Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Not long after the messenger was dispatched, Zhou Tai and Wei Yan wrote back. The two sides made an appointment to cross the lake, and they would launch an offensive ahead of time, drawing Wen Pinjun's attention.

At nightfall the next day, just after entering the second watch, Guo Lu led the five hundred chosen men who dared to die, all dyed their armor black, and quietly left the camp in several long lines, and came to the lake.

The bright moon hangs high, and the puddles of pools by the lake are also shining brightly, as if there are countless moons on the ground, vaguely illuminating dozens of fishing boats moored by the lake at this time.

There are two sailors on each boat, most of them are fishermen who rely on Dongting Lake for their livelihood. These fishermen are old and young. Although they are dressed in simple clothes, it can be seen that they are all strong. Some of them are bare-chested, The moonlight shone on their bodies, giving off a bronze color.There are even older ones, because they have been fishing all year round and have dealt too much with the lake water, so even the exposed skin is full of rust.

At this moment, all the people were silent, they just stood silently on the boat, seeing Guo Lu and the others approaching, they boldly glanced at them, and they didn't know what they were thinking, but they could see the obvious shrinking from their eyes.

As the saying goes, when a scholar meets a soldier, there is no reason to justify it. Scholars belonged to the middle class of society in ancient China. In today's troubled times, anyone who joins the army or becomes a soldier will show off his might from time to time. Maybe they are just ordinary pawns in the army, but they are no different from wolves and tigers when they are classified as civilians.

Of course, this situation is not obvious in Xuzhou. The military discipline of the Heavenly Army is much stronger than that of the general princes, and the king's government has issued repeated orders not to disturb the people. The people's fear of the Heavenly Army gradually faded away, but Jingzhou The ordinary people here don't know this. In their hearts, the stronger the army, the more brutal and ferocious it is, especially before Zhou Tai made the "Jingguan" in order to intimidate the defenders in Linxiang. In the eyes of these fishermen, the Yangzhou army at this time is like a scourge.
With this level of thought, how could they not flinch?

Over the past few days, Huang Zhong has long been used to seeing this kind of look, and naturally knows what these people think, but because of the urgency of the war, although he feels a little sad in his heart, he has no time to explain their doubts and fears, so he pretends not to see it Generally speaking, I just sent Guo Lu and others to the shore in person, and reminded before leaving: "You guys go tonight, I have made an appointment with Captain Wang Xiong, and another thousand troops will come in two hours. Waiting on the shore, as long as you successfully land ashore and send out a signal, you can cross to the other shore in at least an hour to support you."

"Here!" Guo Lu nodded emphatically: "The last general has a heavy responsibility, and he will not disgrace his mission, so he will only die if he dies!"

Huang Zhong stared at Guo Lu, nodded slightly, patted him on the shoulder suddenly, turned his head and ordered: "Bring the wine!"

His own soldiers brought the bowls, Huang Zhong filled the wine himself, took out a bowl and handed it to Guo Lu, smiled and said: "Since you said that, of course I firmly believe it, since this wine is for you Seeing you off is an early celebration!"

"Thank you General for the wine!"

Guo Lu raised his chest awe-inspiringly, took the wine bowl, drank it down, and immediately raised his hand and smashed it to the ground, "General, please rest assured, the general will never embarrass you in the end!"

It was a bit abrupt to say this, but Huang Zhong understood it immediately.

Guo Lu is not only his pro-army, but also a native of Xuzhou. From the Battle of Beihai to the Battle of Lu'an, he had a heart-to-heart with the Qingzhou Army. Lu may have heard Wang Xiong's little thought, and naturally he became more and more angry.

He first said "until death is the only way to rest", and then "never embarrass the general", the implication is self-evident, if Guo Lu can't go ashore successfully, he will definitely not come back alive.

Huang Zhong was silent for a moment, and was about to say something, but he saw Guo Lu gave a military salute, turned around and left, commanding the soldiers and horses to board the ship in an orderly manner.

When the boats dispersed, the sails sailed away, and gradually disappeared among the reeds and tarpaulins, Huang Zhongwu stood on the shore and did not leave. The soldiers beside him stopped and looked at him for a while, and couldn't help saying: "General, Do you think Brother Lu can successfully land on the beach?"

Huang Zhong didn't answer, just stared at the front for a long time, and said indifferently: "It's about time, go and transfer the second batch of boats across the lake, and then send someone to tell Wang Xiong that the vanguard of our department has left. The people here gathered quickly."

