Han Xiang

Chapter 358

Wu Jing pinched his chin and half-closed his eyes, showing a disbelieving expression.

"What Zilie means, Cao Cao is for."

"General Wu, don't you believe it. As the saying goes, nature is hard to change. It's not the first time Cao thief has done this kind of thing. In the past, he was very happy in Wancheng. Didn't he lose his son and general?"

Chen Wu also loved beauties when he was young. He had a kind of familiarity with Cao Cao, and he would give examples when he was eloquent.

Wu Jing had heard of Erqiao's reputation for a long time, but he was more mature politically than Chen Wu, and he didn't think Cao Cao would be angry because of his beauty. Even if he wanted to fight Hefei, it was mainly for strategic considerations.

Just when he was doubtful, the scout brought back the latest news about Shouchun.

That is to say, the [-] Dendrobium military rations brought from the rear of the Central Plains meant to help Cao Cao flatten Jiangdong in one fell swoop, and these rations were originally used to deal with Yuan Shao.

Nearly a thousand cargo ships gathered at Shaopi, plus the one or two hundred cargo ships in the early stage, accounted for almost half of Cao Cao's water transport force.

Looting food and burning food was a direct result, and the destruction of the water transport cargo ships used by Cao Cao indirectly caused serious damage to the military forces of the Central Plains.

Because the temptation was too great, Wu Jing couldn't hold back in the end.

Seeing that Wu Jing was not in the trap, Cao Cao had no choice but to adjust his plan and save money. The cargo ships used to lure the enemy were not all food, and he didn’t feel bad if they were damaged during the ambush. After all, Jiangdong warships are bigger, better, and more capable of loading .

The praying mantis and the cicada took their positions, but they didn't know that there was a yellow bird in the dark.

On May 26, the Huainan land was shrouded in clouds, and it seemed that a heavy rain was brewing.

It was hot summer, and the dullness in the air before the rain was disturbing, but the wind had not even begun to blow in the fields.

Wu Jing led the water army to detour from Feishui, first turned to Shaopi and then turned to Feishui, and then chased Cao Jun's grain ship. After two or three days, they chased to the waters of Yunxian County, and finally caught up with the one who had been walking for a few days. cargo ship.

Both sides are sailing against the current, and the cargo ships have few sailors and deep drafts, so it is inevitable that they will be overtaken by Jiangdong warships.

Wu Jing found Cao Jun's scouts on the way, but he didn't see the grain guards coming to support him until he caught up with the cargo ship.

He guessed that Xia Houyuan should have gone to attack Hefei. Even if he found that the grain ship was being pursued at this time, Cao Cao would be unable to dispatch troops to rescue him.

If you want to achieve great things, God will help you.

Seeing that the distance was getting closer and closer, the grain ship in front suddenly ran aground in a large area. Wu Jing was ecstatic to see this scene, so he commanded the warship to meet it with all his strength.

Bang bang bang.
The warship in front collided with the cargo ship, blocking up the entire river.

When Jiangdong soldiers were holding hooks, torches, etc., and were about to rush to board the cargo ship to burn the ship and burn food, suddenly there were arrows raining in the reeds on the east and west banks.

Cao Jun who had ambushed in advance opened his bow and set up arrows at the same time, and shot the Jiangdong soldiers on the boat into hedgehogs. Xia Houyuan and Zhang Yun each commanded thousands of people to release crossbow arrows along the river.

There are stranded grain ships blocking the way ahead, and Cao Jun's bows and arrows suppress the east and west banks.

Wu Jing knew that he had fallen for Cao Cao's trick, but the Jiangdong warship had an advantage in the water, and he could still command calmly in the face of an ambush.

"Archer, fight back!"

"Don't be crowded, don't panic, each find a bunker!"

"The ships turn around in an orderly manner according to the command of the main ship. Anyone who violates the order will be killed immediately!"

There are nearly [-] warships sailing into the Bishui Jiangdong, the smallest of which are medium-sized ships that can carry more than [-] people. Wu Jing's main ship is a fighting ship that can carry more than [-] people.

