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Text Chapter 489 The decisive battle in Guandu (4)

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    The destruction of Cao Bin's troops also destroyed Cao Cao's hope. After realizing that supplies had been cut off without anyone noticing, Cao Cao finally gave up and issued an order to withdraw.  The direction that Cao Cao wanted to retreat was the place where he became famous - Guandu.  Guandu is located to the north of Xuchang and south of the Yellow River. It is only two hundred miles away from Xuchang. It can be said that it is very close to Cao Cao's hometown in Xuchang. Cao Cao decided to set his next stop in Guandu, which not only facilitates the transportation of supplies, but also occupies a strategic position.  Fortress, annex the south bank of the Yellow River, and use the danger of the Yellow River to resist Ao Lie's elite soldiers of the Northern Han Dynasty.  At the same time, Guandu is the place where Cao Cao became famous, the battlefield he is most familiar with, and his blessed place. He wants to use the good luck that Guandu has brought to him to defeat powerful enemies again.  Fighting in Guandu had a morale-boosting effect for not only Cao Cao but also every Wei army soldier. Therefore, Cao Cao did not hesitate to withdraw his troops to Guandu, shrink his troops in Guandu, deploy fortifications, and establish a solid fortification.  Line of defense.  The members of the Shadow passed the news of Cao Cao's military withdrawal to Ao Lie as soon as possible.  After receiving the news, Ao Lie showed a knowing smile to Zhuge Liang, and then firmly and confidently issued the order to march: "Send the order to the three armies to immediately rise up and approach Guandu! I am going to join Cao Mengde on both sides of the Yellow River!"  "Ao Lie gave an order, and 800,000 elite soldiers of the Northern Han Dynasty rushed to obey!  The soldiers of the Northern Han Dynasty approached the north bank of the Yellow River all day and night, and set up camp ten miles away from the shore, across the river from the Wei army's camp.  After the confrontation was established again, neither Ao Lie nor Cao Cao took the lead in attacking, and the two sides fell into silence again.  It¡¯s just that this silence didn¡¯t last long.  On September 22, the second year of Kangxi and Qianlong in the Northern Han Dynasty, the southern army led by Pang Tong defeated Runan County in Yuzhou. The troops advanced directly into the hinterland of Yuzhou and burned the war in the south to the Central Plains.  Runan County was defeated.  The Central Plains was shaken, and many people began to flee northward, trying to avoid the front of the Northern Han Dynasty's southern legions. As these people fled, fear spread northward quickly like a plague, disturbing the hearts of residents across the Central Plains.  Panic.  However, the Northern Han Dynasty's southern legion's march northward was only the prelude to a full-scale war.  On September 23, the second year of Kangxi and Qianlong in the Northern Han Dynasty, Chenliu County, the westernmost county in the Central Plains region, was also declared to have fallen.  Xu Shu, the commander-in-chief of the Southwest Army of the Northern Han Dynasty, led his troops to occupy Chenliu and dispersed all the Wei soldiers stationed in Chenliu, driving a nail firmly into the west of the Central Plains region.  Two days later, Sun Ce, who returned to the East China Sea, also made a big move. He and Xiao Ru, who had returned from Fusang to assist in the battle, worked in tandem. Xiao Ru led a navy of 50,000 to attract Kai Zangba's attention, and then Sun Ce led three soldiers.  Ten thousand elite soldiers forcibly landed, captured Donglai County in Qingzhou, and planted the flag of the Northern Han Dynasty on the territory of Qingzhou.  Donglai County is the county closest to the East China Sea in Qingzhou.  Losing Qingzhou meant losing the route to transport supplies to the sea. Zang Ba had no choice but to go south along the coast and return to the land from Xuzhou.  Rush to Guandu to join forces with Cao Cao.  Zang Ba's retreat completely gave up the control of the East China Sea. Sun Ce thus completely controlled the East China Sea and became a veritable maritime overlord.  There are frequent reports of failure in the east, west and south directions.  Finally, Cao Cao couldn't sit still.  Most of Wei's troops were mobilized by Cao Cao to Guandu, where they were restrained by the 800,000 elite Northern Han troops led by Ao Lie. The defense in other places was relatively weak.  If the other three legions of the Northern Han Dynasty were allowed to invade in large numbers, the Wei State would surely perish sooner or later. Rather than sit back and wait for death, it was better to give it a go.  The situation has developed like this, and Cao Cao has nothing to worry about. On October 1, the second year of Kangxi and Qianlong in the Northern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao finally led his army out and deployed the land and water armies on the south bank of the Yellow River, intending to fight with Ao Lie.  Fight to the death!  Faced with Cao Cao's trapped beast, Ao Lie did not disappoint Cao Cao. He personally commanded his army to set up a formation on the north bank of the Yellow River, stretching from east to west for more than ten miles, forming an alarming situation with Cao Cao.  On the Yellow River, water warfare naturally takes precedence.  Amidst the clanging sound of the general's orders and drums, General Jinfan and Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Gan Ning stood astride the largest and strongest warship in the world, breaking through the waves from the water village on the shore!  This battleship was built by good craftsmen such as Wang Hun and Ma Jun in three years based on the model provided by Ao Lie. The entire battleship is five feet high and is divided into four floors, three of which are  Above the armor, one layer below the deck.  The entire hull of the ship is made of ironwood, which is extremely water-resistant and is as strong as ordinary iron. It not only helps the warship sail faster on the water, but also greatly enhances the hull's ability to withstand hits.  