There are hundreds of warehouses in Cangcheng, which store grain, grass, weapons, tents and other military supplies. It is undoubtedly extremely difficult to find which tincture oil depot is from these warehouses, but the warehouse distribution map of Cangcheng is firmly engraved in Liu Zheng's mind. Moreover, the appearance of this oil transport tanker at this time made it easier for him to find the tincture oil depot.

The oil transport tanker removed 500 barrels of turmeric oil and left Cangcheng. The turmeric oil warehouse was slowly closed. This turmeric oil warehouse is the important location of the Jiangdong Army, and it stores the most important strategic materials of the Jiangdong Army at present. Fifty people guarded the gate.

Liu Zheng gently flipped into this huge turbulent oil depot from the back skylight. Although the defense in front of the warehouse gate was tight, there was no one in the warehouse, and there were about 3,000 barrels of turbulent oil stored. This is the 5,000 barrels of turbulent oil that Cao's army supported the Jiangdong army. Two thousand barrels of turbulent oil have been taken away. The rest are piled here, and one bucket is neatly placed, making the warehouse full of a pungent smell of oil.

Liu Zheng hid behind a row of tiny oil barrels beneath the skylight and pierced a wooden oil barrel with a dagger she carried with him. The light yellow tiny oil sprayed out and flowed all over the floor.

He quickly climbed up the skylight again and took off a leather bag tightly wrapped in oil paper from his waist. The leather bag had a scythe and flint. Two sounds of "Click! Click!" A ball of fire ignited in his hands. He threw it down on the ground and immediately lit the tincture oil all over the ground.

With a bang, the blue flames rose into the air and quickly burned towards the oil barrel. Liu Zheng jumped up like a monkey, rushed towards a big tree one meter away, and grabbed the trunk lightly. Just as the soldiers in Jiangdong discovered an abnormality and opened the warehouse to check, Liu Zheng jumped into the canal river, like a fish, disappearing without a trace.

The fierce battle on the river surface has been going on for nearly two hours, and both sides have suffered heavy losses. More than 30 warships of the Jiangxia army were burned and sunk, and the Jiangdong army's warships have suffered nearly half of the losses. The initial formations of both sides have gradually scattered and turned into a melee on the river surface. The entire river surface has become a sea of ​​fire, with broken ship plates and broken masts floating everywhere.

The big ship approached, and the soldiers rushed onto the enemy ship to fight bloody battles. The hull was smashed into a big hole by a powerful stone cannon, and the river water poured in, causing the ship to sink quickly. However, the most used tincture oil in the battle of the warships was still tincture oil. The Jiangdong Army invested more than 1,500 barrels of tincture oil, and the Jiangxia Army invested thousands of barrels of tincture oil, causing the river surface to be filled with smoke, the fires soared into the sky, the drums were like thunder, and the shouts of killing were shocked.

Countless small boats shuttled among the big ships, searching and rescuing soldiers who fell into the water. These small boats were equipped with white flags, and ordinary warships would not attack them.

A small search and rescue boat left the battlefield and quickly sailed towards Chaisang. Ding Feng was covered in blood on the boat. Although he took off the Jiangxia army's warship, he was unable to break through the encirclement. The warship was still burned by the fire, and all the soldiers were burned to death on the boat. Ding Feng's hair was burned and he was hit by two arrows on his back. He finally dived to survive and was rescued by the rescue ship.

Ding Feng was in a coma and was seriously burned. If he was one minute later, he would definitely die.

During the melee, Xu Sheng's warship finally slowly approached the main ship of the Jiangxia army. The huge ship of 3,000 stones was already seen. The defeat of the Jiangdong army has appeared. If the surprise troops are not used to defeat the Jiangxia army, they will definitely be wiped out.

This surprise soldier is to destroy the main ship of the Jiangxia Army. As long as the main ship retreats, the Jiangxia Army will also retreat. Of course, this is the consistent combat philosophy of the Jiangdong Army, from Sun Ce, Sun Quan, to Huang Gai and Ding Feng, so it is not surprising that Xu Sheng had such an idea.

Xu Sheng's warship gradually approached the main ship of the Jiangxia Army from the side. At this time, the main ship of the Jiangxia Army was fighting fiercely with another Jiangdong 2,000 stone warship. This warship is also one of the five main warships of the Jiangdong Army. There were more than 200 troops on the ship, led by a general.

