches of Yingshui continued to swallow and discharge water, the water flow was not very turbulent, and the water level was not as high as when Cao Ying burst the embankment, which did not have a big impact on Sun Ce's troops. Therefore, Sun Ce gathered the soldiers early, and when the sky cleared, he rode a bamboo raft and went straight down.

By noon, Sun Ce led 10,000 soldiers down the momentum, and the simple bamboo rafts were loaded with energetic soldiers. Row after row, like a long dragon, flying down on the surface of the Yingshui River. In the eyes of ordinary boatmen, it is difficult to cross a lot of water navigation, but in the hands of Jiangdong soldiers, it is like a leisurely stroll, showing ease.

Soon, Sun Ce met with Huang Gai and Cheng Pu on the Yingshui embankment, and rushed to kill Cai in one fell swoop.

Within ten years of Xia Caicheng, two were flooded by Yingshui, which must be said to be an anomaly.

At night, the embankment was broken, and after staying until midnight, the flood flooded Caicheng. Due to the thunderstorms in the sky, by the time Cao Jun found out, the water was above his knees. Cao Bing's army was not familiar with the surname Shui, and when faced with such a situation, everyone panicked. However, compared with the last Yingshui embankment, the power of this flood has obviously dropped several times, except for the relatively low-lying land, the maximum flood is no more than five feet, and most of the buildings are bare on the water. Many of Cao Jun's lower bodies were soaked in the water, desperately carrying supplies in the water, preparing to transfer. The relatively low-lying terrain shows a lot of small heads struggling there. More soldiers who did not know the surname of water climbed to the ridge of the roof or avoided the water on high places.

Cao Ying was trapped by the flood, and he was not afraid of danger, but he said with an incredible expression on his face: "Could it be that Zhang Lang imitated Wenhe's plan, and then broke the embankment and released the water?" ”

Jia Xu looked surprised and said, "It should be like this." Unexpectedly, Zhang Lang was so powerful that he was able to mobilize the upstream guards and break the embankment again to release the water. This matter is negligent on the part of his subordinates, and he asks the prime minister for forgiveness. ”

Cao Ying shook his head and said: "Wen He doesn't need to blame himself, in my opinion, I'm afraid that Zhang Lang won't just break the embankment and release water." ”

Jia Xu didn't think about it, so he nodded and said, "That's good." The Jiangdong army is good at water warfare, and this release of water will never be as fierce as last time, if there is no surprise, early in the morning, there will inevitably be Jiangdong troops down the river to Cai. ”

Cao Ying muttered: "Our army is not accustomed to water warfare, if it is really as Wenhe expected, it will inevitably be defeated." ”

Jia Xu's face showed a solemn look for the first time.

At this time, Cao Hong, who had a very frightened expression, hurriedly rushed into the camp tent and said, "Lord, the water has begun to rise to the knees, and a large number of soldiers are frightened and have begun to flee in all directions. Lord, if you don't sprinkle now, I'm afraid it's too late. ”

Cao Ying glanced at Cao Hong coldly, and was not angry unexpectedly, but said indifferently: "Cao Hong, how many times have you been taught, why are you so anxious when you encounter major events?" If it keeps going like this, teach me how to entrust the heavy responsibility to you in the future? ”

When Cao Hong said this to Cao Ying, his face was a little ashamed and said, "The lord taught me a lesson." ”

Cao Ying said: "You immediately order those soldiers with the surname of Shui to find ships to relieve the danger of being trapped." ”

Cao Hong said in a loud voice: "My subordinates have already sent soldiers, but the last time the water flooded Cai, Zhang Lang had already sailed away from the big and small ships, and now he went there to find the ships for a while?" ”

Cao Ying shook his head and sighed, "Hey, that's it." And he did not speak.

It didn't take long for several soldiers with excellent surnames to help Cao Ying go to the high ground.

Thunder and lightning are combined, the rain is getting heavier and heavier, the Yingshui is rising higher and higher, the turbid water is choppy, and Xia Caicheng is once again washed by the Yingshui, a mess.

By the time dawn came, Xia Cai City had already been flooded.

The golden drums on the river shook the sky, the trumpets sounded in unison, and the Jiangdong army went down the river on bamboo paper, shouting neat and loud slogans.

At this time, all corners of the Xiacai city wall were crowded with Cao soldiers who were densely packed to avoid the water. or the clothes and armor are not neat, or the weapons are unknown, and more of them are wet and looking at the flood in the city with a frightened face.

Sun Ce went down the river and commanded his soldiers to open the way with bows and arrows.

Most of the Cao soldiers on the city wall did not have any combat effectiveness, and occasionally a few waves of arrows could not pose any threat to the Jiangdong Army, and the few shields could not stop the Jiangdong Army's dense flying shots one after another. Soon, the screams began to sound incessantly in the city, and Cao Bing even scattered and took refuge in all directions.

After Sun Ce scattered the enemy troops on the city wall, he began to carry out a merciless attack on Cao's soldiers, who were still struggling in the water.

