In Cao Cao's military formation, ships stretched for miles, pressing down like a long dragon.
As for the two wings of the arrow array, no matter how fast the ship was, it was not enough to advance or retreat.
Because no matter how wide the river is, it is only a few miles wide, and there is no way to enjoy it.
Therefore, when it was determined that Cao Jun was still pressing forward, Jiangdong Army's formation moved.
The entire formation of the word "同" moved at the same time.
Under the command of Zhou Yu's flagship, every Jiangdong ship, including Liu Bei's army, turned their direction. They changed the sail direction, and except for the Lü Meng fleet, which was entangled by the five-toothed ship, they all moved to the left.
Jiangdong's army attacked from south to north, with the upper reaches of the Yangtze River on the left. Now they were all full sail. With the help of the east wind blowing from right to left, they quickly completed the turn and went directly to the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.
In this way, Jiangdong's army, which had been at the lower reaches of the river, completed an exchange of geographical advantages with Cao's army.
Viewed from a high altitude, on the water of the Yangtze River, the characters "Tong" and "Tu" were facing each other and were about to collide, but they were staggered away from each other. Only Lu Meng's fleet was still blocking the five-toothed ship.
The Jiangdong Army with the word "Tong" took a turn, lowered its sail when it reached the upper reaches, and used the current to stab Cao Jun's formation diagonally, hit Cao Jun's right wing head-on, grabbed a point with the word "Tu" and pierced in. .
"Such a quick turn, it must have been rehearsed!"
On Zhuge Liang's boat, Xun You, who was sitting in the house and did not dare to go out to see the wind, but listened to the reports all the time, exclaimed in amazement.
When it comes to naval forces, Jiangdong Army is truly the best in the world.
Cheng Yu and Jia Xu also quickly thought of countermeasures.
Zhou Yu's move has surpassed the judgment of Xun You and others before the battle.
According to previous inferences, there are few soldiers in Jiangdong. Their chance of victory, apart from illusory fire attacks and other strange moves, is the only way to attack Cao Cao's flagship.
In a head-to-head confrontation, no matter how strong Jiangdong's army is, it will be exhausted by hundreds of thousands of people. However, if it attacks Cao's flagship, it will have the effect of winning by surprise.
In wars of this era, morale is the most important thing. As long as the flag with the word "Cao" falls down, regardless of whether Cao Cao is alive or dead, the Jiangdong Army will have won half the battle.
Therefore, Cao Wu, who was pretending to be Cao Cao, was on the Five Tooth Ship.
It seemed that the Five-Toothed Ship was at the front and the most dangerous, but on this battlefield composed of hundreds of thousands of people, there was no place that was stronger and better able to protect his life than the Five-Toothed Ship.
It is both safe and able to seduce the enemy. Putting Cao Cao's Chinese army banner on the five-toothed ship is the only way to attract the enemy's firepower.
The previous plan, using the Five-Tooth Ship as a guide, and all the troops forming a crescent formation to surround the Jiangdong Army, was based on this idea.
But no one expected that Zhou Yu only lost four large ships to trap the five-toothed ship, then abandoned the ship, changed direction, and attacked Cao's right wing.
It seems that they don't want to go straight to Cao Cao's flagship, but are preparing to confront Cao Cao's army head-on?
Cao Jun's navy is not well-trained, so it will definitely not be able to turn to Jiangdong Army like this. If it follows the turn in a hurry, the various fleets will not be coordinated, which will only disrupt the formation of the entire army, and it is likely to turn around. One's own ship will hit one's own people.
It's impossible to follow and turn, and it's impossible not to turn. If the other side cuts into their right wing like a sharp knife, then other ships that are not affected by Jiangdong's army can only continue to sail to the south bank of the Yangtze River if they don't turn, and cannot form a counter-attack against Jiangdong's army.
In this way, when Jiangdong's army defeats the right-wing Cao army in front of them, the sky is high and the birds can fly. They can make another turn and raid at any time, relying on the advantage of water warfare to firmly grasp the initiative.
In this way, even if Cao Jun wins, it will only be a miserable victory.
Before the three of them could figure out what to do, Zhuge Liang, who was standing outside on the bow of the boat, had already given the order.
Cao Jun still followed the original plan and charged in the shape of "tu", and then each line turned into a crescent shape to surround the enemy.
The only difference is that before, the entire Jiangdong Army was besieged, but now only Lu Meng's fleet is besieged.
Seeing Zhuge Liang's arrangement, the three counselors' eyes lit up at the same time and they affirmed Zhuge Liang's order.
After all, Cao's army is inferior to the enemy in training and communications, so sticking to the original plan is the best way.
According to the original plan, each department has already made clear its own strategy for this battle, knows what it is going to do, and will never make any big mistakes.
