Xiakou City, the morning sun is rising, and the golden glow stains the city wall.
Wei word king flag, hunting and flying.
Under the king's banner, the potters stood proudly like green pines, looking out of the city from afar.
The Hanshui water camp on the west bank and the Yangtze River water camp on the south bank, tens of thousands of Wei soldiers have been arranged in an orderly manner in the two villages at this moment, and the strong bows and hard crossbows have been wound.
The 2,000 sailors led by Xu Sheng had already traced the river first, and all the potters had to do at the moment was to sit in Xiakou City and wait for the news of the water battle upstream.
Although Xu Sheng had 2,000 sailors, he had no warships, but after the successful surprise attack on Xiakou, he captured more than 100 Chu warships.
Now, he has to rely on these 100 boats and 2,000 sailors, but he is facing Huang Zu's 10,000 sailors.
If Xu Sheng loses the water battle, Huang Zu's water army will take advantage of the situation to kill the water camp, and at that time, the pottery merchant will repel his attack with an infantry army.
The potter was of course confident that he would defeat Huang Zu with his infantry army, but this was not the result he wanted to see the most.
Once Xu Sheng's naval army was defeated, Huang Zu's warships could enter the Han River and wantonly harass the rear, and the soldiers and horses could land at any time to cut off the grain route from Xiangyang to Xiakou.
And Wu Zixu's naval army that arrived later, although it could drive Huang Zu away, Huang Zu could still flee downstream and re-establish the water village to connect Sun Ce's reinforcements.
For the potters, the best outcome is naturally to incorporate Huang Zu's water army, and now, since Huang Zu refuses to surrender, he can only eliminate him, lest this force fall into the hands of Sun Ce.
Xu Sheng had previously made a military order, claiming that there was a way to defeat Huang Zu's 10,000 naval army with 2,000 sailors, and the potters were convinced of Xu Sheng's ability to put on today's position.
The sky was bright.
The wind picked up and the weather started to get colder.
The potter also subconsciously tightened his armor, and his eyes extended from near to far, extending to the upstream, looking at the endless Yangtze River.
"Huang Zu is stronger than Cai Mao, does the king really think that Xu Wenxiang can defeat Huang Zu's 10,000 water army with 2,000 water troops" Zhang Liang, who was beside him, expressed his concern.
The potter smiled and said proudly: "Xu Sheng has followed this king since Haixi, and when he said that he had confidence, this king believed that he would be sure." ” Zhang Liang's eyes moved slightly, and he said: "Xu Wenxiang is indeed a good fighter in water warfare, but the warships he captured are all small boats, and the number is only two thousand, and they are still fighting against the current, which is much more difficult than Wu Zixu breaking Cai Mao before." ” The potter's sword eyebrows moved slightly, obviously what Zhang Liang said was actually what he was worried about before.
Although the potter was skeptical, he believed in the concept of employing people without doubt, and was confident that since Xu Sheng dared to call for war, he must have his own hole cards.
Therefore, when Xu Sheng proposed to fight, the potter didn't even blink his eyes, and agreed on the spot.
His eyes only moved slightly, but the potter then smiled proudly, "Although Huang Zu has the advantage, this king believes that Xu Wenxiang must be absolutely sure, let's sit back and wait for his good news." ” The potter's tone was extremely confident, as if everything was under control, Zhang Liang couldn't help but be shocked, deeply affected by the potter's confidence in his own judgment.
"The king's life and employment have never been missed, presumably this time, there will be no mistakes" The worry in Zhang Liang's heart was also put down, and he only cheered up and waited for the outcome of the war.
West of Xiakou, the Yangtze River.
The river breeze blew clumps of reeds, making a rustling sound, and soon disappeared under the sound of the river.
Xu Sheng had a reed in his mouth, lying quietly on the bow deck, gently brushing aside the reeds with both hands, and looking at the west with eagle eyes.
In the field of vision ahead, the river is vast, and there is no sail in sight.
Xu Sheng waited like this for a few hours, until it was nearly noon, and the river was still quiet, and there was not even a ghost.
Xu Sheng could feel that among the soldiers behind him, there had begun to be a certain anxious mood, and with the passage of time, the anxious mood became more and more intense.
Xu Sheng was still as quiet as ice, there was no trace of waves in his eyebrows, and he had a reed in his mouth, only chewing it idly.
As the day passed, suddenly, Xu Sheng's eyes moved, and he saw something unusual.
The blade-like gaze looked far away, faintly, as if seeing the black and oppressive dark clouds, which were slowly approaching the Yangtze River, and the speed was extremely fast, and it was only a moment away from Lixu.
The dark clouds were nothing else, but clouds and sails that covered the sky and the sun, and hundreds of large and small warships soon appeared, and they went down the river to the east, and there were so many warships that there was no end in sight.
On the huge fighting ship in the center, the big flag with the word "yellow" was fluttering high.
"Damn, old thief Huangzu, you're finally here" Xu Sheng excitedly spit out the reeds in his mouth and scolded.
Outside the inside, above the flagship, Huang Zu wore armor and held his sword, staring proudly at the front, his eyes flashing with solemnity and urgency.
Hearing the news of the fall of Xiakou, after seeing Huang Jie's letter of persuasion, the angry Huang Zu led 10,000 elite sailors and more than 500 warships to go down the river day and night, and rushed back towards the old nest.
Like Huang Zu, those soldiers from Jiangxia couldn't wait to return to their hometown and rescue their wives and children from the "clutches" of potters.
