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There was a loud drum sound on the river surface, and several warships fought each other. Arrows were like rain, stone cannons flew rapidly, and raging flames rose from time to time, thick smoke rolled, and the water battle was fierce.

Although Chen Mi is known as the number one water general in Jingzhou and has rich experience in water battles, his opponent is Ling Tong, who is also a famous water battle general in Jiangdong. The soldiers he led are all elite navy soldiers. Both sides met with each other. The battle was particularly fierce and difficult to solve.

On the river, arrows are the main ones and stone cannons are supplemented, but with the powerful tinder oil, the situation of water battle is completely different. Both sides throw tinder oil at each other and ignite it with rockets.

Half an hour later, a warship was ignited by the fire, and the river was full of burning warships. Even the surrounding river surface was covered with flames. The soldiers dived and swam to the shore desperately. Many soldiers were surrounded by the flames on the river surface and were finally burned to death in the water. However, among the ignited warships, Jiangdong warships accounted for most of the warships, and the Han army obviously occupied the upper hand.

Ling Tong was anxious. He was forced to attack in this battle and lost to the other party in momentum. The opponent was strong in morale, sharp stone cannons, and the tincture oil weapons were obviously advanced than them, especially the opponent's sludge, which was stuck on the big ship so that the tincture oil would not be wasted.

The Jiangdong Army had no experience in turmeric oil, so they only used small pots to hit the opponent. They were lucky to hit the deck. If they hit the ship wall, most of the turmeric oil would flow into the river, which made the Jiangdong Army's turmeric oil utilization efficiency very low, causing the Jiangdong Army to suffer a great loss.

At this time, Ling Tong saw the opponent's main ship. He had no choice but to kill the enemy's main general, he could turn the unfavorable situation around. Ling Tong pointed his spear at the enemy's main ship and ordered: "Come on."

The Thousand Stone Warship was sailing, and the boat was on the river surface quickly. With a loud bang, Chen Mi and Ling Tong's warship collided violently. The bow of the ship broke and wood chips splashed. More than a dozen soldiers who were standing on the side of the ship also fell into the river.

Ling Tong seized this opportunity, jumped onto the enemy ship, and stabbed the opponent like lightning. Chen Mi's martial arts were from Gan Ning. He only started martial arts after joining the Jinfan thief. It was a little late. No matter how hard he tried, his foundation was settled, which made his martial arts not very strong. This was a weakness of Chen Mi.

On the contrary, Ling Tong's martial arts are inherited from his family. He followed his father's art at the age of six and had a solid foundation. His spear danced like a storm, and he had a storm that he would not look back. It was fierce and tragic. He inherited his father's nickname, Mad Gun.

Chen Mi held the shield with his left hand and waved his short halberd with his right hand, fighting fiercely with Ling Tong. The soldiers under both sides also fought together. Although Chen Mi fought to the death, he was still no match for Ling Tong. After more than a dozen rounds, he gradually lost his support.

At this time, Ling Tong shouted loudly, and a gun was like thunder, thrusting straight into Chen Mi's throat. Chen Mi held the shield and blocked it, and slashed with a short halberd. Unexpectedly, Ling Tong's gun was a virtual gun. After Ling Tong attacked for more than a dozen rounds of storm, no one expected that he would have a virtual weapon.

Ling Tong turned left, dodged the short halberd and slashed, and shot Chen Mi's lower plate with a backhand, and stabbed Chen Mi's hole in the lower plate. This shot hit Chen Mi's left leg, and blood immediately flowed like a rush. Chen Mi staggered, took a few steps back, and hit the ship's side hard. Ling Tong was overjoyed. He did not waste any chance, and the big iron spear immediately attacked again like a storm.

Chen Mi had already realized that the crisis was coming. If he died, it would not only be his personal business, but also the failure of the entire fleet. At this time, he still had a chance, that is, he was close to the side of the ship. Chen Mi shouted loudly, and the short halberd in his hand flew out, and a cold light hit Ling Tong's neck.

Ling Tong lowered his head and flashed over the flying short halberd. This was an opportunity that would disappear in an instant. Chen Mi seized this opportunity, flipped his body, and jumped into the river like a fish, and Ling Tong shot him into the air.

Ling Tong rushed to the side of the ship, and Shen Mi had already disappeared. When he turned around, he saw that the soldiers on the main ship of the Han army were about to be killed. He shouted: "Light up the main ship of the enemy."

The fire burned on the main ship of the Han army. Ling Tong also withdrew his warship. Looking at the enemy warship surrounded by the raging fire, Ling Tong felt a little regretful. He thought it was a little shallow at the time. If he had used the order of the main ship of the Han army to retreat, it might have been more beneficial to him.

But it was too late to regret it, Ling Tong had to grit his teeth and say, "Beat the drum, fight back with all your might."

The Jiangdong Army warships were drumming loudly on the river. Because the enemy's main ship was destroyed, the morale of the Jiangdong Navy greatly increased and counterattacked the Han army warships. But at this moment, another Han army warship also drummed loudly. The Han army's main general's battle flag was raised, and the general Shen Mi appeared at the bow of the ship, standing straight like a green pine. Shen Mi shouted: "All warships, concentrate on annihilation of the enemy's main ship."

The order flag was waving, and more than a dozen Han army warships surrounded Lingtong's warships from all directions. Lingtong's warships retreated quickly. At this moment, a soldier pointed to the river in the distance and shouted: "General Ling, look!"

Ling Tong looked into the distance and felt half cold. He saw sails covering the sky on the river in the distance, and countless warships came here. This could not be the Cao army's warship, but only the Han army reinforcements arrived.

