Ji Han Da Sima

Chapter 100 Death of Ancestor
As Zhou Yu said, Huang Zu was slacking off.He was ordered to move troops from Penglize to Chaisang. He not only had the important task of consolidating Chaisang, but also the task of assisting Pengze City.

When Sun Quan and Zhou Yu led their troops to storm Pengze City, he paid attention to the situation in Pengze City and was worried that Huo Jun could not defend the city. The result was beyond his expectation. Huo Jun not only defended the city, but also caused a large number of casualties to Jiangdong soldiers and horses.

Since November, Huang Zu has paid no particular attention to Peng Zecheng except for listening to important battle reports.Just by sending Chen, he led the navy to patrol the river and keep an eye on the situation in Pengze; he led the army to garrison the water village and divided his troops to guard Chaisang City; his son Huang She led the army back to Xiakou to transport grain and grass.

At dawn, the mist on the river is hazy, covering both sides of the Yangtze River.Indistinctly, warships stretched for several miles, with numerous warships and flags covering the sun, like a giant dragon swimming on the Yangtze River, rushing towards Chaisang Water Village.

The giant ship stands in the center of the fleet, with the "Zhou" flag flying in the wind, echoing the various large and small ships around it, such as fighting ships and sailing boats.

On the third day after Pan Zhang's death, Zhou Yu and Sun Quan took advantage of the cover of night to leave Pengze City without anyone noticing and attack Chaisang.

On the bow of the ship, Zhou Yu stood on the deck holding a sword, staring straight ahead, looking at the fast horse boat coming across the river, looking forward to the arrival of good news.

After a while, a fast horse arrived under the stern boat, and the scouts climbed up the wooden ladder thrown from the deck.

"How about it!"

Zhou Yu stretched out his hand to pull up the scout and asked.

When the scout saw that it was Zhou Yu, he nervously handed over the battle report and said: "I am reporting to the Commander-in-Chief that Lieutenant Ling Du has come to report that he has led his 50 men to kill the Jiangxia thief general Chen Jiu, captured his entire crew, and discovered the importance of Chai Sang." Enemy situation.”

Zhou Yu opened the battle report and read it carefully. He couldn't help but smile on his face and said: "Although the public achievements are small, he is really brave. Huang Zu was slack on military preparations, and his troops were only six or seven thousand. His navy soldiers were not in order, and they only had one life." Two giant ships guarded the mouth of the river, acting as a barrier to the water stronghold."

Ling Tong, who was surrounded by dangers under Zhao Yunshang, not only did not suffer any hidden injuries after training, but his bravery also improved to a higher level.This time, Ling Tong took the initiative to fight. He asked Miao to lead the 50 surviving members of his headquarters as forward scouts. He shared a boat with these tribesmen who had a close friendship and traveled dozens of miles away from the main army deep into the enemy's territory.

Ling Tong and his men dressed up as Jiangxia sailors, deceived the navy's password, and used the darkness to approach the ship and climb aboard.Not only did they kill Chen Jiu himself, but also captured hundreds of people on Chen Jiu's ship. They also found out about the water stronghold and sent it to Zhou Yu.

"Huang Zu's death has come!"

Zhou Yu held the battle report tightly and said with a sneer: "Order all the warships to travel simultaneously. We must attack and kill Chaisang Water Village by noon. We will not have time to prepare for war with the enemy."

"promise!"

The entire fleet raised their sails. In the face of headwind and current, the boatman shook the oars and tried his best to speed up the boat and break through the waves.

"what!"

Huang Zu, who was taking a nap, heard the news of the Jiangdong navy's attack. His face was full of horror and he said: "Aren't the Jiangdong bandits besieging Pengze City? Huo Jun planned to ambush the bandits a few days ago, so why did he suddenly kill Chaisang? !”

