Jiangdong's fleet followed the "fleeing" Cao Jun, drove straight in, and broke into Cao Jun's water stronghold.
Seeing the enemy take the bait, a smile appeared on Lu Xun's face.
However, he was not in a hurry. Not all of Jiangdong's army had entered the water stronghold yet. If the ambush was exposed too early, they would be able to easily escape from the stronghold with their ability to control the boats.
You must wait until at least half of the enemy troops have entered the water stronghold before launching an ambush. Only in this way can you achieve better results.
However, in this way, Cai Mao and his gang of sailors suffered. After entering the water village, there were not many ways to escape. The Jiangdong navy rushed up aggressively, taking advantage of the situation to start killing and further killing.
Many Cao troops were killed.
When Cai Mao saw this, he felt miserable in his heart. He was not a mediocre general. Seeing that Lu Xun had not let the ambush attack, he could naturally guess what the other party's plan was.
It's just that these sergeants who are being killed are all brothers who have been trained and trained by themselves. Although they are not yet mature, they are the only naval forces that can take action now. If the losses are too heavy, it will be difficult to make up for it.
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Of course Lu Xun knew this, and he also wanted to delay some more time to allow more Cao troops to enter the ambush circle of the water village. But if he continued to delay, the losses of his own navy would be greater, and even if Jiangdong could be defeated by then,
Army, I'm afraid the gains outweigh the losses.
Lu Xun gave instructions, and the originally hidden archers appeared one after another, shooting down the dense rain of arrows like the Jiangdong navy.
"Retreat!" Taishi Ci did not hesitate. As soon as he saw the ambush appearing, he immediately gave the order to retreat.
Taishi Ci had the air of a general, and did not panic when he was suddenly ambushed. Jiangdong's fleet was quite organized when it retreated, and there was no chaos at all.
The boating speed of Jiangdong's navy was not to be boasted. Although there were casualties among soldiers from time to time under the rain of arrows from the ambush, Jiangdong's army still withdrew from the water village at an extremely fast speed.
Lu Xun looked at the retreating Jiangdong fleet, his expression not very good. The Jiangdong fleet was sailing faster than he expected. Judging from this situation, even if they all entered the water stronghold, it would still not be difficult to retreat.
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Although his ambush had some effects, it was really insignificant and much worse than originally expected.
The outpost battle between the two armies has come to an end. The Jiangdong Army originally had this absolute advantage, but it was ambushed at the last moment and still suffered some casualties. The total number of casualties was about four thousand.
The losses of Cao's army were even more severe, with more than 6,000 people killed in battle.
This made Lu Xun's face become a little gloomy. Under the premise of his own plan, the casualties of his own army were so serious. If it were a face-to-face confrontation, I am afraid that this water stronghold would really change hands.
Although Lu Xun didn't know what the casualties were on Jiangdong's side, he was certain that they would never be more serious than those on his own army.
Although we had tried our best to estimate the Jiangdong Navy's naval warfare capabilities at a higher level, it was discovered after the final battle that the Jiangdong Navy's strength was still stronger than expected.
It seems that the upcoming battle will not be easy.
——————————————————————————————————On the third day after the conflict between Cao Jun and Jiangdong Army, Cao Cao led a large army
After entering Sanjiangkou, he looked extremely ugly when he learned that he had lost 6,000 men in the first battle.
Although the first battle cannot be described as a disastrous defeat, Cao Cao suffered a moderate loss in the first battle, which obviously left Cao Cao unsatisfied.
Before Cao Cao raised his troops, he was very ambitious and wanted to take Jiangdong in one go. But now he was hit hard, and how could he not be angry about it.
Cao Cao went south, and although he had assembled an army of 250,000, Jiangdong also had an army of 150,000. Although his army outnumbered his opponent by a lot, if we look at the ratio of casualties between the two sides in the battle two days ago,
I really may not be able to win Jiangdong.
When Cao Cao was worried about his defeat in the first battle, a man with an elegant face slowly stood up with a confident look on his face.
"Your Majesty, why should you worry? The only general in Jiangdong is Zhou Gongjin. If there is no Zhou Gongjin in Jiangdong, there is nothing to worry about." The man said confidently.
Cao Cao recognized this man as his own adviser Jiang Gan, and couldn't help but be a little disdainful of his words. Jiangdong didn't have Zhou Yu, so it didn't matter. Isn't this complete nonsense? Everyone knows this truth, but what can you do, send an assassin?
Assassinate Zhou Yu?
"Although Qian is not talented, he and Zhou Gongjin used to have a classmate friendship. For example, the king wanted Zhou Yu to abandon Wu and join Wei. Qian wanted to go to Jiangdong and persuade Zhou Gongjin to abandon the dark side and join the bright side."
Although Cao Cao didn't really believe that the magnanimous and noble Zhou Gongjin would be easily persuaded to surrender, he couldn't help but look forward to it when he saw Jiang Gan's confident look.
"How confident are you, Ziyi, in persuading Zhou Yu to surrender?" Cao Cao asked.
"I'm very confident!" Jiang Gan said firmly.
Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this and immediately ordered Jiang Qian to set off, saying that if he succeeded, he would be rewarded heavily.
In Cao Jun's camp, when Gao Shun learned the news that Jiang Gan was heading to Jiangdong, an inexplicable smile appeared on his face.