The sun slowly rose, and the golden light shone on the flags of the large and small ships of Cao's army in the Han River.

Although the Jingzhou naval army suffered heavy damage, it still had some foundation. In addition, the remaining tower ships of the Cai family built a naval army that looked like it. The problem was not too big. Anyway, all the cavalry are now land troops, and with some other factors, Xiahou Dun and others dared to bring the navy to the near-campus.

Xiahou Dun was sitting in the building boat, with a large map spreading on the table.

Cai Mao was located on the lower head side, and his hand was sliding on the map. "General, look..." Cai Mao pointed to the Fancheng logo in the map and said, "This is Fancheng. If the cavalry comes at full speed, it will be half a day to reach..." Cai Mao secretly glanced at Xiahou Dun. Xiahou Dun had no expression, and seemed to have not noticed Cai Mao's intention.

"When the cavalry sent people to build this military base, it took a lot of thought..." Cai Mao had no choice but to continue, "Built along the mountain, it is divided into two layers inside and outside, like the sun. Even if the outer layer is broken, there are still inner layers to defend... but... it is natural that it requires a lot of people to defend such a military base. Now there are only more than a thousand people here..."

『But if you attack along the mountain road, you will inevitably suffer damage...』 Cai Mao said, 『It is better to use waterways to bully the enemy, use tower ships to suppress the high places of the military base, and then send people to attack one wing, break a little first and disrupt its defense. If he draws troops and comes, he will be injured by arrows on the tower ship, and he will naturally be killed and injured... If he cannot take into account both, he can advance water and land and break it in one fell swoop!"

After Cai Mao finished speaking, he looked up at Xiahou Dun again, then remained silent for a moment, and finally couldn't help saying: "The only thing to worry about..."

Xiahou Dun said: "It's okay to say it directly."

"Even the army in Fancheng is only half a day away. If so..." Cai Mao secretly glanced at Xiahou Dun again, and did not finish his words, but the meaning was clear.

In fact, the problem of military bases is not big, or as long as the troops are sufficient and well prepared, it is not very difficult to conquer military bases, but the focus is not now on military bases, but Fancheng.

Fancheng's cavalry can reach the military base within half a day. Of course, Xiahou Dun can have the advantage on the water surface. He can fight and leave whenever he wants to fight. After all, the cavalry wants to go into the water and the ship is hard, so no matter how stupid a person can do it, it's just on this land...

Can Cao's army beat the cavalry?

Cai Mao didn't have much confidence, but he couldn't say this in front of Xiahou Dun. Even if Xiahou Dun said he could "speak bluntly", it did not mean that he could "speak bluntly".

Xiahou Dun looked at the map quietly, as if thinking about something.

The sound of water is rippling, soft and long.

In the military base, Xu Yu and Liu Xiong were also standing on the military base wall, looking at the Han River.

Although Xu Yu and Liu Xiong are both lieutenants, strictly speaking, they command 1,200 to 2,400 people, but firstly, there are not so many soldiers in the military base. Secondly, Xu Yu and Liu Xiong are both miscellaneous lieutenants, and their subordinates are not satisfied, so the total number of soldiers of the two men is less than 1,55.

Xu Yu and Liu Xiong were both veterans who had been on the battlefield, so the Cao army had frequent traffic between the Han River in the past two days, which naturally attracted the attention of the two.

Since receiving the news of Wancheng being attacked, the situation is unclear. For the sake of safety, Xu Huang retreated to Fancheng and the military base became the front line of fighting against Cao's army, and could be attacked by Cao's army at any time. With the current personnel, if Cao's army really attacked in large numbers, it would be no problem to support it for a few days. However, if there were no reinforcements, it would be difficult to say for a long time.

"Person Xu, this Cao army..." Liu Xiong said with some concern, "It seems that he is going to fight back..."

『Not only here, but Wancheng...』 Xu Yu shook his head and said, 『This Cao army is simply crazy! Can Wancheng fight? If Wancheng really is captured, will it be possible to learn from the King of Western Chu to threaten the General of the Cavalry?"

