Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 459

At the end of the evening, the soaring flames dyed half of the sky red.

Cao Jun on the other side was at a loss when he saw this situation, so he quickly sent someone to run to the south in the direction of Ruxukou to report the situation to Cao Xiu.

But the place where Shazhou Island is located is the later Ma'anshan City, and Ruxukou is located in the later Wuwei City, a distance of [-] kilometers.

So even if the flying horse went to report immediately, and it was night, it would be tomorrow morning at the earliest.

The distant water cannot save the nearby fire, and the Cao army on Shazhou Island is already alone and helpless.

Wei Yan rode on horseback, held a long knife in his hand, looked around, then pointed to the west bank and shouted: "Burn their ships!"

"kill!"

More than 1 Han troops spread all over the mountains and plains, rushing towards the pier like countless ghosts in the dark night.

There were still [-] soldiers left behind in Cao Ying at the pier, but they had no fighting spirit at all, and they jumped onto ships and fled, leaving behind hundreds of warships of various types.

After driving away the remaining Cao Jun, Wei Yan ordered a fire to burn down the dock.

The flames burned quickly.

Just when Lu Qian returned from his retreat, there were still two camps near him, but he no longer cared about returning to the camps for defense, and went straight to the pier.

As a result, as soon as they arrived, they saw flames burning at the pier, and the Han army rushed towards them overwhelmingly.

In desperation, Lu Qian could only order the soldiers to go back to the camp for defense. If they could persist until dawn, they might still have a chance when Cao Xiu's reinforcements arrived.

However, what he didn't expect was that the camp had already been occupied by Guan Yu's chasing troops, and as soon as he approached it, it was dispersed by the dense rain of arrows.

There will be no suspense in the next battle. Under the attack from the north and the south, Cao Jun was defeated. Several generals such as Lu Qian, Wang Shuang, and Pu Zhong were beheaded in the chaotic army. A large number of Cao Jun surrendered on the spot. Cao's army was almost wiped out.

"General!"

Covered in sweat, Wei Yan galloped up to Guan Yu on his horse, dismounted and knelt on one knee and said, "The last general is lucky to live up to his fate."

Behind him, the flames shot up into the sky, and not far away on the wilderness of Zhoudao, the Han army and the remnant Cao army were still fighting. The sound of killing, screaming, crying, and mourning continued, creating a scene of chaotic fighting. .

However, as the main force of the Han army merged with Wei Yan's partial division, a total of 3 Han troops launched a fierce attack on Cao's army, and most of the more than [-] Cao troops surrendered, leaving only sporadic battles.

Guan Yu nodded slightly while riding on horseback, and said: "Master Wen, you have done a good job, you go back to the boat immediately, and I will command Zhongzhou with me, and attack Cao Jun tomorrow!"

"only!"

Wei Yan was overjoyed.

This time it was a great achievement again.

After Guan Yu asked Wei Yan to follow him, he left two generals stationed on Shazhou Island to guard the prisoners, while he returned to the beach immediately.

Now is a critical moment. Cao Jun is in the stage of dividing his forces and crossing the river, and it is also the time for them to turn defeat into victory.

At this moment, Cao Xiu didn't even know that Shazhou Island had been attacked. He saw Guan Yu crossing the river and leaving during the day, and then began to cross the river in the afternoon. Half of the army had already crossed the river to the city of Zheqi.

There were only 2 Han troops in Zheqi City. Cao Xiu did not immediately attack the city, but sent another [-] people led by Zang Ba to rush to help Lu Qian immediately, and continued to cross the river by himself.

According to his deployment, it would be best if Lu Qian could stop Guan Yu. Even if he couldn't stop him, the main force would have to cross the Yangtze River immediately. In this way, 13 of them plus Sun Quan's [-] would eliminate Guan Yu, who had dispersed his forces and had no food. Army, it's easy.

However, at this time Guan Yu had not been intercepted as he had imagined.

In fact, the reason why he dared to pursue him was because he had received information that Sun Quan had now broken through Wu County, and Wei Yan was already on his way.

