Chapter 751 Arrows Lost Like Rain

The war horse stretched its mouth into the river water and licked it for a while, then suddenly raised its head, a strange look flashed in its eyes.

Why does the water here taste different, so fishy?

How could the river water soaked in human blood not smell fishy?

Cao Ren pulled the reins, frowned and said, "Come here, don't drink the water inside."

More than a thousand cavalry stopped on the bank of the river, looking at the huge warships in the river from a distance, and held their swords one by one. It's a pity that the cavalry can't fight into the water, otherwise they would have killed Zhou Yu on the fighting ship.

"This Huang Zu is really incompetent!"

Cao Xiu said coldly: "The Prime Minister gave the order and asked him to intercept the Jiangdong Navy without fighting with it. However, he returned with a huge defeat. If our army hadn't arrived quickly enough, I'm afraid Zhou Yu would have fled long ago."

Cao Zhen nodded and said with emotion: "It is better to seek help from others than to ask for yourself. Huang Zu is just a mediocre person. Sooner or later, our army will form its own navy to compete head-on with the Jiangdong Navy."

Cao Ren nodded slightly: "Zi Dan is right. Without a navy, we must be controlled by others. Sooner or later, our army will have to form its own navy."

"Fortunately, this good-for-nothing Huang Zu finally delayed the Jiangdong Navy, and the Prime Minister did not come late."

In the smoke and dust, the massive 30,000-odd Cao Jun infantry finally arrived belatedly.

"Archer!"

Thousands of Cao Jun's archers stepped forward and aimed their bows and arrows at the Jiangdong Army warships on the Yangtze River. When using infantry to deal with the navy, spearmen and shieldmen are no longer useful. The only ones who can cause damage to the enemy are archers.

When Zhuge Liang borrowed arrows from a straw boat, weren't they shot back by Cao Jun's archers?

"Prepare!"

The obscure sound of squeaking strings was heard intermittently. Cao Jun's archers used both arms to pull out the bow strings and aimed at the Jiangdong Army warships above the river.

"Be careful! Raise your shield and hide in the cabin."

"Sail the warship into the center of the river as soon as possible to avoid the enemy's arrows."

When Jiangdong Navy saw Cao Jun firing thousands of arrows, he hurriedly grabbed the shield beside him, and those without shields rushed towards the cabin. The sailors hurriedly drove the warship towards the center of the river.

"put!"

Whoosh whoosh! The archers of Cao's army were ready to go. After hearing the order, they all released their bow strings. Thousands of arrows shot out, drew an arc in the air, and fell towards the Jiangdong Army navy.

"ah!"

Most of the shields in the hands of Jiangdong's army were round shields used by swordsmen to attack closely. The diameter was not large and could not even cover the upper body. Naturally, it was difficult to withstand the arrows fired by Cao's army. The sharp arrows pierced into the flesh and fired. Screams.

The warship was not too big compared to the river surface, so many arrows did not hit the warship, but shot into the water. There were still many corpses of Jiang Dongbing and Jiang Xiabing floating on the river. They were unlucky. They had received a lot of arrows for no apparent reason, but they couldn't feel them anymore.

There are also arrows that hit the warships of Jiangdong Army, thump thump thump! Suddenly, many Jiangdong Army warships were filled with Cao Jun's arrows, and some Jiangdong Army soldiers suddenly lost their foothold.

"Archers, fight back!"

Chen Wu was furious and immediately ordered the archers of Jiangdong Army to fight back. Jiangdong's soldiers were all simmering with anger in their hearts. They were not willing to be beaten without fighting back, so they all held bows and arrows and fired at the enemy.

Whoosh whoosh! Thousands of arrows shot across the sky, and for a moment it seemed like countless meteors appeared in the sky. Cao Jun and Jiangdong Army poured arrows at each other, and countless arrows fell in the water and on land. Of course, there were also Jiangdong soldiers. He Cao Bing screamed and fell to the ground after being hit by an arrow.

However, as the Jiangdong Army's warships got farther and farther away from the river bank, most of the arrows from both armies were poured into the river. After all, the distance of the walking bow is limited. The optimal shooting range is usually between fifty and one hundred steps. Even a sharpshooter can only shoot 150 steps away.

"It's a pity that Huang Zu was defeated too early."

Cao Cao sat on his horse, looked at the Jiangdong Army warships sailing into the center of the river, and sighed.

"Yes, if Huang Zu persists for another half-quarter of an hour, our army will attack from both sides, and the Jiangdong Navy will be destroyed here, and the entire Jiangdong will be within easy reach." Cheng Yu sighed.

On the Jiangdong military battleship, Zhou Yu looked at Cao Jun on the river bank from a distance, also frowning.

"General Cheng."

"What are the orders from the Grand Governor?"

"How many casualties are there in our army? Quickly count them."

Zhou Yu ordered them to go down, and Jiangdong Army immediately gathered up the warships captured from Jiangxia Navy while keeping a safe distance from Cao's army while salvaging the bodies of their comrades in the water.

Not long after, Cheng Pu walked up to Zhou Yu and whispered: "Grand Governor, in the battle between our army and the Jiangxia Navy, we lost about a thousand soldiers. Just now we fired at Cao's army, and we also injured more than a thousand people." .”

"So, our army lost nearly three thousand soldiers today?" Zhou Yu frowned.

Cheng Pu nodded with a heavy expression.

"well"

Zhou Yu sighed, and there were fewer and fewer soldiers on hand. Fortunately, he could return to Wu Commandery soon. After defeating Xia Houyuan, he could rest for a while and then compete with Cao Cao to recapture Lujiang Commandery.

He took one last reluctant look at the land of Lujiang County and ordered: "Send the order and retreat."

"Here!"

"The Grand Governor has ordered the entire army to retreat!"

Zhou Yu gave an order, and the Jiangdong Navy always kept a safe distance from Cao's army on the other side of the river, and began to slowly retreat to the east. Cao's army was all on foot and cavalry, and did not carry any warships at all. Naturally, it was unable to stop Jiangdong's army from retreating.

What's more, even with warships, Cao Jun might not be able to stop Jiangdong's army from going south.

Cao Cao watched the Jiangdong navy go away from a distance, and couldn't help but sigh: "I gave up Lujiang County without saying a word, and the strong man broke his wrist. Zhou Yu is really a national warrior. With him around, it will be difficult to pacify Jiangdong for a while."

Cao Ren frowned and said: "Prime Minister, now that Jiangdong's army has retreated, Miaocai's side will definitely be surrounded by Jiangdong's army. What should our army do?"

"Do you even need to ask?"

Cao Cao smiled and said: "Of course our army will take the opportunity to cross the river and assist Miao Cai."

As Xiahou Yuan led his army across the sea to surprise Wu County, Zhou Yu, after receiving the news, decisively abandoned Lujiang County and led his army south to aid Wu County. Zhou Yu successfully escaped with the support of the main force of the navy led by Jiang Qin, but Cao Jun's pursuit failed. The Cao-Sun-Lujiang Battle, which evolved from Zhou Yu's counterinsurgency, was temporarily over.

However, it is naturally impossible for Cao Cao to give up his plot to Jiangdong. If he really annexes Jiangdong, then the situation in the world will undoubtedly become a battle between two powerful powers, and the situation in the world will become more direct and clear.