Chapter 860 One Arrow Determines a Thousand Troops
Zhang Yun was already going crazy.
He knows very well that the reason why his brother-in-law Cai Mao let him lead the troops is completely out of trust in himself, and he has always lived up to his brother-in-law's expectations, and every mission has been completed successfully.
Although this time it was only a group of old and weak people, the importance was more important than the previous mission. The family business of the Huang and Pang families is certainly attractive, but what is even more mouth-watering is that with this vote, their family has really found an unshakable backer.
What kind of wisdom is multi-sided betting? Pile up all the chips at the first time, which is the real courage.
Zhang Yun deeply agreed with what his brother-in-law Cai Mao said, Qingzhou is indeed very strong now, but it is too early, too sharp, and the situation of attacking it in a group is inevitable, the difference is just later, earlier.
Wasn't that the Chu Overlord Xiang Ji like this? He has never lost a battle in his life, and as early as the time of the destruction of Qin, he was the strongest prince in the world, and he forced Emperor Gaozu into a desperate situation many times, what was the result? Isn't it that under the siege of the heroes, the soldiers were defeated and died, leaving behind a brave name in vain?
Now General Cao, no, should be called Prime Minister Cao Cheng, has subdued the elite of Dong Zhuojun, and has formed an offensive and defensive alliance with all the surrounding forces except Qingzhou, as long as he gets the money and food of Nanjun, and exterminates Li Ru, Zhang Xiu and other Dong Zhuoyu parties who don't know the current affairs, even if it is one-on-one, he is not necessarily afraid of Wang Pengju, not to mention that he still attacks it in groups?
The Cai family climbed this big tree, and the glory and wealth of the second half of their lives must not be worried, and they can follow the shade of the tree, as long as this task is successfully completed......
But there was an accident at this juncture!
In fact, there is information that an unknown fleet is docking at Yuliangzhou, and Xiangyang has already received it - the sails of dozens of ships are colorful, and such a fleet is really more than a glance, unless it is blind, it is impossible not to see it.
It's just that the Kuai family has never made up their minds, and Liu Biao's old slippery head refuses to cooperate. That's why the arrest action was not taken for a long time, and only a few blockade lines were arranged in the upstream and downstream, just in case.
The power of several major families in Jingzhou is deep-rooted, except for some disobedient water thieves in the area of Dongting Lake, other places have long been cleaned up and used, how can there be any robbers who are not open-eyed?
When the eyeliner reported that the boat was full of half-grown teenagers. Cai Mao didn't care even more. In these years, there are so many pretentious rangers, but they are just gathering a group of rogue teenagers and acting majestic everywhere. Only this kind of stunned green who doesn't know the height of the sky and the thickness of the earth dare to come to this muddy water.
Before leaving, Zhang Yun was also full of ambition. I only thought about how to handle the tail of the hand more skillfully, and I didn't think about what accidents would happen during the operation.
When he saw the Jinfan thieves rushing downstream, he couldn't help laughing, in his opinion, these boys are really cute, and they don't understand water warfare at all. Well. It's not just a water war, if the land war is also in this state, he can easily clean up this group of rookies, and among the thieves he has encountered over the years, this brocade thief is the weakest.
He just waited to see these stupid boys break their heads in front of the iron wall, crying and calling for their mother.
Until there was a disconnect between the front and back of the Jinfan fleet, the striker was like a wild horse that had escaped from the reins, and collided with the blockade fleet in a daze. Zhang Yuncai was a little moved, Leng Touqing is still Leng Touqing, but at least he has great courage, but it is a pity.
But this is not a trouble, at most it is to scrap a dozen ships? That kind of boat is originally a consumable, just like an arrow, a water battle has been fought. It's no surprise that some are always consumed. After all, they blocked this group of flutehead greens, and when the building boat drove over, it was a crushing situation.
The thought only swirled in his mind for a moment, and then flew out of the clouds. The next moment, Zhang Yun saw a scene that he would never forget.