Arrows on the river were like rain, and huge rocks flew into the sea. The soldiers on both sides fought fiercely on the river surface dozens of steps apart, mainly bows and crossbows. At this time, the tincture oil on both sides seemed to have been exhausted and could only rely on the traditional water battle method to fight.

Xu Sheng also saw that the opponent's main ship had no turbulence, and was secretly happy in his heart. He ordered his warship to quickly move towards the other side of the opponent's main ship in a sneak attack. As long as his army attacked the enemy ship, the two warships would be able to defeat the main ship of the Jiangxia army.

"General Gan, the enemy ship attacked from the other side!" A soldier rushed to Gan Ning to report the report.

Gan Ning had already seen the enemy ship trying to sneak attack him, less than a hundred steps apart. He sneered and said, "Prepare to shoot the stick!"

The stick is a unique water battle weapon of the Jiangxia navy. When Liu Jing led the Jiangxia navy to defeat the Jingzhou navy led by Zhang Yun, the secret weapon used was the stick and turtle oil.

It was just because the ships that fought this time were mainly Jingzhou warships in the past, and they were not equipped with poles, but Gan Ning's main ship was equipped with this secret weapon.

More than a dozen soldiers pulled up the rod placed on the side of the ship. The rod was eight feet high, thick and tough. When Xu Sheng's warship was still ten feet away from the main ship, more than a dozen soldiers shouted and slapped the rod suddenly. There was a loud "bang!" sound, and the rod was whipped hard on the deck like a huge whip. The hull shook violently, and several soldiers in Jiangdong were smashed into meat pie. Wood chips flew across the deck, smashing a long crack, and even the mast was shaking.

During the violent shaking, Xu Sheng was unstable and was thrown out more than ten feet away. He grabbed the cable and was spared from falling into the water. Xu Sheng looked at the wooden pole that looked like a "long whip" and was extremely frightened. The first time he saw this weapon, it was so powerful that he forgot the crisis in front of him.

Just then, a soldier shouted in horror: "General Xu, it is coming again!"

Xu Sheng suddenly woke up and kept saying, "Come on and leave!"

But it was too late. The second time the pole was smashed violently, and this time it was even stronger than the last time. Although the soldiers all avoided it, the deck could not be avoided. There was only a loud and heavy blow, and many soldiers covered their ears in pain and closed their eyes.

This time the crack on the deck became one foot wide, and the crack spread rapidly to the hull. A terrifying crack sound came from the entire hull, and even the mast could not support it. After shaking twice, it fell down with a bang. The hull broke into two halves. The soldiers on the deck cried and dived to escape.

Xu Sheng also jumped into the river and swam desperately to the south bank. In just a moment, the broken ship sank into the river. The rolled water vortex sucked dozens of soldiers who were unable to swim into the bottom of the river.

Sun Quan and dozens of generals stood on the top of the city and watched the battle. Sun Quan looked solemn and had no need for comment. He clearly realized that the Jiangdong army was going to be defeated.

This was a real water battle. He sent the elite naval army of the Jiangdong Army, the best generals and the strongest warships, but he was defeated by the Jiangxia navy of the same size. This proves from one aspect that the Jiangdong Army is no longer as strong as the Jiangxia army.

Sun Quan sighed, and his eyes couldn't help but look at Zhou Yu. Last night, he rejected Zhou Yu's plan to evacuate Chaisang overnight and fought with Jiang Xia army with a lucky mentality.

But now he knew that he was wrong. They were indeed not opponents of the Jiangxia army and could not defeat the Jiangxia army. So, do they still have hope to evacuate Chaisang now?

At this moment, the guard behind him shouted, "Wuhou, Cangcheng has caught fire!"

Everyone looked back and saw a scene that terrifying them. They saw thick smoke rolling over Cangcheng, mixed with red flames. Sun Quan was stunned.

At this time, a soldier rushed over and knelt down to report: "Reported to the Queen of Wu, the fire broke out in the turbulent oil depot, which affected more than a dozen warehouses around, and the soldiers were unable to put out the fire!"

When Sun Quan heard that it was a fire in the oil depot, he was furious, "What's going on? Is anyone setting the fire?"

