The night was dark and windy, and the wind was like a boning knife blowing on Huang Zhong's face.
But at this time, he couldn't feel the slightest chill, because in front of him was the blazing fire of his own warship.
Not only that, the howling southeast wind seemed to be worried that the fire was not strong enough and was blowing the coalition warships like fire dragons.
Huang Zhong stood on the bow of the ship, holding his head high and watching the soldiers around him throwing bags of saltpeter, charcoal and realgar into the Lulin warship, feeling infinitely heroic.
It's a sunny day today. It's time to defeat the enemy and leave a name.
From the southeast wind, to tricking the water village gate open, to the pairs of connected boats that came into view after entering, all of this showed that this battle was destined to leave its mark in history.
Huang is not talented enough to carry this big banner.
However, he didn't feel complacent for long before he realized something was wrong.
"General Huang, why didn't their ship catch fire?" Ding Feng, who was standing next to Huang Zhong, was dumbfounded.
It was obviously a wooden hull, the fire was blown by the southeast wind, and so much charcoal and saltpeter was thrown at it, how could it not react?
And that's not all that's wrong.
They discovered that a pile of bonfires were lit in a line on the originally dark slope of the shore. The flames jumped more than ten feet high, and the flames shot into the sky.
"What's going on? What's going on?" Ding Feng panicked. The script at the beginning was good, but now he didn't follow the routine.
"There is no turning back when you open your bow. Brothers, kill me on the water village as planned and open the gate to meet Cai Hao!" As soon as Huang Zhong finished speaking, a dense rain of arrows had already been shot from the dark shore, and the arrows pierced the hull of the ship. There was a dull sound of "dong dong", and many soldiers were killed by arrows when they jumped into the water after hearing the order.
When Ding Feng saw this, he didn't care that the warship had not been burned down according to Xun You and Zhuge Liang's statement. Now that it was here, the only way to fight was to fight, maybe he could save a piece of the sky, so he immediately jumped off with his spear. The water is ready to be waded ashore.
Huang Zhong on the boat was not idle either. He was injured and could not fight closely, so he took out the three bundles of arrows he had prepared and started his personal show.
I saw him drawing an arrow, setting up the bow, and releasing the string in one go. Although ordinary people could not see the position of the crossbowman on the shore due to the conflict between light and dark light, but any natural marksman would not have eyesight that is different from ordinary people, or he would be so bad. Under the conditions, his arrows were all right.
But compared with the soldiers killed by the rain of arrows from the sky, no matter how fast he was, every arrow he killed was just a drop in the bucket.
Ding Feng, who had just jumped into the water and just swam to the shore, was about to show off his skills and lead his soldiers to fight towards the water village. However, many people were stabbed with spears in the hands of the Lu Linjun who came over just as they emerged from the cold river water. Turned over.
Ding Feng himself relied on his amazing reflexes to dodge several times and finally managed to land ashore. But when he came up and saw it, his heart went cold. Lu Lin's army was everywhere visible to the naked eye. They were holding long spears and stabbing underwater excitedly. , once stabbed, don’t forget to drag it up to see what military rank it is. It’s as happy as opening a blind box.
What about Lu Lin's army, which was burned by the promised fire, and panicked, abandoning his armor?
You obviously laid an ambush here early in the morning, right?
Ding Feng's heart was as cold as the river. There were not many soldiers who washed ashore. Many of them were drowned by Lu Lin's army before they even had time to wave their weapons.
Even if Jiangdong Junjie is a rising star, it will be useless to use the spear dance to show his strength in this sea of people. There are too many people, they are standing on the water, and they can't kill them all. They can't kill them all.
As the bonfire made of firewood and charcoal mixed in a line on the shore burned to its peak, everything on the shore was illuminated, and three neat teams of crossbowmen were clearly visible. There were no less than three thousand people in the formation. People.
"General, general, please hide in the cabin quickly. The arrow rain is too dense. If we continue to stay here, we will be shot to death!" The crossbowmen following Huang Zhong howled desperately.
It's over now, everything is over, the warship has been crashed, they can't get out, they can't get to the shore, there is only a dead end.
Huang Zhong continued to fire arrows without fear, and said solemnly: "Huang practiced archery at the age of seven. At the age of twelve, he could kill a wolf at fifty paces. He could pierce a wolf at a hundred paces with one hand. There is no one in the world who can defeat him. I am the only one who can shoot people. How can anyone else shoot at them?" I!"
Poof.
As soon as he finished speaking, an arrow pierced his arm without any bias.