There were fewer soldiers on the city wall to defend, and the city gate was soon knocked open by the Jiangdong army.

Rows of bamboo paper drove into the city and began to search for soldiers who had fallen into the water in the streets and alleys full of water.

Cao Jun was already panicked, and seeing that the Jiangdong Army was coming, he could only rush to the battle.

When the Jiangdong army drove into Xia Caicheng, the terrain was a little higher, and many Cao soldiers were half drowned in the water, half of their bodies were exposed, and the weapons in their hands were raised high, wanting to block the Jiangdong army. On the lower ground, there were some Cao soldiers struggling desperately in the water, and on each ridge and eaves wall, there were two soldiers holding weapons tightly in their hands.

Sun Ce asked his soldiers to beat the drums desperately, and the entire battle horn sounded all over Xia Caicheng.

A large number of Cao soldiers were forced to engage in the water.

Many of the soldiers on the bamboo rafts had already entered the water and were fighting with Cao's army.

Jiangdong Army was born in the south of the Yangtze River, the surname of the water is excellent, and he has a unique experience in how to fight in the water, on the other hand, Cao Jun, there is no systematic training in this aspect at all, after a large number of Cao Jun entered the water, he only felt that he was floating lightly, and he was full of strength, but there was no place for him. The Jiangdong Army seized such a great opportunity and began to hunt and kill Cao Jun everywhere.

"Kill." Cheng Pu, who was dressed in waterskin soft armor, came from the other side with dozens of rows of bamboo paper and rushed towards the relatively deep area of the water. The soldier was like flying, the bamboo row was nimble, and he kept directing the soldiers to take the spear and poke it at Cao Bing, who was struggling in the water. And he kept flying the iron-spine snake spear in his hand, splashing with pieces of water droplets, and the weapon was like a dragon going out to sea, churning around. Cao Bing, who couldn't escape in the water, screamed everywhere, and many soldiers wearing Cao clothes floated on the surface of the water, and the bright red blood kept spreading. Han Dang, the other deputy general of the original Sun Ce, was not to be outdone, and kept roaring, the big knife was like a pear blossom, and he kept cutting left and right. He led a team of soldiers into the water to fight fiercely, although Cao Bing also launched a strong resistance, but in the water where are these Jiangdong soldiers opponents? The water splashed everywhere, and the blood flowed everywhere.

Sun Ce was also in high spirits, and kept commanding the soldiers to rush and kill. As for the surname, he simply jumped into the water, picked up the wolf spear, and stabbed left and right. Cao Bing, who was drowning in the water, couldn't stop it at all, so he was killed crying dad and calling his mother.

The Jiangdong Army is like a tiger entering a wolf pack, and in every corner of the entire Xia Cai City, there are vigorous figures beating.

The whole battle situation was almost one-sided, although Cao Ying's troops had an overwhelming advantage, but in the water, they could not exert one hundred of their power, and let the Jiangdong army slaughter them.

Sun Ce slaughtered in Xia Cai City for a long time, and Cao Bing's corpse floated all over the water, and blood flowed like a river.

Sun Ce's intentions were not exhausted, and he kept asking the soldiers about Cao Ying's whereabouts.

A soldier said: "Cao Ying has hidden in the mountains in front of him with most of the men and horses. ”

Sun Ce's spirits were greatly lifted, and he raised his arms and shouted: "Huang Gai, bring a team of men and horses with General Ben to arrest the old thief Cao Ying." ”

Huang Gai said excitedly: "My subordinates understand. ”

Sun Ce took Cao Gai and thousands of soldiers and chased after the soldiers.

Ying Shui flooded Cai again, and although Cao Ying moved quickly, the soldiers were not so lucky. About tens of thousands of soldiers were unable to evacuate in the flood and either drowned or were killed by the Jiangdong Army. Many more soldiers began to flee when the flood came. And Cao Ying was only protected by a few henchmen and guards, and hid in a high place to avoid the water.

Cao Ying looked at the flood in Xiacai City from the top of the mountain, and many bamboo rows were interspersed on the water, and his soldiers did not have the heart of a backhand, and sighed deeply: "If we compete with the Jiangdong Army on the water, our army has hundreds of thousands of troops, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to win." ”

At this time, Xi Zhicai said: "Prime Minister, there are several teams of people under the banner of Jiangdong hurrying to come here. ”

Cao Ying looked back at his subordinates, all of them looked embarrassed, and couldn't help frowning and said, "What is it like now?" ”

Xi Zhicai looked at Jia Xu, who bowed his head alone and pondered, and then he said slowly: "Zhang Lang drowns Cai again, and the blow to our army is quite heavy, and now a large number of soldiers have fled, and there is no capital to fight again." Why don't you take a step back and say? ”

At this time, Jia Xu suddenly opened his eyes and said with a smile: "What the military advisor said is very true, stay in the green mountains, and you are not afraid of no firewood." ”

Although Cao Ying was reluctant, the two great strategists said so, and they could only accept this ending, and he looked at the generals and said: "Who will cut off the queen?" ”

Cao Hong volunteered: "My subordinates are willing to break off." ”

Cao Ying looked at him deeply a few times, and then said, "Okay, the task after the break will be handed over to you." ”

Cao Hong lit up a man and stopped it in the middle of the mountain road, allowing Cao Ying and a group of civil officials to go first.