Under the anxiety, this Jiangxia naval army, with a full sail and oars, coupled with the trend of going downstream, galloped all the way towards Xiakou.
Huang Zu couldn't wait to kill back Xiakou, which was also the purpose of the pottery merchant forcing Huang Jie to write that letter of persuasion, in order to provoke Huang Zu.
This is also where Xu Sheng's self-confidence lies in daring to be weak and strong.
A quarter of an hour later, the mighty Jiangxia sailors galloped past in front of them, and the Jiangxia troops, who were eager to return eastward, were completely unaware that among the reeds on both sides of the strait, thousands of Wei sailors were quietly hiding under their noses.
Huang Zu was too anxious, he only cared about galloping downstream, and he didn't have time to send sentinel ships to reconnoiter first, and in his opinion, although the pottery merchants attacked Xiakou, most of the soldiers and horses were infantry troops, and there were not enough sailors to block their advance on the Yangtze River.
He never dreamed that the potter would send Xu Sheng to dare to come to stop him with 2,000 soldiers and horses.
At this moment, this naval army that he despised was lying in ambush beside him, but he didn't realize it.
Among the reeds, Xu Sheng's eyes were like torches, coldly staring at the passing enemy ships, looking for something.
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Suddenly, his eyes moved slightly, and a glimmer of essence flashed.
He saw the banner of the word "yellow" and swept the location of Huang Zu, which was the flagship of his main attack today.
"Light the fire, attack" Xu Sheng spit out the reeds in his mouth, jumped up without hesitation, and shouted with a knife.
When the order was passed down, the wolf smoke that had been prepared for a long time was immediately lit, and the blazing pillar of smoke rushed straight into the sky, clearly visible within a radius of dozens of miles.
The signal for the offensive was given In the blink of an eye, the two thousand soldiers of the Wei army who were ambushed in the reeds on both sides of the river saw the wolf smoke signal at the same time, and the suppressed battle spirit was suddenly ignited.
The sound of hitting the water suddenly sounded, and the officers and men of the Wei army tried their best, desperately rowing the oars in their hands, and bursts of shouts rose like angry waves, and one after another rushed out of the reeds, like a wild shark, in a pincer way, from both wings to the enemy fleet of the central army.
The ship where the "Xu" flag was located, its line was like the wind, chopping waves, and went straight to Huang Zu's flagship.
At this time, Huang Zu was staring intently ahead, completely unexpected, there would be ambushes hidden in the reeds on both sides of the river, and even when thick black smoke rose from the shore, he only thought that the local farmer was burning orange poles.
It wasn't until a moment later, when the Wei army's express ship approached, that those Jiangxia soldiers were shocked and screamed.
"There is an enemy ambush in the reeds, and we are in ambush" Above the ships, the screams and warnings were loud, and Huang Zu, who was above the flagship, was alarmed and subconsciously looked to the sides.
Shockingly discolored When Huang Zu saw the rapidly approaching enemy ship, he was instantly stunned, and his whole face was distorted and deformed, as if he had seen a ghost.
"It's not good, I only cared about killing Xiakou, but I didn't expect that the pottery thief actually hid an ambush on both sides of the strait" Huang Zu's heart shook violently, and a trace of fear flashed in his eyes, but soon, he took a few deep breaths and forcibly suppressed the shaking mood.
Because he found that although the Wei army hid ambush soldiers, there were not only few ships, but also small ships, and it seemed that the number should only be about 2,000 people.
Such a weak ambush soldier, wanting to break through his water army several times over, seems to be a little too despised by his Huang Zu's ability to dominate the water army.
With disdain flashing between his eyebrows, Huang Zu snorted coldly and said proudly: "The enemy ships are few and there are few soldiers, what is there to be afraid of, order the ships to turn around and annihilate the incoming enemy."
On the flagship where the "yellow" flag was located, the flag shook like the wind, like a hundred Jiangxia warships, and they all changed direction with great difficulty, trying to turn the bow of the ship to meet the Wei ambush soldiers who suddenly killed from both wings.
Although there was a slight commotion among the fighting ships, they did not mess up, and when they turned to change formations, one after another arrows shot towards Xu Sheng's ambush fleet like a raging storm.
Huang Zu was worthy of being battle-hardened for a long time, and he could see at a glance that the Wei army did not have many ambush troops, and he was confident that with the strength of his fleet, he would be able to take advantage of the situation to annihilate the incoming enemy.
It's a pity that the confidence and disdain for sarcasm in Huang Zu's eyes were replaced by horror and horror in the blink of an eye.
Because, the fleet led by Xu Sheng did not go to the waist of his fleet as usual, in order to cut them off, disrupt the formation of his fleet, and finally win in chaos.
The seventy or eighty large and small Wei ships completely ignored the rest of the warships, and all rushed towards the flagship where Huang Zu was.
Xu Sheng was going to take a decapitation action, break through the Jiangxia fleet formation directly from the two wings of the weak defense, directly kill the flagship, and kill Huang Zu.
As soon as Huang Zu died, the entire Jiangxia Chu army fleet would collapse and collapse without a fight In the sound of breaking the wind, the flagship where the banner of the word "Xu" is located rushed, like a sharp blade cutting through the waves, facing the rain of arrows in the sky, and went straight to the flagship of Huangzu.
Xu Sheng was half-shirted, holding a big shield in one hand and a knife in the other, and flew out of the attacking arrows.
His bloodshot eagle eyes stared straight ahead, pointing directly at Huang Zu's flagship, and a murderous sneer rose at the corner of his mouth, as if he was about to see Huang Zu's panicked virtue. isjgy: