Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 2074 Hurt each other, deceive each other

  Before there were no steel plates, the boats on the water were the fathers of all kinds of small boats, and the grandsons in front of the stone bombs. Even if it is covered with some plank armor, it is useless. After all, where is the hardness? It can't violate physics, can it?

  Jiangdong soldiers pulled out the underwater stakes, but immediately paid a heavy price.

The Jiangdong soldiers, who were just a little excited, were about to rush into the great lake. I don't know if it was because the distance was a little closer, or Cao Jun, who was operating the thunderbolt car, was so lucky that he directly hit a Jiangdong building ship with a stone bullet. The core area of ​​the ship crashed into the cabin from under the bow, and then penetrated the side of the cabin and exited, immediately making this building ship almost scrapped, and it sank as soon as it lay across the water.

Cao Jun immediately cheered, but what a pity the subsequent luck, it seems that it exploded like this, the thunderbolt car either hit close or far away, even if it hit occasionally, it fell into the superstructure of the building , although it looks good, it can't cause any functional damage to the building...

The Jiangdong water army finally rushed into the lake and entered the lake water. The Jiangdong water army is like a fish returning to the sea. It hardly needs any special instructions from Huang Gai. It is like a piranha. Incomparable, kept biting Cao Jun's navy who was not very proficient in the first place, tore off a mouthful of flesh and blood, and then the next ship...

  Jiangdong boats shuttled back and forth, as if two boats were about to collide with one another at one moment, but crossed and skipped the next moment, leaving only two whitish or powdery water marks.

Cao Jun, who didn't have much experience in water warfare, was overwhelmed, so he raised his shield to block the arrows on the left, but he didn't know what was going on on the right, and then another Jiangdong scorpion came. Sometimes Jiangdong soldiers would even find an opportunity to jump onto Cao Jun's boat, and then hack and kill a few. When they lost the enemy, they would turn around and jump into the water. Laughing, or quietly swam to the other side, suddenly jumped out of the water, and dragged Cao Jun on the side of the boat into the water...

  Cao Jun is a ferocious wolf on land. When in packs, he is even afraid of tigers and elephants. But in the water, he is the food of sharks, no matter how much they are, they are vegetables.

The archers and thunder chariots on the shore, on the one hand, had no way to deal with the messy scene at present, and on the other hand, they were also invaded by the rockets of the Jiangdong soldiers. The running joints are also coated with grease to increase flexibility and reduce friction. The grease is burning violently, and the flames rise up. The busy peasants and Cao soldiers are eager to put out the fire, but they attract more arrows from Jiangdong soldiers. arrow.

Seeing such a situation, the Jiangdong soldiers burst into bursts of cheers, unavoidably overjoyed, as if the fruit of victory was already on their lips, but Cao Jun's morale was rapidly falling, and the defense line was shrinking and collapsing. Cao Jun and the water army who were fighting gradually lost the courage to continue fighting, and only knew how to flee in a hurry, aiming the chrysanthemum at the Jiangdong soldiers...

   Yu Jin frowned deeply, and the wrinkles in the middle of his forehead seemed to be carved out by a knife. Yu Jin estimated that the hastily trained navy was no match for the Jiangdong navy, but he did not expect that it would be so vulnerable that it would not be able to last for an hour, let alone achieve the original combat goal and attract More Jiangdong navy entered the Great Lakes.

  Yu Jin originally wanted to use these ineffective Cao Jun water troops to introduce all Huang Gai into the lake, and then send a letter at both ends...

But now, Huang Gai only used more than half of the Jiangdong water army's power to beat Cao Jun's water army in the lake to the ground, looking for teeth everywhere, so naturally there is no need to continue to invest in troops, and Cao Jun's water army is now The army is rapidly collapsing. If it continues to delay, the Jiangdong navy will be able to completely defeat Cao Jun's navy, and then leave with a complete victory.