Neither following nor moving.
Facing the opponent's temporary changes, Zhuge Liang was able to remain calm in the face of danger and make prompt decisions, which made the three of them take a high look at him.
Zhuge Liang himself was not feeling well. His heart was beating at a high speed. Facing the bloody battlefield, every decision would be accompanied by death. The only difference was that more people died and less died.
Even if the decision is correct, there will be countless casualties.
He always observes the battlefield and prepares his next move.
Now, there are two battle points between the two armies. One is the Lü Meng fleet that was bitten by the five-tooth ship.
Four large ships blocked the big five-toothed ship, while Lu Meng's own large ships and some fast boats were responsible for harassing them.
Lu Meng himself saw Cao Jun's movement and immediately spat. Unexpectedly, he became the target of Cao Jun's encirclement and reinforcements.
Cao Cao had more soldiers and could quickly encircle him. However, with fewer soldiers in Jiangdong, he could not resist the encirclement and could only continue to dig in from Cao Jun's right flank.
However, Cao Jun had so many ships that by the time Jiangdong Army penetrated the right wing, he, Lü Meng, might have been dead long ago.
After understanding the battle situation, Lu Meng, one of the Four Heroes of Jiangdong, was determined to die. His fleet must complete the task of trapping three large five-tooth ships.
"chain!"
Following Lu Meng's roar, the four tower ships, his own tower ship, and the five ships each threw iron chains and tied them to each other.
The five building ships, like huge fishing nets, blocked the three five-toothed ships.
"You guys are really prepared!"
Cao Wu was speechless. For the first time since the battle, he had no plan to deal with the enemy.
The opponent's move to chain ships was simply disgusting. Although they themselves had no combat effectiveness, they successfully held back the five-toothed ship.
No matter how powerful the five-tooth ship is, after its momentum is blocked, it will not be able to hit the opponent's chain-linked ship. It can only engage in hand-to-hand combat to look for opportunities.
Xu Chu chuckled and cracked the knuckles of his hands.
"Xiao Wu, it's time for me to take action!"
After saying that, he selected two long knives from a pile of weapons and stuck them in his back, put a pair of short halberds on his waist, raised a pair of hammers, and shouted: "I'm going!"
Cao Wu hurried to stop him, but Lu Bu and Dian Wei were dead and Huang Zhong was old. No one in the world except Cao Cao could stop Hu Chi's charge in an infantry battle.
Xu Chu started running from the end of the deck of the Five-Tooth Ship and ran all the way to the bow. Taking advantage of the inertia of running, he jumped heavily onto the other side's ship and shouted: "Grandpa Xu Chu is here!"
His target is exactly those iron ropes!
The second point of engagement was the right wing of Cao's army, which was inserted obliquely by Jiangdong's army.
Xu Huang is the commander here, and he didn't feel comfortable being hit head-on.
He had already seen Jiangdong Army's clippers come and go with ease, but now that he was facing it again, he could not think of a way to counterattack other than using several ships to pile them up and use them to block the opponent.
In fact, the fleet led by Xu Huang alone numbered ten thousand people, but under the attack of Jiangdong's army, which also numbered ten thousand people, he had no confidence.
Fortunately, Zhuge Liang allowed the army to attack as planned in time, and a few rows of fleets behind the right wing immediately came to support with a steady stream of energy. In this way, as long as he holds back Jiangdong's army, when the right-wing army arrives, it will be impossible for Jiangdong's army to break through for a while.
If the fight is good and everyone works together, Jiangdong's army can be trapped to death.
If the fight is not good, it will just allow Jiang Dongjun to break through to rescue Lu Meng.
After several water battles, Xu Huang also became familiar with the routines of water battles. He held a mountain ax in hand and waited patiently for the opponent's fleet to approach. After preparing for the two sides to join forces, he immediately jumped in to attack the enemy.
However, what surprised him was that the other party's ship passed him at a very close distance, but did not attack his ship, but went straight downstream.
The same was true for the Jiangdong Army's clippers. Apart from shooting arrows at each other with his fleet, they had no intention of boarding the ship to fight.
Feeling that he was being ignored, Xu Huang couldn't help but became furious and ordered his men to intercept Jiangdong's army.
However, except for some of the Jiangdong Army's ships that were blocked, most of them were still shuttling between his fleets, rushing back by taking advantage of the current.
Xu Huang was not a brave man. When he looked back, he suddenly became alarmed.
It turns out that the target of Jiangdong's army was not his right wing from the beginning, but the command building of Cao's army hidden behind his right wing!
The target was the building ship flying the flags of Xun You, Cheng Yu, and Jia Xu.
The target of Jiangdong Army is not Cao Cao's flagship, but Zhuge Liang's building ship!
