Wei and Wu were fighting in a duel, and the Red Cliff towers and ships were all wiped out. The fire started to shine on the sea of clouds, and Zhou Lang defeated Cao Gong.
——Luo Guanzhong, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"
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It's too late to say it, but it's soon.
"Woo..."
I just heard a whine, as if someone was playing a conch. The conch made the sound of ocean waves, and it was vast and vast.
Following the bursts of conch horns and the sound of water splashing, dozens of huge sturgeons emerged from under the fire boat and jumped out of the water.
These sturgeons are about five to six meters long and have a strange appearance. The snout is pointed and upturned, like a long sword. The snout also has four long whiskers, false gills and a blowhole. The body of the fish is five-sided and tube-shaped, with a long
There are five bony scales.
What is even more surprising is that these huge sturgeons are covered with items similar to saddles and harnesses, and a long rope is tied to their girdle. One end of the long rope is hung on the iron hook on the bow of the fire ship.
Jiang Shark held the Trident of the Sea King high and swam across the river, like a carriage driver, commanding the group of giant sturgeons.
The Tang army beat drums and blew trumpets, which was the sound of charging horns.
Liu Zhan was stunned, he understood that he was finished, completely defeated, and there was no way he could recover.
Liu Zhan's left eye suffered from severe pain, and the surging waves made him choke several times.
Jia Yinlin drew his bow, drew an arrow, and filled the string. He faced Liu Zhan and opened his bow to the full moon. There was a "bah" sound from the bowstring.
When the navy officers and soldiers of the Tang Army saw this, their courage increased and they joined forces to fight together. Their shouts moved the heaven and the earth and shocked the waves.
What's even more tragic is that for the porter on the giant ship, all the rebel soldiers on the deck jumped into the water to escape. Because the deck was so well insulated, the porter and the helmsman on the lowest level of the ship didn't know the battle situation, so they still rowed and steered the ship, and finally they were all involved in the ship.
Buried in the fire together.
Liu Yin shouted hoarse and tried to persuade Liu Zhan: "Brother, if we keep the green hills, we won't be afraid of running out of firewood. As long as we escape to the islands in the East China Sea and there are no more soldiers to recruit and no more ships to build, we will definitely be able to make a comeback!"
The officers and soldiers of the Tang army fought with great enthusiasm, and even jumped on some rebel warships that were not burned. Anyone who did not surrender would be shot without mercy.
Liu Zhan suddenly remembered the trusted generals who had defected during this period, and the brothers and leaders he had killed. He was ruthless, and the generals under his command were even more ruthless than himself. Once he was unlucky, no one would continue to be loyal to him, but
Go up and step on him hard, adding insult to injury.
"Gala la" the flames were flying, and the "bang bang bang" trebuchets were throwing. I could only hear the continuous gunfire in the river, the deafening sound of killing, and the continuous screams.
The giant sturgeon rushed out like an arrow.
The unfettered giant sturgeon emerged from the other end of the rebel warship, jumped out of the water, and jumped several feet away.
He stared blankly at the afterglow on the horizon, sighed, and said: "If you know that nothing big will happen, why bother killing more fathers and sons? It's just one death, sooner or later!"
Jia Yinlin, the right-wing commander of the Tang Army's navy, was commanding the Crossbow Sea Loach to hunt down the rebel soldiers who had fallen into the water. By the light of the fire, he saw a general in the rebel army's golden helmet standing dumbly on the bow of the giant ship.
The huge navy that had arrived was now reduced to defeated soldiers. Liu Zhan's ambitions were shattered in this way.
The twenty fire boats nailed to the rebel giant ship were burning fiercely. The wind assisted the firepower, and the fire borrowed the power of the wind. The flames on the rebel giant ship were soaring into the sky, and there was no time to put them out.
The setting sun is like blood, blood flows into a river, and the oars and oars disappear into ashes.
The rebel's giant ship was already unable to move forward and retreat smoothly, and because it was connected with iron ropes and interlocked with each other, making it impossible to escape, it suddenly fell into a sea of fire. The dazzling firelight reflected the eyes of the rebel soldiers red.