  Yu Jin stared at the last two Jiangdong tower boats that fell behind, and the obviously yellow-covered command flag above the tower boats, gritted his teeth, "Send orders! Let the water go! set fire! 』

  The instructions to release water and set fire are linked together, which can be regarded as a pioneering work of Yu Jin.

  As the command flag was raised, thick black smoke from the beacon fire was lit, and after a strange creaking sound, water waves half a person's height surged in from the upper reaches of the lake in a blink of an eye! The turbulent water seemed to overflow the river bank, and it rushed directly into the lake. The impact caused both sides who were fighting to stand unsteadily, staggering...

  In addition to a lot of water, there are also various woods, tree branches, and grass **** washed down from the upstream, and then add the most important thing, fire.

   Pieces of burning rafts were pushed into the water, and unremarkable fishing boats were also pushed out. The broken oil tanks in the cabins were dripping grease...

  A torch was spun, and then thrown into the cabin.

   Blue and blue flames soared into the sky!

"Collide! Hit it! 』

  The surface of the lake was churning, flames were rising, black smoke was billowing, and the pink, dark red and turbid lake water was stirring...

  『Vote! Throw it out! 』

  The remaining thunderbolt chariots of the Cao army no longer pursue accuracy, but smash the remaining stone bullets at the center of the battlefield as soon as possible, and at the Jiangdong navy in panic...

  『Stand back! retreat! 』

  Huang Gai yelled, rushed out from the command room, pinched his hands on the parapet, looked around, his face turned pale. I don't know when, some Cao soldiers appeared on both sides of the river, and they shot the rockets out of their hands...

Although Cao Jun paid a heavy price, he also effectively dispersed and severely damaged the strength of the Jiangdong navy. Although the Jiangdong soldiers did defeat the Cao Bing navy who was in training, they also destroyed the keel frame of the Cao Junlou ship under construction. , but also lost three building ships and a large number of warships, as well as those Jiangdong soldiers on top of the ships.

   It seems that the battle losses of the two sides seem to be comparable, but if you really care about it, it is obvious that Jiangdong has suffered more. What Cao Jun lost were unformed ships and naval forces, while what Jiangdong lost were complete buildings and skilled soldiers...

The battlefield gradually fell silent. Cao Jun had no ships, and the pursuit was meaningless. The Jiangdong soldiers were severely damaged and had no intention of continuing to attack. The two sides disengaged. The black smoke and embers of the shipwreck prove that this place was once full of blood and iron.

  War is often about hurting each other, and then see who can't bear it first.

  Wars also often involve deceiving each other and seeing who falls into the pit first.

  In order to avoid falling into the so-called pit, both Cao and Sun sent a large number of scouts to be active on the contact line, probing and infiltrating, trying to get past the opponent's interception and obtain more information...

  More than a dozen Jiangdong scouts are carefully avoiding the road and groping forward. They crossed the Dangyang River by relying on their own water quality in the dark, landed in a deserted place, and penetrated northward.

  Because the villages in this area were either plundered by Jiangdong soldiers or fled, even if there were still some who did not escape, they were requisitioned by the Cao army who came later, so everything around them was so desolate.

   The wind was blowing and the grass fell to the ground. Some wild dogs didn't know what they encountered. After barking a few times, they ran away.

  In such dangerous mountains and rivers, in such troubled times, in order not to expose their traces, the Jiangdong scouts almost never took the official route, but climbed mountains and crossed ditches, obliquely bypassed Cao Jun's camp, and went to the rear.

  Although Zhou Yu spoke convincingly and confidently in front of Cheng Pu, she still felt a little worried, so she needed more detailed information to understand the movements behind Cao Jun...

  If the two sides say they are going to the front, they will undoubtedly be unable to get through it. Only the dozen or so Jiangdong scouts who are present deliberately detour can have some hope of spying on the other party's rear.

The treatment of scouts is generally extremely high in the army. Ordinary soldiers can't serve as scouts, because to recognize the banner, at least they must be able to read characters, be able to count, and be sharp enough to detect clues from subtleties. Come on, otherwise it would be ridiculous if you bumped your head into each other's **** in a daze.

