Sun Ce scolded Niu Zhu and Guan Yu at the same time.

Along the Yangtze River, a full 240 miles away in Guangling County.

Zhou Yu had already taken the real main force of Sun Cejun's army to cross the Yangtze River from Jinshanzhou in Dantu County to the north and go straight to Guazhou in Guangling County.

All of a sudden, hundreds of boats competed for the current, thousands of sails raced, mighty.

This is also a classic route for thousands of years of river crossing operations.

Since ancient times, there have been two ways to cross the Yangtze River in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. One is to cross the river from the quarry rock of Ma'anshan in Anhui in the later generations, and the other is to cross the river from Guazhou between the Zhenjiang River in Yangzhou in the later generations.

Now, the former route is exactly what Sun Ce himself is defending now; The latter route is exactly what Zhou Yu is attacking right now.

Sun Cejun was in the three counties of Wuhui, with a population of 1.8 million and 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers. In this battle, Sun Ce gave Zhou Yu great trust, and handed over 30,000 elites to Zhou Yu, almost more than half of Sun Ce's total mobile force.

also let Huang Gai be the deputy and Xu Kun to sit in the rear base. The rest of the generals assigned to Zhou Yu included Ling Cao, Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, Chen Wu and other front-line water battle generals. Such a team configuration and attention can be said to be incomprehensible.

Some of the generals under Sun Ce's command were from northerners and were not known for water warfare. For example, the three generals left to him by his father Sun Jian, Cheng Pu and Han Dang, are all northerners, and the water war is not as good as Huang Gai.

There are also some generals, because of the Sun family's lack of control and factional problems, it is not suitable to directly participate in this wave of offensives, so they can only wait for Zhou Yu's side to make a breakthrough and supplement them as follow-up strategic reserves. For example, Wu Jun's descendants of Zhu Zhi, as well as the young generals Zhu Ran and Pan Zhang under his system.

(Note: Before Sun Ce's death, Zhu Zhi's status in the Sun family had always been relatively special.) Although he used to be Sun Jian's other Sima, after Sun Jian's death, Zhu Zhi was listed as the governor of Wu County by Ma Riyan, the Taifu of the Chang'an Imperial Court who defected to Yuan Shu. Therefore, before Sun Ce re-raised his army, he already had a certain amount of power in Wu County.

Zhu Zhi is not the only one in a situation like this, and when the Sun family dispatches this kind of armed force, they have to respect the original command system and subordinate relationship, and there are many constraints. ）

In a word, Sun Ce had already transferred all the mobile forces that he could completely control to Zhou Yu as much as possible to ensure a breakthrough in the empty Guangling region as soon as possible.

Zhou Yu knew the weight of the burden on his shoulders, but this inspired him more and more to take responsibility and pride.

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"Chen Deng was really ill and unprepared, and he was unable to organize a naval army to fight me on the river and prevent me from crossing the river. I was not able to organize a counterattack and half-crossing attack on the beachhead, so I landed so easily. ”

With Zhou Yu's vanguard going ashore safely without any danger or danger, Zhou Yu's originally nervous and heroic mood suddenly relaxed, leaving only heroic, and his confidence in the future became more and more sufficient.

He first ensured that some of his men successfully and smoothly lined up to avoid being overwhelmed by the troops killed in Guangling City, and then continued to take the remaining warships and make a detour to the east and west flanks, trying to enter the mouth of the Hangou River and seize the canal gate as planned.

As mentioned earlier, a few years ago, the original Guangling City was located in the east of the city by the Hangou Canal, and the other two sides in the northwest were sheltered by the moat, and the south of the city was not directly adjacent to the Yangtze River, but a few miles away from the city was the sandbar area by the river - Zhou Yu's first batch of troops also landed in the sandbar area in the south of the city.

However, two and a half years ago, when Zhuge Liang renovated the Hangou Canal, dug the north-south two-way channel, and built the sluice gate, a considerable part of the new river channel for the northward passage of the Cao boat was borrowed from the moat on the northwest side of Guangling City.

Therefore, the current Guangling City is surrounded by the Hangou Canal on three sides, the west of the city is the forked river in the north, the east of the city is the forked river in the south, plus the Yangtze River in the south, the whole city is surrounded by rivers on all sides, in fact, it should be regarded as a big island.

