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There is a warehouse in the warehouse, which places grain, grass, weapons, tents and other military supplies. It is undoubtedly large to find which turmeric oil depot is from these warehouses, but the warehouse distribution map of the warehouse in the warehouse 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 turmeric oil depot.

The oil transport tanker removed five barrels of turbulent oil and left Cangcheng. The turbulent oil warehouse was slowly closed. This turbulent 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 a thousand barrels of turbulent oil stored. This was the five thousand barrels of turbulent oil that Cao's army supported the Jiangdong army. Two thousand barrels had been taken away. The rest were piled up here, and the buckets were 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 stabbed a wooden oil barrel with the dagger he carried with him. The light yellow tiny oil sprayed out and flowed all over the floor.

He quickly climbed up the skylight and took off a leather bag tightly wrapped in oil paper from his waist. The leather bag had a scythe and flint. Two clicks, 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 Caohe 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 ten 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 warships was still tincture oil. The Jiangdong Army invested more than 1,55 barrels of tincture oil, and the Jiangxia Army invested thousands of barrels of tincture oil, which made the river surface 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 between the big ships to rescue soldiers who fell into the water. These small boats were equipped with white flags, and ordinary warships would not attack them.

A 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 thousands of stones, Xu Sheng had already seen the disadvantage of the battle situation. 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 two 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 step apart, and he sneered: "Prepare to shoot the pole"

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, 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.

At this moment, a soldier shouted in horror: "General Xu, it's coming again."

Xu Sheng suddenly woke up and kept saying, "Change 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 Jiangxia's army and could not defeat Jiangxia's army. So, now evacuate Chaisang, do they still have hope?

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

Everyone looked back and saw a scene that terrifyingly 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 Marquis 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."

Sun Quan heard that it was a fire in the oil depot and 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 of the heat."

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 it also affects other materials. What should they do if the food is burned down

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

Sun Quan hurried down to the city, and Zhou Yu kept looking at Sun Quan and walked away, then resolutely ordered: "Tell me the order, and I will withdraw the 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 that he retreated east.

Today's water battle disappointed him even more. There were only more than twenty warships back, and less than a 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: "Marquis Wu, Governor Zhou is here."

Sun Quan's heart suddenly lit up. He didn't ask Zhou Yu to come over. It was Zhou Yu who came to him on his own initiative. Is there any hope?

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

After a moment, Zhou Yu walked in quickly and bowed and said, "I am not good at seeing Wu Hou."

"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 taking risks. I didn't consider that Huang Zhong's army would cross the river to intercept it. Now it seems that it may not be safe to walk from land."

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 and 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 is an order now. First, peace talks are held, second, breaking through the land, and breaking through the 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 for Lu to break through. He asked, "How sure is it to break through from the water?"

Zhou Yu also advocated retreating from the water east, and he was not sure about retreating from the 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 east.

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

It was only 60% higher. Sun Quan sighed in his heart and asked again: "What if he comes from the mainland?"

"Walking from the mainland, the low-ranking 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 going to the land. He nodded, "Since that's the case, we will break through the water 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."

"It's just decided"
Chapter completed!