On December 20, the thirteenth year of Jian'an, the north wind that lasted for three and four months finally stopped.

The weather seems to have become milder.

It seems that it is approaching early spring, the temperature is warming, everything is taking root, and the sun that has not been seen for a long time has dispelled the clouds and shone on the earth.

At this time, Shen Chen understood why the southeast wind blew in December during the Battle of Chibi in history.

Because of early rejuvenation.

The twelfth month of the lunar calendar is the first month of the solar calendar, especially in the south, the spring is relatively early, and it is common to suddenly change the climate at the end of the year, late winter, and early spring.

In the days that followed, the Jiangdong Navy continued to attack the north bank, trying to use this place as a breakthrough.

Because the main force of the Jiangxia Navy must hold the mouth of Yonghu Lake, the defenders on the north bank are only more than 10,000 people, and in the face of the impact of the 30,000 or 40,000 Jiangdong Navy Army, their defensive pressure is still very great.

On December 25, at the end of the morning eclipse time, at the beginning of the middle of the day, thousands of ships were once again floating on the river, heading towards the north bank of Baqiu.

Countless ships erected baffles, large ships stopped on the river, and a large number of small and medium-sized boats such as dew, daring, flying boats, scouts, fast horses, and yachts were launched, and each ship carried a few to twenty or thirty soldiers, and began to charge to the shore.

Unless the ship is abandoned, the large ships such as the building ship, the fighting ship, and the ship will certainly not be able to go, and it is easy to run aground and run aground, and only such a small ship is very suitable for this kind of land warfare.

On the north shore beach, there are still a large number of wreckage of small and medium-sized boats, which are the ships that Zhou Yu has failed to attack several times during this period of time, and finally remained on the beach.

Although several attacks failed, losing two or three thousand men and horses, Zhou Yu summed up the experience of failure, and the fleet scattered to attack, thousands of small and medium-sized ships, carrying more than 30,000 troops, covered the entire river, and then began to swarm towards the shore defense line for a surprise attack.

Shen Chen personally sat on the battlefield every time, constantly commanding and dispatching. Relying on exquisite command and a well-arranged defensive line, he barely repelled several Zhou Yu attacks. But this time it was obviously a surprise attack by the whole army, and the scale was unprecedented.

The previous times were only 10,000 people at most, but this time the army of more than 30,000 people directly pressed the border, obviously Zhou Yu had already found out the flaw, and finally planned to land on the beach and fight to the death with Shen Chen.

The two sides soon fought, and the first to strike was naturally the bow and arrow. A rain of arrows covering the sky and sun along the coast swept towards the Jiangdong Army, falling into the Jiangdong Army's fleet like a dark cloud.

It's a pity that the river defense line on the north bank of Baqiu is too long, Zhou Yu scattered the horses, just in the area defended by Shen Chen, stretching for more than ten miles, there are thousands of ships to attack, bows and arrows can not be exhaustive, not to mention the battle for several days, their arrows are also close to exhaustion, and there is not much inventory.

In this case, it is already difficult for the bow and crossbow to pose any threat to the Jiangdong Naval Division. Soon they rushed ashore, coordinated closely, and began to defend themselves against bows and arrows with their shields, climbed over the fence with the wooden ladders that accompanied the boats, and began to engage in close combat.

"Report! The Hongshan defense line in the northeast was lost. ”

"Report, the southwest Jiangqiu Ju village has been lost."

"Report, the bow and crossbow have run out."

"Newspaper, the enemy has destroyed our high oars on the mountain."

"Newspaper"

One bad news after another, under the offensive of the Jiangdong Army like a dark cloud, the Jiangxia Navy Division was defeated and retreated.

The defense line on the river bank was completely lost.

Shen Chenle turned the jade horse and ordered: "Mingjin, withdraw to the camp." ”

"Yui!"

The herald hurriedly went to strike the cymbal.

Soon, the sound of tinkling gold resounded throughout the battlefield.

The soldiers of the Jiangxia Navy Division threw away their armor one by one, gave up the defense line on the river bank, and fled to the rear barracks.

