Not long after, Guo Lu, who went down to investigate, waved his flag twice more and shouted loudly: "General, Sun Ce's army hasn't dug through the ship yet."
Huang Zhong felt relieved. Yes, although the Haizhou Shipbuilding Company was newly built, Wang Zheng personally paid constant attention to it. Naturally, no one dared to slack off. Although the dinghy boat with the three thousand people in the van was not big, it was even bigger.
Many of them were modified from civilian ships, but Huang Zhong's ship was made of solid wood. How could it be cut through in a short time?
"Don't panic, Sun Ce's army won't be able to stay underwater for long." Huang Zhong immediately commanded: "The whole army is in a tight formation, and half of the troops are sent into the cabin to defend."
Soon after, the shaking ship stopped moving again, but there was a cry of killing from both sides, and then many enemies appeared around the surface of the ship. This made Huang Zhong even more determined. It turned out that they could only fight under the water.
I can't hold my breath after just two or three chisels.
The Heavenly Army reacted immediately. Many of them were not good at water and were 10% landlubbers. Naturally, they were more afraid of shipwrecks. At this critical moment of life and death, without even Huang Zhong giving an order, countless soldiers waved their guns and pointed at them.
The water is constantly stabbing, and those who cannot reach with weapons are killed with arrows.
For a while, I could only hear the sound of people coming from both sides. Sun Cejun was screaming repeatedly, and the Heavenly Army was shouting and killing. The screams were really like boiling, and the sound shook the sky.
After this round of attacks were repulsed, Huang Zhong saw corpses floating on both sides of the warship, almost swarming the ship. Seeing this, even though he was a skilled man, he could not help but be secretly horrified at the audacity of such a skilled man.
If you hadn't noticed something strange about the waterfowl, you would have taken precautions in advance...
The other party was calculating mentally but not intentionally, and being above the river, he was caught off guard. He was afraid that he would be the one to fail, and even the three thousand men and horses might be wiped out.
Even Huang Zhong was not confident that he could escape. After all, this was not land, and no matter how brave he was, it would not be easy for him to do so in front of the Sea Dragon King.
Unexpectedly, although the boat on his side was fine, there was a sudden scream from a boat on the left. Huang Zhong followed the sound and saw that the boat suddenly turned to one side and fell to one side. Although it did not overturn, it had already turned over.
It was sinking slowly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and countless river water poured into the cabin. It had clearly been dug through and it was in a precarious situation.
What should I do?
Huang Zhong immediately frowned. Most of the wooden ships in the Han Dynasty were made of wood. In fact, they would not sink. Even if they did not carry many people, they would not be fast. But the key is...
He was waiting for a nearby ship to come over to pick him up, when suddenly Guo Lu said from behind: "General, let me take the brothers there."
Huang Zhong turned around and saw that Guo Lu and a dozen of his own soldiers were behind him. Since following him in Kaiyang, these people have also learned how to use swords and bows like Huang Zhong, although they have not yet arrived due to lack of time.
The system interface changed. In fact, the actual combat power has been able to take into account both melee and long-range attacks. He nodded: "Grant the order, let other soldiers cover your approach!"
"Here!"
Guo Lu howled excitedly, and immediately led people on to several small boats, quickly approaching the broken ship.
Perhaps because the bottom of the ship had been completely drilled, wet enemies began to rush out of the cabin one after another. About a hundred soldiers on the ship were guarding the hatch. The hatch was very small and the enemies could not swarm them.
They could only rush out one by one. Four or five Xuzhou troops often appeared at the hatch. When faced with one or two enemies at the hatch, they fell into a disadvantage and began to retreat steadily. Although they killed a few people, their own casualties were already high.
More than ten.
This made Huang Zhong, who had been watching from a distance, frown even more. Of course, it was impossible for all of the 3,000 men in his vanguard to be system soldiers, but even the ordinary soldiers were not bad in combat effectiveness.
What's the situation when you're still no match for the opponent?
