There were two small boats in Jiangdong, led by one named Ling Tong and the other named Lu Meng.
Zhou Yu commanded the Jiangdong navy and struggled with the Jiangxia navy all morning. Although he had the upper hand, there was really nothing he could do against the hedgehog formation commanded by Chen Ju.
After two days of observation, Zhou Yu has also figured out the defensive routine of Jiangxia Navy.
The first level is the defensive city on the cliff along the river. This is the first step to reduce the speed of Jiangdong's ships and weaken the combat power of Jiangdong's army.
There is really nothing Zhou Yu can do with these city gates. If he sends more attacking ships, there is always the possibility of being hit by stones thrown from the city walls along the river. However, if he sends few attacking ships, he will not be able to attack the Jiangxia navy. pose a substantial threat.
The second level is the hedgehog formation of Jiangxia Navy on the opposite side.
With two Mengchong warships as the core, one on the left and one on the left, echoing each other, no matter which direction the Jiangdong navy attacks from, they will face attacks from the two Mengchong warships and most small boats, making it difficult to break through for a while.
These two layers of defense systems complement each other. Zhou Yu believes that if we continue to fight like this head-on, although the energy consumption of the opponent will be exhausted, the casualties on our own side will also be somewhat unacceptable.
Zhou Yu didn't want to continue to waste time with Chen like this.
Defeating Jiangxia's navy was not Zhou Yu's goal. Zhou Yu's goal was to occupy Jiangxia's city. If possible, Zhou Yu would also like to take over Jiangxia County.
Therefore, if you struggle with the Jiangxia navy here, resulting in excessive losses and insufficient troops to attack the city later, well, you will inevitably repeat the mistakes of the previous attack on Jiangxia, and you will get nothing except a little money and food. .
So Zhou Yu called in two powerful generals, Ling Tong and Lu Meng.
This was the old wisdom behind killing Zhang Shuo before going on the road, so Ling Tong and Lu Meng led their troops to directly attack the center of the Jiangxia navy and kill Chen Jiu.
Let Ling Tong and Lu Meng each lead a small boat. The small boat was not full of people, only fifty or sixty elite soldiers.
Such a ship is light, fast, and has a small target. It is not easy to be hit by stones thrown by the city along the river on the wide river surface. Well, if it is really hit, then Zhou Yu can only accept his fate. I'm so unlucky.
Secondly, two small boats loaded with elite troops broke through the defenses of the Jiangxia navy and headed straight for the two Mengchong warships, causing chaos among the two Mengchong warships.
It would be best if Chen could be killed. If not, the two Mengchong ships of the Jiangxia Navy should be prevented from responding to each other, creating conditions for Zhou Yu to command the Jiangdong Navy to defeat them one by one.
It was for this reason that Ling Tong killed Zhang Shuo at the beginning and finally escaped unharmed.
Now, Ling Tong and Lu Meng were executing the first half of the plan quite smoothly, breaking through the interception of Jiangxia Navy, breaking into Meng Chong's ship, throwing out the hook lock and starting to climb.
At this time, Chen Jiu's reaction was similar to that of Zhang Shuo. He really didn't think that these Jiangdong soldiers who broke in could pose much of a threat to him.
Ling Tong was the lucky boy. When he and Lu Meng each chose a ship, they actually chose Chen Jiu's flagship by chance. After boarding the bow, Ling Tong followed his previous routine and headed towards the commander-in-chief of his banner. Just one arrow.
Last time, Ling Tong used this unexpected method to kill Zhang Shuo, leaving Jiangxia's navy without a command. In the end, he was able to retreat safely with three small boats.
But this time, the arrow shot by Ling Tong was nailed to a long sign.
Chen Jiu didn't actually react, nor could Chen Jiu's soldiers, but Wei Yan did.
Although Wei Yan's face was pale from vomiting and his hands and feet were a little weak, his keen sense of the battlefield was still there, and he had been Liu Bei's guard for many years, so he was naturally wary of enemies approaching the general.
As soon as he saw someone boarding the boat, Wei Yan immediately commanded his guards to get in front of Chen Jiu. With such a quick move, he finally blocked the arrow shot by Ling Tong.
Chen was frightened by the arrow, but then he became furious when he realized that he was fine.
Letting the enemy soldiers charge into the Chinese army didn't count, but he almost killed himself as the commander, so Chen could not be angry or afraid.
Chen Jiu immediately ordered his soldiers to come forward and be sure to surround and kill Ling Tong as soon as possible. They must not let Ling Tong and the soldiers he led escape.
But as a young general, Ling Tong was valued by Zhou Yu. How could this be possible if he didn't have some real ability?
What's more, after Ling Tongyi failed to hit, he had no intention of giving up the attack. Instead, he immediately gathered the elite soldiers who climbed onto the ship to form a military formation. Facing Chen Jiu's soldiers, they actually continued to fight without retreating at all, and even There was a vague intention of killing Chen Jiu's personal soldiers.
Chen immediately lost his temper and wanted to retreat.
Although it is said that a general will inevitably die on the battlefield, it is better not to die. If even his own soldiers could not stop these Jiangdong troops from boarding the ship, Chen was really worried that he would die on the ship on the spot.
But Chen couldn't run away in the end.
It wasn't that he didn't want to run away, but that Wei Yan wouldn't let him run away.
