Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 778 The troops march in danger

Zhou Yu clutched his chest tightly, and the piercing pain made him understand that the injury was definitely not serious, but if he fell down now, the Jiangdong Navy might be completely finished!

Without his central support, the three armies on the left, front and right will fall into a situation of fighting independently. At that time, they are likely to be defeated by the Fierce Tiger Army. If they take advantage of the situation and go south from the land to block the Wanshui River, all the soldiers they brought may be destroyed. Fill it in here!

This time, more than half of Jiangdong's elite troops are coming. If the entire army is wiped out, Jiangdong will inevitably fall into great chaos. The ferocious tiger may even take advantage of the situation to cross the river south. By then, Jiangdong's foundation will be destroyed!

He held on to the board and stood up unsteadily, but in the face of life and death, he grinned.

Fierce Tiger, I still underestimated you.

He held on to the side of the ship, stumbled onto the bridge, braved the arrows from the opposite side, managed to stand upright, and shouted loudly: "Give me the order!"

"Assault the entire ship and fight the enemy to the death!"

"I, Zhou Gongjin, will live and die with you!"

The soldiers on the flagship had been completely discouraged by the triple attack of Taishi Cijun's large crossbows, fire oil barrels and exploding barrels. Many of them were ready to jump off the ship and escape, but when they heard Zhou Yu's roar, they immediately cheered up and raised their weapons high. , yelled: "Death for the Governor!"

Amid the sky full of arrows and the flames everywhere, they drew their long bows and shot desperately at the bow of Taishi Ci's ship.

Zhou Yu's flagship was huge and had much more people than Taishi Ci's assault warship. Now the remaining hundreds of people fired arrows at once, catching the archers of Taishi Ci's army who were shooting arrows off guard, and fell to the ground one after another.

At this time, Taishi Ci was shooting an arrow from the bow of the ship. Unexpectedly, a large wave of arrows came from the opposite side and enveloped the bow of the ship.

There were two puffs. Although Taishi Ci tried his best to dodge, he was still hit by the dense arrows in the thigh and shoulder.

In order to shoot arrows, he specially wore light leather armor. The two arrows penetrated the leather and penetrated more than an inch into the flesh. Taishi Ci endured the pain and pulled out the arrows. He casually tied them with a linen belt and rushed towards him. The soldiers who came up shouted: "Don't retreat!"

"The enemy is at the end of its tether, let's fight them!"

"If we retreat now, we will die but not live!"

When the soldiers heard this, they also roared angrily and fired back with their big crossbows and strong bows. People on both sides kept falling.

Taishi Ci endured the pain and drew his bow to shoot down the archer on the opposite mast. He felt that he could hardly lift his arm. He thought to himself that it was a pity. Due to the limited amount of gunpowder produced in Youzhou, this time he only had the original three gunpowder barrels. That didn't collapse the opponent's morale, but it would be difficult to deal with later.

He ordered the soldiers to throw the few remaining kerosene barrels over again, but Jiangdong's soldiers had already gained experience. The kerosene barrels had just exploded, and before the fire spread, they were already braving the flames and carrying wet linen quilts. He rushed forward to put out the fire.

There was no linen quilt in hand, so he rolled around desperately to extinguish the flames on the deck. Taishi Ci was shocked when he saw it. There are such brave people in Jiangdong who are not afraid of death!

The two sides once again fell into a bow and arrow attack. Taishi Ci's large crossbows were being consumed rapidly. Seeing that there were not many crossbows in stock, Taishi Ci knew that he could not win with long crossbows. He immediately shouted: "Get on the side, jump in!"

With a bang, the three warships collided with Zhou Yu's flagship. Taishi Ci threw away his long bow and picked up a long halberd. Turn back!"

Taishi Cijun's soldiers used hooks to hook the bow of the opposite ship and were about to climb aboard. Jiangdong's soldiers cut the rope with their swords and stabbed with their spears to prevent Taishi Cijun from boarding the ship.

After Jiangdong Army knocked down several Taishi Ci soldiers, they just breathed a sigh of relief when a simple truck slammed into the side of Zhou Yu's ship, and the long nails on the edge were nailed to the ship's board.

Taishi Ci took the lead and stepped onto the stairs of the carriage. He jumped onto the side of the enemy ship with his halberd in hand. While he was in the air, he had already knocked several Jiangdong soldiers away with one round of his halberd.

His generals boarded the ship and fought with Jiangdong soldiers. Taishi Ci took a halberd and slashed the necks of several enemy soldiers. Two Jiangdong generals took the opportunity to rush up, holding a knife in one hand and a shield in the other. After blocking Taishi Ci's halberd pole, he rushed into Taishi Ci's arms.

These Jiangdong soldiers have rich experience in water warfare, and long soldiers have an advantage in boarding battles. But when it comes to hand-to-hand combat on the deck, short soldiers are much more flexible than long soldiers!

The two generals were also thieves. One of them held Taishi Ci's halberd between his arms, and the other rolled to the ground and chopped Taishi Ci's ankle. Taishi Ci raised his foot and kicked the man out. He was about to pull the halberd back, and someone else grabbed it from behind. , blocking the tip of the halberd with his shield.

Taishi Ci saw the opponent blocking his body with a shield while waiting for an opportunity to draw a sword behind the shield. He sneered and let go of the halberd. The general who was holding the halberd staggered suddenly.

