Chapter Eighty-One: Illness

"Dingding......

In the middle of the night, there was light snow in the night sky.

It didn't take long to see the warships on the river quietly approaching the shore again, and the Wu soldiers of all units slowly landed.

Then touch the beach at night and march to the water village.

Just when the Wu people were halfway through, all of a sudden, the surroundings of the water village were as bright as day, and a team of well-armored Jingzhou soldiers with bows and crossbows and torches appeared in the village.

The Jingzhou soldiers looked at the attacking enemy with serious expressions.

"Put."

Huo Yi, who was in the middle of the military formation, saw that Wu Jun was almost completely exposed to his own sight, and waved his hand quite decisively and ordered.

As soon as the military order was given, all the archers opened their bows and arrows.

"Woo Woo ......"

I saw that the feather arrow was like an arrow off the string, shooting out, piercing the sky, and making a sharp whistling sound.

The arrows were as dense as raindrops, covering the sky and the sun, making people dizzy, and one by one the sharp arrows cut through the air in a beautiful arc, and then fiercely pierced into the Wu army's array.

"Ahh

Suddenly, the screams and roars of the Wu people spread all over the shore.

On the dark riverside, Zhou Tai was still standing on the boat with his eyes locked and waiting for the good news, but he could hear the sound of killing faintly coming from the river breeze, his heart suddenly tightened, and his eyebrows were also full of solemnity.

The killing on the banks of the river continues.

Due to the night attack of the Wu army to avoid wearing fine armor and making a noise to attract the attention of the defenders, they were all lightly armed.

At this moment, the feather arrows continuously shot by the longbow in the hands of the Jingzhou soldiers penetrated the light armor of the enemy soldiers, and pierced straight into the flesh and blood, and the blood splashed, staining the land on the riverbank.

Wu Zhichu was constantly hit by arrows and fell to the ground due to lack of armor, and he couldn't moan.

Jiang Qin, who led the raid of his troops, saw that the enemy army had already been fortified, his complexion changed greatly, and he hurriedly greeted:

"All departments should panic and evacuate in an orderly manner along the riverside."

As soon as the roar fell, all the Wu soldiers showed fear on their faces and wanted to flee from this place of right and wrong.

"Order all the troops not to pursue, but to guard the camp."

After seeing Wu Bing escape, Huo Yi also issued a military order to chase after Kou Mo again.

After a long time, Jiang Qin, who was already about to retreat to the riverside, suddenly looked in the direction of Shuizhai and saw that there was no sign of chasing soldiers, and couldn't help shouting:

"What? Why didn't the enemy catch up? ”

"Qi Qi General Jiang, the Jingzhou soldiers will guard the water camp if they shoot back our side."

As soon as the words fell, General Wu Jun, who had been broken, quickly surrendered his hand back.

"Alas, order all the troops to board the ship and rest."

Hearing this, Jiang Qin sighed, and had no choice but to order.

The various units of the Wu army slowly boarded the warship docked by the river to rest, and Jiang Qin went directly to the main ship of the building ship to meet Zhou Tai and tell the truth.

"Huo Yi's scheming is too deep, not only has he already buried the archers waiting in the village, but he also does not pursue at all after repelling our army, so that most of our army hiding by the river is useless."

Hearing this, Zhou Taiyu's eyebrows were furrowed, and his face was quite solemn.

After half a night's work, hearing the news that the surroundings outside the village were quiet again, there was no other sound except for the sound of the rolling river, and Huo Yi, who was on the front line, ordered all departments to relax their guards and return to camp to rest.

Before retreating, the generals under his command couldn't help but huddle to their sides, and said with a suspicious expression:

"The Wu soldiers were shot and killed countless times, and a lot of soldiers and horses were damaged, why did the general strictly order us to prohibit the killing to expand the results of the battle?"

As soon as these words fell, Huo Yi's expression was very relaxed, and he responded with a smile like a spring breeze on his face: "The fog is thick tonight, the fog fills both sides of the river, and the line of sight is unknown. ”

"There are many generals in Jiangdong who are good at water warfare, and they may have already ambushed the main force by the riverside, and if our army rashly pursues it without preparation, there is a risk of defeat."

"At that time, Xia Kou will be difficult to protect!"

At this point, he paused in his words, and said quite solemnly: "Our important task now is to hold Xiakou without losing and drag the Wu people on the battlefield on the south bank of Jiangxia. ”

"Compared with expanding the results, it is far less than Xiakou's strategy."

