Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 779 Because of face

At the pier on the north bank of Chaohu Lake, Zhang Liao was leading his cavalry to charge left and right, killing Lu Meng who was trapped in the pier and couldn't move forward or retreat.

Lü Meng was proud of his bravery, so he personally went into battle and faced Zhang Liao's horses in foot combat. Although his courage was commendable, within three seconds of fighting Zhang Liao, he was stabbed in the thigh by a spear and retreated hastily.

Zhang Liao caught up and was about to take Lü Meng's life. Lü Meng's personal guards rushed forward desperately and rescued him.

However, how could Zhang Liao give Lu Meng a chance to breathe? He led his cavalry to push Lu Meng's army into the water. Jiangdong soldiers kept falling into the water. Seeing that the situation was precarious, Ling Cao arrived with his fleet and rushed to the dock.

Seeing the large number of Jiangdong's troops, Zhang Liao was unwilling to fight and turned his horse's head to leave. Ling Cao hesitated for a moment and chose to give up the pursuit and took the opportunity to save Lu Meng.

Lü Meng's face was extremely ugly, and he said: "The general opposite is very skilled in martial arts. General Ling must be careful." Although Ling Cao agreed, he didn't take it to heart, because although Lü Meng was still junior among the Jiangdong generals, he was not as good as them. Veterans can't compare.

So Ling Cao ignored Lü Meng's dissuasion and ordered people to take Lü Meng back to the ship. However, he rode forward, pointed at Zhang Liao from a distance and shouted: "I'm going to die!"

Zhang Liao felt angry when he saw that the other party was looking down on him so much. Without replying, he pointed his hand and immediately threw dozens of stones from the woods behind him at Ling Cao.

When Ling Cao heard the wind, he looked up and saw that the rocks had already reached his head. He hurriedly avoided it. The rocks hit the crowd, and Jiangdong soldiers screamed and fell to the ground.

Seeing Zhang Liao's lack of martial ethics, Ling Cao was furious. He shook the reins and galloped his horse forward. Zhang Liao waved his hand again. The soldiers behind him bent their bows and set arrows, and another overwhelming rain of arrows hit Ling Cao. .

Ling Cao was speechless. He jumped on his horse to dodge. Unexpectedly, Zhang Liao bent his bow and took an arrow. When the bowstring rang, it hit Ling Cao right in the face. He heard a scream and Ling Cao turned over and fell from his horse.

Seeing this scene, Jiangdong's soldiers were in chaos. Lu Meng, who had just boarded the ship, was shocked when he saw this. He limped quickly to get off the ship, trying to command the soldiers to stabilize the formation. As a result, three large ships rushed in from behind the fleet.

After these three ships rushed into Jiangdong's fleet, they set fire to the few kerosene and kindling materials left in their cabins. The fire immediately burst into flames. The three ships with the fire slammed into the dock and docked intensively. on the Jiangdong ships.

The fire spread quickly, and Jiangdong's fleet was in turmoil. Lu Meng saw it and knew that the landing plan was a complete failure. He made a prompt decision and ordered people to rescue Ling Cao who fell from his horse. At the same time, he ordered the warships that were not on fire to leave the dock quickly. But he couldn't take care of the defeated soldiers who were fleeing in all directions.

When Zhang Liao saw Lu Meng retreating immediately, he secretly regretted that he only had cavalry and the navy on the opposite side could advance and retreat freely. It was impossible for him to annihilate them all.

Yuan Xi's previous expectation was to let Zhang Liao drag him to death here. Unexpectedly, Lu Meng's decisive withdrawal failed to achieve full success. However, in the battle at the dock, more than half of Jiangdong's soldiers were killed and many warships were burned. It can be said that the vitality is seriously damaged.

Zhang Liao looked into the distance, wondering what was going on with the other two groups. It was too dark now, and he couldn't act without permission without getting the rocket order from Yuan Xi. He had to order his soldiers to clean up the battlefield at the dock. , ready to support both routes at any time.

It took two hours for Yuan Xi and Zhuge Liang, who had entangled Cheng Pu's army on the east bank, to get the exact information from other parties.

When Zhuge Liang heard that Taishi Ci was injured, he frowned slightly and said to Yuan Xi, "It's a bit risky to let General Taishi surprise the commander of the Chinese army on the opposite side."

Yuan Xi sighed: "This is Ziyi's choice."

"The exact news now is that Jiang Qin, Han Dang, and Lu Meng Lingcao all withdrew from the waterway and joined Zhou Yu's Chinese army."

"Only Cheng Pu and Dong Xi are left. Dong Xi has not been seen for a long time since he was hit by a stone and fell to the ground and was rescued by soldiers."

"I think Cheng Pu just can't save face, otherwise he would have retreated long ago."

Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan lightly and said, "Cheng Pu should be on top."

"Jiang Qina was responsible for the land advance all the way. Without the command of the coach, he would never give up so quickly. After all, doing so would be equivalent to giving up the land route."

"This shows that Zhou Yu must be preparing to retreat. I heard that Ziyi had raided his warship, but no one was found. I am afraid that Zhou Yu is hiding, which is a pity."

"Since Zhou Yu asked the left wing to retreat, he will never let the right wing continue to fight hard here. I guess his order has already arrived. It should be that Cheng Pu was unwilling to make excuses to delay. He was afraid that there was no general here and he wanted to take advantage of us. Find some bargains here."

After hearing this, Yuan Xi smiled and said: "It's a good idea. He saw that our general is a woman, and he might not be able to shamelessly admit defeat at the hands of a woman. Otherwise, his whole life will be ruined. So just stick to it."