The ships that had rammed with the enemy were all scrapped, except for the largest flagship—ordinary wooden ships, which had been rammed together in the rapids of the wind and water, and that was all that was the result.
The ship of the brocade thief and the ship of the navy army were entangled with each other, and they were huddled together, and they saw that they were all in the same fate. The sailors and soldiers on the side of the navy all jumped into the water to avoid being swept up when the ship sank, and less than a third of the ships were damaged.
The brocade thief did not dive, but jumped directly from the air to the enemy ship on the left flank!
This statement sounds very mysterious, and even Zhang Yun himself thinks it is very ridiculous, but, from the visual point of view, those Leng Touqing just flew over, if they didn't fly, how could a person directly cross the water a few feet away and land on another boat?
If there were only one or two people, Zhang Yun would think that it was a super master of martial arts, but against the backdrop of the firelight, the sky was full of shadows and shadows, and the number was hundreds?
What made Zhang Yun's heart even more chilling was that after these water thieves rushed onto the sailor's ship, the battle showed a completely one-sided situation. I don't know if I was frightened by this unbelievable way of boarding the ship, the Jingzhou sailors had no morale, and they were killed like chopping melons and vegetables, and many people simply jumped into the water by themselves.
Needless to say, the Jinfan thieves used brute force and madness to die together with the Chinese troops who intercepted the fleet, and then jumped the gang for a long distance and captured the ships on the left flank, only to lose their heads, and the blockade line ceased to exist.
What shocked Zhang Yun the most was that this was obviously not a tactic that the water thieves came up with in a flash of inspiration, but a tactic with a mature routine. At the same time as the striker grabbed the ship, the seemingly disjointed rear team nimbly turned and headed directly towards the left flank of the blockade. When the rear team arrived, the gap was opened, the two sides merged into one, and went downstream, the overall size of the fleet remained the same, except that a dozen ships were missing and were not colored sails.
Zhang Yun was dumbfounded, and almost didn't even bother to give orders. In fact, it was useless for him to order, although a dozen ships on the right flank of the blockade line remained intact, the Chinese army and the left flank were quickly crushed, their morale was already depressed to the extreme, where did they dare to pursue?
Even if someone had the courage, the unsunken ships huddled in the middle of the blockade would block the way. If you can't cut off the enemy and rebuild the blockade, what is the use of one or two ships catching up with the extraordinary combat effectiveness that the enemy has just shown? Sent to death?
The chances are certainly not entirely out of the question. Something seemed to have happened to the largest of the schooners, and the thieves above did not abandon the ship, but tried to carve a way out of the array of ships ahead.
This is the only place where Zhang Yun feels relieved in this battle. The foolish thieves were clearly oversight, either because the ship contained important people, and not only water thieves like the other pioneer ships; Either the water thieves are used to it, and it is easy to have a big ship, and they are reluctant to throw it away, anyway, it is very stupid!
Stupid is stupid. The water thieves' movements were very swift, and their luck was also very good, when Zhang Yun's main fleet was still two or three hundred zhang away from the battlefield, they actually really cleared a way and ran away without danger.
Zhang Yun almost wondered if these thieves were deliberately playing tricks on themselves. Otherwise, how can it be so just?
"Bastards, these damn bastards, I'm going to break you to pieces!" Zhang Yun was furious, these thieves are not ordinarily bad, before they left the blockade line, they poured fire oil on the ships that they couldn't take away and set them on fire. The fire quickly spread. By the time Zhang Yun's fleet caught up, it was already facing a situation of ice and fire.
"General, don't you wait until dawn to ......?"
Zhang Yun waved his hand and was a big slap in the face, and directly put the adjutant general who was timid and tried to persuade him to turn back, and he didn't count it as if he was lying down, but he stepped on two feet before he stopped: "Send someone to clear a way, and let those idiots on the right get out of the way!" Grab a few more routers. Ask them what the hell is going on...... Don't go yet! ”
The boats are also afraid of fire, and now there are fire boats everywhere on the water, like bonfires lit by herdsmen to celebrate festivals, one in the east and one in the west. The scenery is very beautiful, but the building boat does not dare to pass at all, but the ship can pass. But you have to choose the road carefully, if you are not careful, it is easy to be swept into the fire, before clearing the road. The brigade must not be able to continue the pursuit.
