On the seventh day of July, during the rare plum rain season in the south of the Yangtze River, there was no rain today. The sun was uncharacteristically bright.
In the north of Wu County, Liu Jun had already set up a formation here. All 40,000 troops had left the camp, and even the cooks in the army were in the formation!
"God is really helping me with the weather today!" Cai Mao, wearing armor, stood on the chariot and looked up at the sky.
"Yes, if the weather was like yesterday, our army's war elephants and crossbows might not be as effective as usual." Gan Ning and Xu Feng nodded in agreement.
Liu Jun was not kept waiting for too long. The eight gates in the north of the city were opened, and Zhou Yu led his troops out to form an array.
Cai Hao sneered, "Zhou Yu, do you really think you will win with more troops?"
"Xu Feng!"
"The end will be here."
"In a moment, you don't have to rush into the battle, just stay with Pontu, wait for Pontu's order, and capture Zhou Yu directly!"
"The last general takes command!"
"Gan Ning, lead a company of 5,000 crossbowmen. I will give you 20,000 archers. Wait for Zhou Yu to come with his troops and shoot him hard!"
"promise!"
Navy battles relied on bows and arrows. Of Cai Mao's 40,000-strong army, 20,000 were archers. After shooting the arrows, they would go up with their swords and fight. Therefore, Gan Ning still had another task, which was to lead the troops to fight.
"Zhou Yu, the Commander-in-Chief of Jiangdong, asked the Commander-in-Chief of the Jingchu Navy if he dared to start a war?"
Zhou Yu led his troops into position and ordered his troops to go immediately and make a speech.
Cai Mao waved his hand, and the soldiers went up and shouted, "Our army is on the alert, please ask Governor Zhou to send his horses over!"
"Qiang!"
Zhou Yu pulled out his sword and said, "Soldiers, life or death depends on this battle!"
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
"Huang Gai and Han Dang, lead 40,000 troops and rush to kill the enemy's two wings!"
"The last general takes command!"
"Ding Feng, Jiang Qin, and Pontus will directly attack the enemy's central army!"
"promise!"
"Start the war!"
"kill……"
Gan Ning pointed at the approaching enemy troops and said, "Captain, the enemy troops have divided their forces. A large army is charging towards our flanks!"
Cai Hao stood on the chariot and looked into the distance, "Don't panic, just follow the deployment of the capital!"
On the top of the city, Sun Quan stood here watching the battle, "Great, now the enemy will be besieged!"
"Cai Mao, Cai Mao, go back to the river and feed the fish!"
"Kill!" Huang Gai took the lead and led his troops to the left wing of Cai Mao's army formation!
Cai Mao's army, totaling 40,000 men, was all facing Zhou Yu. At this time, it was too late to change the formation. Huang Gai sneered, as if he had seen the scene of Liu Jun's defeat!
"Fire the arrow!"
"Whoosh whoosh..."
"call……"
The military formation on the right wing opened, and countless huge crossbows shining with cold light revealed their edges!
"Pfft!"
"Pfft..."
"ah……"
There were not many war horses in Jiangdong. The huge crossbow arrows shot through the bodies of the soldiers, like a string. Only several people connected together could stop the crossbow arrows from moving forward.
The veteran Huang Gai who was rushing in front, while his horse was still galloping, he himself had been shot away!
For this decisive battle, Cai Mao unloaded the giant crossbows from all the ships!
"The second row continues to fire arrows!"
"Third row ready!"
"First row to fill!"
"Whoosh..."
"call……"
There were only 300 giant crossbows, and the number of soldiers controlled by them was only more than 900, but they killed 20,000 Wu soldiers and routed them into an army!
Han Dang on the right wing, like Huang Gai, faced the attack of three hundred giant crossbows!
Better than Huang Gai, Han Dang narrowly dodged the giant crossbow.
Remounting his horse, Han Dang shouted, "Come on, they are just attacking with this wave, charge!"
"Whoosh whoosh..."
