Chapter 1331: The Red Cliff Fire Ship is Coming
And those enemy soldiers on the warships of the former army of the Zhao army, at first, when they saw these Wu troops who came to surrender, suddenly set fire to their ships, and suddenly fell into a burst of doubt. Before everyone could react, they saw that the sergeants on the boats all jumped into the water and swam backwards. And those abandoned warships, burning with raging fire, with the help of strong winds, headed at full speed in the direction of their own army.
In an instant, Zhao Jun on these warships came to his senses. At that moment, a sergeant couldn't help but hiss and shouted: "The enemy ship is rushing over, quickly turn the bow of the ship to avoid it." ”
But no matter how these soldiers shouted, they couldn't set off any storms, after all, they were on the river at the moment. Not to mention the whirring southeast wind, which almost overshadowed most of his voice, even his call could only set off a wave of panic to the soldiers around him. However, in order to turn the bow of the boat, the laborer who is in charge of rowing in the cabin must be notified. It is also necessary to have the person on the deck, who is in charge of the sails, shake the sails to change direction.
If you want to do this, it must take a certain amount of time, and in the meantime, the Wu army ships propelled by the strong wind have already hit these Zhao army warships like rockets riding the wind and waves. Although these burning warships of the Wu army are all small ships, presumably these warships of the Zhao army are obviously one size smaller. But this ship, driven by the wind, was mixed with a very strong force.
I saw the first fireship crashing into it, slamming into the warship in the front row of Zhao Jun, making a dull collision sound. The sound sounded as if someone had been hammered on the chest, and it was particularly dull. Before the rest of the ship could hear what the sergeant was shouting, the whole hull began to shake violently. Some of the sergeants standing on the edge of the hull were thrown into the river directly because they were unstable, and then the second, third, fourth, and ten fireboats in a row rushed towards the other warships in the front row.
Ten fireships, like ten demons climbing out of the flames of hell, slammed into the ten Zhao warships, and immediately smashed the ten Zhao warships to the ground. Only one of the ten ships did not suffer much trauma due to the collision between the bow and the bow, but the ensuing fire quickly ignited it. As for the other nine warships, two of them were directly knocked over, and the entire hull floated on the water.
If it weren't for the chains on the left and right sides and the rear, tied to other warships, I'm afraid this warship would have sunk to the bottom of the water long ago. On the contrary, because the overturned warship was tied to other warships, the hull of the ship directly drove the other three nearby warships to start shaking when it overturned, losing stability. It can be said that all of a sudden, the ten fireships attracted by Huang Gai successfully collided with those Zhao ships, and quickly ignited the collided ships.
As a result, the number of warships, which had only ten ships on fire, quickly grew to twenty. With the southeast wind blowing, the fire suddenly rushed to the Zhao army warships in the rear, and for a while, the entire front army of these Zhao army and navy immediately fell into a panic.
Look at the Huang Gai and the others, they jumped into the water early in the morning and swam towards the last warship together. When everyone had boarded the ship, they began to retreat, and after retreating to a safe distance, they began to stop and wait for the arrival of their own navy.
After waiting on the warship, even if there was a sergeant, he couldn't help but shout excitedly at Huang Gai beside him: "General, look at those Zhao Army's warships, they have been burned by our fireboats, and some have been directly knocked over, we succeeded, hahaha." ”
And this Wu army soldier is none other than Zhou Yu and Huang Gai who were assigned to the Zhao army camp before. The sergeant who was responsible for pretending to surrender to the Zhao army, offering advice to the Zhao army, and luring the Zhao army to attack, was also a personal soldier under Huang Gai. This time, in order to avoid being suspicious by Zhao Jun's men, Huang Gai led such a sergeant to try to deceive Zhao Jun. After having today's achievement in releasing the fireboat, such a sergeant couldn't help but rejoice in his heart, presumably after the end of this battle, he would be promoted again for his today's combat exploits. You must know that this time, Zhao Jun personally set fire to a warship and slammed this warship into Zhao Jun's warship.
Immediately, the sergeant pleaded to Huang Gai beside him: "General, the warship of our army is coming, hurry up and wait for the ship to start charging and killing the enemy." The little ones, I still want to get some more military exploits, this time our vanguard daring army, in a battle to ignite these Zhao army's warships, it can be said that this time the victory is in hand. If it weren't for our people who led the fireships to light the fireships of the Zhao army, I am afraid that our army would not have been able to attack smoothly. How can we be willing to watch these exploits being taken away by other sergeants. What's more, there are also those who attacked together this time, not only our Wu State, but also the soldiers and horses of Shu State and Wei State. These military exploits must not be snatched away by those Shu and Wei countries. ”
After hearing the sergeant's words, Huang Gai also nodded thoughtfully, obviously agreeing with the sergeant's words. After all, Huang Gai is also a veteran in the army, and he is very competitive in every battle, and he has never been weak. Competing with other generals for the first prize is also what Huang Gai is most interested in, and it is this mentality that makes Huang Gai never have the character of admitting defeat. So this time, after hearing the words of his soldiers, Huang Gai certainly wouldn't have smashed the battle line that he had managed to break through, and he would be taken away by others like this. Especially those generals of Shu and Wei, if they robbed themselves of their first merits, then Huang Gai would be even more unwilling.
