The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 244 The Battle Begins

The north wind blows the ground and the white grass turns, and Hu Tian snows in August.

November in the north is already cold and windy, with snowflakes fluttering, but the south has not yet frozen.

Most of Cao Jun's soldiers are from the north, and they have long been accustomed to the cold climate, so sending troops to fight now has little effect on them.

Although Jingzhou also belongs to the south, it is somewhat different from Jiangdong.During the Three Kingdoms period, Jingzhou had a very large geographical span, including the current Hubei Province, Hunan Province, southern Henan Province, eastern Guizhou Province, northern Guangdong Province, and northeastern Guangxi Province. It was the state with the largest geographical area among the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, the climate in Jingzhou is quite different from the north to the south.In November of this winter, the temperature in Guiyang County, the southernmost part of Jingzhou, may still be over ten degrees, but now the temperature in Xiangfan, where Zhang Wu is located, has reached about zero degrees.

In the coldest winter in Hubei, temperatures below minus ten degrees Celsius occur, but that is very rare, and the temperature in winter is generally around zero degrees.Further south, the temperature in the Yangtze River Basin will be higher, so the Han River and the Yangtze River will not freeze in winter.

Although the temperature is not very low, the cold wind is very biting, and Jingzhou is also very humid in winter, which is not as cold and dry as in the north.Therefore, northerners are not used to it.

But this is a war that is bound to happen.If Cao Cao could not pacify Jingzhou, he would be even more unable to pacify Jiangdong, and he would not be able to realize his desire to unify the world, so Cao Cao must conquer Jingzhou.

And Zhang Wu finally achieved his current achievements, so of course he was unwilling to perish, so he had to rise up and resist. The south bank of the river was Xiangyang City, and he didn't even have a chance to take a step back.

As a result, Cao Cao's 20-strong army rode on more than 30 iron-cable ships and numerous small boats to engage in a decisive battle with Zhang Wu's nearly 5 men on the Han River.

As soon as the two sides fought, Cao Jun gave full play to the advantage of having a large number of people. The strong bow and crossbow shot forward like money. The warship is like a big hedgehog.

The Jingzhou army also fought back bravely, but because of the small number of people and the headwind, they were suppressed all the time. Many Jingzhou soldiers had to hide behind the ship planks, and occasionally got up and shot an arrow.

Both sides had catapults installed on their ships, and the iron chain ship had a big target, so after several rounds of test firing, the stone bombs of both sides began to knock down the opponent's ship.But the iron chain ship is too big, even if it is hit a few times, it doesn't matter, anyway, there is no need to worry about sinking the ship.

Cao had many soldiers and many boats, so this kind of long-range confrontation suppressed the Jingzhou army from the very beginning.

Seeing this, Yu Jin, the commander of the water army, was greatly encouraged. The soldiers under his command were as accurate as they were on land on the iron chain ship.But Yu Jin learned the lesson from last time, he didn't advance rashly, but commanded the troops to slowly press up with the command flag, he wanted to get close to the opponent, and used his numerical advantage to fight the Jingzhou army in close combat.

In the past, Cao's army could not beat Jingzhou's army in water battles. It was because most of Cao's troops could not sail or swim.

Then when fighting, it is not afraid to shoot arrows at each other from a distance, but if the other party hits directly with a boat, it will be over.Because the other party can swim, but you can't, if you fall into the water together, you can't let others slaughter you?With Pound's fierceness, he fell into the water and was captured by Zhou Cang. If it was on land, would Zhou Cang dare to challenge Pound?
Even if they didn't collide with the boat, Cao Jun's soldiers couldn't fight if the two sides were close to hand-to-hand combat, because they couldn't even stand firmly, so how could they fight.

But it's different now. Cao Jun's soldiers stand firmly on this chained ship, just like on land, and it's considered a city defense battle.

If this situation continues, after Cao Jun's warship approaches, the Jingzhou Army will undoubtedly lose, because in terms of melee combat ability, the Jingzhou Army is definitely inferior to Cao Jun.

Zhang Wu ordered all the troops to retreat slightly, and at the same time strengthened their bows and crossbows to fight back, creating the illusion that the Jingzhou army was afraid of close combat, because it was not a good time to launch a counterattack.Zhang Yun, the former army of the Cao army, rushed forward, while the left and right armies were preparing to outflank the Jingzhou army. The central army was still relatively far away from the battlefield, especially the command ship with the "handsome" flag, which had not yet reached the Jingzhou army. attack range.

Zhang Wu could see clearly with the binoculars on the high platform that Cao Cao was on the command ship. If Cao Cao could be lured over, then he would go straight to the Chinese army and capture Cao Cao alive, that would be great!Even if you can't capture him alive, as long as you can kill him, the effect is the same.

So Zhang Wu sent an order to Ding Feng, asking him to command the warships of all ministries, while resisting counterattacks, he tried every means to make Cao Jun's iron chain ships move forward and concentrate as much as possible.

Ding Feng is indeed a very potential naval general. The famous general of Soochow Wu in history has grown very fast after experiencing many wars.Especially after Zhang Wu entrusted him with the important task of commanding the water army alone to defeat Cao's army last time, now Ding Feng's water combat ability is no worse than those generals in Jiangdong.

Under Ding Feng's command, although the Jingzhou army was suppressed, they managed to hold a stalemate with Cao's army by relying on tactics such as changing formations and going round and round.

Yu Jin was a little anxious. To be on the safe side, he did not dare to come up and press the whole army up. Instead, he first let the front army Zhang He entangle the opponent, and then the left army Mao Jie and the right army Lu Tong surrounded the Jingzhou army on both sides. , he wanted to surround the Jingzhou Army and annihilate it in one fell swoop.

However, under the command of Ding Feng, the Jingzhou army has been controlling the rhythm, taking advantage of Cao Jun's weakness in commanding and manipulating ships in water warfare, and leading Cao Jun away, making it impossible for Cao Jun's various departments to cooperate closely and not fully exert their strength. .

Therefore, Yu Jin waved the command flag to let Mao Jie's troops of the left army and Lu Tong of the right army speed up, and quickly joined the Zhang He's troops of the former army, and then pressed over to fight close to the Jingzhou army's warship.Yu Jin led the Chinese army forward to cooperate with Zhang Yun and others in long-range attacks, so that the rear army Lu Qian also seized the time to come up, ready to support or cut off the Jingzhou army's retreat at any time.

Yu Jin asked Cao Cao for instructions: "Prime Minister, our army has the upper hand, should we use fire?"

"No need, now the Jingzhou army is no match for our army, whether it is a long-distance attack or a close combat." Cao Cao pointed to the battlefield ahead and said, "Wen Ze, look, Jun Yi's warship has been attached to the Jingzhou army warship for close combat. The army cannot resist our army. As long as our army presses up, the Jingzhou army will undoubtedly be defeated. Under such circumstances, if we use fire to attack, we can certainly burn the enemy's warships, but it will also block our army's advance and delay Time for our troops to land!"

Anyway, it's already won, so why bother with it!The river is neither narrow nor wide, and once all the warships of the Jingzhou Army are set ablaze, their own army will have to circle around and land.Besides, after defeating the Jingzhou Army, I have to go down the river to conquer Jiangdong. The warships of the Jingzhou Army can just be used by me!
(End of this chapter)