Imperial Power Of Han Dynasty

Chapter 755

The horse's mouth stretched into the river and licked for a while, then suddenly raised his head, a strange color flashed in a pair of eyes.

Why does the water here smell different, so fishy?

How could the river water soaked in human blood not be fishy?

Cao Ren grabbed the rein and frowned, "Come here, don't drink the water inside."

Thousands of cavalry stopped on the banks of the river, looking at the huge warships in the river from a distance, holding the swords one by one. It's a pity that the cavalry can't get into the water, otherwise they would have killed the battleship and captured Zhou Yu directly.

"This Huang Zu is really incompetent!"

Cao Xiu said coldly: "The prime minister has ordered him to stop Jiangdong Navy without having to fight with him. In the end, he was defeated. If our army came fast enough, I'm afraid Zhou Yu would have fled."

Cao Zhen nodded and said with emotion: "It's better to ask for yourself. Huang Zu is just a mediocre person. Sooner or later, our army will form its own navy to confront the Jiangdong navy."

Cao Ren nodded slightly: "Zidan is right. No navy must be controlled by others. Sooner or later, our army will have to form its own navy."

"Fortunately, the waste Huang Zu finally delayed the Jiangdong Navy, and the prime minister did not come late."

In the smoke and dust, more than 30,000 Cao's infantrymen with great momentum, finally arrived late.

"Archer!"

Thousands of Cao Jun archers stepped forward, and Zhang Gong aimed his arrows at the Jiangdong Army warship on the Yangtze River. Use pawns to deal with naval divisions. Spearmen and swordsmen are no longer useful. The only thing that can cause damage to the enemy is the archer.

When Zhuge Liang's straw boat borrowed an arrow, wasn't it the one shot back by Cao Jun's archer with an arrow?

"ready!"

Squeak...The sound of obscure twisting of strings sounded, and Cao Jun's archers strenuously pulled the bowstrings apart and aimed them at the Jiangdong Army warship above the river.

"Be careful! Raise the shield and hide in the cabin."

"Drive the warship into the heart of the river as soon as possible to avoid the enemy's arrows."

When the Jiangdong Navy saw Cao Jun's arrows all fired, he hurriedly grabbed the shield next to him. Without a shield, he rushed towards the cabin. The sailor hurriedly drove the warship towards Jiang Xin.

"put!"

Whoosh whoosh! Cao Jun's archer was ready to go. After hearing the command, he released the bowstrings together. Thousands of arrows ejected out, drew an arc in the air, and fell towards the Jiangdong Army Navy.

"what!"

The shields in the hands of the Jiangdong Army were mostly round shields that were attacked by the sword and shield hands. They were not large in diameter and could not even cover the upper body. Naturally, it was difficult to resist the arrows shot by Cao Jun. The sharp arrows pierced into the flesh and sent out. Screams.

The battleship is not too big compared to the surface of the river, so many arrows did not hit the battleship, but swished into the water. There were still many bodies of Jiang Dongbing and Jiang Xiabing floating on the surface of the river. They were unlucky, and they got many arrows on their bodies for no reason, but they couldn't feel it.

And the arrow was shot on the battleship of the Jiangdong Army, hum! For a while, many Jiangdong Army warships were filled with Cao Jun's arrows, and some Jiangdong soldiers suddenly lost a foothold.

"Archer, fight back!"

Chen Wu was furious and immediately ordered the Jiangdong Army's archers to fight back. Sergeant Jiangdong also held a group of anger in their hearts, and they were unwilling to be beaten without fighting back, so they held bows and arrows and shot at the enemy.

Whoosh whoosh! Thousands of arrows traversed the sky. Suddenly, it seemed as if countless meteors appeared in the sky. Cao Jun and Jiang Dongjun poured arrows from each other, countless arrows fell in the water and on the land, and of course there were Jiang Dong soldiers. Screaming with Cao Bing, the arrow fell to the ground.

However, as the Jiangdong Army's warships got farther and farther from the river bank, most of the arrows of the two armies were poured into the river. After all, the distance of the step bow is limited, and the best range is usually between fifty and one hundred steps, so the sharpshooter will shoot one hundred and fifty steps away.

"It's a pity, it's a pity that Huang Zu was defeated too early."

Cao Cao rode on a horse, watching the Jiangdong Army battleship entering the heart of the river, and sighed.

"Yeah, if Huang Zu persists for another quarter of an hour, our army will be attacked back and forth, Jiangdong Navy will be destroyed here, and then the whole Jiangdong will be at your fingertips." Cheng Yu sighed.

On the Jiangdong warship, Zhou Yu looked at Cao Jun on the river bank from a distance, frowning as well.

"Old General Cheng."

"What is the command of the chief governor?"

"How many deaths and injuries our army has, count them quickly."

Zhou Yu ordered to go down, and the Jiangdong Army immediately counted up. While gathering the warships seized from the Jiangxia Navy, while maintaining a safe distance from Cao Jun, the Jiangdong Army salvaged the dead bodies of their comrades in the water.

After a while, Cheng Pu walked to Zhou Yu and said in a low voice: "General Governor, in the first battle between our army and Jiangxia Navy, about a thousand soldiers were damaged. Just now he shot at Cao Jun, and injured more than a thousand people. ."

"So, our army lost nearly three thousand soldiers in one day today?" Zhou Yu frowned.

Cheng Pu nodded gravely.

"Ugh..."

Zhou Yu sighed. There are fewer and fewer soldiers on hand. Fortunately, he will be able to return to Wu County immediately. After defeating Xia Houyuan, he will recuperate for a while, and then fight Cao Cao to retake Lujiang County.

He finally glanced at the land of Lujiang County reluctantly, and ordered: "Pass the order, retreat."

"Here!"

"The general governor has ordered the whole army to retreat!"

Zhou Yu gave an order, Jiangdong Navy always kept a safe distance from Cao Jun on the other side of the river, and began to retreat slowly to the east. Cao Jun was all on foot and did not carry warships at all. Naturally, he could not stop the Jiangdong Army from retreating.

What's more, even if there were warships, Cao Jun couldn't stop Jiangdong Army from going south.

Cao Cao watched the Jiangdong navy from a distance, and couldn't help but sighed: "Without a word, he gave up Lujiang County. The strongman broke his wrist. Zhou Yu is really a state scholar. Jiangdong has him. It is difficult to calm down for a while."

Cao Ren frowned and said, "Prime Minister, now that Jiangdong Soldiers retreat, Miaocai must be surrounded by Jiangdong Army. What should our army do?"

"Does this need to be asked?"

Cao Cao smiled and said, "Our army will naturally take the opportunity to cross the river and help Miaocai."

As Xia Houyuan led an army to cross the sea and attack Wu County, Zhou Yu, who got the news, resolutely abandoned Lujiang County and led his army south to assist Wu County. Zhou Yu successfully escaped under the response of Jiang Qin's main naval forces, while Cao Jun failed to pursue the pursuit. The battle between Cao Sun and Lujiang, which evolved from Zhou Yu's rebellion, was temporarily ended.

However, Cao Cao naturally cannot give up plotting Jiangdong. If he does annex Jiangdong, then the world situation will undoubtedly become a battle between the two powers, and the world situation will become more direct and clear.