Chapter 681: The Last Trumpet (2)
Zhang Bai's navy on the canal was almost defeated at an unimaginable speed, a large number of soldiers fled, the wide canal was uncharacteristically blocked, there were army shouts everywhere, and the sound of warships colliding with each other everywhere, the whole scene was extremely mixed, so that the Jingzhou army's navy was stunned, and the Jingzhou army's navy, which originally thought that there was still a bloody battle, was a big disappointment. Without the battle, they would have lost a lot of credit for the Savior in Beijing.
Zhang Bai's navy collapsed, the Jingzhou army continued to march amid the drums of war, and the surrender of a large number of sailors seriously slowed down the speed of the march. Zhou Yu immediately ordered the army to be divided into two, except for a small part of the troops who stayed behind to collect the prisoners of war, the rest of the troops immediately attacked the warships on the water with three rushing warships as the lead. Now Zhou Yu wants to rush to the imperial capital as soon as possible to support, and he will definitely not waste time here, the cavalry led by Gan Ning on the shore has already rushed to the imperial capital one step ahead, if the waterway is unimpeded, they will rush to the imperial capital one step ahead of Gan Ning.
"Governor, there are a large number of barrages on the canal and waterways ahead, and our army is clearing the barrages in front. The herald on the handsome ship looked at the signal flag from the distant warship and reported loudly to Zhou Yu: "Governor, a large number of warships in front have blocked the river, and the two generals, Su Xing and Su Hai, have requested that the ship be burned. ”
"Yes, after the order, immediately come forward to all the striking ships, escort all the captives who surrendered to the shore, burn all the warships on the spot, sink all the naval warships that block the channel, and make sure that the channel is opened in the shortest possible time. Zhou Yu said loudly to the herald on the handsome ship, and the herald promised loudly, and soon passed Zhou Yu's order to every warship. Soon there was a cacophony of voices on the ships. Rockets were fired from the battleships. The fire soon burst into flames on these wooden ships, and the captives were driven off the ships by the sailors of the Shenmu Army, who quickly burned their ships.
Among these captives, except for a large number of prisoners of the sailors of the imperial capital, the rest of the captives were composed of fishermen or river gangs recruited by Zhang Bai from all over the country, and it was already a miracle that these people could form an army, and it was a big joke to expect them to fight. A large number of batting ships of the Jingzhou army's sailors were immediately drawn to the front. Dozens of ramming boats began to hit the barrage on the river surface, and countless sailors endured the icy water and jumped into the canal to clear the blocked river.
"General, the latest battle report. An eagle stopped on Zhou Yu's handsome boat, and a personal soldier immediately rushed back and untied the information on the eagle and sent it to Zhou Yu. In addition to relying on messengers, the intelligence of the Shenwu Army also sent a part of the Imperial Eagle Trainers from Bingzhou to train the war eagles to reconnoiter the enemy situation and send war reports, just because the number of such eagles is very small, so the Shenwu Army generally does not adopt this method of sending letters unless it is absolutely necessary, and whenever the eagle appears, it means that very urgent information appears.
Sure enough, Zhou Yu's face changed very badly when he received the information, and the generals of the Shenwu Army followed Zhou Yu's side, although they were anxious in their hearts, they could only wait silently. Zhou Yu read the information in his hand and said loudly to the herald: "Order the ramming ship in front to clear the channel immediately, and I will sail within a stick of incense." The surrendered ship immediately turned around and headed north, and if it did not, it was immediately sunk. Kill all the captives!"
"There was an accident in the imperial capital, and a large number of the main forces of the Western Liang army appeared on the back of the imperial capital, and now Yue Fei's department is fighting fiercely, and both sides are suffering heavy casualties. Zhou Yu's words made everyone gasp, everyone never thought that the form of the imperial capital had been in such a crisis, and the last piece of information also said that the situation had been stabilized, but now the army of the Western Liang Army actually appeared in the north of the imperial capital, and everyone could imagine what kind of disaster the imperial capital would face once these Western Liang troops attacked the imperial capital. Everyone looked at Zhou Yu, only to see Zhou Yu's calm and calm face, and everyone was slightly relieved.
"Send the order to General Gan Ning, I need him to rush to the imperial capital within two hours, otherwise the military law will be involved. Although Zhou Yu's face was still very peaceful, but the deployment of troops was not ambiguous at all, the Jingzhou army was quickly mobilized, the war drums were thundering, and every soldier knew that the form was very dangerous, and the soldiers on the collision boat in front of them fell into the water to clean up the river. The icy water of the river could not stop the fiery chests of these soldiers.
"Report, General, there is a sudden fire on the canal, and according to the scouts, our naval army has completely collapsed. Zhang Bai and Yin Chengfeng's faces also changed slightly when they heard the scout's return, they naturally didn't want to use their patchwork water army to stop the Jingzhou army's water army, but they didn't expect their water army to collapse so quickly, and they were defeated by the Jingzhou army in such a short period of time. As soon as the Jingzhou army defeated them, the naval army would immediately go north, and if they could not quickly deal with the army of the imperial capital, they would be defeated by the enemy.
"Damn, you can't just want them to block it for a long time!" Zhang Bai smashed a porcelain water cup in his hand with a bang, and was immediately furious. The collapse of the Navy, which had caused his entire Jihua to suffer a serious setback, now had to find another way to stop the upcoming Jingzhou Navy.
"Childe, shouldn't we involve their army?" Yin Chengfeng asked softly on the side, Zhang Bai's two exquisite hidden weapons have now been broken one way, and the other way has not been moved by Zhang Bai so far, Yin Chengfeng naturally knows what Zhang Bai is worried about, he didn't dare to suggest Zhang Bai to use it, so he could only ask in a low voice.
Zhang Bai's face changed slightly when he heard Yin Chengfeng's words, and he naturally knew what Zhang Bai was talking about. Zhang Bai's heart was very unwilling, as long as the navy could block it for half a day, relying on a large number of blocking ropes and sunken ships on the canal. The naval army of the Jingzhou army will not be able to go north for at least one day, and if it drags on for a day, the armies arranged by Zhang Bai will make a breakthrough, and at that time he will be the winner of this battle, but they can only watch Zhang Bai pick the fruits of victory. But now the situation has changed abruptly, the dark chess in the north has been stopped, and the navy has collapsed too quickly, which makes Zhang Bai very unwilling.
"Childe, both sides in the city are fighting fiercely, and now they are evenly matched, as long as anyone has reinforcements at this time, the entire situation will be reversed immediately. Childe, if we fail, we'll have nothing. ”
"Okay, you go and tell them in person that we agreed to the conditions, we want reinforcements now, immediately!" Zhang Bai's face flashed a trace of distortion, Yin Chengfeng's words made Zhang Bai tempted, failure is nothing, he can't fail, absolutely can't fail. (To be continued......)