The sky gradually brightened, and the river gradually became clear.
In the morning light, a black line emerged from the place where the sky and water were connected, and the black line became thicker and thicker, gradually forming a dark cloud, surging towards the Gaotang Ferry.
Gongsun Jun "Prepare to meet the enemy" Under Han Hao's roar, hundreds of Cao warships quickly turned their bows again and formed a battle formation on the river, preparing to fight to the death.
Hundreds of Gongsun warships rolled eastward, covering the entire river, and the scene was extremely spectacular.
Soon, the Gongsun ship was hundreds of meters away from the Cao army's battleship, but the Cao army's battleship was as immobile as a mountain, and one by one Zhang Qiang's crossbow was aimed at the river upstream, ready to fight to the death.
Cao Jun is downwind but against the water, Gongsun Jun is against the water but against the wind, in the early morning, the river wind is strong, and it is still blowing southeast wind, so Cao's warship advantage is still very great.
Tens of thousands of Cao soldiers and soldiers, with momentum like rainbows, urged the battleship to go upstream, like hungry wolves, and counterattacked the Gongsun army battleship that was far superior to its own strength.
Woohoo The sound of breaking the sky on the river was loud, and a rain of arrows swept in the air, like a dark cloud towards each other, and for a while, the sound of screams, falling water, and the sound of arrows in ships was endless.
Of course, if the Jiangdong Navy is here, I'm afraid both sides are not enough to see, the Jiangdong Navy is a professional Navy and the modern professional Navy is distinguished, and the boat driving technology and the river layout have to kill the northern Navy in seconds.
At this moment, the quality of the ships on both sides is almost the same, and they are not accustomed to water warfare, relying on the number and the power of crossbow arrows.
The strength of the Gongsun army is nearly three times that of the enemy, and what is even more terrifying is that the rate of fire of the Wanjun crossbow completely crushed the big yellow crossbow of the Cao army.
After several rounds of arrow rain, before the Gongsun army battleships approached, the Cao army warships had already dispersed, and the river was full of Cao army warships scattered and fleeing.
Han Hao's face was full of unwillingness, but he was helpless, so he had to flee downstream in a hurry under the escort of Shi Jian and others.
Tian Yu did not chase after him, but continued to reorganize the ship formation, and went down the river to the Gaotang Ferry.
Gaotang Ferry, there were only hundreds of people left in the water village, and suddenly saw the Gongsun Army warships surging like the sky and the sun, where did they dare to resist, they had already thrown down their weapons, abandoned the ferry, and fled in all directions.
Hundreds of warships easily docked at the ferry, and more than 30,000 soldiers of the Youzhou Army rushed down, quickly assembling along the ferry and reorganizing the queue.
Gao Tang City is right in front of you.
Tian Yu, who had not slept all night, did not feel the slightest sleepiness, looking at Gao Tangcheng, who was still asleep in the morning mist, his cold and iron-like face couldn't help but swell with a cold smile.
Taking a deep breath, Tian Yu raised his long knife and shouted: "The whole army, siege the city, those who enter Gaotang City first will be rewarded."
Under the order, the 30,000 soldiers of the Youzhou Army who had not finished their killing intentions, like a fierce beast out of the cage, rushed towards Gaotang City overwhelmingly.
Tian Yu carried a long knife, one horse took the lead, Guan Jing and Shan Jing were protected by the side, and Tian Kai led two hundred cavalry to open the way.
The 30,000 Youzhou troops who attacked Dutou, under the cover of the morning mist, rushed to the north gate of Gaotang like a tide.
Due to the suddenness of the attack, Gao Tang City did not notice it, and still opened the city gate on time as usual.
When the soldiers guarding the gate were still dozing, hundreds of cavalry in front of the Youzhou Army killed them like divine soldiers.
The iron cavalry ran over, and in a blink of an eye, the defenders of the city gate were scattered, and Tian Yu led 30,000 Youzhou troops into Gaotang City like a flood.
When the army entered the city, there were only 2,000 guards in the city, and when they saw this formation, they either ran to the south gate to retreat, or disarmed and surrendered, but after half an hour, the sound of killing in the city gradually subsided.
The banner of Gongsun has been flying high in the four gates of Gaotang City, flying proudly, looking down on the bloody city The second most important city in Pingyuan County, the largest ferry in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, fell into the hands of Tian Yu.
Most of Qingzhou's counties are located south of the Yellow River, and only half of the plain counties are located north of the Yellow River.
Tian Yu's capture of Gaotang City is equivalent to opening the gateway to the hinterland of Qingzhou and taking a crucial step towards seizing the entire Qingzhou.
Qingzhou, Qi State.
Gongsun Bai's subordinate generals Gao Shun, Xu Shu, and Zangba led 100,000 Anji troops, starting from Taishan County, and had troops in Laiwu City, and the soldiers were directed at Qi and Qingzhou.
In the territory of Qi, Xiahou Yuan had more than 30,000 troops, and forcibly recruited 20,000 new soldiers, totaling 50,000 troops, deployed along the southwest of Qi State, preparing to defend Qingzhou to the death and resist Gongsun Bai's army.
Although it is said that Qingzhou is now like an island, it is attacked on three sides.
In the northwest, Tian Yu's 30,000 Youzhou troops are eyeing each other, in the southwest there are Gao Shun's 100,000 Anji troops coming violently, and in the northeast, connected with the Bohai Bay, God knows whether the soldiers and horses of the Gongsun army in Liaodong will cross the sea and attack Qingzhou on three sides.
