Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 267 Persuading to Surrender, Battle of the North Shore

In the next few days, the Jiangdong navy became more rampant.

Because the quality of the Jiangdong water army itself, the scale of training, and the number of troops are superior to the Jiangxia water army, the Jiangdong water army has the upper hand in all previous battles between the two sides.

Therefore, the Jiangdong navy often has a sense of psychological superiority over the Jiangxia navy.

This sense of superiority caused them to have such high morale when facing the Jiangxia Navy, that they would often come forward to provoke them arrogantly.

Fighting northern scouts is different from fighting at once.

Southern scouts fought on board. When scouts from both sides met, they would shoot with bows and arrows in one round, and then use hooks to hook the opponent's ship and board the ship for close combat.

The Jiangdong navy scouts have a large number of people and cooperate closely. When fighting with the Jiangxia navy scouts, they often encircle them on three sides with bows and arrows in front of them.

After a few days, the scouts of the Jiang Xia navy suffered heavy losses.Originally, they needed to go to Hongkou to investigate the situation of the Jiangdong water army, but under the blow of this intensity, they could only shrink back to Baqiu.

On December [-]th, in Shenchen's camp in Baqiu, all the generals gathered, Shen Chengao took the lead, Huang Zu, Su Fei, Deng Long, Chen Sheng, Zhang Hu and other generals of Jiang Xia's navy also gathered here.

Summoning the generals to discuss matters today is Shen Chen's plan to prepare for the attack. Although he doesn't know when the wind will blow, the historical record is December, so it can't be wrong. Maybe the wind will come in two or three days. .

Therefore, many plans must be prepared in advance, and generals at all levels also have their own offensive directions.

But before he started to issue orders, the generals began to complain. The first was Su Fei, the governor of Jiangxia. After everyone sat down, Shen Chen first said: "Let everyone come here today because we have something to talk about."

Su Fei immediately said: "The governor is there for scouting, and now our scouts can hardly leave the Baqiu camp, and we can't find any news from outside."

"Yes."

Deng Long also said: "Governor, although we have stockpiled a lot of food and grass in Baqiu, but now the Jiangdong Navy has blocked the river, and our grain ships can't get through. What should we do when the food and grass are exhausted?"

"There is also a large consumption of arrows. These days, the Jiangdong navy came to provoke every day, and in addition to the Hukou battle that day, in just over ten days, we consumed nearly a million arrows."

"Being suppressed and beaten by them every day, the morale of the soldiers is not very high. Now the soldiers can only shrink in the camp and dare not go out."

"In the past few days, the Jiangdong Army has also sent ships close to the shore to shoot and kill the soldiers on our high oars with bows and arrows. Although we have built a lot of towers along the coast, the shore defense line is so big that we can't defend it at all."

"Besides, after the scouts were suppressed, we didn't know anything about it. I heard that Liu Shijun went north to fight Cao Cao, so I don't know what's going on now. Also in Xiangyang, Zhang Yun still has tens of thousands of horses in his hands. If they wait for the opportunity What is the best way to act?"

Many generals have expressed concern.

The main reason is that during this period of time, the Jiangdong navy suppressed their scouts, and the outside news could not come in. In addition, Zhou Yu ordered the blockade of the river, like a black cloud pressing down on the city, which gave them a huge sense of oppression and caused the soldiers to be unstable.

Hearing what everyone said, Shen Chen murmured: "This is indeed my negligence, but you don't have to be afraid. Although the scouts can't get out, they can't get in, and you don't have to worry about the problem of food and grass. The waterway is impassable. If you can walk by land, reinforcements will arrive in a few days, and Baqiu will be safe and sound by then."

Huang Zu hurriedly asked, "Where are the reinforcements coming from?"

Shen Chen said with a smile: "General Liu has sent General Huang Zhong to lead 1 horses to help, and they will arrive within two days. Please rest assured."

After the defeat of Cai Mao, Liu Pan still guarded Jingnan, and basically all the prisoners of Cai Mao's army were placed under his command. He is currently training and striving to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible. 5 horses.

It's just that these are defeated soldiers, and they may not be available for a short time, so Liu Pan is still needed to stabilize the south.However, he originally had [-] elite soldiers under his command, and now he sent Huang Zhong over to support Baqiu.

"Are reinforcements coming?"

"That's good. It's really uncomfortable to be pressed and beaten like this all the time."

"By the way, Commander, apart from scouting, is there anything else you want to discuss today?"

All the soldiers breathed a sigh of relief.

