Accompanied by the sudden sound of war drums, the warships of the Jiangdong Army rushed towards Lingxian along the Surabaya River. Against the backdrop of the raging flames and black smoke in the middle of Lingxian County, these warships seemed to be carrying
Boundless anger and fighting spirit rushed towards Cao Cao's position on the north bank, and towards Cao Cao on the high platform of the central army.
Amidst the sound of war drums, Jiangdong soldiers flexibly operated the warships, just like the northern barbarians galloping war horses. They leaned against the shore flexibly and quickly. About five or six hundred Jiangdong soldiers jumped from the ships and stepped on them.
Knee-deep in water, they rushed to the shore. They did not rush to rescue their defeated troops in Ling County, but chased Cao's army retreating from Ling County.
Ling County Fire, Cao Jun’s evacuation situation seems to be a bit embarrassing
The soldiers in Jiangdong shouted and chased and drove the retreating Cao troops.
Behind these Jiangdong soldiers, the crossbowmen on the Jiangdong warships also began to fire volleys at Cao Jun on the shore. A sharp arrow with a sharp whistle rushed towards Cao Jun's soldiers.
Whoosh whoosh!
Arrows screamed in the air.
For the Jiangdong Army, which lacks cavalry and is good at ships, bows and arrows have almost become one of its essential skills. At the same time, because of the characteristics of ships, Jiangdong's archers can have arrow reserves several times greater than those of the army's archers.
. Cao Jun’s archers on land shot one or two basic arrows, and the quivers on both sides were empty, leaving only a bow. However, Jiangdong’s archers can still shoot as long as their physical strength can support them.
The cavalry of Cao's army coming from the flank were held back by bows and arrows, but they also stopped the Jiangdong soldiers from continuing to pursue them.
Even though the crossbows of Jiangdong Army are powerful, there are still limitations on the range after all. At about 150 steps from the shore, Jiangdong's bows and arrows are basically weak. Only the crossbows on the building battleships can still be used.
It still has enough lethality, but the shooting accuracy of the ballista is really pitiful. After Cao Jun pulled away a little, it was considered lucky to hit one or two of the ten arrows.
Zhu Ran, who was on the battleship, sneered, leaving part of the battleship to confront Cao's cavalry, and then continued to move upriver with other battleships.
Yes, there is indeed nothing wrong. The strategy of using distance to limit the archers of Jiangdong's ships is indeed useful, but similarly, Jiangdong's soldiers can not only land in one place!
As long as the terrain permits, Jiangdong ships can deploy troops and attack anywhere in Surabaya!
And can Cao Jun's camp and Cao Jun array be moved as easily as Jiangdong's ships?
In this era, due to various restrictions, the army must march along the water source, or ensure that there is an easily accessible water source at the place of landing. Otherwise, it will be a disaster. For example, classmate Ma Su has a say.
Naturally, Cao Cao's army was no exception. The two camps along Surabaya were actually not far from the river bank. When Zhu Ran moved with his ships, Cao Cao's army suddenly felt embarrassed.
Surabaya is such a long distance, Cao Jun cannot control all the shores, and once he gets close to the shore, he will be shot by Jiangdong's army. As long as Jiangdong's army does not come ashore, Cao's army has nothing to do with Jiangdong's army. Follow Jiangdong's ships.
Moving is not a good idea. After all, Jiangdong's soldiers are on the ship, and most of Cao's soldiers can only rely on two legs. They pull here and there, and their physical strength is exhausted. How can they fight?
It is not that easy for Cao Jun's cavalry to pass through Cao Jun's array and rush to the rear to intercept Jiangdong's army.
Even if Cao Cao sends people to blockade this section of the shore, what will Cao Cao do if Zhu Ran sails directly to Cao Jun's rear?
For a moment, everyone in Cao's army felt a little embarrassed.
On the high platform of the Chinese army, Cao Cao frowned slightly.
Directly ordering the soldiers to attack this small group of Jiangdong Army with arrows is not impossible, but it is not necessary. On the one hand, the casualties will inevitably increase greatly, and on the other hand, Jiangdong Army has ships on the shore.
, although it is certainly possible to save the lives of some Jiangdong soldiers, Cao Jun will definitely suffer more casualties.
Not cost effective.
Although Cao Cao expected that Jiangdong had a plan, he did not expect that Jiangdong's navy would use this kind of tactics. Of course, Cao Cao's place was safe. The Chinese army was well-manned and the battle formation was complete. Even if Jiangdong's army really came to kill them
, Cao Cao also had the confidence to sit on the high platform and kill these Jiangdong troops in front of the battle. However, Jiangdong cruising along the Surabaya River gave Cao Cao a headache. He could only hope that the iron cables arranged to block the river in the Surabaya River would be able to lift some
effect.