『I heard that there are not many defenders in Wancheng!" Liu Xiong said with some concern, 『It should be too late for the Captain Huang to be rushed to Wancheng...』

『It must be time!" Xu Yu said, stretching out his hand, 『But now, we should be worried about ourselves... Look! Cao's ships!"

"Cao Army has attacked! Blow the trumpet! Warning! Go to Fancheng to send a message, and say that Cao's army has entered the army base!"

The low ox horn sounded from the height of the military base, and the long and low sound suddenly tore through the quiet sky where the military base was. Immediately, the gong for warning also sounded, and soldiers emerged from the wooden shed and tents, and began to gather in a nervous and orderly manner.

The Cao army's warship seemed to be shaking, but in fact it was not slow. It quickly arrived before the army base and then formed a formation. As the sound of war drums also sounded on the Cao army's warship, the Cao army also took action...

"So anxious? You're going to do it as soon as you come up..." Xu Yu opened his eyes wide, stared at the approaching Cao army ship, and suddenly shouted loudly, "Rise the shield!"

A black cloud suddenly floated out from above Cao's ship, and it seemed that the screaming sound of the black cloud tearing the air!

Xu Yu's roar woke many people up.

The shield hand couldn't help but raise the shield, and then he heard the sound of the bow and arrow shooting.

The soldiers without shields rolled and crawled to the inside of the shelter, reducing their exposed area. For a moment, it showed that the soldiers in the military base were prohibited from being enforced and their hands were quick, but in fact it was not entirely because of how powerful the commander Xu Yu and Liu Xiong were. Instead, they were slow in their actions and did not respond to the orders, and when they encountered soldiers who were still standing stupidly, they were often eliminated first. None of them could survive after several battles.

A huge rain of black and gray arrows roared, and the long arrows were nailed to the village wall with the harsh sound of wind and thunder, nailed to the wooden shed, shooting through the curtains of the tent, making all kinds of terrifying "swoosh", "dongdong", and "crackling" sounds.

Some arrows collided with each other in the air, resulting in insufficient range before the village wall. Some also flew to the other end because of their range too far. However, the arrows that landed accurately on the village wall had great power. Not to mention those unlucky guys, some shield soldiers even made their shields tilted by force because of the continuous hit by long arrows...

The wooden roof and wooden pillars of the village wall are full of long arrows inserted diagonally in the blink of an eye, just like the gray-black mold in spring, and a large area grows in a blink of an eye!

Cai Mao stood at the forefront of the warship and was very satisfied with the shooting skills displayed by the Jingzhou navy. He loudly ordered the messenger standing behind him: "Transfer! Continue shooting! After ten rounds, change to rockets! Replace three rounds!"

Xiahou Dun, who was slightly on the back line, also ordered several ships to start rushing to the shore and prepare to land on a cooperative battle. The ships were filled with some strong Cao soldiers, but they couldn't help but look pale...

Many of the Cao army were landslides. Although they had practiced a lot in the past few days, they were still a little uncomfortable with the real sword and gun on the bed. They were uh, and they were in and out of the boat. Until they stood on the shore, the Cao soldiers couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and howled again.

Liu Xiong took advantage of the break of the arrow rain and stretched out his head to look outside. As a result, he showed his small head and was swept over by an arrow shot from the oncoming face. Liu Xiong was so scared that he shrank his neck and did not dare to move anymore, but he heard the various shouts of Cao soldiers, running, and knocking heavy objects from outside...

"Cao Bing is digging deer antlers!" Liu Xiong shouted loudly, "There are iron chains on the river! Archer! Come on!"

Immediately, more arrows hit again, and this time it was a rocket, like a fire crow, crossing the sky with black smoke, landing on the wall of the military base, and also in the military base!

"Extinguish the fire! Pay attention to extinguish the fire!" Xu Yu shouted.

Although there is a layer of mud on the wooden shed in the military base, there is naturally no way to say how fire-proof the tent is. So if it is ignited, it is really a troublesome thing. Therefore, water tanks are often provided on the side of the tent of the camp. If it is slammed by a rocket, it is enough to pull out the rocket as soon as possible and then extinguish the Mars. However, even so, there are often negligence, and some tents will still be ignited...

The drums were louder and louder.