Ah, I really didn’t want to say these things. Huang Zhong took two steps back in pain, staring at the arrow on his left arm with scarlet eyes, and even endured the severe pain and cursed: "How can it be like this?"
Pfft~
Another arrow struck him in the thigh.
"General, hurry up, shield bearer!" the captain roared, but everyone knew that such shouting was meaningless at all. They were here for a sneak attack, where did the shield bearer come from?
Seeing that there were only a few people around, the captain could only drag Huang Zhong backwards to hide in the cabin.
"Hel me up!"
Huang Zhong was so tough that he couldn't stand firm with two arrows in his body, but still refused to retreat. He endured the severe pain and raised the bow tremblingly with his left hand, then picked up the arrow with his right hand and shot again.
"Han Sheng, let me take you on your way." At some point, Huang Zu had already appeared in the queue of crossbowmen on the river bank.
Through the firelight of the warship, he saw clearly Huang Zhong who was shot by two arrows but refused to retreat, and he admired him in his heart.
If possible, he certainly hoped that Huang Zhong could survive, but when he chose the bitter trick, he dared to mention his relationship with Wei Yan in the letter. From that moment on, the past relationship disappeared.
All Huang Zu could do was send Huang Zhong on his way. He took the bow and arrow from the soldiers on the side and aimed at Huang Zhong.
Whoosh~
This arrow shot straight through Huang Zhong's throat. Huang Zhong straightened up, and the captain's screams became smaller and smaller until they disappeared. His unwilling eyes did not close.
But Huang Zhong was not alone. Almost at the same time, Ding Feng, who had been stabbed with one knife and two spears, was also stabbed through the body by the rebels. Blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, "My lord, the last general has taken the lead."
The horse walking path of the water village was also in chaos at this time. The sounds of fighting, the clash of swords and the sounds of wailing swept together. Wei Yan looked at the scene in front of him and said with the corner of his mouth, "Pull up the water gate!"
"Here!"
One force was defeated by another force, and then, several water gates slowly opened.
In the distance, on a building boat hidden under the night, Zhang Yun was gearing up excitedly, "Hahaha, Degui, did you see it? The water gate has been opened. You can give orders. Time waits for no one!"
Cai Hao chuckled, "Tonight is your chance to make some achievements, please pass on the order."
Cai Mao is not blind, so what is the sky full of flowers but the burning of the serial boat?
The people on the water village walking path were so frightened that they backed away, and the water gate was opened again. Who else could it be if it wasn't Huang Zhong and Ding Feng?
The two of them are so majestic tonight. Not only can they become famous all over the world in one battle, but they will also be looked up to by people thousands of years later.
However, Cai Mao is not envious. In his opinion, everyone has a different division of labor. Fighting bravely and fighting in battle is what people like Huang Zhong and Ding Feng do. As the most powerful among the four major families in Jingzhou, The head of the family, as long as he is a man who can make Jingzhou earthquake, command the soldiers.
Just look at when Cao Cao has fought with others.
When Cai Mao's military order was issued, the officers and men of each ship immediately used torches to convey the order. There was no way, even if torches were lit around the flag soldiers at night, there would be miscalculations.
It would be much more convenient to use torch signals to convey orders.
The attack signal was given, and ten large ships rushed forward together. Thousands of large and small ships, red horses, sea swans, and fighting ships rushed in towards the open water gate.
After all, things must be in chaos now, and it is crucial to seize the opportunity and make meritorious deeds. Many people are pointing to the fact that if they can become a military prince after this battle, they must become a centurion again.
A coalition red horse boat took off and arrived at the battlefield first, but the scene in front of him made him feel confused.
The imaginary burning ship did not appear. The firelight was caused by the burning of firewood on the shore, and there was no fighting on the shore. Instead, there was a group of crossbowmen looking greedily like wolves staring at their prey. Watching them.
"Are we being lied to?"
"It looks good."
The team leaders on the boat looked at this scene in a daze, but strangely, the people on the shore did not fire arrows at them.
"Quick, get out, get out! Don't let them come in again!" The team leader didn't know what happened. He only knew that the scene in front of him was completely different from what he expected. There must be a scam here, so running quickly is the best strategy. .
As they turned the boat around, they shouted hysterically: "Run away, run away!"
It's useless, it's useless at all. The river wind is howling, and every warship is shouting the kill command to boost morale. No one can hear their shouts.
They wanted to use torches to send orders, but a small boat like his was not qualified to give orders. In addition, the mission was to rush and kill, and there were no torches. As a result, they had just turned around and collided with their own ship before sailing out.
"Crazy, you dare to go against the grain!"
