Chapter 19 Zhou Gongjin breaks the enemy on a snowy night

The snow in the south is really heavy. It has been raining for two days, and the snow on the ground is nearly a foot thick. In this bad weather, Zhao Feng also had to order a one-day suspension of training. He also organized the sergeants to clean up the snow in the camp, and even helped the counties clean up the snow. In this way, the Xuzhou army also won a lot of people's hearts, and even the people came to reward the soldiers spontaneously.

"The general wants me to be careful of Zhou Yu's raid?" In the Lujiang River, Gan Ning, who had retreated to the Lujiang River, was surprised when he saw the emergency military situation sent. If Zhou Yu dares to use troops in such a heavy snow, he will really win in a narrow way!" Guan Ping beside him also sighed. However, for the sake of safety, the two still sent out the news of the other side of the Ganjiang River.

"Gentlemen, I intend to raid across the river tonight and break through Jingxiang Marine Division in one fell swoop!" On the night when the snow stopped, Zhou Yu suddenly summoned the generals and issued this seemingly reckless plan.

"Governor, the snow is beginning to stop, and the ice on the river has not subsided. How can we march!" Cheng Pu was the first to object when he heard the words, and the rest of the generals also had less approval and more opposition. I don't know what the princes said, but as soon as the heavy snow has just passed, the Jingxiang sailor must be unprepared. If he can make a sneak attack, it is a good opportunity from God. At this point, Zhou Yu said in a slightly gloomy tone and said, "What's more, the 100,000 Xuzhou troops in Lujiang are also staring at each other. When the road is smooth at the beginning of spring, they will march forward. If the weaker Jingzhou army is not eradicated first, it will be difficult to continue the enemy on both sides at that time!"

"That's true!" This time, no one suddenly came out to oppose, but the atmosphere was a little silent, and everyone felt a little heavy about the current situation. The governor, Zhou Tai is not talented, and he is willing to be a pioneer!" After a moment of silence, Zhou Tai was the first to stand up and hold the boxing.

"Okay, I'll have 5,000 elite soldiers with you. Tonight, I will cross the river in a small boat and raid Cai Mao's water army camp first. The generals and I will lead the army to catch up, and then break through the army village of Kaiyue." Zhou Yu looked at Zhou Tai and nodded slowly.

It was the second update of the night. Zhou Tai led 5,000 elite soldiers and quietly crossed the river in a small boat first. At this time, although the surface of the river is not frozen into a whole piece, there are still a large number of floating ice fragments in the river, which collide with each other as the river flows. Fortunately, Zhou Tai's people were able to quietly cross the Ganjiang River.

"There is no sound at all?" Zhou Tai looked at the silent water camp opposite, and he also felt a little strange. But at this time, it was already open and there was no turning back. Next week, Tai ordered the sergeant to step up rowing. In fact, he didn't urge him. The soldiers were already rowing their best. After all, on such a cold day, in the middle of the night on the boat, the river will freeze when it splashes on the boat. If these soldiers don't move, they will almost freeze.

"Up!" Seeing that the other party's water village was close in front of him, Zhou Tai found that two Jingzhou sailors were lying there and sleeping regardless of the cold. He quickly motioned his men to come forward and ask about the situation.

"Huh?" The two soldiers were sleeping soundly and were suddenly woken up. At first, he thought it was the officer who checked the guard. When he opened his eyes, he found that the bright knife and gun were on his neck, and he was immediately scared out of his wits. Forgive me... Spare your life!" Both of them stammered and begged for mercy, but they didn't know whether they were frozen or scared.

"If you want to live, tell me what the Jingzhou army is doing tonight?" Zhou Tai asked in a low voice.

"General, spare my life. It's too cold tonight. Dudu Cai asked everyone to go to bed!" One of the soldiers seemed to slow down and answered Zhou Tai's words more fluently.

"God help me too!" Zhou Tai was overjoyed when he heard the words, and then ordered people to kill the defenseless naval battalion.

