At three quarters after lunch, in the hills and mountains south of Zhushui, later known as Laojun Mountain, scouts sent by Wang Tu detected the situation outside Zhuyang City.
Zhuyang is located to the north of Zhushui and west of Han River. Their location is south of Zhushui, across the Zhushui River.
And through reconnaissance on the mountain, you will see that the Jingzhou Army's camp has been set up on the south bank of Zhushui at the foot of the mountain in the distance. Zhushui and the river surface are densely populated with small troop transport ships such as protrusions, exposed rafts, and walking boats.
This type of troop transport can only transport more than twenty people at a time. Although it is not as good as a river ship like a stern battleship, and it is not as good as an aircraft carrier like a tower ship, it is faster than a light ship.
While Xiahou Dun was still walking slowly in the mountainous area, the navy sent by Shen Chen had already taken a shortcut and rushed towards Wang Fuzhou.
Wang Tu's scouts not only saw the fleet south of Zhushui, but also saw the Jingzhou army outside Zhuyang City in the distance. Although it was unknown whether Yin County on the other side had been attacked, it was probably not going to be easy there.
"General."
After hearing the scout's report, Wang Tu's deputy general said to him: "Now the south of Zhushui has been occupied by the enemy. We are afraid that we can only go around from the west of Zhushui, but the soldiers have been walking all night and are all tired. We must Why don't you rest for a while and wait for the general's main force to arrive in the afternoon before crossing the river and entering the city?"
"Um."
Wang Tu thought it made sense, so he nodded and said, "Okay."
Immediately, he led the soldiers to the west and started to circle. They hid near the foot of the mountain and asked the soldiers to rest in the forest and take a nap before heading towards Zhuyang City.
But just after resting for less than an hour, a loud horn suddenly came from the distance.
The scouts sent by Wang Tu responded, saying that the Jingzhou army south of Zhushui crossed the river by boat and surrounded Zhuyang, and was now preparing to attack the city on the north bank of Zhushui.
After receiving this news, Wang Tu was overjoyed. He felt that if the enemy's main force went to surround Zhuyang City, the enemy's camp would definitely be empty. Why didn't he sneak attack the enemy's camp and seize the opponent's ships?
At that time, not only Zhuyang and Yin counties will be preserved, but when the main force of Xiahou Dun arrives, they will be able to use ships and double-teaming postures to annihilate all this enemy force.
Thinking of this, Wang Tu immediately urged the soldiers to get up, and the soldiers set out dragging their tired bodies that had just woken up from sleep, full of complaints.
Zhao Yunjun's camp is located on the plain south of Zhushui. There are many islands on the Zhushui River. Their ships are docked at the Hanjiang pier in the east. Zhushui flows trickling to the north. The islands in Jiangxinzhou are dotted with high oars and sentry towers of the Jingzhou army.
Not only Jiangxinzhou, but also Laojun Mountain in the south were full of scouts, so Wang Tujun was extremely cautious. The scouts only dared to watch the situation from a distance on the high slopes of the mountain top, and did not dare to get close.
At this time, Wang Tu and his soldiers were patiently lurking.
At the last moment of noon, they watched thousands of enemy troops leave the camp, cross the Zhushui River in small boats, and march toward Zhuyang City in a mighty manner. Wang Tucai waved his hand and signaled the two lieutenants to act according to the plan.
Soon, the two of them each took hundreds of soldiers and climbed up to Laojun Mountain again. Then at noon, they arrived at the Han River from the east of Laojun Mountain and headed north.
Wang Tu, on the other hand, led the main force along the foot of Laojun Mountain, through the jungle, and slowly moved towards Zhao Yun's military camp on the south bank of Zhushui in the distance.
In early winter and October, the cold wind blew and the water and grass on both sides of Zhushui withered. People in Zhuyang and Yin counties had to either leave their hometowns or be submerged due to flooding. As a result, all the original village pavilions were ruined, leaving only ruins.
