"Let's go!"

Seeing that the enemy fled in a hurry, Shen Chen did not order to chase after getting on the boat, but withdrew to Shiling.

When they arrived at the foot of the mountain at the foot of the stone ridge, the soldiers who came to meet them immediately swarmed in.

Shen Chen was the first to get off the boat, he wiped the sweat from his face, the thrilling scene just now really startled him.

I didn't expect Jiangdong to be so insidious, it seems that Sun Quan's moral standard is as low as ever, and he actually secretly arranged an archer in the cabin to kill someone.

Fortunately, he reacted in time, otherwise Huang Zu would have died.

Liu Qi walked over quickly and asked, "Ah Chen, how is it?" ”

Shen Chen said with palpitations: "Sun Quan's little thief is hateful, and he actually arranged an ambush. But fortunately, Chen Xing did not disgrace his life, and General Huang was safe and sound. ”

"That's good, that's good."

Liu Qi put his mind at ease, looked left and right and asked, "What about General Huang?" ”

"The eldest son."

Everyone brought Huang Zu over.

His face was pale and his lips were dry, and he replied with difficulty.

Liu Qi hurriedly said: "Quick, quickly send General Huang to the rear camp and be treated by the military doctor." ”

At that moment, everyone immediately carried Huang Zu away.

After he left, Shen Chen said to Liu Qi: "Eldest son, Jiangdong has won Zhang Hong, he will definitely attack, Gongzi will return to the rear camp first, and let me compete with Zhou Yu." ”

"Then leave it to Ah Chen."

Liu Qi also followed the team transporting Huang Zu to the Wuling camp in the rear.

At this moment, the sound of the horn of "woo woo woo" continued, and countless soldiers on both sides of the strait stood on the arrow tower on the hill, waiting solemnly.

The big ships of the Jiangdong Army in the distance were mighty, and the sound of rolling drums sounded, and countless ships began to gallop forward, riding the wind and waves, covering the entire river surface.

Shushui is not as big as those big rivers, the average width of the Yangtze River can reach several kilometers, Qingshui is also a big river, the average width is about one mile, and Shushui is a small and medium-sized river, the average width is about three hundred meters.

Although it looks very wide, it is the average width, and its downstream point, which is the port connecting Jinghu Lake, can reach several kilometers to raise the average value, and the upstream will become narrower and narrower, such as the width of the area from Wuling to Shiling, which is only 100 to 200 meters.

As a result, thousands of warships of the Jiangdong Army were densely sprinkled on the river like a starry sky.

However, their warships were not very large, they were all small boats with an average width of one or two meters, thirty or forty in each column, which did not seem to be very crowded.

The fleet stretched for several miles, and there were soldiers on the left and right flanks, trying to attack the Jiangxia naval army on the hills on both sides of the river from the land and the river at the same time, and the two sides were getting closer and closer, and the trumpets and drums were beating in unison.

"Knock knock!"

The sound of drums shook the sky, and the flag began to shake slowly.

"Ready!"

The heralds sounded the horn of the general attack.

On the hills, the Jiangxia Navy did not hesitate to raise arrows when they saw the enemy entering the firing range.

"Shoot the arrows!"

"Woooooooo

The horn tone changes instantaneously.

In an instant, thousands of arrows began to smash like raindrops towards the Jiangdong Navy on the river.

But the Jiangdong naval army was also prepared, and countless planks and shields were erected on the ships.

In just an instant, these thousands of arrows were all shot at the planks and shields, making all kinds of "knock knock" and "bang bang" sound of the collision between the plank and the metal, and between the metal and the metal.

The most important thing is that the boats had canopies, except for planks and shields, and the soldiers rowed forward through the holes on both sides of the boats, from which oars stretched out.

Under the protection of these canopies, the rowers in the cabin were safe and sound, and many Jiangdong soldiers hid in them, waiting for the opportunity to go ashore to counterattack.

"Don't be afraid, it won't hurt us."

"The people of Jingzhou will only use bows and arrows, and when we rush to the shore, we will win."

"Don't worry, settle down."

Almost all of the ships had several veterans who had been in battle to appease the recruits, and most of them came from the team that first followed Sun Ce to fight Jiangdong.

These people are at least the chiefs, captains, and tun chiefs, and have become the grassroots pillars of the entire Jiangdong Army.

Because after Sun Ce took Jiangdong, he began to expand his army several times.

From the initial few thousand to tens of thousands, the total number of troops in Jiangdong has now reached more than 60,000, and the number of recruits is very large, so these army cornerstones are needed to appease the recruits at the bottom.

Now most of these soldiers are crouched in the cabin.

The roof of the ship above their heads was clanging like hail hitting it, and occasionally a sharp arrow pierced into the cabin, and the sharp arrows flashed with a cold cold light, giving them a great sense of oppression.