If I had known that Jiangdong soldiers were so cunning, they should have built a dam
Well, in fact, building a barrage is just a superficial idea, and there is not much room for actual operation. This section of Guangling Surabaya is already close to the downstream of Surabaya. The water surface is vast and there are not many mountains on both sides.
Deep valleys are not like the two mountains in the upper reaches of the water flow, which can easily store water. Even if you can find one or two places suitable for building dams, it will be of little use if they are too far away from the battlefield.
Send the order! The rear army forms a formation outside the camp to prevent the enemy from invading!
Cao Cao frowned and ordered. The current strategy is to remain unchanged in response to all changes.
The iron cables that Cao Cao arranged on the Si River in advance to block the river played a certain role. The stern of a Jiangdong soldier did not notice the iron cables under the water and ran into it. The entire hull became sideways and lost its balance. The tail was high.
Gao Qiao was buckled on the water, and all the soldiers on the stern fell into the water. Some were rescued by other ships, while others could not be rescued in time. They sank and floated in the current, and were taken to the
downstream
The soldiers of Cao's army cheered immediately, but they did not stay happy for long.
Just like Cao Cao's cavalry also trained on how to defend and destroy the traps of horse ropes, Jiangdong's army on the water was also very experienced in dealing with such chains that blocked the river.
A fighting ship moved forward, extending a long pick pole from the bow, detecting the water under the water just like mine clearance in later generations, and soon picked out the iron rope from the water surface, and what happened next was
It's even simpler.
The cast iron craftsmanship and forging technology of the Han Dynasty were not enough to construct the crushingly thick iron chains of later generations. Therefore, under the destruction of Jiangdong Army, the iron cables designed by Cao Army to block the river quickly broke into two pieces and sank into the water.
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Then the second iron rope was also discovered.
The third course
The Jiangdong navy dismantled the trap with ease, causing Cao's army's slightly higher morale to fall back again.
However, these three river-blocking iron cables were not completely ineffective. In addition to the previous stern ship, they also successfully delayed the advancement of the Jiangdong navy, allowing Cao's rear troops to calmly list their battle plans outside the camp.
Array.
After receiving Cao Cao's order, the swordsmen and shieldmen of Cao's army began to line up outside the camp facing the direction of Surabaya. The swordsmen and shieldmen were at the front, raising their shields. The three swordsmen and shieldmen formed a solid shield wall, and the others
The spearmen and archers hid behind this shield wall.
The long arrows were like a violent storm, beating the shield formation continuously.
If you are a new soldier who has just entered the battlefield, you will inevitably be panicked and nervous when faced with such an arrow attack. Once you are panicked and nervous, your movements are unbalanced, which will cause gaps in the shield array, followed by casualties, which will lead to the collapse of the shield array.
However, the swordsmen and shieldmen currently in formation are veterans who have been on the battlefield for a long time. They have seen bigger scenes and have resisted denser arrow formations. The rain of arrows pouring from Jiangdong soldiers is nothing to them.
What a big deal.
Even if some arrows landed in places that could not be defended by the shield, causing some damage, the movements of these Cao Saber shield hands were not deformed because of this. If the front fell, the back would make up for it.
Seeing this scene, Zhu Ran couldn't help but admire in his heart. Just as Cao Cao felt that the Jiangdong Army's navy was very difficult to deal with, Zhu Ran also felt that the strength of Cao's army on land gave him a headache.
If Jiangdong Army's old opponents, whether they are fierce pirates or cunning Shanyue, are all defeated under such a rain of arrows, and now Cao Jun is like a hard reef, no matter how Jiangdong Army washes away, they will be destroyed.
Hard to shake.
Seeing that the arrow rain attack had no results, Zhu Ran frowned and decisively ordered the infantry to attack.
The arrows continued to rain down, and they gradually stopped until the soldiers from Jiangdong got off the boat and began to line up in formation.
The sky obscured by the arrow array returned to brightness, and the four to five hundred Jiangdong troops who had already formed their formation began to advance, with one team in front and two teams behind, forming a triangular attack formation.
Jiangdong's army was not marching slowly, and it didn't matter if some formations were scattered because of this, because they had to take advantage of this time difference to ensure that the retreat route after the attack was still open, otherwise Cao's soldiers from other places would outflank and fall into Cao's army.
In the battle formation, the whole army will definitely be annihilated.
Cao Cao's central army is giving orders to make way for some passages from the tight formation. Soon, Cao Cao's cavalry will arrive here!