By noon, the Jiangdong Navy had completely occupied the north bank and landed on land.

At this time, on the river, in the building boat that Zhou Yu was riding, the watchout flag bearer looked at the hills in the distance, and saw the orange and yellow Jiangdong flags fluttering on the hills.

"Governor, win, we won, the generals have seized the beach."

The standard-bearer shouted excitedly.

Below, Zhou Yu put his hands behind his back, looked at Dongfang Baqiu in the distance, and said softly: "The herald continues to pursue." ”

"Yui!"

The herald next to him immediately waved the flag.

The flags were constantly transmitted, and the sound of trumpets and drums continued, and soon they were transmitted to the front-line troops who were attacking in the distance.

And Zhou Yu himself took a boat and sailed towards the bank of the river.

Along the way, there were corpses of friends and foes and boats floating on the shore, and the whole river was stained red with blood, and in many places the yellow-brown rammed earth was completely soaked with blood, turning a blackened crimson.

The war on the river bank continued, and the Jiangxia sailors set fire to them in order to delay their footsteps, but unfortunately the air in the south was already humid, and there was no fish paste grease, the fence on the river bank was not burned, and the sawdust was everywhere, and the bald tail and broken feather arrows and broken weapons were thrown to the ground.

Zhou Yu walked on the bank of the river, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, the river defense was breached, then the defense of the lake mouth was useless, their rear camp would be attacked, and when the time came, the waterway would go hand in hand, and the Jiangxia Sailor would inevitably be completely wiped out here.

"This Baqiu is indeed a good place, connecting Yunmeng in the north, Changsha in the south, Yuzhang in the east, and Wushan in the west. Shen Chen is worthy of being a first-class hero in the world, with a unique vision, based on this place, he can hold off our army's attack. ”

Zhou Yu thought as he walked: "It's a pity that he didn't forge a city here, if we can build a city, we won't be able to enter it at all." But maybe it's not that he doesn't want to build it, it's just that he won't be able to build it in a short time, and if I occupy this place, it will take time to build it. ”

I have to say that Zhou Yu's strategic vision is also very outstanding, and he has long recognized the importance of Baqiu. Just like in history, he attached great importance to this place, not only casting the city here, but also using it as a base point to attack Xiangyang and capture Jingzhou, and even died of illness in the end.

Therefore, he had already made up his mind at this time, after eliminating Shen Chen, he would immediately forge a city here, first capture Jingnan, and then go north to attack Xiangyang, in preparation for Sun Quan's forces to take Jingzhou.

"Report!"

At this moment, the scout in front suddenly came in a hurry.

Zhou Yu's thoughts were disrupted, and he frowned and said, "What happened so panicked?" ”

The scout turned over and dismounted, and reported: "Enemy reinforcements are coming. ”

"Oh?"

Zhou Yu smiled and said, "It seems that Shen Chen can only mobilize the soldiers and horses at Hukou and send an order to the rear, so that the rear army can immediately raid Hukou and attack from both sides. ”

"Governor."

The scout hurriedly said: "The reinforcements are not Hukou soldiers and horses, but from the land, and they are under the banner of "yellow" generals, Cheng Dudu said that it should be Liu Pan's troops stationed in Luo County, and the number is at least more than 10,000. ”

Liu Pan's reinforcements are coming?

Zhou Yu's face was not very good-looking, he didn't expect Liu Pan to come so quickly.

At that moment, he immediately went to the front line to inspect.

Around the north bank, there were two camps of the Jiangxia Navy, namely the Su Fei Department and the Deng Long Department.

Further south, there are Chen Sheng, Zhang Hu and Hukou main camps.

At this moment, the Jiangxia naval army on the north bank defense line had been defeated and fled into the two camps of Su Fei and Deng Long.

The two camps are horns of each other, and they hold on to each other.

Cheng Pu and Huang Gai, who were in charge of the front line, led the army to attack the two camps respectively, but because the bows and crossbows were consumed too quickly, the defensive strength of the camps was seriously insufficient, and they were about to be captured.

