Chapter 161: Water Confrontation
Knock Knock Knock –
On the river, the drums shook the sky, the boats of the Dongwu Navy broke the waves, the waves on the river rolled, the warships fluctuated, and the ships collided, Cao Jun stood unsteadily, and sat on the boats one by one.
Han Dang drove the ship into the fleet, let the warships rise and fall, all of them were like taking root under their feet, not moving at all, and the arrows were fired in unison, Cao's army suffered countless casualties, and in the blink of an eye, all the ships of the front army sank in the river.
Cao Xiu saw it in the back, and hurriedly commanded the warships to rescue Ying, outflanking them left and right, and at this time, the Soochow ships were already in the middle of the river, and they could be surrounded and destroyed.
But at the same time, Zhou Yu on the shore was also watching the battle, smiled coldly, and waved the command flag, Jiang Qin on the right, Zhou Tai on the left, and the naval armies of each leader met the enemy.
At this time, the Wu army drove the most powerful warship, a three-story warship, the size of a building, to meet the Cao army, and a huge sense of oppression came to the face.
Cao's army hurriedly dodged, but the navy was extremely fast, rushing straight into the fleet, arrows rained down, and behind the big ship, there were ships and light boats alternately passing through it, dividing Cao's ships and boarding the ships to fight.
Although Cao Jun also trained for two years, most of them were recruited from Hebei, and the water war was no match for Wu Jun, who grew up on the water since childhood, plus Liu Xun was killed, and there was no one to command and dispatch, and it was a mess in the blink of an eye.
The battleships of Soochow were rampage on the water, like big fish swimming among the shrimps, both powerful and flexible, Cao Jun could not resist, and there were screams everywhere.
The Xuanwu Lake dug by Cao Jun temporarily, usually there is not even a little ripple of wind and waves, and the training is free to control, at this time on the river, once the boat starts, the waves roll, the boat will rise and fall, and even have the danger of capsizing, and the helmsman has panicked first.
The ship lost its direction and floated with the waves, and Cao Jun was like a headless fly, unable to enter if he wanted to kill the enemy, unable to retreat, so he circled in the river, and was hit by the enemy ship, and many people fell directly into the river.
When Cao Xiu re-Mingjin retreated, Cao Jun was already unable to help himself, watching the Wu army's ships crisscross the water, being divided and surrounded by it, and countless people were shot and fell into the water, leaving only the broken boats, floating on the water.
Zhou Yu ordered people to beat drums to help the battle, Han Dang and other three-way warships rushed straight to Cao Jun to kill, Cao Xiu was so shocked that he didn't dare to stay in the center of the river anymore, and the whole army rowed hard and retreated to Jiangbei.
Zhou Yu was also not in love with war, and ordered Ming Jin to transfer the navy back, and Wu Jun drove a boat to collect boats, bows and arrows on the water, and suddenly someone shouted: "Governor, look, Zhu Polong!" ”
Han Dang looked at the boat, and saw that in the river, countless gray and black shadows about a zhang long walked through the river, there were three or four hundred, and the corpses of those Cao Jun were dragged into the bottom of the river, and streams of scarlet blood foamed up.
Jiang Qin laughed and said: "They may not have eaten blood food for a long time, and after this full meal, they will not attack the fishermen again, and Cao Jun can be regarded as doing a good deed for the people of Jiangdong." ”
This is the dragon in the Yangtze River area of Yangzhou, the people of Jiangdong call it the pig dragon, the back and tail have scales and armor such as armor, very fierce, must be attracted by the smell of blood, in order to compete for food, and are not afraid of the boats on the water.
Zhu Huan said: "Why don't you arrest some and make them into drum noodles to help the army?" ”
Han Dang shouted: "It's hard to catch one of this thing, hundreds of them are gathered here, it's not certain who kills whom, and the whole army is ordered to retreat quickly."
