Chapter 388 Chibi Battle (Part 2)(1/2)
Another fleet appeared on the river, with 500 thousand-stone warships sailing towards the north shore. This is what Zhou Yu always wanted to know. The secret weapon of the Jiangxia army, a thousand-stone warship that can travel against the wind, is driven by wooden wheel blades and powered by human power in the cabin.
This is the warship invented by Ma Jun, which relies on pedaling as the power. Its biggest advantage is that it solves the power problem of the warship moving against the wind and becomes the killer weapon of the Jiangxia Army at critical moments. This is also the reason why Liu Jing immediately hides it and is not allowed to develop when he finds that this kind of pedaling ship appears, which is to exert its miraculous effect in the Battle of Red Cliff.
This really made Cao's army never dreamed that the fundamental reason why Cao Cao decided to risk crossing the river to fight was that he and his counselors believed that the large warships of the Jiangxia army could not exert their power in the case of strong northwest winds. This was the premise and basis of all Cao's plans.
Now that this foundation has been broken by the Jiangxia army, the Cao army is doomed to be defeated in this battle. At this time, Cao Cao had just fled to the shore under the protection of the generals, and only someone shouted: "Jiangxia army warships, Jiangxia army warships are coming!"
Cao Cao looked back and saw huge warships sailing towards the north shore on the cold moonlit river. Countless warships have already landed on the north shore. What made Cao Cao even more incredible was that all warships did not have sails, so how did they go against the wind?
Cao Cao was stunned. He turned to look at Cheng Yu, and Cheng Yu was also shocked and murmured: "Impossible! How is it possible?"
Thirty thousand Jiangxia troops landed in an open space west of the water camp, but the landing was not smooth. Zhang Liao led 5,000 Cao troops to the landing place. Seeing more than a dozen large ships docked, groups of Jiangxia soldiers ran out of the ship on the two-mile-long shore.
"Bow and arrow ready!"
Zhang Liao shouted, and the three thousand Cao army crossbowmen immediately opened their bows and arrows and pointed them at the Jiangxia army soldiers.
"shoot!"
With the order of Zhang Liao, arrows were shot densely at the Jiangxia warship. Hundreds of soldiers who had just arrived ashore were caught off guard and were shot down by the overwhelming arrows. The remaining hundreds of soldiers rushed back to the ship.
Seeing that Zhang Liao had the opportunity, he was overjoyed and waved his sword and ordered: "Bows and arrows suppress the enemy, and the enemy will not be allowed to land!"
The three thousand Cao troops fired in turn with arrows, blocking the two-mile-long landing port, suppressing Jiangxia soldiers on the ship and unable to get ashore, and the warships behind had to slow down, causing the Jiangxia army to land severely.
At this time, Liu Jing had received a report and was frustrated when the landing was landing. He stood at the bow of the boat and looked at the situation on the shore. He could vaguely see the Cao army's crossbowmen shooting in a row. Liu Jing couldn't help but feel anxious. If the landing here fails, once the Cao army rectifies the army in the west, the Jiangdong army may be unable to support it.
Only when Jiangxia and Jiangdong troops attacked each other from the east and west could Cao's army be completely eliminated. Otherwise, he would fail. Liu Jing became anxious and immediately ordered: "Heavy armored infantry landed!"
This is his killer move. He didn't want to use it easily, but at this critical moment, he no longer cared about it.
With Liu Jing's order issued, more than a dozen large ships ahead left the shore, and ten two thousand stone ships loaded with one thousand heavy soldiers slowly docked.
The ship was lined up with special infantry wearing heavy armor. They held shields in one hand and sabers with two feet long in the other. They were the Jiangxia army's army's two heavy punches, together with the cavalry, called the Jiangxia army's two heavy punches.
The ship board was placed on the shore, and teams of mighty heavy armored infantry lined up to the shore. The team was neat, and the slashing swords flashed with cold light under the moonlight, and murderous aura was thriving. Under the leadership of Liu Hu, they quickly lined up in ten rows and rushed towards the five thousand Cao troops step by step.
Zhang Liao looked extremely solemn. He recognized that it was a heavy armored infantry. It was once in Lu Bu's army, but the number was very small, with only three hundred people. However, the Jiangxia army's heavy armored infantry in front of him had as many as a thousand, and it was even more sharp.
"shoot!"
He ordered again that three thousand crossbowmen fired arrows at the heavy armored infantry together. The arrows were like rain, covering the sky and overwhelmingly. However, in front of the dense wall of heavy armored infantry, the bows and arrows did not play any role, and none of the heavy armored infantry fell.
