Chapter 36: How can I get rid of the pot?
Cao Jun's navy army marched with 30,000 people, but because of Cao Ren's blind command, it was defeated, although the loss was not too big, but even Cao Ren felt that he really couldn't command, so he could only hurry up and escape.
Cao Jun was as anxious as a lost dog, panicked like a fish that had slipped through the net, and everyone even tried their best to escape from the waters of Xiakou.
Most of the Cao soldiers even threw the pot on the shore, and now they are hungry and tired, and they can only eat burnt dry food, and everyone scolds one after another, and Cao Ren who scolded him did not dare to leave the cabin.
On the way back, Cao Ren was both a ship and a remorse, and his heart said that Zhang Yun commanded him well, and changed him to a very good place. Even if Cao Cao doesn't punish himself now, he won't be able to raise his head in front of Zhu Cao in the future, and it is possible that his status will be slowly surpassed by juniors.
This made Cao Ren very uncomfortable.
Hey, how can you get the pot out? I, Cao Ren, have always been very kind, and I have never calculated others, so I really don't fit in.
The boat traveled for half a day, and Chang Diao came to report that there was a ship approaching upstream.
Cao Ren snorted and asked casually:
"Who is it?"
"It's the banner of Wen Zhongye."
Jiangling and other places are controlled by Cao Jun, and the ships coming from that direction must be their own people, and there are big guys like Lou Chuan in the battle, and nine times out of ten Cao Cao is not at ease, so he sent someone to pick up Cao Ren.
Thinking of this, Cao Ren was very depressed again, and lazily got up and walked out of the cabin.
The building ship in the distance was not driving fast, but several ships led by it approached quickly, and one of the people on the boat said loudly:
"Wei Yan, the captain of the Navy under the command of Governor Cai, has come to meet the general!"
Zhang Yun was slightly surprised, his memory was very good, he heard the name of Wei Yan, a native of Yiyang, but the upper echelons of the Hanmen and Jingxiang from Yiyang couldn't pee in the same pot, with Cai Mao's temperament, how could he arrange this person to be a captain of the Navy Military Academy - this is not a petty official.
How could Cao Ren remember who Cai Mao's subordinates were, and when someone came to him, he also waved his hand to let him come close and listen to Cao Cao's instructions.
Zhang Yun saw that the boat was borrowing the water faster and faster, and suddenly shouted:
"Not good! Stop them! β
He had already seen that the ships were actually in an offensive posture, and the speed of the ships was ridiculously fast, and it was clear that there were not many soldiers on board.
Say......
It's too late.
Wei Yan, who was standing at the bow of the boat, showed a cruel smile on his face, waved his hand vigorously, and roared angrily:
"Ignition!"
The sailors on the five captured ships chanted in unison and threw the torches they had prepared into the boat. Lu Yi had considered the plan of attacking Xiakou by fire before, but this time he simply asked everyone to neatly stack all the firewood, grass, and fish paste in the captured ship, and crashed into Cao Jun's fleet!
"Stop, stop!"
Cao Ren's command confusion was exposed at this moment, they were the same as when they came, in order to take care of Cao Ren, the distance between the boats was very close, and it was difficult for anyone to stop them at this time, so they let Wei Yan's fireboat crash into Cao Jun's big ship.
Attacking the downstream, the fire quickly ignited Cao Ren's boat by the wind.
Cao Ren scolded angrily, picked up a bow, and struck a good string in three or two, ready to teach Wei Yan a hard lesson on the bow of the boat, but Wei Yan had already jumped into the small boat that had been prepared a long time ago, cheering and commanding the soldiers to outflank him.
Guan Ping and Lu Yi saw Wei Yan's success from afar, and they could immediately rush from the building boat to the fighting ship, Liu Beijun's merchant ships and fighting ships marched together, and the river was thunderous, and there were indulgent cheers in the Jingzhou dialect everywhere.
Why are there enemies coming upstream?
The Cao army is in a hurry from Cao Ren down, these people are using boats that are clearly Cao Jun, Cao Jun's attire, but no matter how you look at it, they are not Cao Jun soldiers, could it be that there is a rebellion in the Jingzhou Navy Army?
"Resist, these are all traitors, these are all traitors. They have few soldiers, and we can deal with them. Zhang Yun had recovered from his momentary panic, and while waving his command flag to order the fleet to disperse, he shouted hoarsely to boost morale and tell the soldiers to stay calm.
But how could Guan Ping give him such an opportunity, seeing that the fire had already ignited Cao Ren's boat, Guan Ping quickly took a fighting boat to charge, and the cold river wind blew Guan Ping's long hair scattered, like a tiger out of the cage as fierce and inexplicable.
"Fathers and fellow villagers of Jingzhou, I am the Han general Guan Ping! Our army was ordered to fight for thieves, and now Jiangling has been broken, and Cao thieves ...... The thief escaped, and the thief on the ship was already alone, so if he didn't descend early, he would wait for when! β
Guan Ping wanted to brag that "Cao Thief gave the head", but in order to increase credibility, Lu Yi suggested that he say "Cao Thief escaped".
Those Cao soldiers from Jingzhou were quite suspicious when they saw that the enemy was coming from upstream, and at this time they heard Guan Ping say that Jiangling had been breached and Cao Cao had fled, so they were in an uproar, and subconsciously believed a little.
Guan Ping, why is Guan Ping here?
We didn't see him when we went, why did he come up from the upstream with so many ships?!
Not only other sailors, but even Zhang Yun was stunned, and he couldn't figure out why so many enemies would kill from the upper reaches if he wanted to break his head, and the command flag in his hand hung weakly on the ground.
