Chapter 441 Gan Ning pulls out the plug
The location selected by Zhou Yu was very good. Although the large ships and sterns could not dock, the Chima-class ships could move smoothly. A large number of soldiers were transferred from the big ships to small boats in an orderly manner, and then sailed to the shore.
With the help of the small boat, the soldiers landed very quickly. In just half a day, more than 10,000 people had successfully landed.
After these soldiers came ashore, they did not accumulate at the landing point. Instead, they took orders and acted separately according to the tasks arranged by Zhou Yu.
Of course, this is just the beginning. Whether things are really that simple depends on the attack on the Cisse camp.
The faster the battle, the smaller the consumption on Liu Feng's side.
On the contrary, if Liu Xun were to hold him back, the situation of Zhou Yu's troops would immediately become dangerous.
Zhou Yu himself looked relaxed. After landing, Zu Lang, Zu Xuan and other Shanyue chiefs took the lead in calling for battle.
Xisai Mountain is not the bald mountain in the northwest. It has dense woods and lush vegetation. This kind of terrain is the most popular among Shanyue, and it is also a scene where they can play their part.
Especially after joining the army, no one from Liu Feng to Zhou Yu looked down upon or discriminated against them.
A large amount of leather armor was distributed to the hands of the Shanyue warriors, fully arming them, and the tough iron weapons increased their combat effectiveness to a new level.
After getting the new equipment, the Shanyue Army screamed from top to bottom, hoping to repay Liu Feng and Zhou Yu with their martial arts.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, 10,000 troops surrounded the Xisai camp tightly.
Two thousand of them were Zhou Yu's own soldiers, four thousand were the Shanyue soldiers of Zu Lang, Zu Sheng and others, and four thousand were elite navy troops commanded by Gan Ning and Ling Cao.
The army gathered together and the elites were deployed at the same time. Liu Xun, who was on Mount Xisai, was frightened by the sight, but Zhou Yu did not launch an offensive for a long time.
Gan Ning was a little puzzled. He was very courageous and favored by Liu Feng. He galloped to Zhou Yu's front to ask questions, but secretly urged: "General, may I ask when the war will begin?"
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Zhou Yu stretched out his thumb and licked it, then raised it high above his head. Then he looked at the flying flag. After a moment, he smiled: "Come back, Lieutenant Gan. Within a quarter of an hour, the general attack flag will arrive."
Gan Ning received a satisfactory answer and galloped back.
Zhou Yu's gaze was not on Mount Xisai, but to the northwest of Mount Xisai.
Xisai Mountain runs east-west, and Xisai Mountain Camp is just on the upper right side of the entire Xisai Mountain. It is also the lowest place in Xisai Mountain.
It was June at this time, and the southeast and southwest winds prevailed.
Just now Zhou Yu tested it and looked at the direction of the flag. At this time, the wind direction was from the southeast.
Not long after, a large amount of thick smoke rose from the lower right side of the Xisai camp and to the left of Zhou Yu's army, rolling like clouds and blowing towards the Xisai camp with the help of the wind.
Liu Xun and his men in the camp were shocked, but they couldn't think of anything. They could only watch the thick smoke blowing to the top of the Xisai camp, wrapping the entire camp in smoke.
"Come on, get some water quickly! Quick! Tell the soldiers to quickly wet the cloth with water and wrap it around their mouth and nose!"
Liu Xun is also a veteran, not a complete idiot. After seeing this scene, although I was panicked, I was still able to think of a corresponding solution and give orders.
Under Liu Xun's order, the soldiers quickly fetched water, and at the same time fetched cloth from the treasury, tore it into pieces, wetted it, and covered their faces and noses.
Some soldiers were so impatient that they couldn't wait for the cloth to be distributed, so they tore their clothes and covered their mouths and noses first.
After a period of chaos, the camp became slightly more peaceful.
But at this time, Zhou Yu's vanguard army had already attacked outside the camp, and the towers on the camp instantly became the target of the enemy's arrows. Some of Zhou Yu's army tribes also took advantage of the chaos to set fire and threw the fire source at the opponent's wooden fence. above.
As a result, the flames gradually started to rise and the smoke filled up, and Liu Xunjun's original advantage of being condescending gradually disappeared.
When Zhou Yu saw this, he was overjoyed and immediately urged his troops to attack.
The Shanyue Army, Gan Ning, Ling Cao and other troops who had long endured the cry and screamed, immediately advanced bravely, but Liu Xun's troops were panicked. Coupled with the thick smoke, people could not open their eyes, and the resistance suddenly became stronger. to reduce.
But after all, there are still terrain and camp advantages. Although Liu Xun's army is retreating, it can still rely on the camp to resist.
It's just that things are starting to get tough.
Liu Xun originally thought that the outer base alone could consume Zhou Yu and others for more than ten days.
But now, in just half an hour, the outer base has been broken.
