Skillfully hoisting and lowering the sails, using the currents to move forward and backward skillfully, the men on those merchant ships were clearly excellent sailors who had experienced a lot of battles.

The Jingzhou naval army on Cao's side subconsciously felt that they had encountered hard stubble, and the enemy's origin was unknown, the best way should be to stay still for the time being, and wait for dawn to make plans - can just a few ships directly pick Jiangling?

But now that the situation is stronger than people, the status of these surrendered Jingzhou troops is slightly higher than that of dogs, and the Jiao Touch on the shore constantly orders them to fight, and they can only drive the ship hard, chasing those strange merchant ships in the night.

The Qu Chang, who had made trouble before, seemed to sense something, and quickly ordered his subordinates to drive the boat, and chased after those civilian boats first.

Water warfare is different from land warfare, and the land fighters can make up for the gap in the battle by fighting hard, but the advantage of large ships in water warfare is too obvious, and the Cao army can carry a large ship of 200 people to quickly pursue while the current is running, and if it hits, the merchant ship will definitely capsize.

Jiao Touch commanded and looked anxiously at the same time.

Speaking of which, he was still a little nervous, he was not as arrogant as Cao Ren, and he knew that if it was the enemy, there must be a problem with these broken ships coming to lure the enemy.

But he didn't understand how he could do it with a few boats, if he reported in a hurry, Prime Minister Cao Cheng would definitely think that he was incompetent, and as a general, he might never get the opportunity to master the army in the future.

After pondering for a long time, Jiao Touch still cautiously chose not to expand his momentum, and first saw if these naval forces could catch the enemy.

Damn, Cao Ren, what's going on with them, these people are obviously from downstream, didn't they meet them when they left?

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Cao Jun's navy dispatched more than 30 big ships at a time, the scene was really huge, these sailors' ability to control the big ships has been deeply rooted in the bone marrow, plus no one blindly commanded, they immediately showed a very high combat quality.

It can be said that even if those few broken ships are the main force of the Jiangdong Naval Army, they are definitely not their opponents.

"Chase, don't let them run!"

Anyway, you have to catch one or two people, otherwise there is no way to deal with it, Cao Jun's boat did not dare to slack off, everyone chased all the way by the north wind and the current, and the two sides raced wildly on the vast river, and soon left the Jiangling waterway.

Could it be that a group of water thieves approached and fled when they saw Cao Jun's big ship as a thief?

Because of the lack of command, many of Cao Jun's small boats were too lazy to chase anymore, and only a few large ships were not easy to turn around, so they simply insisted on chasing them.

The cold wind on the river was steep, and the sergeants standing at the bow of the ships kept shivering, secretly scolding the enemy for being shameless, and at the same time curious about the identity of the enemy.

Knock knock knock......

These sailors have not encountered an ambush on the river, they withstood the cold wind, and drew their swords in their hands, and the Qu Chang who made trouble before took a deep breath and shouted:

"I don't know which hero is coming!"

His voice was rough and loud, and soon a loud voice sounded from the boat on the other side:

"I am the Han general Guan Ping, on the orders of General Zuo and the general of the captive, to crusade against the ministers and conquer the Han thieves! Now Cao Ren has been defeated, Zhang Yun has surrendered, General Zuo will lead the army to break Cao, why don't you fight side by side with us and help the Han family! ”

Guan Ping didn't learn anything else in Jiangdong, and his ability to brag has really risen a lot.

Speaking of Cao Ren's defeat, Zhang Yun's surrender was already a faceless and his heart was not beating, and his voice was generous and powerful, which caused many people to exclaim at the moment.

Speaking of which, although Liu Bei has had a bad relationship with Cai Mao and Zhang Yun in Jingzhou in the past few years, their contradiction is only on the issue of Liu Biao's heir, and Liu Cong only married the niece of the Cai family, so the Cai family fully supported it. Now that Liu Cong has no use value, the hatred between Cai Mao and Liu Bei has magically disappeared, not to mention these ordinary soldiers - with Liu Bei's popularity, who will have an enmity with him in Jingzhou soldiers?

For a while, the sound of the wind and water on the river was still continuous, but thousands of people on the river were speechless for a while, silently not knowing what to do.

You have to do something to fight a war, you can't really fight with Guan Ping and their lives, right?

Guan Ping calmly looked at the people on the boat, and his heart was settled.

Lu Yi's idea was to immediately launch a fire attack, burn the big ships on the riverside, and then take advantage of the chaos to find a reliable landing area along the long riverbank of Jiangling, and take advantage of the night to attack the Cao army on the riverside, which will definitely deal a certain blow to the sleeping Cao army, and maybe it will also cause the common "camp roar" in this era, and when Cao Cao came back to his senses and chased after them, they would have fled long ago by taking advantage of their flexibility.

Liu Dian also recognized this idea, as one of the traditional tactics of water warfare, Liu Beijun had already prepared thatch in these boats (it could be used for heating if it was not needed), and it was not difficult to set fire.

But Guan Ping thought about it for a long time, and finally rejected this suggestion when approaching Gangneung.

They don't have many ships, and even if the fire attack is successful, it won't be able to deal a devastating blow to Cao's army, and it will make Cao's army guard later.

He vaguely remembered that Yun Shanshan once told himself that it was a very risky thing to be weak and strong, and he had to make as many friends as he had and few enemies as he could have a chance to win.

Huang Si and these villains all have the value of unity and struggle, not to mention the Jingzhou army, which had no grudges before.

Guan Ping thought about it again and again, and decided to take the risk himself and lead Cao's navy to the river, so that without the command of Cao's army on the shore, he would have the opportunity to recruit these Jingzhou navy.

"Fathers and brothers, Cao Thief is not good at water warfare, and he fights by justice. If it is freezing today, but they live in Jiangling, they are tyrannical, the kings have no food and clothing, and they have to brave the cold wind to advance, do you want to kill each other with us for the sake of the enemy? Please think twice! ”

Guan Ping said it a few more times, but everyone didn't squeak.

Liu Dian shook his head on the side, and kept chanting in pieces:

"I said, I said, how can it be so easy? These people have wives and children to see Jiangling, how can they be persuaded by a few words? Moreover, Cao's army is powerful, and it is natural to tend to be inflammatory, and the little general has Meng Lang this time......"

Guan Ping saw that everyone was silent, but they were unmoved, and couldn't help but be slightly discouraged.

Sure enough, Yun Shanshan was able to hold those scoundrels because she showed extraordinary force, she was already weak, but it was really difficult to recruit others to surrender.

However, although it was too dark to see the faces of the Cao soldiers in front of him, he could faintly hear slight sobs around him.

None of these Cao soldiers were willing to be their enemies.

Maybe, a little bit more!

Guan Ping wanted to say more, but suddenly heard a long sigh, and soon, a large number of Cao Jun ships appeared on the river, and Lu Yi looked at the formation of the big ships, and his heart jumped suddenly.

"It's not good, let's go, it's the famous future of Cao Jun's water master!"

Guan Ping looked into the distance, and by the dim light of the fire on the bow of the enemy ship, he vaguely saw the big characters of the dragon flying and the phoenix dancing on the military flag.

Wen!