Rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 376
On the second day, Chang Xi led the water army to kill, and the bandits set up a formation on the island not far away, and saw nearly a thousand ships of all sizes swarming in with great momentum.

Standing on the archery tower of the water village, Cao Cao could not help frowning when he saw the thieves' boats coming and going like weaving.

The water thief's boating skills are very skilled, obviously higher than that of the temporarily trained sailors, and there are quite a few ships with roofs.

Bamboo poles were set up on more than a dozen large ships, all sides were wrapped with cowhide, and openings were opened one by one, and archers stood on them, like a city tower.

What surprised Cao Cao even more was that these big ships were equipped with waterwheel-like wheels at the prow and stern. When the boats were moving, the wheels spun, causing bursts of water splashes.

When Cao Cao saw that the pirates were powerful and there were so many fleets, he couldn't help but look gloomy. He heard the sound of drums and the thieves shouting loudly on the boat.

Xiahoudun said anxiously: "My lord, the thief is right in front of us, so arrogant, please quickly order to fight."

Cao Cao frowned and said, "The thieves are familiar with water, and there are so many warships. If they go to battle rashly, they may be disadvantageous to the army."

Li Tong said angrily: "My lord, why do you want to be a villain? In the end, the general is willing to bring a fleet to the contest. Please watch the battle, my lord."

At this time, the arrow was on the string and had no choice but to shoot. Cao Cao nodded and said, "General Li, be careful."

Li Tong went to the front of the stronghold and ordered the fleet, boarded the boat and stood on the bow of the boat with a gun, and ordered the fleet to go forward. When the bandits on the other side saw it, they also sent the fleet to fight. The four big ships were in the middle, and the small boats turned around from left to right. Outflanked.

Li Tong yelled at the sailors: "Just move the boat close to that big boat, we'll grab their boat."

The sailors agreed, and speeded up to approach the big ship. The soldiers on the ship were on alert and opened their bows and arrows to launch, followed by a dozen small boats.

Li Tong stood at the bow of the boat, with his feet firmly on his feet, staring at the archers on the other side's boat. When the boat approached, he immediately fired random arrows. He immediately raised his shield and waved his spear to block the arrows.

But the soldiers behind him couldn't stop him, and screams were heard immediately. Both soldiers and sailors were injured, and some of them had already fallen into the water.

The enemy ship was three times taller than Cao Jun's ships, and they were condescending to shoot arrows. Cao Jun on the ship raised his head to shoot arrows, but was shot in the face by the rain of arrows flying down from his head, and fell to the ground screaming.

Li Tong was furious and shouted: "Forward, forward!"

The sailors had no choice but to grit their teeth and shake the boat hard. Soon the two ships approached, and the opponent's arrows could no longer hurt him. Li Tong threw away his shield and leaned on his gun to jump onto the opponent's boat.

bang-

At this moment, a muffled sound was heard suddenly, and the big ship came quickly, the ship collided, shook violently, and splashed water.

When Li Tong was training, how could he have experienced such a big turbulence? The impact made him unable to stand still. He quickly used his gun to hold the boat plank, but the boat shook violently, coupled with the splash of water, his feet slipped, and he could not stand still. , with a splash, fell into the lake.

The leader of the bandit army on the warship saw it, looked up to the sky and burst out laughing, jumped off the bow of the boat, jumped into the lake water, grabbed Li Tong who was struggling, and dragged him directly to the back of the big boat under the water.

Cao Cao could see clearly from the stronghold, when he saw Li Tong leading his troops rushing into the enemy ship formation, the ship's bow heaved, and the man fell into the water as soon as he bumped into it. He was shocked and ordered Cao Hong to rescue him.

Cao Hong immediately led the fleet out, and saw that the ships in front were in chaos under the pressure of the arrows from the other big ship. The sailors were shot to death first, and the boat only circled in the lake. Can't fight at all.

At this moment, the surrounding small boats also outflanked them. Some thieves jumped into the water with strange screams and disappeared. Just when they were surprised, they saw the rushing boat suddenly tilted, and soon sank to the bottom of the lake. go down.

"No, there are water ghosts!" Seeing the water overflowing in those cabins, Cao Cao knew that the thieves had dug through the bottom of the boat in the water, and immediately sent an order: "Mingjin!"

jingle--

The crisp sound of gold ringing sounded on the shore. Cao Hong was halfway through the rush and hurriedly ordered the sailors to turn around and retreat. However, the ship was on the water and was not as flexible as the soldiers on land. In addition, the water army did not have much training, and suddenly there was chaos on the water. The groups collided and squeezed each other, and some people lost their balance and fell into the water.

When the bandits saw this, they urged boats of all sizes to chase after them. The big boat roared like a monster in the water, splashing water from its prow and stern.

Cao Hong turned the bow of the boat hastily, seeing the big boat getting closer and closer, the archers on the boat kept shooting arrows, frightened, grabbed an oar and rowed vigorously, but unexpectedly, his strength was too great, the other sailors could not react, and the boat became unstable , whirling in the water.

Fortunately, the sailor who swayed the scull was experienced, so he quickly steered the boat to stabilize the direction, slid an arc from the slant, and rushed straight towards the west bank, and was finally not overtaken by the big boat.

However, Li Tong's fleet that rushed into the lake had all sunk, and nearly half of Cao Hong's fleet was overtaken by the big ships.

The thieves gained momentum, their morale was boosted, and they sailed towards the water village. Xiahou Dun stood at the gate of the village with his eyes wide open. When the enemy boat approached, he shouted angrily, "Shoot the arrow!"

In an instant, the arrows in the stronghold on the shore were like locusts, and most of the water thieves on board were shot and killed. Some boats rushed to the shore, and Le Jin led troops to guard them. After landing, he was stabbed to death on the shore.

Cao Chun was by Cao Cao's side. Seeing the arrogance of the big boat of the bandit army, he opened his bow and set up an arrow and shouted angrily: "Don't be rampant, bandits, watch the arrows!"

An arrow flew out and hit the mast of the big ship. With a loud crash, the sail of the big ship fell down.

Cao Chun shouted to the left and right: "Fire rockets!"

Some soldiers were ready to go, and in an instant they flew towards the water with flaming arrows, and the ships were caught on fire, and the sails of several large ships were also on fire, and the thieves screamed to put out the fire.

The thieves' boat caught fire, seeing that they could not get into the water village, they turned their bows in the distance and left one after another. They finally rescued most of Cao Hong's fleet and went ashore to return to camp.

The bandit army won a complete victory in this battle, retreated to the edge of the island, laughed and shouted on the bow, waved the flag and cursed, Cao Cao looked at the messy boat planks and scattered floating armor on the lake, his face sank like water .

Cao Hong retreated in embarrassment, and said helplessly: "The thief is on the boat as if walking on flat ground, and the big boat is extremely flexible, so it is impossible to fight at all. What should we do?"

Cao Cao sighed: "The thieves are rampant, and they are in the middle of the lake. If they can't hold out, it will be difficult to break them for a while. Let's see if Zixiu can attack them. If he succeeds, we can attack back and forth. Otherwise..."

When he was talking, he saw a thief on the big boat on the island bound a person to the bow, pointing and laughing, it was Li Tong who fell into the water and was captured, he was listless and spitting water.

Seeing this, Xiahoudun and others were furious, gnashing their teeth, but they couldn't rescue them, so they stomped their feet and cursed in anxiety.

Cao Cao frowned, then suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, Cao Chun said in astonishment, "My lord, why are you laughing?"

(End of this chapter)