Soldiers come to the world

Lu Meng thought for a while and said: "Reporting to Marquis Wu, I have also thought about this issue. The deepest impression Liu Jing left on me is that he personally led troops into Chaisang and took risks with himself. This shows that this person is very adventurous and good at taking risks. Chess, and he attacked the North City, but set up an ambush outside the South City, this person is thoughtful and quite strategic."

After a pause, he said frankly again: "But he let go of his humble post again, and his motives make the humble post puzzling."

Sun Quan nodded. He agreed with Lu Meng's point of view. As for Liu Jing letting Lu Meng go, he understood that Liu Jing did it for himself, which meant that he did not close the door to reconciliation with Jiangdong.

Sun Quan admired Liu Jing's kind-heartedness. Wars belong to wars, but they will not become enemies because of wars. Once the situation requires it, they still have the possibility of forming an alliance.

Since Liu Jing has such a mind, he, Sun Quan, will also accept this favor. In this battle, no matter what, Liu Jing cannot be killed, he must be captured alive, or let him live.

At this time, Sun Quan glanced at Lu Xun again, seeing that he hesitated to speak, he smiled and said, "What do Bo Yan think?"

Lu Meng's face immediately sank, and he snorted slightly. Although Lu Xun tried his best to break through that night and was not punished by Sun Quan, Lu Meng knew in his heart that he was wounded at the time, and he led the army to fight against Zhao Yun, fighting for the front line for the brothers behind. vitality.

But as a lieutenant general, Lu Xun should also face the enemy just like himself, but Lu Xun cut a bloody path and escaped first, so that none of the soldiers behind him escaped.

Although Lu Xun did not violate the military regulations and was not punished, Lu Meng despised his character extremely and did not want to have a word with him.

Lu Xun stepped forward and knelt down on one knee and said, "I have something to report to Marquis Wu."

"Go ahead!"

"I found out that Liu Jing seems to have a special army, about 300 people, not afraid of arrows, very elite."

Sun Quan immediately became interested, and quickly asked, "What kind of army do you think?"

"After thinking about it carefully, this should be a heavy armored infantry. They are covered with fine steel heavy armor, so they are not afraid of arrows."

Sun Quan's face suddenly became a little ugly. He is the king of a country, and of course he knows how much it costs to build such a heavy armored infantry. It is impossible to do it with the financial resources of Chaisang County alone. This only proves one fact, Liu Jing Received the full support of the Tao family.

"Hmph!" Sun Quan snorted heavily, and after he captured Chaisang, he would settle accounts with the Tao family.

At this time, the fleet began to pass by the mouth of Fushui River. Zhou Yu pointed to a dozen small boats moored at the mouth of the river and said, "Have you seen it, Marquis Wu? Go to Xiazhi County, continue for another [-] miles, and you will find Yangxin County, I received the information that Yangxin County still has a lot of supplies and people, and we haven't had time to withdraw back to Chaisang."

Zhou Yu didn't persuade Sun Quan to attack the two counties this time, but his intention was obvious. It depended on whether Sun Quan would let the two counties go.

Sun Quan looked at the mouth of the river with his hands behind his back. For a moment, he sneered, "Why don't I wipe out these two counties?"

He turned back resolutely and asked, "Where is General Han Yigong?"

A general in his thirties came out to salute, "The last general is here!"

This man has dark skin, sharp eyes, a hulking back, and long arms. He is Han Dang, a famous Jiangdong general. He followed Sun Jian to fight in the north and south and founded Jiangdong Foundation. , and made great contributions in the battle to capture Wuchang County.

Sun Quan immediately ordered: "I will give you five thousand soldiers, and they will attack Xiazhi County and Yangxin County by land and water, and raze the two counties to the ground. I will also seize all the population and materials."

"The last will obey!"

Han got off the big boat and went to order troops. Sun Quan stared at the mouth of the river for a moment, his chest gradually filled with murderous intent, he turned his head and shouted loudly: "It's still the same sentence, the first one to enter Chaisang City will be rewarded with 5000 taels of gold. Those who capture Liu Jing alive will be rewarded with ten thousand taels of gold and promoted two ranks!"

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At noon, the Jiangdong Army finally appeared in the sight of the Chaisang City defenders. It was an incomparably spectacular scene. The large ships covering the sky and the sun almost covered the entire river, and more than [-] warships appeared densely on the river. superior.

The more than [-] troops are just a large army for combat. In fact, there are [-] to [-] boatmen and civilians who were mobilized before the expedition. Jiangdong almost gave the whole country's strength for this western expedition.

At this time, a horn sounded from the surface of the river, and the low-pitched horn resounded across the river. This was an order for the whole army to land, and large ships full of soldiers began to slowly approach the pier.

Chaisang’s wharf is about two miles long, and can accommodate dozens of large ships at the same time. However, to the west of the wharf, there is a forest stretching for more than ten miles. , in the north is the Yangtze River slapping the river bank.

At this time, more than a hundred soldiers ambushing in the woods had quietly appeared on the edge of the woods. They held bows and arrows and watched the Jiangdong ship approaching the pier. Many people cast their eyes on the river. The surface of the river next to the pier was covered with a layer of black sticky matter. Many people were worried, can this kind of paraffin oil burn?