The remaining Jiangdong soldiers were overjoyed. They thought Taishi Ci was about to run away, so they rushed up. However, Taishi Ci pulled out the two short halberds on his back with his backhand. The Jiangdong general at the front was about to draw his sword, but his hands were loosened. Taking a closer look, it turned out to be Taishi Ci's single halberd that raised his shield, and all the vital points of his face, chest and chest were exposed!

The Jiangdong general subconsciously wanted to fight back with his sword. Taishi Ci took a deep breath, his face suddenly turned red. He moved as fast as lightning, and the other short halberd in his hand instantly cut open his throat. Then he stepped left and right, and moved When he reached the side of another Jiangdong general, he tilted his shield and pierced his face with his short halberd. He flickered through the crowd like a ghost, killing enemy soldiers wherever he went.

If Yuan Xi were present, he would have discovered that Taishi Ci's movements were crisper and cleaner than when he performed martial arts a year ago. He looked simple and unpretentious, but in fact he eliminated many redundant moves, almost all of which killed people with one move. He seemed to have returned to his original nature. realm.

The soldiers behind Taishi Ci took the opportunity to follow and kill them. Now the Jiangdong soldiers were in chaos. These people had already suffered heavy fire and arrows, and almost everyone was injured. How could they compare with Taishi Ci's navy who was recharging their strength? Now he retreated continuously.

But Taishi Ci couldn't be happy, because when he boarded the ship, he found that Zhou Yu who had just shouted was gone!

Before he had time to think about it, the hull of the ship shook, and several Jiangdong Army warships came up and connected with Zhou Yu's flagship. Taishi Ci only said that the other side was about to board the ship for reinforcements, and immediately ordered people to stop them. However, the next moment, they were greeted by The dense rain of arrows!

The bows and arrows of these Jiangdong ships were aimed at the people fighting in the melee, without distinguishing between friends and foes. Amidst the screams and curses, everyone fell to the ground with arrows.

Taishi Ci led everyone down the deck to search, but found no whereabouts of Zhou Yu. When he went back to the wounded deck, he found that the soldiers he brought could no longer withstand the enemy's arrows, and he understood that there was no point in staying any longer. He immediately rushed back to his ship with his soldiers.

He stepped onto his deck and felt a pain in his vest. Knowing that he had been hit by an arrow, he immediately ordered the three ships to break out of the encirclement at full speed and head toward the north shore with the wind.

Although the operation to kill Zhou Yu failed, he is now going to steal the front and rear of Jiangdong soldiers, and he still has to kill one or two generals!

After the three ships broke through and escaped, several other Jiangdong warships did not pursue them, but hurriedly boarded the ship to rescue people. However, after searching for a long time, no sign of Zhou Yu was found. Everyone was shocked and confused. Could it be that Zhou Yu died like this?

As a result, some soldiers heard a faint sound and looked around. Finally, they found a rope tied to the stern of the boat, with the other end hanging in the water. It was Zhou Yu who tied his waist and went into the water to escape.

When he was pulled up by the crowd, his face was extremely pale, and he could hardly hold on and was about to faint, but he still managed to speak: "Immediately issue an order for Jiang Qin to withdraw to the ship, and follow the Han fleet to assist Lu Meng."

"Now everyone else, go immediately to support Cheng Pu Dong's attack!"

"If I can't hold on, I will take charge according to the size of my official position!"

Everyone quickly took the order, and Zhou Yu looked at the corpses all over the deck without saying a word. Among them were Taishi Cijun's, and more of them were his own men.

And these people were all shot to death on his own orders.

But Zhou Yu had to do this. He had no choice. If he was discovered by Tai Shici, he would be killed. If the opponent took his head to the front of the battle, the morale of Jiangdong soldiers would collapse immediately!

It doesn't matter whether you say you are shameless and dishonest, or you say you sacrifice your soldiers to protect yourself. On the battlefield, it is only about who can survive and who can become the final winner.

Other than that, any agreement or reputation is just a drag.

The wound on his chest was very deep. It was possible that a nail or something had been inserted into it. It was still bleeding. It was not known whether his internal organs were injured, and it was soaked in river water. I was afraid that the injury would worsen in the future.

But at this time Zhou Yu could no longer care about this. He gave orders and led the fleet to the east coast. He could not fall down at this time, at least he had to bring most of the people back alive!

Zhou Yu felt that his eyes were getting blurry and his body was swaying. Finally, he couldn't hold on anymore and fell to the ground.

Over there, Tai Shici didn't know that he was only one step away from killing Zhou Yu, nor did he expect that the commander of the first army would hide in the water.

In fact, he had been holding on to his injuries before, but now he had almost exhausted all his strength when he led the remaining people to break out. Now he was breathing heavily, thinking that he had failed this time. The spy who sent the letter may have died in the chaos, and even if our three ships arrived at the north shore, what would they accomplish?

Thinking of this, he could no longer hold on, and his body slowly tilted along the mast. When a group of soldiers came to look, they found that Taishi Ci was covered in blood, his eyes were closed tightly, and he fell into a coma. Obviously, he was no longer able to lead the troops. .

When everyone saw this, they immediately began to discuss in low voices. Someone said: "There is no way to fight like this. It is better to find a place to land on the north bank and send the general to the hospital for treatment."

Someone said: "But the general just issued a military order."

Everyone was silent. Once the military order was issued, it could not be changed. However, Tai Shici, who could take back the order, had fainted!

After a brief discussion, a small boat was lowered, and several soldiers took the unconscious Taishi Ci onto the small boat. The remaining three dilapidated large boats resolutely rushed to the North Shore Pier where fierce fighting was still taking place in the distance.

(End of this chapter)