Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3626: Divide the troops into Yunmeng and set up a series of strategies; the outcome is decided by the raging fire

Gan Ning walked at a leisurely pace, but Yu Jin was almost going crazy on the boat.

There are clearly three choices before Yu Jin now, but none of them seems to be very good.

Chasing the small fleet fleeing upstream, not to mention whether we can catch up with them after wasting time, even if we catch up with them, what can we do?

The "fat meat" in front of you seems to be good, but when you take a bite, you find that it is full of needles. If you want to take it down, you must increase your strength and bear the loss.

The last one is Jiangling Water Fort downstream.

Jiangling Water Fort is indeed Yu Jin's ultimate goal, but to forcibly attack a semi-permanent water fort equipped with catapults, artillery, and strong crossbows...

Therefore, luring one part, encircling another part, destroying another part, and then attacking Jiangling Water Fort was undoubtedly the most appropriate strategy for Yu Jin to fight against the Sichuan Navy of Jiangling Water Fort.

And now here lies the problem.

Yu Jin divided the attacking troops into three parts. One part focused on the upstream, one part focused on the water fort, and the other part was led by him to launch a failed attack on Gan Ning's troops on land.

I originally thought that this attack would be easy, but I didn't expect that I would break my teeth.

Transporting grain and fodder by land would inevitably be slower than transporting them by water, but no matter how far or slow the road was, it would still reach Jiangling Water Fort. Once this batch of grain and fodder arrived at Jiangling Water Fort, it would mean that Yu Jin's original siege and isolation plan had completely failed.

Especially if the Jiangling Water Fort continues to do this next time, taking a section of the waterway and switching to land transportation when approaching the water fort, what will Yu Jin do? Compared with the food and grass transported, the loss of more than a dozen fishing boats is not a big problem.

This batch of food and fodder must be cut off!

After careful consideration, Yu Jin decided to continue hunting down this group of Sichuan grain and fodder transport teams.

Because of the previous failed attack experience, Cao's army did not dare to be careless this time. They tested step by step and did not launch an attack easily, trying to consume the crossbow arrows of the crossbow carts.

Gan Ning also found a nearby earthen slope for defense just like last time, but he did not pay much attention to the current Cao army formation, because he knew very well that Yu Jin's target was still Jiangling Water Fort, so the "real" battle had not begun, and this was just the appetizer.

Yu Jin sent people to fight another round, but still failed to gain any advantage.

In front of the crossbow, everyone is equal, whether they are swordsmen or spearmen.

Although Cao's army caught up with Gan Ning, they still failed to break through Gan Ning's defense line.

Although Yu Jin's martial arts skills were not bad, he didn't dare to show off in front of the crossbow chariot. The generals who could use a spear to pick up the pulley chariot, oh, the crossbow chariot, were all abnormal among the strong. Yu Jin obviously couldn't reach that level yet.

However, Cao's army did block Gan Ning and others on the road.

Gan Ning did not move, and Cao's army did not move either.

Cao's army retreated to a safe distance away from the crossbow carts, keeping an eye on Gan Ning's troops.

Yu Jin seemed to have figured it out. He didn't necessarily need to destroy this grain transport team. He just needed to prevent it from reaching Jiangling Water Fort. That would be considered a success. The reason why they didn't use large-scale rocket lobs to ignite the grain was that Gan Ning always chose relatively high ground for defense, so the lob distance was not enough. On the other hand, Yu Jin still had the idea of ​​luring the troops of Jiangling Water Fort out and then double-teaming them.

If the grain transport team's food and grass were burned, there would be no need for the people in Jiangling Water Stronghold to move out. In the case of being unable to break through the blockade of Cao's army, the Sichuan-Shu grain transport team could either wait for rescue on the spot or abandon the food and grass and escape. Waiting for rescue fell into Yu Jin's plan, and abandoning the food and grass and escaping was equivalent to Yu Jin achieving his goal and cutting off the food route of Jiangling Water Stronghold.

Even if Jiangling Water Fort applies to transport food and grass again, it will still have to bear the risk of running out of food. Once the food is cut off, morale will inevitably collapse, and after the collapse, no matter how many people there are, how strong the ship is, and how powerful the defense equipment of the water fort is, it will be useless!
But just when Yu Jin felt that his strategy was thorough and his response was appropriate, news of an attack came from Yu Jin's camp!
After hearing the news, Yu Jin was greatly surprised and immediately decided to withdraw his troops and return to his own camp.

