Compared with the Cao army, which occupied most of the highlands in advance and enjoyed the advantage of the territories, the Jiaozhou army had only a small foothold in the Lumen Mountains. In the battle south of Xiangyang, the Jingzhou army also had fewer highland strongholds in addition to the Fenghuang Mountain occupied by Xi Zhen.
The facts are clearly that the actions of the Jingzhou Army and the Jiaozhou Army were expected by the King of Wei, and the area they occupied was far from enough to accommodate the army before the flood arrived.
Therefore, when officers at all levels in the frontier of the Cao army cheered their soldiers, they all used the enemy's inevitable miserableness as a topic of discussion. Everyone told the soldiers vividly that the difficulties in front of them were temporary. Just wait for the water to stop, and they could go down the mountain like a tiger and destroy the enemy in one fell swoop.
East of Lumen Mountain, Changshan.
This hillside is a dense forest between the peaks of Lumen Mountain and Paishan Mountain. After the flood, many trees were uprooted and washed to a valley in Changshan.
Huang Xin, the guard of this place, was born in Cao Xiu's clan tribe. He had accompanied him to Wujun in his early years. He was relatively familiar with the rules of rainy season combat. At this moment, he asked people to collect these woods, set up fences in the dryer areas at the top of the high slope, and set up several sheds to shelter from the rain.
From yesterday to now, the fences and shacks have been roughly completed. Because it was raining again in the air, the soldiers were unwilling to work anymore and gathered under the shacks to rest and eat. Huang Xin saw that the soldiers were all irritable and did not dare to force them.
At the edge of Changshan's water, several soldiers were holding swords and guns and surrounded a barely lit fire. After heavy rain and heavy water, the military uniforms were always wet, and mud wrapped around the clothes layer by layer, making the whole clothes sink more and more. The early autumn wind blew past the slope, taking away the heat from their bodies.
This forces the soldiers to make a fire to keep warm.
But the firewood was too wet, and the flames were covered with thick black smoke, which made the people around them dark, spreading to dozens of feet in a circle around them. The old soldiers choked and coughed, with their noses and tears on their faces. They cursed and took out a few soaked scones in their arms to the fire.
Once people get cold and tired, they are particularly hungry. Seeing the scones slowly turn brown and reveal the unique aroma of food, several hungry stomachs rumbling together. A younger soldier sighed and complained, "When will this water go away?"
"How can we know... Besides, whether the water recedes or not has anything to do with you?"
"I just heard that Captain Huang had an order and had to drag the rotten wood in the afternoon! How many days have you been? The flesh on my legs is soaked!"
Another old man frowned and asked, "What's wrong with his legs?"
The young soldier pulled up his trouser legs and showed him that a wound on his right calf that was cut by soil and rocks was soaked in sewage. At this time, the wound was completely ulcerated and discolored, and was scratched repeatedly. The surface skin was blooming, and the muscles below completely swollen.
This is a life-threatening carbuncle!
The old man suddenly changed color and jumped up to shout.
A soldier with a long uniform robbed him and gave him a wink.
The old man jumped away his long arm and opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.
Shi Chang smiled twice and said to the young soldier: "Your leg is injured, let's take a break. Don't worry about wood."
The young soldier said happily: "Really?"
Shi Chang nodded and asked Yan for a few words of comfort, but saw the old man jumping beside him trembling with his legs.
"What's wrong? I'm so tired that I can't stand on both legs?"
The old man stretched out his hand and grabbed Shi Chang's shoulders. His palms were also shaking unsatisfactory.
"Enemy! An enemy is coming!"
She jumped up in shock.
At this time, a gust of wind blew across the water, taking away a lot of the rising black smoke. Shi Chang's eyes widened, and only saw countless small boats on the water, constantly approaching like a crowd of birds.
The boat was full of soldiers from Jiaozhou Army. The swords and armor they were wearing reflected the metallic luster.
Nashi opened his mouth and wanted to shout warnings, but when he was extremely relaxed and exhausted, he suddenly encountered huge fear. This difference was like an invisible giant hand stalking his throat, making him unable to make any sound.
It seemed like a long time later, and it seemed that it didn't take long. Shi Chang's throat made a princess sound, and he finally held his breath and was about to shout. He also saw that the crossbowman of the Jiaozhou Army was aimed at him on the nearest small boat.
The next moment, a little silver light flashed and penetrated straight into his chest. Shi Chang looked down at the short iron rod exposed to his chest, sighed, and fell to the ground with convulsions.
The other soldiers saw the length of the bottom and looked up at the approaching fleet on the water.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
Everyone rolled and crawled away from the water. The soldier with his leg injured was holding a wooden hammer and planned to hit the gong fighting behind him. But as soon as he raised his hand, he was shot in his shoulder and screamed and fell down. Another old man had a clever inspiration and beat each other with two snares, making a loud and sharp sound.
The area of ​​the highland was not large, and they looked down at the water without any obstacles. At this time, the rest of the troops discovered that the Jiaozhou Army's fleet was approaching and suddenly became in chaos.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, small boats rushed to the edge of the high ground, and hundreds of Jiaozhou soldiers shouted and wadeed to the water and landed on the shore!
Ju Fu took the lead and rushed to the front. Forty or fifty people behind him lined up in a triangle, and Ju Fu himself was at the tip. He held the lengthened and heavy sword in both hands, and slashed wildly at the enemy blocking the front. The sword was waving like snowflakes, and even the soldiers next to him had to retreat slightly to avoid being accidentally injured.
A warrior of Cao's army waved his long spear and intercepted him horizontally. Ju Fu bowed his waist suddenly and avoided the stabbing of the long spear.
The tip of the spear was pressing against his back, and he felt a severe pain coming. But he kept walking. After taking a step forward, he pointed the tip of the long knife at the opponent's waist and ribs and stabbed it hard.
The Cao army warrior screamed wildly, stretching out his left hand to hold the blade, but Ju Fu's movement was fast and fierce. The blade instantly cut off the Cao army warrior's five fingers and stabbed into his body.
With a familiar vibration coming from the hilt of the knife, Ju Fu knew that his long sword had pierced his opponent, and the blade was obliquely upward, revealing from the skeleton gap between the opponent's back and shoulder blades.
The Cao army warrior could not stand and staggered back all the way. He let go of his long spear with his right hand and punched Ju Fu's back, causing blood to splatter. But soon he had no strength. Ju Fu's back neck felt warm. The blood was vomited by Cao army warriors, which poured into the armor.
Ju Fu kicked the corpse that was penetrated by the knife and shouted in a loud voice. Then countless Jiaozhou soldiers seemed to rush, rolling up the slope.
When the Jiaozhou army attacked and killed from all directions, Huang Xin rushed out of the shed like an angry tiger.
"Don't panic! Don't panic!" Huang Xin snatched the spear from his entourage beside him and shouted loudly: "Listen! All the people from the Jiaozhou army come! There are not many people! They row and cross the water, and they are already tired! We go! We will kill them all on the beach!"
After saying that, he pointed his spear and rushed over with his own troops.
Huang Xin was a prestigious old general. He still had the fighting spirit, so his subordinates would not give up easily.
The high ground within a radius was just an inconspicuous small dot in the vast waters. And at this small dot, the most intense and cruel battle broke out immediately.
Due to the influence of humid air, only a small number of crossbows of the Jiaozhou Army could play a role, and time did not allow them to drive boats calmly to shoot and defeat the enemy. The Cao army on the high ground only had a temporary bloody courage and had almost no organization.
The two sides instantly collided with one place, and dozens of soldiers at the front immediately fell to the ground with the blood light in the sky.
Chapter completed!