If Zhou Yu wanted to break through such an "island" city, of course, he had to attack from the south of the city, and then cut off the canal from the east and west sides and occupy the pivotal nodes on the canal to ensure the encirclement of the city.

However, only a quarter of an hour later, as Zhou Yu personally led a part of the vanguard warships into the northbound Hangou channel west of the city, he was immediately dumbfounded.

"What? When the sentinel ship reconnoitred a few days ago, wasn't it still a wooden gate reinforced with iron hoops? How did it become such a thick dike? There are still sharp stakes and wooden fences, and antlers that reject horses? ”

Zhou Yu couldn't help but be surprised.

Ling Cao, who was in charge of the vanguard sentry next to him, also secretly complained, but he still had to defend himself:

"Governor! A few days ago, the Northern Army suddenly strengthened the closure of the river...... You know that too. At that time, several scout boats were intercepted and killed, aren't you afraid of startling the grass and snakes and not forcing it again, at that time, we all thought that the Huaibei Cao army was attacking tightly, and Chen Deng strengthened the sealing of the river. ”

Zhou Yu remembered that he did ask them not to startle the snake, and at that time he felt that everything that should be explored was clear, and it was not bad for the last two days.

Moreover, since he knew that Chen Deng was seriously ill, with common sense, Guangling County's defense dispatch capability should be relatively sluggish, and he would not be able to make adjustments so quickly.

Looking back now...... Is Chen Deng really seriously ill? How can you react so quickly when you are seriously ill? Or did Chen Deng have a capable person around him and entrusted military affairs to that capable person?

"There's no way, let's try the assault first! Cheering with drums, let the vanguard light up a few fireboats and rush forward as usual, and let the soldiers retreat from the walkers behind the fireboats. Although the fireship could not burn the embankment, it could destroy the antlers and keep the horses away, cause confusion among the defenders, and attract attention.

Thirty ships of soldiers landed on the east and west banks of the canal, and then launched a strong attack along both ends of the embankment, taking advantage of the chaos, to break through the dam camp here! Zhou Tai attacked from the east bank of the canal to the west, and Jiang Qin attacked from the west bank to the east. ”

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Zhou Yu quickly made arrangements and adjustments, and thousands of Soochow sailors also landed on the shore and hurriedly lined up. Then several small boats that had been lit on fire crashed into the embankment, causing chaos. Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin took advantage of the chaos to kill them.

Liu Beijun's embankment camp does not seem to be large-scale. The canal itself is narrowed near the sluice gate, only less than ten zhang wide, counting the slopes on both banks, the whole embankment is only dozens of zhang long, plus the outer fortifications, the total length of the camp is only more than 100 zhang, the depth is dozens of zhang, and at most more than 1,000 people are plugged to defend.

The antler trench and rammed earth breastwork did not cause much trouble to Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, but the Han crossbowmen on the embankment really caused the Jiangdong soldiers to pay some casualties during the charge, but in the end they successfully forced themselves in front of the improvised wooden fence.

The soldiers of the Jiangdong Army brandished swords, shields and spears, and Liu Beijun slashed and stabbed each other, both sides shouted and fought fiercely, and even officers on both sides shouted at the same time that they were "edicts to beg for thieves" and insulted each other as traitors.

The soldiers on both sides listened to the call of their commanders, and they could even be said to be convinced, and their courage rose out of thin air.

"I heard that the Han Dynasty has been around for more than 400 years, and he has encountered so many anti-thieves, and he has not seen any anti-thieves succeed, and the anti-thieves on the opposite side must not be playful!"

Many soldiers fell into the middle of slashing each other, but before they died, this sad thought was still in their minds, and they were being used without realizing it.

However, as the battle deepened, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin soon felt that something was wrong.

Liu Beijun on the opposite side fought very tenaciously, although there were fewer people, but the morale was more abundant, and he seemed to firmly believe that his own fortifications could last for a long time.

And Liu Beijun's armor is indeed sharper, and the spearmen in the first row carrying the line actually have steel armor.

So much so that the sword and shield soldiers in the Jiangdong Army almost lost their usefulness. Only a spear with the same high-quality steel spearhead and a stabbing through the crack between the iron slabs can successfully break through the armor and kill.

Liu Beijun's crossbowmen also had the advantage of height, they stood in the middle of the canal embankment, and there were friendly troops blocking the east and west ends, so they didn't have to worry about being close to them.