It's easy to come, but it's not so easy to leave.

Just as Cao's army was about to retreat to the shore, Gan Ning launched an attack.

Gan Ning also pushed the baggage cart up and used it as a shield to block Cao's arrows. Even though it was hit by Cao's rockets, he continued to push forward without caring.

Seeing this situation, Yu Jin also realized that there might be no food or fodder at all in these baggage carts!
Fell into a trap!
Yu Jin quickly gave orders, asking the warships to move closer to the shore, using arrows and crossbows to withstand the attack from Gan Ning and others, and ordered his soldiers to return to the ships. Then he hurried back to the camp with the warships.

Gan Ning stood on the shore, staring at Yu Jin's fleet as it sailed away, and sneered, "Still want to run?"

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Taking advantage of the night, Xu Huang led three thousand soldiers and hurried towards Yu Jin's camp along the route guided by Cai's private soldiers.

In the previous two days, he pretended to launch a large-scale attack on Jiangling City, and then he secretly led his soldiers to evacuate Jiangling City under the cover of night and rushed towards Yu Jin's camp.

Ever since Yu Jin joined the Jiangling battlefield, he has been causing trouble for Xu Huang.

It would be fine if Cao Zhen's small troops harassed them. After all, even if Cao Zhen wanted to send a small force, he had to take into account the defense of Jiangling City. It was impossible for him to send all the troops out to fight guerrilla warfare. However, Yu Jin was different. From the day he joined the battlefield, he kept slowing down the pace of Xu Huang and others. Moreover, relying on the huge and complex terrain of Yunmengze, he repeatedly caused trouble, making it impossible for Xu Huang to advance or retreat.

In addition, there are many reed swamps in Yunmengze. If Yu Jin cannot be captured in one go and dealt a heavy blow, then Yu Jin only needs to take the fleet and slip away to other places, and then circle around in Yunmengze with Xu Huang and others. Neither Xu Huang nor Gan Ning can bear such a result.

Therefore, Xu Huang could only let Cai's team determine Yu Jin's location, and then destroy a group of Yu Jin's ships first, just like cutting off one of Yu Jin's legs first, and then launching a surprise attack while Yu Jin was injured.

Of course, if Yu Jin was very alert and immediately abandoned the damaged ships and fled the camp after turning around, hiding in the depths of Yunmengze or hiding in the river, Xu Huang could at most burn down Yu Jin's camp and some of Yu Jin's remaining supplies, and it would be impossible for him to inflict serious damage to Yu Jin.

But in most cases, Xu Huang believed that Yu Jin would not leave!

Because after the first attack, who would have thought there would be a second one?

And the key point is that the damage caused by the first attack was not that great. For example, if half of the camp was burned down, then Yu Jin would have to leave. But if it was just a destruction of some boats, and then the waterway leading from the camp to the deep Yunmengze was ‘accidentally’ blocked…

Faced with a ship between sinking and being able to be saved, even if Cao's army was wealthy, they would most likely choose to save it first.

This gave Xu Huang some time.

At the same time, Xu Huang's previous feint attack on Jiangling City also put a certain amount of pressure on Cao Zhen, shocking the defenders of Jiangling City and making them confused about the situation and afraid to leave the city easily.

When the moon set and it was almost dawn, Xu Huang and his men ran into Cai's private soldiers and approached Yu Jin's military camp. Of course, he also saw Cao's soldiers who were also rushing out of the camp and forming a battle array. He couldn't help but laugh twice and immediately gave the order to attack.

The three thousand Sichuan soldiers, who had been harassed by Cao's army for more than a month, were like tigers descending from the mountains. With the spirit of revenge and complaint, they rushed towards the Cao army camp in a rage.

Yu Jin had just arrived at the camp when he received news that Xu Huang and his men had appeared. However, because Xu Huang had not raised a flag, Yu Jin's scouts had no way of seeing clearly from a distance who had what title on their heads...

Yu Jin knew that soldiers were attacking, but he had not made up his mind to run away immediately.

