514 Defeat Jiangdong Army 2
Sun Ce issued the final killing order, and sent hundreds of soldiers with strong water abilities to jump into the river and sneak into the bottom of Ling Cao's warship, preparing to use the axes, knives and hammers in his hands to destroy Ling Cao's warship, so that it can seep water, paralyze, and finally sink to the bottom of the river. This is also Sun Ce's last move and the most insidious damage move. Once successful, Ling Cao's army will be devastated.
The battle continued, Sun Ce was waiting for good news, but he didn't wait on the left and didn't get any results. In the end, although a group of soldiers came back, the soldiers' answers made him stunned. The disappointment in his heart became even heavier, and he almost couldn't breathe. After a long time, he sighed deeply and said, "I regret not listening to Gongjin's words."
Sun Ce would know that the Big Bear Army's warships are now inlaid with super-pu steel plates. It is impossible for human resources to do anything to damage the warship in the water. Yes, they can only be in vain. There will even be soldiers who will be swept up by the water wheels at the bottom of the warship without a trace.
After more than two hours of battle, Sun Ce's soldiers lost nearly 10,000 people, and there were still five or six thousand people missing. They probably jumped into the Yangtze River to escape. The losses of warships were even more heavy. There were more than 200 warships, and there were less than fifty warships that could still fight, and they were still operating with injuries. They could be sunk by the catapult carts on Ling Cao's warship at any time. Sun Ce's soldiers could not board Ling Cao's warships, and they were annihilated by the crossbowmen under Ling Cao's warships on the way. When the warships under his subordinates met Ling Cao's warships, they could not resist the other party's impact. Moreover, Ling Cao did not turn and directly hit Sun Ce's warships. As a result, there was nothing wrong with Ling Cao's warships, and Sun Ce's warships would be knocked to pieces and destroyed, and the ship was destroyed.
Ling Cao's warships were equipped with devices specially designed to impact enemy warships, which were made of huge steel plates with excellent performance. They only had a very great lethality for the ships in Sun Ce's army. Sun Ce sighed at the sky and was stunned in his heart. Why didn't his surprise appear yet? If it was too late, he would have to be completely defeated in this battle.
At this critical moment, Ling Cao's personal soldiers came to report: "General, a large number of enemy warships appeared behind our army. Judging from the glasses, it is estimated that Sun Ce's army came to aid."
After hearing this, Ling Cao immediately used his eyes to observe the enemy warships behind him in detail. He estimated that there were about 5,000 soldiers. The shipworkers were not very big, but the speed was extremely fast. This speed was due to the wind and downstream. Ling Cao was about to order troops to fight. An old scout soldier next to him said, "General, it's not right. Why are the warships attacking from the rear of our army so shallowly draw? It's not like warships transporting soldiers to fight."
After hearing this, Ling Cao raised his glasses in his hand to observe again. After seeing it, he smiled slightly and said, "That is Sun Ce's surprise weapon. They want to use the advantages of wind speed and downstream to burn our army to death with fire attack. His grandmother Sun Ce's bastard, this move is very poisonous. It's too sinister. If we don't notice it, we will definitely suffer a great loss."
Ling Cao immediately ordered the flag-masters to instruct the warships to increase their horsepower. After the enemy fire ships behind were lit, they would hit the flanks of Sun Ce's army in front. At the same time, the crossbow bed in the rear aimed at the sail poles on the fire ship and shot the sails on the fire ships down, so that the fire ships would be difficult to control and let the fire ships directly hit Sun Ce's warships.
When the Sun Ce warship behind Ling Cao was only 500 steps apart, the soldiers on the fire ship lit the fire one after another, and dozens of fire ships rushed towards Ling Cao's back. The formation was really majestic. The fire on the fire ship blew with the strong southeast wind, which increased the speed of the fire ship a lot.
Seeing that his surprise soldier finally arrived, Sun Ce felt less heavy in his heart. Although there were too many soldiers and generals, the appearance of the surprise soldier still boosted the morale of his soldiers, and the soldiers also had an unseen smile on his face. Sun Ce cursed in his heart: "Ling Cao, you bastard, you have something to feel good about now. I'll let you drink a good pot, and it would be strange if you don't burn your entire army to the point of being destroyed."
More than 30 warships under Lingshou suddenly accelerated and directly crashed into the side of Sun Ce's army directly in front. The warships under Sun Ce were hit and sunk into the Yangtze River, and they deviated to the back of Sun Ce's army as fast as possible. Of course, the purpose was to let Sun Ce's own fire ship crash into his warship.
The crossbow beds on Ling Cao's battleship also shot at the sail poles on the fireboat workers, and the sails on the fireboat were slowly falling. The fireboat that had broken the sail poles and the sails fell immediately lost control. In fact, there was no need for Ling Cao to order the crossbow bed to shoot at the sail poles on the fireboat. As the fire soared, the sails had been burned long ago.
When Sun Ce saw the warships under Ling Cao hit the flanks of his warship formation and quickly left behind, Sun Ce was stunned. Although he knew that the Big Bear Army's warships were sailing without sails, he could not expect that the speed would be so fast that his fire ship could not catch up with them. Seeing that his fire ship was about to hit his warship, he felt like blood was whispering to the sky, and he knew that he had failed to lead a 25,000 army to attack Ruxuwu Wharf this time, and he was defeated in a mess. The army was losing enough. There were probably not many people who could go back alive. He really couldn't bear to leave the rice. He lost a lot.
Ling Cao led his warships to force the formation of Sun Ce's warship, quickly detoured to the rear of Sun Ce's army. At the same time, he used the crossbow bed, catapult cart, and the crossbows on the warship to ruthlessly shoot at Sun Cecan's defeated general, which has now become a unilateral killing. At this time, Sun Ce's warships were all gone by the fire. The soldiers on the ship jumped into the Yangtze River to escape, but many soldiers were still burned to death by the burning fire. The screams came from afar, which made people feel terrible.
Sun Ce was furious and wanted to find Ling Cao but couldn't find him. He even wanted to die. If it weren't for his subordinates Chen Wu, Lu Meng, Zhu Huan, Huang Gai, Cheng Pu and others who tried to save him and drag Sun Ce down from the Yangtze River to escape, he would probably have died in advance in this battle.
Although most of the generals under Sun Cejiao fled back to Wujun, except for Pan Zhangguai, the other famous generals were basically injured and killed. However, the 25,000 soldiers under his command finally escaped and returned only more than 3,000 people, more than 5,000 were captured by Ling Cao's army, and the rest of the soldiers either died in battle or had no news.
After Sun Ce escaped, Ling Cao's five thousand naval soldiers continued to chase and kill the remaining enemies in the Yangtze River. As long as they were not seriously injured, they were basically captured. The rest of the people stayed were dead. So just give him a knife to make him suffer a little. After the final victory, Ling Cao's 4,500 soldiers still caused casualties to more than 3,000 soldiers, of which only more than 500 were killed or seriously injured, and the rest were slightly injured and healed within a few days.
Chapter completed!