Xiaoguangong

Chapter 35 Fortunately, I was prepared

Cao Ren commanded the army and soon arrived at Xiakou.

Facts have proved that Cao Ren's army progressed very smoothly without listening to Xu Shu's arrangement.

Liu Bei's army didn't dare to fight at all, and everyone huddled in Xiakou, a small town the size of a palm. Cao Ren easily occupied the beachhead, and a large number of siege equipment were brought down one after another to prepare for the attack.

Among the generals of the Cao army, Cao Ren was the best at attacking, followed by Xia Houyuan. Xiakou, who was slapped as big as a kitten shivering in front of a fierce tiger, could not stop Cao Jun's sharpness at all.

Cao Ren is confident that he can break through here in five days at most, and completely wipe out Liu Bei, a powerful enemy who has plagued his side for many years.

He proudly raised the long whip in his hand and said with a sinister smile:

"Liu Bei, Liu Bei, let me see where you are going."

In stark contrast to the high-spirited Cao Ren, Zhang Yun, the deputy commander of the Navy, now looks ashamed, looking in pain.

He knew that he couldn't talk about Cao Ren, so he could only secretly find the leader of the personal guards around Cao Ren, and said in a flattering tone:
"Brother, I can't fight this battle."

The head of the guard pinched his chin and said disdainfully:

"What does Governor Zhang want to say?"

Zhang Yun swallowed his saliva, smiled bitterly and said:
"Brother, Liu Bei and Liu Qi have more than [-] sailors under the command of the two thieves, and there are always a hundred warships, but on this river..."

"Heh, Liu Bei retreated into the river because he knew that he would lose the battle with us on the river. Is there any problem with that?"

"Yes." Zhang Yun thought to himself, do you guys know how to fight? Don't you be wary of the enemy's ambush when you fight on foot?
He suppressed the idea of ​​hacking the man in front of him to death, and said flatteringly, "Brother, this warship is no better than a warhorse, and cannot be hidden in the city. Doesn't this mean that Liu Bei has decided to form an alliance with Jiangdong? If we wait..."

"Heh!" The guard sneered, "Dudu Zhang pushed back and forth on the river. Could it be true that he has some connection with Liu Bei?"

"No, no, no!" Zhang Yun hurriedly waved his hands and said, "Don't dare, brother, bah, I, I'm going to discuss the matter of siege."

Zhang Yun fled in fright, and the guard's face was pale at first, but as soon as Zhang Yun left, his expression darkened instantly.

That's right, I said that there are no boats on this river, and Liu Bei must have made an alliance with Jiangdong. When General Cao attacks the city, the Jiangdong navy will be surrounded.

With Lao Tzu's water quality, wouldn't it be certain to die if he was caught up?Well, the subordinates will take a step first and ask Prime Minister Cao to rescue you.

When Zhang Yun was under Liu Biao's account, he didn't actually get many chances to fight, but this time he really couldn't follow his words.

Cao Ren had just asked people to bury pots and cook food at night, and was about to cut wood and stones to make siege equipment, when more than 100 warships suddenly appeared on the river, rushing towards Cao Jun's fleet from behind.

Cao Jun also had patrol boats downstream. When they found the enemy, they immediately used golden drums to warn Cao Ren.But at this moment, the gate of Xiakou city was opened wide, and Liu Bei's army had already made preparations. Taking advantage of Cao Ren's panic, Liu Bei took the lead and rode out from the city.

"Cao Ren!"

The enemies were extremely jealous when they met each other, Liu Bei roared, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun each brandished their weapons and led a group of soldiers to launch a general attack, and Wu Jun's cavalry rushed over without hesitation, and strangled Cao Ren together.

As soon as Cao Jun's sailors boarded the ship, they were immediately surrounded by Wu Jun's fighting ships. Wu Jun's crossbowmen hid behind the parapet and wooden sheds and shot arrows at Cao Jun's soldiers who boarded the ship in a hurry. Those Cao Jun sailors were unprepared and were shot immediately Turn over a large piece.

The best weapon to use in water warfare is the bow and crossbow. Cao Jun has prepared more than 5000 large bows this time, so it can be said that the preparation is insufficient.

It is well known that the bow should be unstringed when it is not in use, so as to prevent the fatigue of the bow body caused by the bow being in the stringed state for a long time.

Most of Cao Jun's stringed bows were in the hands of the infantry on the shore. These soldiers were attacked by Liu Bei's army, and the navy immediately lost its backbone. Their counterattacks were sparse, and they could not pose a threat to the mighty Jiangdong navy.

