Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 217
"go!"

Seeing the enemy fleeing in a hurry, Shen Chen did not order to chase after boarding the boat, but retreated back to Shiling.

When they arrived at the foot of the mountain under Shiling, the soldiers who came to meet him immediately flocked.

Shen Chen was the first to get off the boat. He wiped the sweat off his face. The thrilling scene just now really shocked him.

I didn't expect Jiangdong to be so insidious. It seems that Sun Quan's moral standard is as low as ever, and he secretly arranged archers in the cabin to kill people.

Fortunately, he reacted in time, otherwise Huang Zu would be dead.

Liu Qi walked over quickly and asked, "Ah Chen, how is it?"

With lingering fear in his heart, Shen Chen said: "The little thief Sun Quan is so hateful that he actually arranged for an ambush. Fortunately, Chen did not disgrace his life, and General Huang is safe and sound."

"That's fine, that's fine."

Liu Qi felt relieved, looked around and asked, "Where's General Huang?"

"Eldest son."

The crowd brought Huang Zu over.

At this time, his face was pale, his lips were dry, and he responded with difficulty.

Liu Qi said hastily: "Hurry up, send General Huang to the rear camp for diagnosis and treatment by a military doctor."

At that moment, everyone immediately carried Huang Zu away.

After he left, Shen Chen said to Liu Qi: "My lord, Jiangdong will definitely launch an attack if he wins Zhang Hong. My lord, go back to the camp first, let me compete with Zhou Yu."

"Then leave it to Ah Chen."

Liu Qi also followed the team transporting Huang Zu to the Wuling camp in the rear.

At this moment, the horns of "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..." and countless soldiers on both sides of the strait stood on the arrow towers of the hills, waiting solemnly.

In the distance, the big ships of the Jiangdong Army were mighty, and the sound of rolling drums sounded, and countless ships began to gallop forward, riding the wind and waves, covering the entire river.

Shushui is no different than those big rivers. The average width of the Yangtze River can reach several kilometers. Qingshui is also considered a large river with an average width of about one mile. Shushui is a small and medium-sized river with an average width of about 300 meters.

Although it looks very wide, it is the average width. Its downstream, that is, the port connecting Jinghu Lake, can reach several kilometers, raising the average value. The upstream will become narrower and narrower, such as Wuling to Shiling. The width of a piece is only in the range of 200 to [-] meters.

This caused thousands of warships of the Jiangdong Army to sprinkle densely on the river like a starry sky.

However, their warships are not big, they are all small boats with an average width of one or two meters, and there are thirty or forty ships in each row, which does not seem too crowded.

The fleet stretched for several miles, and soldiers on the left and right flanks also approached the shore. They wanted to attack the Jiangxia water army on the hills on both banks from the land and the river at the same time.

"Dong dong dong dong!"

The sound of beating drums shook the sky, and the flags began to wave slowly.

"Prepare!"

The orderly blew the horn for the general attack.

Seeing that the enemy was within the range of the enemy, Jiang Xia's navy on the hills raised their arrows without hesitation.

"Fire arrows!"

"Woooooooooo!"

The pitch of the horn changes instantaneously.

In an instant, thousands of arrows began to hit the Jiangdong navy on the river like raindrops.

However, the Jiangdong navy had already prepared for it, and countless wooden boards and shields were erected on the ships.

In just an instant, the thousands of arrows were all shot at the wooden board and the shield, making various "thump, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang" collision sounds between the wood and the metal, and between the metal and the metal.

The most important thing is that apart from the planks and shields, those ships have roofs, and soldiers row through the holes on both sides of the ships with oars protruding from the holes.

Under the protection of these roofs, the rowing soldiers in the cabin were safe and sound, and many Jiangdong soldiers were hiding in them, waiting for the opportunity to go ashore to fight back.

"Don't be afraid, it won't hurt us."

"People in Jingzhou can only use bows and arrows, and we will win when we rush to the shore."

"Don't worry, be quiet."

Almost all the ships had several experienced veterans comforting the new recruits, most of them were from the team that first followed Sun Ce to fight Jiangdong.

These people are at least Shichang, Captain, and Tuenchang at least now, and they have become the cornerstone of the entire Jiangdong Army.

Because after Sun Ce took Jiangdong, he began to expand his army several times.

From the initial few thousand to tens of thousands of people, the total strength of Jiangdong has reached more than [-], and the number of recruits is very large. Therefore, these army cornerstones are needed to appease the recruits at the bottom.

Most of these soldiers are crouching in the cabin now.

