In the next few days, the Jiangdong naval army became even more rampant.

Because the Jiangdong Navy itself is superior to the Jiangxia Navy in terms of the quality of its soldiers, training scale, and number of men and horses, the Jiangdong Navy has the advantage in all major battles between the two sides.

Therefore, the Jiangdong Navy often has a sense of psychological superiority over the Jiangxia Navy Army.

This sense of superiority caused them to be like a rainbow in morale when facing the Jiangxia naval army, and they would often come forward arrogantly to provoke.

Unlike fighting the Northern Scouts, which are fighting right away.

Southern scouts fought on ships, and after the two scouts met, they would often take a round of bows and arrows, and then hook the opponent's ship with a hook and get on board for hand-to-hand combat.

The Jiangdong Navy scouts have a large number of people and cooperate closely, and when they are engaged with the Jiangxia Navy scouts, they often use bows and arrows to contain them in the front, and the left and right airships are close to each other, and they get on the boat to fight with the Jiangxia Navy scouts.

After a few days, the scouts of the Jiangxia Navy suffered heavy losses. Originally, they needed to go to Hongkou to reconnoiter the situation of the Jiangdong naval army, but under this kind of intense blow, they could almost completely shrink back to Baqiu.

On December 18, in the camp of Shen Chen in Baqiu, all the generals gathered, Shen Chen sat on the main seat, and Huang Zu, Su Fei, Deng Long, Chen Sheng, Zhang Hu and other generals of the Jiangxia Navy also gathered here.

Today's convening of the generals is Shen Chen's plan to make preparations for the attack, although he doesn't know when the wind will start, but the historical record is December, then it can't be wrong, maybe the wind will come in two or three days.

Therefore, many plans must be prepared in advance, and generals at all levels also have their own offensive directions.

However, before he began to give orders, the generals began to complain, first of all, Su Fei, the governor of Jiangxia, and after everyone sat down, Shen Chen said first: "Let everyone come over today, there is something to talk about." ”

Su Fei immediately said: "The Metropolitan Governor is for the scouts, now our scouts can hardly leave the Baqiu camp, and there is no news from the outside." ”

"yes."

Deng Long also said: "Governor Dadu, although we have hoarded a lot of grain and grass in Baqiu, but now that the Jiangdong Navy has blocked the river, our grain ships can't come, what should we do when the grain and grass are exhausted?" ”

"There is also a large consumption of arrows, these days the Jiangdong Navy comes to provoke every day, plus the Hukou battle that day, in just over ten days, we consumed nearly one million arrows."

"Being pressed and beaten by them every day, the morale of the soldiers is not very high. The soldiers can only shrink into the camp now, and they dare not go out. ”

"In the past few days, the Jiangdong Army has also sent ships close to the shore and shot our soldiers on the high oars with bows and arrows.

"And after the scouts were suppressed, we didn't know anything at all. I heard that Liu Yuanjun went north to fight Cao Cao, and I don't know what happened now. And on the Xiangyang side, Zhang Yun still has tens of thousands of horses in his hands, what if they wait for the opportunity to act? ”

Many generals have expressed concern.

The main reason is that during this time, the Jiangdong Navy suppressed their scouts, and the news from outside could not come in, coupled with Zhou Yu's order to block the river, like a black cloud pressing down on the city, giving them a huge sense of oppression, causing the soldiers to be unstable.

Shen Chen heard everyone's words and muttered, "This is indeed my negligence, but you don't have to be afraid. Although the scouts can't get out, they can't get in, and everyone doesn't have to worry about the problem of food and grass, the waterway can't go, and they can still take the land route, and the reinforcements will arrive soon, and Baqiu will be safe and sound. ”

Huang Zu hurriedly asked, "Where are the reinforcements?" ”

Shen Chen said with a smile: "General Liu has sent General Huang Zhong to lead 10,000 horses to help, and he will be able to arrive within these two days, please relax." ”

After the defeat of Cai Mao, Liu Pan still guarded Jingnan, and the prisoners of Cai Mao's army were basically placed under him, and he was currently training to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible.

It's just that these are all defeated soldiers, and they may not be able to be used in a short time, so Liu Pan is also needed to stabilize the south. However, he originally had 20,000 elite soldiers under his command, and he sent Huang Zhong over at this time to support Baqiu.

"Reinforcements are coming?"

"That's good, it's really uncomfortable to be pressed and beaten like this all the time."

"By the way, Grand Duke, apart from the scout's affairs, is there anything else to discuss today?"

The soldiers suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.

The Jiangdong sailors shot arrows at them all day long, making everyone's hearts press a big mountain, and now that they heard that there were reinforcements, they were naturally much more comfortable.