The Jiangdong navy has been shooting arrows at them all day long, making everyone feel a big mountain in their hearts. Now that they have heard that there are reinforcements, they are naturally much more comfortable.

It wasn't until now that they remembered that Shen Chen said today that there was something important to discuss.

"I want."

Shen Chen was about to say that he planned to arrange a plan to attack the Jiangdong Navy.

At this moment, the sound of gongs, drums and horns suddenly came from outside.

Immediately afterwards, the guards hurried in and said: "Report, the governor, the Jiangdong fleet has arrived at the north bank of Baqiu."

In the Han Dynasty, the lakes to the north of Yueyang were connected to the Yangtze River, so the land was probably in the urban area of ​​Yueyang in later generations. The Yangtze River in the north was very wide, and the fleet of the Jiangdong Army could be seen from a distance.

Knowing this time, Shen Chen immediately said: "The generals of each battalion quickly return to control, and mobilize troops to go to the north bank."

"only."

All the soldiers got up quickly and acted according to Shen Chen's order.

Shen Chen said: "The main battalion will continue to guard the mouth of Yonghu Lake, come and follow me."

After all, Huang Zu, Chen Sheng, Zhang Hu and other main generals were left to stay at Yonghu Lake, while the rest followed Shen Chen to the north bank.

After about two quarters of an hour, Shen Chen arrived at the north shore.

At this moment, tens of thousands of Jiang Xia navy troops have gathered around the north bank, and Su Fei, Deng Long and other tribes are here to line up, waiting solemnly.

There are a large number of hills and mountains along the vast river bank, and many tall oars are built on the mountain. There are also various defense facilities on the bank, such as wooden fences and stone walls, which protect the entire river bank defense line.

The bed crossbows and crossbows are all ready, the banners are flying, and even the catapults are built, waiting for the Jiangdong navy to launch a surprise attack from the shore at any time.

Shen Chen came to a high mountain and looked at it from a distance.

I saw thousands of ships densely packed on the river in the distance, piling up the entire river as if covering the sky and covering the sun. Although the enemy was still a mile away, the formation was extremely terrifying, making Jiang Xia's navy feel like they were facing an enemy.

"The wind is much less."

While looking at the river, Shen Chen glanced at the flag on the top of the mountain next to him.

Lieutenant General Qu Gan smiled and said: "Yes, Commander, the north wind was still very strong a few days ago, but the wind has become weaker and weaker in the past two days."

"This is good news."

Shen Chen said something casually, and then continued to look at the river.

At this moment, a speedboat galloped over, more than a hundred steps away from the shore, and a man on the speedboat held a bow and set an arrow, and shot towards the shore, piercing into the mud on the shore.

The sharp-eyed soldier noticed that the arrow was tied with a cloth strip, so he hurried over to pick it up and handed it to the frontline commander Su Fei.

After Su Fei saw it, he sent someone to send it to Shen Chen.

Shen Chen took the cloth strip, glanced at it, and then raised his head to look into the distance, and saw a boat galloping towards the Jiangdong Navy's fleet, about 300 meters away from the river bank.

This is the center of the battle between the two sides. Bows and arrows cannot be shot, only the bed crossbows arranged on the mountain can be shot, but the distance is so far, the hit rate is worrying.

"Governor, this is?"

Zhang Nan and Qu Gan all came over, curious.

Shen Chen smiled and said, "Zhou Yu invited me to Jiangzhong for a talk. It seems that he really wants to chat with me."

Zhang Nan quickly said: "Captain, you can't go, be careful of fraud."

"It's okay."

Shen Chenle turned his horse's head and said, "Prepare a battleship, I'll meet him."

The war horse under his crotch seemed to understand Shen Chentian's courage to be fearless, raised his head and neighed, and raised his hooves high.

This horse was the Yuluo horse captured by Xing Daorong, Shen Chen liked it because he saw it was very majestic, besides the Yuluo horse, he also had a tiger gallbladder knife on his waist.

Huangmenting has the method of pouring steel, and there is no shortage of steel knives.But the Bailian steel knife needs not only good materials, but also an extremely skilled knife blacksmith to craft it carefully, so Shen Chen found that this tiger knife is really extraordinary, so he has been wearing it all the time.

At this moment, Shen Chen was riding a Yuluo horse with a tiger's guts knife hanging from his waist, and he turned the horse's head and went down the mountain.Su Fei at the foot of the mountain had already received the order to prepare a fighting ship, and about [-] soldiers boarded the ship, waiting for Shen Chen's arrival.