In this way, in Cao Wei's eyes, only Guan Yu, the main force floating on the Yangtze River, remained in the Han army.

At this time, the Han army was facing to suppress Sun Quan's rebellion in the east, and guard against Cao Wei's attack in the west.

If you don't take advantage of this opportunity to eliminate Guan Yu and occupy Jiangdong, when will you wait?

It's just that Cao Xiu never expected that this was a trap. Sun Quan's side had been suppressed long ago. The news he got was a few days ago, and the latest news was still false. This would be a fatal problem for Cao Jun.

An hour later, Guan Yu's army assembled again, destroyed the iron locks used to intercept ships on Shazhou Island, and arranged all the ships at the head of the island.

It was not easy to sail at night, so the Han army rested all night, and when the sky was just getting brighter at the beginning of sunrise, the navy was dispatched again.

Nearly a thousand ships, large and small, paved the entire Yangtze River, heading south in a mighty way.

Shazhou Island is not far from Zhongzhou Island, less than ten kilometers away.The navy of the Han army is in the stage of going against the wind and the current, and their ships are all paddle steamers, which are very fast, and they arrived in Zhongzhou in just half an hour.

At this time, Cao's army had already begun to retreat, and wanted to withdraw all the troops from Zhongzhou Island to the shore.

Because Shazhou Island was too close to Zhongzhou, after their side was attacked, Cao Jun from the left bank of the river came overnight and informed Xue Ti, the guard here, of the situation.

It's just that Cao Jun came over, and Xue Ti hesitated for a long time, and decided to temporarily cross the river and retreat to the left bank of the river, and a long time passed.In addition, it is difficult to cross the river at night. The Yangtze River is vast and there are countless hidden reefs and islands.

As a result, it was difficult for Cao Jun to move an inch. As a last resort, Xue Ti could only pack up the camp at night, looking forward to the stars and the moon, waiting for the dawn.I hope that the Han army will not be killed so quickly, and they can retreat to Jiangzuo calmly.

After staying up all night, Cao Jun finally waited for the sky to light up, and Xue Ti immediately commanded the soldiers to start crossing the river.

But not long after crossing the river, ships of the Han army could be seen on the river in the distance. This caused Cao Jun's great panic.

Cao Jun's soldiers began to fight internally. Even if many people grabbed the boats, due to improper operation, there were many people colliding with each other, a large number of boats capsized, and countless people drowned.

In the distance, Guan Yu stroked his beard and laughed loudly: "On this big river, Cao's army is really vulnerable. Before our army started to attack, they collapsed on their own."

Beside him, Lu Xun bowed his hands with a smile and said, "This is due to the command of the ruler. Cao's army knows the power of the ruler, so naturally they all flee."

"Hahahahahaha."

Guan Yu was overjoyed, and waved his hands: "Order the three armies, kill!"

"kill!"

Zhou Cang shouted angrily.

"Kill!"

Thousands of warships of the Han army braved the wind and waves, and launched a fierce offensive towards the Cao army in Zhongzhou.

At this moment, it was like Zhuge Ke's Dongxing battle. In order to snatch the hope of escape, Cao Jun's own internal conflicts appeared, and they chose to escape one after another, without any order.

The scariest thing about human beings is order. When there is order, people can divide labor and cooperate, and unleash great power.

Whether in agricultural production or military warfare, the power of unity is terrifying.

But once order is lost, everything is lost.

In the Battle of Kunyang, Wang Mang had an army of more than 40. In a real field battle, under orderly conditions, Liu Xiu's thousands of people could be trampled to death.

But Liu Xiu relied on the surprise attack and the meteorite to abruptly disrupt the order of Wang Mang's army and put them into a panic, thus easily defeating Wang Mang's army and laying the cornerstone of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Therefore, when there is no order, the so-called hundreds of thousands of troops are no different from hundreds of thousands of fleeing hares.

Cao Jun is now a group of hares.

