At the end of dusk, half of the sky was stained red by the flames that soared into the sky.

Cao Jun on the other side was at a loss when he saw this situation, and hurriedly sent people to immediately run in the direction of the south of the mouth of the Xukou to report the situation to Cao Xiu's side.

However, the place where Shazhou Island is located is Ma'anshan City in later generations, and the city of Wuwei in later generations is 100 kilometers away.

So even if Pegasus goes to report immediately, it's night, and it won't be there until tomorrow morning at the earliest.

Far water can't save the near fire, and Cao's army on Shazhou Island is already isolated.

Wei Yan rode on horseback, raised the long knife in his hand, looked around, and then pointed to the west bank and shouted, "Burn their ships!" ”

"Kill!"

More than 10,000 Han troops spread all over the mountains, like countless ghosts in the dark night, rushing towards the docks.

There were still 2,000 soldiers left behind at the dock, but they had no intention of fighting at all, and they jumped on the ships and fled, leaving behind hundreds of warships of all kinds.

After driving away the remaining Cao army, Wei Yan ordered a fire to burn the dock.

The flames soon burst into flames.

It happened that Lu Qian returned from retreating, and there were two camps near him, but he didn't care about returning to the camp for defense, so he went straight to the dock.

As a result, as soon as they arrived, they saw the flames burning on the dock, and the Han army rushed towards them overwhelmingly.

Lu Qian had no choice but to order the soldiers to return to the camp for defense, if they could hold out until dawn, and when Cao Xiu's reinforcements arrived, there might still be life.

However, what he didn't expect was that the camp had been occupied by Guan Yu's pursuers, and as soon as he got closer, he was dispersed by a dense rain of arrows.

Then there was no suspense in the battle, under the attack from the north and south, the Cao army was defeated, and several generals such as Lu Qian and Wang Shuang and Pu Zhong were killed in the chaotic army, and a large number of Cao troops surrendered on the spot, and more than 30,000 Cao troops on Shazhou Island were almost wiped out.

"General!"

Wei Yan was covered in sweat, rode a horse and galloped in front of Guan Yu, dismounted and knelt down on one knee and said, "The last general is fortunate not to be dishonored." ”

Behind him, the flames were soaring, and not far from the wilderness of Zhou Island, the Han army and the remnants of the Cao army were still fighting, shouting and killing, screaming, crying, and wailing endlessly, constructing a scene of chaotic fighting and killing.

However, as the main force of the Han army converged with Wei Yan's division, a total of 60,000 Han troops launched a fierce attack on the Cao army, and most of the more than 30,000 Cao troops surrendered, leaving only sporadic battles.

Guan Yu rode on the back of the horse and nodded slightly, and said: "Wen Chang, you have done a good job, you can return to the ship immediately, wave the army with me in Zhongzhou, and attack the Cao army tomorrow!" ”

"Yui!"

Wei Yan was overjoyed.

This time it's another big credit.

After Guan Yu asked Wei Yan to follow him, he left two more generals to be stationed on Shazhou Island to guard the prisoners, and he immediately returned to the beach.

Now is the critical moment, Cao Jun is in the stage of dividing troops and crossing the river, and it is also the time for them to turn defeat into victory.

At this moment, Cao Xiu's side didn't even know that Shazhou Island had been attacked, he saw Guan Yu crossing the river and leaving during the day, and then began to cross the river in the afternoon, and half of the army had already crossed the river to the foot of Ochre City.

There were only 5,000 Han troops in the city of Zheqi, and Cao Xiu did not immediately attack the city, but sent another 20,000 people led by Zang Ba to immediately rush to the aid of Lü Qian, and he continued to cross the river.

According to his deployment, if Lu Qian could intercept Guan Yu, it would be best, and even if he couldn't, the main force would immediately cross the Yangtze River, so that their 130,000 men plus Sun Quan's 50,000 would be able to eliminate Guan Yu's army, which was scattered and had no food.

However, at this time, Guan Yu had not been intercepted at all as he had imagined.

In fact, the reason why he dared to pursue was because he had received information that Sun Quan had now broken through Wu County, and Wei Yan was already on his way there.

