Chapter 2420 Offense and Defense
Accompanied by the sudden sound of war drums, the warships of the Jiangdong Army came straight to Ling County along Surabaya. Against the background of the towering flames and black smoke in the middle of Lingxian County, these warships seemed to be carrying boundless The anger and fighting spirit rushed towards Cao Cao''s position on the north bank, and rolled towards Cao Cao on the high platform of the Chinese army.
Amidst the sound of war drums, the Jiangdong soldiers nimbly operated the battleship, just like the northern barbarians galloping their war horses, leaning against the shore nimbly and quickly. About five or six hundred Jiangdong soldiers jumped off the ship and stepped on Qi Knee-deep water, rushing to shore. They did not rush to rescue their own defeated soldiers in Ling County, but chased Cao Jun who had retreated from Ling County.
Ling County is on fire, and Cao Jun''s retreat seems to be in a bit of a mess...
Jiangdong soldiers shouted, chasing and driving the retreating Cao army.
Behind these Jiangdong soldiers, the crossbowmen on the Jiangdong warship also began to shoot at Cao Jun on the shore, and sharp arrows with sharp screams rushed towards Cao Jun''s soldiers.
『Swish! 』
Arrows flew screaming in the air.
For the Jiangdong Army, which lacks cavalry and is good at ships, bows and arrows have almost become one of its necessary skills. At the same time, due to the characteristics of the ship, Jiangdong''s archers can have arrow reserves several times more than the army''s archers. The Cao Jun archers on land shot one or two base arrows, and both sides of the quiver were empty, leaving only one bow, while the Jiangdong archers could still shoot as long as their physical strength could support them.
The cavalry of Cao Jun who came from the flanks were forced by bows and arrows, but they also stopped the Jiangdong soldiers from continuing to chase and kill.
Even though the bows and crossbows of the Jiangdong Army are powerful, there is still a limit on the range after all. About 150 steps from the shore, it basically makes Jiangdong''s bows and arrows weak. There is still enough lethality, but the shooting accuracy of the ballista is really pitiful. After Cao Jun pulled away a little, he was lucky to be able to hit one or two of the ten arrows.
Zhu Ran on the battleship sneered, leaving a part of the battleship to confront the cavalry of Cao Jun, and then continued to move upstream with other battleships...
Yes, there is nothing wrong with it. The strategy of using distance to limit the archers of Jiangdong ships is indeed useful, but in the same way, Jiangdong soldiers can go ashore not only in one place!
As long as the terrain permits, Jiangdong ships can deploy troops anywhere in Surabaya and attack!
And Cao Jun''s camp and Cao Jun''s array, can they move as conveniently as Jiangdong ships?
In this era, due to various constraints, the march of the army must follow the water source, or ensure that there is a convenient water source in the place where it settles, otherwise it will be a disaster. For example, Ma Su has a great say.
Cao Cao''s army is no exception. The two camps along Surabaya are actually not far from the river bank. And when Zhu Ran moved with the ship, Cao Jun was a little embarrassed.
With such a long distance from Surabaya, Cao Jun could not control all the shores at all, and once he got close to the shore, he would be shot by the Jiangdong Army. It''s not a good idea to follow Jiangdong''s ship, after all, Jiangdong''s soldiers are on the ship, and most of Cao''s soldiers can only rely on their two legs, and their physical strength will be exhausted. How else to fight?
Cao Jun cavalry, it is not so easy to go through the already lined up Cao Jun array and rush to the rear to stop the Jiangdong Army.
Even if Cao Cao sent people to block off all the shores of this section, then Zhu Ran sailed directly to the rear of Cao Jun, what would Cao Cao do?
For a while, Cao Jun felt a little embarrassed from top to bottom.
On the high platform of the Chinese army, Cao Cao frowned slightly.
It is not impossible to directly order soldiers to go forward with arrows to kill this small group of Jiangdong Army, but it is not necessary. Because on the one hand, the casualties will inevitably increase greatly, and on the other hand, the Jiangdong Army has ships on the shore. Although some Jiangdong soldiers can definitely be killed, Cao Jun will definitely suffer more casualties...
Not worth it.
Although Cao Cao expected Jiangdong to have a plan, he did not expect that Jiangdong''s navy would actually adopt this kind of tactics. Of course, Cao Cao is safe here. The Chinese army is heavily guarded and the battle formation is complete. Even if the Jiangdong army really comes up, Cao Cao is confident that he will sit on the high platform and kill these Jiangdong troops in front of the formation. Cruising gave Cao Cao a bit of a headache, he could only hope that the iron chains deployed in Surabaya would play some role.
