The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

636 Chapter 635 Lost in the first battle
The sudden scene caught the Han army off guard. For a while, the flames shot up into the sky, and the surrounding area was like daylight. The Han army fled everywhere, but no matter where they fled, they would always be attacked inexplicably, as if there were enemy troops in all directions.

However, the city of Nanchang was as dead silent as ever. Outside the urn at the north gate, Huang Zhong looked at the flames soaring into the sky at the east, south and west gates, as well as the fleeing Han troops, and there were endless screams, his brows were furrowed. tight.

What Huang Zhong never imagined was that the Jiangdong army was already prepared and was waiting for this surprise attack. However, when the army arrived here, the scouts had already found out the situation, and there was not even a single person outside the city. , So where did these Jiangdong troops appear from?
It was too late to go to the rescue now, what Huang Zhong had to do was to strengthen the defense outside the north gate, to prevent the enemy from approaching half a step, and the soldiers of the other three gates could only resign themselves to their fate.

"There are people in the water!" Suddenly, a soldier pointed to the dark water ahead and shouted loudly.

There was a sound of "swish" piercing through the air, and the shouting soldier was shot in the throat by an arrow, and he staggered and fell on the deck of the warship, his whole body twitched a few times, and then died.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..." came continuously from the dark water, and the warship was defenseless, and more than 200 people were shot by arrows in an instant.

The warships of the Han army were all lit with lights, but the range of the lights was very limited, and the rest of the place was still in darkness, and the enemy troops were active in these dark waters, only hearing the sound of splashing water, but It is impossible to see where the enemy is with the naked eye.

The enemy is dark and we are clear, and the Han army must suffer, so Huang Zhong ordered a counterattack and asked the archers to keep shooting arrows into the darkness.

However, when the Han army released the arrows, the enemy army had already dived into the water. As soon as the arrows hit the water surface, they encountered great resistance and could not shoot into the water at all. Instead, there were a large number of arrows floating on the water surface. arrow.

"Crash!"

At this moment, the enemy suddenly jumped out of the water again, a few meters away from the warship. This time, Huang Zhong saw the appearance of the enemy clearly with the help of the faint fire.

Half of the enemy's body was floating on the water, holding a very short bamboo tube in his hand, and then brought it to his mouth. The cheeks on both sides suddenly swelled up, which should be caused by inhaling a large amount of gas.Immediately afterwards, the enemy aimed his mouth at the short bamboo tube, and blew hard forward, a small short arrow was blown out, and shot towards Huang Zhong with a "swish".

"It's blowing arrows!" Huang Zhong was startled, immediately lowered his body, then quickly moved to the side of the boat, pulled the bow and arrow in his hand, and shot an arrow towards the water.

The distance was very short, and Huang Zhong's archery skills were very superb. The enemy army could not dodge at all, but Huang Zhong's arrow pierced through the throat and immediately died in the water.

"Quickly put out all the torches!" Huang Zhong immediately shouted to his subordinates.

Following Huang Zhong's order, the torches on the warship were extinguished one after another. The originally bright waters suddenly became dark, and the soldiers on the warship also found shelters one after another. Some enemies used blowing arrows to attack from time to time, but no one was killed or injured.

After his eyes got used to the darkness for a while, Huang Zhong gave an order, and the people on the warship began to counterattack. In the same dark waters, arrows flew back and forth between the two armies, and some tragic sounds came from the water from time to time. Crying, the enemy has begun to die one after another.

However, the sound didn't last long. Some black shadows pulled the cables from both sides of the warship and climbed onto the deck. As soon as they jumped onto the deck, they slashed at the Han soldiers with their sharp knives.

The Han army also hurriedly fought hand to hand with them, and almost every warship heard the sound of ping-pong-pong fighting one after another.

At the same time, lights suddenly lit up on the north gate of Nanchang City, and trebuchets suddenly appeared on the originally dark city wall. Soldiers of the Jiangdong Army held torches and lit the spherical objects in the troughs of the trebuchets. As a flag waved, the trebuchet shot balls of fire towards where Huang Zhong and the others were.

The flames were in the air, whistling and shooting towards the warships lined up on the water, the fireball hit the warship violently, making a loud "boom", sparks splashed all over for a while, and the fire began to burn on the deck of the warship up.Some of the fireballs fired directly hit the sails of the warships, and the fire spread rapidly, causing the masts to collapse.

The Jiangdong Army is still firing such fireballs non-stop. Although the accuracy is not very high, it is enough to deal a fatal blow to the warships of the Han Army.The warships of the Han army were all made of wood, and the fireballs fired were filled with kerosene. Once they came into contact with sparks, they burned quickly, and the warships were doomed.

Huang Zhong was in the middle of the fight, when he suddenly saw this scene, his brows became more frowned, and the Jiangdong Army attacked in an orderly manner, and the various troops cooperated with each other, showing a very tacit understanding, as if they had been prepared for a long time.Regardless of how elusive the Jiangdong Army is, in the current situation, if it does not retreat in time, it is very likely that it will be defeated, and there will not even be a warship left.