When Sun Ce arrived, Cao Hong had already stabbed his sword, and the banners were standing in a forest, blocking the water around the small mountain road.

Sun Ce waved his spear, suppressed the horns of the formation, and said sharply: "Where is Cao Ying?" ”

Cao Hong urged the horse to go into battle and shouted: "Who is coming, I am Cao Hong." ”

Sun Ce couldn't find Cao Ying in the Cao array, and couldn't help but say angrily: "Where is Cao Ying?" ”

Cao Hong rushed out of the camp and went straight to Sun Ce, shouting: "First defeat the big knife in the hands of the general, otherwise Hugh wants to know where the prime minister goes." ”

Sun Ce laughed wildly and said, "With your ability, you dare to be arrogant in front of this general." ”

Cao Hong said angrily: "What an arrogant boy, I'll let you know how powerful Uncle Ben is today." ”

Sun Ce sneered, waved his big hand and said, "Brothers." ”

Huang Gai was already eager to try, and when he heard Sun Ce's order, he rushed up with a double whip in his hand, and said loudly: "Cao Hong'er, don't take advantage of your tongue, let's see the real chapter under our hands." ”

Cao Hong led the soldiers to block the mountain pass, with a look on guard, ready for battle.

Huang Gai rushed in front of Sun Ce, took the lead, and led the soldiers to take Cao Hong directly.

Not to be outdone, Cao Hong rushed towards Huang Gai with a big knife.

Huang Gai has been immersed in his double iron whip for decades, and his martial arts are eclectic, and ordinary people can't figure out his routines at all. When it was said that he fought with Gao Shun, if it wasn't for the latter's strategy, it would be impossible to be captured. And Huang Gai has never lost to anyone in battles big and small. Of course, this is related to the fact that he has not met a famous general, and at the same time, it also means that Huang Gai himself has strong strength.

Huang Gai held an iron whip in his left hand and his right hand crossed his chest, and the horses moved quickly through the rugged mountain road.

Cao Hong took two steps forward quickly, grabbed in front of the soldiers behind him, and slashed Huashan with a big knife, bringing a strong knife wind and slashing straight down.

Huang Gai's left hand whip was gently picked, and the right hand whip smashed down quickly, like a flying fire meteor, and the speed was extremely fast.

Cao Hong saw Huang Gai's one-handed whip catching up, he couldn't help but snort coldly, his arms sank, and while avoiding the whip in his right hand, he used the blade in his hand, and the big knife went from virtual to real, slashing at Huang Gai with all his strength.

Huang Gai let out a low snort, and the heart of victory was loud, and the iron whip in both hands was recovered at the same time, and it was placed in front of his chest, ready to touch the knife.

"When" a symphony of Jinge, sparks burst out.

The two of them shouted at the same time, and the iron horses staggered apart.

In terms of arm strength, the two are not up and down.

At the same time, the soldiers of the two armies met in a narrow way, and the sound of killing began to spread, and the soldiers continued to fight back and forth.

Huang Gai knew that he could not win in arm strength, so he immediately made a fool of himself and began to give full play to his double whip dexterity, ready to win with art. Huang Gai's right hand whipped and smashed, and his left hand followed up at the same time, directly taking Cao Hong's eyebrows.

Cao Hong's double knives clenched the big knife, tightly opened a certain distance, and with the momentum of the long knife, he couldn't stop attacking Huang Gai.

The two fought back and forth for thirty rounds, not letting go of the winner.

Although Huang Gai could not defeat Huang Hong for a while, Cao's army could not withstand the charge of the Jiangdong Army led by Sun Ce.

Sun Ce rushed back and forth, but opened a gap, and when he looked back, he saw that Huang Gai and Cao Hong were still fighting, and couldn't help urging the horse to come over to help.

Cao Hong and Huang Gai are on par, but once Sun Ce joins the war, where will Cao Hong stop him?

However, in ten rounds, Cao Hong lost his square inch, and his offense and defense lost support, which was extremely embarrassing.

After a few more rounds, Cao Hong couldn't withstand the attack of the two, and he couldn't help but be defeated and fled.

Sun Ce led the men and horses to chase all the way, and suddenly a cannon rang out, and another man and horse were killed from the side of the mountain.

When Sun Ce saw that he was ambushed, he was furious and said angrily: "Who is coming?" ”

"Even if it is Xiahou Dun, he has the order of the prime minister, and he has been waiting here for a long time." Xiahoudun took the lead and led a group of men and horses to support.

"General Xiahou help me." Cao Hong, who fled in the wilderness, couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw Xiahou Dun coming to help.

(To be continued)