Almost at the same time that Cao's army moved out of camp, Jiangdong's army also moved out.
Unlike Cao Jun who temporarily changed his mind and decided to send troops in advance, Jiangdong Army decided from the beginning to set off before the sun rose.
The reason is very simple. Cao Cao has many soldiers, and it is not easy to deploy troops in the dark. However, Jiangdong's army is not only small in number, but also elite, making it easier to mobilize.
In ancient times, there were not many lighting tools at night. The five-toothed ship was covered with torches and the speed was not fast.
From a distance, Cao Wu saw Jiangdong's army dispatching and sneered in his heart.
As the most powerful military strategist in the world, Zhou Yu would not miss the chance of a great battle in Sunny Day.
From the initial avoidance of war and guerrilla warfare, to the current ingenuity of both sides, Jiangdong Army, which was proactive from the beginning, was forced to become more and more passive step by step.
To the east is Xiakou, which cannot be retreated; to the west is Cao Jun, who cannot advance.
After repeated attempts to defeat Cao Jun, Jiangdong Army was finally cornered.
Cao's army will attack on a clear day, and Zhou Yu must fight.
Even if Yinyu helped Jiangdong's army delay time, and the east gave Jiangdong's army the advantage of charging, there were still fewer people. Once they met on a narrow road, wouldn't the two armies compete for strength?
In this decisive battle, Zhuge Liang's tactics were very simple, and they were the result of discussions between Xun You, Cheng Yu, and Jia Xu, the smartest minds in the world.
Zhuge Liang divided the generals into several rows, and rows of warships set sail.
Viewed from the surface of the river, Cao Jun is in the shape of a "Tu", with the Five-Toothed Ship being the prominent point, while other warships form the character "one" one after another, lying behind the Five-Toothed Ship, and each row is Longer than the previous row.
When the two armies come into contact, rows of battleships will form a layer-by-layer crescent shape, pressing up from both sides, thereby achieving a siege effect.
The Jiangdong Army is in the shape of "tong". The Jiangdong Army's main formation forms a front and arrow formation. Zhou Yu's governor's flag is flying behind the front and arrow formation. Finally, Liu Bei's army lies behind, ready to fill the position at any time.
Zhou Yu is in charge of the central army, and his commanding ability can be brought into full play.
The two armies set off almost at the same time, but because Jiangdong had fewer ships and a favorable east wind, the ships were faster.
Zhuge Liang stood on the building ship and saw the formation of Jiangdong's army. He decisively implemented his strategy and asked the soldiers to beat the war drums.
Because there was a headwind, the three five-toothed ships hung half of their sails diagonally. When they heard the drumming again, the sails began to unfurl.
In the darkness before dawn, the five-toothed ship looked like a terrifying giant beast with a dark shadow, directly pressing against Jiangdong Army.
Lu Meng was dressed in white, and his ship was at the forefront of the Jiangdong Army's front line.
As Cao Wu guessed, Jiangdong's four generals were dead and wounded, and only he could serve as the vanguard.
With more than 10,000 people fighting against hundreds of thousands of Cao's troops, this was a life-and-death war. All Jiangdong's troops left home letters after having dinner in the morning.
The mourning soldiers must win, and the Jiangdong Army is also a mourning army. For the sake of Xiakou City in the distance and for the sake of the six Jiangdong counties, they have no room to retreat.
Lu Meng drew his sword and pointed at the Five-Tooth Ship in the distance. He closed one eye and estimated the distance between the two sides.
"boom!"
"boom!"
The trebuchet on the Five Tooth Ship has already been activated.
These days, Jiangdong Army has gradually mastered the skills to fight against the five-toothed ship trebuchet. That is, the opponent's stone throwing speed is too slow, and the ship's speed can be adjusted between stone throwing to dodge.
It's just that now Jiangdong's entire army is charging, and the density of ships is too high. Some ships are always hit, causing casualties.
Lu Meng did not dodge, but still stood on the bow of the boat.
With a "swish" sound, an arrow half the length of a man rushed towards him. The soldiers nearby were already prepared and formed a shield formation to block the arrow.
The arrow was stuck in the strong shield, and its tail feathers were still trembling.
"Throw stones, crossbows, what else, come again!"
Lu Meng licked his lips and shouted: "Fire the arrow!"
