Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 745 A battle between the land and the river

"General Chen!" Zhou Cang cupped his hands, and after saluting, he said unceremoniously: "It's not that I want to interrupt your speech. Now our water army is obviously not as good as Jiang Xia's army in fighting. Our strongest is still on land." Fighting, if you want to eat Jiang Xia's army, it may be more difficult than besieging the city!"

"The water battle of the Jingping navy is indeed not as good as that of the Jiangxia navy!"

Zhang Liao said softly.

After fighting so many games and suffering so much, he still has this bit of self-knowledge, and it's not a shame. After all, they were all elite land fighters before, and it took a process of adaptation to suddenly switch to Jianghe.

"General Zhou Zhonglang, I know what you said, and the lord knows it too!"

Chen Gong said with a smile: "But we still have to fight!"

"why?"

Zhou Cang frowned.

"Because this aspect is their weakest defense. It is precisely because of their self-confidence that this is our opportunity, and this is the breakthrough point!"

Chen Gong said softly: "Actually, our goal has never been to besiege the city. After the siege, it must be a protracted war. We have no foundation for stalemate at all. After all, tens of thousands of soldiers consume a huge amount every day. Can't last long!"

"But siege is also inappropriate. We still suffer a lot from the head-to-head fighting method, so we need a breakthrough!"

"This breakthrough is Jiang Xia's army!"

"Relying on the strength of the warships, the Jiang Xia army is able to maneuver across the Han River without fearing our naval capabilities. This is their self-confidence. It is because of their self-confidence that they have given us a chance!"

"My lord and I have already calculated that eating Jiang Xia's army is a better plan for us than attacking Xiangyang head-on!"

Chen Gong pointed to Hanshui and said: "Actually, it is not as difficult as you imagined. The previous siege was just what we did. Have you noticed that although our soldiers and horses seem to besiege Xiangyang from three sides, the main force is actually Still concentrated in the west!"

"As long as we have a chance to bring in Jiang Xia's army, we will annihilate them!"

"Bring in?"

Chen Dao narrowed his eyes, looked at Chen Gong, and said, "I'm afraid it's a bit difficult!"

"It's really not easy!"

Chen Gong nodded: "But there is a chance!"

"Where is the opportunity?"

"Here!" Chen Gong pointed to the Xihe River and said, "This is an opening we have left for Jiangxia. As long as Jiangxia's warships can enter the Xihe River from the Han River, we will have a chance to wipe them out here!"

This layout, starting from the siege, has already been carried out, and the target is not Xiangyang, but... Jiang Xia's army.

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On the Han River.

Huang Zu led his troops, warships one after another, lined up neatly, and moved slowly, from the waters of the southern suburbs of Xiangyang along the waterway of the Han River, slowly went northward and entered the western suburbs of Xiangyang.

"Where is Zhang Shuo's department now?"

On the deck, Huang Zu asked.

"I have already crossed Quantum Mountain, and I am about to enter Longzhong!" Chen replied.

"Let him slow down the speed of advancing troops!"

Huang Zu said: "Unless we understand the troubles on the waterway, we must not let them enter the western suburbs and enter Longzhong. Their strength is still somewhat inferior to that of the Mu army!"

In the battle between land infantry, he knew very well that Jiang Xia's army was inferior to Mu's army.

Therefore, this battle can only be fought from the water.

"Master Taishou, Half Moon Bay is ahead!"

A scout ship returns to report.

"Go all out!"

Huang Zu looked forward: "I will fight them head-on!"

"promise!"

All will obey.

One after another, the Jiangxia warships were flying on the Han River like the wind, like bows and arrows that were off the string, they shot out and rushed towards the water village of Jingping Second Army in front.

"Master Captain, the Jingzhou navy is attacking!"

Half Moon Bay, shaped like a half moon, pointed at the front and back, wide in the middle, easy to defend and difficult to attack. The Fourth Battalion of the Jingping Second Army set up camp here. Captain Mo Bao stared forward, "I saw it!"

"Master Captain, do you want to attack?"

"Come closer and hit!"

Mo Bao said in a deep voice: "At least put them within fifty steps of us before we start to fight back!"

"It's getting closer!"

"Prepare!"

All the soldiers on the water village are ready to wait.

"Stop me!"

Mo Bao gave the order instantly.

"Archer, let go!"

"The ballista is ready!"

"The trebuchet!"

Although the water fortress is simple, it is well-arranged, and each of the crenels instantly reveals its ferocity, and countless archers begin to draw their bows and arrows, facing the front.

"Whoa!!!!"

Bows and arrows rained down suddenly.

"Keep attacking!"

Huang Zu's building boat did not receive any damage, he only knew how to fight the boat, avoided the arrows, and continued to charge.

The elite of Jiangxia's navy is blooming at this moment.

"kill!"

"charge!"

"Sail down to evade!"

"Dodge the arrows and rush over!"

One after another, the warships charged violently towards the water village.

Boom boom boom! ! ! ! !
The gates of the water village were violently reopened by several battleships, and the wood and bamboo used to build the water village shook suddenly. The warships stirred up waves in the river, and the waves rushed towards the water village one after another.

"Fierce enough!"

Mo Bao sneered: "Pass our military order, abandon the water fort, set fire to the water fort, block the enemy with fire, everyone, get on the warship, and leave the water fort!"

"Yes!"

A group of military marquises took orders.

The fourth battalion began to retreat. The warships one by one had already been prepared in the upstream section. The soldiers boarded the boats in an orderly manner, then set fire to the water village, went upstream and retreated northward.

It didn't take Jiang Xia's army an hour to occupy this water village.

But what was left for them was the ruins of a pile of charcoal on one side and a pile of bamboo charcoal on the other.

"I actually gave up on my own initiative!"

Huang Zu's eyes flickered brightly: "Such a good defense at the mouth of the bay, if you don't want it, you don't want it, this General Mujun made a decisive decision!"

He thought that Mu Jun would stick to it.

After all, on the Han River, the Mu Army didn't have many water villages, and unlike the Jiangxia Army, they could camp at will. After all, the Mu Army lacked water warfare capabilities, and they chose to camp in river bends that were easy to defend and difficult to attack.

On the Han River, there are not many places like this.

Giving up one is equal to one less.

As long as these water fortresses are pulled out, the Mu army will lose the ability to gain a foothold on the Hanshui River Road.

"Master Taishou, I will immediately lead my troops to attack the next bay!" Chen said unwillingly as he watched Mu Jun withdraw from the attack range.

At this time, in pursuit, more or less, they can leave behind some soldiers and warships of the Shepherd Army.

"No!"

Su Fei stood up and said to Huang Zu: "My lord, the main thing is to be safe at this time. It is Xiangyang's order to attack the Mu army. We just need to obey the order and attack step by step. There is no need to push them so hard!"

"But now that the Mu army is retreating, it is a great opportunity!"

"Chen Duwei, they are not retreating, but retreating. They have not suffered much damage at all, and the main force is still there!" Su Fei said: "If we chase up, there may be an ambush. Careless!"

"Then let's rest first!"

Although Huang Zu didn't intend to go out and do nothing, he would not sell his life to Liu Biao. He would fight what he had to fight, but preserving his strength was always the first priority. When he heard that there would be an ambush, he gave up the pursuit. He said to Chen Jiu, "Chen Jiu, release all the scout ships, I must know the news of all the rivers around, big and small!"

(End of this chapter)