How so? Cao's army has hundreds of thousands, why is it so vulnerable that the enemy actually broke through Jiangling?
The appearance of Guan Pyeong caused fears that Gangneung might fall to spread rapidly.
Even if the Jingzhou soldiers on the ship had never heard of Guan Ping, they also reported to each other that this person was Guan Yu's son and was brave.
The previous defeat made Cao Jun already depressed, and now he was even more lazy to fight when he saw Guan Ping, and the scene was immediately out of control.
Originally, it was only Cao Ren's boat and a few boats next to it that caught fire, but Cao Jun's boat was too close, and the Jingzhou soldiers were rotten, so naturally the boats were sucked, and the boats plopped and crashed together, and the fire began to be uncontrollable and spread around.
Cao Ren didn't understand the language of the naval army, so he could only desperately order the soldiers to extinguish the fire at the top of his throat, while constantly bending his bow and firing arrows, trying to block Liu Beijun's advance.
If he fights on land, even if he reaches this point, Cao Ren, who has experienced a hundred battles, may not have the strength to fight back.
After all, he still has 5,000 elites, and he is the main force in the main force that follows him in the southern and northern wars.
But like Cao Ren, these people are also landlubbers, and most of them have been dizzy and miserable by the wind and waves and the previous defeat.
In addition, they were originally distributed on various ships, and they were suddenly attacked by fire, and they were all screaming in the chaos, how could they hear Cao Ren's command, and these people were suddenly in chaos.
The flames were raging, and the Cao army, which had an absolute advantage in numbers, was defeated.
Seeing Guan Ping's fighting ships trembling and attacking, thousands of Cao army warships on the river either fled indiscriminately or simply surrendered, and most of them caught fire because the boats were too close to each other and collided with each other, which turned Guan Ping's attack into a rescue competition.
Guan Ping rowed the boat to take the lead, chanting the slogan of "capture Cao Ren alive" and rushed forward, but he didn't expect those Jingzhou sailors to see him actually rushed to surrender, and they were still in the distance and gathered one after another, blocking the water in front of Guan Ping, and even Lu Yi's boat couldn't drive through, a group of people circled on the river, and the anxious Guan Ping couldn't cry or laugh, and he could only keep calling Wei Yan, who broke into the enemy formation, to attack alone.
Cao Ren saw that the general trend had gone, so he hurriedly changed ships and escaped, but at this time, the surrounding boats were on fire, and he could only look for a few boats tied around the boat he was sitting on.
But this look, Cao Ren's heart is cold.
It turned out that Wei Yan had already set his eyes on these small boats after setting the fire, and he took the initiative to attack and cut the ropes on the boats one by one.
Zhang Yun and other sailors each grabbed a small boat and fled, but Cao Ren was inexperienced in water warfare and reacted too slowly, and when he came back to his senses, all the boats were gone, which made Cao Ren immediately lonely in the heart of the river, and slowly sank with the big ship that caught fire.
"Ahh Wei Yan got carried away with a smile, "Cao Ren Pifu, I see where you can run this time!" β
With fire around him and water under his feet, Cao Ren looked up to the sky and sighed, and there was already a hint of determination in his eyes.
I am a general, and if they are allowed to show off my head, it will definitely be a great blow to the morale of our army.
Then let me be buried in the Yangtze River!
Cao Ren made up his mind, closed his eyes at the moment, jumped deep, and fell extremely quickly in the river wind.
But in the next moment, he didn't fall into the river as he imagined, but fell to the ground with a bang, and Cao Ren, who was in pain, screamed miserably, covering his face and looking around in horror.
Then, he saw Chang Diao's equally frightened face.
"Giant Eagle!"
Cao Ren exclaimed in surprise and found that Chang Diao had actually snatched a boat that could carry more than 20 people.
He didn't care about the severe pain on his body, pressed Chang Diao's shoulder, and said with tears:
"Giant Eagle...... Also, you're still loyal to me! If so, if you can't get out, you have to go out yourself! β
Chang Diao was stunned, and he didn't react for a whileβhe had already moved the idea of escaping when he was attacked by fire.
After all, he was Cao Ren's cronies, and he knew that his general's ability to command water warfare was like dog excrement, so he stared at Jian Yun tightly, and when he saw Zhang Yun leading his men to grab a boat and run, Chang Diao immediately jumped down.
Well, the general is unwilling to abandon his ship and escape, and he died heroically, I have to go back and tell Prime Minister Cao Cheng.
Chang Diao tearfully kicked Zhang Yun, who had not yet stood firm, into the river, and hacked several sergeants to death, monopolizing a boat.
But then he realized that his rowing ability was comparable to Cao Ren's ability to command water warfare, the boat was spinning back and forth under the effect of the boat suction effect, and collided with Cao Ren's big boat with a bang, just as Cao Ren fell from the sky and fell on it impartially.
This can scare Chang Diao into his soul.
Wei Yan is nearby, and where Cao Ren is must be Liu Beijun's main direction of attack.
Seeing Cao Ren's tears in his eyes, Chang Diao secretly made up his mind in his heart.
General, you asked me to throw you down, if it doesn't work, I'll really throw you away!
Wei Yan was originally worried that Cao Ren would not be caught by jumping into the Yangtze River, but when he saw Cao Ren jumping into a small boat, he couldn't help laughing and trembling with excitement.
"Haha, General Cao, don't go, come and fight with a certain one for three hundred rounds!"
But as soon as the words fell, a hand suddenly stretched out in the calm water, and Wei Yan, who was standing at the bow of the boat, was caught off guard, and was actually grabbed by his legs by that hand and dragged into the water violently.