Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 120 114. Battle of Dongting Lake (VIII)
"Father!"

The young general Zhu Yi of the Eastern Wu helped his father up.

Zhu Huan was accidentally shot in the shoulder by an arrow during the attack by the Han army's ships. Zhu Huan was knocked to the ground, but fortunately his son came up and helped him up in time to avoid further injury.

"Father, what should we do... The Han army has surrounded us..."

Zhu Yi looked around in a daze and asked his father in a low voice.

Zhu Huan helped his son to stand up again. He wanted to scold his son for his cowardly attitude, but when he looked around, he saw the Wu army being defeated by the Han army.

All the time, soldiers of the Wu army were killed by the Han army and fell into the water; many of the Wu soldiers also cried bitterly and knelt on their boats to beg for mercy from the Han army.

The situation has gotten out of control. Even if I were Lu Bu, I would be powerless to reverse the current decline.

At this moment, Zhu Huan deeply realized what it meant to "the situation is hopeless."

The silent Zhu Huan wanted to die to show his determination, but when he saw his son Zhu Yi's face full of fear and confusion, the soldiers on the boat were also silent, but their slightly trembling arms and panicked eyes expressed their thoughts at the moment.

"...Alas...Yier, let the troops surrender. Don't let the good men of Jiangdong be slaughtered like pigs and dogs by the Han army in vain."

Zhu Huan sighed, left Zhu Yi and walked straight to the wall, sitting on a wooden box with tools on it, like an old man in his twilight years.

Soon, the warship carrying Zhu Huan and Zhu Yi raised a white flag, and the soldiers on the ship laid down their weapons, waiting for the Han army to board and take over the ship.

……

"General Xu! We are surrounded by Han troops! There are Han troops all around us!"

Xu Sheng's eyes were red as he fought in a hail of arrows. His men had killed several Han soldiers who had climbed up with the help of grappling hooks. Suddenly he heard a report from his personal guards and subconsciously turned around to look.

"Keep fighting! Don't let them down..."

Xu Sheng fell silent before he finished speaking. All his personal soldiers were looking at him with dusty faces, and many of them were injured. After all, the Han army's oil tanks and gunpowder tanks were too powerful, and the fighting ship Xu Sheng was on could not escape disaster.

"Boom! Crunch—"

As far as Xu Sheng could see, the last tower ship of the Eastern Wu had been set on fire like a huge tree of fire under the siege of countless large and small ships of the Han army, and then slowly sank into the water.

Although Xu Sheng already knew it, he was still unwilling to admit that he had already lost this time. Not only himself, but Da Wu also completely lost this time.

Xu Sheng recalled that he had once said majestically, "Whoever invades the territory of Wu, I will defeat him."

However, the sight of being surrounded by enemies on all sides made Xu Sheng feel confused.

At this moment, the surface of Dongting Lake was ablaze with flames, illuminating the lake as bright as day. Thanks to this, Xu Sheng could clearly see that his battleship was surrounded by the Han army in three layers.

The Han soldiers on the warships and small boats were all staring at him with eager eyes, holding the kind of burning and exploding pottery bottles in their hands, ready to die in the fire at the command.

Xu Sheng originally wanted to fight to the death and prove his integrity, but he turned around and looked at his personal soldiers. Most of them were Xu Sheng's fellow townsmen, relatives and friends. At the moment, they were so frightened by the scene that their limbs were shaking, but they still pretended to be calm, holding short knives and guarding their surroundings.

When Xu Sheng saw this appearance, he felt just like Zhu Huan, and felt a sense of sadness in his heart.

"Danglang"

The sword in Xu Sheng's hand fell to the deck with a crisp sound. Xu Sheng looked up to the sky and sighed:
"The enemy troops are endless, and our strength is exhausted!"

Xu Sheng then ordered his soldiers to surrender, so as to avoid any more meaningless casualties. …

"Damn it, there are so many bastards in the Shu army..."

Zhou Tai had no intention of surrendering. His old friend Jiang Qin had died at the hands of Feng Xi, and Zhou Tai had no reason to surrender to the Han army for both public and private reasons.

Although the Wu navy had been defeated, Zhou Tai still put up a desperate resistance. Even though the Han army had blocked their way into the water, Zhou Tai could still jump onto the Han boat like a nimble monkey, wielding the sword in his hand and slaughtering a Han boat in an instant.

"Don't get close! Shoot the enemy general!"

The Han army soldiers saw that this man was definitely no ordinary person, and that they would only die if they went forward, so they immediately changed their strategy and just watched Zhou Tai standing on the small boat on the river from afar, with their bows and arrows, Molotov cocktails, etc. all aimed at Zhou Tai.

"Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh-"

Countless arrows rained down from all directions. Even though Zhou Tai was an extraordinary martial artist, he was powerless in the face of this level of arrows.

"In front of your mother, I am leaving!"

Seeing that there was no escape, Zhou Tai simply ignored the dirt in the water and jumped in.

Relying on his strong swimming ability, Zhou Tai planned to escape by water just as he did when Huang Quan besieged him before, so as to plan for the aftermath.

As for the Wu soldiers under his command, Zhou Tai had already let them fend for themselves, and it was unknown whether they died or surrendered.

Seeing the enemy general jump into the water, the surrounding Han soldiers did not panic, but calmly took out packages from the boat and threw them into the water.

This thing is none other than quicklime.

Zhou Tai dived into the water with his eyes closed. He dared to open his eyes only after he dived deep enough. It was impossible for those filthy things to reach the deep so quickly, so Zhou Tai dared to do so.

Zhou Tai found the east based on the direction he had taken before falling asleep and swam towards it. As long as he could avoid the encirclement of the Han army, everything would be fine.

"Gulu gulu..."

"Ok?"

As Zhou Tai swam, he realized something was wrong. The sea around him was making bubbling sounds, like boiling water.

"Tear--"

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

Zhou Tai's eyes suddenly felt like they were splashed with hot water and were burned directly. He struggled to swim towards the surface of the water, but the closer he got to the surface, the higher he found that the temperature around him was getting, and the temperature was still rising.

Zhou Tai repeatedly rinsed his eyes with water, but the more he rinsed, the more painful the burning sensation became. Zhou Tai felt as if his eyes had become two balls of fire.

"Gululu..."

At the same time, Zhou Tai felt that the water around him was getting hotter and hotter, as if he was about to be cooked. However, Zhou Tai was blind at the moment and could not tell the direction at all. He could only swim in one direction, but the temperature around him was still very high. Zhou Tai's limbs and body were actually showing signs of being roasted under such high temperature.

"The enemy general is there! Shoot him!"

Following the sound of a gong, Zhou Tai heard the sounds of countless arrows flying through the air and bowstrings being pulled, and his consciousness was interrupted.

(End of this chapter)