It was only at this time that they remembered that today Shen Chen said that there was something important to discuss.

"I want."

Shen Chen was about to say that he was going to lay out a plan to attack the Jiangdong Naval Army.

At this moment, the sound of gongs, drums and horns suddenly came from outside.

Then the guard hurriedly came in and said, "Report, Dadu, the Jiangdong fleet has reached the north bank of Baqiu. ”

In the Han Dynasty, the lakes north of Yueyang were connected to the Yangtze River, so the land was probably in the area of Yueyang City in later generations, and the Yangtze River further north was very wide, and the fleet of the Jiangdong Army could be seen from afar.

Knowing this, Shen Chen immediately said: "The generals of each battalion quickly returned to the system and mobilized troops and horses to the north bank. ”

"Yui."

The soldiers hurriedly got up and acted according to Shen Chen's orders.

Shen Chen said: "The main camp will continue to guard the mouth of Yonghu Lake, and come with a song of people and horses to follow me." ”

After that, Huang Zu, Chen Sheng, Zhang Hu and other main generals were left behind, and they continued to stay in Yonghu, while the rest followed Shen Chen to the north shore.

After about two quarters of an hour, Shen Chen arrived at the north shore.

At this moment, tens of thousands of Jiangxia naval troops have gathered around the north bank, and the troops of Su Fei and Deng Long are lined up here, waiting solemnly.

There are a large number of hills and mountains on the bank of the vast river, and many high oars have been built on the mountains, and there are also various defense facilities on the bank, such as fences built of wood and walled walls built of stones, which protect the entire river bank defense line.

Bed crossbows, bows and crossbows have been prepared, banners have been waved, and even catapults have been built, waiting for the Jiangdong sailors to raid from the shore.

Shen Chen came to a high mountain and looked at it from afar.

I saw that in the distance, thousands of ships were densely packed on the river, covering the sky and the sun, piling up the entire river, although the enemy was still a mile away, but the formation was extremely terrifying, making the Jiangxia sailors feel like they were facing a great enemy.

"It's a lot lighter."

Shen Chen glanced at the flag on the top of the mountain next to him while looking at the river.

The deputy general on the side, Qu Dang, said with a smile: "Yes, Dadu Dudu, the north wind was still very strong a few days ago, and the wind has become smaller and smaller in the past two days." ”

"That's good news."

Shen Chen said casually, and then continued to look at the river.

At this moment, a speedboat came galloping by, and there were more than a hundred paces from the shore, and there was a man in the speedboat with a bow and arrow, and shot it towards the shore, and plunged into the dirt on the shore.

The soldier noticed that the arrow was tied with strips of cloth, so he quickly walked over to pick it up and handed it to the front-line commander Su Fei.

After Su Fei saw it, he sent someone to Shen Chen.

Shen Chen took the strip of cloth, glanced at it, and then raised his head to look into the distance, only to see that among the fleet of the Jiangdong Naval Division, there was a ship galloping forward, about three hundred meters away from the river bank.

This is the center of the battle between the two sides, and the bow and arrow cannot be shot, only the bed crossbow arranged on the mountain can be shot, but the distance is so far that the hit rate is worrying.

"Governor, what is this?"

On the side, Zhang Nan and Qu Kang both came over, curious.

Shen Chen said with a smile: "Zhou Yu invited me to Jiangzhong for a while, it seems that he wants to talk to me." ”

Zhang Nan hurriedly said: "Governor, you can't go, be careful of fraud." ”

"It doesn't matter."

Shen Chenle turned his horse's head and said, "Prepare a fighting ship, I'll meet him." ”

The war horse under his crotch seemed to understand Shen Chentian's courage that he was not afraid of, raised his head and neighed, and raised his hooves high.

This horse is the jade horse captured by Xing Daorong, because it is very majestic, so Shen Chen likes it quite much, in addition to the jade horse, there is also a tiger courage knife on his waist.

Huangmen Pavilion has a steel-filled method, and there is no shortage of steel knives. But the 100-for-100 steel knife needs not only good materials, but also extremely skilled knife forgers to carefully build, so Shen Chen found that this tiger courage knife was indeed extraordinary, so he kept wearing it.

At this moment, Shen Chen rode a jade horse, hung a tiger courage knife from his waist, and turned the horse's head down the mountain. Under the mountain, Su Fei had already received an order to prepare a fighting ship, and more than two hundred soldiers boarded the ship and waited for Shen Chen to arrive.

Shen Chen dismounted and boarded the boat, the boat rode the wind and waves, and quickly sailed towards the river in the distance against the north wind that was still blowing although it was already much smaller.