Cao's army was still advancing. Under the cover of bows and arrows, they had successfully pried up the antlers, and even approached the iron chains that the army had pulled up, and a clanging sound came from time to time.

"Shoot, shoot!" Liu Xiong shouted loudly, and while Cao's archers entered the rest period, he quickly counterattacked and suppressed.

The archers in the military base quickly stood out from behind the village wall and began to shoot at Cao's army.

The shield raised by Cao's army was struggling forward while resisting the arrows shot from the military base.

Although Cao's army was shot by chance and then fell down with screams, the other Cao's soldiers were not in chaos at all and were still moving continuously. Some of them even leaned slightly under their shields and did not pay much attention at all...

It was not that Cao's army underestimated the bows and arrows in the military base, but because the shooting angle of the military base on the mountain was not good, the archers needed to poke out to shoot at the foot of the mountain. At the same time, there were not many positions on the wall of the military base, and the position of Cao's army's attack was very scattered, including in the water, on the shore, and at the foot of the mountain, so the density and lethality of bows and arrows at the military base naturally decreased a lot.

The main defense of the military base is the enemy attacked on land. After all, everything is difficult to have the best of both worlds, so the military base does not have enough suppression on the water surface.

Although the archers on the military base shot down some Cao's army with powerful long arrows, they were somewhat depressed when facing the scattered and moving Cao's army targets. After a while, when the Cao army on the water launched the second round of shooting and suppression, many archers on the military base were also shot. They immediately had to give up the continuous suppression and could only wait for the next time the opponent's shooting gap...

Arrows in the air intertwined each other, and amid the sound of war drums, the soldiers on both sides gradually approached, and the fierce battle finally unfolded on this land again...

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Place of the nameless fort.

Liao Hua looked at Zhuge Liang who seemed a little worried and asked: "What is Kong Ming worried about?"

Zhuge Liang turned his head, smiled, and said, "Nothing is wrong..." After a while, he felt that he was denied like this and was somewhat fooling Liao Hua, so he added, "It's just that he was worried about the war..."

Liao Hua said: "Didn't Kong Ming pay a visit to the general of the army? The general of the army will make proper arrangements!"

Zhuge Liang nodded and said, "I hope so."

『Hmm?』 Liao Hua frowned and asked, 『Kong Ming meant...』

Zhuge Liang looked east, as if he was looking at the direction of Cao Jun, and also as if he was looking at his own hometown...

Zhuge Liang's hometown is in Langya.

Langya, its original name is Langya. Lang is beautiful jade and is made of ivory like jade. The two place names that represent beautiful characters are enough to prove the extraordinaryness of Langya.

Langya was first said that Jiang Ziya was enthroned in Qi, and he worshipped the Eight God Lords in Qi, among which were the Four Seasons Lords of Langya. Later, after the Spring and Autumn Period, the Warring States Period, the Former Qin and Western Han Dynasty, and the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu even enthroned his son to Langya and became the King of Langya, but now...

Zhuge Liang came from a family of officials, but he did not have a good childhood.

He lost his mother at the age of three and his father at the age of eight. Since then, he has lived with his uncle.

Zhuge Liang actually didn’t remember much when he was three years old. He only knew when he grew up that year that it was the Yellow Turban Rebellion...

The wealth before Langya became the sin of Langya. How beautiful Langya was before and how miserable it was during the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Zhuge Liang never asked his father how his mother died, because every time it was his mother's death, the young Zhuge Liang could always see his father sad and in pain.

Later, Zhuge Liang's father also died, perhaps because he missed too much, or perhaps because of other reasons...

That year, Dong Zhuo entered Beijing.

Then...

"Cao Mengde is this person..." Zhuge Liang said slowly, "Can Yuan Jian know that Cao Mengde attacked Xuzhou many times?"

Liao Hua was stunned and nodded slightly, "I know a little bit... Kong Ming's meaning is...

Zhuge Liang closed his eyes and seemed to see some scenes that he didn't want to see.

