Can I get to the other side?

It was a miserable scene on the Han River.

Under the constant bombardment of the Han Navy's catapults, one after another Jingzhou Navy ships were smashed and sunk.

"Gululu...save me——!"

"Someone come and give me a hand!"

"No, no!"

…

The soldiers of Cao Cao who fell into the water shouted loudly and tried to seek help, but the current of the Han River was turbulent and the entire Jingzhou Navy was in chaos. How could they care about them?

In the end, these drowned soldiers could not be rescued.

When they heard the cry for help coming from behind, Sergeant Cao's soldiers who had jumped off the ship earlier looked back.

Then they saw with their own eyes that the sunken ship pulled their companions, slowly and slowly, sinking under the water.

Or maybe they were washed away by the rapid water and disappeared without a trace.

Seeing such a scene, all of Cao's soldiers, who were lucky enough to escape and climbed onto the surrounding friendly ships, felt fear in their hearts.

If they hadn't escaped quickly, they would have sunk to the bottom of the river to feed the fish and shrimps like those unlucky Tongze!

Although many ships of the Jingzhou Navy had stabilized their positions at this time, many of Cao's soldiers couldn't help but feel fear in their hearts when they looked at the enemy warships going down the river in the distance.

After the previous round of offensive, they directly lost more than 20 warships, which can be said to be a heavy loss!

"hateful!"

On a warship, Cao Ren, who finally managed to stand still, slammed his fist on the railing of the ship, feeling both angry and frightened in his heart.

He finally understood why the puppet emperor's army had been stationed upstream during this period. It turned out that they were not taking the land route to bypass the obstacles he had set up on the Han River to attack Xiangyang City, but were building embankments to store water!

After countless calculations, he forgot to calculate this point, which resulted in a fatal blow to the Jingzhou Navy!

"Stop the counterattack immediately! We must not let the enemy troops cross the Han River!"

Cao Ren raised his hand to wipe the rain off his face, and ordered with a ferocious look, even if he was at a disadvantage, he would never sit back and wait for death!

The quality of Jingzhou Navy is still there.

After the semaphore was played, the remaining naval vessels quickly formed their formations and prepared to fight.

Soon the warships of both sides connected with each other.

There are only two ways for a navy to fight.

Either use crossbows from a distance and fight, or use the horns of the ship to hit them, and then board the ship to fight!

"Pull the boat over!"

On the leading warship, Lu Bu was already eager to try. For him, boarding the ship to fight and fight head-on was his home court!

As the warship approached, Lu Bu and Zhao Yun personally led their troops to the enemy warship and fought with Cao's soldiers on board!

The battle started on this piece of Han River.

It was not until the moment when the two sides fought that the strength gap between the two armies became apparent.

Facing the powerful and well-equipped Han army, Cao Jun was directly at a disadvantage and was no match at all!

This is quite normal.

After the previous wave of offensives by the Han army, the morale of Cao's army was severely damaged. Coupled with the huge gap in weapons and equipment between the two armies, it was surprising that they could defeat them.

The battle was extremely fierce, and corpses continued to fall from the boats into the Han River and were washed away with the floods.

"Lu Bu! Zhao Yun! It's them again!"

Cao Ren couldn't help but change his face when he saw Lu Bu and Zhao Yun who were killing everyone on another warship.

Xia Houyuan's eyes immediately turned red. The so-called enemy was extremely jealous when they met. Lu Bu shot Xiahou Dun and had a sworn hatred with him!

Without saying a word, he immediately picked up the spear and gritted his teeth and said, "I'll fight!"

"Wonderful talent!"

Hearing this, Cao Ren quickly stretched out his hand to hold him back and said, "You are no match for Lu Bu, not to mention Zhao Yun is here. If you go there now, you will die!"

"The situation is now over, we must retreat as soon as possible!"

"Give me the order to dock and abandon the ship!"

Originally, he had the idea of ​​​​fighting the enemy to the death, but after seeing the bravery of Lu Bu and Zhao Yun, as well as the enemy soldiers, he gave up this idea.

After failing to intercept the enemy on the water, the top priority is to quickly retreat to Xiangyang City!

However, the ships of the Jingzhou Navy are now very close to each other, and there are driftwood everywhere on the water. If they choose to turn around and retreat, they may be chased by the Han army before the ship can turn around.

Therefore, the only option was to abandon the ship and evacuate by land.

After hearing what Cao Ren said, Xia Houyuan was filled with reluctance, but in the end he chose to obey the order and act accordingly.

…

Almost two hours later, the battle came to an end.

The Jingzhou Navy was completely defeated. In order to avoid pursuit, Cao Ren had to lead the remaining troops to land and retreat.