There were originally several villages to the south of Zhao Yun's military camp, but now only some dilapidated houses remain. The trees were washed away by the floods, the houses collapsed, and the sand buried the weeds, making the view extremely wide.
Wang Tu didn't dare to rush directly because people could see him from a few miles away, so he could only choose to take a roundabout way and pass through the foot of Laojun Mountain under the cover of the forest.
Perhaps the enemy's attention was focused on Zhuyang, or perhaps the Jingzhou Army did not deploy too many scouts in the Laojun Mountain area. It was not until Wang Tu approached less than a mile south of the military camp that he was discovered by the outlying sentries.
A signal was sent.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!"
The desolate horn sound rang through the air, and dozens of sentry soldiers from Zhao Yun's army on the periphery all ran back to the camp in panic.
Seeing this, Wang Tu raised the knife in his hand and shouted: "Kill!"
"Kill~~~"
Cao Jun let out a feeble cry.
In fact, after running around for a day and a night, I only rested for an hour in total, and I really didn’t have much energy to burst out.
But this still startled the Jingzhou Army's camp. Dozens of heads suddenly appeared at the head of the camp, looking southward, and there were all kinds of shouts, whistles, urgings, and shouts.
Zhao Yun's troops arrived only one day earlier than Xiahou Dun. The surrounding camp layout was extremely crude. Some temporary trees were cut down to make fences that were not tall enough for a man. There were no horse barriers, iron caltrops, pits or any other fortifications.
Wang Tu's army did not have a formation, but he chose to divide his troops into two groups and attack Zhao Yun's military camp from the south and east. Only a few hundred people were left in the camp. He shot sparse arrows at them, and soon they all stopped. There were almost no soldiers.
The people defended themselves and retreated in embarrassment.
Soon Wang Tu occupied their camp. The only flaw was that Zhao Yun's tribe took a boat to cross the river and drove away all the boats. The remaining soldiers also fled in confusion and drove away in boats.
There are still more than 20 scattered small boats left at the dock, and each time they transport troops there, they can only transport four to five hundred people.
But even so, this was a great victory. Wang Tu decided to take advantage of the victory to pursue it, and sent his troops to drive the remaining ships to attack Jiangxinzhou on the Zhushui River.
This Zhushui became the Nanhe River in Gucheng County in later generations.
There is a huge river center island where the lower reaches connects with the Han River, almost connecting the two banks.
In later generations, sometimes the Nanhe River was relatively dry in summer, and people could even walk directly from the exposed river beach to Jiangxin Island, and then walk directly from Jiangxin Island to the other side.
However, at this time, the upper reaches of the Han River surged. Although the flood had passed, the water stored in the upper reaches was still flowing downwards, causing the water level in the upper reaches of the Han River to be very high, and even many islands in the center of the river were submerged.
Therefore, it was still not easy for Wang Tu to cross the river.
It happened that Zhao Yun's troops also built some high oars on Jiangxin Island. The soldiers who escaped from the camp and the soldiers who were originally staying on Jiangxin Island fired arrows into the river. Wang Tu's soldiers who tried to rush to the island were hit by arrows and were forced to retreat.
Come back.
The two sides fell into a brief confrontation. Although Wang Tu came at the right time and captured Zhao Yun's camp, his soldiers were too tired and there were few ships to cross.
So it is difficult to successfully raid.
Time passed minute by minute, and another hour passed. At the beginning of the afternoon, about one o'clock in the afternoon, countless Cao Jun troops appeared all over the mountains and plains of Laojun Mountain in the south.
Xiahou Dun's main force finally arrived at Zhuyang, belatedly.
At this time, the battlefield had already changed. Zhao Yun's tribe, which was originally going to besiege Zhuyang City, learned that the rear camp was attacked. With a roar, the soldiers boarded the ship one after another, returned to the ship, and then shot arrows from the ship towards the shore.
Wang Tu then occupied Zhao Yun's original camp, ordered the soldiers in the boats in front to withdraw, dragged the boats into the camp, and defended against the enemy's arrow rain.
