Wu Jing pinched his chin and half-squinted, revealing an expression of disbelief.

"Zi Lie means, Cao Cao is for."

"General Wu, don't believe it, the so-called nature is difficult to change, isn't it the first time that Cao Thief has done this kind of thing, he was happy in Wancheng in the past, didn't even his son and general be romantic?"

Chen Wu also loved beauties when he was young, and he had a similar familiarity with Cao Cao, and he also gave examples when he talked endlessly.

Wu Jing had long heard of Erqiao's reputation, but he was more politically mature than Chen Wu, and he didn't think that Cao Cao would be angry for the sake of popularity, even if he wanted to fight Hefei, it was mainly for strategic considerations.

Just as he was skeptical, the scout brought back the latest news of Shouchun.

That is, 50,000 Hu military rations were transported from the rear of the Central Plains, which had the meaning of helping Cao Cao to level Jiangdong in one fell swoop, and these grains were originally used to deal with Yuan Shao.

Nearly 1,000 cargo ships gathered in Shaobei, plus one or two hundred cargo ships in the early stage, accounting for almost half of Cao Cao's transportation force.

Looting and burning grain was a direct effect, and destroying the Cao Cao cargo ship used by Cao Cao indirectly dealt a heavy blow to the military power of the Central Plains.

Because the temptation was too great, Wu Jing couldn't resist it in the end.

Cao Cao saw that Wu Jing was not in a good plan before, so he was forced to adjust the plan to make a bloody investment, these cargo ships used to lure the enemy were not all food, and they were not distressed if they were damaged during the ambush, after all, the Jiangdong warships were bigger, better, and more capable of loading.

The praying mantis and the cicada are in their respective positions, but they don't know that there is a yellow finch in the dark.

On May 26, the land of Huainan was shrouded in clouds, and it seemed that a heavy rain was brewing.

It was a hot summer, and the dreary air before the rain was disturbing, but the wind hadn't even begun to blow in the field.

Wu Jing led the navy to detour from Weishui, first turned to Shaobi and then turned into Shuishui, and then chased after Cao's grain ship, chased for two or three days to the waters of Lixian County, and finally caught up with the cargo ship that had been going for a few days.

Both sides were sailing against the current, and the cargo ships had few sailors and a deep draft, and it was inevitable that they would be caught up by the Jiangdong warships.

Wu Jing spotted Cao's scouts on the way, but did not see the grain guards to support him until he caught up with the cargo ship.

He guessed that Xiahou Yuan should have attacked Hefei, and even if he found that the grain ship was being tracked and pursued, Cao Cao would be unable to mobilize troops to rescue him.

If you want to achieve great things, heaven will help.

Seeing that the distance was getting closer and closer, the grain ship in front suddenly ran aground in a large area, Wu Jing was overjoyed to see this scene, so he commanded the warship to meet it with all his might.

Bang bang bang.

The warships and cargo ships in front collided together, blocking the entire water.

When the Jiangdong soldiers were holding hooks, torches and other things, ready to rush to board the cargo ship to burn the ship and burn the grain, the reeds on the east and west banks suddenly rained arrows.

The Cao army, which had been ambushed in advance, opened their bows and arrows at the same time, shooting the Jiangdong soldiers outcropping on the boat into hedgehogs, and Xiahou Yuan and Zhang He each commanded thousands of people to release crossbow arrows along the river.

There were stranded grain ships blocking the road ahead, and Cao Jun was suppressed by bows and arrows on the east and west banks.

Wu Jing knew that he had fallen for Cao Cao's tricks, but the Jiangdong warship had an advantage in the water, and he could still command calmly in the face of an ambush.

"Archer, shoot back!"

"Don't crowd, don't panic, find cover!"

"According to the instructions of the main ship, each ship will turn the hull in an orderly manner, and those who violate the order will be immediately punished!"

There were nearly 200 warships sailing into the Jiangdong of Yushui, the smallest of which were medium-sized ships that could carry more than 100 people, and the main ship of Wujing was a fighting ship that could carry more than 200 people.