"Military advisor! Cao's army retreated from the land. Do you want to lead troops to pursue it?"

Zhao Yun, covered in blood and filled with evil spirits, came to Zhuge Liang to report.

For the brave and skilled Han soldiers, Cao Jun was like a chicken and a dog in front of them. The two sides were not opponents at the same level at all.

"Don't chase poor bandits."

Zhuge Liang shook his head slightly, and then asked: "How many intact warships does Cao's army have?"

Zhao Yun thought for a while and replied: "We sunk many of them, and they sank most of them before abandoning the ship and retreating. Only a dozen ships are still intact."

"That's enough."

Zhuge Liang smiled and then ordered: "Quickly send people to clear the floating wood and boats on the water. At the same time, let some of the soldiers change into the clothes of Sergeant Cao's soldiers, and the rest hide in the cabin, and then go to Xiangyang City!"

"Don't move our warships for the time being. Use their warships. Remember to move quickly. Whether we can capture Xiangyang City depends on this!"

Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan slightly, and a look of wisdom flashed through his eyes.

Cao Jun chose to retreat on land to avoid pursuit, and this was an excellent opportunity!

This place is more than ten miles away from Xiangyang City. Cao Jun will definitely choose to return to Xiangyang City after retreating, but it will never be as fast as taking a boat.

They can now use these warships to disguise themselves as Cao's army, arrive at Xiangyang City before the enemy, and wait for an opportunity to seize the city!

"Pretending to be Cao Jun? Military advisor, is this too risky?"

Zhou Yu on the side couldn't help being surprised when he heard this.

Of course he understood Zhuge Liang's plan, and that was why he was worried, because he always felt that this strategy was a bit too risky.

Zhuge Liang said: "Soldiers are unpredictable, and water is unpredictable. As long as we seize the opportunity, this risk may not be impossible to take."

"General Zilong, I leave this matter to you."

Lu Bu happened to come over at this time. Hearing that Zhuge Liang arranged for Zhao Yun but not himself, he couldn't help but asked anxiously: "Why don't you let me go?"

Zhuge Liang said: "Wen Gong's appearance is too eye-catching and is not suitable for pretending to be Cao Jun. This matter should be left to General Zilong and General Gao."

Lu Bu's figure and appearance should not be too eye-catching and can be easily distinguished, so it is more secure to leave the matter of pretending to be Cao Jun to sneak into Xiangyang City to Zhao Yun and Gao Shun.

Zhao Yun glanced at Lu Bu with a smile, followed the order and retreated.

Not long after, he took a group of Han soldiers to change into Cao Jun's armor and clothing, and then took the Jingzhou Navy's warship down the river.

…

The Han army blocked the upper reaches of the Han River for ten days.

In addition, it was the summer flood, the river was turbulent, and heavy rains continued, which resulted in the current flood. The amount of water even submerged the city of Xiangyang, which was on the edge of the Han River.

Xiangyang City is more than ten miles away from the station of Jingzhou Navy. The defenders in the city have no idea what is happening upstream.

On the city wall.

Xu Huang, who stayed behind in the city, looked at the flood outside the city and frowned. He couldn't help but wonder: "What happened upstream? Why did the flood suddenly occur?"

The water rose too suddenly, and he also saw shipwrecks and corpses of soldiers floating in the flood.

After salvaging one or two bodies, they turned out to be the bodies of Jingzhou Navy soldiers!

He didn't know whether there was a battle upstream, or whether the Jingzhou navy's ships were washed away by the flood.

But now the flood was so strong that even the surrounding areas of Xiangyang City were submerged. He couldn't send anyone to investigate for a while, so he could only worry.

While Xu Huang was thinking, a soldier suddenly shouted: "General, look! A ship is coming!"

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"Um?"

Xu Huang looked in the direction pointed by the soldier, and sure enough he saw warships coming down the upper reaches of the Han River.

As the warship got closer and closer, he finally saw it clearly, and he couldn't help but feel relieved.

These are the ships of Jingzhou Navy!

After seeing the Jingzhou Navy soldiers on these warships and the fluttering flags, Xu Huang felt relieved.

Due to flooding, the water level has now spread to Xiangyang City, so the warships can sail directly under the city wall.

Several naval warships were the first to drive over, almost level with the city wall.

Seeing the warship approaching, Xu Huang stepped forward and asked: "What happened upstream? Why was there a sudden flood?"

On the warship, a general raised his hands and replied: "Report to the general, this flood was caused by the enemy."

"They took advantage of the heavy rains in the past few days to build dikes upstream to block water, then destroyed the dikes and took the opportunity to attack us."