The Jiangdong army led by Guan Yu was not only well-trained in foot combat, but also very powerful in water combat. The vast fleet stabbed diagonally into the enemy's riverside wharf, dividing their battlefield and making Cao's army even more chaotic.

Then a large number of hooks, ladders, and wooden boards began to be built, and the soldiers fought fiercely with Cao Jun with bows, crossbows, knives, guns, axes, or long-range or close combat.

However, it is said to be a fierce battle, but it is actually a unilateral massacre.Cao Jun was almost powerless to fight back. Many people were even forced to jump directly into the river, and then they couldn't even stir up a wave in the river, and they were just submerged in the vast river.

Few of the tens of thousands of Cao Jun survived, and more were either killed, drowned, or hid on the island to survive. Even the main general Xue Ti drowned in the river because of the capsized boat.

Besides Xue Ti, Zhugeqian, Li Xing, Yin Lu and other generals were either killed, captured, or drowned.

The rolling Yangtze River flows eastward, and the waves wash away Cao Jun.

By the end of the morning meal, Cao's army in the entire Central Continent had been wiped out. In the two battles of Shazhou Island and Zhongzhou Island alone, Cao's army had lost more than 5 people, which was terrible.

However this is only the beginning.

Because Cao Xiu's reinforcements had already been sent over and were intercepted by Wei Yan on the river.A fierce water battle broke out between the two sides. By noon, Cao Jun's navy was defeated and suffered heavy losses.

After that, Guan Yu swung his troops southward and began to enter a state of full-scale counterattack, taking Ruxukou directly.

"what?"

At this moment, when Cao Xiu got the news, he was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

Jiang Ji was also shocked, and said to the messenger: "Say it again."

The messenger said with a sad face: "We were fighting with Guan Yu, and tens of thousands of Han soldiers suddenly came from the rear and set fire to our camp and pier. When I came to report, I only saw the flames on Zhou Island. I am afraid that at this time."

"How can this happen, how can this happen!"

Cao Xiu roared angrily, "Where did Guan Yu get tens of thousands of Han troops? Didn't Wei Yan lead his men to put down the rebellion? Could it be that Sun Quan has already captured Wu County, and he doesn't want his rear?"

He thought that Guan Yu was at the end of his rope, but he never expected that when Lu Qian was fighting with him on Shazhou Island, more than 2 Han troops appeared and raided Lu Qian's rear. clear.

Liu Ye slowly regained his composure from the astonishment, and thought deeply: "General, now is not the time to think about these things. Maybe Sun Quan's offensive was blocked, which prevented Wei Yan from going to put down the rebellion immediately. Anyway, the most urgent thing now is to send out Reinforcements go."

"Reinforcements? Didn't I send 2 people?"

Cao Xiu walked back and forth restlessly on the ground, and said angrily, "I thought Lu Qian stopped Guan Yu, but I didn't expect him to be flanked. What can Zang Ba do in the past?"

"Now I can only hope that General Lu can hold on and wait for General Zang's rescue."

Jiang Ji smiled wryly and shook his head.

Their current position is very awkward. Half of the troops have crossed the river, and the other half have not yet crossed. As a result, another accident happened on Shazhou Island. What should we do now?

"Report!"

At this moment, another bad news came.

A messenger rushed in and said with a mournful face, "At sunrise today, General Xue wanted to retreat from Central Continent, but the Han army raided Central Continent."

"It's over."

Cao Xiu sat back on the table, his whole face turned pale in an instant: "How is it possible, is this a trap to lure me to the river on purpose? Where did they get the troops to stop Sun Quan? What is Sun Quan doing?"

"General, immediately withdraw the soldiers and horses."

Jiang Ji quickly said: "Whether it is Guan Yu's design, or he has ignored it and left us behind, we have been led to the river by him, he suddenly attacked, Zhongzhou and Shazhou Island were breached by him, we must ensure the safety of the main force. "

"Yes, General."