The Jiangdong army also discovered the black viscous liquid in the water. Large ships approached the pier and were immediately surrounded by this viscous black liquid. Many soldiers exclaimed, but most of these exclamations were of a kind. The emotion of disgust, no one senses the imminent danger.

Seeing more than [-] large ships approaching the pier, at this moment, a low shout came from the woods. More than a hundred soldiers ignited the rockets in their hands, stretched their bows and shot towards the Yangtze River, more than a hundred rockets passed the pier and shot into In the Yangtze River, although most of the rockets extinguished in the water, a few rockets ignited the kerosene on the water.

'boom! With a sound, a flame ignited on the surface of the water, and the flame spread rapidly, forming a burning sea of ​​fire, accompanied by billowing thick smoke, but in an instant, all the more than [-] warships near the dock were engulfed in the sea of ​​flames.

The soldiers on the ship yelled in horror, and many ships tried to turn around and leave, but they burned quickly, and the fire and thick smoke began to engulf the warships.

The sound of horns on the river stopped, and tens of thousands of Jiangdong soldiers with [-] warships were watching this terrifying scene. A fire broke out on the river, gradually engulfing more than [-] warships.

This frightening situation shocked all Jiangdong soldiers to hold their breath and stare straight at the horrific scene on the water. The river is actually burning?

Many soldiers knelt down, kowtowed on the deck, and begged the god of the river to calm down his anger. This was beyond their understanding. Apart from understanding that the god of the river was angry, they could not understand the burning of water, let alone the coexistence of fire and water.

Standing at the bow of the boat, Sun Quan stared blankly at the scene in front of him, his eyes were also full of shock, even showing a hint of timidity.

Of course he understood that this was not the anger of the river god. He saw the rocket shooting into the river with his own eyes. This must be the fire attack of the Jingzhou army, but what is it?Sun Quan was very shocked by this, and it was able to burn on the water, which is simply a weapon of water warfare.

At this time Zhou Tai stepped forward to salute, "Report to Marquis Wu, maybe I can guess a little clue."

Sun Quan hurriedly turned around and asked, "Quickly say it! What is this?"

"When I was young, I saw a kind of black oil in Jingling County. It was very viscous, could float on the water, and could burn. The locals called it petroleum oil. Just now, I saw such a black layer on the water near the pier. I suspect it is this kind of thing, I heard that Xiazhi County also has it.”

Everyone suddenly realized, and Sun Quan asked anxiously, "Then Jiangdong has this kind of paraffin oil."

"Humble, I didn't pay attention, look for it, maybe there are."

Sun Quan was silent, and his eyes turned to the pier again. At this time, his eyes showed a look of pain.

More than a dozen ships near the pier were set on fire. Fortunately, almost all the hulls of the large ships were burning, and most of the ships sailed away from the sea of ​​flames. The soldiers jumped off the big boat one after another to survive. The fire on the water caused the soldiers to scream. ． ． ． ．

The defenders on the top of the city were also silent, there was no cheering, and everyone was astonished in their hearts. Many people also knelt down, kowtowed heavily, and thanked Jiang God for his protection devoutly.

When all the ships were forced to leave the dock, cheers finally erupted from the top of the city, and the soldiers were extremely excited. Liu Hu raised his arms and shouted, "Jiang God protect us, we will win this battle!"

"This battle will be won!"

Excited shouts erupted from the top of the city, and countless soldiers blushed, raised their spears and shouted, the morale of the Jingzhou army was burning at this moment.

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The war stopped temporarily, and the Jiangdong Army was no longer eager to land. It was not because Sun Quan was afraid of kerosene, but because of morale.

"All soldiers must understand!"

In the cabin, Sun Quan raised his voice and said to dozens of generals: "I want them to know that this is not some kind of river god's power, but petroleum oil, which is a kind of oil that can float on the water and burn at the same time. Don't have any fear!"

At this moment, Zhou Yu stepped forward and said, "Marquis Wu, I have an idea."

Sun Quan nodded, "Gongjin please tell me!"

"Since Jingling County and Xiazhi County both have this kind of paraffin oil, why don't we try to get some. I have already sent people to Xiazhi County, and we should be able to get it soon. I suggest... "

Before Zhou Yu finished speaking, there was a slight commotion at the door, and Zhou Tai walked in quickly holding a clay pot, and he shouted excitedly: "Marquis Wu, it really is petroleum oil!"

This is a can of crude oil from Xiazhi County. Zhou Tai put it on the table, and the generals immediately gathered around, all stretching their necks to look around.

Sun Quan stepped forward to sniff it, took out another spoonful with a spoon, and let it flow down from the air slowly. The paraffin oil was thin and long, sticky and thick, like honey syrup.

"Marquis Wu, this is the petrolatum that I saw in Jingling County back then. It is the black object floating on the water and burning our warships today."

Sun Quan nodded, and then asked Zhou Yu, "Gong Jin said just now, do you have any suggestions?"

Zhou Yu smiled slightly and said: "Since the soldiers all think that Jiang Shen is angry, why doesn't Marquis Wu use this to summon Jiang Shen once to convince the soldiers that Jiang Shen has appeased his anger."

Sun Quan's eyes narrowed. He understood Zhou Yu's meaning, and the suggestion was really wise.

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