In this way, in Cao Wei's eyes, the Han army was left with Guan Yu, the main force floating on the Yangtze River, and at the same time, there were more than 10,000 Han troops scattered in Ochre City and the cities along the line, and the Han army was seriously insufficient.

At this time, the Han army was facing the need to suppress Sun Quan's rebellion in the east and Cao Wei's attack in the west.

If you don't take this opportunity to eliminate Guan Yu and occupy Jiangdong, when will you stay?

It's just that Cao Xiu never expected that this was a trap, Sun Quan's side had already been pacified, and the news he got was already intelligence a few days ago, and the latest news was still fake, which would be a fatal problem for Cao Jun.

An hour later, Guan Yu's army gathered again, broke the iron locks used to intercept ships on Shazhou Island, and arranged all the ships at the head of the island.

It was not good to sail at night, so the Han army rested all night, and when the sun rose and the sky was just dark, the sailors set out again.

Nearly 1,000 large and small ships paved the entire Yangtze River, all the way to the south.

Sandbank Island is not far from Zhongzhou Island, less than ten kilometers away. The Han army's sailors were in the stage of tailwind and upstream, and their ships were all paddle ships, and they were very fast, and they arrived at Zhongzhou in only half an hour.

At this time, in fact, Cao's army was already beginning to retreat, wanting to withdraw all the troops from Zhongzhou Island to the shore.

Because Shazhou Island was too close to Zhongzhou, after their side was attacked, Cao Jun on the left bank of the river came overnight and informed the local guard Xue Yi of the situation.

It's just that Cao Jun came over, and then Xue Yi hesitated for a long time, and decided to temporarily cross the river and withdraw to the left bank of the river, and a long time passed. In addition, it is difficult to cross the river at night, the Yangtze River is vast, and there are countless reef islands.

As a result, Cao Jun could not move an inch, and Xue Yi had no choice but to pack up the camp at night, looking forward to the stars and the moon, waiting for dawn. I hope that the Han army will not be killed so quickly, and they can calmly retreat to Jiangzuo.

Cao Jun, who had stayed up all night, finally waited until the sky was bright, and Xue Yi immediately commanded the soldiers to start crossing the river.

But not long after the crossing of the river began, the Han ships could already be seen on the river in the distance, which caused great panic among the Cao army, and the Cao soldiers scrambled to grab the boats and fled.

Fighting began among the Cao soldiers, and even if many people grabbed the boats, due to improper operation, collisions abounded, a large number of ships capsized, and countless people drowned.

In the distance, Guan Yu stroked his beard and laughed: "On this big river, Cao's army is really vulnerable, and before our army can start attacking, they will collapse on their own." ”

Lu Xun beside him smiled and bowed and said: "This is all the command of the prince and the marquis, and when Cao Jun learned of the power of the prince and the marquis, he naturally fled." ”

"Hahahahaha."

Guan Yu was overjoyed, and waved his hand: "Order the three armies, kill!" ”

"Kill!"

Zhou Cang shouted angrily.

"Kill!"

Thousands of Han warships braved the wind and waves and launched a fierce offensive against the Cao army in Zhongzhou.

At this moment, just like Zhuge Ke's battle of Dongxing, in order to snatch the hope of escape, Cao Jun's own internal contradictions appeared, and they chose to escape one after another, and there was no order.

The most terrifying thing about human beings is order, when there is order, people can divide labor and cooperate, and burst out with great strength.

Whether it is in agricultural production or military warfare, the power of unity is terrifying.

But once order is lost, everything is lost.

In the battle of Kunyang, Wang Mang's army was more than 400,000, and the real field war could trample Liu Xiu's thousands of people to death in an orderly situation.

However, Liu Xiu relied on a surprise attack and meteorites to disrupt the order of Wang Mang's army and make them fall into panic, thus easily defeating Wang Mang's army and laying the cornerstone of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

So when there is no order, the so-called hundreds of thousands of troops are no different from hundreds of thousands of hares scattered and fleeing.

The current Cao Jun is a group of hares.