The heavily armored infantry still moved forward step by step, as heavy as a mountain, oppressing the Cao army soldiers couldn't breathe. At the same time, they were extremely frightened. The other party was not afraid of bows and arrows, and even Zhang Liao pulled the war horses backwards, feeling a sense of badness in his heart.
"Cum again!"
Zhang Liao shouted loudly, and the arrows shot at the heavy armored infantry again like a storm. They were so dense that they were suffocating and still had no effect. At this moment, Liu Hu shouted, "Kill!"
The heavily armored infantry threw away their shields, held their sabers tightly in their hands, and rushed into the Cao army's army, slashed their heads, and their limbs flew across the horse's sabers, as if they were chopping melons and vegetables, and screams resounded across the shore.
These heavily armored infantry soldiers were like devils from the Shura Hell. The tragic massacre made the Cao army soldiers tremble, and the Cao army soldiers were suppressed and kept retreating.
At this time, the Jiangxia army began to think about getting off the ship and gathered on a large scale, and continued to rush towards Cao's army. At this time, the Jiangxia army had already assembled nearly 10,000 people. Liu Jing got off the ship, and the Jiangxia army suddenly became cheerful and morale was high.
The five thousand Cao troops finally couldn't resist and collapsed in an instant. The soldiers rushed to flee, and no one resisted the Jiangxia army anymore. The soldiers cried and shouted, and were defeated like a mountain of defeat.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhang Liao led hundreds of personal guards to flee to the camp.
The water camp was about one mile away from the military camp. Cao Cao led the generals and his advisers to run halfway. At this time, Zang Ba, who was stationed in the camp, led more than a thousand soldiers to escape from the camp and shouted: "Prime Minister, tens of thousands of Jiangdong troops have broken through the military camp and come from the east. The military camp has fallen!"
This news made Cao Cao seem to have fallen into a thousand-foot ice cave. His only hope was to stick to the camp and fight against the Jiangxia army with his superior forces, but now the Jiangdong army has ruined his last hope.
Cao Cao felt that all his thoughts were gone and his heart was about to die. What should he do? The water camp was destroyed and the camp was lost. Where should he go?
At this time, Chen Qun hurriedly stepped forward and said, "The Jiangxia army landed from the west coast, and the Jiangdong army came from the east. The Wulin Road must have been cut off. We can only escape from the battlefield from the Yunmeng Water Road!"
Seeing that the water camp was swallowed by fire, Cao Cao screamed and fled. Many people were burned to death in warships, and the 50,000 troops sailing to the south bank would also become the turtle in the jar of the Jiangxia army. The 200,000 troops were destroyed, which made him extremely sad.
"Prime Minister!"
Zhang Liao led hundreds of people to come from the west and said breathlessly: "Liu Jing personally led 10,000 troops to fight here. We can't resist it. If we don't leave, it will be too late!"
Cao Cao sighed, "This is my fault!" He cried like rain, and urged his horse to run towards the northwest Shuize.
The fire in the water village lasted for more than ten miles, just like flames burning the river. The barracks were also captured by the Jiangdong Army. The morale of nearly 200,000 Cao's army collapsed, and everyone rushed to escape. They could no longer organize resistance. The Cao's army was completely defeated.
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When the war on the shore was in fierce development, the battle on the river was equally exciting. In the middle of the Yangtze River, hundreds of warships loaded with Cao's soldiers were forced to stop by the Jiangxia navy.
These troop transport ships were not combat ships. Although they were loaded with soldiers, they were not naval troops, but northern soldiers who could not even hold on to the ship.
Hundreds of troop transport ships were like big-sized broilers. Although they were big, they were only killed. In the face of the threat of the Jiangxia navy, no large ship dared to drive the ship against the order.
The Jiangxia navy launched more than 300 thousand-stone warships, and they also relied on manual pedaling as power. All warships did not hang sails, but they saved the risk of being burned by rockets.
On the surface of the river, Gan Ning led 300 Jiangxia warships, more than 100 Cao's thousand-stone warships, and hundreds of small boats to fight together.
Whether it is the number of warships or the combat capability of a single ship, the Cao army's warships were obviously inferior. It was only because of the assistance of hundreds of small ships that the Cao army could support it.
The warship collided, the hull shattered, and the soldiers jumped onto the enemy warships and fought fiercely. On the surface of the river, stone bullets hit the enemy ships, and rockets and turbulent tanks kept flying towards the enemy ships. For a moment, arrows were like rain and fire was like clouds.
"Hold on, don't retreat!"