Although Wei Yan was vomiting all sorts of things, he could still control himself when facing Chen Jiu, who was not known for his martial arts skills.
Moreover, Wei Yan was full of confidence in the three guards he brought.
Although we are not on land now, and the water is somewhat bumpy, a large Mengchong ship is always more stable than a small ship. The combat power will be reduced, but it should not be a big problem.
The most important thing is that he has three things in his hand, and there are more than 30 people, but the enemy troops on the opposite side who climbed onto the boat are only more than 30 people at a ratio of one to one. Even if Cao's army comes, he has to get down.
Although Wei Yan and Zhang Xi may not like each other, they really like and have enough confidence in the soldiers trained by Zhang Xi.
In this situation where the situation was clearly dominant, Chen, as the commander of the naval forces, didn't even have the courage to do so and still wanted to run away? !
Wei Yan did not explain too much to Chen, but directly waved his hand and asked the guards to come forward and fight with the Jiangdong elite led by Ling Tong.
Needless to say, the combat effectiveness of Jiangdong Navy is indeed powerful.
But what about the hand-to-hand combat ability of Jiangdong Navy? You can't say it's bad, but you can't say it's good either.
If the battle were to be fought on a ship that rocked heavily like a small boat, Wei Yan's guards might be broken. After all, if they were not familiar with water warfare, they would not be able to stand firmly on the ship, so how could they fight the enemy desperately?
But if it is a big ship like Meng Chong, even if Ling Tong is leading an elite ship, even if it is a home battle on the water, Ling Tong feels a little unable to handle it.
Wei Yan was also surprised. He had underestimated the impact of surface warfare on the army.
If this were on land, with the so-called elite hand-to-hand combat capabilities of Jiangdong Army, Wei Yan would have been able to command the guards to kill Ling Tong's army.
But on the water, even the Zhangxi Guards who had practiced the Yuanyang Formation could not exert much combat effectiveness on the bumpy and swaying warship. They only suppressed Jiangdong's soldiers, but could not break through their formation and cause much effective damage.
Wei Yan felt a little embarrassed. He wanted to go forward and fight the enemy general with his own sword, but his physical condition did not allow it. At this moment, Wei Yan could not even lift the sword.
But fortunately, Chen finally calmed down at this time.
Chen saw that the enemy general's soldiers were blocked, and he was temporarily out of danger. This showed his qualities as a navy commander.
Since the enemy's attack was blocked from the front, Chen immediately ordered his trusted troops to move around and attack the soldiers led by Ling Tong from the flank.
Ling Tong originally had a hard time defending the guards commanded by Wei Yan from the front. As soon as he saw Chen, he ordered his soldiers to flank him. He knew instantly that it was not good. If he hesitated, he might be blamed here.
Immediately, he let out a long roar, then turned around and jumped into the boat with his soldiers. Jiangdong Elite's water skills were not to mention, and he swam back to his boat in a short time, and then began to fight back.
At this time, Chen Jiu did not order his soldiers to pursue him, because Zhou Yu had already sent out naval forces to attack, and the soldiers on the other Mengchong battleship were still in a state of confusion.
Chen was here with Wei Yan helping him block an arrow and repelling Ling Tong's attack. The soldiers who rushed up from another ship did not have such a good fate.
After Lü Meng boarded the ship, he simply killed everyone in all directions. The soldiers on Meng Chong's ship were so frightened that some of them jumped off the ship to survive.
Now that Ling Tong had retreated, Lu Meng also began to retreat in order to avoid being surrounded, but the connection between the two Mengchong battleships had been briefly severed.
At this time, Zhou Yu seized the opportunity and divided his troops into two groups. One group was commanded by himself, entangled with a Mengchong battleship commanded by Chen Ju and the boats around him, while the other group was led by another old friend of Jiang Xia. , the naval force led by Gan Ning began to fiercely attack Jiangxia boats, which temporarily lost Meng Chong as the core.
Chen Jiu was angry and anxious, but the connection between Meng Chong and Meng Chong was cut off. He could not distract the two directions of command in a short time. He could only direct the navy to fight Zhou Yu's navy wholeheartedly.
Of course, Chen Ju is indeed ruthless and has the decisiveness of a qualified navy general.
Seeing that he was being attacked from two sides, he could not be distracted from his command. He gave the order immediately and decisively, abandoning the other Mengchong battleship and letting other small ships get as close to him as possible. With Shan Mengchong as the core, he still built a defensive formation.
But without the response of another Mengchong battleship, this time Chen could only fight Zhou Yu head-on, and the losses were greater than before.
As for Zhou Yu, he would not foolishly fight for casualties with Chen Jiu.
As soon as he saw that Gan Ning had dispersed the Jiangxia navy and took control of Meng Chong, who had been abandoned by Chen Ju, Zhou Yu directly waved his command flag and asked Gan Ning to lead the ship to retreat while he took charge of the rear.
Without the two Mengchong warships responding to each other, there was only one Mengchong warship, Chen Jiu, which was no longer a threat in Zhou Yu's eyes.
As long as he waits a few days and rearranges his attack formation, Zhou Yu is confident that he can completely defeat the Jiangxia navy in one battle and then march straight into the hinterland of Jiangxia.
(End of chapter)
