Chapter 597: Ambush
Cao Ren was angry and blamed himself, and asked, "How much is the loss?"
Li Dian said: "I lost 40,000 to 50,000 troops!" Cao Ren was so angry that he almost vomited blood.
At this moment, a loud noise like a mountain torrent suddenly came from the direction of Beigu Mountain. Cao Ren and Li Dian felt that the earth under their feet was trembling slightly! The two were frightened and quickly looked towards Beigu Mountain. The sky was in the distance. The scene was very amazing. I don’t know what happened. Li Dian frowned and said, “The three brothers Liu Bei led 20,000 war cavalry to raid Jianye. They must have been ambushed in Beigu Mountain!” Cao Ren immediately sent a scout to inquire about the news.
Half an hour later, the scout who went to inquire rushed over and hurriedly reported: "Report to General, Liu Bei and the other two led 20,000 cavalry to be ambushed on the Beigushan Mountain Road, and the army suffered heavy losses. Now that the three of them have led the remaining troops to retreat."
Not long after, Cao Ren and others saw a cavalry dragging flags from afar and running in panic. They were the 20,000 combat cavalry led by Liu Bei, but at this moment, less than half of them were left!
In the tent, everyone was silent, depressed and angry, and the atmosphere seemed a little depressed. No one expected to encounter such setbacks. He originally thought that there were not many enemy troops in Jiangnan, and the only enemy troops were once Cao's army like him. When his own army arrived, they should be defeated thousands of miles or even compete to turn against each other. The war should be very simple, but the actual situation was not like this at all! First, a planned flame trap burned the Cao army to pieces, and then the ambush in Beigushan made the Cao army lose its soul. In the two battles, Cao army suffered heavy losses, but he didn't even see the appearance of the opponent clearly!
Li Dian couldn't help but sigh: "We underestimated that woman! We were careless! Even though we knew that Lu Bu had entrusted her with important tasks, he still despised her as a woman. No wonder he encountered such a failure!"
Cao Ren said decisively: "If you are blocked by land, let the water march! Immediately, Zhang He was ordered to lead the navy to advance at full speed, bypass Beigu Mountain, and seize Jianye! All the land troops marched into the foot of Beigu Mountain!" The generals agreed with their fists.
On that day, Cao Ren led a large land army around the burning Dantu County and marched into Beigu Mountain. The army winded on the road like a giant dragon, with flags everywhere and swords and guns like forests. At the same time, on the wide river, thousands of sails competed, and the water army led by Zhang He was striving to rise upstream. The waves separated and the waves raised, and countless masts and sails were like the woods to the east.
The navy first arrived at Beigu Mountain and continued to march up the Beigu Mountain. The originally wide river surface suddenly narrowed by more than half here, and the river water became turbulent, with waves rising, as if many monsters were surging under the river. The sailors on the warship in front vaguely saw thick black lines crossing the river between the peaks and valleys in front, and their faces changed, and they quickly shouted: "There is an iron chain between the river!" The sailors quickly stopped the boat. The ship in front stopped, and the ship behind continued to move forward without knowing it. They took over a large pile of building boats and squeezed into a pile, unable to move! The screams and scolding sounded, and the collision sounded, and the river was in a chaotic scene.
At this moment, dozens of small sampans piled up with things were released on both sides of the shores, and the water slid into the river and rushed towards the crowded Cao army warship!
The Cao army sailors discovered it and shouted. Many Cao army crossbowmen rushed to the side of the ship to bend their bows and arrows to shoot. They saw dozens of small sampans leaping over the waves and rushing towards the water! "Prepare!" Some Cao army officers shouted loudly, and the crossbowmen were aiming, just waiting for the other party to enter the range.
At this moment, the dozens of sampans suddenly burst out flames, and then someone on the boat jumped into the water one after another. The dozens of sampans blasted, roaring towards the Cao army's warship group!
Cao's army was in chaos, and the warship in front was panicked and wanted to run back, but was blocked by the uninformed warship behind. The screams and scoldings were heard, and they could not be dismantled for a while!
Dozens of fireboats rushed into the Cao army's warship group with long tail flames. With a rumbling sound, a fireboat exploded. The fireballs rose up on the river surface, illuminating the river surface for dozens of miles! The flames quickly spread among the Cao army's warships. The flames roared, and the power became more and more amazing, like an ancient monster that kept swallowing the warship! In a blink of an eye, the flames had become the momentum of Zhangtian on the river surface, burning the sky red, and the entire river surface seemed to be boiling!
When Zhang He saw a sampan rushing upstream, he realized that something was wrong. He immediately ordered the warships of the central and rear troops to stop advancing and retreat quickly. Therefore, the surging flames did not spread to the central and rear troops, but the scene was still very amazing. Zhang He looked at the terrifying scene like the sky burning the river, and listened to the heavy screams drifting with the river wind, and was both frightened and angry, but there was no way to rescue him!
The Cao army soldiers on the shore looked at the magnificent scene on the river in a daze, looking at the magnificent scene on the river, all at a loss and frightened look.
Liu Bei couldn't help but murmured, "Zhuge Ruoxue, is even more cruel than Zhuge Liang!" Zhang Fei snorted, "Brother, don't be more ambitious and destroy your own might! How many methods can a little woman have? If I met her in person, Guan Bao would kill her with a spear!" Guan Yu said, "Third brother, she will not meet you!" Zhang Fei frowned.
Li Dian, who was standing beside Cao Ren, couldn't help but say, "I didn't expect that she had arranged this move on the river surface!! This woman is so amazing!!"
Cao Ren snorted coldly, "Since that's the case, then attack Beigushan!" Then he ordered Li Dian to lead 20,000 troops as the vanguard to attack Beigushan.
Li Dian took the order and led 20,000 infantry to the foot of Beigu Mountain. After a little investigation, he sent out eight thousand infantry troops to two routes, one route of five thousand attacked along the Beigu Mountain Road, and the other route of three thousand attacked along the Beigu Mountain Road!
The eight thousand infantry soldiers walked carefully to the mountain with the shield hand as the guide. Everyone was alert and held their breath. However, when they were almost at the hillside, no enemy troops appeared. Some Cao's soldiers couldn't help but relax!
However, at this moment, the sound of war drums on the mountain suddenly rang like thunder, and countless flags appeared on the tops of the mountains and the woods. Cao's army was shocked and didn't know how to deal with it for a while. Before the Cao army's soldiers could react, countless huge rocks rolled down from the mountains on both sides. At the same time, arrows fell down like locusts! The Cao army's soldiers were on their backs, and countless shots were shot to death and were smashed to death. Cao's army hurriedly retreated!
Chapter completed!