Xiaoguangong

Chapter 36 How can I get rid of the pot?
Cao Jun's navy marched with 3 people, but was defeated because of Cao Ren's blind command. Although the loss was not too great, even Cao Ren felt that he really didn't know how to command, so he could only run away.

Everyone in Cao Jun was as anxious as a bereaved dog, and panicked like a fish slipping through the net. Everyone even tried their best to escape from the waters of Xiakou.

Most of Cao's soldiers even threw their pots on the shore. Now they are hungry and tired, and they can only eat burnt dry food.

On the way back, Cao Ren was seasick and remorseful, thinking that Zhang Yun had commanded well, so why did he change him.Even if Cao Cao doesn't punish himself now, he will not be able to hold his head up in front of other Caos in the future, and his status may be gradually surpassed by the younger generation.

This made Cao Ren very uncomfortable.

Hey, how can I throw the pot out?I, Cao Ren, have always been very kind. I have never calculated others, and I am really uncomfortable.

The boat sailed for half a day, and often the eagle came to report that there was a boat approaching upstream.

Cao Ren snorted and asked casually:

"who is it?"

"It is the banner of Wen Zhongye."

Jiangling and other places are under the control of Cao Jun. The boats coming from that direction must be his own people, and there are big guys like Lou Chuan in the battle. In all likelihood, Cao Cao was worried and sent someone to rescue Cao Ren.

Thinking of this, Cao Ren was very depressed again, stood up lazily and walked out of the cabin.

The building boats in the distance were not moving fast, but the leading boats approached quickly, and one of the boatmen shouted loudly:
"Wei Yan, Captain of the Water Army Academy under Cai Dudu, come to meet the general!"

Zhang Yun was slightly surprised. He had a very good memory. He heard the name of Wei Yan from Yiyang, but the poor family in Yiyang and the upper class in Jingxiang couldn't urinate in the same pot. With Cai Mao's temperament, how could he? Arranging this person to be a lieutenant in the navy—this is not a petty official.

How could Cao Ren remember who Cai Mao had under his command? When someone visited, he waved him to come closer to listen to Cao Cao's instructions.

Seeing that the boat was getting faster and faster with the help of the water, Zhang Yun suddenly yelled:
"Not good! Stop them!"

He has already seen that these ships are actually posing an offensive posture, and the speed of this ship is ridiculously fast. Obviously, there are not many soldiers on board.

This means that……

It's too late.

Wei Yan, who was standing at the bow of the boat, showed a smirk on his face, waved his hand forcefully, and roared angrily:
"ignition!"

The sailors on the five captured boats sang in unison, and threw the torches they had prepared long ago into the boat.Lu Yi had considered the plan to attack Jiangling with fire before, but this time he simply asked everyone to put all the firewood and fish paste neatly in the captured boats, and rushed towards Cao Jun's fleet!
"Stop, stop them!"

Cao Ren's command chaos was fully exposed at this moment. They were the same as when they came. In order to take care of Cao Ren, the distance between the boats was very close. At this moment, no one stopped them and it was difficult to disperse. Wei Yan's fire boat slammed into the ground. On Cao Jun's big ship.

Attacking downstream from upstream, the fire quickly ignited Cao Ren's boat by taking advantage of the wind.

Cao Ren cursed angrily, picked up a bow, and drew the string two or three times. He was about to give Wei Yan a lesson, but Wei Yan had already jumped into the boat that had been prepared earlier, cheering and directing the soldiers to outflank it.

Guan Ping and Lu Yi saw Wei Yan's success from a distance, but immediately rushed from the building boat to the fighting ship. Liu Bei's merchant ships and fighting ships set off together.

Why are there enemies coming from upstream?
Cao Jun was in a hurry from Cao Ren down. These people were clearly Cao Jun's boats and Cao Jun's uniforms, but they were not soldiers of Cao Jun. Could it be that the Jingzhou navy rebelled?
"Hold on, these are all traitors, these are all traitors. They have few soldiers, we can deal with them." Zhang Yun has recovered from the short-term panic, and he waved the command flag in his hand to order the fleet Spread out, and at the same time cheer up the morale hoarsely, telling the soldiers to keep calm.

But how could Guan Ping give him such an opportunity? Seeing that the fire had already ignited Cao Ren's boat, Guan Ping quickly charged in a fighting boat.

"Fathers and folks in Jingzhou, I am the Han general Guan Ping! Our army was ordered to hunt down the thieves, and now Jiangling has been broken. The Cao thief... Cao thief fled, and the thieves on board are alone. If they don't come down sooner, let's wait!"

Guan Ping originally wanted to brag that "Cao thief confers the head", but in order to increase credibility, Lu Yi suggested that he say "Cao thief escapes".

Those Cao Jun sailors from Jingzhou were quite skeptical when they saw that the enemy came from the upper reaches, but when they heard Guan Ping say that Jiangling had been breached and Cao Cao had fled, they were even more uproarious, and subconsciously believed it.

Guan Ping, why is Guan Ping here?

We didn't see him when we went. Why did so many boats come up from the upper reaches? !

Not only the other sailors, but even Zhang Yun was stunned, unable to figure out why so many enemies came from the upper reaches, and the command flag in his hand was powerlessly hanging on the ground.