But at this moment, Huang Zhong's reinforcements arrived in time and immediately threw themselves into the battlefield, and under his charge, the two were beaten back.

At the same time, Shen Chen dispatched Chen Shengbu and Zhang Hubu, and the main camp of Hukou was left with about 8,000 people, and the rest of the nearly 20,000 horses were all put into battle, plus the 10,000 reinforcements brought by Huang Zhong, almost 30,000 horses, which was not much different from the number of Jiangdong naval divisions that attacked Baqiu.

And Zhou Yu couldn't put the rear army into battle, because he sent the rear army over, and the men and horses of the Hukou could attack their rear by boat, and even attack their Hongkou camp, so he could only choose to fight to the death on the spot.

However, they were able to win the battle before, firstly, because the Jiangxia naval army's defense line was too long and difficult to cover everything, secondly, the enemy's bows and crossbows were exhausted, and thirdly, they were numerous.

At this moment, the loss of numerical advantage, coupled with the fact that the enemy was fighting in the camp, had a geographical advantage, which caused Cheng Puhuang Gai to be unable to attack for a long time and fell into a bitter battle.

Although Zhou Yu personally commanded on the battlefield, Shen Chen was not a vegetarian, the two of them dispatched troops, saw the moves, from noon to evening, the two camps were still as solid as a rock, but the Jiangdong Navy lost a lot of men and horses, and they couldn't take it for a long time.

"Mingjin, collect the troops!"

Seeing that the battle situation was stalemate, Zhou Yu also knew that the balance of victory was no longer tilted towards him, and he could only say that Huang Zhong came at the right time, which made him fail, and seeing that the sky was dark, he had no choice but to order the troops to be withdrawn.

Although Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Lu Fan, Zhu Ran and others were very unwilling, they were helpless, and were forced to leave a corpse, evacuate in a hurry, and go to the north bank of the river.

When night fell, the Jiangdong Navy lost one or two thousand soldiers and horses in today's battle, and left in disgrace.

However, Jiangxia Sailor is no better.

Except for the first day of the battle of Hukou, they won a big victory, and in the next few battles, they did not take advantage.

After several days of fighting to the death, if you don't count the results of the first day, the battle losses on both sides are basically fifty-five.

This is still under the condition that the Jiangxia Naval Division occupies favorable terrain.

This shows the difference in combat effectiveness between the two sides.

At three o'clock in the day, close to dusk, the Jiangxia sailors pursued all the way to the bank of the river, and after Lingtong Lu Meng and others broke off, the Jiangdong army fled one after another.

Shen Chen rode on the jade horse, looked at their departing figures, and snorted softly, "Let them escape." ”

Huang Zhong said with a smile on the side: "There are two people after they are broken, there are two young generals, and the force is good, and they actually joined forces to fight with the old man for dozens of rounds, otherwise the old man's bow will be able to leave dozens of corpses." ”

"Thank you, General Huang."

Shen Chen thanked Huang Zhong and said, "If the general hadn't come at the right time, Baqiu wouldn't have been able to hold it. ”

Huang Zhong stroked his white beard, waved his hand and said, "This is my business, no need to thank you." ”

"Governor."

Su Fei came back covered in blood, still carrying the ring head knife in his hand, wiped the blood on his face, and said: "Our arrows are running out, this time we barely repelled them, what about next time?" ”

Shen Chen turned his head, suddenly looked at the flag that the Jiangdong Army had not yet pulled out on the top of the mountain, pointed in that direction and said, "Look over there." ”

Over there?

Around, Huang Zhong, Su Fei, Zhang Nanqu and other generals turned their heads to look.

I saw that the southeast wind, which had been just gentle for several days, became stronger and stronger at some point, blowing the flag softly to the northwest.

"The southeast wind is blowing."

Huang Zhong said: "This year's southeast wind is much faster than in previous years. ”

"yes."

Shen Chen smiled and said, "The southeast wind is rising, we don't need to wait for the next time we are attacked by them." ”

Su Fei was confused and said, "What do you mean?" ”

"Herald!"

