At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

He thought that if Zhang Liao also defeated the Wu army, but could not completely annihilate the Wu army, then the Wu army would definitely go down the river with the remaining ships and flee back to Jiangdong. .

So he decided to cooperate with worrying, and got a lot of iron cables, from the east bank to the west bank, across the two banks of the Ruxu River, and tied the two ends to the wooden piles erected on the ground on both banks, and came out a Hengjiang iron cable. The strips of wet beard water are sealed.

The Jiangdong navy was not allowed to pass, forcing the Jiangdong navy to abandon the ship and flee ashore.

If they really want to go ashore, they still have a way to survive?

This is where you can come and leave if you want?

Xu Huang thought of such a coup and felt very good. He erected more than a dozen Hengjiang iron chains in a row.

This will not only prevent the main force of the Wu army from the north from fleeing south, but also block the reinforcements of the Wu army from the south, preventing them from entering Ruxushui again.

Then Xu Huang led the army and marched northward along both sides of the Ruxu River.

He wasn't worried that Zhang Liao would lose, so he was going to beat the dog in the water, show Wu Jun some color, let them come and go, and give Guo Peng a big surprise.

However, Xu Huang, who was going north along the river, never encountered the defeated Sun Wu soldiers he wanted to see, which made him even terrified to think that Zhang Liao had been defeated, so he led the team northward at full speed.

At the northern end of Ruxushui, where Ruxushui connects Chaohu Lake, he met Zhang Liao who was chasing him, and together with Zhang Liao, they found some large ships abandoned by Wu Jun.

"Didn't they go down the Ruxu River?"

Zhang Liao and Xu Huang were very surprised by this. After thinking about it, Zhang Liao suddenly realized a very important thing.

"Since I can use trebuchets to defeat them, they will naturally think that you must have trebuchets here too. Cheng Pu is in danger, and now going south along the Ruxu River is a trap for himself. They will definitely not choose to go downstream Go south, but choose another road!"

Zhang Liao clenched his fists: "It seems that there are still capable people in Jiangdong who are still alive. This is not good. Sun Bofu was not caught, and there are still wise men who escaped. Let them escape this time. This trick will not work in the future! They won't rush into Jiujiang County anymore! We must catch up! We will wipe them all out!"

"But where will they flee to? This place is too big, how to tell?"

Xu Huang looked at Zhang Liao anxiously.

Zhang Liao frowned and thought hard for a while, then suddenly thought of something, and cast his eyes sharply to the east.

"Li Yang!"

Chapter 590. 590 Jiu Gongjin, have we lost?

"Li Yang?"

Hearing what Zhang Liao said, Xu Huang asked in confusion, "Why?"

"Liyang is on the north bank of the river, and the opposite bank is Niuzhuji, which is an important camp for the Jiangdong navy. As long as they can carry a small boat and cross the river from Liyang to Niuzhuji, the opposite side can Send out a large number of ships to pick them up, and they will be able to cross the river and return to Jiangdong!"

As soon as Zhang Liao thought of this, he had no more doubts, and immediately rectified his soldiers and horses, and together with Xu Huang's soldiers and horses, he rectified [-] cavalry and rushed towards Liyang.

Zhang Liao's guess was correct. More than [-] Wu troops who had withdrawn from Hefei abandoned their boats on the east bank of Chaohu Lake and fled desperately to Liyang.

Liyang had no garrisons or residents before the war, and all resources were withdrawn by Zhang Liao. Zhang Liao had no plan to fight the Wu army here, so it was already an empty city.

The defeated Wu army soon arrived in Liyang, occupied Liyang without any effort, and then immediately sent people across the river to Niuzhuji, and asked Niuzhuji's navy to send ships to the north bank of the river to pick them up.

The person who made this decision was naturally Zhou Yu, and the person who assisted him was veteran Huang Gai.

When the trebuchet was in full swing, the building boat Zhou Yu and Sun Quan were on was the key target of attack. The building boat was hit by three stone bombs and basically disintegrated.

In an extremely critical situation, Zhou Yu pulled Sun Quan into the water together, and then swam to board a small boat. Several of Zhou Yu's soldiers rowed back desperately. There were still seven or eight Sun Quan in the water. He and Zhou Yu's personal soldiers pushed behind.

After some life-and-death speed, the small boat managed to avoid the rain of arrows. It did not deepen the color of Shishui, which had already been dyed blood red, and swam to the end of the fleet in one breath, arriving at He defeated the navy rear army led by Huang Gai.

When the naval warships in front were damaged and sank in a large number, the supply fleet led by Huang Gai was basically intact. Zhou Yu immediately asked Huang Gai to turn the bow and retreat.

"I can't stop it. If you don't leave, it will be too late. General Huang, retreat immediately! Give me a few more boats, and I'll go rescue Bofu!"