Zhang Yun shouted at the top of his lungs. At this moment, a large Jiangxia army ship rushed from the slant. With a loud "bang!", the two ships collided heavily. The huge impact force caused a large hole to be broken on the port side of the Cao army warship. Zhang Yun also became unstable and stepped back for more than ten steps and fell on the deck.
At this time, dozens of Jiangxia soldiers rushed onto the warship. Gan Ning appeared at the bow of the ship with a bow in his hand, staring at Zhang Yun tightly. He pulled out an arrow from the quiver behind his shoulder, and put the bow on the arrow, and the string was like a full moon, aiming at Zhang Yun, this enemy from many years ago.
As soon as the string was loosened, a wolf tooth shot towards Zhang Yun's face like lightning. Zhang Yun had just sat up when he suddenly saw an arrow coming twenty steps away, which scared him instinctively opening his mouth and ready to scream.
‘Puff!’ A powerful arrow shot into Zhang Yun’s mouth, and the tip of the arrow came out from the back of his head, nailing Zhang Yun to the mast alive.
Gan Ning walked forward and sneered: "Zhang Yun, you have today too!"
At this time, more than a dozen soldiers rushed forward with Cai He who was captured alive, "General Gan, capture the enemy's deputy general."
Gan Ning nodded in praise, "Well done, I will have a great reward!"
His eyes turned to Cai He again, and they had also been dealing with each other for many years. He stared at Cai He sharply and slowly pressed his hand on the hilt of the knife.
Cai He saw Zhang Yun’s tragic death with his own eyes, and was already scared to death. He knelt on his knees and begged: “I order the army to surrender, General Gan spares my life!”
"Ph! Useless soft-boy."
Gan Ning ordered his left and right, "Take him to order surrender!"
Zhang Yun was killed, and Cai He ordered the navy to surrender. Cao's warships lost their will to resist and stopped their ships to surrender. At this time, hundreds of troop transport ships parked on the river surface had no protection from the navy warships, and became the turtle in the jar of the Jiangxia army.
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About ten miles northwest of Cao's army's camp, there is the endless Yunmengze. Cao's army dug a canal from here to directly lead to the Daying, but there are nearly 100 cargo ships of 500 stone parked by the Yunmengze River.
At this time, tens of thousands of Cao soldiers gathered by the river, crying and begging to get on the ship, but the ship was taken care of by Yu Jin and two thousand soldiers. Those who dared to steal the ship would be killed.
Hundreds of corpses were covered with blood, and the land was stained with blood. At this time, there was chaos behind the rioters. An army rushed into the crowd like sharp spears. The crowd was so scared that they stumbled to flee on both sides, leaving a big road.
Hundreds of guards protected Cao Cao and the counselors. They boarded the boat one after another, and in a moment they occupied most of the ship. At this time, tens of thousands of deserters on the shore surrounded him and knelt on the shore, crying as he shook the ground.
Zhang Liao felt a little reluctant and said to Cao Cao: "Please ask the Prime Minister to allow Bei Zhi to take them on Wulin land!"
Cao Cao glared at him fiercely and cursed: "The Jiangdong Army has cut off its land route. How can you go? Life and death are destined to be alive, so no more troubles are allowed!"
Zhang Liao was so scared that he dared not say anything. Cao Cao waved his hand and said, "Drive the ship!"
Ships left the shore and sailed towards Yunmeng Water Shui. At this time, Yu Jin led his soldiers onto the last twenty ships. The soldiers on the shore were desperate and stood up one after another, cried and rushed towards the ship, rushing to the ship one after another.
At this time, Yu Jin had already seen an army coming after hundreds of steps. He was furious and drew his sword and slashed his fingers. His screams continued. Yu Jin killed more than 20 people in a row and ordered his subordinates to drive the ship. In the midst of a fierce killing of each other, the last twenty ships gradually sailed off the shore.
Tens of thousands of Cao soldiers on the shore cried and shook the sky, and many people stumbled and wanted to find another way to escape. At this moment, thousands of Jiangxia troops came from all directions. The head general was Liu Jing, the governor of the state. He raised his halberd and shouted: "Those who surrendered should be exempted from death, and those who resisted should be killed regardless!"
Cao's army was desperate and had no intention of resisting. They knelt on the ground and surrendered, begging for mercy.
Liu Jing urged the horse to the shore and stared at Cao Cao's fleet gradually fading away in the water. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Cao Cao flew away, which meant that he had achieved a complete victory in the Battle of Red Cliff.
However, the war did not end, and the two important towns, Jiangling and Xiangyang, were still in the hands of Cao's army.
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To be continued...