Just now, I rushed forward, and at this time I was huddled together to separate, and the boat at the back turned the rudder first, and then peeled off a layer like an onion before it was the turn of the inner layer.

It would definitely take time, but Wu Jing was still calm at this time.

After all, although the Jiangdong soldiers did not dare to go ashore, the Cao troops on both sides of the strait did not dare to go into the water.

It is possible to get away with each other, but with Chen Wu's exclamation, Wu Jing's face directly turned the color of pig liver.

"General Wu, look, there are enemy ships in our rear!"

I saw that directly behind the fleet, the small ships with an unknown number of black pressure were rapidly approaching the warship.

There are also more than 200 small boats in this batch, which do not belong to Shouchun Xiahoudun, nor are they cargo ships from the Central Plains, but the fishing boats that Chen Lan used to contain at the beginning, and later abandoned in the upper reaches of the water.

Xiahou Yuan felt that it was a pity to block the road with cargo ships, and was so excited to pick up the 'gift of nature', he hid these blocked boats in advance in the discharge of the tributaries of the river, and waited for the Jiangdong warships to cross the junction and then followed.

Wu Jingxun followed the prestige, and suddenly had a bad premonition.

Those small boats were about to approach the Jiangdong fleet and at the same time poured mud, sand and stones into the river, as if they wanted to block the retreat of Wu Jing's fleet by running themselves aground.

"The ship has been turned to stop them immediately, at all costs!"

Wu Jing shouted heartbreakingly, asking the sailors to use the flag to give the order from a high place, but unfortunately he was targeted by Xiahou Yuan on the east bank, and the flag bearer was almost shot down by an arrow.

Several warships received orders to break through, and it was not surprising that the banks of the small boats were also covered, and dozens of boats at the front of the river actually set themselves on fire to buy time for dumping sand and gravel.

The moment he saw the firelight, Wu Jing almost fell into despair.

The front is unpassable, and the back road is blocked.

The cunning Xiahou Yuan shot the flag bearer, causing Wu Jing's command system to collapse, and he could only rely on his voice to give orders, but it didn't work at all in the chaos.

At this time, Tiangong helped to raise the wind, and the rear warships were all likely to be caught by the fire.

"Why? I'm not convinced! Wu Jing was so angry that he smashed the railing.

In a panic, Chen Wu calmly reminded: "General Wu, the last general just observed carefully, there are not too many ambushes on both sides of the strait, there should be only a few thousand people in total, but we have more than 20,000 soldiers, it is better to break through to one side with all our might, it is impossible for the Cao army to stop it, maybe it can turn defeat into victory." ”

"It seems that this is the only way, immediately send an order to break through from the east coast, go ashore with me and slaughter Xiahou Yuan."

Wu Jing looked at the east bank viciously, which was the direction where Xiahou Yuan was, and said in his heart that even if he was going to die in battle today, he would pull you down to cushion his back.

With the hope of escape, those Jiangdong soldiers trapped in the river set up gangplanks between boats and moved to the east bank like ants moving.

Wu Jing let the shield man block the front, and then took the archer to hide in the middle and shoot.

Chen Wu led his warriors to dare to land on the shore, and the soldiers burst out with amazing energy in order to survive, causing a huge impact on the Xiahou Yuan defense area, and had to adjust the formation to start a white-edged battle.

Zhang He saw that Xiahou Yuan's defense was struggling on the opposite bank, so he decisively left 1,000 people to defend on the west bank, and he took the remaining 4,000 people under his command to set up a temporary pontoon bridge at the place where the grain ship ran aground, and he wanted to cross the river to help Xiahou Yuan block Wu Jing.

Xiahou Yuan's soldiers were very strong in combat, but they couldn't stand Wu Jing was several times his soldiers, so he had to fight and retreat and bite the opponent, he knew that Zhang He could change the situation when he arrived.

Until Xiahou Yuan retreated about five miles, Zhang He's army entered the battlefield from the rear, and Sun Cao's two families fought fiercely in the mountains northwest of Li.

At the same time, cargo ships and warships ran aground five miles to the southwest.

Small flames were ignited, and the arrogant south wind began to secretly help.

(End of chapter)