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Lu Xun pondered for a moment and said: "To tell you the truth, General Lou Fa is going to enter Wu County from Songjiang by sea. If there is no accident, they should have entered Songjiang by now."

Speaking of this, Lu Xun smiled wryly again: "I stationed troops in Qiantang County. I thought that Huang Gai would lead his troops to the south in a big way. This leaves Wu County empty and gave General Lou a chance. However, Huang Gai has never moved. If it wasn't for this time I sent troops Wucheng County, he still refuses to send troops, I guess General Lou Fa's plan to attack Wu County will come to nothing."

Zhao Yan thought for a while and said, "Actually, it doesn't matter. Jiangdong's water network is densely covered. If Huang Gai continues to send troops without fighting, General Lou Fa can directly turn around and go north to Piling County. Jiangdong's army is only trapped in an isolated city in Wuxian County. In fact, it doesn't make much sense. gone."

Lu Xun glanced back at the Han cavalry, and said with a smile, "However, there are cavalry, so I have a plan to surprise Wu County!"

Lu Xun said a few words to Zhao Yan in a low voice, Zhao Yan nodded and smiled and said, "This plan is very clever. Even if Huang Gai knows that there is danger, he will still sneak into the bag. I think it is feasible."

Jiang Qin counted the number of subordinates who escaped in Taihu Lake, and there were only more than 3000 people, and more than [-] people were lost in Wucheng County. This made Jiang Qin extremely sad, and began to shake the future of Wu County.

The next night, Jiang Qin's fleet arrived in Wu County along the Xu River, and slowly entered the city from Panmen Water City. Huang Gai hurried to Shui City when he heard that Jiang Qin was defeated.

Jiang Qin felt ashamed, stepped forward and knelt down on one knee and said: "The humble officer failed to withstand the attack of the Han army, and as a result lost troops and generals, and returned in a big defeat. Even General Pan Long was killed by Lu Xun. This is the fault of the humble officer. Guilty!"

Huang Gai quickly helped him up, and comforted him: "Duke Jiang, don't blame yourself. I heard that it was the reinforcements from the Han army. No matter who they are, they will lose this battle. It has nothing to do with Duke Jiang."

Jiang Qin sighed, "Actually, we also have the possibility of winning this battle. If the fire oil is true, I would have defeated Lu Xun and captured Wucheng County. Even if the reinforcements from the Han army came, I would still be able to hold on to the city. This battle failed. , and half of it is of our own making."

Huang Gai was taken aback, "Jiang Gong said that the kerosene is fake?"

Jiang Qin smiled wryly and said, "Hasn't the old general inspected it?"

"This is generally not tested by opening the barrel. Who would think that there is a fake in it."

"Old General, let's try it out!"

Huang Gai hurriedly ordered his men to inspect the kerosene, but he was still worried, so he rushed to the warehouse in person. In the huge warehouse, hundreds of soldiers broke open hundreds of barrels of kerosene and inspected them one by one. Huang Gai's expression changed. He already saw something was wrong.

At this time, an officer came forward and reported: "To the old general, we opened [-] barrels of kerosene, and only ten barrels of kerosene were real. , the actual kerosene is probably only five catties, and a lot of it is a mixture of water and tung oil."

Huang Gai's face turned pale, and he said bitterly after a while: "Wu Hou's doing this is really chilling!"

Jiang Qin had recovered from his resentment and regained his senses. He said to Huang Gai, "Of course Marquis Wu would not do such a thing. I'm afraid it's Cao Cao's secret trickery. The ten thousand barrels of kerosene came from Cao Cao. We don’t have good intentions, because we trust the Sun-Cao alliance too much.”

"You're right. I was still counting on these five thousand barrels of kerosene to defend the city. Now Cao Cao has cut off all my hopes." Huang Gai sighed, feeling really resentful.

At this moment, a military marquis rushed to him and knelt down on one knee to report: "Report to the old general, the Eastern Front scouts found a Han army fleet in Songjiang [-] miles away, about [-] warships. The ships are all thousand stone warships."

The news made Huang Gai and Jiang Qin stunned. They looked at each other in blank dismay. How could the Han army fleet come from Songjiang?Huang Gai first realized that this was probably the Han army that had retreated into the sea from the east of Wujun. Marquis Wu repeatedly told them to be on guard, but now they actually came back from the sea again.

"This should be the original strategy of the Han army. Lu Xun lured me to go south in Qiantang County, and this Han army took advantage of it to attack Wu County. Fortunately, I stayed still. Sure enough, there was a fraud in it."

