Yang Lingdao was panicked at this time, and it was not an ordinary panic, otherwise he would never have given such an order based on how he used to chat and laugh, and based on his previous understanding of the art of war.
The river channel of Taihe River was indeed widened due to heavy rain, which was enough for the fleet to pass. However, Taihe River is a small tributary of Pingjiang River after all. When faced with the current situation, the formation of the fleet was in chaos, especially in the front.
There were only a few hundred crossbowmen who could use the height of the hill to set their bows and arrows, and the fleet was completely in chaos.
The boats in front rushed back urgently. Under the crowding of each other, some of the boats squeezed to the side would inevitably run aground on the rocks. So when a boat stopped, it would inevitably cause scratches and collisions with the boats next to it. It took more than a quarter of an hour.
, the front of the fleet was jammed.
The front was congested, and the rear became more frightened and ran faster. When Chen Tie saw this, he immediately asked the people hiding on both sides to show up and waded into the water to shoot arrows from the shore.
Under normal circumstances, you just walk along the center of the river. Now the water is too strong and you can't shoot the boats on the river. Even if you hit them, they have no power and can't cause much damage. But now every boat has to run back.
, the ships on the side naturally became living targets, so the fleet became more chaotic, and the situation also developed in the direction of collapse.
Chen Tie, who was watching the battle from a distance, also felt incredible when he saw this scene. If he was in command of this battle and found that the front was blocked, as long as he didn't panic, he could retreat in an orderly manner or simply use the big ship as a fortress and send manpower to clear both sides of the river.
It's all possible, because the falling rocks actually block half of the river. Although the river has become narrower, it can still be passed by a big boat, but you need to be more careful. Forcibly crossing will cause losses, but Yang Lingdao actually
After trying it out like this, Che Ying said he was timid and had never seen anyone so timid and panicked.
Of course, the Chu State's navy was powerful after all. After panicking for a while and leaving some of the stranded ships, they withdrew, only losing a third. However, when they were approaching the Hukou River section, they suddenly saw
There was a large amount of driftwood floating in front of us. There was so much driftwood, and it looked like someone had cut it deliberately. Everyone immediately realized that the enemy had an ambush here.
They had not recovered from the panic just now, but now they were like a frightened bird. As a damaged ship was hit by driftwood and began to sink, the fleet was in chaos again.
The area around the mouth of the lake is different from before. The two sides of the bank are gentle. One side is a tidal flat, and the other side is a few connected hills. And what makes Yang Lingdao feel even more terrible at this moment is that the area around the mouth of the lake, which was originally quite wide,
It was actually blocked horizontally by a row of boats, and each boat was connected with iron ropes. This was to completely cut off the retreat.
Zhou Guangyi, who was guarding here at this time, had already received the report from the front. If it hadn't been for the fact that although the heavy rain had turned into light rain, it had not stopped after all, otherwise he would have directly used the fire boat to go down the river. But even now,
As he blocked the front, when the Chu fleet arrived, he immediately beat the drums, and the crossbowmen on the mountain fired arrows, and there were constant shouts of killing all around.
Under normal circumstances, he only needed to send out assault boats, rush directly to the blocking ships, cut off the iron chains that fixed these ships, and the fleet could return to Anyang Lake safely. Unfortunately, when he saw the Yue fleet approaching,
After directly blocking the entrance of the lake with his own ship, he completely lacked the courage. He just thought that the Vietnamese navy was going to fight him with his life. Looking at the open tidal flat, although he subconsciously felt that it was inappropriate, he still ordered the landing.
When Zhou Guangyi was on the mountain, he was dumbfounded when he saw Yang Lingdao actually commanding the army in this way. He asked the navy to come and block the river. It was originally a risk. He had received twenty sticks before, and he did have a feeling of anger in his heart, so even if the loss was
If you are older, you have to give the other party a look, but you didn't expect the Chu navy to abandon the ship and go ashore. Isn't this looking for death?
Although the tidal flat is vast and barrier-free, it is extremely muddy and difficult to walk under the heavy rain. Because of this, he gave up letting his soldiers ambush on the tidal flat. Instead, he only sent 3,000 men to ambush in the woods outside the tidal flat, just in case.
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Seeing the dense and squirming Chu navy gradually appearing on the tidal flat, he immediately sent an order. The soldiers who were ambushing in the woods around the tidal flat immediately rushed out. With just a wave of flags and shouts and a hail of arrows, these Chu navy were suddenly stunned.
Scared, he turned around and ran away.
But in this muddy tidal flat, there was no way they could run. After a while, they lost all their strength and were completely stuck in the muddy tidal flat.
When Yang Lingdao saw this scene and was about to get off the boat, he was so frightened that he immediately ordered the soldiers still on the boat not to get off and to rush downstream again.
It has to be said that this order is the most accurate at this time, but the previous blind command caused the entire army to collapse. Not to mention the order was passed on, even my own ship was unable to turn around at this time.
Zhou Guangyi could see that the Chu army had completely lost their fighting spirit, so he immediately ordered someone to ambush some people downstream to block the Chu army's escape route. He also ordered that as long as the Chu army stopped and surrendered, they would not be killed.
They didn't have the courage to fight in the first place. After being ordered to do so, the Chu army surrendered one after another. Many of Zhou Guangyi's subordinates rowed boats or even sampans to seize control of the big ships. After seizing some big ships, they directly locked them up.
Lived in the river.
They were looking for death when they landed ashore, and their advance and retreat were blocked. In less than an hour, the Chu State surrendered directly with only 60,000 to 70,000 troops left.
Zhou Guangyi actually only had 30,000 people in his hands, but he didn't expect to win a big victory with one against two, which made him really happy.
When it was almost dark, the people who were trapped on the beach were dragged out one by one and became prisoners. Of the three thousand people in ambush, almost everyone had to guard ten times as many prisoners as themselves.
The Chu troops on the ship also knelt on the deck one by one, waiting for the soldiers to come up and receive them.
Zhou Guangyi even boarded the Chu State's flagship. Yang Lingdao, the Chu State Navy Marshal, was kneeling on the deck like the others in disgrace.
Zhou Guangyi looked at this appearance and looked at the marshal who was only in his early thirties. He suddenly understood why this so-called famous marshal failed so miserably. In terms of age, this man was at least ten years older than he looked, and he was the same as himself.
They were on par, but in front of him was a white-faced gentleman. As the commander-in-chief of the army, he looked so pampered and pampered. It was obvious that he had not really gone deep into the army and was just a talker talking about the art of war.
Originally, before Zhou Guangyi saw him, he wanted to wait for Chen Tie to come over and lead him to show off his power, but now he lost interest. Winning such a thing was not worth showing off in front of Chen Tie.
"Come here, take care of Marshal Yang and don't neglect him." After giving the instructions, Zhou Guangyi also left.
This chapter has been completed!