Everyone felt like they were trapped in a cabin in the wind and rain, and it seemed as if the hut would capsize at any moment under the storm, and the ship seemed to be baptized to pieces by the rain of arrows.

Many of the soldiers even held their heads and shivered, listening to the constant sound of arrows hitting the planks, decks, and sheds outside, which made people feel a sense of despair.

Fortunately, the veterans continued to calm their emotions and encourage them to cheer up, and the Jiangdong naval army's method of dealing with the arrows was indeed very effective, even if there were more feathered arrows on the boat, the boat did not show the slightest sign of capsizing, which calmed everyone's mood.

At this moment, the fleet, which stretched for several miles, finally entered the ambush area of the entire Jiangxia naval army, and the arrows became more and more violent, only thousands at first, then thousands, and finally every wave of arrow rain was tens of thousands, densely packed and countless.

However, the Jiangdong Navy also began to approach the hilly area where the Jiangxia Navy was located, and the ships docked one after another, and the soldiers held shields and planks and struggled towards the direction of the hills, and almost every step of the way was dead.

The river beach was littered with arrows and corpses, people kept screaming, horns and drums intersected, and the two sides soon collided like a swift tide, and the roars, echoes, weapons blocking, and muffled humming on the hill hardly stopped.

The Jiangdong Army paid a heavy price to engage the Jiangxia Navy in close combat, but it was only that, the Jiangxia Navy held the Stone Ridge, condescending, and in the face of their attacks, the rolling stones and trees were smashed down endlessly, and several attacks organized by the Jiangdong Army were repulsed.

In this attack, Sun Quan was the commander-in-chief, Zhou Yu was the commander-in-chief, Lu Su was the staff officer, and there was the Zhonglang general Han Dang who led the right-wing army to raid the left flank of the Jiangxia Naval Army, and the Zhonglang general Xu Sheng led the left-wing army to raid the right flank of the Jiangxia Naval Army.

Then the next level is the rank of captain Zhu Ran, captain Ling Cao, etc., and finally Lu Meng, the commander of Pingbei, Rui Liang, the commander of the east, Dong Xi, the captain of Yangwu, Jiang Qin, the captain of the west, etc., and the rest of the captains of all sizes are seven or eight people, each commanding his subordinates to launch attacks in many places.

The battle lasted from morning to noon, the Jiangdong army attacked the hills on both sides of the bank several times but did not break through, Shen Chen and Huang Zhong personally commanded, in the case of occupying a favorable position, repeatedly repelled the attacks of the Jiangdong army, so that the Jiangdong army suffered heavy losses, but in the morning there were thousands of dead and wounded.

But in the afternoon, the situation was abruptly reversed, and the sound of countless "woo-woo" horns and "dong-dong-dong" drums was intertwined on the battlefield, and the Jiangdong Army suddenly launched a rapid offensive, followed by all kinds of rapid and sharp whistles, gongs and drums that resounded throughout the battlefield.

Shen Chen came to the front line in person, and there was a small hill below the stone ridge where he was stationed, and the small hillside had changed hands several times, and each time he took the death squad to recapture it.

Fortunately, they occupy a great geographical advantage, otherwise this hill would have been kicked flat by the enemy.

The sun of late July has removed the temperature of the rainstorms in May and June, revealing its blazing face, spitting out enthusiasm and scorching the earth, and the river is sprinkled with warm sunlight, sparkling, reflecting the golden brilliance.

A string of hurried horns suddenly sounded in the distance, and with the sound of the horns, a group of Jiangdong soldiers wearing brown leather armor had run to the back of the hill and began to climb upward.

Shen Chen, who was fighting with the enemy on the mountain, also heard this voice.

He slammed the spear in his hand into the belly of an enemy, knocked the enemy down the hill, and without looking at the man again, took two steps and picked up a waist knife embedded in the ground, holding it with both hands and swinging it diagonally from top to bottom.

The robe on the back of a Jiangdong soldier with his back to him immediately cracked open a long gap, and blood gushed out in an instant. The enemy immediately threw away the sword and shield in his hand, turned his head high, turned his hands behind his back, scratched and scratched desperately on his back, staggered a few steps, and planted himself headlong down the hill.

Shen Chen raised his head and looked behind them, that is, the forest in the east that had fought with Lu Meng, the back of the forest was actually billowing wolf smoke at this time, and the sound of various horns was mixed with the distant scouts telling them the enemy's command from behind.

Zhang Nan, the deputy general beside him, was already covered in blood, holding the blood-soaked upper arm in his left hand, leaning over the ring head knife in his right hand, squinting at the bottom of the hill and saying: "General, they came from behind us, I'm afraid they won't be able to hold it." ”

"Well, order the soldiers to retreat from the Stone Ridge, don't entangle with them for a long time, just lure them into the ambush circle."

