The sky was dark and gloomy, and the rain was gradually getting lighter.
The howling southeast wind was still blowing, and in the flood water around the mountain where Cao Hong was, there were the corpses of Cao Jun and the ships of Nanyang Army.
Due to the floods dividing the formation, Cao's troops on Tushan could only fight independently and were defeated by Nanyang's army one by one. Therefore, there were fewer and fewer Tushan camps in the east and around the center still holding on.
Even if Cao Hong stayed, it would indeed boost morale.
But it was just starting to work. When Cao Jun found out that they had been reduced to lambs to be slaughtered, some people finally chose to surrender, seriously weakening Cao Jun's resistance.
Cao Hong saw with his own eyes that on the Tushan Mountain not far away, two of his generals, Dong Chao and Dong Heng, with their respective men, knelt down and surrendered to the Nanyang Army.
He was so angry that he cursed loudly. If it hadn't been blocked by the flood, he would have picked up a knife and chopped down the two beasts.
However, it is useless to be incompetent and furious. The effect of this flood is not to drown Cao's army, but to separate their terrain, causing Cao's army to be unable to assemble and forced to fight with fewer troops.
As the Tushan here was gradually captured, the number of Cao's troops around him became smaller and smaller, and now only the Tushan where Cao Hong was located had become a lonely boat in the wind and rain.
But Cao Cao's army was small, and with only a few people on their side, the pressure on the nearby Nanyang army was greatly reduced, and they began to charge upward.
The sound of "puff" was heard, and the Cao Jun officer was stabbed to death.
Shen Chen stood on the fighting ship, took out a big loudspeaker, and shouted loudly not far away: "Cao Hong! Old thief, come out!"
Shen Chen said: "I'm going to Runan. Zhao Yan is the prefect of Runan. Many of the married women must be from Runan. Grab the county magistrates from all over Runan, search them according to their household registrations, and ask the married women to write letters home.
, even after the flood recedes, I wonder if your soldiers can continue to serve you when they learn that their wives have been forcibly taken away."
"Old thief, I have already paid off Cao Ren and Le Jin for the blood debt in Xuzhou, and now I still need you, Xiahou Dun, Xia Houyuan and Cao Cao!"
Shen Chenjun built three battleships. Among the Jiangxia Navy and Jiangdong Army, the battleships can only be regarded as one of the main assault ships or frigates, but not the main ship.
The soldiers on Shen Chen's battleship began to shout loudly.
However, this earthen mountain is high in height and large in area. Cao's army has a large number of people, so it is not easy to win with bows and arrows.
When he walked to the innermost place, he saw Cao's army trapped inside. They were surrounded in an open space of less than a thousand square meters. In the center was a watchtower, and Cao Hong was standing on the tower.
This piece of earth is actually the tallest and largest part of Cao Hong's camp. It was used as a watchtower and to store some supplies, so it was a huge flat land.
Shen Chen noticed that the hands of Cao Jun's soldiers holding guns were trembling, and everyone's faces were hesitant and overwhelmed. Panic had spread among Cao Jun's troops. This was the best opportunity to destroy morale.
Shen Chen pushed Wu Dang away, stepped forward and said with a smile: "Cao Hong, you can't hide it. Do you know where my cavalry has gone?"
Now with Cao Ren's death, if we rank the status of Cao Cao's group, then Cao Cao must be ranked first, Xiahou Dun second, Cao Hong third, Xia Houyuan fourth, and the rest will take their turn to get other generals and Cao family members.
Cao's troops rushed over from all around.
After all, when Shen Chen dug trenches, Cao Hong and Zhao Yan also considered that he might choose to pour water into Cao's camp. Just like when Cao Cao attacked Yecheng and Xiapi, he let the water in the city be two or three feet high and soaked it for a long time.
Achieve the purpose of destroying the city.
Under his command, the Nanyang army quickly cut off the battlefield, continuously closed the encirclement, and gradually eroded all Cao's troops on the periphery.
