Huang Gai frowned and glanced at the giant battleships more than a hundred steps away, and couldn't help muttering, at this moment, he saw that several fourth-rank battleships in the middle of the group of battleships were the first to spew out a cold light, and almost at the same time, the earth-shattering loud noise accompanied by the rising flames made all the Wu soldiers on the shore can't help but change color.

Before everyone could react, one of the front formations appeared as if they had been swept by a storm, and hundreds of soldiers were either stabbed into meat skewers by fire bolts or caught in flames.

The soldiers who were not hit in the army formation were stunned for a moment, and then dispersed in a hurry, but then calmed down and regrouped in front of Huang Gai's strong wrists.

The Wei army's ballistae continued to shoot non-stop, and the army under Huang Gai's command was miserable, they could only be beaten and had no way to fight back, and the giant tower shield they thought could withstand any long-range attack was not much different from paper paste in front of the Wei army's giant ballista.

Although most of these troops under Huang Gai's command are elites who have been in battle for a long time, they can't help but start to waver at this time.

Huang Gai's current approach is actually not wrong, in this era in the face of the landing enemy, the most common method is to approach the waterfront to line up to resist, as for the half-crossing attack is just a kind of trick.

Seeing that the power of the Wei army's ballistae was really as rumored to be, and his side was completely passive and unable to fight back, the veteran Huang Gai immediately ordered the whole army to retreat two hundred steps back and line up.

However, under the continuous pressure of the Wei army's ballistas, Huang Gai's army retreated a mile, and at this time, with the sound of war drums of the Wei army, the fleet carrying 40,000 forward troops continued to march towards the opposite bank, while the Wei fleet led by battleships also slowly sailed towards the shore.

When the battleship was only fifty paces from the shore. Turning sideways again, the crossbow that frightened Wu Jun once again erupted with cold light.

To avoid casualties. Huang Gai's troops had to retreat a mile again to avoid the killing of the Wei army's ballistas. At this time, Huang Gai's headquarters was already two miles away from the shore, and the Wei army's ballistae could no longer cause damage to him.

The Wei battleships stopped firing, but were ready to shell again, at this time, the Wei army's landing fleet approached Qiantan one after another, and the 40,000 soldiers of the Fourth Army Corps, as the vanguard, jumped off the big ships and began to line up on the shore.

"General, the enemy has landed, let's fight back!" A subordinate general asked.

Huang Gai shook his head. Glancing at the huge figure on the river with a sense of pressure, he said, "If we fight back at this moment, we will inevitably be bombarded by the opponent's fire dragon!" Wait for the enemy to attack our battle array! ”

The 40,000 advance of the Wei army completed the landing very smoothly, and then formed three large defensive phalanxes more than a hundred paces from the shore.

The Wei army was in no hurry to attack the Wu army's military formation at the moment, and at the same time, the follow-up main force of the Wei army was constantly boarding ships, crossing the Yangtze River and then landing, and the river was a busy scene.

Huang Gai's department has not taken any wrong measures, in fact, the most important thing he should do now is to scatter it back into the city. However, he also has his concerns, if he does not take advantage of the Wei army's unstable foothold at this time and severely defeat the Wei army's sharp spirit, then there will be almost no suspense in the next battle.

More than two hours later, at noon. The 50,000 Wuhuan cavalry and all the soldiers of the Fourth Army have all landed, and Ma Chao, as the commander, has also landed on the land of Jiangnan, and there is Zhang He by his side.

"General Zhang. You lead the Fourth Legion forward! All the Wusun cavalry will be killed with the general! ”

When the words fell, the anxious Ma Chao shouted. led 50,000 Wusun cavalry, which had long been unable to hold back, to rush towards the enemy army formation two miles away, but what happened next was beyond Ma Chao's expectations.

There are 100,000 people in the military array in front of them. It was clear that there were only thousands of old and weak soldiers, and before they could charge, they themselves were all destroyed.

Ma Chao grabbed a captive and asked angrily, "Where did that old guy run away from Huang Gai?" ”

The captive rolled his eyes and fainted, Ma Chao couldn't help but be stunned, and scolded: "What a waste!" ”

Throwing it aside, he grabbed another prisoner, and the prisoner hurriedly knelt on the ground and said urgently: "General Huang Lao has retreated to Niu Ming, and the general spares his life!" The general spares his life! ”

Ma Chao frowned, and Zhang He said worriedly: "Although the captive said so, the real situation may not be so!" All scouts should be sent out, just in case! ”

Ma Chao nodded, and immediately ordered all the scouts to act immediately, and then Ma Chao ordered Zhang He to stay in place to build a landing camp, while he himself ignored Zhang He's opposition and led 20,000 Wusun cavalry to gallop in the direction of Niumu.

When Ma Chao led 20,000 Wusun cavalry to gallop to a small forest near Niufu, he encountered the broken Huanggai ambush, and the two sides immediately started a melee and defeated the ambush after a bloody battle.

Ma Chao didn't have the slightest intention of retreating, and still led the Wusun cavalry to rush towards the Niufu City in front of him, the horse's hooves rumbled, the dust was like a dragon, and the sentries on the Niufu city wall shouted at the top of their throats, and the sound of the warning gong sounded in a hurry.

At this time, under the west city gate, there were still nearly a thousand soldiers who had not yet entered the city, and the captain of the city gate was urging anxiously, and the sergeant in charge of closing the gate was slowly pushing the city gate.

Ma Chao took the lead and finally rushed to the city gate, but at this time, the city gate happened to be closed. The generals on the ramparts brandished their swords and shouted, and the crossbowmen began to fire arrows.

Ma Chao scolded in annoyance, and had to lead the cavalry to retreat temporarily.

Seeing that the Wei army had retreated, the soldiers of the Wu army on the city wall couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but then everyone looked solemn, because they knew that the main force of the Wei army would come at any time, and a tragic battle was inevitable.

"General, the Wei army has retreated!" The ministry will report to Huang Gaiyu.

Huang Gai frowned and said, "This is just the vanguard of the Wei army!" The order goes down, and the four doors are closed! No one is allowed to enter or leave without the order of the general! ”

"No!" The general replied and retreated.

Huang Gai hurried to the wing room of the cattle treatment center, at this moment, Zhou Tai, who was seriously injured, was lying on the bed and was still unconscious, Huang Gai glanced at Zhou Tai on the bed, and asked the doctor who was preparing the decoction on the side with a tight face: "Sir, how is the situation of General Zhou?"

The healer shook his head and sighed, and said to Huang Gai: "Old general, old and incompetent!" ”

Huang Gai's eyebrows shrank, and he asked urgently: "Sir, what do you mean, General Zhou has died?" ”

The healer hurriedly shook his head and replied, "Although General Zhou's injuries are serious, they are not incurable!" It's just that there is a lack of a few of the most important medicinal herbs in the city, so "

Huang Gai glanced at the sleeping Zhou Tai, and said to Lang Zhong helplessly: "Sir, do your best!" ”

"Yes!" Lang Zhong promised. (To be continued.) )