Soldiers come to the world

At dusk, thick smoke billowed from the Xiangyang wharf, like a sea of ​​fire, and hundreds of soldiers set fire to the boats on the wharf.

Not only Xiangyang, but the Longzhong Wharf ten miles away was also in flames, with smoke and dust covering the river, and more than [-] ferries coming from Fancheng were also set on fire by the soldiers.

The fire on the Xiangyang Wharf caused an uproar in Xiangyang City. Outside the city gate, crowds of onlookers were crowded and whispering.

Although most people were surprised, many people secretly rejoiced and burned down the ferry, which meant that Cao Jun could not cross the south of the Yangtze River.

After a while, Cai Mao led thousands of soldiers and rushed out of the city. Seeing that half of the ships had been set on fire, he was furious and ordered the soldiers to rescue the ships.

Seeing the rescuers from the city rushing out, the soldiers burning the boat on the pier ran away, but a village chief couldn't run in time, so he was caught by Cai Mao's soldiers, pushed and rushed, and brought him up.

"Who? Who ordered the fire?" Cai Mao asked with a roar, with fire in his eyes, with such an aura that he wished he could swallow the village head in front of him in one gulp.

The Marquis lowered his head, terrified in his heart, and replied in a trembling voice for a while, "Report to the military division, it was General Cai who ordered the fire."

Cai Mao was startled, his anger subsided, he looked back at his subordinates, and then asked in a low voice, "Which General Cai?"

"General Cai Jin."

"It's him?" Cai Mao gradually calmed down, he knew that Cai Jin was a prudent person and would not do such a stupid thing, there must be a reason for this.

He wanted to kill the head of the village, but at this time the murderous intention was gone, he thought for a moment, and said to the head of the village: "I will spare your life first, go and find Cai Jin to see me, if you dare to escape, I will take you Put your head on display.”

"Yes! The villain dare not!"

The head of the village quickly agreed, and hurried away, Cai Mao walked slowly to the pier, looking at the raging fire dozens of steps away, the flames froze, and the scalding heat erupted outward, scorching his face and killing his body. The heart shrank.

Although Da Daan burned nearly 500 of more than [-] ferries, he still took back more than [-] ferries, which made him feel a little relieved.

A man came galloping on horseback in the distance. It was Cai Jin who came in a hurry. He got off his horse and knelt down on one knee to salute, "The last general pays his respects to the military advisor!"

Cai Mao whipped his whip away, pointed at the burning warship, and shouted angrily, "You bastard! Look at what you've done."

There was a deep bloodstain on Cai Jin's face, he was motionless, Cai Mao whipped him more than a dozen times, and the skin on his face and neck was ripped apart, then he let out a bad breath, glaring at him and said: " How do you explain to me?"

Cai Jin resisted the severe pain on his face and body, bit his lip and said: "Patriarch, please let me report in private."

Cai Mao glanced at the surrounding soldiers, and the soldiers backed away one after another, so he said angrily, "If you have anything to say, say it!"

Cai Jin lowered his voice and said, "Patriarch, this is actually my grandfather's order to burn all Xiangyang ships."

Cai Mao was stunned. It turned out to be what the second uncle meant. Why?

His thoughts changed sharply, and he suddenly realized that this must be because the second uncle was afraid that he would have a secret relationship with Cao Jun, so he simply killed his thoughts.

But. ． ． ． ． ．How can the Xiangyang army do without ships?

He was extremely annoyed, and the second uncle was too bossy, almost treating himself like a three-year-old child, which made him extremely dissatisfied.

After a long time, he dragged his voice and said: "I know about this matter, you go!"

Cai made a salute, got on his horse, and galloped away. Cai Mao watched [-] warships engulfed by the fire.

The fire on the Xiangyang Wharf lasted until night before the fire was gradually extinguished. All the ships disappeared and turned into piles of wrecks floating on the water, which was horrible to look at.

At the same time as the fire at Xiangyang Wharf was burning, on the other side of the city of Fancheng, Cao Ren, the general of Cao Jun, surrounded by dozens of generals, was also watching the fire from a distance. They could faintly see the flickering flames.

At this time, several spies of Cao Jun came back in a small boat. Cao Jun collected dozens of small fishing boats on Bishui.

A spy rushed over and reported loudly under the city: "General, all the ferries in Xiangyang City were burned down, and the ferry over Longzhong Wharf was also burned down. I don't know what happened?"

Cao Ren's expression darkened immediately, and he snorted in great displeasure, "It's useless for the Prime Minister to believe in him for being so duplicitous!"

Cai Hao's secret surrender to Cao Cao has always been a secret, and only few people know it. Except for Jia Xu, the rest of the generals on the top of the city are at a loss. Who do you know Cao Ren is talking about?

Jia Xu knew Cao Ren was annoyed and advised him, "Don't be angry, general. The mission of going south this time is to capture Fancheng. We have completed the mission and can explain it to the prime minister."

"Bullshit! What does it mean to complete the mission?" Cao Hong angrily scolded Jia Xu next to him. He was not polite, and stared at Jia Xu fiercely, "I want to kill the enemy for the general. Do you want to let him go when you see the enemy in front of you?" ?”

Jia Xu's face suddenly turned red. He had a bad relationship with Cao Hong. Cao Hong scolded him in public, making him lose face. He was about to explode, but Cao Ren glared at Cao Hong and reprimanded, "I'm not going back!"

Cao Hong snorted coldly, turned around and left, Cao Ren didn't mention Cao Hong's rudeness, let alone apologize, then continued the topic just now and said indifferently: "Although it is said that, it seems that Xiangyang can be taken down, and a bigger one can be taken. How can you not be annoyed by the merits, but there is no boat to cross the river?"

Jia Xu held back the anger in his heart, shook his head and said: "If we push too hard, it will make Jingzhou share the same hatred and unite as one. It is better to maintain a coercive posture. In order to compete for dominance, the various factions in Jingzhou will inevitably fight against each other. Fight openly and secretly, and when they lose both sides, we will take advantage of the fisherman. If the general is not satisfied with the achievements in front of him, I would advise the general to start building ships. When the prime minister officially goes south, there will be hundreds of warships. great credit."

Cao Ren is a thoughtful person, although he doesn't like Jia Xu too much, but he knows good from bad and can distinguish right from wrong, unlike Cao Hong who is full of hatred towards Jia Xu.

Jia Xu's reminder made him realize that the biggest problem for Cao's army going south in the future will be warships. Whether it is going south to Jingzhou or expedition to Jiangdong, thousands of warships are the basis for calming the south.

Cao Ren nodded, "Jia Canjun is very correct. I will start choosing a site for shipbuilding tomorrow."

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In the early morning, when the first rays of the sun burst out from the thick clouds, the vast golden light sprinkled on the earth, and the undulating waves of the Han River sparkled with golden light. On Fancheng, Cao Jun soldiers guarding the city began to change their defenses.

Over the past few days, Cao Jun's soldiers have gradually gotten used to this calm defense, and even developed a slight disdain for the Jingzhou Army on the south bank. The Jingzhou Army has never sent any troops, as if Fancheng has never had anything to do with Jingzhou.

Just when a group of soldiers had just switched defenses, a piercing bell sounded suddenly from the sentry tower at the head of the city, 'Dang!when!when! '

The bell rang quickly and resounded throughout the city. All Cao soldiers were taken aback. Some soldiers pointed to the east and shouted: "Battleship! The warship is coming!"

The soldiers flocked to the east of the city one after another, and under the red glow of the morning glow, a group of huge warships appeared on the river. There were hundreds of them, with masts like forests, sails like clouds, and a huge momentum.

Cao Ren also got the report, and hurried to the top of the city, he couldn't help but sneer, this is Liu Jing coming, as early as he expected, Cao Ren turned around and ordered: "Quickly tune five thousand bowmen to the riverside, like a warship Get close and shoot me random arrows!"

The lieutenant commander Jin agreed, and hurried down to the city.

Although five years have passed and everyone has forgotten the joke back then, Yu Jin still can't forget Liu Jing who made him suffer a lot back then. This has almost become the shame of his life and is engraved in his heart.

This is his second expedition to Jingzhou. He was shot by Zhao Yun with an arrow in Bowangpo, and it took a whole year to heal from the arrow wound. Still aching.

This time he came to Jingzhou again, the hatred in his heart is still there, but the hatred has become deeper and will not be revealed easily.

Yu Jin also saw the warships on the Han River on the top of the city. He knew that it was the Jiangxia warships coming, and Liu Jing was probably among them, but he was not in a hurry to fight Liu Jing. He knew very well that as long as he fought If the fight continues, sooner or later he will have revenge one day.

Yu Jin hurriedly dispatched five thousand crossbowmen to the shore, and Cao Jun built a sand wall about four or five miles long on the bank of the Han River with sandbags, just to deal with Jiangxia's navy.

Five thousand crossbowmen rushed over and hid behind the sand wall bunkers. The five thousand soldiers of Cao Jun were furious and murderous, watching the Jiangxia warship on the river nervously.

At this time, the Jiangxia navy fleet was still three miles away from Fancheng, sailing in the middle of the Han River, quite far from the shore, the sails had been furled, and the speed had slowed down. On the first two thousand stone ship, Liu Jing Wearing armor and helmet, he stared at Fancheng coldly.

"Prefect, there seem to be thousands of crossbowmen on the shore!" The watchman on the mast shouted.