The roof of the ship above their heads was ding-ding-dong-dong, like the sound of hail hitting it, and occasionally even sharp arrows pierced into the cabin, and the sharp arrows shone with icy cold light, giving them a great sense of oppression .

Everyone felt like they were trapped in a hut in the wind and rain. Under the storm, the hut seemed to capsize at any time, and the ship seemed to be washed into pieces by the rain of arrows.

Many soldiers even held their heads and shivered. Listening to the sound of arrows knocking on the boards, decks, and roofs from outside, people felt a sense of despair.

Fortunately, the veterans continued to calm their emotions and encourage them to cheer up. In addition, the Jiangdong navy's method of dealing with arrows was indeed very effective. Even if there were more feather arrows on the boat, the boat did not show any signs of capsizing. everyone's mood.

At this time, the fleet that stretched for several miles finally entered the ambush area of ​​the entire Jiangxia navy, and the arrows became more and more violent. At first, it was only thousands of arrows, and then thousands of arrows. In the end, each wave of arrow rain was tens of thousands, densely packed countless.

But the Jiangdong water army also began to approach the hilly area where the Jiangxia water army was located. The ships docked one after another, and the soldiers held up shields and planks, and marched hard towards the hill. Almost every step killed people.

Arrows and corpses were scattered on the river beach less than tens of meters short, and people kept screaming, horns and drums intersected, and the two sides collided like a swift and violent tide. The sound of parrying and howling and humming almost never stopped.

The Jiangdong army paid a painful price to engage in close combat with the Jiangxia navy, but that was all. Jiangxia's navy guarded Shiling, condescending. All attacks were repelled.

In this attack, Sun Quan was the commander-in-chief, Zhou Yu was the commander-in-chief, Lu Su was the staff officer, and Zhonglang General Han Dang led the right-wing army to raid the left wing of the Jiangxia water army, and Zhonglang general Xu Sheng led the left-wing army to raid the Jiangxia water army. Army's right wing.

Then the next level is Zhu Ran, Captain Zhechong, Ling Cao, Captain Potie, and other captains. Finally, Captain Lu Meng of Pingbei, Captain Rui Liang of the East, Captain Dong Xi of Yangwu, Captain Jiang Qin of the West, etc., and the rest of the captains. There are seven or eight captains, each commanding the subordinates of the headquarters to launch attacks in many places.

The battle lasted from morning to noon. The Jiangdong Army stormed the hills on both sides of the strait several times but failed to break through. Shen Chen and Huang Zhong personally took the command. Under the situation of occupying the favorable location, they repeatedly repelled the Jiangdong Army's attacks, causing the Jiangdong Army to suffer heavy losses. However, thousands of people were killed or injured in one morning.

But in the afternoon, the situation suddenly reversed, and the sound of countless "woo woo woo" horns and "dong dong dong dong" drumming intertwined on the battlefield, and the Jiangdong Army suddenly launched a swift offensive, followed by various rapid and sharp whistles, The sound of gongs and drums resounded throughout the battlefield.

Shen Chen came to the front line in person, and there was a small hill below the stone ridge where he was stationed. The hill had changed hands several times, and every time he led the death squad to take it back.

Fortunately, they occupied a great location, otherwise this hill would have been flattened by the enemy long ago.

The sunshine in late July has removed the temperature that fell during the rainstorm in May and June, revealing its fiery face, spewing out enthusiasm and scorching the earth. Golden brilliance.

Suddenly, a series of urgent horns sounded from a distance, and with the sound of the horns, a group of Jiangdong soldiers in brown leather armor ran to the back of the hill and began to climb up.

Shen Chen, who was fighting with the enemy on the top of the hill, also heard this voice.

He smashed the spear in his hand into the stomach of an enemy, and knocked the enemy off the hill. Without even looking at the man again, he took two steps and picked up a waist knife embedded in the ground, holding it with both hands. Swipe diagonally from top to bottom.

The long robe on the back of a Jiangdong soldier who was facing away from him immediately split a long hole, and blood gushed out instantly.The enemy immediately threw away the sword and shield in his hand, held his head up and turned his hands behind his back, scratching and scratching desperately on his back, staggered a few steps, and fell headlong down the hill.

Shen Chen raised his head and looked behind them, that is, the forest in the east where he had fought bloody battle with Lu Meng. The smoke was billowing from behind the forest at this moment, and the sound of various horns was mixed with the scouts telling them that the enemy was attacking from behind. password.