Shen Chen got off the horse and boarded the boat. The boat braved the wind and waves, facing the north wind that was still blowing even though it was much smaller, and quickly sailed towards the distant river.

"Governor, he's here."

On the vast and turbulent Yangtze River, Zhou Yu's boat went up and down with the river waves.On the boat, Ling Tong returned to the cabin and reported to Zhou Yu, saying, "We've arrived."

"Shen Chen is so courageous, he deserves to be called a tiger."

Zhou Yu praised him, got up and came to the deck, and saw a battleship about the same size as him galloping towards him.

Both warships and fighting ships are medium-sized ships, more than 30 meters long. Although they are not as exaggerated as building ships that look like a small city, they also have three floors and can carry 300 people for water warfare.

At this moment, the two sides approached, wooden boards were erected on the decks of the ships on both sides, shields were erected beside the parapet on the third floor, and sharp arrows were placed on them, waiting solemnly.

"Zhou Yu!"

Soon the two sides approached less than ten meters, the fighting ship lowered its anchor, Shen Chen walked to the deck, protected by the left and right guards with shields, he sternly shouted: "You want to come see me?"

Zhou Yu also stepped out of the deck and approached the side of the ship. He actually came to tentatively attack the north bank today.

After more than ten days of investigation, Zhou Yu discovered that the Jiangxia navy was heavily guarding the mouth of the lake, but because the coastal defense line was too long and there were many weak points, he made a plan to go ashore and fight.

But before the war, he still wanted to talk to Shen Chen.

Wouldn't it be best if Shen Chen could be persuaded to surrender to Jiangdong and avoid a fight?
So he invited Shen Chen to come here for a meeting.

At this moment, Shen Chen stands proudly on the bow of the boat. The young hero is tall and strong, and his armor is shining brightly in silver, shining in the winter sun, like a god of war.

However, Zhou Yu's appearance is not bad either. He is eight feet tall, with a slender body, wearing battle armor, a big red cloak, and a sword hanging from his waist. The first Confucian general.

"Shen Chen."

Zhou Yu walked to the bow, looked at him with a smile and said, "Long time no see."

Shen Chen smiled and said: "Zhou Gongjin, don't come here without any problems. It's been three years since I left. I heard that after the battle in Yi County, the governor's health has not been very good?"

The last time they met was in the ten-year battle of Yi County in Jian'an. Shen Chen was flooded in Jiangdong. After that, Zhou Yu left sequelae. It seemed that his lungs were infected by water, and he would cough every winter.

Zhou Yu coughed twice and said, "Yeah, I haven't recovered well in my daily life, and I often cough more than once."

"You can cook Chuanbei with pears."

Shen Chen treated him like an old friend, and even taught him the secret recipe for cough relief.

Zhou Yu smiled and said, "Thank you."

"No thanks, after all, your poor health is my responsibility."

Shen Chen smiled and said, "But Governor Zhou called me here this time, maybe it's for reminiscing about the old days."

Zhou Yu said seriously: "Shen Chen, you are also a young hero. It is said that a good bird chooses a tree to live in, and a good minister chooses a master to serve. Liu Biao is dead, and his three sons are not masters. Sooner or later, the land of Jingzhou will return to Wu. Hou, why do you insist on it?"

Shen Chen asked, "Is the governor here to persuade you to surrender?"

Ling Tong immediately said: "The governor personally came to persuade you, I hope you will not be ignorant of good and evil."

"Who are you?"

Shen Chen looked over and saw that the man was about the same age as him, and he was also a young hero.

Ling Tong said in a deep voice, "Ling Tong, Captain of the Poor Thief!"

"Ha ha."

Shen Chen shook his head with a smile and said: "Surrender will be avoided. The governor should know that Sun Quan's power is not too great. In the battle of Yi County, including the father of Captain Ling, Ling Cao, and the famous general Han Dang all died in the battle. My hand, if I surrender, will Sun Quan let me go?"

Seeing that there seemed to be hope, Zhou Yu quickly said: "Marquis Wu has always cherished talents, and General Shen is a first-class genius in the world. Although there are enmities, he will forgive himself. Please be at ease, General."

Shen Chen said: "Is this matter Zhou Dudu's own decision, or Wu Hou's order?"

"Well"

Zhou Yu frowned. He wanted to say that it was Wu Hou's order, but he knew Shen Chen's cleverness and knew that he couldn't hide it from him, so he said, "I will write a letter to Wu Hou."

"Ha ha ha ha."