The distance between the two sides, which was only a few hundred steps, quickly shrunk under the sudden advance of Jiangdong's soldiers.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The low drums of war rippled, ringing in the ears of every soldier.
kill!
withstand!
Cao Jun's sword and shield bearers raised their shields to block Jiangdong's fierce attack with swords and spears, and at the same time fought back tenaciously.
After a brief exchange, Zhu Ran's expression showed some changes.
The Jiangdong soldiers brought by Zhu Ran cannot be said to be the strongest, but they are three points better than the average Jiangdong soldiers. However, such soldiers were unable to effectively break through when facing Cao Jun's rear line.
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You must know that this is the back camp of Cao Jun!
Strictly speaking, the combat effectiveness of Cao's soldiers here is worse than those on the front line
Thanks to the habits of the hussar generals, Cao Jun's current equipment is much stronger than that in history. Cao Cao's rear soldiers are equipped with Cao Cao's new swords, which are stronger and sharper than those commonly used by Jiangdong soldiers.
Coupled with Cao Jun's stronger combat skills on land, Jiangdong's soldiers not only failed to break through the line, but were faintly overwhelmed and pushed back.
Jiangdong soldiers came with a rush of energy, but their rhythm was disrupted by Cao Jun's formation. Facing the tenacious blockade of sword, shield, and spearmen, these Jiangdong soldiers could not gain the upper hand. Although the scene still looked like a fierce battle, but
There is no way to gain the upper hand, and there is no hope of breaking the formation.
The archers behind! Shoot Cao Jun’s reinforcements! The archers in front get off the boat and throw rockets into Cao Jun’s camp!
Jiangdong's army attacked and Cao's army defended. As soon as Zhu Ran saw that Cao's army's array was tenacious and solid, he immediately adjusted his attack method and attempted to attack with intrusive rockets. On the one hand, he could disrupt Cao's army's rear, and on the other hand, he could see if he could ignite something.
, and then add some trouble to Cao Jun. If it can affect the morale of Cao Jun's array, that would be even better.
On the other side, Cao Jun's reinforcements were coming to outflank here.
Both sides just fight quickly.
With the changes in Jiangdong Army's tactics, Cao Jun's array was inevitably affected. Under the crazy attacks of Jiangdong soldiers, Cao Jun's sword and shield wielders, who were facing the front, were finally seized by Jiangdong soldiers. They took an opportunity and killed two or three people in a row, causing Cao Jun's
A small crack appeared in the shield formation.
The soldiers in Jiangdong were overjoyed and advanced even more fiercely.
The commander of Cao's army's rear camp, General Ren Jun of Tuntian Zhonglang, arrived just at this moment. He roared and danced his spear up and down like flying. He killed two Jiangdong soldiers in an instant and interrupted the attack momentum of Jiangdong soldiers.
, not greedy for success, took two steps back, retreated into the formation, adjusted his breath, and at the same time issued an order: retreat in the middle, push out with both wings!
Cao Jun, who was almost destroyed by Jiangdong's soldiers, responded loudly, and then retreated slightly in the middle. Jiangdong's soldiers followed subconsciously, and then found themselves trapped in a three-sided siege by Cao Jun! The swords and shields on both sides of Cao Jun's array
The hand and spear soldiers surrounded them, sandwiched the Jiangdong soldiers in the middle, and killed them painfully.
The surrounded Jiangdong soldiers were attacked on three sides and were cut down one after another, suffering heavy losses for a while. The changes in the battlefield happened in an instant. The Jiangdong soldiers who had just made some progress suffered heavy losses and fell into the arrows of Cao's army.
After being forcefully beaten, the soldiers behind faced Cao Jun who was coming at them like scissors. They did not dare to advance rashly and stopped their attack. The offensive that had been brewing for a long time was suddenly interrupted.
Cao's army, which was outflanking from the flanks, was also resisting Jiangdong's army's arrows, trying to cut off this part of Jiangdong's army's retreat!
Cao Cao was sitting on the high platform of the central army, squinting his eyes and stroking his beard. The kid from Jiangdong has no skills at all!
The Jiangdong soldiers near the county seat of Ling County could no longer withstand Cao Jun's offensive. They abandoned dozens of corpses and fled back to the boat. Cao Jun left a small number of Jiangdong soldiers on the shore to monitor these Jiangdong soldiers. The cavalry had also withdrawn and ran towards Cao Jun's rear camp.
In a few moments, if Jiangdong's soldiers don't retreat, they will all be killed on the shore!
Jiangdong's army is strong on the water, so what?
Cao Cao squinted his eyes, hadn't the thunderbolt cannon been adjusted yet?