As the drums of his own attack sounded, many warships began to march, and immediately Huang Gai waved his hand. A large warship docked at Huang Gai's side, immediately threw down the rope, and pulled Huang Gai and the others up. The leader of this warship was only a small vice-admiral, and when Huang Gai boarded the ship, he immediately took command of the entire warship. Immediately, Huang Gai ordered the warships to advance on all fronts and rushed into the panicked Zhao warships on the opposite side. And Huang Gai and the others had already taken off their wet battle clothes, put on dry new clothes, and ordered the sergeants on the ship to start unleashing a rain of bows and arrows at those Zhao troops.
When the soldiers of the two armies have not yet entered the close range, the rain of bows and arrows is the best weapon to kill, and at this moment, nearly 100 warships in the front army of the Zhao army have all caught fire. However, with the southeast wind rising, these fires are still spreading rapidly, and if the momentum continues. I am afraid that before the warships of the Wei, Shu and Wu Three Kingdoms Army come to surround and kill, the entire naval army of the Zhao army will be swallowed up by this fire.
Looking at the results of the battle in front of him, a sergeant of the Wu State said to Zhou Yu, who was standing on the deck and commanding in person: "Dudu, it seems that our plan has been successful, these Zhao troops don't look at the previous battles, they are showing off their might one by one." But this time it is a water battle, how can these Zhao troops be the opponents of our Wu State water army, as far as the current situation is concerned, the Zhao army has at least dozens of ships, and nearly hundreds of warships have been ignited by General Huang Gai's fire attack. If we continue at this rate, I am afraid that all the warships of the Zhao army will be destroyed by the fire, and we only need to divide our troops to intercept those Zhao troops who want to escape, and we will definitely be able to bury them all in this river. ”
Hearing the sergeant's words, Zhou Yu nodded slightly, although he was a little surprised by the results of this battle. But this time the battle situation has been in front of us, the Zhao army has been a hundred victories before, but this time, the Zhao army has indeed been defeated. Perhaps it is precisely because of Zhao Jun's successive victories that Zhao Jun can't help but feel a little proud in his heart, which led to the defeat of this war. It's just that one wrong move and all the games are lost, this time he Zhou Yu will definitely make a name for himself and turn defeat into victory in one fell swoop.
I saw Zhou Yu wave his big hand and shouted to the sergeant beside him: "Pass my order, order the sergeants of Wei and Shu to beat the drum and advance, and advance at full speed to encircle the enemy army, there must be no mistake." ”
"Yes, Governor." Immediately, I saw two sergeants, running to the left and right sides of the warship, waving the order flag in their hands to the soldiers on the warship on the side.
And the warships on the left and right sides are the passengers Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Shu, and Sima Yi, the prime minister of Wei. Although the commander-in-chief this time was Zhou Yu, the governor of Wu, the two of them, as the prime ministers of Shu and Wei, also took their own warships and fully cooperated with Wu's attack. After receiving Zhou Yu's attack order, almost at the same time, the offensive drums of Shu and Wei began to sound. The warships of the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu, which were immediately rushing halfway, also began to accelerate at the same time. The target was directly in the direction of the middle and rear armies of the Zhao army's naval division, trying to intercept and outflank these Zhao troops from multiple directions.
Looking at the battle situation ahead, Guo Jia, who is known as a ghost genius this time, immediately said to Zhao Yu beside him: "Your Majesty, the battle has started at this moment, especially the warships of the three armies of Wei, Shu and Wu have been engaged in close combat with the sailors of Cai Mao and Zhang Yun in front of our army. It can be ordered that the large armies of the middle army and the rear army begin to cut the ropes and retreat, luring the enemy to come and pursue. As long as we lure the enemy's army into the bait, we can pull the enemy's army into a long line so that it cannot be quickly connected from end to end, and our counterattack will be more advantageous. ”
After hearing Guo Jia's words, Zhao Yu immediately nodded thoughtfully, obviously agreeing with Guo Jia's words. Immediately, Zhao Yu waved his hand at Guo Jia, and immediately executed it according to your plan, and there must be no mistakes.
"Guo Jia has an order."