The fishermen they gathered lived by the shallow waters of Dongting Lake. Naturally, the fishing boats were not too big, and a fishing boat could hold more than a dozen people at most. Although there are only 500 people, they are all wearing fine armor, carrying shields and crossbows, so they can't sit too crowded. In the end, the 40 people used nearly [-] fishing boats, and the second batch of [-] people had to be transported. At least another fifty or sixty fishing boats are needed.

It would be inconvenient for hundreds of ships to stop in one place, so the ships used for the second batch of transportation were still parked elsewhere.

"Here!"

After watching for a long time, Huang Zhong turned around and wanted to go, but suddenly he heard a bird song, he stopped, turned around and looked around, but saw that he was probably disturbed by a passing boat, there were several wild birds flying up in the depths of the lake, clearly separated from each other. For several miles, those few wild birds flying in mid-air can be seen clearly.
"This"

Huang Zhong paused, looked up at the night sky, looked at it for a moment, and sighed softly: "The sky is not beautiful!"

"What?" The soldiers next to him were surprised when they heard the words: "General, there is no wind today, and the moon is shining brightly. How can this make the sky not beautiful?"

The moonlight is really good tonight, like silver gauze, and the water surface of Dongting Lake reflected is clear and moving, which is quite moving.

"It's just that the moonlight is so beautiful."

Huang Zhong said in a deep voice: "It's just that the moon is dark and the wind is high, so it is suitable for raid operations. Although there are many reeds and canopy on the other side, if the enemy general knows his soldiers, in order to prevent our army from crossing at night, they may clean up these aquatic plants in advance. If this is the case, it is hard to say whether Guo Lu can land smoothly."

It was too late to think of these things now, and Wang Zheng's army went deep alone, the situation could no longer allow him and Wang Xiong to continue to delay.

"Forget it, it's just more casualties." Huang Zhong thought to himself, "Even if Guo Lu and these five hundred elite soldiers all die in battle, as long as I can successfully cross the Dongting and go to the Tang Dynasty, it will be worth it!"

With a firm mind, I stopped thinking about it immediately, facing the warm night wind, strode away from the shore, went back to the camp, and continued to prepare for the second batch of crossing the river.

However, on the lake, dozens of fishing boats were scattered but not chaotic. They were dotted with each other and braved the wind and waves. Paddle to paddle.

The boat sailed in shallow water at the beginning, but naturally sailed smoothly. When it reached the depths of the lake, the boat began to bump and shake, which made Guo Lu and others uncomfortable. However, the 500 people he brought were veterans with rich combat experience. Even so, everyone is still silent, just sitting cross-legged in the cabin or on the deck, facing the opposite bank motionlessly, with a solemn expression, looking ahead.

Even if his subordinates were like this, let alone the general, Guo Lu, who sat in the bow of the boat silently, except for occasionally turning his head to the left and right and looking behind, there was almost no extra movement.

At the beginning of the Battle of Lu'an, Huang Zhong was severely reprimanded by Wang Zheng. Although he did not anger Guo Lu, Guo Lu knew very well that this incident was actually caused by him, so he was deeply ashamed and guilty. My temperament changed drastically, and I began to be able to hold my breath.

Without setbacks, there will be no maturity.Without tempering, it is difficult to become a beautiful jade. This young man who used to be arrogant and speechless is now becoming more and more mature.

The person sitting next to Guo Lu has a dark complexion and thick hands and feet. His name is Yang Shen, and he is also Huang Zhong's pro-army. promotion), and this time the landing on the beach has a lot to do with it, so they were sent here by Huang Zhong.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Yang Shen suddenly pointed to the distance and whispered, "Brother Lu, look over there."

Looking along his fingertips, he saw a black line looming at the end of the ups and downs of the lake, but he had almost reached the opposite bank before he knew it. Guo Lu lifted his expression and nodded slightly.

Yang Shen received the cue, and immediately stood up, raised a small flag, and waved it back and forth, left and right.

There were no torches on the boat. In order to let other people on board see the semaphore clearly, the small flag was made of red cloth. If viewed from a distance, it looked like a small ball of flame dancing on the water.There are special soldiers on each ship who are responsible for keeping an eye on the flagship so that they can receive orders as soon as possible. Not long after the small flag was waved, all the ships made slight movements.

Some ships began to speed up, but some ships slowed down instead. It didn't take long for the entire fleet to readjust its formation.The ship with the heavy mission of first boarding moved from the flanks to the front. Guo Lu was the commander and could not join the battlefield too early. His ship moved back a little and was in the middle of the fleet.