"Kill!" Zhou Tai led hundreds of people to rush into a camp first, and did not hesitate to cut the first knife of the Jiangdong army's night attack against the big heads that were still sleeping soundly. Suddenly, the sound of cutting meat and bones sounded one after another, and then gradually began to scream. Many Jingzhou sergeants have gradually woken up, but they are sleepy and armored. In the face of the five thousand tiger and wolf divisions, there is only one way to be slaughtered.

"Don't just kill people, set me on fire!" Zhou Tai killed two armored soldiers with a knife while calling his men to kill and set fire. With the fire, more people were suddenly shocked, but it was difficult to organize an effective attack for a while, so they could only copy the things around them and barely resist. Zhou Tai's group of 5,000 people and horses were divided into small pieces and rushed back and forth in the Jingzhou military camp to set fire, as if they were in no man's land.

"Do not be rampant, eat me a knife!" Zhou Tai was happy to commit suicide. Unexpectedly, he killed a general behind him, but he rode a horse and waved a knife at him. Hey!" Zhou Tai turned around and did not stop. He clenched the big knife in both hands and faced the blade in his hand. Dang!" With a loud noise, the blow that came with the help of the impact of the horse was blocked by Zhou Tai, and he was also shocked and fell to the ground.

"Death to death!" Before he could get up, the man saw that Zhou Tai seemed not to be affected at all, and jumped over and cut his head.

"Bang!" The man's skull was cut in half by Zhou Tai, and the latter quickly continued to fight. He didn't know that it was Zhang Yun, the deputy governor of Jingzhou Marine Division, who was killed by him. As for the governor Cai Mao, he had no fighting spirit after being woken up. Under the escort of hundreds of guards, he fled directly to the Bujun Dazhai on land. After the rear army's Jiangxia Taishou Huang Zu and his son Huang She were woken up, they also hurriedly ran to the Luzhai of Khaiyue.

"The fire has started. It seems that General Zhou has succeeded. I will order the three armies, except for the left-behind troops, and give me all the river. I will take the opportunity to send the Jingzhou army back to my hometown completely!" Seeing this, Zhou Yu also ordered successively that all 40,000 Jiangdong troops boarded the ship and killed the position of the Jingzhou army opposite the Ganjiang River. In terms of the Jingzhou army, although Kui Yue's army was quite strict, so many defeated soldiers came to his camp in a hurry, and it couldn't help but be a little chaotic for a while. At present, he hurriedly ordered people to transfer 3,000 crossbowmen, first go to the riverside to guard, and then rectify the army and horses to prepare for battle.

It should be said that Cuo Yue's reaction is not slow, but Luzhai is still some distance away from the river. The crossbowman of the Jingzhou Army had just arrived, and the warship of the Jiangdong Army was only dozens of steps away from the shore. At present, everyone fired arrows and wanted to force the Jiangdong army back. For a while, it was raining, and it was difficult for the Jiangdong army to move forward.

"Ah!" At this moment, on a ship on the left of the Jiangdong Army, there was a shocking roar. Then a white-bearded old general took off his armor and his upper body was naked. He held a knife and shield and said harshly, "Breaking the enemy at this time, it's a good man who kills me!" After saying that, he only wore trousers and jumped into the waist-deep river mixed with ice. He took a shield in one hand to block the arrows and branches, while rushing to the shore, but it was the veteran Cheng Pu.

"Demou!" Huang Gai of the right army and Han Dang of the middle army were also about to break when they saw the situation, and they took off their armor one after another. Seeing that the three veterans were so desperate, Ding Feng, Ling Tong and other young and strong factions all worked hard to follow up. Jiangdong's military morale was greatly boosted, and they jumped down the river one after another and rushed forward, killing each other's position in a blink of an eye.

"Ah!" Once the crossbowman who only carries bows and arrows is hand-to-hand combat, it is absolutely miserable. The Jingzhou Army is different from the Xuzhou Army. After Zhao Feng's military reform, everyone in Xuzhou will be equipped with a single knife, even if it is hand-to-hand combat, it will not be too passive. The Jingzhou army only had a long bow, and could only fight with people with arrows in hand-to-hand combat. Unfortunately, they are not masters of the Emei School. They don't know how to use this arrow to use Emei thorns, and they are suddenly killed.

