"Understood!" But this young general who didn't know that his father had lost his opponent, at the moment when his life or death was at stake, he agreed without hesitation without thinking.
He and his soldiers knew that they might not survive, but they did not hesitate. At this moment, time was everything. His superior general had decided that he would do whatever it took to ensure the smooth progress of this plan.
Someone must stop the enemy's surprise attack. Ling Tong can die, and the five hundred people left behind can die, but the thousands of naval troops behind them must have time to regroup and arrange their formation.
This is a very helpless reality. When Cao Jun's cavalry with only 2,000 men and horses slaughtered the 6,000 fleeing Zhou Yu's navy like chopping melons and vegetables, they were the ones with the smaller number who actually had the advantage. But this kind of
The situation will change soon.
After Ling Tong and his 500 sergeants gave way to the retreating skirmishers, Cao Jun's black giant billowing from Cao Jun came straight towards them with overwhelming force. However, Ling Tong and his soldiers only sneered contemptuously. There was no panic.
, not afraid, but full of anger. After howling, they held up their weapons and fought bravely to meet Huang Zu and his two thousand cavalry!
Many Sun Army soldiers fell down the first moment they suffered the fierce impact of Cao Army's cavalry.
After being shot by the enemy, Ling Tong's eyes were about to burst and he shouted: "Fight to the death and never retreat..."
All the Sun soldiers who were still alive roared in unison at this moment: "Fight to the death and never retreat..."
The soldiers of the Sun Army who were responsible for the blocking mission did not hesitate to pay huge casualties and froze the footsteps of the enemy cavalry for a moment and a half. Huang Zu and these Cao Army cavalry were stagnant in this area for one second longer, and they were preparing for the enemy cavalry behind them.
Lu Meng reorganized his formation and bought rare time.
The cavalry finally broke through the defense line of Ling Tong's 500 men. The youngest general under Sun Ce, who should have a bright future, was hacked to death by Huang Zu on the spot. Countless black-armored cavalry of Cao's army who roared and shouted stepped on the five
The corpses of hundreds of Sun Army soldiers continued to launch sharp attacks forward.
At this time, the forward heavy armored infantry organized by Lu Meng had begun to return to the rear and once again assumed the important task of building an iron wall. The spearmen retreated one after another, pointing Sen Liang's spear points at the enemy.
The time gained in exchange for life is precious and no one will waste it easily. As the supreme commander of the siege force at this time, Lu Meng would not let his companions and subordinates die in vain.
Seeing the enemy's black tide getting closer and closer to them, the soldiers at the forefront of the array shouted at the same time, with their shields raised high and their spears poking into the sky, forming an iron wall of defense, like a river blocking the river.
Dam, fight to the death to withstand the opponent's attack.
"boom!"
The giant lang collided head-on with the dam. Lu Meng and his soldiers roared at the same time. When the furious cavalry hit the Sun Army's defensive iron wall composed of strong spears and shields, a fight began again.
Five thousand naval troops turned into infantry met two thousand of the bravest northern cavalry.
When countless shields collided with the cavalry covered with horse curtains, the spears behind took advantage of the shield-holding soldiers in front to be knocked away, and struggled to pierce the opponent's horse with the spears in their hands. Blood swirled. The infantry resisted.
The most effective method for cavalry is this. This is also the most effective formation that Lu Meng can deploy in a short period of time.
When Huang Zu, who was eager to kill, shouted angrily: "Brothers, kill them all...", Huang Zu thought that this line of defense could not stop him and the iron hoof impact behind him.
Maybe Huang Zu was right. The impact of the cavalry's horses alone could easily tear open this line of defense. All Huang Zu needed was the loss of a few horses. But Huang Zu neglected to pursue the enemy.
It was too deep. He had already chased out of the river bank and entered an open area. He was too obsessed with killing the enemy all the way. He was so enthusiastic about fighting that he didn't notice the dust and smoke rising behind the enemy.
A cavalryman like them was approaching at high speed.
"Whoosh!"
A sharp arrow shot out of the sky, sending out a life-threatening scream that echoed in the sky.
Huang Zu, who had a beard and an angry expression, raised his sword to the sky and was about to strike with thunder at the approaching enemy army. Everything froze in the next second. He stared blankly at him.
The sharp arrow pierced through the chest and armor, and blood was flowing out of his body.
The painful area was filled with warmth. Huang Zu felt that his life was passing by. A wry smile appeared on Huang Zu's face. When he fell off his horse, he finally saw Sun Jun cheering: "Our reinforcements have arrived, Governor Cheng
arrive……"
"Cheng Pu is here, I'm about to die..." When this Jiangxia prefect, who had been a soldier all his life and had a shrewd political mind under his rugged appearance, lay flat on a piece of grass with his eyes wide open, the sound that sounded was the enemy's troops.
The cavalry charge horn.
A battle with less to win, a battle full of advantages, a battle full of opportunities for both sides, ended with Huang Zu's final defeat. He may not have known that on this day, the father and son of the two teams died at the same time in this field.
On the land, one pair is Huang Zu, Huang She and his son, and one pair is Ling Chao, Ling Tong and his son.
There is no right or wrong in war, and there is no right or wrong between the two sides on the battlefield. There is only success and failure.