   Such deep detection behind enemy lines is undoubtedly extremely dangerous.

  General detection, when scouts from both sides meet, they usually turn around immediately, and then throw some shit, um, arrows, if you can hit it, you don’t care if you don’t...

   Now when you invade the enemy's rear, if you encounter the opponent's scouts, even if you leave immediately, the opponent will immediately call a large number of soldiers to encircle and suppress. After all, they are different in nature, one is contact and the other is intrusion.

The Jiangdong scout who had just climbed a hill was panting heavily, and just wanted to sit down and beat his sore and sore legs, when he suddenly saw something, he shrank his head immediately, and then grinned and punched behind him. gesture.

  The expression of the scouts following behind also changed, and they quickly moved up cautiously, then crawled on the hill, pushed aside the bushes and grass, and looked far ahead...

Those who can be scouts have very good eyesight. During the day, they must be able to see the smoke and dust rising more than ten miles away, and at night, they must be able to clearly see the campfire ten miles away. In addition, there were no mobile phones in ancient times. Less myopia.

  In a temporary camp in the distance, there were people, war horses, flags flying, and the voices of people and horses were faintly carried in the wind.

  Obviously, this camp has just been established, and the soil around the camp is still fresh. Some cavalry who seem to have just gone out for a stroll are leading their horses into the camp, talking and laughing to feed and wash the horses.

  The leader of the Jiangdong Scout Team glanced around, and there was no need to say anything after following the tacit understanding for many years. The veterans around reported the number, "Around a thousand!" 』

  『Almost, there are still some horses in the northeast, probably as spares...』

  『Flag... hiss... this banner...』

  In the Cao Jun camp in the distance, Cao Xiu looked up at the flag above his head, a little dazed. He received Cao Cao's order, and led the armed cavalry who had just formed an army, crossed the river from Jizhou all the way south, and arrived here.

  The war in Jingzhou was extremely delicate, he also knew this, but what Cao Xiu did not expect was that he needed to unfurl such a banner...

  …o_O||…

   Along with the shouts of fighting and shouting, the sky gradually became darker.

   Although there is a stalemate between Cao and Sun, it is impossible for the soldiers under him to do nothing. Proper exercise is good for your health, and proper combat is also good for maintaining the morale of soldiers. Even though there will be some casualties in such a battle, bumps and bumps are unavoidable just like sports.

Although it is only a small-scale battle, the two sides of the battle are not playing games in a play house. They are really fighting for life and death. Even the archers standing in the back row are like this. Long-term shooting When I got down, my fingers were all **** from the bowstring!

  Cao Cao's figure has been standing upright on the high platform of the camp.

  Information from Xiangyang came in one after another. Although Cao Cao seemed to be calm every day, he still couldn't cover it up. The news spread in the camp, which made people panic to some extent.

With the Battle of Jingzhou at this point, Cao Cao knew that he would not be able to successfully drive away the evil wolf of Jiangdong. At least under the watchful eyes of Fei Qian, even if he took great efforts to defeat the Jiangdong soldiers, he might not be able to continue smoothly. Take control of Jingzhou...

  Abandoning Jingzhou is undoubtedly suicide.

   It is necessary to preserve the interests of Jingzhou, but also not to sink too deep in the quagmire of war, so it is natural to show the false and the real, and use this to achieve your goals.

During this period of limited contact and confrontation with Jiangdong soldiers, Cao Cao found that Jiangdong soldiers still had some shortcomings in land battles. Then it is easy to gradually be at a disadvantage in fighting.

   Cao Cao can see this, and I believe Jiangdong can see it too. It's just that Cao Cao has the advantage of fighting on land, but he doesn't have the advantage of fighting on water.

  Cao Zhen led troops to harass everywhere, but the effect was not satisfactory, because it was the people who ran **** land, but Jiangdong soldiers could take boats and repair on ships...