Zhuge Liang sighed: "I didn't expect that Mrs. Lu's attack would be so effective. The other party was afraid that if they just retreated, they would be rumored to be worshiping the woman's hand, so they just gritted their teeth and held on."

"But having said that, Miss Wen Hou is really extraordinary." Yuan Xi looked at Lu Lingqi's figure in the distance and said solemnly: "General Bingzhou is very courageous, but it's a pity that he took the wrong path."

"All states in the world have the same origin, and they should not fight each other in internal fights like this. Therefore, the entire chaotic world must end as soon as possible."

Zhuge Liang looked up at the stars and said, "It's a pity that there are still too few people in the world who think like my lord. Otherwise, why would this happen?"

"Since the other side doesn't want to leave, then I will help him. I have already issued an order for the wheeled catapult from Wenyuan to come over."

Lu Lingqi hooked up an arrow, slowly pulled out the bowstring with her already extremely sore arms, aimed at Cheng Pu on the bow of the ship in the distance, and then let go of her hand.

The arrow drew an almost straight arc and shot towards Cheng Pu's head. Cheng Pu shouted when he saw this, stretched out his spear in his hand, and knocked the arrow down.

Cheng Pu felt extremely aggrieved now. What kind of battle was this?

Among the generals in Jiangdong, there are also generals who are proficient in both water and land warfare. Cheng Pu is the unparalleled leader among them. Over the years, he has followed Sun Jian and Sun Ce in hundreds of battles, large and small, and has never been victorious. He indeed has his own merits. The basis of pride.

That's why he looked down on Zhou Yu and turned a blind eye to his order to retreat. Moreover, in Cheng Pu's opinion, the Fierce Tiger Army was actually very weak along the way. As long as he managed to reach the shore, he could annihilate them all!

But his steps were stopped in front of the swamp several miles offshore.

What made Cheng Pu feel even more insulted was that the other side actually sent a female general to deal with him!

This fierce tiger bullies me, no one in Jiangdong!

So Cheng Pu also took the lead. He relied on his high moral character and turned a blind eye to Zhou Yu's orders. Anyway, when he returned, he said that he was fighting fiercely with the enemy and could not withdraw.

He tried every means to cross the swamp and achieve success in one fell swoop, but he tried several methods and failed.

They tried everything including ship bridges, detours, and landings, but the opponent seemed to have extremely shrewd planners. As soon as Cheng Pu's soldiers moved, the opponent could guess their intentions and blocked Cheng Pu's army's route of action in advance.

Only then did Cheng Pu realize that Dong Xi's defeat was no accident. The opponent had planned it long ago!

And what aggrieved Cheng Pu the most was that the opponent's offensive was almost made of money.

From the beginning of the war to the present, the stones and arrows have not stopped, and Cheng Pu discovered that the armored soldiers of the Fierce Tiger Army accounted for almost half, which shows that the amount spent on armor alone is not a small amount!

You must know that even in the relatively prosperous Jiangdong, the price of steel has always been high. A set of armor consumes a lot of manpower and material resources. Although I heard that Youzhou is rich in salt and iron, can even ordinary soldiers really be equipped with armor as standard? ?

But the fact is that Jiang Dongbing's weapons and equipment, which he was proud of, lagged behind the opponent in all aspects, and his tactical coordination was even worse.

Cheng Pu started his career by exterminating bandits and fought many land battles. But if the bandits he encountered before were rabbits, these Youzhou soldiers who cooperated and skillfully before him were simply tigers!

And he clearly felt that compared to the Battle of Guangling, these Youzhou soldiers were more difficult to deal with!

Cheng Pu was right. After Zhuge Liang took over the military affairs, he became familiar with the Youzhou Army's military training method passed down from Qu Yi in a short period of time, and then proposed some small changes. After Yuan Xi had people try it out, he found that the effect was actually good. .

Yuan Xi was happy in his heart. People are indeed different. Zhuge Liang grew up so fast. It can only be said that it is due to his talent, and his starting point is much higher than that of later generations.

When Zhuge Liang went to Liu Bei in later generations, Liu Bei's army actually had very average combat power and a lot of problems. It took Zhuge Liang a long time to figure it out and figure out how to train troops. It took many years to train Shu troops. Strengthen the army for the world.

But what Zhuge Liang is facing now is that Yuan Xi integrated the advanced military thinking of later generations with the military training methods of Qu Yi, Lu Bu and others. At this stage, he is much stronger than Liu Beijun. At least in terms of battle results, Liu Beijun has repeatedly The defeated Cao Cao army could not take advantage of the Youzhou army.

As a result, Zhuge Liang grew up much faster. With his keen sense of smell, he found the inconsistencies in the Youzhou Army's military training methods, and then improved them to improve the Youzhou Army's already high combat effectiveness. one level.

Cheng Pu is now sending people ashore to fight, which is just to continuously add experience to Zhuge Liang. Yuan Xi even suspects that if such battles are fought several times a year, Zhuge Liang will become a complete body in a few years!

After more than an hour, Cheng Pu felt that Yuan Xijun's resistance was weakening. He keenly felt that this meant that the opponent was exhausted to the limit. As long as he led his troops to break through and land, he could completely wipe out the opponent and set the goal of turning the world around in this battle. Lift!

Thinking of this, he shouted: "The warship moves forward and prepares to land!"

The warship pulled up its sail, and driven by the wind, the hull moved slowly forward in the swamp. However, the soldiers on the bow had already prepared wooden boats and other items. Once the ship stopped, they filled in a channel. Come!

The big ship at the front finally came to a slow stop, and the soldiers on each ship began to desperately throw debris into the swamp to build a channel for Dong Xijun on the shore to retreat.

But at this moment, there was a dense sound of piercing the air in the distant woods.

(End of this chapter)