After weighing the pros and cons, Huang Zhong made a decisive decision and immediately ordered a retreat, and all the warships were withdrawn to Ganshui.

Following Huang Zhong's order, the flag bearers of each ship passed Huang Zhong's order to each other one after another. After a while, the sailors at the north gate all began to retreat, leaving only one or two warships for cover. Start dealing with the enemy to ensure the safe evacuation of the army.

On the tower of Nanchang City, Sun Quan breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the Han army retreating slowly. This time, the battle plan he made finally succeeded in repelling the Han army.

"Congratulations, my lord, congratulations to my lord, the Han army has begun to retreat!" Sun Quan's confidant hurriedly praised.

Sun Quan's face was still ashen, and he still didn't smile much. He said in a loud voice: "Send the order, the whole army will withdraw to the city, and don't pursue it."

The confidant didn't understand what Sun Quan meant, so he asked, "My lord, now that we are the victors, why don't we take advantage of the victory and pursue it, maybe we can expand the results?"

Sun Quan said: "There is a saying in the art of war that the poor should not chase after them. Besides, our army can only win by surprise. If we wait until the enemy reacts, we may not be able to get a bargain. It is better to accept it as soon as it is good. You just send the order."

"Here!"

After a while, the sound of rumbling drums sounded in Nanchang City. This kind of drum sound was different from the exciting battle drum sound during the attack. The drum sound was very dull, and it was the drum sound used by the Jiangdong Army when retreating. .

The dull drumbeat echoed in the night sky. After hearing the drumbeat, the Jiangdong Army from all directions gave up their pursuit and began to return to Nanchang City one after another. In praise of Sun Quan's command, his way of using troops is no less than that of Zhou Yu.

The great victory of the Jiangdong Army in the first battle strengthened the confidence of the soldiers in the Jiangdong Army to stick to the city and defeat the enemy.

However, among all the Jiangdong Army, there is only one person who still looks worried. This person is none other than their lord Sun Quan.

Only Sun Quan knew that tonight's victory was just a small episode, the real war had not yet begun, and perhaps tomorrow, a real war would usher in.

Before the main force of the Han army arrived, the water army was successfully attacked by the Jiangdong army only because of negligence in defense. If the water army of the Han army is heavily guarded today, the situation may be different.

But no matter what, this time they won, but at the same time it will bring them great disaster.

The Han army was defeated, the number of casualties cannot be estimated, and half of the warships were destroyed, but this is only a small part of the Han army. The main force of the Han army has not yet arrived. When testing the Jiangdong Army.Moreover, Sun Quan seemed to be able to imagine the cruelty of the ensuing war.

The armies from all walks of life returned to the city one after another, and Sun Quan ordered people to close the gates of the city, preparing for the brutal war that was coming tomorrow.

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Huang Zhong lost the first battle and was attacked by the Jiangdong Army. Although many warships were destroyed, fortunately there were not too many casualties in personnel, only more than 3000 people were lost.

The Han army gathered together again. This time, Huang Zhong did not approach Nanchang City again, but stayed overnight on the warship, and sent someone to report to Zhang Yan about his defeat.

The messenger Xingye went to deliver the letter. At this moment, Zhang Yan and others were stationed at the junction of Haihun County and Nanchang. After receiving Huang Zhong's battle report, Zhang Yan was very surprised by Huang Zhong's defeat. Jiangdong Army was able to sneak attack Huang Zhong at this time.

Although Huang Zhong asked for punishment in the letter, Zhang Yan never intended to punish Huang Zhong. He wrote a letter to persuade Huang Zhong, hoping that he would not take this failure to heart. No need to worry.

This is what was written in the letter, but Zhang Yan's heart had already begun to worry. He urged the army to move out all night, trying to reach the city of Nanchang tomorrow, and then let Sun Quan, a clown, taste the true strength of the Han army.

The army gathered in the middle of the night and marched towards Nanchang City at the fastest speed. The cavalry went first, followed by the infantry. The more than [-] troops were orderly and still maintained a neat formation.

At dawn the next day, the cavalry of the Han army had arrived outside Nanchang City, staying on an open flat land three miles away from Nanchang City.

The navy commanded by Huang Zhong also began to approach the shore slowly, joining the cavalry. While digging deep trenches, building fortifications and camps, they sent troops to patrol around, fearing that there would be another sneak attack last night.

At noon, Zhang Yan led the rest of the army to the outside of Nanchang City. At a glance, the mountains and plains were covered in orange and red. The large number of Han troops also brought a lot of pressure to the Jiangdong Army in the city.

However, the Han army was not in a hurry to attack, but set up camp first, and still dispersed its forces at the four city gates, and Zhang Yan once again sent Huang Zhong to lead the water army to dock in the moat outside the north gate.

In the evening, more than [-] troops successfully surrounded Nanchang City, and the two armies formed a confrontation.

(End of this chapter)