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Cao Cao nodded thoughtfully, and asked Cao Ren, "Zixiao, what do you think?" ”

"Your Majesty, the last general will definitely cross the Yangtze River in one go!" Cao Ren showed an indomitable momentum.

Guo Jia said with a smile: "General Xiaoyong! However, with our current situation, it is not possible to break through the defense line of the Jiangdong Naval Division from the front! General Zixiao must remember that the purpose of this battle is not to attack Jiangdong, but a large-scale feint! ”

Cao Ren understood what Guo Jia meant, nodded, and hugged his fists in agreement.

Cao Cao said to Guo Jia: "Fengxiao, I think I can let Jingzhou surrender the army as the vanguard of this battle!" ”

Guo Jia thought for a moment, nodded and said: "You can let the Jingzhou army as a cover, and the elite of the First Army will seize the opportunity to launch a fierce attack!" ”

Cao Cao glanced at Cao Ren and said with an inquiring expression: "What I'm worried about now is that although the First Legion can be called a lion in a hundred battles, most of its troops are from the people of the north, can they launch a strong attack on the river?" ”

Cao Ren immediately clenched his fists and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry!" Although the First Legion is a northern tribe, a third of them still know how to water! ”

Cao Cao nodded and said, "30,000 elites as a feint attack is enough!" ”

Subsequently, Cao Cao discussed with Cao Ren and Guo Jia some specific matters concerning tomorrow's attack.

After the two left, Cao Cao walked out of the big tent alone, and at this time, a crescent moon hung high in the middle of the sky, and the whole military camp was very quiet, only the slight footsteps of the patrolling soldiers passing by.

Cao Cao took a deep breath, only to feel the coolness of the night wash his chest and abdomen fiercely, and exhaled a very refreshing breath.

Sun Jian of Soochow. It can be said that it is the most difficult force for Cao Cao to gnaw since he raised his troops, not only because of Sun Jian. and the civil and military forces under his command, which are more important. It was Sun Jian who occupied seven or eight tenths of China's sailors at this time!

The Yangtze River is dangerous, not for fun, the Wei army, which does not have enough sailors, can only use up the advantages of the sailors of Eastern Wu step by step!

At this time, Cao Cao really envied the water wars of later generations, at least the water wars of later generations, more about warships than people, if it was to enter the era of battleships, at least Wei could not be like now. This aggrieved man has enough resources to make many warships, but he doesn't have enough soldiers to fight on the water!

Early the next morning, Cao Ren ordered the Jingzhou Army to launch an attack on Chibi, at this time, the Jingzhou Army had no warships, and most of his warships had been lost in the previous raid of the Wu army, but the river was still full of sails, basically from the civilian collection of civilian ships.

The flotilla is only halfway there. It was intercepted by the superior naval division of the Wu State, and the two sides started a melee on the river, although the naval division of the Wu State had an absolute advantage, but it could not solve the battle in a short time.

Meanwhile. The other Wei army, with the Jingzhou Naval Division as the first, directed the attack on Xiakou. The defenders of Xiakou hurriedly sent sailors to meet the battle.

However, due to the huge disparity in numbers from the Wei army, the sailors of the Xiakou defenders fought extremely hard, even so. However, the large fleet of Wei troops still struggled to get close to the opposite riverbank.

Although the difference between ancient warships and civilian ships is far less than that of modern times, however. The superiority of the warship in battle is self-evident.

Just when the Wei fleet was at a standout with the Xiakou Naval Division's warships, a small fleet of civilian ships suddenly came out of a reed swing not far above the battlefield. Go straight to Xiakou.

The Xiakou Naval Division, who was fighting against the Wei fleet, discovered the situation, but could not do anything about it.

Soon after, the small fleet of civilian ships arrived at the Xiakou River beach. The elites of the First Legion of the Wei Army, dressed in black and black armor, jumped into the knee-deep river and rushed ashore with a shout. A Wu army of 5,000 men immediately greeted him.

Nearly 10,000 soldiers on both sides fought on the river beach, although the 5,000 Wu army can be regarded as the main force of the Wu State, but it was crumbling under the onslaught of the first army, the hearts of the Wu army soldiers were full of shock, they really did not expect that the enemy army in front of them, the momentum was so terrifying.

The battle lasted only a moment, and the 5,000 Wu army was completely defeated. Less than two thousand remnants rushed in the direction of Xiakou, and the Wei army was chasing and killing, and the Wu army was completely slaughtered at this moment!

At the same time, about 10,000 elites of the first army of the Wei army climbed the river bank and marched rapidly in the direction of Xiakou, Xiakou was actually a new city, and it was a complete military fortress, two years ago, Sun Jian in order to better defend Yangzhou, so in the northwest of the Yangtze River near Jianye built a military fortress, and named Xiakou.

Xiakou City is smaller than the county-level city, with two city walls, located on the abrupt platform in the plain terrain, and looks very majestic and solid from a distance.

At this time, there were still 10,000 Wu troops in Xiakou City, just like the 5,000 Wu troops that were defeated just now, they were all elites in the Wu army.

Thousands of Wei army vanguards pursued until Xiakou City before stopping, and at this time, the Wu army that fled into the city was only about a thousand people.

The vanguard of the Wei army lined up outside the city, but did not immediately attack the city, and after a while, the next 10,000 elite Wei troops arrived, and then the Wei army began to attack the city using rudimentary ladders.

The siege battle was extremely tragic at the beginning, the Wei army used a simple cloud ladder to launch wave after wave of attacks on Xiakou, the opponent's rolling stones and trees poured down like raindrops, and the Wei soldiers continued to fall in a pool of blood, but the momentum of the Wei soldiers did not weaken in the slightest, but became more and more amazing!

The Wei army rushed to the city several times, and under their fierce attacks at the expense of their lives, the Wu army, which had an absolute advantage in numbers, was beaten back one after another, but in the end, the results of the Wei army were wiped out under the opponent's crowd tactics.

The unusually fierce battle lasted for an hour, and at this time, Xiakou City was already crumbling.

The Wei army continued to storm Xiakou City with greater impact, while a commando team rushed under the city gates, placing more than a dozen huge canisters of fire oil against the city gates.

Then an earth-shattering bang rang out, and the flames soared into the sky, and smoke and debris flew all over the sky, mixed with the mutilated corpses of soldiers on both sides.

Before the smoke and dust dissipated, the elite of the Wei army, which had already been preparing for 3,000, rushed into Xiakou City through the large gap opened by the oil tank.

At this time, although the Wu army was already in turmoil, it still decided to resist under the encouragement of the general.

Soldiers from both sides engaged in brutal street battles in the city. There were roaring soldiers everywhere, blood was spilled everywhere, the Wei army shouted and waved the barrier knife and stepped on the corpses of the enemy and comrades to keep advancing, and the Wu army gritted its teeth and struggled to support.

Finally, the Wu army could no longer resist the indomitable offensive of the Wei army, and completely collapsed, and a quarter of an hour later, the Wei army occupied Xiakou, and less than 2,000 remnants of the Wu army escaped from the south gate. (To be continued.) )