Under the moonlight, the black line gradually became clear, and the shore of the lake gradually appeared in front of my eyes.

Appearing together with the shore of the lake, there are many fires rising up in clusters on the east and west of the shore. The fires are blazing, reflecting the surface of the lake. The snake moved back and forth, and the fire was obviously lit deliberately by the Jingzhou army to illuminate the lake. As for the fire snake, it was probably the patrol of the troops stationed on the shore.

Judging from the reaction on the other side, at least the Jingzhou troops on patrol at this time have not noticed their approach, which is normal. No matter how bright the moonlight is, it cannot illuminate the night after all. The fishing boats are all dyed black, which is hard to find.

It's just that although the enemy didn't find out in advance, after watching for a while, Guo Lu frowned.

Because even though the area illuminated by the fire was only Li Xu, outside the light of the fire, he found that the enemy had already placed numerous obstacles.
But the Jingzhou army placed a lot of wooden fences and big trees on the shore, and connected the wooden fences and big trees with chains. Under such circumstances, ships could not pass through, let alone dock!

After thinking for a moment, Guo Lu immediately ordered: "When we reach the position where the iron rope crosses the lake, we will all float through the water!"

Most of the Huang Zhong tribe were born in Xuzhou. Although they are not landlubbers like the Tianjun, not everyone is proficient in water. Fortunately, the water on the shore of the lake is shallow, and the courageous can get through it, so everyone Before the Jingzhou army found out, they went into the water quietly one after another.

Guo Lu was the last one. Before getting into the water, he glanced at the fishermen behind him, waved his hands and said, "You all go back."

"what?"

The fishermen had been terrified for a long time. Hearing this sentence, it was like hearing fairy music, and immediately felt that Guo Lu, a black-faced boy, seemed much more pleasing to the eye. One of them bravely said: "Master Jun, you let us go back like this? Didn't you?" Want us to help you kill the enemy together?"

"You have no experience, how do you kill the enemy? Isn't that just to die?"

Guo Lu smiled and said: "My general is also from Jingzhou. If it is not necessary, I don't want to be cruel to you. Let's go back!"

The fishing boats were all withdrawn, leaving only more than 500 Xuzhou soldiers paddling continuously. They wore fine armor and held shields and swords. I heard someone shouting a few times, and then the archers on the other side began to shoot rockets towards this side.

After the sound of swishing, the rocket passed by from low altitude, immediately illuminating this side brightly. Although it was fleeting, it clearly made the enemy see them clearly. The next moment, teams of fire snakes appeared There was a short period of panic, and I don't know how many people shouted at the same time, "No! The yellow turban thief is here!"

However, they were obviously old soldiers, and it didn't take long for them to return to order, and quickly divided into several teams. Two or 300 people came running over.Most of them are archers and crossbowmen.They lined up one after another, or drew their bowstrings towards the night sky, or pointed their flat ends forward.

The whereabouts have been exposed, and there is no need to hide anymore. Guo Lu swam forward vigorously, put the shield on the top, obliquely covered it, and shouted: "Speed ​​up and rush over!"

At this time, the enemy officer also ordered, "Shoot the arrow!"

With an order, the arrows fell like rain, really like rain, fell from a high altitude, fell into the lake, sprayed up waves, blood splashed everywhere.

There is no way, Guo Lu is swimming in the water after all, he can't dodge, and the speed is not fast, it's like a target, with good water skills, you can dive into the water, but with ordinary water skills, you can only be passively beaten, and you will be beaten again and again for a while. The soldiers shot arrows and quickly dyed the lake red.

The trouble was not limited to the rain of arrows. Further ahead, they had already encountered the iron chain obstacles of the Jingzhou Army. The wooden fence was erected very densely, and it was directly inserted into the bottom of the water.You can't swim from the bottom, and you can't turn over from the top.

Fortunately, Guo Lu discovered it early, and he had already figured out a countermeasure before entering the water. He immediately ordered the soldiers swimming in the forefront to form a team of ten. Two of them put their shields together and raised them for cover. Chop with a knife and axe.

Fortunately, these soldiers are both veterans and special troops. Not only are they stable in the face of danger, but they are also strong enough to face the enemy's rain of arrows and the unfavorable water. They still work hard to remove obstacles blocking the way.

Finally, after paying close to 50 casualties, a few wooden fences were finally cut down, exposing enough gaps for people to swim through.

After passing this level, there is only one step away from successful landing.