If according to some public intellectuals in later generations, Cao Cao slaughtered Xuzhou in the final analysis, in the final analysis, it was for the benefit of the people of Xuzhou. Just like a certain academy, the starting point was good, so as to avoid the people of Xuzhou being used by the hypocrite Tao Qian and Liu Bei. However, Cao Cao, who loved the people as much as his son, rushed slowly and was still one step too late. This only shows that the people of Jingzhou were not at a high level and could not understand the profound meaning of Cao Cao's move...

To take a step back, even if it hits them... Then, what, can a slap sound? Shouldn't you first examine what you have made mistakes? Why do you run? Why do you run? Will Cao Cao get angry if he doesn't run or run? He is wearing exposed clothes and running around, isn't he intentionally causing crime?

But in fact, there is only one real reason for Cao Cao to massacre Xuzhou...

At that time, Cao Cao initially occupied Yanzhou and became another local powerhouse after Liu Yan, Liu Biao, Tao Qian, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and Gongsun Zan, Youzhou.

Fei Qian? At that time, no one paid attention to Fei Qian, and not even many people paid attention to Chang'an. These powerful local factions in Shandong were like the worms born from local factions of Shandong gentry, fighting each other.

At that time, Yuan Shu saw that it was difficult to win the attack on Liu Biao, and his general Sun Jian died of a desperate death, he had to turn his attention to other places. In addition, Yuan Shu's ally Gongsun Zan was frustrated, and Yuan Shao's power suddenly expanded, making Yuan Shu even more uneasy. Taking advantage of the reason why Jin Shang, the governor of Yanzhou sent by the court, was expelled by Cao Cao, Yuan Shu turned the direction of the attack, took Jin Shang in, marched to Fengqiu County in Yuzhou, and joined forces with various Yellow Turban Remnants to turn the attack to Cao Cao, who had just improved a little in Yanzhou and had not yet established a stable foothold.

At the same time, Yuan Shu also contacted Tao Qian and wanted to march together to wipe out Cao Cao, with great momentum...

However, Cao Cao was not intimidated and fought with Yuan Shu at Kuangting. As a result, Yuan Shu's army marched from a long distance, and the army was exhausted and there was no brave general to inspire morale. Generally, generals and officers were no match for those generals under Cao Cao. Therefore, under the continuous impact of the ferocious Cao army, Yuan Shu's army was defeated and fled. Then, the Yellow Turban Remnants in Heishan, Runan and other places ran faster than Yuan Shu when they saw that the momentum was wrong.

Yuan Shu retreated, but Cao Cao refused to give up. He took advantage of the victory and surrounded Fengqiu County. Yuan Shu was afraid of being surrounded by Cao Cao, so he threw away the baggage and led the remaining troops out of the city to flee south.

Normally, if you fight to this point, you can withdraw your troops, but Cao Cao did not. After seeing Yuan Shu escape, Cao Cao sent his army to continue to pursue Yuan Shu's army frantically. In this way, Yuan Shu fled to Xiangyi County and had not yet set up a camp, and Cao Cao's army followed him! Yuan Shu had not organized his army yet, and saw that Cao Cao was coming again, and there was no hope of fighting back and winning. There was also a shameful risk of being surrounded in Xiangyi and surrendering, so he continued to lead a few troops to flee south again...

Yuan Shu fled all the way, and Cao Cao chased him all the way. It was not that Cao Cao and Yuan Shu had such a high hatred, but because Cao Cao knew that if he didn't beat Yuan Shu completely and was afraid of being beaten down, Cao Cao himself would continue to be threatened and invaded by Yuan Shu!

Cao Cao finally beat Yuan Shu down completely, but did Cao Cao not pay any price?

Cao Cao himself had the intention to pursue Yuan Shu. There should be no problem with the generals around Cao Cao and the Xiahou family in the Cao family. But what about other ordinary soldiers? How can these soldiers understand Cao Cao’s grand goals and strategic intentions?

Simple, there will be a brave man under heavy rewards!

If Cao Cao had already established himself in Yanzhou and had a lot of financial and material resources, it would be a big problem, but the problem was that Cao Cao had no money... At least in the process of chasing Yuan Shu, Cao Cao had no cash, so he would have to promise these ordinary soldiers under his command again and again that after the war, he would definitely give him a reward, a big reward, and a generous reward!
To be continued...