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Liu Zhan took off his helmet with difficulty, revealing his gray hair, and felt much relieved. Liu Zhan used his hands and feet, raised his head and finally took a breath.
The fierce fire first illuminated the sea of clouds, and the red cliff towers and ships were swept away!
He took one last look at the wide river. The majestic Yangtze River turned into a river of blood. The river was in a mess, with discarded flags, drums, weapons, and weapons floating on the river. Broken ship planks, broken masts, and soldiers were floating everywhere.
body...
This is truly hell on earth.
A school of giant sturgeons galloped and jumped, with a few ups and downs, before disappearing into the skyline, leaving countless long white water lines on the river.
"Ah..." The rebel soldiers howled like ghosts and wolves, and jumped into the water one after another to avoid being buried in the sea of fire. The sounds of crying and jumping were endless, and it was frightening to hear them...
Sheng Hailiu was overjoyed, lit the firecrackers in his hands, and shouted loudly: "Light the fire!"
"Golden helmet and golden armor? This must be Liu Zhan!" Jia Yinlin thought to himself.
"Whoosh" the arrow hit Liu Zhan's left eye, and with a "plop" Liu Zhan fell from the giant ship into the water.
Liu Zhan fell into despair, not only in terms of military strength, but also in life.
Most of the hulls of the rebel giant ships were not clad with iron, and the wooden hulls were soaked in water for a long time and were relatively soft. The large iron nails at the front of the fireships were pierced and hooked, making it difficult to remove them.
Seeing the giant rebel ship, the giant sturgeon dived into the water with a swish. The fire ship continued to move forward without losing speed, and rammed forward. The big iron nail with a hook on the bow of the ship pierced the rebel ship hard.
On the ship.
The massacre began. Hundreds of rebel ships were burned, flames rose to the sky, and the river turned red.
These giant sturgeons galloped and jumped on the waves, jumping several feet away. They rode the wind and waves as fast as the wind. After a few ups and downs, they dragged the fire ship to the rebel giant ship.
Riding the wind to set fire, the wind is strong and the fire is fierce.
Jiang Shark was very agile and more agile than dolphins in the water. He dived into the water, waved the extremely sharp Trident of the Sea King, and cut off the bellyband of the giant sturgeon in three strokes.
On the river, tens of thousands of soldiers fought desperately. They did not know each other and had no hatred, but at this moment, they were sworn enemies. The God of Death smiled grimly, waving his sickle, and harvested everyone's head...
Seeing that the fire ship had succeeded, Ding Jiuqu led the main warships of the Tang Army's navy to attack. All kinds of weapons opened fire, taking advantage of the chaos caused by the fire attack to continue the attack.
When his vision was blurred, he saw a crossbow sea loach speeding towards him in the waves. A sturdy Tang Jiang, a member of the ship, grabbed the cable with his left hand, leaned out from the side of the ship, and held a horizontal handle with his right hand.
Knife, cut at yourself.
Seeing the soldiers evacuating the fire ship, Shark raised the Trident of the Sea King high and drove the giant sturgeons to drag the fire ship and rush towards the rebel giant ship position.
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The commanders of each fire ship led their men to quickly jump onto the go-go boat tied to the stern, untied the cables, ignited the sulfur, smoke and other igniting materials on the fire ship, then reversed the oars and quickly evacuated the fire ship.
Jia Yinlin was overjoyed and drove a crossbow loach towards the place where Liu Zhan fell into the water.
Huge fireworks exploded in mid-air, like flowers blooming.
"Puch..." A blood mist blurred Liu Zhan's right eye, and he could no longer open it.
When the gray head flew out, the last thought that flashed through Liu Zhan's mind was: "Don't be superstitious about killing. Those who use killing to intimidate others will eventually die from killing."
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Jia Yinlin rushed forward and chopped off Liu Zhan's head with a knife. He stood on the bow of the ship and raised it high. The Tang army cheered loudly and resounded throughout the sky.
The rebels were leaderless and immediately collapsed. Liu Yin, Xu Yi and other generals were all killed in the battle.