Shen Chen suddenly became serious, looked around and said, "The time has come, attack the camp tonight, let the soldiers go back to the camp for two hours first, and then set off." ”

"Governor!"

Su Fei hurriedly said, "But there are not enough arrows." ”

Shen Chen said with a smile: "Clean up the battlefield, recover the arrows, General Huang's army also brought feather arrows, barely fighting a war, it is enough." ”

"Yui."

The soldiers were immediately ordered.

Soon the sky darkened, the sun set, and the fiery clouds on the horizon slowly drifted with the wind, and the beautiful glow reflected half of the sky.

The Jiangdong Naval Division failed again, and they had lost four or five thousand men and horses during this period, although the Jiangxia Naval Division also lost at least three thousand people, but there were many people and few people, and the losses were greater than those of the other party, which was a defeat in itself.

Zhou Yu stood at the bow of the boat, and the boats slowly approached the temporary wharf they had built in Hongkou, because there was no safe harbor, the wharf could only be built on the bank of the Yangtze River, and a long port was built with wooden piles on the shore, and all the ships were connected end to end, compactly spliced together, only in this way that the fleet would not be swept away by the water and wind.

"Governor."

Ling Tong said very unwillingly: "If we hold on a little longer, we may"

Zhou Yu shook his head: "It's useless, they suddenly came to reinforcements, and they are holding the camp, we don't bring heavy equipment, it's difficult to get in." What's more, it is already dark, and if you don't withdraw, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

Ling Tong sighed and said, "Then can't we do anything about them?" ”

Zhou Yu smiled: "Haven't we already broken through their river bank? The next time they come back, bring their equipment, and their camp will naturally be unable to defend. ”

"That's just as well."

Ling Tong was in good spirits, and his mood was much more relaxed.

The fleet soon returned to the dock, and the generals at all levels gave orders for the soldiers to tie ropes, tie up all the ships, and tie the boats to the north of the river.

Zhou Yu got down from the building boat, and suddenly felt a slight chill, and when he turned around, he saw the flag on the building boat behind him, fluttering gently, and the direction of its fluttering was northwest!

The southeast wind is getting stronger and stronger.

Could it be rejuvenation?

Zhou Yu thought to himself.

As a native of Jiangdong, he naturally knows that every spring and summer, the southeast wind blows in Jiangdong.

However, spring usually starts in January and February, but this year it was a month earlier than usual.

After the north wind stopped before, the breeze was southeast for a few days, and Zhou Yu didn't care about it at that time.

Now it seems that it will turn into a gale?

If that's the case:

Zhou Yu frowned, looked at the continuous fleet, thought for a moment, and said to Ling Tong beside him: "Order, send more scouts to patrol the river at night, and arrange more patrol soldiers and left-behind guards on the riverbank, be careful." ”

"Yui."

Ling led the order and left.

After Zhou Yu gave the order, he left in the direction of the camp surrounded by his personal guards.

But don't know why.

He always felt a bad premonition.

Seem.

In these two days, something big will happen.

"Hopefully, I'm too careful."

Zhou Yu shook his head and returned to the camp to prepare for the defense of each battalion tonight.

And as the evening wore on, the southeasterly winds, which had been only a breeze for several days, grew stronger and stronger, and the fluttering flags became more and more powerful, and even were blown to the point of hunting and making a loud bang.

Two hours later, at midnight, the wind grew stronger.

The wind blows, and the surface of the Yangtze River is flooded with huge waves, lapping the river bank, and the waves are terrifying.

The fleet of the Jiangxia Navy Division also set off in the night!

Tonight.

It was a good day to set fires.

The situation has been a little better in the last two days, and the sequelae are almost gone, but the end of the year is approaching, and I will leave for my hometown immediately, there are too many things, and the update is still not strong, and so after the stability, I will be guaranteed to recover 10,000 more, I will be on the shelves from October to December, 3 months, at least 8000 words per day, this state must be maintained, and I want to finish this book as soon as possible in the first half of this year, and start a new journey.

(End of chapter)