Cao Ren had never commanded a water battle at all. He was a little dazed when he saw these warships rushing towards him. Zhang Yun wanted to command, but he was forced to disembark just now to prove his determination to attack the city. Now he saw the silver gun Zhao Yun, who was on a white horse, came to kill him. He was so frightened that he couldn't even care about commanding.

For a time, the command of Cao Jun's 3 people was out of touch, and they were attacked by Liu Bei and the Jiangdong Allied Forces by land and water. There were cries, strange screams, and strange screams from everyone.

Wu Jun calmly reaped the lives of Cao Jun under the cover of the battleship raining arrows. The Wu generals Dong Xi and Chen Wu who commanded the battle had no idea that the numerically superior Cao Jun would be so ruthless. They couldn't help but regret why the whole army did not attack.

The two split the boat and went back to call for people, while waving their steel knives to join the battle, trying to prevent Cao Jun from retreating.

Just when Cao Ren was almost in despair, he was surprised to find that among the panicked Cao army, there were still many ships that could basically keep their formation intact. The bow and arrow counterattack Wu Jun.

After all, they were all from the Jingzhou navy. The basic combat qualities of these Cao Jun sailors are quite good. Seeing someone organize a counterattack, they quickly set up their bowstrings and started a life-and-death struggle with Wu Jun driven by their survival instincts.

Dong Xi didn't treat Cao Jun as a human being before, and his boat had squeezed out several Cao Jun ships by the river, trying to land and cooperate with Liu Bei's army to capture Cao Ren.Unexpectedly, Cao Jun, who had no combat effectiveness before, suddenly reacted this time and surrounded Wu Jun instead.

His heart trembled, and he thought that Cao Jun seemed to have seen through our ambush long ago, and deliberately lured the enemy to go deep before. After all, if they continue to fight with too many people, it may not be good for our army.

After thinking about it again and again, Dong Xi gave up his advance and commanded the fleet approaching the shore to knock away the surrounding Cao Jun warships and retreat slowly. Cao Ren rushed to the boat as if he had been pardoned, and Zhang Yun also ran away with his head in his arms. He didn't care about face, so he hurriedly rowed away.

In this battle, Cao Jun abandoned more than 2000 people, and more than [-] large ships were also forced to abandon. Cao Ren felt distressed and fearful - if there is no army to persist in resisting, I am afraid that his side will escape this time. He would have to lose more than half of it, maybe even Jiangling wouldn't be able to go back.

He hurriedly inquired, and found that this was actually directed by his personal guard leader Chang Diao, he was both surprised and delighted.

"Giant Eagle, you, why are you so prepared?"

Chang Diao, who is 25 years old this year, has a dark complexion. Although he looks embarrassed, he still forces a smile:
"I, when I was on the river, I thought that Liu Bei might hook up with the Jiangdong thieves. There are no boats on the riverside, so he must have hid downstream. When the general attacked the city, I was on guard in advance. I didn't expect to encounter these things. Xiaoxiao."

"Speaking of which, the general dispatched well, otherwise we would all be buried here."

Cao Ren, like most Cao Jun generals, didn't pay much attention to Jiangdong's troops, thinking that they would definitely accept Cao Cao's invitation to destroy Liu Bei together, so he didn't do much defense at all.Hearing what Chang Diao said, he felt cold sweat on his back.

"Hmph, I thought that this Eastern Expedition was completely dependent on Dudu Zhang, but I didn't expect...hehe." He glanced at Zhang Yun disdainfully, "Why didn't Dudu Zhang tell this general about this? If it wasn't for the giant eagle, we would almost We must all be buried here!"

"That's right, how did you command Zhang Dudu? Fortunately, General Cao is well dispatched, otherwise we would almost die here."

Zhang Yun's eyes widened, and he looked at Chang Diao's innocent face in disbelief, feeling like he was burning inside, and couldn't believe that there were such brazen people in this world.He killed Cao Ren and Chang Diao's horses in his heart, but he could only grin bitterly:

"The general's lesson is that it's all thanks to the giant eagle."

Cao Ren snorted, thinking that he had high hopes for Cao Cao this time, but he didn't expect that he would be beaten like this at the beginning of the battle, and he would be severely ridiculed after returning.

But he also realized that he was really not good at commanding the water battle, and he would die if he fought again, so he could only go back and understand the concept of the water battle first.

Well, how can we blame Zhang Yun?
Cao Ren pressed the pot and fell into deep thought.

(End of this chapter)