Lieutenant General Zhang Nan beside him was already covered in blood, his left hand was holding his blood gushing right upper arm, and his right hand was holding a ring-sword knife. Can't stop."

"Well, order the soldiers to retreat from Shiling, don't entangle them for a long time, just lure them into the ambush circle."

Shen Chen responded. He had Shanyue people as his guides. In fact, he also knew that in the southeast of Wuhu, there were several rivers originating from the mountains in the south. These rivers also converged and connected with each other.

For example, the creek that met Lu Meng before was connected to the Yang River in the east, so he expected the enemy to attack from behind.

Zhang Nan looked around. There used to be more than 200 people in their small hill, but now there are only more than 100 people left, but the record is also very good. As the main resistance point of Shiling, they are surrounded by densely packed enemy corpses. More than 300 people.

The battle loss ratio of [-] for [-] is already an unbelievable record for the Jiangxia navy who have been fighting with the Jiangdong navy all the year round. Although they have a geographical advantage, they are much stronger than previous battles. .

"withdraw troops!"

With an order, countless sharp whistles sounded.

After Shen Chen and the others repelled the enemy's last attack, they retreated like a tide towards the hills south of Shiling.

The Jiangdong army was originally fighting on a hill, and their consumption was much greater than theirs, and they couldn't catch up in a short time.

So during this retreat and chase, the distance between the two sides widened, allowing Jiang Xia's army to escape.

At the beginning of the afternoon, around one o'clock in the afternoon, Jiangxia's navy had already withdrawn from Shiling, and began to retreat in the direction of Wuling behind.

The retreating Jingzhou army is everywhere in the forest, while the Jiangdong army that has entered from the rear of the two sides of the strait has already made a surprise attack behind them. Fighting in the vast forest.

The battlefield is divided into two large areas on the left and right, and hundreds of small areas. Soldiers on both sides are intertwined. Under the leadership of officers at all levels, one side fights and retreats, and the other keeps chasing, intertwined like two entwined threads.

Another hour later, around three o'clock in the afternoon, most of Jiangxia's naval forces finally retreated to Wuling.

A large area of ​​the forest below was cut down and turned into a plain in a short period of time, and the trees that were cut down were used to build camps, various weapons, and rolling stones and wood for the purpose of attacking and defending the top of the mountain.

The Jiangdong army showed a tendency to encircle, slowly surrounding the Wuling hill on the right bank of Shushui River. The foot of the mountain was densely packed with Jiangdong army. The Jiangdong army was resting and eating, and a small number began to cut down trees to build camps.

"General."

A personal guard beside Shen Chen came over with a bowl of boiled dry food mixed with some pickles.

Zhang Nan also came over with a bowl of hot food and said, "General."

"Ah."

Shen Chen took the rice bowl and took a sip, and said vaguely: "How about General Huang?"

"It has also retreated to a high place."

"That's good."

"They are now at the foot of the mountain and preparing to camp."

Zhang Nan stretched out his head and looked down from the mountain. Wuling is not a high mountain, but it is more than 200 meters above sea level, but they are located in a small hillside on the mountainside, about a hundred meters above the ground.

If the Jiangdong army forcibly attacked the mountain at this distance, it would obviously encounter unimaginable resistance, so Zhou Yu was not in a hurry, he was waiting for a suitable opportunity.

Shen Chen also took a look with his head, and said with a smile: "The forests in the southeast mountains are not particularly steep. They must be planning to attack the mountains at night."

In history, when He Qiping pacified Shanyue, he sent people to climb the mountain from the flank of the mountain at night, thus pacifying Chen Puzu Shan and others with one sentence.

Wuling is the same, although the mountain pass is a gentle slope, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and other places are cliffs, but those cliffs are not high, and you can climb up with a hook and rope. Zhou Yu is indeed sending people to check other attacking methods in Wuling direction.

"Do you want to send someone to guard the back mountain?"

Zhang Nan asked.

Shen Chen shook his head: "There's no need for that, let's light up the wolf smoke."

"Order now?"

"point."

"Okay, I'll report to the eldest son."

Zhang Nan ran up the mountain in a blink of an eye, while Liu Qi was still camping on the mountain.

"General, look."

The personal guard suddenly pointed to the Shushui River not far away and said.

Shen Chen looked over.

I saw that at some point Jiangdong actually built a huge building ship and came forward in mighty fashion.

The tall boat was seven or eight feet high, more than ten feet long, and more than three feet wide. Although the Shushui River was more than a hundred meters wide, it was still a colossal monster, driving towards Wuling like holding the sky.

(End of this chapter)