"Break through the army's village!" Zhou Yu also went to the battle in person to boost morale. The Jiangdong army killed the Jingzhou army like a wolf and a tiger, which was still a little chaotic. Although Kuai Yue responded quickly, he could not organize too effective resistance in a hurry, not to mention that his army had been messed up by the previous defeat of Cai Mao and others.

"The general trend is gone!" When Kai Yue paid the bill, he saw that there was already a fire outside. Jiangdong's army waved a knife like cutting melons and vegetables to kill the panicked sergeant Jingzhou. He suddenly realized that he was going to lose today. With a long sigh, the army was arranged to slowly retreat to the south and retreat to Jiangxia.

"Governor, the Jingzhou army retreated to Jiangxia. Are you chasing?" Ding Feng, who was full of sweat, rushed back and asked Zhou Yu for instructions. Zhou Yu looked at the completely defeated Jingzhou army in the distance and said in a low voice, "Order the whole army to pursue with all your strength!" Therefore, the Jiangdong army continued to pursue after burning the Dazhai of Cuoyue again.

"Yi Du Gong, Zhou Yu is chasing after him!" Cai Mao fled in a hurry on the moment. From time to time, he looked back at the shadow-like pursuers, and his courage was almost scared.

"Zhou Gongjin wants to cut the grass and eradicate it!" Qi Yue also gritted his teeth. The first reason why this battle was so miserable by a sneak attack was that Cai Mao was completely paralyzed. I didn't expect that Zhou Yu would cross the river on a snowy night. Secondly, after the defeat, Cai Mao went to Kuaiyue's village, so that the defeated soldiers also brought chaos to Kuaiyue's troops. Secondly, the Jiangdong army fought to the death. It was full of morale, and everyone took the lead. In the end, it was unstoppable.

Of course, the deepest reason is also due to the long-term lack of training and poor combat effectiveness of the Jingzhou army.

"Governor, there is a man in front of you!" At this time, Kui Yue suddenly returned to the army to report. Kuai Yue and Cai Mao's faces changed greatly when they heard the news: If Zhou Yu also ambushed people all the way here, he would be really bad today. Dekui, it seems to be the Xuzhou Army!" Kuai Yue took a few steps to see that there was indeed a man parked by the roadside, and some people in the array had white feathers on their helmets. He knew that this was the unique shape of Liu Bei in Xuzhou's emperor's white soldiers. Without waiting for Cai Mao to answer, one of the generals held a big knife in his hand and asked loudly, "The front is Jingzhou people, and the young general Guan Ping is here!"

"It's us. I'm Cai Mao, the governor of Jingzhou!" Cai Mao was immediately ecstatic when he heard the words and agreed in a series of voices. Guan Ping immediately looked at the embarrassed Cai Mao and others, and frowned and said, "You can take refuge in Jiangxia first, and wait for the young general to break."

"Thank you very much!" Cai Mao agreed repeatedly and quickly patted the horse and left. However, he frowned slightly. Before leaving, he still asked, "I don't know how Major General Guan is here?"

"I'm coming from Lujiang by boat tonight!" Guan Ping said with a smile on his face, and when he heard the words, he suddenly frowned deeper. At this time, the rear pursuers came fiercely, and Kuai Yue was also in a hurry. Seeing that the road here was narrow, he ordered the sergeant to take off his armored robe and block the road to delay the pursuers. While it was convenient for Guan Ping to block the attack, he also ran lightly and quickly.

"Thank you, Mr. Yidu!" Guan Ping saw that the sergeants of Jingzhou took off their clothes one after another, and immediately laughed so much that the ancestral gods in his body trembled: When the resistance was over, he did not intend to return the robe and armor to Kui Yue. After messing around with Zhao Feng and Zhen Mi, Guan Ping inevitably became a rich man. Just when his little abacus was crackling, most of the defeated soldiers in Jingzhou had fled back to Jiangxia from him. At the same time, the sudden killing in the south was shocking, and the unidentified Jiangdong army came.

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