The battle for Xiakou, initiated by Zhou Yu at all costs, was almost successful due to the unremitting efforts of Zhou Yu and his soldiers. However, it was precisely because of his desperation that Huang Zu only led 2,000 cavalry to kill his 6,000.
The siege troops were defeated. At this time, Cheng Pu and his cavalry and infantry arrived in time. The balance of victory once again tilted towards Sun Ce's army and horses. However, in the end, Le Jin's follow-up troops arrived in time and rescued the enemy. In turn, the pursuit turned into a rout.
Cao's cavalry.
In the end, because Le Jin's 10,000 infantry troops arrived at Xiakou City in time, and after seeing the fact that Cao Zhi's troops were involved in Xiakou City, the conservative Cheng Pu chased to the gate of Xiakou City and harvested more than a thousand Cao's soldiers along the way.
With his life, he retreated to the north bank of the river and looked across the river from Lejin.
Before that, the water battle for the three forks of Dajiang, Hanjiang, and Xiangjiang, which was personally directed by Zhou Yu, ended with Zhou Yu's victory over Jiang Qin.
When Zhou Yu saw his soldiers boarding the city defenses and burning the city towers, he led the remaining warships and naval forces to attack the north gate of Xiakou and the location of the sluice gate of the Yitong River Channel to cooperate with the attack on the east gate and win over land and water.
Lu advanced hand in hand, defeated Huang Zu in the shortest time, and gained full control of Xiakou City.
But just when Zhou Yu led the rest of the navy to reach the north gate of Xiakou, Zhou Tai, the commander of the front navy who had opened the sluice, sent someone to report that Cao Jun's ships appeared in the upper reaches of the Han River.
At this time, Zhou Yu knew that Cao's army had divided into two groups and was approaching Xiakou. The city of Xiakou had also received reinforcements from the front troops of Cao's army. When Zhou Yu heard this, he felt that it would not be so easy to fight for the soldiers in Xiakou City.
At this time, Zhou Yu lived up to his reputation in history. He did not lead his troops back to aid Lu Meng in the east city. Instead, he immediately and decisively gave up his plan to attack the north gate. He led all the navy ships to attack Cao Jun's navy and block Cao Jun's attempt.
The plan to reinforce Xiakou via waterway.
The large and slow-moving giant ship building was defeated by Zhou Yu's "walking boats". In the first round of stone-throwing attacks by both sides from a distance, Zhou Yu gave full play to the flexibility of the walking boats. Six walking boats were defeated in the first round.
During the attack on Jiang Qin's three giant shipbuildings, one of Jiang Qin's shipbuildings was paralyzed and stranded in the water without even a close encounter.
In the ensuing encounter between the battleships of both sides, Zhou Yu decisively and timely used the "dynamite" that Cao Jun had always relied on to become famous in the world, causing a shipbuilding of Cao Jun to catch fire and blocking the wide river.
When countless soldiers of Cao's navy jumped into the water to escape, Zhou Yu saw Cao's ship building across the river and bursting into flames. He immediately captured the opportunity. He personally led the boat he was riding in, turned around, and hit the stranded ship head-on.
, the abandoned Cao Jun shipbuilding, crashed it into the same river as the burning shipbuilding, risking his own life, blocking the Han River waterway where Cao Jun invaded, and not giving their follow-up troops sufficient time to regroup and follow him.
Fighting for the right to enter the river mouth, not to mention support for Xiakou.
Zhou Yu's determination and courage are worthy of admiration from any opponent. Jiang Qin, who also had 2,000 warships, was ultimately unable to break through the obstacle that Zhou Yu completed by sacrificing one of his own ships. In Lejin, he successfully controlled Xiakou City on land.
After that, he gave up the fight with Zhou Yu for the waterway into the river, retreated three miles that night, and set up camp on the south bank of the Han River. He waited for the huge super shipbuilding to be burned out before proceeding to the next step of the battle for the mouth of the river.
In this battle, Jiang Qin lost two shipbuildings and hundreds of navy soldiers. He lost the first round with Zhou Yu. It was also the first and most painful naval defeat for him in charge of Cao Jun's navy.
The victorious Zhou Yu also paid the price of a boat and the lives of more than 300 men, and achieved his first victory against Cao Jun's navy. He himself was also shot through an arrow in his left arm, and in his
When the boat hit the shipbuilding of Cao Jun, it encountered the first melee between the two armies on the river. Before they had time to evacuate, a stone bullet penetrated the bottom cabin, and the soldiers on the shipbuilding of Cao Jun, who had been flooded and stranded, were hit by Zhou Yu's walking boats.
The boat deliberately bumped into the boat and pushed it to fill the vacated waterway. They drew their weapons and jumped on Zhou Yu's boat with the same courage. A big melee broke out with his soldiers on the boat. Zhou Yu suffered 300 casualties.
The rest of the people paid their dues in this situation.
Zhou Yu was also rescued by a boat belonging to Zhou Tai who arrived in time. No less than a hundred ships on both sides were damaged by stone bullets fired from catapults, but because none of them lost their combat capabilities, they were not included in the battle losses.
Inside.
Zhou Yu successfully controlled the waterway into the river and successfully intercepted the reinforcements of Cao Jun's navy to Xiakou. However, Zhou Yu was only happy for half a minute in front of this victory, but Cheng Pu failed to capture it because he was told that Lü Meng added backup.
When he was in Xiakou City, he was so angry that he looked up to the sky and spit out a mouthful of blood.