They were lightly armed and carried few arrows. They were basically in the defensive stage of hiding behind the fence. Only when Zhao Yun's soldiers were about to land ashore to seize back the camp, they would fight back with bows and arrows, holding on very reluctantly.
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The two sides were in a stalemate for a long time. Xiahou Dun from Laojun Mountain in the distance hurriedly led his soldiers down the mountain. The scouts who were scouting the road in front had returned and reported to Xiahou Dun: "Report!"
"What happened before?"
"General Wang said that the enemy came out of the camp and surrounded Zhuyang. Only a few people in the camp stayed behind. He took the opportunity to seize the camp and was fighting with the enemy across the bank."
"Ha ha ha ha."
Xiahou Dun laughed and said: "They will never think that we galloped on a starry night last night, and thought that we would not be able to get here until at least tomorrow. Soldiers, follow me into the camp."
After walking for a day and a night, with only two hours of rest in between, Cao Jun continued on his way towards the camp where Wang Tu got it.
The 30,000-strong army was like a black cloud shrouding the entire wilderness, quickly approaching Wang Tu's location and entering the camp.
Since the camp was only built yesterday and could only accommodate 5,000 people, Xiahou Dun only brought a few hundred personal guards into the camp, and the rest of the soldiers were outside the camp. He asked everyone to line up and march towards the shore, shooting arrows to force them back.
enemy.
Soon, a large number of Cao's troops approached the bank of Zhushui River, using shields as defense to cover the archers. Thousands of crossbows fired arrows at the boats on the river, frightening Zhao Yun's soldiers and retreating to Jiangxinzhou in panic.
The two sides were in a stalemate for a while.
Although Xiahou Dun had more than 20 ships, each of them could only carry more than 20 people, which meant that they could not transport many troops and horses at once, and it would be difficult to forcefully cross the river.
But if they don't cross the river, Xiahou Dun's tribe will be very reluctant.
Because the soldiers were tired and sleepy, everyone could not get a good rest. Although they captured Zhao Yun's camp, they could not let everyone sleep in the camp.
After a long stalemate, Xiahou Dun thought of a way. He asked Wang Tu's soldiers to sleep in the camp first while he stayed on the shore.
Wait until Wang Tubu wakes up, and then put the others to sleep. By taking turns to rest, they can regain their energy.
However, Zhao Yun's troops on the other side obviously knew about his plan. They used the gongs and drums loudly and the bows and crossbows constantly, and used the maneuverability of the ships to harass him. At the same time, Xiahou Dun's scouts also reported that hundreds more ships were coming from the east of the Han River.
This made Xiahou Dun frown even more.
He knew that Shen Chen would not send just this few people. The current situation was very delicate.
The soldiers are unable to get through on the other side, but the reinforcements from the opposite side are coming. If the enemy continues to reinforce, they are tired and sleepy and cannot rest well, and they will definitely suffer disaster if they force the battle.
Therefore, Xiahou Dun felt that he could not hesitate. If the other side relied on ships to block the river, or took the opportunity to make a surprise attack, his situation would be very dangerous.
He immediately changed his strategy and immediately prepared to forcibly cross the river. He ordered his soldiers to use bows and crossbows to suppress the enemy and drive them back from Jiangxinzhou.
At the same time, he sent people to cut down trees to build rafts and ships, and ordered Wang Tu to use the twenty ships to transport troops there.
Jiangxinzhou is very close to the south bank, only thirty-four meters away. Cao Jun's soldiers fired arrows at Zhao Yun's tribe on the shore. With the numerical advantage, Zhao Yun's tribe fled in panic, and finally gave way to Jiangxinzhou and left by boat.
Wang Tu immediately took his troops to transport troops and quickly seized Jiangxinzhou.
After establishing a stronghold, under the cover of Wang Tu's troops and Cao's army on the shore, twenty troop transport ships kept going back and forth, quickly transporting 30,000 soldiers to the island in one afternoon.