Shen Chen's disciple Wu Dang raised his shield and stood in front of him.
But the Nanyang Army is an army.
Almost undetectable raindrops continued to fall, and the water droplets fell along the helmet and onto Shen Chen's cheek. He saw that his soldiers had surrounded Cao's army three layers inside and three outside.
The Eight Tigers of the Cao family, Cao Chun, Xia Houshang, Cao Xiu, and Cao Zhen are all juniors. Among them, Cao Chun was earlier. He fought as the commander of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry when he followed Cao Cao to fight Yuan Tan after the Battle of Guandu.
Shen Chen laughed and said, "Do you dare to do it or admit it? Zhao Yan did this. In the past few years, Cao Cao has been collecting widows and assigning them to unmarried wives to expand his population. Zhao Yan went to Henan and other places in large numbers. Soldiers' wives are being recruited to report to the imperial court. If any of you are from Henan, congratulations, I'm afraid your wives have been recruited by the imperial court and redistributed to others."
"oh?"
There were more and more people behind Gan Ning, and they quickly occupied the beachhead.
As elite soldiers, the Nanyang Army showed strong combat strength at this moment, taking the lead and overwhelming them with momentum.
This is how ancient water battles were fought. The ships would hedge against each other and shoot several rounds of arrows at each other. After the two sides got close, they would use hooks to pull the enemy's ship over, and then use ladders to climb onto the other side's ship to fight at close range.
Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, and Cao Hong were all Yuan Cong, and they all participated in the Battle of the Yellow Turban, the subsequent alliance of the eighteen princes, the Yanzhou Rebellion, the conquest of Tao Qian and Lu Bu, etc., and they were among the elders among the elders. level.
Because there are so many personal guards with shields on the left and right, and they are not just for work.
Not far away, Cao's army nearby saw someone coming to kill them, and they quickly shouted, howling like wild wolves, and moved this way, trying to fill the gap.
"kill!"
The Nanyang army erected planks and shield walls on the boat to protect the oarsmen from rowing the boat against the rain of arrows, and soon rushed to the foot of Cao Jun's mountain.
There are many records in "Three Kingdoms" in history. For example, when Sun Ce attacked Xiakou, Ling Tong's father, Ling Cao, climbed onto the enemy's ship and beheaded Huang Zufeng, and was later shot and killed by Gan Ning. There were also Lu Meng, Ling Tong, Dong Xi and others have records of rushing to the enemy's ship to fight.
"kill!"
"My dead son, what do you want to do with you, Mr. Ru?"
"Cao Hong, I will give you one last chance. Surrender or not!"
"I seem to have heard rumors."
Seeing his stubbornness, Shen Chen felt a little regretful and waved his hand: "Kill him!"
"You are so stinky that I want you to surrender. Don't even think about it."
But now this kind of fighting ship that can only carry two to three hundred people has become the most powerful ship. The three ships are led by Shen Chen, Gan Ning and Chang Lin respectively, attacking Cao Jun's Dongying, Zhongying and Zhongying from three directions. Contain Xiying.
"The general is here!"
An officer quickly dissuaded him.
The direction of Shen Chen's attack was Dongying. Gan Ning had sailed across the Yangtze River in his early years and was good at water battles. After the battle started, the battleship he was on headed all the way to Cao Jun's middle camp, which was better than Shen Chen's. We have to kill Cao Hong first.
This led to the fact that when many Nanyang troops climbed up, they were not stabbed down by Cao Jun above, but were shaken down by the rocking ships.
As the commander-in-chief, Shen Chen rarely went to the battlefield to kill the enemy in person. After the soldiers seized the periphery of Tushan, he disembarked from the ship and landed on the high ground to take command.
"Give way, general, go to the front."
It's just that they never expected that Shen Chen didn't just want Cao's camp to be soaked in water, but directly intercepted the dam, and waited until the heavy rains used the flood to destroy their camp and divide the battlefield, which caused Cao's army to fight on their own. .