If someone sets fire, then all the guards will not survive. More importantly, they have no idea why the fire broke out. The soldiers hesitated and said, "Report to the Marquis of Wu, the guards are so strict that it is impossible for someone to go in and set fire, maybe it is because it is too hot."

The scorching sun hangs in the sky, and many people believe this reason, but for Sun Quan, no reason is important. The important thing is that his tincture oil is destroyed and other materials are also affected. What should they do if the food is burned?

Thinking of this, Sun Quan immediately said to Zhou Yu: "The war here will be left to the governor, I will go and inspect Cangcheng!"

Sun Quan hurried down the city and left. Zhou Yu kept looking at Sun Quan and walked away. Then he resolutely ordered: "Tell me the order, and I will withdraw my troops!"

In Zhou Yu's opinion, there is no need to continue this war.

In the room, Sun Quan stood alone in front of the map and was stunned. His heart was in chaos. Although the fire in Cangcheng was extinguished, most of the food was lost. The remaining food could only last for five days at most, and the turmeric oil was naturally burned.

Not only that, Sun Quan just received news that he had found thousands of Jiangxia cavalry on the official road east of Chaisang, and the Jiangxia army was gathering quickly, which means that Liu Jing blocked the land route he retreated east.

Today's water battle disappointed him even more. There were only more than twenty warships back, and less than three thousand soldiers survived. Although they also sunk nearly forty Jiangxia warships, they still returned in a crushing defeat. All the disadvantages gathered together, making Sun Quan a little desperate.

Many years ago, he suffered a crushing defeat in Chaisang and could not make it over for several years. Is that scene going to happen again today?

He thought of asking for peace again, but Liu Jing's harsh conditions made him unable to bear it, which made Sun Quan's heart intertwined, and he was a little exhausted.

At this time, the guards reported at the door: "Marty Wu, Governor Zhou is here!"

Sun Quan's heart suddenly lit up. He didn't ask Zhou Yu to come over. Zhou Yu took the initiative to come to him. Is there any hope?

"Please invite him in!" Sun Quan said hurriedly.

After a moment, Zhou Yu walked in quickly, bowed and said, "I am not good at meeting the Marquis of Wu!"

"The governor is exempted from rituals."

Sun Quan sighed, "I regret not not listening to the governor's advice, so that he fell to such a passive level."

Zhou Yu smiled and tried to say in a tolerant tone: "Actually, even if we left last night, we were extremely risky. I didn't consider that Huang Zhong's army would cross the river to intercept it. Now it seems that walking by land may not be safe."

Of course, this was just to comfort Sun Quan. Zhou Yu knew in his heart that if they withdrew their troops in time last night, Liu Jing might not have time to deploy, and the Jiangdong Army would definitely be able to leave the battlefield. It was just that things had come to this point, and it would be useless to complain. He could only give Sun Quan a step.

Sun Quan originally wanted to say that this Western Expedition was a mistake, but he hesitated for a while and he held back. He asked for a moment of silence: "What should we do now? Our food can only be supported for five days."

Zhou Yu pondered for a moment and said, "There are three roads now, one is peace talks, the second is to break through land, and the third is to break through water."

Sun Quan closed his eyes and thought for a moment. He talked about the situation that he did not want to accept Liu Jing's conditions, and it was unrealistic to break through the land. He asked, "How sure is it to break through the water?"

Zhou Yu also advocated retreating from the water route eastward, and he was not sure about retreating by land. As for the peace talks, he was just talking. He knew that Sun Quan would not consider it, and it was as expected that Sun Quan would choose to retreat from the water route eastward.

"If we break through the water, if we grasp it well, we can escape 60% of the army. If we break through the wrong way, we may only escape 30% to 40%. What we are talking about is the truth."

The highest was only 60%. Sun Quan sighed in his heart and asked again: "What if it was by land?"

"Walking on land, a low position cannot be guaranteed, but the worst result is that the entire army is wiped out, mainly because we have no food supplies."

Sun Quan did not dare to take the risk of taking the land route. He nodded, "Since that's the case, we will break through the water route and retreat eastward. The time is tonight. What does the governor think?"

"I have no objection. I can send an army to attack the Jiangxia army at night to cover the main force's retreat."

"That's what it's decided!"
Chapter completed!