After the fleet of the sail thieves broke through the blockade line, they directly extinguished the lanterns and ran away. God knows how these thieves sail at night and still maintain order without scraping each other, anyway, the Jingzhou Navy definitely doesn't have this ability.
Therefore, even if there is no fire, it will be difficult for the Jingzhou army to quickly catch up with the whole team, not to mention the danger of the enemy's secrets, the deputy general's suggestion is not entirely out of timidity, who would dare to treat the Jinfan thieves as a bunch of thieves, little rookies?
The road is not easy to clear, but the rout is easy to find, throw a fishing net or stretch a bamboo pole down, and you can pick up a pile of them. Now that the winter solstice has passed, it is already very cold under the water, but the water surface is uncomfortably roasted.
Even asked a few people, they were dumbfounded, and it was easy to find one who could roughly explain the battle situation at that time, and the herald hurriedly took this person to see Zhang Yun.
"They didn't fly over, they came by pulling the rope, the rope ...... It seems to be tied to a mast, by the way, their ship is small, but the mast is very high, and there are colorful flags hanging before, but no one pays attention to it......"
“…… Keep talking! Even if they swing over, how come you didn't even hold on to half a pillar of incense, how could it be? Zhang Yun grinded his teeth, thinking about what kind of criminal law he would have to torture after he caught this gang of thieves, especially the leader, to get out of this evil breath, this thief is too cunning!
"General, it's not that the little ones don't work hard, it's really everyone who is scared......"
"It's coming in a flash, what are you afraid of?" Zhang Yun was furious.
The rout said tremblingly: "The generals are all dead, no one knows how to die, no one commands, the thieves came suddenly, and they are even more ferocious, and the brothers were cut down in a large area at once, and the rest ......"
"General, my subordinates have checked it, and several captains and team leaders have been hit by the thieves' cold arrows!"
"......" As soon as he heard this, Zhang Yun was also chilled.
Night battles, water battles, and even in the time when the fleet was charging, the thieves actually killed people by name with bows and arrows! Killed more than a dozen in one go! This archery is simply against the sky! Where did this group of thieves come from? Fierce Ruoss?
"You still have to chase, but you don't have to chase too quickly, send someone ashore, light the beacon fire, send the letter quickly, and try to make the downstream checkpoints fully prepared for battle, so as not to be taken advantage of by thieves again. Tell the local defenders that Ben will lead the army and then cover the killing, and they don't need to win, just delay for some time. ”
Frightened by this, Zhang Yun's anger also passed. Calmly made a new deployment.
The chase must be chased to the end, and if you go back empty-handed, you will definitely be pulled out of this body by your brother-in-law. But for the sake of safety, it is not good to chase too closely, especially not to engage in night battles. It's better to wait for the bandits' momentum to be exhausted, and then to overpower it with a dignified formation.
People in this era are not very good at night battles, not to mention that they still encounter this kind of enemy who is both water and night fighting. Zhang Yun didn't urge, and the soldiers of the navy were happy to clean up slowly, and it took nearly an hour to clean up the waterway.
The army was ready to go on the road and continued the pursuit.
Compared to the limit speed, the boat is actually not as fast as the horse. But the advantage of the boat is that it can maintain its speed all the time, and if the horse runs at a high speed, it will be tired to run for a few miles, even if it is not the limit speed, it will have to rest if it runs for dozens of miles. As long as the current and wind direction are right, the boat can sail day and night.
Therefore, the speed of the navy marched faster than that of a pure cavalry. It's just that there are more restrictions.
Zhang Yun didn't urge, he just wanted to let the other party escape a certain distance first, so as not to fight back to the death, he was afraid of this Jinfan thief now, and he was just glad in his heart, fortunately he didn't chase too close just now.