But it was a pity that Cao Hong had a strong temperament and refused without hesitation: "You son of a bitch, just let me go!"
Shen Chen moved forward slowly, and the soldiers crowded together parted ways.
The Nanyang Army soldiers behind him followed him like ants and rushed to the mountain.
The main reason is that Nanyang's army is below, while Cao's army is on the earth mountain. They are condescending and use planks, fence fragments, shields, etc. as defensive tools. They have certain advantages over Nanyang's army when shooting arrows from high places, which makes Nanyang's army suffer from long-range shooting.
Therefore, relying on the advantage of large numbers of people, rushing to the foot of the mountain and relying on close combat to eliminate Cao's army is the best choice.
Then they saw Gan Ning in the south, shirtless, holding a shield in his left hand and a knife in his right hand, starting to climb the ladder.
When Cao Hongyue came out of the crowd, he had already ignored his image and courage. He became angry and shouted loudly.
Gan Ning shrank and hid himself behind his shield, then rolled on the spot to avoid the blow, and then quickly stabbed upwards.
Then a large number of ships began to rush towards the mountain at the same time. Thousands of boats and thousands of troops, the mountains roared and the tsunami roared.
Cao Hong asked subconsciously.
Therefore, although Shen Chen deeply hated the four people who followed Cao Cao and massacred countless people in Xuzhou, it goes without saying that if Cao Hong could be persuaded to surrender, the surrender of the third-ranking figure in Cao Wei would have had a great impact.
Gan Ning used a shield to protect himself. Halfway up the climb, two Cao soldiers kept stabbing him. Although he was blocked by his shield, the constant harassment from above made it difficult for him to climb. He attacked hard and bit him with his mouth. Knife, use your right hand to pull the spear.
Cao Hong cursed.
The effect was the same as Zhang Fei's surrender to Cao Cao. The shock to Cao Wei and the disintegration of military morale were immeasurable.
Gan Ning was not afraid, so he took the knife from his mouth and began to swing it left and right, slashing continuously.
Shen Chen chuckled lightly and said: "Do you mean to let all your soldiers die? They also have families, oh, come to think of it, many of their wives seem to have been forcibly assigned to others by you. , maybe they don’t have any family members anymore.”
With Gan Ning and Shan Yi ascending first, Cao Jun could only retreat step by step.
The rain in the sky has become much lighter at this time. From the heavy rain a few days ago, it was only moderate rain yesterday, and now it has become light rain and is developing into drizzle.
When the two sides were a little further apart, they pointed arrows at each other. After getting close, Cao Jun began to stab downwards with spears, while Nanyang troops held up their shields and began to charge upwards, especially Gan Ning and Shan Yi who charged the most fiercely.
With one enemy missing, Gan Ning immediately seized the opportunity and started climbing up, rushing forward.
The current situation is a bit like a city siege. The previous earthen hills are not as big as this one, and the height is not so low. The number of people is naturally smaller. The Nanyang army can attack more and less and slowly encroach.
"You little thief, don't talk nonsense."
Cao Hong stood on the watchtower and shouted loudly: "Dead son, how many times do I have to tell you, Mr. Ru, that the Cao family only has generals who died in battle and no cowards who surrendered."
Shan Yi was stabbed by Cao's army's arrows and countless spears and spears. He suffered several wounds, but he seemed to be unconscious and still charged forward. He actually cut a bloody path and rushed up the mountain.
A scream was heard, and Cao Jun was pulled down and fell on the deck of Gan Ning's battleship, where he was hacked to death by the Nanyang army below.
However, Gan Ning grew up by the Yangtze River in Ba County. He established the Jinfan Bandits at a young age and traveled around the river to commit mischief. He was born as a water bandit, so fighting on a ship was as easy as walking on plain ground.
So this is the only last resort.
Cao Jun's already fragile defense line was torn open, and Gan Ning continued to expand his victory. A Cao Jun officer nearby who made up for it in time suddenly chopped off his head.