Originally, Cao Cao thought that Jiangdong Army would attack his Chinese Army in order to break through the center, sneak attack on the commander, etc., so he aimed the catapult at the shore of Surabaya on the Chinese Army's side, but he did not expect that Zhu Ran jumped over his Chinese Army's formation. After a while, he ran directly towards the rear army, and it was so smooth when cutting off the iron cables blocking the river that Cao Cao did not order an attack with a catapult in the end.
But, now there is a chance!
Just like the catapult in later games, it takes time to fold and unfold, and the catapult moves slowly. Even if it has a long range, if you want to move to the Chinese army, you can attack the rear camp. It will still take a certain amount of time to dock the Jiangdong battleship.
When Cao Cao was making deployment, Zhu Ran was also secretly frightened. He stood on the building ship and saw some strange movements among Cao Cao's army, but he had not directly seen Cao's army's catapults and had no idea about those equipment. What a great deal of attention. At this moment, Zhu Ran's eyes were more attracted by Cao Jun's cavalry. Seeing the cavalry passing through Cao Jun's central position, he couldn't help but start to estimate the time, and then shouted loudly: Archers! Retreat after three rounds of rockets. !
Jiangdong's archers must go ashore to attack Cao Jun's rear camp. Once the archers go ashore, even if they retreat, they will inevitably occupy the original retreat channel and spend more time gathering soldiers. Therefore, they cannot directly go to the battlefield at the moment. If you have the upper hand, you should consider retreating
Therefore, although firing more rounds of rockets will definitely increase the probability of igniting Cao's rear camp, time is running out at the moment, and greed for too much will inevitably lead to serious problems in the future.
It is the subtleties that truly test a general.
The duel between masters on the battlefield is definitely not a simple f2a.
Zhu Ran had to reconsider the combat effectiveness of Cao's army. He raised his eyes and looked in the direction of Cao's army's formation, looking at Cao Cao on the high platform, and seemed to see Cao Cao's gaze directed here.
The rocket takes off!
There was an uproar in Cao Jun’s camp!
Retreat! Retreat quickly! Zhu Ran ordered, the rear ship suppressed Cao
Woo
There seemed to be some unusual noises in the air.
Then the next second, a huge stone bullet hit the water not far from Zhu Ranlou's boat, causing a huge splash of water in an instant!
What?! Zhu Ran suddenly felt chills all over his body, as if he had a very bad premonition.
A series of strange roars came over!
Zhu Ran raised his head, "Fuck!" These stone bullets were obviously coming towards his ship!
Weigh anchor!
Set sail immediately!
Zhu Ran's voice was a little out of shape.
Captain! There is still our son on the shore!
Leave four ships to respond! The remaining ships immediately weigh anchor and leave!
As soon as Zhu Ran finished speaking, a stone bullet hit the ship he was on. With a huge sound of flying wood chips, it directly penetrated the deck and fell into the cabin!
Another stone bullet roared over and hit the bow of the ship, smashing the nose of the ship to pieces. The whole ship trembled violently and swayed. Several Jiangdong soldiers standing on the side of the ship were unsteady and fell into the ship screaming.
into the water.
Hurry up and start the boat! Zhu Ran held on to the wooden railing and shouted. Jiangdong soldiers showed their amazing potential in the face of life and death. They lifted the anchor as quickly as possible, broke away from their original positions, and quickly began to withdraw from the battlefield. He ran so fast
It was so fast that the second wave of stone bullets aimed at the ship where he was was basically completely in the air.
The part of Jiangdong soldiers and ships left on the shore and on the shore did not have such good luck. After losing order in the panic, everyone wanted to escape first. As a result, no one could escape. In the end, the four
Only two of the broken battleships escaped with injuries, but the other two and most of the Jiangdong soldiers who came ashore, totaling about a thousand people, were outflanked by Cao's army and were all killed, stained with blood.
The shore of Surabaya turns red
Cao Cao, the kid from Jiangdong, laughed loudly and escaped quite quickly.
The soldiers of Cao's army were greatly excited, shouting and shouting one after another, and their morale increased.
The soldiers of Cao's army who chased them to the edge of the Surabaya River were obviously not satisfied. They issued provocations towards the fleeing Jiangdong ships. Some people lifted up their shirts and took out their penises to urinate in the Surabaya River, saying that they wanted Jiangdong's army to have a taste of it.
For a moment, everyone in Cao's army was just laughing.
Smiling, Cao Cao's smile on the high platform of the Chinese army suddenly became stiffer. He turned his eyes away from the escaping Jiangdong ships and looked in the direction of Chang'an.