Are the ambush troops here the elite of Sun Ce's command, or is everyone in Sun Ce's army like this?
At this time, Guo Lu's ship was approaching, and he heard him shout from the bow: "Brothers of Qibu, don't be too eager to fight, retreat first." Then several springboards were put together to form a road that was five or six feet wide.
Seeing the arrival of reinforcements, the morale of the Xuzhou Army on the ship was greatly shaken. One of the uncles shouted loudly: "Everyone, don't mess up. Let the injured retreat first, and the rest will follow me to block the enemy!"
While paying attention to the situation here, Huang Zhong paid attention to his surroundings and found that the ships on both sides were gathering at this time. The square array was about to be set up. He was certain in his heart and immediately whispered to the soldiers around him: "Change the flag immediately, let's
Guo Lu picked up these brothers, then immediately withdrew, and then notified the two wings to lay out a square formation with this broken ship as the center instead of our ship!"
"Here!"
As the flag continued to wave violently in the air, Guo Lu sped up his actions after receiving the order. It didn't take long before he saw that the soldiers on the broken ship had retreated roughly halfway, and they dispersed to the other ships passing Guo Lu's ship, and all of them were
Bo was still leading the remaining soldiers to fight and retreat with the enemy. However, as more and more Sun Ce's troops rushed out of the cabin, the numbers of the two sides were almost equal, but Xuzhou's army began to be unable to resist.
Slowly retreat towards the springboard.
At this moment, a Sun Cejun suddenly rushed up. I don't know how he moved, but he managed to avoid the attacks of several Xuzhou soldiers in front of him. He got into the team, and immediately let out a strange howl and slashed at that place with his sword.
Dub Du's legs, causing him to let out a shocking scream and immediately fell to the ground.
And this time...
Huang Zhong was completely moved when he heard the strange howl, and couldn't help blurting out: "Is this a Danyang soldier?"
Xuzhou's military system actually also has a Danyang army, which is the legacy of Xuzhou's Mu Tao Qian in the past. Now it belongs to Xu Dan, who started the civil strife with Chen Deng that day. Because the number is only a thousand, and Wang Zheng
Xu didn't want to delay the meeting, thinking that he was crossing the river to demolish the bridge, and wanted to seize his troops to use as an excuse. However, he was still stationed in Tan County, Donghai, and even went out for several expeditions without dispatching a single soldier.
Of course, in addition to the small number, the more important thing is...
From Wang Zheng's point of view, although the combat power of this group of Danyang soldiers is not bad, if they fight alone, they are even comparable to the second-order soldiers, but they are very unruly. It is said that since Tao Qian's death, Xu, who is also from Danyang, has
If you are slow, you will sometimes violate the rules and regulations, and military discipline will be worrying.
Is this okay?
He has long been accustomed to handling his subordinates like an arm and a leg, and with the cavalry and slashing system at his disposal, he has no shortage of elite soldiers. How could he allow such a thorn in the side to enter the Heavenly Army's system?
Huang Zhong had passed through Tan County before returning to Xiapi from Beihai, and had gone to the city to meet with Xu Dan. At this time, he heard that the strange howl just now was the special pronunciation of the Danyang mountain people, and he immediately understood the purpose of this ambush.
His true identity became more and more important in his heart.
Just as he was thinking about it, with the fall of Uncle Dub, the remaining soldiers lost their fighting spirit and rushed towards the springboard one after another, while the Danyang soldiers only followed behind. Huang Zhong knew something was wrong and it was too late.
Then he used the flag language, pretending to be angry and shouted: "Guo Lu, stop these people!"
"We must not let them rush onto the boat!"
Their vanguard was already lightly armed, and these sentry ships were the only remaining and most powerful "horses". If the enemy captured them, they could use them as a basis to attack in all directions, and then they would be completely passive.
Whenever the other party causes a crisis, he can only follow behind and put out fires everywhere!
This roar was as straight as thunder rolling across the river, echoing continuously over the entire river. Not only did Guo Lu and the others who were a few feet away heard it clearly, but even the Danyang soldiers were startled, and some even stopped moving for a while.