As mentioned before, this Jiangxin Island is almost connected to the opposite bank. The narrowest part between the two banks is only a few meters. There is a wooden bridge connecting it in the middle. After getting on this island, you can walk north to the outside of Zhuyang County.
Zhuyang County is located on the north bank of Zhushui. After crossing the bridge, you can walk 200 meters to the bottom of the city.
The winter wind blows, the vegetation on the islands on both sides of the Taiwan Strait withers, and the whole world becomes brown.
Cao's army captured Jiangxinzhou, while hundreds of ships of the Jingzhou army not far away were floating on the Han River, watching from a distance.
At first glance, there must be four to five hundred ships. As each ship can carry twenty people, there are probably ten thousand enemy troops.
Xiahou Dun was riding on the horse, his eyelids could no longer open up and down.
Cao Cao is already sixty-five years old, let alone him?
From the early morning departure yesterday morning to this afternoon, there was a total of two days and one night without rest, and the soldiers' physical strength and energy were almost exhausted.
But the ending is good.
He successfully crossed the river before enemy reinforcements arrived.
In this way, the opponent will not be able to block him here by seizing Jiang Xinzhou, and there is no need to worry about the opponent taking advantage of their extreme fatigue to raid the camp tonight.
Because they have already arrived at the city.
Xiahou Dun urged the horses to cross the wooden bridge. At this time, one-third of his army had passed, and more than 10,000 horses had reached the north bank.
After some of them crossed the shore, they immediately went to the village wall on the riverside to stand ready.
Fu Fang was quite capable and did build some walls.
Xiahou Dun watched the soldiers all in place, guarding against the ships on the river in the distance. He nodded with satisfaction, then waved his hand and said: "Enter the city!"
"Enter the city!"
Another of his lieutenants, Zhong Jin, shouted, and Cao's soldiers suddenly cheered.
At this time, Cao's army was extremely exhausted, and everyone had only one thought in mind - to enter the city and have a good sleep.
Xiahou Dun led the soldiers closer to Zhuyang City.
Dozens of Cao Wei soldiers wearing black armor looked at them above the city wall. The flag above also had a big word "Fu" written on it.
Arriving outside the city, Zhong Jin shouted: "Where is Fu Fang?"
"Here you are."
Fu Fang popped up.
"Open the city gate quickly, the former general is back."
Zhong Jin shouted.
Fu Fang looked around and asked, "Where is the general?"
Xiahou Dun rode his horse and rode out of the crowd: "What are you talking about? I'm here!"
"The one I'm looking for is you!"
A figure suddenly appeared on the top of the city. The man had an old face and a gray beard, but he was tall and energetic. He was holding a long bow in his hand and had already nocked an arrow, aiming at Xiahou Dun.
Almost at the moment he appeared, countless figures also emerged from the top of the city. They all carried crossbows and aimed at the enemies outside the city.
"What?"
Xiahou Dun was so shocked that he almost said "withdraw" before he even uttered the word "withdraw".
The next second.
Huang Zhong let go of the arrow in his hand.
"call out!"
The arrow broke through the clouds and pierced the air, like tearing apart the void, and arrived at Xiahou Dun's neck in the blink of an eye.
Xiahou Dun originally wanted to raise his sword to block it, but he was old and had traveled two days and one night. His energy had dropped drastically. His arms were as heavy as mountains and he could not lift them up at all.
"Pfft!"
Following the sound of penetration, Xiahou Dun screamed and fell from his horse.
In an instant, the gates of Zhuyang City opened wide.
Countless Jingzhou troops shouted the word "kill" and rushed in like a tide.
At the same time, the Jingzhou Army on boats in the distance on the river also began to land.
The horn sound of "woo woo woo" was endless.
From three directions: east, south, and north, Cao Jun, who was trapped under Zhuyang City and Jiangxinzhou, was surrounded.
For a while.
Without Xiahou Dun, Cao's soldiers, who were extremely tired both physically and mentally, fell into chaos.