Sooner or later, the entire Jiangdong Army's front line fired arrows in unison, shooting at the five-toothed ship like locusts.
But there were bunkers everywhere on the Wuya big ship, and there were no casualties at all.
Cao Wu stood at the highest point of the general platform and saw the Lü Meng flag hanging by the opponent. He felt a little relieved and asked Xu Chu to give the order. The three five-tooth ships rammed into the enemy at the fastest speed.
With the hardness of the bow of the five-tooth ship, even if the wind is against it, it is not afraid of colliding with the opponent.
He must use the five-toothed ship to crush Zhou Yu's flagship before the east wind gets stronger.
At this moment, behind the sharp arrow formation, the color of the flag on the Jiangdong Army flagship that Cao Wu had been staring at changed.
After this, a total of four large ships on Lü Meng's left and right sides suddenly changed their sail direction.
The sailors on the flat boats suddenly turned the helm and the ship turned sharply. The four flat boats unexpectedly changed from charging vertically to running horizontally in the river.
Lu Meng's ship lowered its sails, slowed down, and fell behind.
Cao Wu saw clearly. While he admired Jiangdong Army's commanding ability and ship control skills, he also instantly understood the enemy's intentions.
Those four large ships were used for reimbursement. He had seen that there were basically no soldiers on the four ships, only some sailors.
Their mission is to block the five-toothed ship and allow other small ships to go around and attack other ships.
He waited quietly at the bow of the ship for Zhuge Liang's order.
Zhuge Liang, who was following him, heard the sound of drums from the boat. The drums sounded clearly, and the order given was still - charge!
The three five-toothed ships kept moving forward and rammed straight towards the building ship.
"Boom!"
The huge crash shook the eardrums of everyone nearby.
The Five-Toothed Ship is so powerful that if an ordinary small ship collides with it, it will be broken like a small sampan. Even if a huge building ship collides with it, the hole will be broken.
However, in this collision, the Jiangdong Tower ship that was hit was not damaged at all.
Cao Wu immediately understood that the opponent's ship was specially reinforced.
"You have prepared a lot for this battle!"
Cao Wu snorted coldly and ordered the powerful crossbows on the Five-Tooth Ship to shoot at the sails of the building ships. As long as the canvas was shot down, the building ships would be washed away by the river and would no longer block his way.
But at this moment, Lu Meng, who was hidden behind four buildings and ships, suddenly raised his sword and shouted: "Light the fire!"
Dozens of sailors jumped out from nowhere on the four building boats. They were all good at stirring up wind in the waves. They walked steadily on the swaying building boats. Each of them carried vegetable oil and poured it on the five-toothed ship.
The ship's side was higher than that of the large ship. However, the sailors on the other side were all very strong and they were obviously carefully selected. Barrels of oil were poured onto the ship.
Now, even the silly Xu Chu could tell that something was wrong.
All the opponent's methods seemed to be aimed at their five-toothed ship, with the purpose of destroying the three ships.
However, Cao Wu was calm and ordered the soldiers on the ship to form a formation and form a shield array.
He has already studied the word "fire attack" thoroughly. If this Chibi battlefield can spark a little spark, wouldn't it be that he has been preparing for it all these years?
Sure enough, the opponent's torches and rockets could not reach the Five Tooth Ship at all. On the contrary, the enemy sailors were shot by powerful crossbows and did not dare to raise their heads.
At this time, the two wings of Jiangdong Army's forward formation had already encountered Cao Jun in the first row.
Here, Cao Jun, Le Jin is on the left and Xu Huang is on the right. The two ordered their fleets to rush forward, but Jiangdong Army had a new trick.
Under the command of Zhou Yu's flagship, the two wings of the sharp arrow array fired arrows one after another when they were within an arrow's reach of the enemy.
The wind assisted the arrows, and their shooting distance was farther than Cao's army. Many Cao's soldiers were hit by arrows. However, when Cao's army fired, they retreated and did not engage with Cao's army.
This is when Jiangdong Army took full advantage of its naval technology and beat the warships like light cavalry, shooting without rushing into the formation.
Xu Huang was furious and Le Jin frowned, but Zhuge Liang remained unmoved.
So far, he has only issued one military order, which is to charge forward!
I have many soldiers, no matter how many strategies you have, as long as my formation remains stable, I can crush them!