No matter how fierce the water thief is, he is also a water thief, and from here to Yunmengze, there are thirteen checkpoints. Some were aimed at the Pang and Huang families, and more were aimed at the Jiangdong Army. No matter how fierce this bandit is, I don't believe that they can break through thirteen levels in a row, and even if they can really break through, they must be trapped and disabled, and they can take it lightly.
The thief leader has such skills, and he must also be a general that Wang Yu expects a lot. Capture or kill it yourself and dedicate it to Prime Minister Cao Cheng, it must be a great achievement, maybe you don't have to continue to look at your brother-in-law's face in the future.
The more he thought about it, the more excited he became. Thinking of the pride, I couldn't help but laugh out loud.
He was happy and angry, and the guards didn't dare to make fun, for fear that the horse's fart would not be filmed well and hit the horse's feet, which made Zhang Yun slightly unhappy. But at that moment, he heard a crisp 'jingle bell'.
"Who brought the bell for what...... Uh......" This was the last sentence Zhang Yun said, and it was also the last thought in his mind, before the words were finished, what stopped him from going on was a sharp pain in his throat!
The guards around him were still a little stunned at first, not realizing what was happening, until Zhang Yun desperately covered his throat with one hand, and grabbed something into the void with the other hand, and just turned over and fell, the guards retreated a few steps in shock, and they were all heartbroken.
After a while, the people had the courage to light the torches, and the crowd gathered around to see the feathered arrow stuck in the throat of the Lord! The brave man holding the torch threw the torch out as if his hand had been burned by fire.
"Poof!" The torch crossed a glittering trajectory and fell into the water, and darkness returned to the Jingzhou flagship.
A burst of cold air came out of the bottom of my heart, and the Jingzhou generals were so frightened that their souls were scared, not only because of the enemy's magic arrows, but also because of the enemy's courage!
This is the definition of a marksman in the dark, if the arrow is still on a boat or a galloping horse, such a magic arrow is beyond the scope of the word archer.
Although in the troubled times, there are many heroes, but such archers, all over the world, should not exceed the number of two hands, a team of hundreds of water thieves, obviously it is impossible to exist two people at the same time.
In other words, the leader of the Jinfan thieves has been in ambush here for a full hour, and he didn't retreat with the team at all, just waiting here, waiting to snipe General Zhang!
Courage, patience, and archery skills are all indispensable, how could such an enemy appear in front of everyone as if he had jumped out of a crack in a stone?
Because of Zhang Yun's death, no one stood up to take charge, and the news spread quickly, and there were some whispers at first, but it quickly became depressed. Fear seeped into the marrow, and everyone was silent, for fear of making a sound, and being discovered by the sharpshooter lurking in the darkness, and sealing his throat with an arrow.
The whole fleet stopped, and was frightened by the archer's arrow!
You know, General Zhang is on top of the ship! The enemy general is on the ship, and it is the same as shooting the people in the city tower from under the city wall, this can be sealed with an arrow, and there are people he can't kill?
When everything was silent, the sound of "jingle bells" was particularly crisp, and the young ones were a little excessive, and even a little childish, but the voice of the old man sounded leisurely: "There are still those who are not afraid of death, just keep up, let's go." ”
At the sound of the order, the oars 'gurgling' swayed, and the sound of the bow breaking waves rang out one after another, and it was obvious that the enemy general was preparing to leave.
It is said that this is a good opportunity for siege, and no matter how powerful the archers are, it is impossible to threaten more than a thousand people at the same time, but no one moves. The hundreds of ships of the Jingzhou Navy Division seemed to have turned into hundreds of coffins, and they stopped quietly on the water, falling into a dead silence, not daring to make a sound, not daring to move a finger.
It wasn't until the bell sounded farther and farther away, until it was faintly audible, that someone let out a long breath softly, but still did not dare to make superfluous movements, let alone sail in pursuit.
The power of one arrow, thousands of armies are frightened, and the banner is pointed to, and thousands of armies are easy! Linjiang Ganxingba, since then famous all over the world!
ps:3、3,5,Two small and one big,The update is complete.,If the brothers see it well.,That's the best encouragement for Xiaoyu.。