Shen Chen answered, he had Shanyue people as guides, and in fact, he also knew that there were several rivers in the southeast of Wuhu that originated from the mountains in the south, and these rivers also intersected and connected with each other.

For example, the creek that met Lu Meng before was connected to the Yang River to the east, so it was expected that the enemy would attack from behind.

Zhang Nan looked around, there were originally more than 200 people on this small hill, but now there were only more than 100 people left, but the record was also very good, as the main resistance point of Shiling, they were densely covered with enemy corpses, and it was roughly estimated that there were at least 300 people.

The battle loss ratio of 100 for 300 is already an incredible record for them, the Jiangxia Navy who have been fighting with the Jiangdong Navy all year round, although it is a geographical advantage, but it is much stronger than the previous battles.

"Withdraw your troops!"

At the sound of an order, countless shrill whistles sounded.

After Shen Chen repelled the enemy's last attack, they retreated like a tide to the bottom of the hill south of Shiling.

The Jiangdong Army was originally a hill climber, and its consumption was much greater than theirs, and it did not catch up at all in a short time.

So in this retreat and pursuit, the distance between the two sides widened, allowing the Jiangxia army to escape.

By the beginning of the afternoon, about one o'clock in the afternoon, the Jiangxia naval army had already withdrawn from Shiling and began to retreat in the direction of Wuling in the rear.

The forest was full of retreating Jingzhou troops, and the Jiangdong army that had entered from the rear on both sides of the strait had already attacked behind them, and the combined number of men and horses on both sides was as high as 40,000 or 50,000, fighting in this vast forest covering several square kilometers on both sides.

The battlefield is divided into two large areas on the left and right, hundreds of small areas, and the soldiers on both sides are intertwined, and under the leadership of officers at all levels, one side fights and retreats, and the other side keeps pursuing, like two intertwined threads.

Another hour passed, and by more than three o'clock in the afternoon, most of the Jiangxia naval army finally withdrew to Wuling, the terrain of Wuling was even more severe than Shiling, and the camp of the Jiangxia army was set up on the mountain.

Large areas of the forest below were cleared down and turned into plains for a short time, and the trees that were cut down were used to build camps, weapons, and rolling stones and logs for the attack and defense of the mountaintops.

The Jiangdong Army showed a trend of encirclement, slowly surrounding the Wuling Hills on the right bank of Shushui, and the foot of the mountain was densely packed with Jiangdong Army, they had obviously begun to prepare for a protracted war, under Sun Quan's order, most of the Jiangdong Army was resting and eating, and a small number began to cut down trees to build camps.

"General."

A guard beside Shen Chen came over with a bowl of boiled dry food and some pickles.

Zhang Nan also came over with a bowl of hot food and said, "General." ”

"Hmm."

Shen Chen took the rice bowl and took a bite, and said vaguely, "How is General Huang's side?" ”

"It has also retreated to high ground."

"That's good."

"They're now at the bottom of the mountain ready to set up camp."

Zhang Nan stretched out his head and looked down from the mountain, Wuling is not a high mountain, but the altitude is more than 200 meters, but their location is a small hill on the mountainside, about 100 meters above the ground.

At this distance, if the Jiangdong army forcibly attacked the mountain, it would obviously encounter unimaginable resistance, so Zhou Yu was not in a hurry, he was waiting for a suitable opportunity.

Shen Chen also glanced at it, and said with a smile: "The mountains and forests of the southeast mountains are not particularly steep, they must be planning to attack the mountains at night." ”

Historically, He Qi pacified Shanyue, that is, he sent people to climb the mountain from the flank of the mountain at night, thus pacifying Chen Fuzu Mountain and others.

Wuling is the same, although the mountain pass is a gentle slope, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and other places are cliffs, but the kind of cliffs are not high, and they can be climbed with hooks, Zhou Yu is indeed sending people to check the other directions of Wuling now.

"Do you want to send someone to guard the back mountain?"

Zhang Nan asked.

Shen Chen shook his head: "There's no need for that, let's light a wolf smoke." ”

"Do you want to order it now?"

"Dot."

"Okay, I'll report to the eldest son."

Zhang Nan ran to the mountain as soon as he slipped away, and Liu Qi was still in the camp on the mountain.

"Look, General."

The guard suddenly pointed to the Shushui River not far away and said.

Shen Chen looked over.

I saw that I don't know when Jiangdong actually built a huge building ship and came mightily.

The building boat is seven or eight zhang high, more than ten zhang long, more than three zhang wide, although the Shushui River is more than 100 meters wide, but it is still a behemoth, like the sky and the earth towards Wuling.

(End of chapter)