Shen Chen laughed loudly, pointed at himself and said: "The governor is very calculating, you come to persuade me to surrender, and when I surrender, Marquis Wu said that this is the governor's own decision, it doesn't count, so he pushed me out and cut me down, it was an easy job Solving the serious troubles of the confidant for Marquis Wu, but also taking revenge, killing two birds with one stone."

Zhou Yu said in a deep voice: "General Shen, I, Jiangzuo Zhou Yu, is known to everyone in Jiangdong. How could I act like this?"

"Even if you don't make a fool of yourself, you won't be able to protect Marquis Wu."

Shen Chen shook his head: "Let's forget about this matter. If I surrender, unless the governor wins me, then nothing will be discussed. Let's go!"

After all, he shook his hand and ordered the ship to return.

Ling Tong next to him saw that he did not agree, and was immediately furious. When he saw Shen Chen, he remembered his father's hatred again, and his anger rose from his heart, and he shouted: "Shen Chen, dare to fight me?"

"Oh?"

Shen Chen turned his head and touched the saber at his waist, unable to bear the itch.

After he mixed with Liu Bei, he often studied martial arts with Zhao Yuntai, Shi Ci, Guan Yu and others. In addition, as he grew older, his physique became more and more powerful, and his force value improved by leaps and bounds.

It's just because he often acts as the commander in chief of the three armies, like the attack on Xudu, and the number of times he personally goes to the battlefield to kill the enemy is very small, so he doesn't know how strong his force value is.

Ling Tong ranks fifth at most in Soochow's force value, and may even rank sixth or seventh, because the top four must be Sun Ce, Tai Shici, Gan Ning Zhou Tai.

It seems to be good to use Ling Tong to practice swords.

"Arrogant child!"

Before Shen Chen could speak, Qu Gan said angrily, "What is the identity of the governor, and what is your identity? Are you worthy of fighting with the governor?"

Ling Tong was furious, and shouted: "Choleless rats, don't dare to fight with me, we will drive a small boat to fight!"

"Hehe, forget it, let's go."

Shen Chen smiled, but did not respond to this battle.

It's not that he's afraid.

It was Qu Gan who reminded him.

The identities of the two parties are not equal.

Go up and fight, if you lose, you will lose blood.

The general of the Jiangxia navy was defeated by an unknown soldier, and his morale plummeted.

You won't earn anything if you win.

The leader of the Jiangxia navy defeated an unknown young general of the Jiangdong army, which did not give him much benefit.

Therefore, confrontation can be described as a hundred harms and no benefit.

If he was just a general, he might have gone, but as the general of the three armies, he naturally couldn't do things that would harm the interests of the army.

"hateful!"

Seeing Shen Chen's boat leaving in the distance, Ling Tong was furious, and said to Zhou Yu, "Captain, let's shoot the arrow."

Zhou Yu shook his head: "There are so many wooden boards and shields, and shooting arrows is just for both sides to shoot at each other. They can't kill many people. Keep the arrows and prepare for the battle."

"Captain, I would like to be the vanguard!"

Ling Tong called for a fight immediately.

Zhou Yu waved his hand and said, "Okay, order, attack!"

"attack!"

The orderly immediately waved the flag on the ship.

I came here this time to prepare to attack the Baqiu River bank, and break through from the river bank. If I can say that Shenchen is the best, but if I can't, then naturally I can only go to war.

At that moment, thousands of mighty ships began to approach the shore, and countless bows and arrows shot at each other like covering the sky and covering the sun, creating a stormy sea.

Immediately afterwards, the fleet approached from the river bank like a black cloud over the city, and began to attack the riverside defenses.

The two sides continued from the morning to the afternoon. In the afternoon, the Jiangdong Army finally retreated. The corpses of the enemy and our soldiers piled up on the river bank, and both sides lost another 2000 troops.

Shen Chen ordered the battlefield to be cleaned up. He saw that the defense line on the riverbank was in shambles due to the impact, and there were hundreds of ships washed ashore by the East Jiangjun Army alone, a trace of sadness crossed his brows.

As expected of Zhou Yu, although the Jiang'an line has been deployed very tightly, but after all, the line of defense is too long, and the shortcoming of their small number of people has been exposed.

Now that there are enough arrows, this will be able to repel them.

If the Jiangdong army charged a few more times and used up all the arrows, Baqiu's defense would definitely be breached.

Fortunately, he has already asked Liu Pan for help in advance, and I believe Huang Zhong will come to support him soon.

the most important is.

Shen Chen raised his head, narrowed his eyes, and slightly felt the wind gently blowing his cheeks.

The north wind has become weaker and weaker, and the southeast wind is about to blow.

(End of this chapter)