A word was spoken.

After listening to this, all the generals only had a look of reverence on their faces, and they hugged their fists:

"General Huo is wise, I can't wait!"

Early the next morning, when the thick fog cleared, the Wu people launched an offensive against Shuizhai again.

It's just that last night's night attack lost nearly 1,000 troops, and the repeated defeats ordered the generals in the army to have a low fighting spirit, and the morale of the army was slightly sluggish.

On the contrary, the Jingzhou army, under the leadership of Huo Yi, was in high morale.

This back and forth made the already insurmountable water camp more and more difficult.

Several successive offensives were repulsed, and Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin had to jointly present the general's situation truthfully and ask for support.

When Lu Meng, the commander of the Chrysostom battalion, received the battle report from the north, the solemnity in his eyes became more and more serious.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

In the next second, it seemed that it was affected by the unfavorable battle situation on the front line, Lu Meng coughed violently, and after most of the sound, he coughed up a mouthful of old blood, and his face instantly turned pale and weakened.

"General Lu, your body ......"

From the side, who was more than fifty years old, and his sideburns were faintly gray, Captain Shiyi's expression suddenly changed greatly, and he hurriedly asked with concern.

But before the words fell, he was interrupted by Lu Meng waving his hand, and then he quickly wiped the blood stains on his mouth with Juanpa, and said with a solemn expression:

"It's Lieutenant, remember not to spread this matter, the current situation in Jingzhou is not conducive to our army, if the news of my serious illness does not run, the officers and men in the army will inevitably fall into a situation where they have no heart to fight."

After a little explanation, Shi Yi, as a confidant who has been with Sun Quan for a long time, is naturally very knowledgeable, and hurriedly arched his hand and said:

"General Lu, Yi understands."

"Now Zhou Youping, Jiang Gongyi in Xiakou Water Village outside the battle is unfavorable, loss of soldiers and horses, there are rumors a few days ago that the Cao soldiers on the north bank of Jiangxia rear town Anlu City, now Wen Ping has led the army back and back, only more than 1,000 people in Shiyang on the riverside."

"How do we deal with it?"

After giving up his assurance, Shi Yi's expression was quite solemn and asked.

Hearing this, Lu Meng was silent for a moment, and then he said heavily:

"The general decided to lead the central part of the battalion to the north to reinforce Zhou, and Jiang and the others personally presided over the attack on Xiakou."

"Huh?"

Shi Yi was shocked when he heard this, and then said, "General Kelu, your body? ”

"It's okay." Unexpectedly, Lu Meng suddenly smiled and waved his hand: "At present, the Cao soldiers in the north have sent troops to disperse the forces of the Jingzhou army, and this is a good opportunity for our side to break through Xiakou and break the predicament." ”

"Our army should not be missed, otherwise the situation will be overturned."

"As for the general's body, I can hold on to this battle and solve problems for Wu Hou!"

When these words fell, Lu Meng showed a resolute look on his face and said loudly.

With the decision made, the captain of the cavalry is Yi can only be persuaded and can only be surrendered.

Under the urgency of the military situation, LΓΌ Meng also insisted on his physical discomfort, and ordered all the units in the battalion to quickly assemble and prepare, and immediately took a boat to reinforce Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin.

But at this moment, the scouts rushed to the camp one after another.

"General Qiqi Lu, under the order of General Lu, I will quickly return to inform you that the Wuxi barbarians who are holding on to Chaisang have abandoned the city and escaped into the mountains on the south bank because of the Cao soldiers on the north bank of Jiangxia."

"Now that our side has regained control of the city and opened up the main roads of water and land transportation, General Lu said that he immediately sent troops to assist General He to calm the Shanyue rebellion of Yuzhang, or it will not be long before the situation in Jiangdong can be stabilized."

"The grain and military materials requested by General Lu have been sent out of Chaisang, and they are going up the river to Exian County to transfer to Fankou Lake by land to Jinkou."

The first thing that came was a piece of good news, which gradually dispersed the dark clouds that had been buried between Lu Meng's eyebrows for several days.

But before he could be happy, another spy rushed in, and said anxiously:

"General Qiqi, General Lu, our logistics and military resources were plundered by Jiangxia barbarians who fled deep in the mountains as soon as they left Fankou Lake the day before yesterday."

"What?"

As soon as this news came out, Lu Meng's complexion, which had originally recovered a few points of smile, changed again.