After hearing what he said, Xu Huang was shocked and asked quickly: "What is the situation now? How is the loss of the navy?"

Xu Huang's tone was full of anxiety.

The general replied: "Although the enemy is cunning, fortunately General Cao discovered the enemy's plan in advance and was prepared to deal with it."

"Fortunately, my division lived up to its command and repelled the enemy at the cost of dozens of ships. However, the garrisons deployed on both sides of the strait were all washed away by the flood..."

As he said this, the general showed a look of shame on his face.

Hearing that Cao Ren had repelled the enemy, Xu Huang breathed a sigh of relief and comforted: "The incident happened suddenly. This is an unavoidable loss. It would be good if we can repel the enemy."

It is already rare to win in this situation.

As for losses...are there any losses in the war?

Seeing that Xu Huang had no doubts, the general had an imperceptible smile flashing across his lips, but he quickly suppressed it and asked: "General, this battle has been tragic, and our navy has also suffered heavy casualties. Please allow us to board the city, general." supply."

Although floods are flooding the city now, Xu Huang's dispatch is still timely, and the city has not been annihilated by the floods.

"Okay, come up, everyone."

Naturally, Xu Huang would not refuse. He nodded and agreed, and then asked the soldiers on the ship to lower the ladder and let the soldiers on the ship board the city.

"Thank you, General!"

When the general heard this, his face suddenly lit up with joy. He turned around and ordered several warships to approach the city wall, and then boarded the city with the soldiers on board.

After boarding the city, Xu Huang looked at the general in front of him, and for some reason he always felt familiar.

But he didn't think too much and continued to ask: "Where is General Cao, why don't you see others?"

The general replied with a wry smile: "Many brothers have fallen into the water. General Cao is still directing the rescue from the front. Let us come back to resupply first."

Xu Huang frowned after hearing this.

The battle has just ended. Shouldn't the navy stay where it is and prepare for the enemy's second round of attack? Why are you so anxious to come back for supplies?

This is not like Cao Ren's behavior.

At this time, a soldier who had climbed up the city wall walked past him. He accidentally glanced at the soldier's waist, and his pupils suddenly shrank slightly.

"You can command the troops to climb the city here first. I, the general, will prepare some wine and food to reward you."

Xu Huang said calmly, then turned and walked towards the city wall.

But at this moment, a gust of evil wind suddenly hit him from behind, and Xu Huang reacted extremely quickly, drawing his knife to resist without hesitation!

"when--!"

There was a harsh sound of gold and iron clashing, and the two sharp blades collided fiercely.

Xu Huang only felt numbness in his arms for a moment. He took a few steps back before slowing down, his face gloomy and uncertain.

This scene also stunned the other defenders on the city wall.

What happened?

Xu Huanger's eyes were changing. He looked at the "Navy General" in front of him and said coldly: "What do you want to do?"

The general slowly sheathed his sword, raised his eyebrows and asked, "How did you find out?"

Xu Huang's face changed slightly, and then he sneered and said: "Our army does not have such a standard sword. You are not the Jingzhou Navy, who are you!"

Just like Xu Huang said.

The "Jingzhou Navy" in front of us is exactly what the Han army is pretending to be!

And that navy general is Zhao Yun!

The reason why Xu Huang found out was that a Han soldier forgot to change his waist knife, and he happened to notice it.

After hearing Xu Huang's words, Zhao Yun said nothing at all and shouted loudly: "Do it!"

As soon as the words fell, hundreds of naval soldiers who had climbed onto the city wall and looked extremely "weak" just now suddenly slashed at the defenders around them with their swords!

And Zhao Yun also attacked Xu Huang again!

Xu Huang did not fight with him at all. He took advantage of the gap between the two lieutenants beside him to fight with Zhao Yun, and he directly retreated.

At this moment, he finally remembered where he had seen the general in front of him. It was in the Battle of Guandu, the battle against the enemy in the Eight Gate Golden Lock Formation!

The people in front of me were Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong who were rushing into the formation at that time!

"Send the order and mobilize all the city defense troops to come!"

"Order the third and fourth battalions to set up defenses in the city and prepare to face the enemy!"

Xu Huang retreated while giving hurried orders. He was no match for Zhao Yun, and he might lose his life if he stayed.

My own death is a small matter, but the loss of Xiangyang City is a big deal!

Moreover, hundreds of enemy troops were already on the west wall at this time. The fall was inevitable, and there was no use for him to stay.

Only by transferring the defenders as soon as possible can it be possible to resist the enemy troops that have already boarded the city!

"Where to escape!"

Zhao Yun quickly eliminated the two lieutenants who were in the way, then grabbed a spear and chased Xu Huang!