Shen Chen said coldly: "But I have never held grudges. Surrender is the last honor I will give you. If you understand the situation, surrender obediently. If you don't, you will die!"
The earth mountain is less than three feet, about six meters, but now the water level is already over one foot and about two meters high, so the distance between the two sides is only two or three meters. The surrounding Cao army resisted vigorously, and the Nanyang army was defeated , or Cao Jun who was dragged down fell like raindrops.
"Don't believe it, everyone, it's all fake."
The Nanyang Army is not a naval force, and its ability to fight on water is far inferior to that of the Jiangxia Navy and the Jiangdong Navy.
"kill!"
After discovering this big fish, he had been the main attack before. Now that Shen Chen's reinforcements arrived and issued the order for a general attack, he naturally took the lead.
"ah!"
By evening, the number of Cao Hong's troops had become smaller and smaller, with only more than a thousand soldiers remaining in a circle, protecting Cao Hong as they retreated step by step, retreating to the foot of the watchtower in the center of the mountain.
Shen Chen's side was the main attack direction, and Cao's army had the largest number. Shan Yi, as a Wuxi barbarian, was stronger than Gan Ning. He had practiced martial arts for many years and was tall and powerful. He needed four or five people to help him hold the ladder to climb up. .
"Fire the arrow!"
"Separate and move back."
He rushed to the front, as if waiting for a dead soldier, and kept slashing, quickly occupying an area, and killed several Cao soldiers around him.
In the distance, Cao Hong knew that Shen Chen was shaking the morale of the army, so he quickly interrupted with an angry roar, and at the same time, he drew his bow and arrow and let go in one go.
He blocked one of the spears with his shield with his left hand, grabbed the other spear that had been thrust down with his right hand, and then pulled it down with all his strength.
"Where are you going?"
"kill!"
"You are so angry that you want to kill people and silence them?"
Under the command of the guards and middle- and lower-level officers, the soldiers on the periphery began to evacuate in an orderly manner.
"Ha ha ha ha."
Cao Hong waved his hand and issued a military order.
A "ding" sound was heard, and the arrow bounced off the shield.
Therefore, ladder climbing was a very important training subject in the navy at that time.
"Is this true?"
There were a large amount of supplies behind, including crossbows, arrows, weapons, armor, grain and grass, etc. Cao's soldiers piled the baggage in front to form a trench.
He is already an old man in his fifties, but Gan Ning's figure can be described as a tiger-like figure, with exposed bronze skin, extremely strong back muscle lines, and bulging muscles on both arms, showing strong strength and an almost crazy attitude. The beauty of wildness.
Therefore, Cao Hong and Zhao Yan had already moved a large amount of supplies to Tushan, which is why they had enough arrows.
"this"
The sharp arrow pierced the air.
Therefore, in the initial offensive, Nanyang's army suffered even greater losses than Cao's army, which was far less than them.
Cao's army above kept poking at them with spears to push up the ladder, but some of Nanyang's troops below were escalating the ladder and some were also poking up with spears to cover Gan Ning's actions.
It was almost impossible to see the end in front of them. They were all crowded with people. The weapons in their hands were held high for fear of injuring their teammates. The sound of armor plates clattering against each other was endless.
There were only a few thousand Cao troops on this mountain, but nearly 20,000 Nanyang troops besieged them. Cao Hong was attacked from both sides, and the outer slopes were quickly captured, and he could only retreat to the central plain behind.
Immediately afterwards, the surrounding ships began to spread outward like a chain reaction.
Shen Chen said loudly: "You have no way to retreat, surrender and I will save you from death!"
At this time, the flood was still rolling in waves, and although the fighting ship was fixed with anchors, the hull would still continue to sway with the torrent.
He actually knew that shooting Shen Chen would not kill him.
The distance between the two sides was more than two feet, and the spears and spears of Nanyang Army and Cao Army were stretched out, almost touching.
But he must never let Shen Chen expose this matter.
"you"
Cao Hong turned pale and was speechless for a long time.
Kill people, but also kill your heart!
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