There were canal water on the north and south sides, and no one could attack them in close combat.

Wearing a cast-iron helmet, his body is covered by a wooden grille, and his shooting is not false at all.

These crossbowmen can aim at the Jiangdong soldiers fighting in the front row for a long time, aim straight at the flat shot, and after a while, the Jiangdong army ghosts cry wolf-

Normally, the bows and crossbows of the two armies in the melee are all thrown over the top, because they have to worry about accidentally injuring their own people in the front row, but Liu Beijun's crossbowmen stand on the top of the embankment and have a height advantage, which is similar to standing on the city wall, and they can shoot over the top and shoot directly.

One side throws indiscriminately, the other side shoots straight down, and the gap is suddenly apparent.

As Zhou Tai, who was the first to attack bravely, was once again wounded by a crossbow arrow into the crack of the iron armor, Zhou Yu saw that the situation was wrong, so he took the opportunity to order the troops to be withdrawn for the time being.

In fact, this slight injury is nothing to Zhou Tai, but it also gives Zhou Yu a chance to borrow the slope to get off the donkey.

Zhou Tai's face was covered with blood (the blood of soldiers on both sides) and a crossbow arrow was tied to his ribs, and he retreated in embarrassment.

But when he came to Zhou Yu to restore his life, he was still in good spirits, and he roared again and again:

"We are about to fight to the death, why is the governor Mingjin? There are no more than 1,000 people in this embankment camp at most, and the soldiers will definitely be able to defeat it with their lives! ”

Zhou Yu shook his head lightly with a serious expression: "What if you hit it?" Originally, I just tried to make such a strong camp, although small and dangerous, the enemy soldiers used their lives, and they couldn't fill it with human lives.

The canal gates have been converted into levees, and even if we take thousands of casualties, it will take us several days to slowly tear down the levees, enough time for enemy reinforcements to react. Just now, I thought that if I could conquer it without spending any money, it would be worth trying.

Liu Bei's total population and total strength are above our army, and they can't be consumed like this, if every stronghold is killed like this, how many people can we have left? It is better to divide a small number of troops and camp to block the east and west gates of Guangling City, so as to ensure that Liu Beijun, who is camped outside the city, cannot return to the city in a hurry.

Chen Deng's main force has been transferred to the north, and the total strength of Guangling must not be much, so he divided two or three thousand troops out of the city to guard the canal embankment, and the defenders in the city will become more and more empty. From now on, assemble siege equipment as soon as possible and launch a fierce assault on Guangling!

Once the city of Guangling is unstable, these small forces will take the initiative to come out to the rescue, and when the time comes, they will wait for their work to intercept and kill them! They didn't know that our army had also obtained the drawings of the Ge bus that Cao Cao pondered through Hua Xin, and once we attacked the city with the Ge bus, Guangling would inevitably be unstable soon! ”

It turned out that Zhou Yu still had a hole card, that is, the "military technology information sharing" brought by Cao Cao through Hua Xin in the process of the Cao-Sun alliance.

In the battle of Pengcheng last year, Cao Jun was troubled by the fact that he did not reproduce the "Ge Gongche" similar to Liu Beijun in the battles of Hefei and Shouchun the year before last, and was distressed. Last year, it was precisely because Cao Cao was slow to besiege Pengcheng that he finally gave Chen Deng the opportunity to do his tricks, and surrendered Liu Bei with the three counties of Xiapi County and Yidong County of Donghai County.

Cao Cao learned from this, and after going back, he interrogated the prisoners of Yuan Shujun who had fought with Ge Gongche, asked people to reverse draw, and studied for another year, and finally came up with results.

This time, Cao Cao knew that the situation was very critical and Sun Ce had to be strengthened, so when he passed Sun Ce of the Huaxin Alliance, he also shared these latest research results with Sun Ce, providing all detailed drawings and craftsman guidance to improve Sun Cejun's ability to attack fortifications, so as to drag Liu Bei and prevent Liu Bei from backstabbing Cao Cao.

It's just that Cao Cao's reversed Ge bus is still far from the genuine one, but it is similar in appearance and cannot be like a god. But in any case, it will definitely improve the combat power of the attack.

Zhou Yu decided to take this opportunity to give it a try first.

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