Huang Gai was confused for a while, so he did what Zhou Yu said, protected Sun Quan, and gave Zhou Yu several small boats.

Let Zhou Yu go ashore with a group of elite soldiers in a small boat, and then Zhou Yu immediately rushed to the battlefield ahead where the Wei army and the Wu army were fighting.

After rushing for a while, Han Dang and Dong Xi rushed over protecting Sun Ce and a large group of soldiers and horses. Zhou Yu was overjoyed, and immediately called Sun Ce to rush aboard, boarded the boat and rowed to the large fleet, and asked Huang Gai to continue. Send a boat to pick up other Jiangdong soldiers.

If you can save one, count as one, the more the better, if you continue to stay on the shore, sooner or later you will be chased and killed by the cavalry of the Wei army.

The main reason was to rescue Sun Ce, which was the most important thing. Although Sun Ce looked at the miserable scene on the shore with a livid face, at least he was alive.

"Gongjin, have we lost?"

"I lost, I lost completely."

Zhou Yu pursed her lips: "But we still have hope. You are still alive, and many people are still alive. As long as they are all alive, there is still hope!"

"But a lot of people died too."

The veins on the back of Sun Ce's hands were bulging, and he pinched the side of the boat tightly: "Is this God's will? God is helping Wei Gong. Did Gong Jin see that equipment that can throw stones? It was thrown so far, and it was so huge. I have never seen a stone before, what is that? Could it be God's will?"

"If I remember correctly, that one is called a trebuchet. It appeared in the troubled times of the pre-Qin period. It was recorded in the ancient books of the pre-Qin period, but it was once lost. I don't know where Duke Wei got the trebuchet from."

Zhou Yu took a deep breath: "We were defeated unprepared, Bo Fu, it's not your fault."

"But I killed so many people..."

Sun Ce couldn't hold back his tears anymore, so he bent down, buried his head in his arms, and cried bitterly.

Zhou Yu looked at the messy battlefield that was gradually receding, and the soldiers of Sun Wu who were running on the land full of desire to survive. He could only hope that Wei Jun's footsteps would not be so fast, and hoped that God would give him more time so that he could Rescue a few more Jiangdong soldiers and come back.

This battle was lost, very thoroughly, and very unwillingly.

But despite all the unwillingness, he still lost.

The essence of the Jiangdong Navy is finished, and the main force is also destroyed...

That's right, the main force no longer exists.

"Since Zhang Wenyuan used the trebuchet in Jiujiang, he must have used it in Lujiang too. General Cheng's place is more than auspicious..."

When Han Dang suggested that they immediately enter Ruxushui and join Cheng Pu to retreat, Zhou Yu said so to Huang Gai, Han Dang and Dong Xi.

Zhou Yu's reaction was still quick, and he had guessed that Cheng Pu's partial teacher had also encountered an accident, and the possibility of a disastrous defeat was very high. Now that he entered Ruxushui, he was throwing himself into a trap.

The few surviving generals looked at each other, and Sun Quan, who was still young, turned pale with fright and trembled.

Sun Ce lowered his head, clenched his fists tightly, leaned slightly, but released them weakly.

"Gongjin, is there another way?"

Sun Ce looked at Zhou Yu dejectedly.

Zhou Yu nodded.

"There is only one way. Land on the east bank of Chaohu Lake, go to Liyang, send people from the Liyang River to Niuzhuji to find a boat, and cross the river back to Jiangdong."

Zhou Yu proposed the only feasible strategy at the moment.

"Niuzhuji has a boat, food, and an army. As long as there is enough time, we can let everyone on the fleet cross the river together. The only thing we need to consider now is when the Wei army will come after us."

Zhou Yu looked to the north with an uneasy expression: "If Zhang Wenyuan reacts slowly, everyone on our boat can cross the river safely and save the remaining soldiers and horses. If Zhang Wenyuan reacts quickly, there may be another battle on the Liyang River. bloody battle."

The surviving people looked at each other in blank dismay, and finally put their eyes on Sun Ce together.

Sun Ce pursed his lips, and his lips trembled slightly. After a while, Sun Ce nodded.

"Let's do it like this. No matter what, we must try our best to let all the living go back to Jiangdong. Only one can go back!"

As Sun Ce said, his eyes turned red, and the eyes of the generals and officers around him also turned red.

Too many people died, and they didn't even have time to cry or feel emotional.

Just trying to escape for your life.

Those who did not escape and boarded the convoy were either dead or captured, living a life that would have been worse than death.

And can they really escape?

This is still unknown.

Under the leadership of Zhou Yu, more than [-] people from Sun Wu's defeated army fled to Liyang. When Lu Meng heard that the army was defeated, he was shocked, and hurriedly led a few boats across the river to pick up the people.