The Jiangdong army led by Guan Yu was not only trained to fight on foot, but also very strong in water warfare, and the vast stabbing of the fleet into the enemy's riverside docks divided their battlefields and made Cao's army even more chaotic.

Then a large number of hooks, ladders, and planks began to be built, and the soldiers used bows, crossbows, knives, guns, axes, or long-range or close combat, to engage in fierce battles with Cao's army.

However, it is a fierce fight, but in fact, it is a unilateral massacre. Cao Jun had almost no power to fight back, and many people were even forced to jump directly into the river, and then they couldn't even make a splash in the river, so they were submerged by the vast river.

Tens of thousands of Cao soldiers survived pitifully, and many more were either killed, drowned, or hid on the island to survive, and even the main general Xue Yi was finally drowned in the river because the boat overturned.

And in addition to Xue Yi, there were several generals such as Zhuge Qian, Li Xing, and Yin Lu who were killed, captured, or drowned.

The Yangtze River is rolling east, and the waves are sweeping away Cao Jun.

By the end of the morning eclipse, the entire Cao army in Zhongzhou had been completely annihilated, and the Cao army had lost more than 50,000 people in the two battles of Shazhou Island and Zhongzhou Island, which was unbearable.

But that's just the beginning.

Because Cao Xiu's reinforcements had already been sent, they were intercepted by Wei Yan on the river. A fierce water battle broke out between the two sides, and by noon, Cao's naval division was routed and suffered equally heavy losses.

After that, Guan Yu waved his army south, and began to enter a state of all-out counterattack, directly taking the mouth of the water.

"What?"

At this moment, Cao Xiu got the news and was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

Jiang Ji was also shocked, and said to the messenger: "You say it again. ”

The messenger said with a sad face: "We were fighting with Guan Yu, and tens of thousands of Han soldiers suddenly came to the rear, burning our camp and docks.

"How so, how so!"

Cao Xiu roared angrily: "Where did Guan Yu get the tens of thousands of Han troops? Didn't Wei Yan already lead people to quell the rebellion? Could it be that Sun Quan has already captured Wu County, and he doesn't want his rear anymore? ”

He thought that Guan Yu was at the end of the road, but he never expected that when Lu Qian fought with him on Shazhou Island, more than 20,000 Han troops came out and raided Lu Qian's rear, and now he didn't know whether Lu Qian's army was alive or dead.

Liu Ye slowly recovered from his astonishment and pondered: "General, now is not the time to think about this, maybe Sun Quan's offensive was stopped, so that Wei Yan did not immediately go to quell the rebellion, anyway, the top priority now is to send reinforcements immediately." ”

"Reinforcements? Didn't I send 20,000 men? ”

Cao Xiu walked around the ground restlessly, and said angrily: "I thought Lu Qian had stopped Guan Yu, but I didn't expect him to be flanked, what could Zang Ba do in the past?" ”

"Now I can only hope that General Lu can hold on and wait for General Zang's rescue."

Jiang Ji smiled bitterly and shook his head.

They are in an awkward position now, half of the army has crossed the river, and the other half has not yet passed, but there is an accident on the other side of Shazhou Island, what can we do now?

"Report!"

At this time, another bad news came.

A messenger rushed in in a hurry, also with a sad face: "At sunrise today, General Xue wanted to withdraw from Zhongzhou to the shore, but the Han army raided Zhongzhou. ”

"It's over."

Cao Xiu sat back on the seat, and his whole face turned pale in an instant: "How is it possible, this is not a trap, deliberately luring me to the river?" Where did they get the troops to stop Sun Quan, and what was Sun Quan eating? ”

"General, withdraw the troops and horses now."

Jiang Ji hurriedly said: "Whether Guan Yu is designing, or he has ignored it, don't want the rear, we have been led to the river by him, he suddenly attacked, Zhongzhou and Shazhou Island were broken by him, we must ensure the safety of the main force." ”

"Yes, General."

Liu Ye also persuaded: "If Guan Yu doesn't want the rear, then take advantage of our war with him, Sun Quan will definitely attack Danyang, he has already obtained the land of three counties, and he will soon be able to gather tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and then Guan Yu will be homeless, he has not much food and herbs, and we still have a chance at that time." ”

"Yes."