Immediately afterwards, Huang Zu seemed to realize something, cursed secretly, and said: "These guys who bully the weak and are afraid of hardness will come to beat me if they can't bite Huo Jun. Don't think that I, Huang Zu, am easy to bully, let him take a look at a certain person today." The benefits and disadvantages.”

Huang Zu lifted up his blanket, put on his armor, and ordered his surroundings: "Order two thousand navy soldiers to go to the river mouth, and the rest of the soldiers will take boats to form an array. He also asked Deng Long to seize the time to prepare for the battle in order to cope with the attack by soldiers and horses from the east of the Yangtze River. "

"promise!"

……

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

The sound of war drums resounded across the river, and Jiangdong Navy braved the rain of arrows to attack Jiangxia Water Village.The Jiangxia Navy relied on two giant ships to guard the camp gate of the water village. Thousands of soldiers were deployed on board, firing crossbows and arrows like rain. The Jiangdong Navy could not get close at all.

"Whoosh!"

Listening to the intensive whistling sound in the air, Ling Tong blocked the incoming arrows with his shield and cursed: "Why do these people have so many arrows?"

"I do not know!"

He held up his big shield and said: "The enemy's two warships are not swaying in the river, they are stable on the ground, and they are charging like this. I don't know how many soldiers of our army will die."

Ling Tong's fighting boat was filled with dense arrows, and several people died on the deck with dozens of arrows. Blood covered the wooden boards, mixing with the river water that hit the boat.Ling Tong and Bu Qu held their shields and leaned against each other, not daring to show their heads at all.

Against the wind and current, the ship heaved in all directions with the waves, making it difficult for Jiangdong's soldiers to stand, and the crossbows in their hands could not shoot at all.Those Jiangdong sailors who tried to engage in battle were either hiding in the cabin, or huddled together with their shields, facing the arrow rain from Jiangxia sailors.

"withdraw!"

Zhou Yu on the flagship heard the battle report ahead, punched the ship wall angrily and gave orders.

"promise!"

Zhou Yu did not expect that the two ships Huang Zu arranged at the entrance of Shuizhai were so sophisticated. The two huge ships isolated the river, tied four large palm cables to large stone piers and sank to the bottom of the river, completely fixing the ships.Two warships formed a water fortress, and a total of two thousand soldiers were among them. They stood high and used their bows and crossbows to form a firepower network, making it impossible for anyone to rush in.

"Haha!" In the water village, Huang Zu looked at the Jiangdong Navy who retreated again and again, and looked up to the sky and laughed.This group of people really thought that they were stuck in the mud and couldn't defeat Pengze City, so they came to attack Chaisang again. It was really an idiot's dream.I have been crossing the river for twenty years. If I still can't save Chai Sang, I don't have to mess around anymore.

Compared to Huang Zu's joy, Zhou Yu frowned. He was under considerable pressure at the moment.He urged the army to attack Jiangxia Navy. If he could not take Chaisang Water Village, what would he do to see Sun Quan.The entire Yuzhang situation will also be corrupted by this.

On the deck, Dong Xi, Ling Tong, and Zhou Tai looked at Zhou Yu with strange expressions, really questioning Zhou Yu's ability to lead troops in battle.

Zhou Yu ignored everyone's strange looks and said in a deep voice: "Huang Zu used the power of the stern to isolate the river and sink the river with huge rocks, making it difficult for our army to move forward. Now I have people rush in with arrows and cut off the cables of the two sterns. , making it unable to be fixed and floating with the wind and current, it can break the water stronghold."

After a pause, Zhou Yu looked at Dong Xi and Ling Tong and said, "I order you to lead a hundred men each, wearing three layers of heavy armor and carrying shields. You must cut the cables to reverse the situation of our army. Don’t you dare?”

"How can you not dare?"

Although Dong Xi and Ling Tong were questioning Zhou Yu just now, now that Zhou Yu has provided a solution, they are still willing to give it a try.

"it is good!"