How could this be?Cao's army has hundreds of thousands, why is it so vulnerable that the enemy actually broke through Jiangling?

The appearance of Guan Ping made the fear that Jiangling might fall spread rapidly.

Even if the Jingzhou soldiers on the ship had never heard of Guan Ping, they told each other that this man was the son of Guan Yu, and that he was extremely brave.

The previous failure made Cao Jun downcast, but now seeing Guan Ping, he was even more lazy to fight, and the situation immediately got out of hand.

Originally, it was only Cao Ren's boat and a few boats beside it that were on fire, but Cao Jun's boat was too close, and the Jingzhou soldiers were in a mess. Naturally, the boat sucked, and the boats slammed into each other, and the fire began to be out of control. Live, and continue to spread around.

Cao Ren didn't understand the semaphore of the navy, so he could only order the soldiers to put out the fire with his voice desperately. At the same time, he kept bending his bow and shooting arrows, trying to stop Liu Bei's army from advancing.

If fighting on land, even at this point, Cao Ren, who has experienced many battles, may not be powerless to fight back.

After all, he still has five thousand elites, who are the main force among the main forces who followed him in the northern and southern expeditions.

But like Cao Ren, these people were landlubbers, and most of them were dizzy and miserable because of the turmoil and the previous defeat.

In addition, their ships were originally distributed on various ships, and when they were suddenly attacked by fire, there were screams in the chaos. How could they hear Cao Ren's command, and these people suddenly became a mess.

The fire was raging, and Cao Jun, who had an absolute superiority in numbers, was defeated like a mountain.

Seeing Guan Ping's battleships trembling and attacking, thousands of Cao's warships on the river either fled indiscriminately or simply surrendered. Most of them caught fire because the ships were too close to each other and collided with each other. Rescue game.

Guan Ping took the lead by rowing the boat, shouting the slogan "Catch Cao Ren Alive" and rushed forward, but he didn't expect that the Jingzhou navy came to surrender one after another when they saw him. The water was blocked, even Lu Yi's boat couldn't pass, a group of people circled around on the river, Guan Ping couldn't laugh or cry in a hurry, so he could only call Wei Yan who broke into the enemy's line to attack alone.

Seeing that the situation was over, Cao Ren hurriedly changed boats and fled, but all the boats around him were on fire, so he could only look for a few walking boats tied around his boat.

But seeing this, Cao Ren's heart went cold.

It turned out that Wei Yan had been eyeing these boats long after he set fire to them, and he took the initiative to cut off the ropes on the boats one by one.

Zhang Yun and other sailors snatched small boats and fled, but Cao Ren was inexperienced in water warfare and reacted too slowly. When he came to his senses, all the small boats had disappeared. The burning ship slowly sank.

"Ahahahaha!" Wei Yan laughed smugly, "Cao Renpifu, let me see where you can go this time!"

Surrounded by fire and water under his feet, Cao Ren looked up to the sky and sighed, with a hint of determination in his eyes.

I am a general, if they show off with my head, it will definitely hurt the morale of our army.

Then let me be buried in the Yangtze River!

Cao Ren made up his mind, closed his eyes tightly, jumped forward, and fell extremely fast in the river wind.

But the next moment, he didn't fall into the river as expected, but fell to the ground with a bang. Cao Ren screamed out in pain, covered his face and looked around in horror.

Then, he saw Chang Diao's equally frightened and inexplicable face.

"Giant Eagle!"

Cao Ren exclaimed, and found that Chang Diao had snatched a boat that could carry more than 20 people.

Regardless of the severe pain in his body, he pressed Chang Diao's shoulder and said with tears:

"Giant Eagle... Still, you are still loyal to me! If, if you can't get away, you have to go out yourself!"

Chang Diao was stunned and didn't react for a moment - he had already thought of running away when he was attacked by fire.

After all, he is Cao Ren's confidant, and he knows that his general's ability to command water battles is like dog excrement, so he keeps a close eye on Zhang Yun, and when he sees Zhang Yun leading his men to grab the boat and run away, Chang Diao jumps off immediately.

Well, the general didn't want to abandon his ship and escape, he died bravely, I have to go back and tell Prime Minister Cao.

With tears in his eyes, Chang Diao kicked Zhang Yun, who was still standing still, into the river, hacked several sergeants to death, and monopolized the boat.

But only then did he realize that his rowing ability was comparable to Cao Ren's ability to command water battles. The small boat circled back and forth under the effect of the suction boat, and collided with Cao Ren's big boat with a bang. Cao Ren fell from the sky and fell impartially on top.

This scared Chang Diao out of his wits.

Wei Yan is nearby, and where Cao Ren is must be the main direction of Liu Beijun's attack.

Seeing Cao Ren crying with tears in his eyes, Chang Diao secretly made up his mind.

General, you are the one who asked me to drop you. If it doesn’t work, I will really drop you!

Wei Yan was worried that Cao Ren would not be caught by jumping into the Yangtze River, but now seeing Cao Ren jumping into a small boat, he couldn't help laughing and trembling with excitement.

"Haha, don't leave, General Cao, come and fight a certain one for [-] rounds!"

But as soon as the words fell, a hand suddenly stretched out in the calm water, and Wei Yan, who was standing on the bow of the boat, was caught off guard by his legs, and was dragged into the water suddenly.

(End of this chapter)