Huang Gai was secretly grateful, and then he said to the reporting officer: "Order the scouts to closely observe this fleet, and report to me immediately if there is any situation!"

Huang Gai was very worried. Now that the Han army is coming from several directions, it is estimated that there are [-] troops, and they have occupied Wucheng County. , the problem becomes serious.

But if he goes out of the city to defend against the enemy, he is not sure at all, and it does not conform to his strategy. For a while, Huang Gai is a little bit in a dilemma

Before dawn the next day, Huang Gai received another urgent report from the scouts. The Han army fleet that appeared yesterday continued to march westward for [-] miles, then turned north and headed for Piling County along the Loujiang River. .

Huang Gai was shocked. The garrison in Piling County was less than [-], but it was an important place to stockpile military rations. It was related to the safety of the entire Jiangdong. If the Han army occupied Piling County, Marquis Wu would have to give up the Battle of Hefei. The result Liu Jing expected.

Although he knew the extreme danger of the Han army in the south, Huang Gai would never allow the Han army to enter Piling County. He immediately ordered Jiang Qin to lead [-] troops to defend the city. The army fleet can only travel tens of miles at most, and he can catch up with the Han army in a day at most.

The Jiangnan area is low-lying, densely covered with water networks, and has many lakes. It is very easy to dig canals. As early as the Spring and Autumn Wuyue period, a simple canal system connecting the Yangtze River and the Qiantang River was excavated in the Jiangnan area.

After Sun Quan moved the capital to Jianye, in order to strengthen the connection between Wujun and Jianye, he began to dredge the ancient canal again, forming the early Jiangnan canal. It was not until Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty that in order to break the gap between the north and the south due to the long-term confrontation between the southern and northern dynasties, he began to large-scale The Jiangnan Canal was officially formed after the canal was dug, and it is still in use today.

The warships of the Han army went north, and they took the canal that had not been dug. The canal only reached Piling County, and it could sail thousands of stone warships.

At dusk, Lou Fa stood at the stern of the last big ship, holding a knife. At this time, the sun was no longer fierce, and the sunset was like fire, burning half the sky red. Lou Fa looked back to the west bank from time to time. I received an urgent letter from Lu Xun temporarily, hoping that he can cooperate with the southern Han army to use the strategy of luring troops to draw Huang Gai's army out of Wu County.

Lou Fa readily accepted Lu Xun's suggestion, and ordered the fleet to divert to the Loujiang River, enter the Jiangnan Canal northward, and head straight to Piling County. At this time, his fleet had left Wu County for sixty miles. Gai's pursuers should be approaching soon.

At this moment, a watchman on the mast shouted: "General, there are enemy troops coming from the west bank."

Lou Fa hurried to the port side and stared at the south. After a while, he saw a black army rushing towards the north. They should be Huang Gai's pursuers. Lou Fa immediately ordered: "Send my order, The fleet anchored on the right bank, and the troops went ashore."

Lou Fa did not dare to underestimate the enemy. The canal is narrow. Once the Jiangdong army used kerosene to attack, his fleet would be in a situation of burning the river. The Han army fleet slowly considered, boarded the ship, and the Han soldiers on board He rushed off the boat and lined up on the east bank to form a crossbow formation. Three thousand army crossbows aimed at the enemy on the west bank.

Not long after, Huang Gai led [-] troops to catch up with the fleet. At this time, Huang Gai also found that the opponent had landed and was waiting with bows and crossbows. He waved and shouted: "Stop chasing!"

The five thousand Jiangdong army stopped running, and one thousand soldiers raised their shields and slowly approached the shore to test the reality of the Han army. Just as the Jiangdong soldiers arrived on the shore, there was a sound of crossbows on the other side, and a shot was fired from the gap between the warships. The dense arrows roared and rushed towards the enemy army on the opposite bank.

The canal is no more than thirty steps wide, and it was changed from a small river channel that is not wide. The thousand-stone warship is feasible because of the depth of the river channel. Although there are fifty warships between the two armies at this time, the actual The distance between them was less than fifty steps, just within the maximum killing range, which meant that the crossbow was powerful enough to break the shield.

The dense and powerful arrows shot through the shields of the Jiangdong soldiers, and there was a scream on the west bank. Hundreds of soldiers were shot down by the crossbow arrows that shot through the shields. They got up and fled desperately into the distance.