Liu Jing has noticed that there is already a long earthen wall on the bank of Fancheng. It is built with sandbags, about six feet high, and less than a hundred steps away from the bank. It is obviously a bunker for defending bows and arrows.

Once the ship landed, the crossbowmen hiding behind the bunker would inevitably fire arrows and wipe out the landing soldiers on the shore. It can be seen from this that Cao Jun has made sufficient preparations.

At this time, Xu Shu walked forward slowly and said with a smile, "What does the prefect think Cao Jun needs most now?"

"It should be a warship!" Liu Jing replied lightly.

"But the prefect has never thought about it. In addition to Jiangxia's warships in the whole Jingzhou, there are also hundreds of warships in Jiangling. But now Cao Jun can't even cross the Han River. How can they get these hundreds of warships?"

Liu Jing understood what Xu Shu meant, "You mean... Cao Jun wants to build a ship?"

Xu Shu nodded with a smile and said, "Other than that, I can't think of anything else they can do, unless there is a ferry in Xiangyang, but I heard that a fire burned the ferry in Xiangyang last night, and also burned the last hope of Cao Jun. .”

"Shipbuilding is a matter of the future, and I am concerned about the present now."

Liu Jing stared at the sand wall several miles long on the bank, and said coldly: "Since we are here from Jiangxia, we must give Cao Jun a blow."

He turned his head and said: "Pass my order, prepare to hit Cao Jun on the shore hard!"

On the big river, the ships are far apart, unlike land battles where drums can be used to give orders, so the orders must be very precise. On the main ship, two red battle flags are waved, which is to send a semaphore to the big ships behind. The semaphore was also spreading, and soon, Liu Jing's order spread throughout the army.

The red flag is an attack signal, one red flag means archery, two red flags represent heavy strikes, that is, using trebuchets and stone cannons, three red flags are scattered attacks, ships can attack at will, and Liu Jing's order is heavy strikes, That means using stone cannons and trebuchets to deal with Cao Jun on the shore.

Thousand-stone ships began to turn around and leave the team, approaching the shore. The soldiers activated the catapults and stone cannons installed on the ship's side.

The trebuchets and stone cannons used by ships are relatively small, and they are usually placed in the cabin of the ship, and they are only pushed out and fixed on the side of the ship when fighting.

Stone cannons are mainly used to shoot talc, about seven or eight catties, and are not aimed at people. They are mainly used to attack the opponent's warships at close range, and can also be used to destroy some buildings on the shore. It is obviously meaningless to use stone cannons to attack sandbag walls. Today's The main means of attack was trebuchets.

A small trebuchet appeared on the side of the ship, and the soldiers quickly fixed it on a special iron wedge. This kind of trebuchet was controlled by a winch, and three soldiers could operate it. It could throw objects weighing ten kilograms to more than a hundred Step out.

As dozens of large ships gradually approached the shore, Cao Jun's soldiers behind the sand wall began to get nervous. Yu Jin quickly estimated the range, and he had already entered the range of the crossbow arrows.

He immediately shouted loudly: "The crossbow and arrow are ready!"

A rush of drums sounded, and five thousand military crossbows were raised sharply, aiming at the slowly approaching ship. Cao Jun's soldiers hooked their fingers on the hanging knives. As the ship got closer, Yu Jin shouted, "Shoot!" !"

There was a crisp sound of clappers, and five thousand arrows were shot at the big ship very close to the shore. The soldiers on board squatted down and hid behind the side of the ship, but there were still a few Jiangxia soldiers who could not dodge and were shot by the crossbow arrows. Shouting and falling from the boat.

Just when the first round of crossbow arrows was over and the second round of crossbow arrows hadn't been fired, the Jiangxia warship also started to attack, and there was a scene of 'bang!boom! 'The sound, sealed pottery pots filled with kerosene were thrown out by the trebuchet, roaring and shooting towards the sand wall bunker.

The pot fell to the ground and burst, and kerosene flowed all over the ground. Cao Jun soldiers didn't know what the smelly liquid was, and most of them didn't take it to heart. They continued to shoot arrows at the big ship, and the second round of crossbow arrows shot at the warship again.

Yu Jin was secretly suspicious. He walked quickly to the sandbag wall, dipped a little liquid with his finger, put it on his nose and sniffed it. The pungent smell reminded Yu Jin of something, it was coal oil!

This should be the rumored secret fire weapon used by the Jiangxia Army to defeat the Jiangdong Army. Two years ago, Cao Jun also discovered charcoal oil in Puyang. Yu Jin had seen it before, but the charcoal oil was black and viscous, not as clear as this. But the smell is about the same.

Yu Jin was suddenly anxious, and ordered loudly: "Send the order, evacuate immediately!"