Cao Xiu muttered to himself: "The soldiers and horses must be withdrawn, and they must not be broken by Guan Yu one by one." Quick, order, let all the people on the other side of the river withdraw, hurry! ”

"Yui!"

The herald hurriedly went to deliver the military order.

After the military order was issued, Cao Xiu was also anxious, and personally ran to the bank of the Misukou River to watch.

At this time, the city of Misukou had been burned by Guan Yu, and the dock was also a wreckage.

However, fortunately, the Cao army pursued in time and quickly extinguished the fire after arriving at the mouth of the water, so it only burned the outer docks, and the city was still intact.

Cao Xiu stood on the city at the mouth of the water and looked anxiously.

A speedboat quickly headed for the other side of the river in the direction of Zheqi Mountain, where there were 30,000 Wei troops at the foot of the mountain, which had passed by yesterday afternoon.

Cao Xiu originally planned to move over a large number of baggage today, and then cross the river with the whole army tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

In this way, he can quickly and directly take Jianye.

As a result, he never expected Guan Yu to launch a counterattack and break through his two lines of defense, and now the Wei army is completely divided, with more than 30,000 people on Shazhou Island, more than 20,000 people on Zhongzhou Island, and 80,000 of his main force, which is also separated by the Yangtze River.

There were about 50,000 people at the mouth of the Xusu and 30,000 people under the city of Zheqi, and the distribution of the entire Wei army on the Yangtze River was completely beaten by Guan Yu's army and did not form a formation.

Now Cao Xiu's only hope is that the 30,000 people on the other side of the river can be withdrawn smoothly, and at the same time, he hopes that Sun Quan's side will work harder and give some strength.

"I just hope that Wei Yan temporarily changed his mind and suddenly came over and attacked us."

Cao Xiu stared intently at the river, and said to himself: "Sun Quan wrote to me a few days ago that he has captured Wu County, and if it goes well, he is already attacking Danyang, and the Han army is completely undefended in the rear, as long as Sun Quan can attack Jianye, everything will be fine." ”

"It's a big deal!"

Cao Xiu suddenly looked at the river with a hideous face, gritted his teeth, and his whole face was almost distorted.

Guan Yu's style of play is completely the same way of playing, even if he breaks through Zhongzhou and Shazhou Island, and completely ignores the rear, does he think that he can ignore Sun Quan's attack and recapture the entire Jiangdong?

In the distance, the fast boat quickly crossed the river, and the river surface of the mouth of the river was very wide, as long as several miles, not to mention the distance of the army, even if it could not be passed by gongs, drums and horns, it could only be used by boat.

The fast boat was drifting on the river, and I don't know what was going on, but a huge wave came and overturned, the boat capsized, and the herald sent to deliver the letter was drowned in the vast sea-like river.

Cao Xiu looked stupid.

Jiang Ji reacted quickly and shouted: "Quick, send someone more, send a few more ships!" ”

"Yes."

The herald hurriedly went to deliver the order.

After a while, several more fast boats continued to cross the river, this time without incident, and the task was conveyed to the other side of the river.

It took nearly an hour for the other side to quickly begin evacuating after receiving the order.

The flotilla set sail, and hundreds of ships headed across the river.

Seeing this situation, Cao Xiu put down his heart that mentioned his throat, and said to the left and right: "It's okay, it's okay, as long as they can withdraw smoothly, it will be safe." ”

The voice did not fall.

The lookout next to him suddenly shouted in a voice that was almost desperate: "General, Han army ships!" ”

Cao Xiu hurriedly turned his head to look at the north, only to feel cardiac arrest.

In the distance, countless ships had faintly appeared on the river, speeding towards them like arrows.

At that rate, when their ship reached the center of the river, it would collide with the enemy head-on!

If the previous herald hadn't flipped on their side, now their ships have begun to dock and are just in time to dodge.

But there are no ifs in this world.

Liu Ye let out a crying and wailing: "God bless Dawei! ”

(End of chapter)