The Han army sailors took more than 300 warships of different sizes, like carp crossing the river on the river, waving flags, mighty and mighty.
Along the Yangtze River all the way to the east, walked more than 2,500 miles, temporarily settled in the port of Chibi County, waiting for news of the scouts.
"What, Huang Zu blocked the Yangtze River with an iron cable" Listening to the scout's report, Han Shizhong took the case.
Huang Zunai is the leader of the Huang clan, the largest clan in Jiangxia, with more than 10,000 clansmen, plus he summoned the reclusive Liu Biao's old department, and unexpectedly killed Jiangxia Taishou Wang Lang to control Jiangxia City, although Han Shizhong was surprised, but it was also a reasonable thing.
It's just that what Han Shizhong didn't expect was that this Jiangxia head snake actually came up with such a strange trick, first arranged hidden piles and iron vertebrae in the Yangtze River, and then intercepted them with iron cables on the river, making it clear that he wanted to block the reinforcements in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and create conditions for Cao Cao to occupy Huainan.
"We waited for more than 20 days on the road due to heavy rain and the rebellion of the Nanban, Huainan must have been in a hurry, but there is no room for delay.
You will personally go to the place where the iron rope crosses the river to spy and formulate a strategy to destroy the enemy."
After listening to the scout's report, Han Shizhong sent an envoy to the west to inform Zhuge Liang to help him refer to the strategy of breaking the enemy, and on the other hand, he personally took Zhu Huan and Liang Hongyu on a building boat, and led seven or eight fighting ships, ships, boats and other ships of different sizes down the river and went straight to the river basin where the scout reported to observe the enemy's situation.
The fleet of ships remained in Chibi for the time being.
After walking downstream along the Yangtze River for more than fifty miles, the rough-looking Tun Chang pointed to the steep section of the river in front: "General Qiyu Han, the section of waterway in front is the place where Huang Zu laid down the big iron cone, please deal with it carefully." ” Han Shizhong bowed slightly, and instructed Zhu Huan: "You lead a ship, a ship down the river, and test it."
"The Last Will Do Duty" Zhu Huan agreed, jumped onto a ship, led more than 50 people, and took two warships, one large and one small, down the river to test the reality of the dark pile iron vertebrae.
"Breakdown pause" Han Shizhong gave an order from the bow of the ship, and the boat and the accompanying boat anchored close to the shore, temporarily stopped moving, and quietly observed Zhu Huan's movements.
About half an hour later, Han Shizhong saw two boats of different sizes capsizing on their sides and slowly sinking to the bottom of the river.
Fortunately, Zhu Huan and the others were prepared and did not cause casualties, dodging the hidden piles in the cold river water, and swimming towards their own fleet against the river.
Han Shizhong hurriedly ordered several ships to come forward to respond, pull all the people up from the water, and change their clothes in the cabin to avoid contracting the wind and cold.
After Zhu Huan changed his clothes, he went straight to the deck of the building ship to meet Han Shizhong, and sneezed before he could speak: "Ah, this weather is cold enough, Huang Zu, this son of a bitch is really cunning, the dark piles in the water are of different heights, different shades, intersecting with each other, and intricate.
Whether it is a building ship with a deep draft or a boat with a shallow draft, it is really tricky to not be able to pass through this dark pile safely."
Just as Zhu Huan was talking to Han Shizhong, the Huang Zu fleet on the other end of the iron cable also discovered the whereabouts of the Han ships, and drove in formation on the river, beating drums and horns, shouting loudly, and wantonly and rampant provocations.
I can vaguely hear them shouting clearly: "Han Shizhong, you have the ability to put on your wings and fly over."
"These guys are so arrogant, they really shouldn't have given Huang Zu military power in the first place" Han Shizhong shook his head and sighed, feeling quite self-reproachful in his heart, only hating himself for failing to perceive Huang Zu's wolf ambitions, so that he was so arrogant today.
If Jiang Xia can be broken this time, the Huang clan must be wiped out, Han Shizhong secretly thought in his heart.