If I had known that the Jiangdong soldiers were so cunning, I should have built a dam...
Well, in fact, the construction of barrage dams is only a superficial idea, and there is not much room for operation in reality. The section of Guangling Surabaya is already close to the downstream of Surabaya. The water surface is vast, and there are not many high mountains and deep valleys on both sides. It is not like a stream between two mountains in the upper reaches of the water flow, which can easily store water. Even if one or two places suitable for building a dam can be found, it will be of no use if it is too far from the battlefield.
『Order! Line up outside the rear camp to prevent enemy invasion! 』
Cao Cao ordered with a frown. The current policy is to respond to all changes with the same.
The iron cables that Cao Cao had placed on the river in advance played a certain role. A Jiangdong soldier''s warship didn''t notice the underwater iron cables and bumped into it. Gao tilted up and buckled on the water, and all the soldiers on the boat fell into the water. Some were rescued by other ships, while others were unable to be rescued. They sank and floated in the current and were brought to Downstream...
Cao Jun''s soldiers cheered immediately, but they didn''t make them happy for too long.
Just like the cavalry of the Cao Army will also train how to defend and destroy the traps of tripping ropes, the Jiangdong Army on the water is also very experienced in dealing with this kind of chain blocking the river.
A fighting ship moved forward, protruding a long pole from the bow, probing under the water surface like mine clearance in later generations, and quickly picked out the iron chain from under the water surface, and the next thing was It''s even simpler.
The cast iron craftsmanship and manufacturing technology of the Han Dynasty were not enough to build the thick iron chains that would collapse in later generations. Therefore, under the destruction of the Jiangdong Army, the iron chain that Cao Jun preset to block the river quickly broke into two pieces and sank into the water. .
Then the second iron chain was also discovered...
The third way...
The Jiangdong water army dismantled the trap with ease, and Cao Jun''s morale, which had been a little higher before, fell back again.
However, these three iron chains blocking the river were not completely ineffective. In addition to the previous ship, they also successfully delayed the advance speed of the Jiangdong water army, allowing Cao Jun''s rear army to calmly list battles outside the camp. Array.
After receiving Cao Cao''s order, the sword and shield hands of Cao''s soldiers began to line up outside the camp facing the direction of Surabaya. The sword and shield hands were at the front and raised their shields. Three sword and shield players formed a solid shield wall, and other spearmen and archers hid behind this shield wall.
Long arrows are like a storm. Beating the shield array continuously.
If you are a new recruit who has just entered the battlefield, you will inevitably panic and nervous in the face of such an arrow attack, and once you panic and lose your balance, there will be gaps in the shield formation, followed by casualties, which will lead to the collapse of the shield formation. However, the sword and shield fighters currently in formation are veterans who have experienced many battles. They have seen bigger scenes and resisted denser arrow arrays. what a big deal.
Even if a few arrows landed where the shield could not defend and caused some damage, the movements of these Cao Jun sword and shield hands were not deformed because of this. If the front fell, the back would make up for it...
Seeing this scene, Zhu Ran couldn''t help but secretly praised him. Just as Cao Cao felt that the Jiangdong Army''s water army was very tricky and difficult to deal with, Zhu Ran also felt that Cao Jun''s strength on land gave him a headache.
If the old opponents of the Jiangdong Army, no matter if they are the fierce pirates or the cunning Shanyue, under such a rain of arrows, they would all collapse, but now the Cao Army is like a hard reef, no matter how the Jiangdong Army scours them, they will all be defeated. Hard to shake.
Seeing that the arrow rain''s attack was fruitless, Zhu Ran frowned, and decisively ordered the pawns to step forward and attack.
The arrows were still pouring down, until the Jiangdong soldiers disembarked and began to march forward, and then gradually stopped.
The sky covered by the arrow array returned to light, and the four or five hundred Jiangdong Army who had already lined up began to advance, with one team in front and two teams behind, forming a triangular attacking formation.
The Jiangdong army is not slow to move, and they don''t even care about some scattered formations because of this, because they have to use this time difference to ensure that the retreat route after the attack is still smooth, otherwise Cao Jun''s soldiers from other places will outflank and fall into Cao Jun In the battle formation, it will definitely end in annihilation of the entire army.
Cao Cao''s central army is under orders to make some passages out of the tight formation. Soon, Cao Jun''s cavalry will arrive here!