They rushed forward just now, but now they are crowded together and need to be separated. The last ship needs to turn the rudder first, and then peel off a layer like an onion before it is the turn of the inner layer.

It will definitely take time, but Wu Jing is still calm at this time.

After all, although Jiangdong soldiers did not dare to go ashore, Cao Jun on both sides of the strait did not dare to go into the water.

It is possible to get away if the stalemate persists, but with Chen Wu's exclamation, Wu Jing's face directly turned into a liver color.

"Look, General Wu, there are enemy ships behind us!"

Right behind the fleet, there were black and unknown number of small boats rapidly approaching the warship.

There were more than [-] small boats in this batch. They neither belonged to Shou Chunxia Hou Dun, nor were they cargo ships from the Central Plains. They were fishing boats used by Chen Lan to restrain them, and were later abandoned in the upper reaches of the Bishui River.

Xia Houyuan felt that it was a pity to use cargo ships to block the road. Later, he was very excited when he found the "gift of nature". He hid these blocking ships in the tributary of the Bi River in advance, and followed them after the Jiangdong warships crossed the intersection.

Wu Jing followed the prestige, and suddenly had a bad feeling.

Before those small boats were about to approach the Jiangdong fleet, they poured sand and rocks into the river at the same time, as if they wanted to ground themselves to block the retreat of Wu Jing's fleet.

"The warship has turned the rudder, immediately, at all costs, stop them!"

Wu Jing yelled heartbreakingly, asking the sailors to use semaphore to send orders from a high place, but Xia Houyuan on the east bank was watching, and the flag bearers were almost shot down one by one.

A few warships received orders to break through, and no accident, the small boats were also covered on both sides of the river, and dozens of boats at the forefront of the river actually set themselves on fire to buy time for dumping sand and gravel.

The moment he saw the fire, Wu Jing almost fell into despair.

The front can't get through, and the back road is blocked again.

The cunning Xia Houyuan shot at the flag bearer, causing Wu Jing's command system to collapse. He could only rely on his voice to give orders, but it didn't work at all in the chaos.

But at this time, the Lord of Heaven helped to create a strong wind, and the warships behind were likely to be scorched.

"Why? I don't accept it!" Wu Jing was so angry that he punched the railing.

In a panic, Chen Wu calmly reminded: "General Wu, after careful observation just now, there are not too many ambush soldiers on both sides of the strait. There should be only a few thousand people in total. We have more than [-] soldiers. Why don't we try our best to break through to one side? Maybe it can be stopped, maybe it can turn defeat into victory."

"It seems that this is the only way. Immediately send an order to break out from the east bank, and come ashore with me to kill Xia Houyuan."

Wu Jing looked viciously at the east bank, which was the direction where Xia Houyuan was, and said in his heart that even if he was going to die in battle today, he would drag you down as a backstop.

With the hope of escape, those Jiangdong soldiers trapped in the river set up a springboard between the boats and moved to the east bank like ants moving their house.

Wu Jing let the shield hand stand in front, and led the archer to hide in the middle and shoot.

Chen Wuze led his warriors to die and landed. The soldiers exploded with amazing energy in order to survive, causing a huge impact on Xiahouyuan's defense area, and had to adjust their formation and start hand-to-hand combat.

Seeing that Xia Houyuan was struggling to defend on the opposite bank, Zhang He decided to leave a thousand men to defend on the west bank. He led the remaining 4000 men under his command to build a temporary pontoon bridge where the grain ship ran aground. He wanted to cross the river to help Xia Houyuan stop Wu Jing.

Xia Houyuan's soldiers were very powerful in fighting, but they couldn't hold back Wu Jing, who was several times his soldiers, so he had to fight and retreat and bite the opponent. He knew that Zhang He could change the situation when he arrived.

Until Xia Houyuan retreated about five li, Zhang Yun's army entered the battlefield from the rear, and the two families of Sun and Cao fought fiercely in the mountainous area northwest of Xing.

At the same time, cargo ships and warships five miles to the southwest ran aground.

Groups of small flames were ignited, and the arrogant south wind also began to secretly help.

(End of this chapter)