Because Cao Cao's ancestor was surnamed Xiahou, and later his ancestor succeeded to the eunuch Cao Teng, he changed his surname to Cao, so Xiahou and Cao are Cao Cao's clans, so Cao's Cao Ren, Cao Chun, Cao Hong, Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu and others, Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Jie, Xiahou En, etc., are all regarded as the generals of Cao's clan, although the generals with foreign surnames are also reused, but the key position is still controlled by Xiahou and Cao.
If Cao Ren is the first general of the Cao family, then Xiahou Yuan is the first general of the Xiahou family, although Xiahou Yuan is brave and prestigious, and is deeply trusted by Cao Cao, but in terms of the real combat ability of the army, Xiahou Yuan is not as good as Xiahou Yuan after all.
As Cao Cao's confidant, Xiahou Yuan was very puzzled by Cao Cao's successive defeats in Yanzhou.
For the battle between Gongsun Bai and Cao Cao, he originally thought that Gongsun Bai would be defeated, and Gongsun Bai was a milky child, although he was invincible in the north, how could he compare with Lu Gong in the Central Plains However, the truth is so cruel, Cao Cao was not only defeated, but also defeated, almost defeated, but in a year, he lost the entire Yanzhou.
Xiahou Yuan once refused to believe this fact, Yanzhou as the hinterland of the Central Plains, connecting Sili, Yuzhou and Qingxu Prefecture, once Yanzhou is lost, it means that Qingzhou also plays, Xiahou Yuan would rather lose any state between Sili, Qingzhou and Xuzhou, than lose the land of Yanzhou, but whether he believes it or not, it is a fact that Yanzhou is occupied by Gongsun Bai.
Just a few days ago, his request for help had been rejected by Cao Cao, who ordered him to abandon his pawn and protect his car, immediately reorganize the Qingzhou soldiers and horses, retreat to Xuzhou, and abandon the sparsely populated land of Qingzhou.
However, Xiahou Yuan was unwilling after all, and the whole state of the land was fought hard with Yuan Shang at the beginning, and now Gongsun Jun did not spend a knife or an arrow, so he gave it up, making it difficult for him to accept it no matter what.
The so-called "generals will not be subject to the orders of foreign monarchs", Xiahou Yuan was unwilling to abandon the land of Qingzhou after all, and decided to postpone the retreat.
The northwest of Qingzhou is surrounded by the Yellow River, as long as Gaotang is held, there is no need to worry about the Youzhou army led by Tian Yu in the northwest, and as for the Anji army in the southwest, Xiahou Yuan did not take it to heart after all.
Gao Shun and Zangba were originally his defeated men.
More than two years ago, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao and Lu Bu and others were pursued by him to the seaside, Lu Bu was beheaded by him personally, if Gao Shun did not escape by boat, it was inevitable that he would die, as for Zang Ba, he was his general.
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Such a combination, how could he take it seriously Although the Gongsun army was elite, the 100,000 Anji army was originally composed of Cao's soldiers, not to mention its combat effectiveness, if these old troops lobbied, it was possible to rebel and surrender to Cheng, so Xiahou Yuan was determined to stick to the land of Qingzhou and fight to the death with the Gongsun army.
In the southwest of Qi State, tens of thousands of Cao troops built camps and fortifications along the Yishan area to resist the attack of the Gongsun army.
The two sides fought fiercely for half a month along the battle line of dozens of miles, respectively at the places of each pass and fortress, the Gongsun army was strong and thick, and the Cao army occupied the advantage of the terrain, and the two sides had casualties, and there was a stalemate for a while.
At the northern foot of Yishan, in the big tent of the Cao army in Qingzhou, Xiahou Yuan was closing his eyes to recuperate, and a general's face changed greatly and he broke in in a panic.
"General, there is an urgent report from the north, Liu Zheng, a thief general from Liaodong, led 20,000 Liaodong soldiers and horses, crossed the sea, and landed in Huangxian."
Xiahou Yuan looked shocked, his face turned pale, and he was speechless for a while, at a loss.
At this moment, another colonel rushed over: "General Qiyu, the guards of the Gao Tang Dynasty, Han Hao and Shi Lian, mistook the trick of Tian Yu, took the initiative to cross the river and attacked and were defeated by Tian Yu, Gao Tang was lost, Tian Yu's army drove all the way in, and the guards of the two counties of Plain and Jinan either did not open the city to meet the enemy, or abandoned the city and fled, and now the thief army is killing the Qi country."
It was a wave of unsettled waves, Xiahou Yuan was so angry that he gritted his teeth and scolded: "Han Hao, how can you attack the crowd and kill yourself, and kill the old man angrily."
Before the words fell, another general rushed in in a panic and shouted loudly: "General, general, the big thing is not good Qi County guard Huang Yu, who was bewitched by the thief general Xu Shu and led the crowd to surrender, and now the area around the western foot of Yishan has been broken by the thief army, and the rest of the thief army from all over the country are rushing to the western foot to gather."
As soon as the third emergency report came out, it was like thunder, and the audience was in an uproar, and Xiahou Yuan's heart was even more like falling into an ice cellar, and he sat on the couch with his butt and muttered to himself: "I can't go back to the sky, I can't go back to the sky."
After a long time, he stood up and roared: "Pass the order, immediately rectify the soldiers and horses, and retreat to Xuzhou" is to be continued
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