, looked over in surprise.
As soon as Huang Zhong finished speaking, several Danyang soldiers who rushed quickly were already on the springboard, and some helped to hold down the springboards to prevent Guo Lu from taking the opportunity to pull them off.
At this moment, there was a burst of string sound!
Immediately, the two Danyang soldiers who rushed forward screamed repeatedly, but in just one breath, dozens of arrows pierced their chests from above, almost piercing their entire bodies!
The row of arrows didn't even have enough power. After passing through the Sun Ce troops who were rushing forward, they continued to shoot away. At this time, the Danyang soldiers behind were gathering in a group. They were so close, and each of those arrows
One of them almost killed one person.
This single row of arrows knocked the Danyang soldiers, who were arrogant a moment ago, into confusion.
"Ha ha!"
From a distance, Huang Zhong stared at several of the missed arrows, which continued to fly, and even flew over the ships towards the fleet on the right. He didn't know whether they would accidentally injure friendly forces, but he was not surprised at all, and just clapped his hands and laughed: "Okay, okay, okay.
, the strength is enough, but the accuracy is still a bit lacking.”
The archery and sword skills of these soldiers were all taught by him personally, and they were able to face the world-famous Danyang soldiers without panic at close quarters. With this performance, Huang Zhong, as a teacher and commander-in-chief, was naturally very proud.
The good news continued to come. The square array was almost completed, but at this time, Guo Lu and others could not be allowed to continue shooting arrows. Huang Zhong had people change the flag again: "Let Guo Lu and others withdraw immediately, and stop taking credit!"
Soon after, after Guo Lu and the others finally finished shooting the enemies who were close to them, they also pulled back the springboards and began to retreat quickly. By this time, the square array had been set up, and the Danyang soldiers wanted to use this ship to attack other ships.
Now, it was self-defeating. Many people gathered on this boat and were surrounded by the Xuzhou Army.
The ship is still sinking slowly. There are now hundreds of enemies on the ship, but there are more heads protruding from the surrounding water. Huang Zhong doesn't know what they are thinking, and he is not interested. At this time
He was just thinking to himself...
The consequences of a failed ambush are actually quite serious.
The enemy made two mistakes. One was to make a noise to alert Huang Zhong in advance. Instead, they failed to set up an ambush and continued to take risks. They took the initiative to approach in an attempt to reverse the situation of the battle through shipbuilding. However, they underestimated their batch of dinghy boats, which seemed to be newly built.
But it's very solid.
War is so cruel. Sometimes making a mistake once can have fatal consequences, let alone twice?
At this time, the encirclement was complete, and the outcome was already clear. It was only a matter of time before Huang Zhong commanded the battle on the water for the first time and won a complete victory.
But Huang Zhong is now not satisfied with just victory.
"The enemy is the world-famous elite Danyang soldiers." He turned around and ordered his soldiers: "Now beware of their desperate attempts to attack in all directions!"
"Send the order and ask all the princes not to relax, slowly narrow the encirclement, and attack with arrows once they are within the range of the bow and arrow. If you can't do it, don't engage in melee combat!"
"Here!"
...
What followed was an almost one-sided massacre!
In order to sneak into the water, most of Sun Cejun's men wore light armored civilian clothes. Their mobility was sufficient, but their defense was obviously not enough. They couldn't use any long-range attacks in the water, so Huang Zhong personally took them with him.
The book friends were suppressing them and fighting. Except when they saw someone approaching the ship, in order to prevent the enemy from breaking the ship, some soldiers would stab them with spears and guns. At other times, their archery skills almost never stopped.
And amidst countless screams, the deck of the broken ship had reached the level with the water. Hundreds of people on the ship watched helplessly as the last shelter was about to be swallowed by the river, especially when they thought that the instigator was actually
When I was alone, my eyes looked almost desperate!
At this time, suddenly another big man swam up to the roof cabin of the broken ship. He suddenly roared loudly and then shouted something!
Huang Zhong didn't know what the other party was talking about. It might be the folk dialect of Danyang Mountain. What he knew was that this big man was the remaining leader.
If you guessed correctly, this ambush was a mixed force of Danyang soldiers and Sun Ce's army. This big man was the leader of Danyang soldiers, and the one who was shot by Huang Zhong before was a general under Sun Ce's command.
At this shout, with the broken boat as the center, the hundreds of people on the boat suddenly entered the water collectively, and the river immediately started churning. Then they saw countless people setting off waves and rushing towards Huang Zhong's boat again!
They used to fight independently, looking for opportunities in the gaps between dozens of ships, but now they have gathered together, as if they have become a sea beast with countless arms, and their momentum is amazing.
All Xuzhou troops could see that the enemy was planning a desperate fight. Huang Zhong didn't even need to issue an order. All the warships adjusted their directions at the same time, and they saw arrows like locusts.
This time the arrows rained down, and there was no need to even aim!
Under such circumstances, Huang Zhong did not set up his bow and shoot arrows again. In his opinion, it was not difficult to kill the enemy who took the initiative to die. He was not interested in it, but felt a little inexplicable.
But that was just a bit of pride as a warrior. As a general, Huang Zhong was merciless and continued to shout: "This is the enemy's last wave of momentum. Let all the troops shrink their formations and take the opportunity to completely defeat them!"
"Here!"
The square formation is inherently good at defending but not attacking, and Sun Cejun's desperate attack is powerful, but it is difficult to defend. If this round of attacks cannot shake the defense of the Heavenly Army, then Sun Cejun will have no other choice.
Law.
Just hearing the sound of "boom", I saw the forward ship in front of Huang Zhong's left hand turned sideways, and the soldiers around him also screamed. The struggle of the trapped beast should not be underestimated. This ship was the first to bear the brunt, but this time it was
Broken by one blow!
But this time, the ships of the Heavenly Army were already very close to each other, and there were ships guarding them all around. One ship was damaged, and the other two ships immediately came over to hold his ship back. The other ships were still approaching, and Sun Cejun wanted to
It was even more difficult to reach Huang Zhong's boat, and the time was delayed even more!
When three consecutive ships were damaged and retreated, the square formation was completely closed!
Three thousand Xuzhou troops surrounded all of Sun Ce's troops who were still alive in a small area of only a dozen feet. There were arrows pointing at them all around. As long as they saw someone popping up, there would be five or six arrows.
Shooting down at the same time, those Sun Ce troops rushed east and west, where could they still get out?
As they were shot and killed one by one, the encirclement and annihilation began to come to an end. For a while, humanoid corpses were floating everywhere on the river, and this section of the river was completely dyed with dark red blood.
"Okay, let the armies rest for now."
When he saw that some of the corpses had seven or eight arrows stuck in them, Huang Zhong finally waved his hand and said: "If this continues, when we get to Hefei, we will ask for more than just food."
As an archer, Huang Zhong really couldn't bear to see such a waste of arrows happening before his eyes.
"Here!"
When Huang Zhong saw Guo Lu excitedly running to deliver the order, Huang Zhong looked up and saw that it was almost dark, with twilight covering the river. He turned around and looked around again, and found that all the heavenly troops on board the ships were in high spirits.
He looked listless and frightened on the bow of the boat for the past few days.
Although they also suffered casualties in this battle, compared to the enemy's casualties, they were really insignificant.
A victory in which one's own family suffered hundreds of losses but two thousand enemies were killed was a glorious victory!
Both Huang Zhong and Tianjun have already enjoyed this kind of glory, but the key is...
This time, it’s a water fight!
The impact and inspiration of this victory on these Qingxu soldiers who were somewhat afraid of water was immeasurable. Even Huang Zhong himself, although very calm on the surface, was actually very excited in his heart and had the urge to cheer.
When he was under Liu Biao, he actually fought mostly land battles!