The dark pile and iron vertebrae in the water stretched for at least three or four miles of waterway, and it was too far away to see the iron cable on the river, so Han Shizhong jumped on a boat, personally drove a small boat, and led three or five soldiers to drive downstream along the river bank, in order to observe the iron cable at the nearest angle and formulate a strategy for crossing the river.
The boat walked down the river for a meal, and during this time, he heard the sound of the iron vertebrae rubbing against the bottom of the boat several times, but he was dodged by Han Shizhong's agile bracing, avoiding the doom of the boat being pierced by the iron vertebrae.
Slowly came to a place only forty or fifty zhang away from the iron cable, and three black iron cables were already clearly visible.
Looking around, I saw that this section of the river gradually showed a narrow trend from top to bottom, the distance between north and south was about 800 zhang, the river flow was turbulent, the strange peaks on both sides of the river were steep, and the mountain was abrupt.
There is a zigzag place in the middle, which resembles a coiling dragon, so it is called "dragon turning back", and Huang Zu's three iron cables are set in this section.
From a distance, the three iron cables were at least as thick as an adult's arm, and they straddled the rolling river like three poisonous snakes, spitting out letters like three poisonous snakes, and blocking the river with great might.
Whether it is a building ship that is several feet high, or a boat that is only half a foot low, they all come to an abrupt stop upstream and cannot pass.
Just when Han Shizhong was observing the iron cable, Huang Zu, who got the news, also led his troops to come.
Because most of the ships used are plundered and forcibly requisitioned, most of them are small civilian ships, and only a dozen ships seized from Jiangxia County are considered large ships, but they are better than many ships, densely lined up on the river, like a carp crossing the river.
"General Han, don't come unharmed" Huang Zu saw Han Shizhong on the other side of the iron cable from a distance, so he led his troops to go up the river, lined up nearly 100 ships of different sizes on the river, and stood on the big boat headed by Han Shizhong to shout to Han Shizhong.
"Huang Zu Rebel" Han Shizhong was furious, and bent his bow and arrow to shoot a carving feather at Huang Zu: "In the past two years, Han has never treated you badly, and the imperial court has never treated you badly, you actually did this kind of treason with the enemy, do you know that this move will put your people in a situation from which you will never recover."
The two ships were too far apart, and after Han Shizhong's feather arrow shot more than 100 zhang, it became the end of a strong crossbow, and fell into the river and disappeared.
Huang Zu laughed loudly on the boat: "Haha Han Shizhong, don't waste your effort, I grew up in Jiangxia since I was a child, and I am more familiar with the terrain than anyone else.
With these three iron cables blocking the river, you can't fly through it even if you put on your wings."
"Huang Zu is a traitor, don't be complacent too early, I will break your hidden stakes and iron cables sooner or later" Han Shizhong accepted the bow and arrow, and swore hatefully.
Huang Zu raised his hand to support the black blindfold, which was given by Sun Ce five or six years ago, and became a one-eyed dragon like Xiahoudun, but unfortunately it did not have the domineering and murderous aura of Xiahoudun's one-eyed blue wolf, and looked more like a fortune teller on the street.
"Hehe, you said that sooner or later, it proves that you are not sure to break my iron cable and hidden pile" Huang Zu stood at the bow of the ship and grinned, "If you wait until next year, I will destroy the iron cable and let you pass, but by then the Great Wei Emperor has already broken through Jinling, for the sake of you being not thin on me before, the speed department surrendered, and I will promote you to a half-official position in front of the Great Wei Emperor, what do you think?"
"Shameless traitor, watch me take your life" Han Shizhong was even more angry, and he pushed forward and tried to shoot Huang Zu.
It's just that there was a sharp friction sound under the boat, and Han Shizhong knew that there was an iron spine hidden, and Huang Zujun fired arrows in unison, and the arrows were like flying locusts, so he could only temporarily hold the boat back. rendezvous with Zhu Huan, Liang Hongyu and others to temporarily return to the Chibi Navy Division camp and carefully plan a strategy to break the enemy.
I went out today, so the update is relatively late, forgive me, brothers t1706231537: