Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1176 Chaos
Upstream in the river, Lu Xun was struggling to hold on. Although the Jin soldiers he led were much stronger than Zhang Yun's Jingzhou army, the Jingzhou army had the support of warships. If they were defeated, they could retreat to the ships, rest and attack again, taking turns to replace those who had gone up earlier, forming a wave-like offensive.

Lu Xun's military camp was exhausted by such waves of attacks, which made Lu Xun extremely depressed.

Because this kind of tactic was his forte, the navy and infantry cooperated with each other to attack the enemy from two directions, which was successful in the battles with Jiangdong, and made Lu Xun famous.

And now Zhang Yun is attacking with tactics that Lu Xun is familiar with. Lu Xun gritted his teeth, thinking, are you bullying me because I don't have any navy?
When Liu Bei captures Yiling and my fleet arrives, I will kill you all!
But now Lu Xun could only hold his nose and hide behind the camp to command the soldiers to defend. However, this camp and wooden fence were built temporarily and were quite crude, and soon many gaps appeared.

When Lu Xun saw this, he set fire to the front wall to stop the enemy. As he looked at the approaching night, he thought that if he just held on a little longer, he would have made it through the day.

Zhang Yun also looked up at the sky, muttering to himself, the Fierce Tiger Army was indeed difficult to deal with. He was leading the most elite navy in Jingzhou, with the support of warships, but they were still unable to break through such a simple wooden stronghold. If they fought again tomorrow, would the defenders in Yiling City still be able to hold on?
Thinking of this, he immediately made a decision and ordered the entire army to attack Lu Xun's camp with all their strength.

After observing the enemy's actions, Lu Xun realized that they wanted to fight a night battle, so he immediately rearranged the defense line and prepared to fight to the end.

However, at this moment, a horn sounded, and a large rain of arrows fell, shooting down the Jingzhou soldiers who were attacking the camp. The Jingzhou soldiers did not know what was going on and retreated in a hurry.

Then Pang Tong appeared with Liu Bei's army flag. He stood on the chariot, raised his feather fan, and shouted: "Yiling has been captured by the King of Hannan. You must surrender quickly, or you will die!"

Zhang Yun stood on the bow and shouted, "Bullshit!"

"What King of Hannan? He is just a traitor who forged an imperial edict to establish himself as king!"

"Today I will arrest all of you and take you to Xudu to present you to the emperor!"

He raised his arms and shouted, "The enemy is spreading rumors. Yiling cannot be lost. Everyone, go forward and destroy them!"

At this time, another army rushed out from the side, and the leading general shouted: "Zhang Yun!"

"King Hannan received an imperial edict!"

"I have surrendered to King Hannan. Don't be stubborn. Surrender now and you will still have a chance to survive!"

When Zhang Yun saw that the person who came was actually Yiling's garrison commander Huo Jun, he immediately knew that Yiling might be lost, and immediately jumped up and said, "Huo Jun, you are a traitor!"

"I led the army to rescue you, but you offered the city to me. Do you still have any shame?"

Huo Jun said sternly: "Zhang Yun, you should know in your heart who the traitor is!"

"Are you going to let the soldiers of Jingzhou die just for your own selfish reasons?"

Zhang Yun yelled, "Stop talking nonsense, it's still unclear who will die!"

He waved his hand at the soldiers and said, "Go ahead! Whoever captures the enemy general's head will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins!"

After hearing this, the Jingzhou soldiers immediately turned around and attacked Huo Jun. How could Lu Xun and Pang Tong let Zhang Yun get his wish? They immediately ordered their soldiers to advance and surround the Jingzhou army tightly.

Seeing that he was alone and unable to win, Zhang Yun had no choice but to order his soldiers to retreat and prepare to turn the boats around and return to the river from the Yiling tributary.

He didn't really care about the other party's pursuit. The ships in Yiling City should have been taken away by Wang Wei to support Jiangling. The remaining dozen ships posed no threat to him at all. What he had to do now was to rush to Jiangling to meet Wen Pin and Wang Wei.

He understood very clearly that although Yiling was important in terms of location, it was just an isolated city. After he helped defend Jiangling, he would be able to free up his hands to deal with Liu Bei's army!
So Zhang Yun immediately ordered the fleet to speed up, turn around and sail south. Lu Xun, Pang Tong and others chased to the water's edge and looked at the departing fleet. Lu Xun thought to himself what a pity. If there were even dozens of ships, Zhang Yun would definitely not be able to escape today!
Zhang Yun felt relieved only after he led the fleet into the river. Seeing that it was getting dark, he did not stop and immediately ordered the ships to turn west to rescue Wen Pin.

As a result, after just half a quarter of an hour, a fleet came on the river. Zhang Yun hurriedly sent a light boat to check. Not long after, he received a report saying that the fleet on the opposite side was flying the flag of the Jingzhou navy.

After hearing this, Zhang Yun felt relieved. There was no sign of the enemy in the more than 100 miles of water from Yiling to the general, so it was most likely Wang Wei.

Wang Wei's appearance here also meant that he had solved Wen Pin's dilemma, which made Zhang Yun start to think about it. He thought that this was a good opportunity. Wang Wei had a lot of ships, so why not take the opportunity to join forces and take back Yiling?

Zhang Yun was just thinking about good things when the opposing fleet began to approach slowly. Seeing this, Zhang Yun also led the fleet forward to prepare to meet Wang Wei.

As a result, something unexpected happened the next moment. At a command from the opposing fleet, rockets, gunpowder barrels, and arrows flew into the sky at the same time, and then covered Zhang Yun's fleet.

The first few warships were caught off guard and were soon blown up and unable to move, and began to spin in the middle of the river.

Zhang Yun was shocked and angry, and shouted: "War without fighting, how shameless!"

"Please tell me your name, so I can give you a quick death!"

On the opposite bow, Yuan Xi walked out leisurely and said, "Are you Zhang Yun?"

"I am King of Jin Yuan Xi. I'm giving you a chance. It's still not too late to surrender." Zhang Yun looked at the flag raised by the opposite side and was stunned. How could the ferocious tiger appear here?

Did something happen to Wen Pin?
It's impossible. Wen Pin is an expert in naval warfare and his general is guarded by Cao Jiang. How could he be defeated so easily?

But Yuan Xi obviously would not give Zhang Yun any chance to think about it. He waved his hand and immediately sent out an army to encircle Zhang Yun from the side and rear.

Zhang Yun naturally would not sit there and wait for death. He immediately ordered some ships to turn around and ram into the troops that Yuan Xi had just sent out.

The commander of this naval force was Huang Zhong. Seeing that Zhang Yun not only refused to surrender but also dared to resist stubbornly, he immediately drew his bow and led his archers to launch a intensive volley at Zhang Yun's flagship.

Zhang Yun had no choice but to fight back. Yuan Xi and Huang Zhong attacked from both sides and soon defeated Zhang Yun's navy.

Zhang Yun ordered the rear troops to block the attack from the opposite side. At the same time, he looked up at the sky and knew that it would be dark in another quarter of an hour. At that time, he would leave with the wind. It would be inconvenient to move in the dark and no one could catch up with him!

He was just making his plans, but at this moment, dozens of ships sailed out from the distance behind him.

Lu Xun quickly mobilized the boats at the dock of Yiling City and chased after them. Zhang Yun almost vomited blood when he saw this. He was trapped on three sides!

If you don’t leave now, you’ll die here today!
With this thought in mind, Zhang Yun ordered the fleet to break out, but a question lingered in his mind.

Where did Wen Pin go?

Where is Wang Wei who came to reinforce?

It was normal for Zhang Yun to have such doubts, because just as Huo Jun's surrender was beyond Liu Bei's expectations, Yuan Xi's arrival so quickly was also due to the battle in Jiangling, which also caused unexpected changes.

After Liu Bei and Lu Xun led their troops away, Yuan Xi and Guan Yu, who stayed behind, launched a series of fierce attacks on Wen Pin's army and Jiangling in order to cover up the fact that the troops had been divided.

Later, Yuan Xi gave up attacking Jiangling and used his navy to join forces with Guan Yu's navy to attack Wen Pin's fleet at the same time. Wen Pin did not expect the opponent's offensive to change direction, and his response was quite hasty and embarrassing, and many of his warships were damaged for a while.

Seeing that the losses were too great, he began to consider retreating. While commanding his soldiers to resist, he retreated westward in an orderly manner, just as he had done before, intending to make the Yuan and Liu navy return empty-handed.

Wen Pin's naval warships were all modified and very fast, so he quickly broke away from the encirclement, and then made a comeback the next day, trying to prevent the Yuan-Liu coalition forces from attacking Jiangling.

Half a day passed, and Wen Pin kept swimming without fighting. Guan Yu led the navy to attack at full speed, trying to delay Wen Pin. Wen Pin sneered in his heart and was about to turn around and retreat, but at this moment, something unexpected happened.

With a loud bang, Wen Pin's feet shook violently and everyone fell to the ground.

When Wen Pin climbed up, he found that the deck was tilting slightly. A soldier had come to report that for some reason, a big hole suddenly appeared in the cabin below, and the river water poured in, and it was completely impossible to stop the flow!
This time the speed of the ship slowed down greatly. Wen Pin looked at Guan Yu's navy rushing towards him and realized that he had fallen into a trap.

He was confused. There were clearly no enemies around him, so how could the cabin be damaged and hit a reef?

But this is the middle of the river and the water level is still high, so how could there be reefs?
However, there was no time to think about it now. Wen Pin quickly sent messages to the surrounding ships, asking them to come over and pick him up.

How could Guan Yu let Wen Pin get his wish? He immediately ordered the soldiers to shoot arrows. Wen Pin's army was in a mess for a while. Wen Pin finally made it to the arriving warship, but as soon as the ship turned around, there was another loud bang, and a big hole was blown open in the cabin of the warship under his feet again.

Now Wen Pin realized that it was the enemy who was causing trouble, but it was too late. Guan Yu's army caught up with Wen Pin's warship and cut off his retreat.

At this time, Yuan Xi's fleet also arrived, and Wen Pin recognized the general standing on the bow of the ship as Huang Zhong, with whom he had fought several times before.

The two sides closed in and surrounded Wen Pin's fleet. Wen Pin thought he could not defeat the enemy at all, and was preparing for a desperate fight when an army came from the distant horizon. They were flying the flag of Jingzhou, and it was none other than Wang Wei who came from Yiling.

Wen Pin was delighted to see the reinforcements, but he was afraid that he would not be able to hold out before Wang Wei arrived, so he ordered his soldiers to attack the north bank and at the same time anchored all the fleets on the north bank to resist.

His idea was very direct. It would be best if they could win the battle. Relying on the river bank would also give the soldiers a chance to catch their breath.

If you can't win, just go ashore. At worst, you can seek refuge in Jiangling.

The two sides started fighting again, and soldiers were constantly wounded and died, falling into the water, and corpses were floating everywhere in the water near the shore.

Over there, Wang Weiwenpin was in danger, so he sped up and rushed over. Just as he was about to break into the encirclement, he saw a large ship ramming into him, knocking his warship sideways.

When Wang Wei looked up, he saw a figure leaping towards him and chopping down on his head with a big knife in his hand!

(End of this chapter)