Liu Xun was not sure whether he could hold on until dark.
What made Liu Xun even more troublesome was that the Jingzhou Army in the camp did not get along well with Liu Xun's own troops, especially the Qichun Army. They had tied up the Qichun Army in Qichun City and robbed the treasury and Qichun people. The negative consequences are beginning to appear.
Although the Qichun Army was still resisting due to survival, its willpower was much lower than that of the other three thousand Jingzhou Army, let alone Liu Xun's soldiers.
The opponent Qichun encountered happened to be the strongest army in the mountain this time - Gan Ning and Gan Xingba.
Gan Ning was wearing two layers of heavy armor, with a long sword in his right hand and a flower bone in his left hand. Surrounded by a group of armored soldiers, Gan Ning was standing on the left wing of the camp.
He nodded to his side.
Lieutenant General Gan Mao gave an order and rushed out a group of soldiers.
Each of these soldiers was wearing armor and holding a large shield. Each of them covered his face with wet cloth, and he withstood the opponent's arrow rain and rushed under the wooden fence.
Immediately, these soldiers raised their large shields and formed a square formation, shielding everyone on the inside. Then they were divided into two teams. One group of people hung the hooks they held on the wooden fence and fixed it firmly, while the other group of people took advantage of this time to dig wildly on the outside of the wooden fence. After a while, they were tight. Small holes were dug next to the wooden fence.
After finishing these things, the soldiers did not stay much, resumed their shield array, and retreated downwards.
This operation only lasted for a cup of tea, and many soldiers were injured. There were even a few who were particularly unlucky and were hit by arrows in their vital organs and died immediately.
But their efforts are not meaningless.
One end of the thumb-thick hemp ropes was connected to the flying hook on the wooden fence, and the other end was hung on the back of the cattle. Then the soldiers whipped the cattle's buttocks and drove them down the mountain.
Although the camp was very strong, it could not withstand such a torment. Under the efforts of the cattle, in less than a quarter of an hour, the wooden fences broke free from the shackles of the soil, were uprooted, and then torn apart.
After leaving the land, the wooden fences were either dragged away by the cattle or broken in half. The originally strong wooden fence was torn into a six or seven meter long gap.
"Hahaha!"
Seeing the situation, Gan Ning laughed wildly and said: "Masters, follow me to defeat the enemy!" Then, Gan Ning took the lead, rushed into the gap like an arrow, and ran into a group of people who wanted to block the gap.
Upon seeing this, Gan Ning showed no signs of giving in. Instead, he moved faster and charged into the enemy formation with a roar.
Gan Ning was already strong, but now he was wearing two layers of armor, like a humanoid tank. Coupled with the fact that Gan Ning was accelerating while the other side was frightened and ducking, two or three people were knocked away instantly as soon as the two sides came into contact.
Then, Gan Ning struck with his left hand and right sword, like a whirlwind of death. In just a few breaths, three or four more Qichun soldiers fell at his feet.
Before the remaining Qichun soldiers could surround Gan Ning, a large number of Yangzhou soldiers broke through the opening and swarmed in.
The two sides were engaged in hand-to-hand combat for only a dozen breaths, when Gan Ning heard Gan Ning raise his head high and shout loudly: "The enemy general has been killed by me. If anyone delays me and prevents me from getting the first victory, don't blame me for turning against me." Recognize someone!”
Gan Ning's shouting immediately aroused the ferocity of his subordinates, which can be regarded as a special way of encouragement.
Everyone in Gan Ning's army fought bravely and desperately to take the lead. The morale of the Qichun army was already low. How could they stop these tiger and wolf-like soldiers of Gan Ning? They resisted for less than half a cup of tea before they collapsed and knelt down to beg for surrender.
At this point, the left wing of the camp was broken, and the army continued to attack the camp.
A moment later, bad news came from the right wing of the camp.
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Ling Cao, like Gan Ning, was on the front line and took the lead in the charge. He killed two generals of Liu Xun's army, burned down the camp gate, and rushed into the camp.
Zu Lang and Zu Xuan also had their own methods and made breakthroughs one after another.
Although Liu Xun was still resisting desperately at this time, the overall situation was doomed.
Liu Xun originally wanted to hide in the inner camp and continue to resist, but Gan Ning advanced faster than him and even rushed into the inner camp first.
Seeing that the inner camp was unreliable, there were only six to seven hundred men left around Liu Xun. The other troops either surrendered or were divided and cut off from contact.
At this point, Liu Xun no longer dared to hold on and wanted to wait for an opportunity to find a way to break out.
However, the Xisai Mountain camp is deep into the river and is bordered by water on three sides. It is not that you cannot escape from the direction of the water. Xisai Mountain is not steep, so it is still feasible to go down the mountain.
But Liu Xun had no ships, and the river had already been blocked by the Yangzhou Army. There was no difference between him running towards the Yangtze River and surrendering to his death.