Liu Ye also persuaded: "If Guan Yu doesn't want to go to the rear, then Sun Quan will attack Danyang after we fight him. He is homeless, and his food is running out, and we still have a chance at that time."

"Yes."

Cao Xiu muttered to himself: "The soldiers and horses must be withdrawn, and Guan Yu must not defeat them one by one. Quickly, order that all the people on the other side of the river be withdrawn, quickly!"

"only!"

The messenger rushed to deliver the military order.

After the military order was issued here, Cao Xiu was also anxious and ran to the bank of the Ruxukou River to watch.

At this time, the city of Ruxukou had been burned by Guan Yu, and the dock was also a wreck.

Fortunately, Cao Jun pursued it in time and put out the fire quickly after reaching Ruxukou, so only the outer docks were burned, and the city was still intact.

Cao Xiu stood on the city of Ruxukou and watched anxiously.

A fast boat quickly sailed towards Zheqi Mountain on the other side of the river. There were [-] Wei troops at the foot of the mountain, and they passed there yesterday afternoon.

Cao Xiu originally planned to move a large amount of baggage there today, and then the whole army will cross the river tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

In this way, he can quickly go straight to Jianye.

As a result, Guan Yu never expected Guan Yu to launch a counterattack, breaking through his two lines of defense. Now the Wei army is completely divided, with more than 3 people on Shazhou Island and 2 people on Zhongzhou Island.

About 5 people were at Ruxukou, and 3 people were at Zheqi City. The distribution of the entire Wei army's forces on the Yangtze River was completely smashed by Guan Yu's army, and it was out of formation.

Now Cao Xiu's only hope is that the 3 people on the other side of the river can be withdrawn smoothly, and at the same time, he hopes that Sun Quan will work harder and give some strength.

"I just hope that Wei Yan changed his mind temporarily and suddenly came to attack us."

Cao Xiu stared intently at the river, and said to himself: "Sun Quan wrote to me a few days ago to say that he has captured Wu County, and if all goes well, he is already attacking Danyang. Jianye, everything will be fine."

"It's a big deal and we all die together!"

Cao Xiu suddenly looked at the river with a ferocious expression, gritted his teeth, and his whole face was almost distorted.

Guan Yu's style of play is completely in the same way. Even if Zhongzhou and Shazhou Island are broken, the rear is completely ignored. Does he think he can ignore Sun Quan's attack and regain the entire Jiangdong?

Fast boats cross the river in the distance, and the river at Ruxukou is very wide, several miles long. This distance cannot be conveyed even with gongs, drums and horns, let alone with the use of Mingjin to close the troops, and can only be conveyed by boats.

The fast boat was swaying on the surface of the river, and I didn't know what was going on. Suddenly, a huge wave hit, and it turned over. The ship capsized, and the messengers sent to deliver the letter were submerged in the vast and turbulent river.

Cao Xiu was dumbfounded.

It was Jiang Ji who reacted quickly and shouted: "Hurry up, send people there, send more ships!"

"Yes."

The messenger rushed to convey the order.

After a while, several fast boats continued to cross the river, but this time it went smoothly, and the task was conveyed to the other side of the river.

It took nearly an hour to receive the order and quickly start to evacuate there.

The fleet began to set sail, and hundreds of ships sailed to the other side of the river.

Seeing this situation, Cao Xiu put his heart down and said to the left and right: "It's okay, it's okay, as long as they can withdraw smoothly, they will be safe."

The voice did not fall.

The lookout at the side suddenly shouted in an almost desperate voice: "General, the ships of the Han army!"

Cao Xiu quickly turned his head to look to the north, only to feel a sudden cardiac arrest.

On the river in the distance, countless ships appeared faintly, heading towards them like arrows.

According to that speed, when their ships first reached the center of the river, they would collide head-on with the enemy!
If the previous order ship hadn't capsized, now their ships have already begun to dock, and they just happened to avoid it.

But there are no ifs in this world.

Liu Ye let out a crying voice and mourned: "God bless Da Wei!"

(End of this chapter)