"Governor, he's coming."

On the mighty Yangtze River, Zhou Yu's boat floated with the waves, up and down. On the ship, Ling Tong returned to the cabin to report to Zhou Yu and said, "It's already close." ”

"Shen Chen is so courageous, worthy of the name of the tiger."

Zhou Yu praised it, got up and went to the deck, and saw a fighting ship about the size of his ship galloping towards him.

Both the warships and the fighting ships were medium-sized ships, more than 30 meters long, and although they were not as exaggerated as the building ships to resemble a small city, they also had three floors and could carry two or three hundred people for water warfare.

At this moment, the two sides approached, and wooden planks were erected on the decks of the ships on both sides, and shields were erected on the side of the female wall on the third floor, and sharp arrows were placed on them, waiting solemnly.

"Zhou Yu!"

Soon the two sides approached less than ten meters, the fighting ship lowered its anchor, Shen Chen walked to the deck, the left and right guards held shields for protection, and he shouted loudly: "You want to come to see me?" ”

Zhou Yu also stepped out of the deck and approached the side of the ship, he had actually come to tentatively attack the north shore today.

After more than ten days of reconnaissance, Zhou Yu found that the Jiangxia Navy Division had a strong defense of the lake, but because the shore defense line was too long and there were many weak points, he made a deployment to go ashore to fight.

It's just that before the war, he still wants to talk to Shen Chen.

Wouldn't it be best if Shen Chen could be persuaded to surrender Jiangdong and avoid a battle?

So he invited Shen Chen to come here for a meeting.

At this moment, Shen Chen stood proudly on the bow of the ship, the young hero was tall and strong, and his shining silver armor shimmered in the winter sun, like the god of war.

However, Zhou Yu's appearance is also good, he is eight feet tall, with a slender physique, wearing battle armor, a red cloak, a sword hanging from his waist, his face is even more handsome and extraordinary, and he is elegant with a heroic spirit, worthy of being the first Confucian general in ancient and modern times.

"Shen Chen."

Zhou Yu walked to the bow of the boat, looked at him with a smile and said, "Long time no see." ”

Shen Chen said with a smile: "Zhou Gongjin, don't come unharmed, it's been three years, I heard that after the battle of Yixian, the governor has not been in good health?" ”

The last time they met was in the battle of Yixian in the tenth year of Jian'an, Shen Chen flooded Jiangdong, and after that, Zhou Yu was left with sequelae, it seemed that his lungs were infected with water, and he coughed every winter.

Zhou Yu coughed twice and said: "Yes, I haven't been recuperating from my daily life, and I often cough non-stop." ”

"You can boil Chuanbei with pears and drink it."

Shen Chen was like an old friend with him, and he also intimately taught him the secret recipe for coughing.

Zhou Yu smiled and said, "Thank you." ”

"No thanks, after all, you are not in good health, and it is my responsibility."

Shen Chen smiled and said, "But Zhou Dudu called me over this time, it won't be to catch up with the old days." ”

Zhou Yu said: "Shen Chen, you are also a young hero, the so-called good birds choose trees to perch, and good ministers choose the master to do things." Liu Biao is dead, and none of his three sons are human owners. The land of Jingzhou will return to Wu Hou sooner or later, so why insist on it? ”

Shen Chen asked, "Is the Governor here to persuade him to surrender?" ”

On the side, Ling Tong immediately said: "The Governor personally came to persuade you, I hope you don't know what to do." ”

"Who are you?"

Shen Chen looked over and saw that the man was about the same age as him, and he was also a young general.

Ling Tong said in a deep voice: "Thief Captain Ling Tong! ”

"Huh."

Shen Chen shook his head with a smile and said, "Surrender and be spared." The governor should know that Sun Quan's weapons are not too large, the battle of Yixian, including Ling Cao, the father of this Ling Lieutenant, and the famous general Han Dang all died at my hands, if I surrender, Sun Quan will let me go? ”

Zhou Yu saw that there seemed to be hope, and hurriedly said: "Wu Hou has always cherished talents, and General Shen is a first-class genius in the world. ”

Shen Chen said: "Is this matter made by Governor Zhou himself, or is it an order of Marquis Wu?" ”

"Hmm"

Zhou Yu frowned, he wanted to say that it was Wu Hou's order, but he knew Shen Chen's cleverness and knew that he couldn't hide it from him, so he said, "I will write to Wu Hou myself." ”

"Hahahaha."