The only feasible option is to break out against the Yangzhou army, break out of the encirclement, then turn west and head straight for E city.
Liu Xun's heart moved. Seeing Gan Ning rushing so fast, he thought that if he broke out from Gan Ning's place, he might be able to achieve miraculous results.
So, Liu Xun immediately led the six to seven hundred people around him and rushed to the left wing of the camp.
Gan Ning had just rushed into the inner camp and was looking for Liu Xun.
But suddenly a report was received claiming that a large group of enemy soldiers were attacking the formation.
If he were a different person, he would definitely put the overall situation first, completely conquer the inner camp, and search for Liu Xun's whereabouts.
But Gan Ning had a bad temper, and immediately ordered the deputy general Gan Mao to continue to supervise the attack on the inner camp, while he himself went back with more than a hundred soldiers to see who was so brave that he dared to sneak attack Gan Da father.
When he turned around, Gan Ning happened to bump into Liu Xun.
Liu Xun was entangled by Gan Ning's follow-up soldiers and horses and was unable to move. Several attacks failed to create a breakthrough. He was getting anxious, but he didn't expect that Gan Ning led more than a hundred soldiers to attack diagonally and ran into him. His army.
One side was discouraged, but the other side was as powerful as a tiger. Liu Xun was beaten back by Gan Ning, and Liu Xun's troops were completely defeated by Gan Ning's attack and fell into pieces.
Seeing the horrific sight of Gan Ning covered in blood and slaughtering Liu Xun's soldiers like chickens, Liu Xun was so frightened by the opponent that he completely lost his will to fight and was captured alive by Gan Ning.
However, in just half a day, Zhou Yu supervised the army and successfully broke through the Xisai Mountain camp. The Yangzhou army captured all 8,000 soldiers in the camp, and the entire army was wiped out without leaving a single person behind.
The leader of the thieves, Liu Xun, was captured by Gan Ning. Ling Cao, Zu Lang, and Zu Xuan also each had their own gains, which was a great victory.
In the first battle of the army, they attacked the strong fortress occupying the natural danger. The battle in the camp lasted for less than an hour. The casualties were very slight, but all the enemy troops were annihilated.
Such a great victory greatly boosted morale. Suddenly, from Mount Xisai to the plains, and then to the navy warships, everyone shouted the slogan of General Zuo's victory.
In fact, the biggest reason for such good results is that the altitude of the Xisai Mountain Fortress is too low. The surrounding altitudes are higher than him, and the trees are lush, which provides a lot of fuel for the attacking troops. In addition, Liu Feng specially reminded Zhou Yu of the idea of the fire belt, so he could hit Liu Xun so accurately.
"General Zhou, I will always admire him."
Gan Ning brought Liu Xun to Zhou Yu, with a look of admiration and full of praise for Zhou Yu's strategy of smoke attack.
Zhou Yu smiled and shook his head and said: "General Xingba doesn't know something. This plan was not mine, it was actually given by the Lord."
In fact, as early as half a year ago, the Cisse Camp had already entered Liu Feng's sight.
After Zhou Yu entered Yuzhang, under Liu Feng's instruction, he sent multiple spies to gather information about the Xise camp, and analyzed and thought about how to quickly and effectively break through the place.
As mentioned before, the Xisai Fortress blocks the Yangtze River waterway. If it is not resolved, ship traffic will be threatened and easily blocked and disconnected.
In this way, Liu Feng, Zhou Yu and others will naturally not ignore him.
As for the smoke attack strategy, it was really Liu Feng who proposed it.
However, the real founder was not Liu Feng himself, but Sun Ce.
In the Battle of Shaxian in the original time and space, Sun Ce used this move to completely annihilate Huang Zu's Jiangxia County and the elite spear team sent by Liu Biao.
What’s even more interesting is that this battle took place in December, when the northwest wind prevailed. However, when the battle started, the wind direction suddenly changed to a southeasterly wind. Sun Ce was well prepared and took advantage of the strong southeasterly wind to set fire to the wind. The Jiangxia Navy was defeated.
In the future Battle of Chibi, Zhou Yu was sure that there would be a southeasterly wind, and it was most likely Sun Ce who had beaten him in this battle.
The mountains surrounding the Xisai Mountain camp are long and densely forested, so Liu Feng reminded Zhou Yu to be prepared to set fire when making smoke, and also taught him techniques such as fire breaks. Otherwise, if a mountain fire is ignited and the fortress is lowered, but our own troops are burned, it will be self-defeating.
After listening to Zhou Yu's narration, Gan Ning laughed instead: "I didn't expect that it turned out to be the master's plan. No wonder it looks familiar. Ning was surprised."
Liu Feng is good at using troops and is good at making clever strategies. Everyone who knows him well knows this, which is why Gan Ning said he looks familiar.
(End of chapter)