Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 45
From Xiang County to Dongting, it takes only two hours by water.

The imperial army has almost reached the mouth of the Xiangjiang River.At this time, Xu Shu issued an order to let the fleet dock and prepare to set up camp.

"Why camp at this time?" Xing Daorong was quite puzzled.

If it wasn't for being intimidated by Xu Shu's power, if the suppression of the bandits failed, he would not be able to get rid of the responsibility, so he could only say: "We should catch the water bandits by surprise while our morale is high."

Xu Shu smiled lightly, "How do you know that the other party was caught off guard? I'm afraid Huang Zu received the news as soon as we left Xiang County!"

"You mean there are spies among us?" Xing Daorong disagreed.

"I don't know if there are any spies, but the other party must have a lot of eyeliners in Xiang County. We have made such a big noise, if Huang Zu didn't know about it, then he might have died countless times."

When the army set up camp, Cheng Huang arrived with 180 warships.Due to the large size of the battleship, the package cannot be received due to system restrictions.

Fortunately, many sailors were surrendered in the last battle.Along the way, we arrived at the camp safely without being attacked by water bandits.

With these 180 warships, the imperial army immediately changed their guns.The soldiers' fighting spirit was also ignited.Even Xing Daorong was very happy, and he was no longer so critical of Cheng Huang.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Cheng Huang, Xu Shu, Ma Liang, and Wang Ping were studying tactics around a battle map.

The map is drawn according to the dictation of several water bandits who surrendered, and the approximate strength of each island and each water village is clearly marked.

The so-called know yourself and the enemy, and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles. Understanding the enemy is a must.

It is better to say that it is to study tactics than to listen to Xu Shu's narration.

While several people were discussing, a spy rushed in.

"Report to the general, there are a large number of warships on the river ten miles ahead, and they are heading towards our camp."

"So fast," everyone's expressions changed except for Xu Shu.

"Hehe, it seems that the water bandits can't wait! This first battle is related to our morale. The so-called victory in battle, victory in battle, beat the water bandits first." Xu Shu looked confident.

Cheng Huang's heart relaxed, with a super-class adviser, he should be able to deal with the water bandits!
"We only need this, this." Then, Xu Shu began to assign tasks.

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Huang Zu and the village owners stood on the deck of a large boat, looking at the rolling water of the Xiangjiang River, talking and laughing happily.

According to their intelligence, the court's bandit suppression army this time only has 3 people, and there are very few warships that can really go to the battlefield.There are also fishing boats in it.

Of course, Huang Zu would not tell others that this was the retreat of the bandit suppressing army deliberately dragged by his inner circle in Changsha.

Huang Zu squinted his eyes, he really didn't know what to do if such an army with insufficient equipment dared to come and exterminate him.

Therefore, he led the soldiers and horses of the eighteen villages in Dongting, intending to meet them head-on, and give the imperial court's bandit suppression army a blow.

"Look, the imperial army is coming." One of the village owners pointed to the distant river and shouted.

All the village owners turned their heads to look, and there was indeed a fleet of ships approaching on the river.

"Haha..." When he saw the approaching ship clearly, he couldn't help laughing.

"Mom! This is the imperial court's bandit suppression army, it's so funny."

"My God, is the court so poor? What did I see? Bamboo rafts, haha... fighting with bamboo rafts, haha..."

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On the surface of the river, there are densely packed bamboo rafts, about a thousand, going down the current, rushing towards the warships of the water bandits.

"Shut up," Huang Zu yelled, "Don't you think there is something wrong? No matter how poor the imperial court is, they will not use bamboo rafts to deal with us. You see, there are only a few soldiers on the bamboo rafts. There must be fraud "

Wu Xunhua twitched her lips, "What's the trick, the bamboo raft will fall apart when we hit it, and it might be a threat."

Huang Zu ignored Wu Xunhua, instead he turned his head to a man who was frowning and said: "Master Su, look what tricks the enemy is playing."

This man's name is Su Fei, the owner of the Su family village in the eighteen villages, and a rare strategist in the eighteen villages.

Su Fei rubbed his chin, "I don't know what the trick is, but there will be an answer soon, look, they are here."

Huang Zu turned his head to look, and sure enough, there were many warships approaching on the river.At this time, the bamboo raft was less than a hundred meters away from them.

"Pass down the order, as soon as the bamboo raft approaches, immediately shoot and kill the officers and soldiers on the bamboo raft." At the critical moment, Huang Zu showed super adaptability.

Soon, rows of bamboo rafts were within range of the water bandits.

"Shoot," followed a burst of shouts, and the water bandits' sharp arrows shot towards the officers and soldiers on the bamboo raft like raindrops.

Before the arrows could arrive, the officers and soldiers on the bamboo rafts jumped into the river one after another and hid under the bamboo rafts. The water bandits' first round of arrow rain failed.

At this time, the army of bamboo rafts had already collided with the fleet of pirates, and without accident, the bamboo rafts were smashed apart in an instant.

However, the warships of the water bandits also stopped advancing, and some even kept retreating.

"What's going on?" All the village masters immediately felt that something was wrong.

"Quickly check, what's the reason?" Huang Zu had already discovered the reason just as he was about to issue the order.

It turned out that the officers and soldiers connected the bamboo rafts together with thick hemp ropes.Although the bamboo raft is scattered, the hemp rope is still connected.Under the action of the water flow, these bamboo rafts connected by hemp ropes were put on the battlefield of the water bandits.

You know, there are more than 1000 bamboo rafts!Hundreds of ships were connected together and put on the water bandit ship, and the water bandit ship was passively connected together.

This is going upstream, not to mention mobility, it is very difficult to move forward.

"Hurry up, cut the hemp rope quickly," Huang Zu ordered immediately.

But at this time, the fleet of officers and soldiers has gone smoothly and arrived not far away.

I saw that the officers and soldiers on the warship were full of soldiers who had already raised their bows and arrows.

"Dong dong dong dong..."

The rapid sound of war drums sounded, covering the sound of the main bowstring being pulled.

The sharp swords of the officers and soldiers poured down on the boat of the water bandits like a storm.

At the same time, the water bandits immediately raised their arrows to fight back.

The battle to suppress bandits has begun!

This is a contest between archers from both sides. Just after the first round of arrow rain, many people from both sides fell down.

The water bandits rushed to fight, and the boat was entangled by the bamboo raft again, unable to move, and completely passed the target.

The officers and soldiers waited for work with ease, and their morale was high.

With one touch, the judgment is judged.

However, this was the beginning of the misfortune of the water pirates.

As time passed, a pirate ship sank toward the bottom of the river.

It turned out that after the officers and soldiers on the bamboo raft jumped into the water, under the cover of the bamboo raft, they came to the bottom of the pirate boat and began to chisel the bottom of the pirate boat with the prepared chisels.

Numerous holes were dug out for the pirate boat, and the river water poured in, so that it gradually sank.

In fact, the drums and archers of the officers and soldiers are just to cover up the sound of chiseling the ship. The real killer move is the officers and soldiers at the bottom of the water.

(End of this chapter)