Shen Chen laughed, pointed at himself and said: "The governor is calculating, you come to persuade me to surrender, and when I surrender, Wu Hou said that this is the governor who is in charge without permission, it doesn't count, push me out and cut me down, easily solve the big trouble for Wu Hou, and take revenge, killing two birds with one stone." ”

Zhou Yu said in a deep voice: "General Shen, the name of Zhou Yu in Jiangzuo, everyone in Jiangdong knows it, how can I do this?" ”

"Even if you don't do it, it's hard to protect Wu Hou."

Shen Chen shook his head: "Forget about this matter, if I surrender, unless the governor defeats me, everything will not be discussed, go!" ”

With that, he shook his hand and ordered the ship to sail back.

Ling Tong next to him saw that he didn't agree, he was immediately furious, and when he saw that Shen Chen remembered his father's hatred again, he was angry in his heart, and shouted: "Shen Chen, do you dare to fight with me?" ”

"Oh?"

Shen Chen turned his head and touched the tiger guts knife on his waist, and couldn't help but itch.

After he mixed with Liu Bei, he often learned martial arts with Zhao Yuntai, Shi Ci, Guan Yu and others, and as he grew older, his physique became more and more powerful, and his martial arts value improved by leaps and bounds.

It's just that because he is often the commander in command of the three armies, like the attack on Xudu, the number of times he personally goes to the battlefield to kill the enemy is very small, so he doesn't know how strong his force is.

Ling Tong ranked fifth at most in the force value of Eastern Wu, and maybe even sixth or seventh, because the top four must be Sun Cetai, Shi Ci, Gan Ning, and Zhou Tai.

It seems that it is not bad to practice knives with Ling.

"Megalomaniacal boy!"

Before Shen Chen could speak, Qu Dang on the side said angrily: "What is the identity of the governor, what is your identity?" Worthy of war with the Governor? ”

Ling Tong was furious and shouted: "Guts rats, don't dare to fight me, we will fight in a small boat by ourselves!" ”

"Hehe, forget it, let's go."

Shen Chen smiled and did not respond to this battle.

It's not that he's afraid.

Instead, Qu Dang reminded him.

The identities of the two parties are not equal.

Go up and fight, if you lose, you will lose blood.

The commander of the Jiangxia Navy will be defeated by a nobody, and his morale will plummet.

You won't make much money if you win.

The commander of the Jiangxia Navy defeated an unknown general of the Jiangdong Army, and he did not give any benefit.

Therefore, it can be said that facing the battle can be described as a hundred harms and no benefits.

If he was just a general, he might have gone, but as the commander in chief of the three armed forces, he naturally couldn't do anything that harmed the interests of the army.

"Damn!"

In the distance, Ling Tong was furious when he saw Shen Chen's ship leaving, and said to Zhou Yu: "Dudu, let go of the arrows." ”

Zhou Yu shook his head: "There are so many planks and shields, and the arrows are just fired by the two sides, and you can't kill a few people, so keep the arrows and prepare for the war." ”

"Dudu, I want to be a pioneer!"

Ling Tong immediately called for battle.

Zhou Yu waved his hand and said, "Okay, give the order, attack!" ”

"Attack!"

The herald immediately waved the ship's flag.

This time I came here to prepare to attack the bank of the Baqiu River and break through from the bank of the river, if I can say that it is best to descend Shen Chen, and if I can't say that I can't move, then I can only start a war.

At that moment, thousands of ships began to approach the shore, and countless bows and arrows were fired at each other like the sky and the sun, rolling up the stormy waves.

Immediately after that, the fleet approached from the river bank like a black cloud crushing the city, and began to storm the riverside defenses.

The two sides lasted from morning to early afternoon, and in the afternoon, the Jiangdong Army finally retreated, and the corpses of our soldiers on the bank of the river were piled up, and each side lost one or two thousand men and horses, and the dense corpses were piled up on the bank, and the blood stained the river water by the river red.

Shen Chen ordered the battlefield to be cleaned up, and he saw that the defense line on the river bank was already scattered by this impact, and there were hundreds of ships rushing ashore by the Guangjiangdong Army, and a trace of sorrow crossed his eyebrows.

It is worthy of Zhou Yu, although the river bank line has been deployed very tightly, but after all, the defense line is too long, and their shortcomings of few people have been exposed.

Now that there are enough arrows, we will be able to repel them.

If the Jiangdong Army attacked a few more times and ran out of arrows, then the Baqiu defense would definitely be breached.

Fortunately, he had already asked Liu Pan for help in advance, and I believe that Huang Zhong will be able to support him soon.

And most importantly.

Shen Chen raised his head, narrowed his eyes, and felt the wind gently blowing on his cheeks.

The north wind is getting weaker and weaker, and the southeast wind is about to blow.

(End of chapter)