"General, it seems that Zhou Yu has really withdrawn his troops. Let's chase him quickly!" Zhang Yun reminded Cai Mao from the side when he saw that Cai Mao was silent for a long time.
Cai Mao vaguely smelled the smell of conspiracy, but he couldn't figure out what went wrong. After a long time, he slowly said: "General Zhang, send an order to the entire army to rest in the enemy's camp tonight. Early tomorrow morning We will march step by step, fight steadily, and march into Fancheng. Once Fancheng is recaptured, we will immediately return to Jiangling." [bsp; "General, when marching on land, speed is the most important thing. We can't drag so many warships to chase Zhou Yu." Zhang Yun pointed at the navy boat behind him and admonished Cai Mao.
"That makes sense." Cai Hao nodded, "I will lead a team of a thousand people to guard the warships here."
"General, I"
"I know what you want to say." Cai Hao patted Zhang Yun's shoulder and smiled reluctantly: "I am not confident of winning this pursuit of Zhou Yu. If there is a slight mistake, the lives of tens of thousands of people may be lost. It¡¯s all tied to you, so be careful!¡±
Zhang Yun heard the caution in Cai Mao's mouth and bowed respectfully: "The final general will definitely fulfill his mission."
On the second day, the Jingxiang navy, led by Cai Mao, marched at full speed towards Fancheng. As a result, when we arrived at Deng County, the frontier of Fancheng, in the evening, we found that the entire city was deserted, and all the people in the city had disappeared.
"General, what should we do now?" The army had been marching for a whole day and they didn't even see a single living person. One of the generals couldn't help but feel a chill in his vest and asked close to Cai Mao.
"A strong wall clears the field!?" Cai Hao grabbed the reins of the war horse and sneered a few times: "Zhou Yu's move is not shrewd enough."
"It's getting late today. Let's lead the troops and camp in Deng County for the night. Tomorrow we will work hard to capture Fancheng." After seeing Zhou Yu's tricks clearly, Cai Mao finally put down the big stone in his heart, and a rare smile broke out on his face. Cai Hao has never been afraid of things like strengthening walls and clearing fields, because the city behind him is Xiangyang, the important grain storage area in Jingzhou. Although various places in Jingzhou were hit by natural disasters last year, the grain harvest was less than half of the previous year, but Xiangyang The granary is still full. It was too naive for Zhou Yu to want to use the trick of strengthening the wall and clearing the field to bring him down.
After all his soldiers entered Deng County, Cai Mao took a few generals to carefully patrol around the city. After making sure that there was nothing unusual, he truly felt relieved. At this time, the Jingzhou army had been on the road for a day and was already hungry. Seeing that the generals had returned to the government office to rest, all the troops went to seize houses and make food in a noisy manner, and plundered various places in the city. Let's see if anything slipped through the net.
After the first watch of the night, a strong wind blew up, and a sergeant rolled into the government office in a state of pee and reported to Cai Mao that there was a fire in the city.
"These piles of rice and dirt can't hold up the wall." Cai Hao snorted heavily and said calmly: "The sergeant must have been careless when cooking, and the fire was omitted. Take the sergeant to put out the fire quickly. Don't do it yourself." Chaos."
Just as the sergeant was about to take the order and leave, several more distressed sergeants ran in and reported to Cai Hao: "General, it's not good, there are fires everywhere in the city. The fire is out of control. The soldiers have begun to chaos!"
"What!?" Cai Mao was shocked and rushed out of the government office with a few generals. He saw that Deng County City was already in flames. Jingzhou troops and horses were trampling on each other. The sound of running and screaming could be heard endlessly. Heat waves and red light could be heard. The wind paper rolled up to Cai Mao, and the strong smell of fireworks made him cough. The city gate not far away was already open, and the Jiangdong Army with red flags rushed into the city like a god of fire, sweeping towards the fleeing Jingzhou soldiers.
"How could this happen?" Cai Mao grabbed a fleeing soldier and asked fiercely.
"General, there are sulfur, flames, saltpeter and other igniting materials hidden on the beams of private houses. Jiangdong's army lurked in the tunnels in the city at some point. After our army rested, they came out and fired rockets to ignite the fire." The sergeant said. With a bright face, he said anxiously: "General, the enemy army has broken into the city from the north gate, numbering about ten thousand people. Retreat to the riverside quickly, otherwise it will be too late!"
Cai Hao was completely exhausted and fell to the ground slumped, muttering in his mouth: "It's too late"
At the end of summer in the first year of Jian'an, on the ninth day of the sixth lunar month, smoke and fire were everywhere in Deng County. Corpses of men and horses rested on each other's backs. Even the invincible Jingzhou navy was evaporated into a piece of water vapor by the rising flames and scattered in the troubled times. middle.
Zhou Yu, dressed in white clothes and armor, was riding on a horse. The sound of the wind around him was mixed with the sound of roaring flames. Cheng Pu and others came from all over the place on horseback to report their own battle situation to Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu listened calmly. As if everything had nothing to do with him. After a long time, he sighed lowly: "The flame??Sure enough, it has awe-inspiring power. "
"Grand Governor, Cai Mao fled towards the Han River with thousands of remaining troops. Do we need to pursue him from behind and kill him in one fell swoop?" Cheng Pu wiped the blood from his face and asked excitedly.
"Forget it, leave some for Xingba, otherwise he will blame me again." Zhou Yu waved his hand in disinterest, "Generals, gather the troops and clean the battlefield."
The generals all bowed down to take orders. After this battle, they admired the young governor very much. Seeing Cheng Pu and others going to greet the soldiers with happy faces, Zhou Yu shook his head. The corpses on the ground made him want to vomit.
"Is killing someone so interesting?"
The sky is getting slightly brighter.
Cai Mao finally fled to the north bank of the Han River with thousands of remnant troops. When he saw his navy camp, he was so moved that he almost cried.
A partial general led his horse forward and shouted: "General Zhang, open the gate of the village quickly, the general is back!"
There was no response in the water village.
The general was chased by Jiangdong's army all night, and he was full of anxiety. Seeing that there was no one in the water village who could answer him, he couldn't help but become angry, and he burst out with a lot of swear words, which made Cai Mao behind him feel ashamed. .
However, the curse words had some effect. As soon as the partial general finished his words, there was only a sound of golden bells. A red tiger flag was erected on the bow of the general's warship. He was wearing a Shu brocade war robe and carrying a The general of Zhan Dao walked to the bow of the ship and raised his hand to Cai Mao from a distance.
"But General Cai Degui, who is known as the 'First Person in the Jingxiang Water Battle'?" The general looked vaguely proud, "My Majesty Gan Ning Gan Xing Ba, under the orders of my family's chief military officer, took the general's water fortress. Zhang Yun and his soldiers have been killed by me!"
After saying this, Gan Ning pulled out the sword from his waist and swung it down violently, and iron arrows rained down towards the shore.