Ling Tong was very anxious and shouted repeatedly: "Send the order, retreat east immediately."

His ship broke through the siege of the Han army warships regardless of everything and drove eastward. The main ship retreated, and the Jiangdong army warships were all unwilling to fight again, and they all followed them to evacuate eastward. Gradually, the remaining warships retreated from the battlefield.

Chen Mi did not order to chase him. When the Jiangdong Army warship finally left, he felt relieved, his eyes turned black, and he fell heavily on the deck. The soldiers then realized that the blood on his legs had already been wet with the battle robe. The soldiers were in chaos and rushed to rescue Chen Mi back to the cabin.

As the Jiangdong Army abandoned Wuhu County and retreated eastward, the Han army no longer had any worries. Several warships began to attack the defensive front at Ruxukou in turn. At this time, a spectacular scene appeared on the Ruxukou River. Cao's army set up heavy catapults to shoot fireballs at the Han army warships coming from the river.

The huge fireball crossed the sky, with its thick smoke tail, and roared towards the Han army warship with fire. The Han army warship had already put away the sails, turned with impellers, and sailed towards the shore against the fireball.

"Dong" a huge fireball hit the warship. The warship shook violently, but it bounced high and flew into the river. However, some fireballs also drilled into the cabin, causing a raging fire on the ship.

Zhang He shouted: "Stop the fireball and use a huge rock instead"

Zhang He also found that fireballs were not suitable for attacking ships. They were very elastic and could not stay on the ship. In addition to causing a slight riot, they could not cause the enemy ship to suffer heavy damage. He immediately ordered to use a huge rock instead.

The fireball disappeared, and the huge rocks roared towards the ship, smashing the ship from time to time. The river water poured into the cabin. Several large ships of thousands of stone were smashed by the huge rocks and gradually sank. Countless soldiers floated on the river surface and called for help.

Not only that, dozens of wooden barrels filled with tinder oil also smashed towards the Han army warships. The barrels shattered and the tinder oil flowed all over the ships. They were soon ignited by rockets. The fire began to engulf the warships. The smoke rolled on the entire river and the flames burned.

But none of this could stop the Han army warship from moving closer to the shore. Several warships held up the huge rocks, and the fire and thick smoke gradually approached the shore. At this time, drums were loudly sounded on the military city, and the five thousand Cao army crossbowmen who were ambushing the shore fired at the Han army warships, and the catapults retreated, aiming at the warships near the shore.

Arrows were like rain, huge rocks flew across the sky and shot towards the Han warships and smashed them toward the ships. The powerful attack caused several warships to suffer heavy damage and had to sail away from the dock. At this time, Cao's soldiers dumped thousands of barrels of turmeric oil into the coast of the dock. For a moment, the fire on the riverside beside the dock soared into the sky and burned rapidly. Several warships could not retreat in time and were engulfed by the flames in a moment.

Liu Jing's main ship of Thousand Stones was several miles away. He stood at the bow of the ship and looked at the Han army landing from a distance. However, Cao's army counterattacked sharply and the landing was not smooth. At this time, he saw the fire on the water near the dock soaring into the sky. This was Cao's army setting fire on the dock. Liu Jing couldn't help but frowned and turned around and asked, "How long is the dock of Ruxukou?"

A military officer bowed and said, "Report to your highness, there are mostly rocky and reefs distributed within more than ten miles of both sides of Ruxukou, which is not conducive to stopping ships and docking. There are only two miles of docking piers."

Only two miles, no wonder it was difficult to dodge. Liu Jing thought about it and asked again: "Where was the Cao Jun water camp in the past?"

"Report to Your Highness, Cao Jun’s Water Village is one mile in the inland river."

Liu Jing immediately ordered, "The army entered the inland river bank"

At this time, Fa Zheng hurriedly reminded: "Your Highness, all warships cannot enter the inland river. Be careful that the Jiangdong naval army will come and block the estuary."

A sentence reminded Liu Jing that he changed his order, "The front army entered the estuary of the river, and the other warships were waiting for war in the Yangtze River."

Several former warships changed their strategies and did not shore the Yangtze River, but headed towards the inland river. The inlet of the Ruxu River was very wide, one mile wide, and warships of thousands of stones could also be entered. The Han army cabin used wooden impellers as power, and the impellers rolled, driving the warships toward the inland river.

Zhang He could see clearly in the military city, and he was secretly surprised. The Han army was obviously preparing to go shore from the inland river, or the Han army warships sailed directly into Chaohu Lake, but no matter what strategy the other party had, it was difficult for him to defend against it.

At this moment, a soldier rushed over, holding a scroll of pigeon letters and shouting: "General, Wei Gong sent an emergency message."

Zhang He hurriedly took the letter. In the morning, when the Han army began to gather warships and was preparing to attack Ruxukou, he reported the letter to Duke Wei in time. Unexpectedly, he replied so quickly. Zhang He opened the pigeon letter and read it carefully. In the letter, Cao Cao asked him to focus on preserving the vitality. If the situation is unfavorable, he would immediately lead the army to retreat north.

Zhang He sighed in his letter, it seemed that Wei Gong knew very well that Ruxukou could not stop the powerful naval army attack of the Han army. There seemed to be a little hope along the Yangtze River, but once the Han army warships entered the inland river, they would not only be unable to deal with it, but they might also be cut off by the Han army and withdrawn back to Hefei.

Since Duke Wei allowed him to retreat, Zhang He immediately ordered: "The entire army gave up Ruxukou and retreated north immediately."
Chapter completed!