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Chapter 390

Dong Xi was wearing two layers of armor, weighing more than a hundred catties. In addition to his injuries, he was on the verge of death. His body fell into the river and sank immediately.

Seeing the cooked duck flying away, Huang Zu's soldiers were naturally unwilling to do so, and they raced to salvage the duck, but unfortunately they found nothing.

The soldiers of Huang Zu's army could only hold Dong Xi's pocket with spears, and declared, "Dong Xi has been awarded the head."

Ling Cao was killed by Huang Zu's army shortly after the start of the battle. Dong Xi had been supporting the overall situation all the time. Now Dong Xi fell into the river and died.

Seeing that the vanguard was defeated, Xu Kun was both shocked and angry. He didn't expect the vanguard fleet to be defeated so quickly that it was defeated by the enemy before he arrived with the front army.

What makes Xu Kun even more distressed is that the two generals Ling Cao and Dong Xi were mourned in succession. As the saying goes, "A thousand soldiers are easy to get, but a general is hard to find." Both of them are Jiangdong generals, and they have always been relied on by Sun Ce and Sun Quan brothers. He didn't even know how to explain to Sun Quan.

However, their deaths were not worthless, at least let Xu Kun know that it is not appropriate to confront the enemy head-on with a large ship when they have a water warfare weapon such as a shooting pole.

The vanguard led by Ling Cao and Dong Xi was the elite of the Jiangdong army, and they were on board a large ship with multiple buildings. However, the large ship moved slowly and had a huge target.

With the previous bloody experience and lessons, Xu Kun changed to use light boats to move forward, with Mengchong fighting ships between them, and large ships and large ships behind.

Although doing so made Jiangdong's army lose its water advantage, it also minimized the threat of shooting poles.

Facts have proved that the strategy Xu Kun came up with to deal with the enemy was quite effective. Once the two sides fought, the Jiangdong Army took advantage of the characteristics of small, maneuverable and flexible ships, formed a formation of five ships, and launched waves of attacks around the large ships of the Huangzu Army.

The generals of Huang Zujun were astonished to find that the pole clapping that had been so powerful before seemed to have lost its effect all of a sudden.

There is no way, the pole can only attack in a straight line. The small boats of the Jiangdong Army deliberately avoid the front and keep cruising around. It can be said to be innocuous.

The Jiangdong army used small boats to fight the big ships of Huangzu's army. It was intended to hit a stone with an egg, but the Jiangdong army was not defeated for a while by relying on their elite soldiers.

It's just that Xu Kun couldn't be happy. There is no other way to fight on the water. To put it bluntly, it is just that a big boat is better than a small boat, and many boats are better than few boats.

The Jiangdong army was at a disadvantage because it was small enough to fight the big. However, the Xiakou waterway was narrow and there was an ambush by the Huangzu army on it. Therefore, the Jiangdong army had the advantage of air and ships, but it was difficult to use it.

In other words, the Jiangdong Army is currently fighting with "small boats against big boats, few boats against many boats".

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Sun Quan sat on the deck of the large ship, listening to the battle reports from the front line, his face was gloomy. He had already begun to fantasize about victory when he conquered Xiakou before, but he didn't expect that the situation suddenly took a turn for the worse.

Huang Zu's water army actually had a sharp weapon, no matter it was a fighting ship, a boat, or a building ship, it would be smashed instantly.

The vanguard failed to attack, but was defeated by Huang Zu's water army. Ling Cao and Dong Xi were also in bad luck.Now Xu Kun is leading the former army to fight against the enemy, and the situation is also not optimistic.

At this time, Sun Quan realized Huang Zu's sinister intentions even though he was belatedly aware. The latter had no intention of defending Xiakou at all, but his purpose was to take advantage of Xiakou's narrow terrain and eat up his own front army in one bite. .

"Old blacksmith..." Sun Quan gritted his teeth with hatred. He stepped into Huang Zu's trap and fell into an extremely unfavorable situation. He could only continue to dispatch warships to support Xu Kun through the narrow and dangerous Xiakou.

Sun Quan himself knew that this kind of refueling tactic was not a good strategy, but there was no other way for the time being. The risk of land support was too high. After all, he was in an enemy's situation and went ashore rashly.

The current passive situation is all due to "shooting the pole", if Huang Zujun did not have such a sharp weapon in water warfare as shooting the pole, no matter what tricks and traps you have, the Jiangdong Army can break them with all their strength.

Sun Quan was full of doubts, Huang Zu was Liu Biao's subordinate, Huang Zu had this kind of hair stone war tool, presumably Liu Biao also had it, but since he had such a sharp weapon, why did he lose again and again when facing Liu Jingshui's army, without the power to fight back?

Or is it that this kind of hair-stone battle tool came from Liu Jingjun at all?This also explains why Liu Jing can always defeat the strong with the weak.

Thinking of this, Sun Quan couldn't help turning his head to look at Lu Su beside him, only to realize that the latter's face was gloomy and his mind was out of order.

Seeing that Lu Su lost his composure, Sun Quan couldn't help but ask, "Zijing, have you seen this kind of hair stone war tool in Changsha?"

Sun Quan's guess was correct. Lu Su had indeed seen the poles on Liu Jingjun's battleship when he was on an envoy to Changsha. Of course, the poles were all covered with crimson cloth at that time, so it was difficult for outsiders to see the truth.

At that time, he asked Zhuge Liang out of curiosity, but the latter didn't answer in detail. Since the other party didn't intend to tell, Lu Su couldn't pry into the secrets of his allies anymore, so he had to give up.

From Lu Su's point of view, this was just an insignificant matter, so he didn't mention it to Sun Quan after returning to Jiangdong. He had already forgotten it until today...

Facing Sun Quan's inquiry, Lu Su's face was cloudy, he sighed secretly, and chose to tell the truth.

After Sun Quan heard this, he was angry and anxious, got up and paced back and forth, reproaching him, "Zijing, what a smart person you are, why did you become confused at the critical moment! Liu Jing covered it with crimson cloth, It can be said to be a cover-up, but it just shows the importance of this thing. Even if you take your allies into consideration, you can still order someone to inquire in private, how can you give up so easily!"

Lu Suli sat down on the deck and pleaded guilty to Sun Quan.However, he did not agree with Sun Quan's accusation. He believed that his only mistake was that he did not inform Sun Quan.

As for spying on and stealing the secrets of his allies, he is a man with an upright temperament and a strong heart, and he doesn't bother to do such things at all.

Moreover, forming an alliance with Jingnan is very important to Jiangdong, and any matter that may affect the alliance between the two parties cannot be decided by him alone.

If he made his own claims and led to the failure of the alliance, would Sun Quan blame him?At that time, I am afraid that I will kill him.

Sun Quan blamed Lu Su for his current passivity, but he soon forgot about blaming Lu Su. Bad news came back from the front line one after another. After fighting fiercely for a long time, the former army has been exhausted.

Now, Sun Quan is facing a serious problem: should he continue to increase his troops and fight to the death, or should he give up Xiakou and retreat?

(End of this chapter)