These pig dragons are very vindictive, once they are provoked, they will come in groups to retaliate, and the small boat is smashed by it, even if it is a big ship, it may be bitten, these hundreds are enough to be worthy of a naval army, how dare you offend? The water army retreated to the village, and Zhou Yu said with a smile when he heard this: "The dragon is here, but also to cheer for our army, and this battle will be a complete victory!" ”
Cheng Pu laughed and said: "If you talk about water confrontation, who can compare with my Jiangdong Erlang?" Even if Cao thief brings another 100,000 horses, he will not want to cross the river. ”
Huang Gaiyan said: "This big victory, breaking more than 10,000 enemies, should quickly spread the good news to Jianye, the heart of the lord and the civil and military forces, and the Jiangdong can work together to calmly resist Cao." ”
Zhou Yu ordered the three armies to be rewarded, and sent people to Jianye to report the victory to Jianye, and the whole army was divided into five teams and crossed the river to the north tomorrow.
This battle allowed the navy to regain its confidence, and it was just in time to take advantage of the victory to recapture the mustache in one go.
Cao Xiu returned to the camp in embarrassment and pleaded guilty to Cao Cao, more than half of the Xuanwu Lake naval army lost in this battle, Liu Xun was killed, and countless warships and weapons were lost.
Cao Cao waved his hand and said: "This battle is all because Liu Xun is eager for revenge, he is presumptuous in the middle of the plan, not to do your business, strengthen the training of the navy, and strengthen the defense along the river." ”
Cao Xiu retreated, and Cao Cao sighed: "If you don't listen to Gongda's words, you will lose your troops and lose your morale, how should this be good?" ”
Xun You said: "After all, the Northern Army is not familiar with water warfare, barely practiced, and is not more skilled than the Eastern Wu Naval Army, and the soldiers of Xuanwu Lake are better than the Jiangdong Naval Army, like a frog in the well against the enemy, how can they win?" I expect that Zhou Yu will take advantage of the victory to attack, but he can defend the dry village, and when he is halfway crossed, he will definitely be able to turn defeat into victory. ”
Cao Cao nodded and said: "With my shortcomings, attacking his strengths, my faults are also!" ”
Then he ordered the three armies to listen to the order, and ordered Cao Xiu to deploy ten water villages along the river, defend them with large ships like a city, and place small boats in the wall, and act according to the plan.
Early the next morning, Zhou Yu sent Tai Shici, Huang Gai, Han Dang, Jiang Qin, and Zhou Taiwu to the front, each leading a fleet of building ships, and went straight to Jiangbei to kill.
He and Cheng Pudu Du left and right the two armies, and then drove the boat to respond, leaving Lu Fan and Zhu Zhi to guard the village and inspect the Quartet, preparing to recapture the wet beard in one fell swoop.
The boat crossed the center of the river, only to see that the Cao army was connected to the water village along the coast, there were dozens of miles, each village was strictly defended, and each other was rescued, and the Wu army warships were lined up on the water, waiting for the general order.
When observing, the drums on the shore were loud, only to see the crowd in the middle of the water village, under the green dragon umbrella cover, a member of the general was wearing a red robe, wearing a golden helmet, although the stature was short, but the bearing was extraordinary, three locks of long hair fluttered with the wind, it was Cao Cao.
With the passing of the general's order, there was a fleet of ships in the east and west villages of the Cao army immediately, and the big ships in the villages on both sides slowly set out, thinking that they should respond.
"Cao thief, I'm going to throw you into the river to Zhu Polong!" Tai Shici's face sank, and he immediately commanded at the bow of the ship and waved the command flag.
He hated Cao Cao's slaughter of Xuzhou the most, and many of his relatives also suffered from it, and recently killed the famous man Kong Rong, which is the pride of Beihai people, and was killed because of a few words, how vicious?
The two veterans of Han Dang and Huang Gai on the left and right divided their ships to meet the enemy, and Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai in the middle were as stable as a rock, temporarily holding their troops and waiting for the opportunity.
The Wu army and the navy each brought strong bows and crossbows, and the two armies came out from the left and right, still as yesterday, invincible, and in a blink of an eye, the Cao army was killed in pieces, and the boat escaped.
At this time, the three naval armies in the middle also rushed to the front, Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai guarded left and right, waiting for the enemy ships to come closer, and with Tai Shici's order, the arrows were launched, overwhelming, and all the Cao troops were shot.
The Cao army, who came to meet the battle first, disappeared in a blink of an eye, Tai Shici drew his sword and shouted: "Come with so-and-so, kill the Cao thief, relieve the trouble for Dongwu, and avenge the father and fellow villagers!" ”