"Pfft..."
"ah……"
As soon as he finished speaking, as if in response, another round of crossbow arrows came!
"Hateful!"
Han Dang dismounted, but the war horse he had just replaced died again.
Sun Quan, who was on the top of the city, saw the entire battlefield in his sights. The army on the left wing had begun to collapse because it had no commander. Although Liu Jun did not pursue it, Wu Jun did not dare to move forward.
Han Dang, who was on the right wing, rushed in front of Liu Jun, but Sun Quan couldn't laugh.
"Moo..."
"Woo..."
Eight elephants rushed out from each wing and stampeded hard towards Wu Jun!
"Ah! What kind of monster is this!"
"Liu Jun has ghosts and gods helping him!"
Sergeant Wu had never seen this thing before, and he was so frightened that he stepped back, and even slashed at the friendly troops blocking the way with his sword!
"Don't run! It's just a few elephants!" Han Dang shouted loudly, but the soldiers remained unmoved.
"kill!"
"Moo!"
Han Dang chopped off the trunk of an elephant, and the elephant's eyes became scarlet and it became even more manic!
"Dong dong dong!"
"Well!"
After all, Han Dang could not outrun the elephant, and the elephant's hooves stepped hard on Han Dang's body.
At this point, the veteran generals who followed Sun in Jiangdong, Zu Mao, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and Han Dang, were all dead.
"The general is dead, run away."
"No more fighting..."
"These monsters are invulnerable and we can't defeat them at all!"
The soldiers began to disperse. As for the left wing, which had no command of the army for a long time, let alone the army. The moment they saw the elephant, they all retreated!
Sun Quan sneered, "Well defeated, Cai Mao, let's see what other means you have to resist Zhou Yu's army!"
"Fire the arrow!"
"Fire the arrow!"
Gan Ning rode in front of the formation, raised his sword and commanded, "Don't hold back, shoot all the arrows at me!"
"Whoosh whoosh..."
"Protect the Governor!"
"Shield!"
"Ding ding ding..."
The soldiers charging in front had shields, so the army behind them suffered. After two rounds of arrow rain, Zhou Yu's face was ashen.
Looking back, there were soldiers who had been hit by arrows everywhere, wailing, "Come on!"
"kill!"
Gan Ning sneered, "Fire the arrow!"
"Whoosh whoosh..."
Cai Hao stood on the chariot and looked at this scene with some emotion, "These Wu troops are really brave and fearless of death."
Xu Feng said in confusion, "Captain, Zhou Yu is a famous general in Jiangdong and a wise man. It's impossible for him to lead the army to death like this, right?"
Cai Mao thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure it out, "Whatever, how can you not refuse the head that was sent to you?"
"Xu Feng!"
"The end is here!"
"I order you to lead the Tiger and Ben troops to charge and kill!"
"The last general takes command!"
Liu Jun's army dispersed, and the Tiger and Ben troops, a large army with everyone wearing iron armor, showed its edge in Jiangdong!
"Soldiers! Charge with me!"
"kill!"
Zhou Yu's eyes narrowed, "Liu Jun has so many tricks, withdraw!"
"The Grand Governor has ordered us to retreat!"
"withdraw!"
"Did Zhou Yu withdraw his troops?" Cai Mao immediately rushed out of the chariot, mounted his horse, and said, "The whole army attacks!"
If Zhou Yu's army wants to withdraw into the city, they have to open the city gate. If they don't withdraw into the city, then they will take advantage of the situation and destroy him!
"The Commander-in-Chief has the order, the entire army will attack!"
"Don't run away Zhou Yu!"
"Capture Zhou Yu alive!"
"Lord, don't we open the city gate?" On the top of the city, the captain beside Sun Quan was already looking anxiously.
Sun Quan shook his head lightly, "Just watch it carefully."
"If we don't let the governor in, our army will be defeated outside the city."
"Why are you so anxious? Watch carefully, Zhou Lang will not die so easily."