Before the team leader could explain, this person had already begun to curse. You are hindering us from earning military merit!
When everyone is rushing forward like crazy with this thing, once there is an obstacle, the ones behind will hit them one after another, and they will yell at each other one after another. At the same time, they do not forget to adjust their position and continue to move forward.
The team leader was in despair, his retreat was blocked, and it was useless no matter how loud he shouted.
By the time more and more people realized that something was wrong, a lot of warships were already congested on the river.
"Quick! Send the order quickly, something is wrong, something is wrong!" The captain of the leading building ship noticed the abnormality of the situation from a distance because he was standing high.
At first he wanted to scold those soldiers for driving the boat, but now he knew what was going on. Fortunately, ships like his were equipped with flag soldiers and messenger torches, and the messengers immediately waved the torches crazily.
"It's exactly as Sikong expected. Let's do it." Huang Zu, who was standing on the shore, looked calmly at the scene in front of him, but there was already a storm in his heart.
Unexpectedly, such an elite Jingzhou navy under Cai Mao would be defeated in such a ridiculous way.
Just imagine, if it wasn't because Liu Bei insisted on letting Sun Ce go and forced himself to defect to Lu Lin, the people in the encirclement today would probably have their share.
From this perspective, he even wanted to say thank you to Liu Bei in person.
Of course, not all the coalition warships poured in at this time. After all, there were thousands of warships, ranging in size. Some ships could not move faster, such as the building ships, whose hulls were just big enough to pass. It's just a water gate. If it blocks it, other ships won't be able to move.
"Quick! Stop the boat!"
Cai Hao, who was just at the water gate, looked at the torch flags in front of him, which clearly meant a full withdrawal, and couldn't help but murmured: "What happened?"
Before he could figure out what was going on, the thrower on the shore made a creaking sound, and the ignited kerosene jars smashed towards the crowded warships like meteors.
Boom!
A jar of kerosene was smashed open on the warship in the center, and the splash of kerosene instantly ignited the surrounding area.
The accuracy of the thrower is relatively poor, and it will be more difficult to adjust. This is why Zhuge Liang and the others had a chance to escape when the straw boat borrowed arrows.
But the situation is different now. These warships are all jammed together, which is worse than the serial ship. Jars of kerosene exploded on the warships, and the unlucky soldiers were splashed with kerosene. Then he let out an ear-piercing scream and hurriedly jumped into the river.
"Quick! Turn the ship around and leave quickly!" The soldiers shouted and instinctively hid in the cabin.
But this doesn't make any sense. The jar of kerosene is not an arrow, and the cabin cannot stop the fire from swallowing it up.
The most terrible thing is that when the boatman rowing under the boat hears the noise above, he will instinctively drop the oar and run up. Now he can't run away.
In just a moment, the place was already a sea of fire, and even the howling wind could not suppress the screams.
"Quick! Row back, go back, all go back, we are in a trap!" Cai Hao roared, the water gates on both sides had begun to close, and the warships who wanted to escape had no chance to leave. If he was even half a minute slower, Once inside and the village gate is closed, it's really all over.
Fortunately, the lower part of this floor boat is spacious enough, and it is designed to be rowed backwards.
"Fire the arrows, fire the arrows quickly!" Wei Yan had already run away, leaving only one captain on the horse trail in the water village directing the soldiers to fire thousands of arrows.
Fifty coalition warships rushed out from the shore, and Wei Yan was among them. The difference was that he was now wearing Cao Jun's battle armor, and he also had a bulging cloth bag around his waist.
Zhu Huan was also on board, and his attire was exactly the same as Wei Yan's.
They took the side entrance. This is the backup water gate. It is not open on weekdays and is used in emergencies. Fifty warships filed out and quickly followed Cai Mao's troops who had escaped from the water village. .
It was under night, and they suffered such a big defeat. No one would notice that they were mixed into such a team.
Fortunately, Lu Linjun's warships did not come to pursue him.
Of course it's not that they don't want to, but the concrete on the chain boats can protect their own warships. But the disadvantage is that it is difficult for their own warships to drive out, let alone a tonnage of a large ship.
At this time, Huang Zu was commanding the soldiers to collect the remaining troops, and at the same time, he was untying the iron chains so that the warships could be separated so that the building ships could sail out.
"She'er, follow me father, tomorrow will be a great day for us to make achievements." Huang Zu was very excited. After fighting for so many years, this was the first time he knew that he could play like this. Tonight was really an eye-opener. .
"Father, don't worry, this time, we must catch Sun Ce!"
(End of chapter)
