Chen Shi, including his army, was now shrouded in despair.
The sky is not working, the earth is not responding.
The only hope is to rush to the vicinity of Pengze as soon as possible. Once on the lake... everything will be explained.
So they didn't dare to stay any longer.
For the next two to three hundred miles, Chen Shi planned to arrive as soon as possible within two days.
——
Standing on the bow of the ship, Chen Shi asked the soldiers around him to go back and rest.
And he was alone, looking at the scenery in the distance——
The river scene in front of me is desolate, as if the influence of the war has spread here. I remember that when I first came to Jiangdong, it was still prosperous.
But now...
"There can't be any more ambushes, right?"
"Who guards Wancheng?
Before that, when we went down the river, I remember that Wancheng was also easily captured by military advisors."
Chen Shi's memory was certainly not biased.
When Zhuge Liang first led his army from Chaisang to various directions, he was extremely cautious at that time.
Whether it was Wancheng in the north or Guangchang in the south, he sent people to attack.
only…
"General Qi... Wancheng should be guarded by General Gao Xianggao, but... I am not sure about the future..."
"Um?
how do I say this?"
Despite all the hardships, Chen Shi still retained the basic qualities of a general. No matter what, it was the most important thing to clearly explore the next path.
But the deputy general's words made Chen Shi a little puzzled.
What does it mean to be unsure about the future?
"It's like this, because the military advisor said later that... we must concentrate our forces to attack Piling and break through the Jiangdong people's final defense line in one fell swoop, so the military advisors behind the city basically recalled them halfway, just to make sure that the city did not fall into the enemy's hands. After all,
The frontal battlefield is the most critical..."
It’s not that Chen Shi couldn’t understand this.
After all, they only have so many troops...The key is that Jiangdong is too vast.
There are large and small cities across this land with a radius of thousands of miles. If every time a city is captured, a certain amount of troops are left to garrison. By the time they reach Piling, their forces will have been diluted and unable to be unified.
.
The reason why Zhuge Liang still maintained the greatest combat power when he arrived at Piling was because during this period, although they captured countless cities, they only left a certain amount of soldiers and horses to garrison every three or five cities.
Think about it before... Wuhu was clearly captured by them, but during their retreat, they were caught off guard.
Although Chen Shi understood... he was a little over the top.
He had some bad premonitions.
"We won't stop at Wankou. We still don't know who is in charge of Wancheng. The top priority right now is to get in touch with General Yu Mifang."
"yes!"
The deputy general responded and retreated.
Chen Shi was left alone, staring at the river view in a daze.
For half a day, Chen Shi experienced a quite peaceful time.
It was hard for him to believe that Zhang Liao and others were still chasing behind him, but there was no trace of them for half a day.
The journey went so smoothly that it was unimaginable. Seeing...seeing that they were about to arrive near Wankou, Chen Shi was not only a little nervous.
"Have the scouts returned?"
Not long ago, he simply sent out his scouts to investigate the enemy's situation near Wankou. But just now, the scouts who went to investigate the enemy's situation finally returned and should have boarded the ship by now.
"Back! General! There is no enemy at the entrance of Anhui!"
"good!"
Chen Shi couldn't help but applaud. This was the best news he had heard today. Seeing the sunset, if he survived the night, he was probably not far from victory!
For Chen Shi, as long as he can successfully retreat, it is victory.
"Go full speed ahead!"
Chen Shi gave the order with some excitement. After a while, all the ships raised their sails. The east wind was very strong today, just like that year in Chibi...
——
Dong Dong…
"Um?
Did you hear any noise?"
In the cabin, the man rocking the oar thought there was something wrong with his ears, but suddenly he heard that the boat seemed to have hit something hard.
Seeing that no one around him responded, he wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked doubtfully.
"What noise?
Did you hear it wrong?
Don't be lazy, the general said that if you survive this period, you will have wine and meat in the evening."
"Hey... we're finally getting there. Just rocking the oar these past two days has made our arms almost unable to bear it."
"Hey, who isn't? Just hold on! We're almost there!"
Dong Dong——
"Eh?"
The man was about to turn around and continue to exert force... But this time, the sound coming from the bottom of the cabin was particularly clear.
He turned around and found that everyone had the same doubts on their faces.
"Look! I didn't lie to you, did I?"
"Did you hear it too?"
The man shouted excitedly.
The rest of the people were not in such high spirits and just said in confusion:
"It doesn't sound like we've hit a rock. Do you want to tell the general?
In case the ship is damaged, that would be bad..."
"I think I have to say something. I heard that there are a lot of reefs on this stretch of road. If someone accidentally breaks the boat, it's not easy to repair it at this time."
"Who then?
Since you discovered it, go ahead and report it, tell the general... and see if there is any way to deal with it..."
The man stood up without hesitation and walked past everyone with a smile:
"Okay, I'm going."
However... just as he finished saying this, a strange sound came from the bottom of the cabin again...
Dongdong——dongdongdong——
Dong dong dong dong——
"Is this...is this really a reef?
Why...why does it sound so much?"
Yes, just when the man stood up, the sound at the bottom of the cabin suddenly became denser, and it sounded like...
"Could it be a big fish?"
Someone said jokingly.
"How is it possible? How could such a stupid fish collide with a boat?"
There really is.
It's just that this kind of fish, Yi Xiaotian calls him "torpedo".
——
boom!
The calm river surface suddenly surged with countless waves at this moment.
Waves of water that were so fine that it made one's scalp numb exploded on the river.
Before Chen Shi realized what was happening, there was a terrifying vibration from the ship under his feet.
It seemed like a big hand was ravaging the ship back and forth...
Chen Shi fell directly to the ground, but the vibration underneath him did not stop.
It should be said...the shocks sounded all around him one after another, and each sound was more terrifying than the last.
Looking at the water column rising into the sky, Chen Shi was stunned.
The calm river surface turned into a boiling oil pan at this moment...smoke was everywhere, and the boat overturned...
He struggled to climb to the side of the ship, only to see an even more desperate scene.
A medium-sized warship was lazily cut off by the aftermath of the explosion that suddenly surged from the bottom of the ship.
Amidst the flying wood chips, the unsuspecting soldiers on the ship were blown to pieces.
Blood and water were mixed with water droplets falling from the sky... A scene of purgatory on earth seemed to appear before my eyes.