Looking across the hull and looking at the deck of the battleship, there are twenty-four huge and heavy logs erected on both sides of the ship's side and at both ends of the ship. Twelve of them are fixed to the hull and play a containment role. The other twelve  The roots are slightly tilted, and the twenty logs are connected together with fiber ropes made of beef tendons. A discerning person can see at a glance that once they are?The leaning log loses the restraint of the fiber rope and will roar down from high altitude, launching a violent slap on the water surface.  These logs are also made of iron wood, and they are exactly the water fighting weapon that Ao Lie quoted from later generations - the racket pole.  Under each racket, there is also a red-coated ballistae that has already made the Wei army soldiers miserable. Twenty-four red-coated ballistae are arranged in clockwise order according to the racket, forming a circle on the deck.  The oval shape maintains the excitation angles for the battleship in all directions. No matter where the enemy's warship appears, the battleship Gan Ning is on can attack it in all directions.  As long as you enter the range of the red crossbow, you will be hit by the powerful red crossbow!  And if the enemy is lucky enough not to be penetrated by the powerful shot of the red ballista and comes within five feet of the battleship, then what awaits them will be the racket shot down from high altitude.  In this world, except for some particularly strong warships in the Northern Han Dynasty Navy, no navy warship can withstand the fierce attack of the racket. This point, Ao Lie is very sure of.  If the equipment of the racket pole and the red ballistae can make the warship under Gan Ning's feet a powerful weapon in water warfare, then there is another feature on the three-story ship on the deck that makes opponents fearful.  design.  Different from ordinary building ships, there is a flat platform on the building ship of this battleship. The platform is surrounded by wet cowhide and rattan armor. The wet cowhide covers the outside of the rattan armor, forming a layer of  The solid defense not only ensures toughness, but also reduces the weight of the entire battleship.  In the middle of this layer of defense, one hundred archers can hide, and with the help of the defense of wet cowhide and vine armor, they can unleash cold arrows in all directions.  If this platform were placed on land, it would be an arrow tower capable of both offense and defense.  This battleship can be regarded as the most perfect and advanced ship in the world in terms of craftsmanship and humanity; in terms of sailing speed and its own sturdiness.  In front of this battleship, the large battleships known as "building ships" in the Wei army were directly compared. The gap was almost the same as that between aircraft carriers and wooden fishing boats.  However, there are only two such battleships in the entire Northern Han Dynasty. The one Gan Ning is on is called the "Qilin Battleship" and is Gan Ning's command ship. The other one is Ao Lie's "Overlord Battleship". It is quiet at the moment.  Parked in the water village, waiting for Ao Lie's call.  Behind Gan Ning's Qilin battleship, a three-story building ship that could carry more than 300 people at a time sailed out of the Han army's water stronghold. Su Fei, deputy commander of the navy, stood on the observation deck of the building ship, holding a  The two-color flag kept waving, passing on the orders one after another.  As Su Fei's flag language changed, the gate of the Han army's water village opened wide, and three more giant building ships came through the waves. Wuqutian general Tai Shici, one of the five tiger generals, stood on a building ship in the middle.  , holding a tiger-galling tooth gun in his hand, looking majestic and murderous.  Surrounding these three tower ships were fifty warships. Each warship carried a hundred elite Qilin navy troops. After they sailed out of the water village, they immediately accelerated their speed and arrived at Gan Ning.  A circular battle circle was formed around the Qilin battleship, and the four giant ships of Taishi Ci and others were also surrounded in the battle circle.  Immediately afterwards, hundreds of fast boats that could only carry thirty people quickly sailed out of the water village, interspersed in the gaps in the battle circle formed by the warships, and formed a complement to the warships.  When 10,000 Qilin navy troops rode various models of warships and formed a formation on the water of the Yellow River, Gan Ning, standing on the Qilin warship in the center of the battle circle, waved the sky-high halberds in his hands and let out a sound  A roar that made the water of the Yellow River flow backwards: "The Qilin navy is unparalleled in the world!" Ten thousand Qilin elites on various warships immediately waved their seven-foot-long swords and shouted in unison: "Qilin's navy!"  Courage, I am invincible! The Qilin Navy is unparalleled in the world¡ª¡ª" Opposite the Qilin Navy is a battleship fleet composed of 20,000 Wei navy troops. Their leader is Zang Ba who was defeated on the East China Sea.  Although Zang Ba suffered a defeat in the battle with Sun Ce, looking at the entire Wei army camp, no one is more qualified than him for the position of naval commander. After all, Zang Ba has lived in Qingzhou for a long time and is very familiar with water warfare. Compared with  For Cao Ren and other generals who were accustomed to fighting on land, Zang Ba was already considered an expert in water warfare.  Therefore, Cao Cao handed over the entire naval force to Zang Ba, hoping that Zang Ba could take advantage of his expertise in water warfare and win the first prize in the decisive battle with the Han army.  However, Zang Ba, who met the Qilin Navy for the first time, was extremely frightened by the strong fighting spirit burst out by the Qilin elites.  Restricted by the terrain of the Central Plains, most of the Wei army's naval forces were, to put it bluntly, just infantry standing on warships. The only ones who could really play a role in water warfare were the tens of thousands of naval troops brought back by Zang Ba from Qingzhou.  That's all, facing Qilin who is used to seeing wind and waves.Army, Zang Ba has no confidence at all at this moment.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
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