  So Cao Zhen is the one who suffers when he comes and goes.

  On the whole, it is difficult for Cao Cao to capture Jiangling in a short period of time. Similarly, it is difficult for Jiangdong to capture Xiangyang quickly, unless there are some major changes between the two sides.

  This accident may be true, or it may be false.

   So, maybe just add another weight to the balance...

  In the opposite Jiangdong camp, it was not a group of harmony. Although Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu reached an agreement, the various factions in the army still harassed each other, laughed at each other, and attacked each other when they seized each other's failure.

  The veteran faction that followed Sun Jian and Sun Ce all the way, naturally looked down on the Jiangdong faction that climbed up by relying on the Jiangdong gentry, and then the Jiangdong gentry faction was very dissatisfied with the newcomer faction that Sun Quan is currently supporting...

  『Mother Xipi Cao thief, this old dog is really tough! After fighting for half a day, I lost more than two hundred sons... If I fall into my hands in the future, I will definitely skin him alive! 』

  『You picky bastard, if you really hate Cao thief, why don’t you sell more energy? It should be noted that this Jingzhou was not fought for us! How could you send more soldiers under your command at that time! Come to the noise after the fight! 』

  『I’ve gone to battle myself! He chopped off three heads with his own hands! Who the **** is still like a gossip, chewing her tongue? ! Look at this wound, it is a fight between life and death, it is tens of millions of times worse than those who will only sit in the back of the battle! 』

  『If you really have that bravery, why didn’t Cao’s bandit camp be broken? I don't know the advance and retreat of the army, what's the use of cutting off a few heads? Being able to survive is the virtue accumulated by the ancestors. If you attack again, you don't know how to manipulate, only know how to do things recklessly, and there are a hundred or ten of you are useless! 』

  『Whoa, whoa...』

  『…』

   It's not that these people intentionally hurt Zhou Yu's face, but because the army is full of men who are killing men, so how can they sit down and drink tea like a literati and talk softly? They couldn't get together in a few words, so they yelled at each other, and even pulled in and out the sabres around their waists when they were angry, and made the sound of metal and iron to intimidate each other.

   These are Jiangdong’s traditional performing arts, which started from Sun Jian’s time...

Sun Jian started from scratch at the time, and he naturally didn't have any decent model for the rules of discussion in the army. When it came to Sun Ce's generation, Sun Ce didn't care about these at all, and sometimes encouraged his subordinates to fight each other to resolve disputes. In the concept, there is nothing that cannot be resolved, if there is a fight, whoever wins has the final say.

So slowly, when discussing matters in the Jiangdong Army, there will often be mutual arguments, and then it will evolve into a scene of scolding each other, but scolding each other is not much, and if the coach wants to speak, these People will also take the initiative to stop.

  This model has both disadvantages and advantages.

Zhou Yu summoned all these generals after the night fell. The original intention was to arrange the order of the various factions to fight and the arrangement of some arrays. On the one hand, it can also moderately invade some generals who are not very smooth...

   When Zhou Yu was about to say something, he suddenly heard the sound of hurried footsteps, and immediately a scout rushed in, bowed down in front of Zhou Yu, and reported in a low voice.

The generals who were arguing with each other around could not help but stop, turned their heads to look at Zhou Yu and the scouts, and listened with pricked ears. They only heard sporadic words such as "North... Cao Jun... Hussars..." and stared at Zhou Yu's face, Then they looked at each other again, wondering what happened.

   Hussars took down Xiangyang?

   Or Cao Cao, what means?

Zhou Yu remained motionless, nodded, then waved his hand to let the scouts go down, and then assigned the order of tomorrow's battle step by step, who would attack first, who would be the backup, which troop was there, how many archers, swords and shields were there, and so on. After finally confirming that all the generals understood clearly, they announced the adjournment of the meeting...

ah?

   All the generals couldn't help but look at each other, is this the end?

   Didn’t say anything?

In the end what happened?

  (end of this chapter)