Chapter 282: Nanben

The galloping driftwood rushed into the Jingzhou military fleet, and when it boarded, the touched warship made a mournful sound of giant wood breaking, and the driftwood that nearly two people hugged together was not to mention a small ship like a walker, even if the fighting ship was hit, the sailors on the ship would be shaken off the ship by the huge vibration, and the only thing that could still be stable in this kind of power was Zhang Yun's flagship, which could carry more than 1,000 soldiers.

In the blink of an eye, the huge fleet collapsed, and in order to avoid the driftwood ships, they scattered without obeying the orders, but most of them then crashed into their own ships, not to mention the wreckage of their own ships that had not yet sunk on the water, which created an incomparable problem for their escape.

At this moment, how could Zhang Yun not know that his fleet had fallen into the enemy's tricks, but what made him even more anxious was why these driftwood floated down from the upstream?

Don't...... Xiangyang was breached?

The fear of distance is often greater than the perceived crisis.

In fact, Zhang Yun has no leisure to think about Xiangyang now, and his subordinate soldiers are like water dogs being hit by the Yan army soldiers on the shore!

The driftwood drifting down the river destroyed more than forty warships of Zhang Yun's department in a blink of an eye, which was more than the total casualties of Xue Zhou's troops in three days of blocking his troops, and those Jingzhou sailors who unfortunately fell into the water struggled to swim to the shore, but the Xue Zhou soldiers on the shore obviously would not give them this opportunity.

There are only a few hundred soldiers left in the Xuezhou Division, but at this time burst out of extremely high morale, one after another, they have drawn their bows and crossbows, and continue to shoot arrows into the water, hundreds of Jingzhou soldiers are attacked by the rain of arrows, even if a few soldiers are lucky enough to escape to the shore, they will chase and slash for the Xuezhou soldiers who charge up when the fatigue brought by the swimming has not faded.

The river of blood flowed on the shore, the blood stained the banks of Yingshui red, and the corpses flowed eastward, a terrifying scene. Zhang Yun looked hideous on the boat, and his sailors were drowned in the water and hacked to death on the shore, which made his eyes open angrily, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he was in a hurry.

When did Zhang Yun fight such a defeat? In the blink of an eye, the army was damaged by more than sixty percent, and the proportion of the loss of the fleet was greater than that of the soldiers, and even the army left was less than a lieutenant's department. In addition to the more than 1,000 soldiers on the ship, there were only a dozen lonely ships floating in the water, and hundreds of people were trapped in the water and could not be saved.

The vast water surface is full of Jingzhou soldiers like water dogs, and the Xue Zhou Department on the shore at this moment looks particularly hateful, constantly drawing bows and shooting unscrupulously as if they want to do whatever they want, even if Zhang Yun's huge building ship is still parked in the water, the pirates turn a blind eye.

In their opinion, this water battle, which caused great casualties to the Xuezhou Department, had been won, and the rest of the time was nothing more than collecting the spoils of war...... As for shooting the overboard enemy now? That's just the execution of a prisoner.

The mission that Zhang Liao handed over to Xue Zhou was to stop Zhang Yun's huge naval army, so that it could not play its due role in the next war, and now Zhang Yun only had one building ship and a few small boats, and there were less than 3,000 people left in the battle, what else could they do?

They can't do anything, they can't even go ashore and fight to the death with their only seven or eight hundred pirates, what threat can they pose to the Yan army?

Besides, to be honest, if the building ship wants to drive over now, the first thing to bear the brunt of is to crush the sinking small boats and ships next to it, is Zhang Yun willing to do it?

Since the boat can't come, what else is there to be afraid of.

It was a naval victory of intrigue and intrigue, but the battle north of Xiangyang really entered a terrible battle after Gan Ning surrendered.

The tall fighting ships led the victorious fleet back to the water village, and they did not face the same dilemma as the water battle in the east, and only eight of the two dozen ships were returned. The navy from the west did not pose much of a threat to them, and as soon as the fighting ships came out, they should crush the two brocade sails first, and the next naval battle would be much easier.

When they returned, Zhang Jaw had also sent people to break up the Ganning Department and integrate it into the army, and Gan Ning and other generals were sent to the city to be strictly guarded, and then mobilized the Duliao Department to assemble on the shore. Although there is a river in the middle, the real distance between the two sides is not too far, and the deployment of enemy troops can be faintly seen on the shore where Zhang Jaw is located.

And among those deployments, Zhang Jaw only saw one answer - Liu Biao was afraid.

The retreat of the army, leaving a mere lieutenant army digging trenches and laying wooden fences to block their way to the shore, was undoubtedly fearful. If there is no accident, I am afraid that Liu Biao is on his way to Yicheng for refuge at this moment.

Thinking about this, Zhang Jaw decided not to wait any longer, and took this opportunity to directly send troops across the river, and then think about other things after grabbing Xiangyang.

When the army crossed the river, Wen Ping led his troops to wait for the battle, and the Yan warships were near the riverbank, and they were attacked by a continuous rain of arrows, and when their soldiers landed on the shore, they suffered even heavier casualties. Relying on the topography here, the landing place is only more than 1,000 steps wide, and it is also separated into three places by the rocky beach on the shore in more than 1,000 steps, which creates a garrison advantage for the Wenpin army.

Even so, there is still a lot of pressure on clerical recruitment.

The retreat of the Jingzhou army to the south is inevitable, and his broken army is nothing more than delaying the transfer time for Liu Biao's large army, but how long can he delay? Seeing that the Yan army on the other side crossed the river by boat and transported half of the Liao general's headquarters once, and then the ship returned north again, the situation was a moment of survival for Wen Ping in an instant.

When the enemy ships did not return, it was an opportunity for the civil recruitment, if they could seize this time to hold the shore and inflict greater casualties on the enemy troops, they could meet the enemy's follow-up troops. What's more, if this is the case, most of the enemy troops will not attack south again, as long as the casualties exceed the level that General Du Liao can accept, he will continue to retreat to defend Nanyang.

But if they can't hold the shore and create the slightest advantage for the enemy here, then when the enemy generals advance, they have no choice but to raise their troops and run south.

It's just that Zhang Jaw won't let Wen Ping get his wish, when the first time he transported the soldiers to the south bank, he had already sent his henchman Fang Yue to gather seven or eight hundred troops in the gap on the east side of the riverbank, and he was not in a hurry to attack, but the other two sides were attacking like fire, carrying the pressure and shooting at the Jingzhou army, and even the Yan army in the east even used a lot less crossbow strength than others, but at this time, where could Wen Ping observe the subtle differences?

When the second Yan's warship docked, in addition to the soldiers who were laid down on the other two sides, a lot of horses were drawn from the cabin in the east fighting ship, and Fang Yue on the east side immediately ordered his subordinates to turn over and get on their horses, and Zhang Jaw ordered: "Rush out of the enemy formation and pursue Liu Biao!" ”

Immediately after, the Yan army on three sides fought bravely, and only then did they really charge towards the Wenpin formation, and they were close to each other!