When they arrived at the Liyang River, Lu Meng arranged to cross the river to pick up the people, and at the same time went to meet Sun Ce and Zhou Yu.

His brother-in-law Deng Dang followed Sun Ce to fight in Jiangbei. He didn't see Deng Dang by Sun Ce's side, so he had a bad feeling in his heart.

Chapter 591 If you die, what am I doing alive?

"Wu Gong, where is General Deng? My subordinate... I want to..."

Lu Meng came in front of Sun Ce, seeing Sun Ce's disheveled expression, he was at a loss for words.

The ominous premonition is getting stronger and stronger.

"General Deng did not enter the enemy's formation, he may have died in battle."

Zhou Yu's words made Lu Meng stand on the spot as if struck by lightning for a moment.

"Although we have not received specific information, if General Deng was not killed in battle, he was captured alive. The army did not encounter General Deng when they retreated. The possibility of General Deng's escape is extremely low."

Zhou Yu added another sentence.

Deng Dang is Lv Meng's brother-in-law. He was originally in Yuan Shu's army. He followed Sun Ce to fight in Jiangdong earlier. Lv Meng pretended to be an adult and followed Deng Dang's army at the age of 15. He grew up with Deng Dang all the way. It can be said that Deng Dang is Lv Meng in the military The first teacher in the world is very important to him.

Now that Deng Dang's life and death are unknown, Lu Meng suddenly lost his sense of proportion.

"how so……"

Lu Meng couldn't stand still, his body limp on the ground, weeping bitterly.

Sun Ce turned away from looking at Lu Meng, but felt that Lu Meng's crying was a great stimulus to him.

Zhou Yu stepped forward to help Lu Meng, took Lu Meng to another place to comfort him, dismissed Lu Meng, and then returned to Sun Ce's side.

"Let's go, Bo Fu, let's cross the river, we must go fast."

Sun Ce forced himself to bear his grief and nodded, without saying anything, and followed Zhou Yu to the riverside to land. Just as Sun Ce stepped on the boat and was about to cross the river, an urgent report came suddenly.

More than ten miles away, the cavalry of the Wei army was found, and they were rushing towards Liyang.

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were shocked.

"Oops! Zhang Wenyuan's reaction is too fast, Bo Fu, you go, I'll lead the troops here to block it and buy you time!"

Zhou Yu said that he was about to rush back.

"Bastard talk!"

Sun Ce grabbed Zhou Yu: "If you die, what am I doing alive?"

"Who said I was going to die?"

Zhou Yu became anxious, and shouted: "I am not Wu Gong, you are! You are the Lord of Wu, if you disappear, we are all finished! You must live! You are not allowed to die! Come over to me!"

Zhou Yu pushed Sun Ce onto the boat, and pushed Dong Xi who was following him onto the boat. He shouted "Cross the river", and the soldiers on the boat immediately rowed away from the river bank.

Sun Ce was in a daze for a while, until he realized that he was getting farther and farther away from Zhou Yu. He was anxious to jump back into the river, but was held back by the soldiers on the boat and Dong Xi.

"Gongjin!! Gongjin!!!"

Sun Ce shouted hoarsely, Zhou Yu suppressed the grief in his heart, turned his head away from Sun Ce, and ran forward.

The Wu army in front became restless because of the news of the Wei army's pursuit. It was only because of Huang Gai and Han Dang's suppression that they barely controlled the Wu army.

So Zhou Yu stepped forward with his few remaining soldiers, called Huang Gai and Han Dang, and discussed his decision with them.

"I want to lead the troops to set up a defensive line to prevent Zhang Wenyuan's cavalry from rushing over to prevent us from crossing the river. These soldiers and horses must return to Jiangdong as much as possible. We really can't afford the loss."

Han Dang and Huang Gai looked at each other, unexpectedly it was Zhou Yu who took the initiative to stand up at this time.

To be honest, Huang Gai, Zhou Yu, and Cheng Pu, because of their age and seniority, have always been dissatisfied with Zhou Yu, who was young but trusted by Sun Ce, and they were not willing to admit his status and achievements. To impress them.

Zhou Yu is a responsible man.

So Huang Gai and Han Dang each allocated a part of their own military trilogy to Zhou Yu's command. Huang Gai even took the initiative to stand up and say that he would lead the army to resist with Zhou Yu, but Zhou Yu sternly refused.

"I'm enough, I don't need more people, General Huang, General Han, you are veteran generals, you are indispensable to Mr. Wu."

Zhou Yu persuaded Huang Gai and Han Dang to leave. Huang Gai and Han Dang were very moved, and mobilized some soldiers to follow Zhou Yu, so that Zhou Yu had two thousand soldiers at his disposal, and gathered all the remaining shields, spears and crossbows. Handed it over to Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu took these things, and led his troops to go against the road alone, heading in the direction where the Wei army cavalry rushed.