Lou Fa did not disembark. He stood behind a huge mast and observed the movements of the Jiangdong Army on the west bank. Carry within the kerosene leather bag.

Lou Fa immediately realized that perhaps what he was most worried about would not happen. The opponent did not intend to burn the warship, and judging from the opponent's tactics, it was a typical preparation to seize the warship. seize the ship.

Lou Fa saw the opponent's plan, and he immediately ordered: "Order the whole army to board the ship!"

'when!when!when! The piercing bells echoed in the sunset. This was the signal to board the ship. Three thousand soldiers of the Han army rushed towards their respective warships like a tide. Aim at Jiangdong soldiers 150 paces away.

At this time, Huang Gai also issued an order to seize the ship, and a thousand soldiers slowly marched up with heavy shields and sharp spears. This kind of heavy shield was also invented by the Han army, and it can resist the powerful penetration of the rhubarb crossbow at a distance of 150 steps. The Han army has done experiments, and it can even resist the penetration of bee crossbows [-] steps away, and it is even more difficult for ordinary military crossbows to penetrate.

It's just that this kind of heavy shield is not easy to manufacture. It takes at least a year to make a heavy crossbow. This is because the heavy shield must take half a year to dry in the shade. Cao Jun's craftsmen also learned to make this kind of heavy shield. It took them three years Five thousand heavy shields were made. After Zhang Liao assisted the Jiangdong army in capturing Wu County, he left behind a thousand heavy shields and equipped a thousand Jiangdong heavy shield soldiers. This time Huang Gai also led the heavy shield army. come out.

The soldiers with heavy shields raised their shields and approached the river step by step, less than fifty steps away from the shore. At this moment, there was a sound of clappers, and thousands of arrows were fired from the warships.

This time, the heavy shield successfully resisted the powerful arrows, and none of the soldiers got hit by the arrows. Lou Fa looked at these soldiers coldly, and he ordered in a low voice: "Stop shooting, get the fuel tank ready!"

Soldiers of the Han army took out thousands of kerosene pots from the cabin. This kind of pottery has a slender neck and weighs only two catties when it is filled with kerosene. It is very suitable for soldiers to carry and throw. outside.

But at this moment, there was a muffled thunder-like sound in the distance, and the ground began to vibrate. This kind of movement was difficult for the soldiers in Jiangdong, but it was very familiar to the Han army. Some soldiers shouted, "It's cavalry!"

Sure enough, a black line appeared in the south. The black line was getting closer and closer, turning into galloping horses, stirring up billows of yellow dust. Although there were only two thousand cavalry, the momentum it caused was still earth-shattering.

Huang Gai's heart sank suddenly. What he was most worried about happened. Before he dispatched troops, he was worried that the southern Han army would take the opportunity to kill him, but he couldn't tolerate the Han army's warship going north to Piling County, so he had to go out of the city to pursue it. , This made him feel a little lucky, maybe the Han army didn't have time to go north.

But the cavalrymen killed in front of him shattered the luck in his heart, and he kept shouting: "Form up, prepare to fight!"

It is definitely not a wise decision to fight at this time. The wise decision is to retreat north immediately, and then swim to retreat, so that the cavalry of the Han army will be blocked by the canal. Huang Gai did not choose this plan, and Lou Fa did not give him another chance. He immediately ordered the army to disembark from the warship again, and also lined up to prepare for battle, preparing to cooperate with the cavalry to attack the Jiangdong army from behind.

The sound of war drums was rumbling, and the cavalry rushed into the ranks of the Jiangdong Army with unstoppable force. At this time, Lou Fa led three thousand Han troops to attack the Jiangdong Army from behind.

Due to the existence of two thousand cavalry, the Han army's break in Wu County was accelerated. Huang Gai's army was defeated and suffered heavy casualties.

And when Lu Xun led [-] troops to Wu County, thousands of civilian men from Wu County called the city outside the city. The people in Wu County responded in a crowd, and the soldiers were shaken. The soldiers took off their armor and fled. After fleeing for most of the time, Jiang Qin knew that the situation was over, and ordered the army to open the south gate to surrender to the Han army. Lu Xun led the army to occupy Wu County. So far, all Wu County fell.

The fall of Wujun meant that the Han army had broken all fronts in Jiangdong. At the same time, Sun Quan secretly wrote a letter to Liu Jing, expressing that he was very willing to stop the war with Han and repair it. Jiangdong would never participate in the war between Han and Wei. So far, Jiangdong Army officially withdrew from Hefei war