Zhou Yu rested his hand on the hilt of his sword and said in a deep voice: "After you two cut off the cable, Yu will lead his army to charge in. Zhou Zhonglang led his army ashore and laid an ambush between Chaisang and Shuizhai. If Huang Zu is defeated, he will be intercepted. Kill Huang Zu."

"No!" Everyone responded.

……

Accompanied by the sound of military drums, Zhou Yu led the navy closer and used bows and crossbows to cover Dong Xi and Ling Tong.The two of them led a hundred soldiers wearing three layers of heavy armor on the boat and rushed towards the two sterns.

"Fire arrows!"

When the officers on board saw Jiangdong's ship entering the range of bows and arrows again, they drew their swords and shouted loudly.

"Whoosh!"

As the bowstring vibrated, thousands of arrows roared into the air, flying towards the Wu army ship in a projectile manner.

Wu Jun's ships also began to fight back. The soldiers on the deck holding bows and arrows, under the cover of the parapet wall, drew their bows and nocked arrows to throw at the opponent.Due to the headwind, the arrows could not cause fatal danger to Jiangxia's sailors, but instead caused certain casualties to the enemy.

For a moment, arrows on the river flew across the sky, accompanied by the sound of wind, which made people tremble.Ling Tong led his troops and Dong Xi rushed out at the same time. The oarsmen on the boat rowed hard and took over the left and right ships at a galloping speed.

"Fire arrows!"

The officer on the stern on the left seemed to be aware of Ling Tong's intention and shouted loudly: "Don't let these people get close!"

Ling Tong held a shield and stood on the deck without any fear, blocking arrows left and right, feeling the constant blows coming from the shield.Even if those dense rain of arrows hit his body, they would not be able to penetrate his three layers of heavy armor. The arrow clusters would be stuck on the second layer of armor and would not be able to penetrate deep.

After about half an hour, the boat, which was running like lightning, rushed to the bottom of the stern boat. Ling Tong raised his shield, drew his sword in his hand, and tried hard to chop the strong palm cables.

With one stroke of the knife, the rope was pulled out.

Two knives, the rope was half broken.

Three cuts, the rope breaks.

Without a rope to stabilize the boat, it suddenly began to tilt sideways, making it difficult for the crossbowman to control the crossbow in his hand, causing them to shoot incorrectly.

Immediately afterwards, another large palm cable was cut, and the stern hull began to rise and fall with the river surface.Then three or four cables were cut off, and the huge stern could no longer control the stability of the ship's hull, nor could it fix the ship's hull. Under the influence of the wind and water, it slowly floated eastward.

Seeing this, Zhou Yu drew his sword and pointed to the sky, shouting angrily: "Break the stronghold!"

"promise!"

The flag symbolizing the assault of the entire army was hoisted, and more than a hundred Jiangdong Navy ships took advantage of the situation to attack.

Jiang Qin was the vanguard and led his troops to charge in.Fighting with the Jiangxia sailors anchored in the water village, the bloody boarding battle began.The Jiangdong soldiers and horses who lost their bravery under Pengze City regained their confidence on the river, as if they were in a deserted land.

Their combat effectiveness and numbers are not as good as those of Jiangdong soldiers and horses. Now the large stern ships acting as barriers are floating away, which has shaken the military morale of Jiangxia soldiers.Facing the wolves and tigers of Jiangdong's soldiers and horses, Jiangxia's sailors were either killed or fleeing.

"go!"

When Huang Zu saw the big boat floating away, he thought something was wrong.He led more than 300 of his followers towards Chaisang City, preparing to rely on Chaisang's strength to defend the city.No matter what happens, he can lead his troops to retreat south, join Liu Bei and Liu Qi, and retake Chaisang.

However, Huang Zu, who escaped from the water village, met Zhou Tai who was ambushing him on the road. Three Hundred Buqu fought bravely to clear a bloody path for Huang Zu.Huang Zu rode away alone, but was overtaken by knight Feng Ze and beheaded.

Chaisang guard Deng Long surrendered without a fight!

(End of this chapter)