Three Kingdoms: I, Ma Su, just want to die

Chapter 698: Troops Enter Chaisang
Jingzhou, Xiakou.

With the arrival of Xiang Chong's army, the most important town in Jiangxia has changed hands again. However, Xiang Chong was not happy about it, but frowned.

The reason was that when his army arrived at Xiakou, they found that this important military town had become a siege city. The Eastern Wu navy that was originally deployed here had long disappeared without a trace.

"General, we have sent scouts everywhere, but we have not found any trace of Wu's army. We even sent people to Yunmengze to check, but there are still no Wu troops."

Just as Xiang Chong was frowning, the scout came back and reported to Xiang Chong. This report also made Xiang Chong sure that Dongwu had no intention of ambush.

"What about General Luo? Did he find anything in Chibi?" Xiang Chong frowned and asked.

"General Luo sent someone to deliver a message saying that the Wu army that was confronting him has disappeared." Luo Xian's messenger at the side immediately replied and added specifically.

"General Luo's guess is that the Prime Minister put too much pressure on Jiangdong. The Wu army had no choice but to withdraw all its main forces and go back to defend Moling."

"So General Luo urged the army to continue moving forward, and the main force of the navy pushed as close to Chaisang as possible, echoing the offensive of the Prime Minister."

"Is that so?" Xiang Chong hesitated and still felt a little timid about it.

After all, he was defeated by Luo Tong two years ago, which left a psychological trauma on Xiang Chong. So even though Dongwu has disappeared, Xiang Chong is still worried whether this is a conspiracy of Dongwu.

However, soon, the scouts sent to Chaisang brought back accurate news.

"What did you say? Dongwu began to block the river with chains?" After listening to the scout's report, Xiang Chong's eyes widened and asked in disbelief.

"General, that's right. Not only are they blocking the river with chains, they are also trying their best to sink a lot of debris to the bottom of the water to prevent large ships from passing through."

"Great!" The scout's report completely dispelled Xiang Chong's concerns. He couldn't help laughing and gave the order decisively.

"Dongwu's behavior is clearly cowardly. It is very likely that the other side does not have many troops left in Chaisang."

"In that case, we have nothing to fear. Pass my order to mobilize all the ships that can be dispatched from Jingzhou and forcefully break through Chaisang's defense line!"

Even now, the Eastern Wu was invincible in naval warfare, and they didn't even need to look at the Han navy. But now, the Eastern Wu suddenly blocked the river in the most clumsy way, obviously their own strength was too weak to fight the Han navy head-on.

Overall, it is very likely that the Dongwu navy was completely withdrawn to Jianye to block the main force of the northern prime minister from crossing the river. And the few remaining troops in Chaisang could not stop the Jingzhou navy at all.

In this case, Xiang Chong can't just sit there like this forever.

Soon, at Xiang Chong's command, a large number of ships and equipment gathered in Xiakou City. Xiang Chong, relying on the abundant manpower and material resources of Jingzhou, pressed forward to Chaisang with great momentum.

While Xiang Chong was making all his efforts to prepare for a forceful breakthrough into Chaisang, Luo Xian in the south had already set off.

He was not heading to Xiakou, but to sneak across to Yuzhang along the path next to Chibi. After all, as a native of Jingzhou, Luo Xian was very familiar with the local terrain.

In response, Xiang Chong did not say anything, but ordered the Jingnan troops to be ready to provide support at any time. Then, Xiang Chong began to transfer the main force to attack Chaisang.

Iron chains across the river and sundries sinking into the river sounded impressive, but in fact they were all old-fashioned methods. For Xiang Chong, he could come up with a lot of ways to break through without even thinking about it. However, to be on the safe side, Xiang Chong chose the most reliable strategy. He collected hundreds of small boats from Jingzhou, filled them with hay and kerosene, and set them on fire, rushing along the river.

Then, with the main force of the river water and sails, hundreds of small boats rushed towards the chain densely.

The Wu army stationed on both sides of the river also planned to use hooks to tow the ships to the shore, but faced with such a large number of ships, they were as powerless as clowns.

In less than half a day, the chain of Chaisang was broken. Even because of the huge number of redundant ships, Xiang Chong also washed away the debris that Dongwu had sunk into the river.

The Wu army had painstakingly prepared a defense line for a long time, but it was broken by the Han army in less than a day. Then Xiang Chong led the Han navy into Yangzhou with great momentum and went straight to the gate of Chaisang Water Fort.

When Xiang Chong's army approached Chaisang, the water fortress of the Eastern Wu suddenly roared with killing sounds. Dozens of warships suddenly filed out, and Luo Tong's flag was hoisted high.

Unfortunately, Xiang Chong is not an idiot, and he will not back down just because you scare him. After the initial bluffing, the strength of the Dongwu navy was clearly seen.

"There are only about thirty small boats left. Isn't there even a tower ship left?" Xiang Chong looked at the pitiful scale of Dongwu with his eyes shining.

No wonder Luo Tong was so cowardly. With only these few ships left, anyone would be nervous, right?

Seeing that this was all that was left of the Eastern Wu navy, Xiang Chong's confidence immediately rose. After a brief hesitation, Xiang Chong immediately ordered the entire army to press forward and storm Chaisang Water Fort.

Thanks to Guan Xing, the navy of Jingzhou was rebuilt very early. Although the combat power was not very good, the number of ships was definitely sufficient. Even the powerful tower ships, the Han navy had dozens of them.

Can you lose with a flying dragon on your face? I really don't believe it, okay?

So, Xiang Chong went up to him, but the result was shocking.

Although the Eastern Wu navy only had a few dozen ships left, their technical and tactical level was completely incomparable to that of the Han army. The two sides fought for half an hour outside Chaisang, and Xiang Chong discovered that the Han navy had already shown signs of decline...

"What's going on? They only have so few people, and they can still lose?" Xiang Chong's face darkened, feeling a little unbelievable.

On the other side, Luo Tong finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Looks like I can still hold on a bit longer." Luo Tong wiped the blood splattered on his forehead and muttered.

At this moment, Luo Tong had no cards in his hand. All the navy were forcibly taken back to Jianye by Sun Quan, and only 5,000 men and less than 2,000 navy troops were left to defend Chaisang with him.

Therefore, the fact that Luo Tong has been able to hold on until now is even an extraordinary performance.

“If nothing unexpected happens, after repelling the Han army’s navy, Chaisang can hold out for another month... Of course, the premise is that there are no accidents.” Luo Tong calculated in his mind how long he could hold out, but the more he thought about it, the more uncertain he became.

However, misfortunes never come singly. When Luo Tong had just made some progress in the naval battle, he suddenly discovered that the Chaisang Water Fort was on fire!

(End of this chapter)