The short distance of more than a hundred steps between the two sides was quickly shrinking under the advance of Jiangdong soldiers.
『Boom! Boom! Boom boom boom! 』
The low-pitched war drums rippling, stirring in the ears of every soldier.
"kill! 』
『Hold it! 』
Cao Jun sword and shield fighters erected their shields to block the Jiangdong army''s onslaught of swords and guns, and at the same time fought back tenaciously.
After a short fight, Zhu Ran''s face changed.
The Jiangdong soldiers brought by Zhu Ran are not the strongest, but they are three points better than ordinary Jiangdong soldiers. However, when facing Cao Jun''s rear line, such soldiers have no way to effectively break through !
You must know that this is the back camp of Cao Jun!
Strictly speaking, the combat effectiveness of Cao Jun soldiers here is worse than those on the front line...
Thanks to the habits of General Hussars, Cao Jun''s current equipment is much better than that in history. Cooperating with Cao Jun''s stronger fighting skills on land, the Jiangdong soldiers not only failed to break through the front line, but were faintly overwhelmed.
The Jiangdong soldiers came with a burst of energy, but the rhythm was disrupted by Cao Jun''s array. In the face of the tenacious blocking of the sword and shield players and spearmen, these Jiangdong soldiers could not gain the upper hand at all. Although the scene still looked like a fierce battle, but There is no way to gain the upper hand, and there is no hope of breaking the formation at all.
『Archers behind! Shoot Cao''s reinforcements! The archers in front disembarked and threw rockets into Cao''s camp! 』
Jiangdong army attacked, Cao Jun defended. As soon as Zhu Ran saw that Cao Jun''s array was strong and solid, he immediately adjusted his attack method, trying to use harassing rockets to attack. On the one hand, he could disturb Cao Jun''s rear, and on the other hand, he could see if he could ignite something, and then add some trouble to Cao Jun , if it can affect the morale of Cao Jun''s array, that would be even better...
On the other side, Cao Jun''s reinforcements are outflanking here.
The two sides are fighting fast.
With the tactical changes of the Jiangdong Army, Cao Jun''s array was inevitably affected. Under the frenzied attack of Jiangdong soldiers, Cao Jun''s sword and shield hands were finally seized by the Jiangdong soldiers and killed two or three people in a row. A small crack appeared in the shield formation.
Jiangdong soldiers were overjoyed and charged forward even more fiercely.
The chief general of Cao Jun''s rear battalion, Tuntian Zhonglang General Ren Jun, just arrived at this moment. With a loud roar, his spear danced up and down like flying. After killing two Jiangdong soldiers in an instant, he interrupted the attacking momentum of Jiangdong soldiers. , not greedy for merit, retreated two steps in a row, retreated into the formation, adjusted his breath, and issued an order at the same time: "Retreat in the middle, push out with both wings!" 』
Cao Jun, who was almost destroyed by the Jiangdong soldiers, echoed loudly, and then retreated slightly in the middle. The sword-shieldmen and spearmen on both sides of Cao Jun''s formation surrounded them, sandwiching Jiangdong''s soldiers in the middle, and killed them painfully.
The surrounded Jiangdong soldiers were attacked on three sides, and they were cut down to the ground one after another, causing heavy losses for a while. The changes in the battlefield took place in an instant. The Jiangdong soldiers who had just made some progress were severely injured. The arrows that fell into Cao Jun''s formation were forcibly discounted. Advance forward again rashly, stopped the attack, and the offensive that had been brewing for a long time was suddenly interrupted.
Cao Jun, who had outflanked from the flanks, was also facing the arrows of the Jiangdong Army, trying to cut off the back of this part of the Jiangdong Army!
Cao Cao sat on the high platform of the Chinese army, squinted his eyes, and stroked his beard, "Jiangdong boy, your skills are poor!" 』
The Jiangdong soldiers near the county town of Ling County could no longer withstand Cao Jun''s offensive, leaving dozens of corpses behind and fled back to the boat. Cao Jun left a small group of Jiangdong soldiers on the shore to monitor these Jiangdong soldiers. The cavalry had also withdrawn and rushed towards Cao Jun''s rear camp.
After a while, if the Jiangdong soldiers do not retreat, they will all be killed on the shore!
Jiangdong Army is strong on the water, so what?
Cao Cao squinted his eyes, "Is the thunderbolt cannon adjusted yet?" 』
Originally, Cao Cao thought that the Jiangdong Army would attack his central army in order to break through the center and sneak attack on the commander, etc., so he aimed his catapult at the shore of Surabaya on the side of the Chinese army, but he did not expect Zhu Ran to jump over his central army formation. For a while, he ran directly to the rear army, and it was so smooth when cutting the iron chain blocking the river, that Cao Cao finally did not order to attack with a catapult...
But, now I have a chance!
Just like the catapult in the later games, it takes time to put it away and unfold it, and the moving speed of the catapult is also slow. Even if it has a long range, if you want to move from the central army to attack the rear camp It still takes some time for the Jiangdong battleship to berth.
While Cao Cao was deploying, Zhu Ran was also secretly frightened. Standing on the building boat, he also saw that there seemed to be some changes in Cao Jun, but he had never directly seen Cao Jun''s catapult, so he didn''t pay much attention to those equipment. At this moment, Zhu Ran''s gaze was more attracted by Cao Jun''s cavalry. Seeing that the cavalry was passing through the position of Cao Jun''s central army, he couldn''t help but began to estimate the time, and then shouted loudly: "Archers!" Retreat after three rounds of rockets! 』
Jiangdong''s archers had to go ashore to attack Cao Jun''s rear camp. Once the archers went ashore, even if they retreated, they would inevitably occupy the original retreat channel, and it would take more time to gather soldiers. So at the moment, you can''t directly gain an advantage on the battlefield, so you have to consider retreating...
So although it is said that firing a few more rounds of rockets will definitely increase the probability of igniting Cao Jun’s rear camp, but the current time is running out, and greed will inevitably lead to serious problems in the future.
It is the subtleties that really test the generals.
The duel of masters in the battlefield is definitely not a simple F2A.
Zhu Ran had to reconsider the combat effectiveness of Cao Jun. He raised his eyes to look in the direction of Cao Jun''s center formation, looked at Cao Cao on the high platform, and seemed to see Cao Cao''s gaze cast here.
The rocket soars into the sky!
There was an uproar in Cao Jun''s camp!
『Withdraw! Get out! "Zhu Ran ordered, "The rear boat suppresses Cao..."
『Woo…』
There seemed to be some unusual noises in the air.
The next second, a huge stone bomb hit the water surface not far from Zhu Ranlou''s boat, splashing monstrous water in an instant!
"what? ! 』Zhu Ran suddenly felt chills all over his body, and seemed to have a very bad premonition.
One after another, strange howls came over!
Zhu Ran looked up, wow! These stone bullets were obviously coming towards his building!
『Anchor! 』
『Set sail immediately! 』
Zhu Ran''s voice was a little out of shape.
『Captain! There is still our son on the shore! 』
『Leave four ships to respond! The rest of the ships lifted anchor and left immediately! 』
As soon as Zhu Ran finished speaking, a stone bomb hit the building where he was, and amidst the loud sound of sawdust flying across, it directly smashed through the deck and fell into the cabin!
Another stone bomb whizzed in and hit the bow of the ship, smashing the nose of the ship to pieces. The whole ship trembled violently. into the water.
『Sail the boat! 』Zhu Ran yelled while leaning on the wooden railing. Jiangdong''s soldiers exploded with amazing potential in the face of life and death. They lifted the anchor at the fastest speed, broke away from their original positions, and quickly began to withdraw from the battlefield. He ran so fast that the second wave moved towards the building where he was. The ship rock bombs basically fell into the empty space.
The part of the Jiangdong soldiers and ships that were left on the shore and the shore did not have such good luck. After losing order in a panic, everyone wanted to escape first, and the result would inevitably lead to no one being able to leave. The last four Only two of the broken battleships escaped back with injuries, while the other two and most of the Jiangdong soldiers who went ashore, a total of about a thousand people, were all killed under the outflanking of Cao''s army, stained with blood. The shore of Surabaya is red...
『Jiangdong boy...』 Cao Cao laughed loudly, 『I escaped pretty fast...』
Cao Jun''s soldiers were very excited, clamoring and shouting, and their morale rose.
Those soldiers of Cao Jun who chased them to the edge of Surabaya were obviously not satisfied. They challenged the fleeing Jiangdong ships, and some people took off their shirts and took out their guys to pee in Surabaya, expressing that they wanted Jiangdong Army to have a taste...
For a while, Cao Jun was just laughing.
Laughing, Cao Cao on the high platform of the Chinese army suddenly stiffened his smile, turned his eyes away from the fleeing Jiangdong ship, and cast his eyes in the direction of Chang''an...
(end of this chapter)