This is also human nature. If there are far more troops than Yu Jin, then Yu Jin will estimate that he cannot defeat them and naturally retreat. But now the sunken ships outside the barracks are blocking the waterway, and those outside can't get in, and those inside can't get out. So he chooses to send people out to form a battle line to resist one or two, and then make a choice based on the situation. It is also a normal tactical arrangement.

Of course, Yu Jin's choice may be seen as a move to lower intelligence in the eyes of some keyboard warriors. After all, in the perception of keyboard warriors, everyone around them is lowering intelligence, either this or that, except for the keyboard warriors themselves, everyone else is lowering intelligence.

Yu Jin arranged an infantry formation, relying on the camp, and did not rush to attack immediately, nor did he intend to fight with Xu Huang and others. It was clear that he wanted to rely on the crossbows in the camp for defense. As long as he could defend this wave of attacks and repair the boats on the waterway, Yu Jin would be invincible. He could fight if he wanted to and leave if he didn't want to. But what Yu Jin didn't expect was that Xu Huang would abandon the camp under Jiangling City and risk being broken by Cao Zhen, and aimed at him as the main target.

However, even if Yu Jin knew that Xu Huang was coming to kill him, he would most likely choose to defend while sending someone to inform Cao Zhen. Because defense is inherently advantageous. As long as Xu Huang cannot defeat him in a short period of time, then when it is dawn, or a little longer, Cao Zhen in Jiangling will determine the true and false position of Xu Huang's camp, and Xu Huang will be caught in a dilemma of being attacked from both sides. At that time, even if Xu Huang wants to retreat, he will suffer a lot.

In Yu Jin's opinion, no matter whether it was Xu Huang or Gan Ning, as long as they were held back by him, they would not be able to comfortably attack Jiangling. After failing to capture Jiangling for a long time, the Sichuan Army lost its fighting spirit, and they had come from a long distance, so the final result would inevitably be a disastrous defeat. So when he saw Xu Huang and others coming aggressively without raising a flag, Yu Jin still issued an order to block them in an orderly manner.

However, Yu Jin soon discovered some problems.

It was obvious that Xu Huang came prepared, and he was determined to make a desperate move. He didn't even have any foreplay, but used his ultimate move right at the start!
Grenade!

Under the protection of the shield bearer in the front, the grenadier threw dozens of grenades in the first round!

Even Yu Jin, a veteran general who had been through many battles, was startled by the sudden critical hit, not to mention the Cao army soldiers, who were caught off guard and immediately fell to the ground!
"kill"

Xu Huang raised his battle axe, roared, and rushed forward with his personal guards!
Xu Huang was also clear in his mind that if he could not deal with Yu Jin quickly, if the situation dragged on, Xu Huang and other attacking soldiers would suffer!
If your physical endurance and mental excitement decrease, the consequences will be disastrous.

Time is life.

Every soldier in the Sichuan Military Academy understood this, and they followed Xu Huang to charge towards Yu Jin's camp.

Each of them was roaring, and their faces were distorted due to running. They looked like ferocious beasts emerging from the depths of the swamp, eager to fill their hungry stomachs with flesh and blood, and scrambling to pounce on the prey in front of them.

Yu Jin did not dare to delay. On the one hand, he sent his personal guards to forcibly take over the front-line command, and even killed the panicked Cao army soldiers in an attempt to restore order to the collapsed and chaotic front as soon as possible. On the other hand, he ordered the archers on the top of the camp wall to launch a counterattack.

The archers of Cao's army stood on the wall of the village, pulled the bowstrings, triggered the crossbows, and shot arrows one after another to prevent Xu Huang and others from approaching.

Compared to the melee soldiers of Cao's army who were standing on the front line and crying for their parents after being blown up by grenades, the archer sequence was indeed safer. At least they were farther away and had a camp to rely on, which gave them a bit more composure.

But this bit of calmness quickly disappeared.

Because these Cao army archers were quickly counterattacked!

Arrows flew between the two sides, and people were constantly shot and fell.

Screams, the sound of arrows flying through the air, and the sound of swords slashing mixed together.

Xu Huang rushed to the edge of the camp wall, swung his battle axe and hit the connection between the wooden pillars of the wall heavily.

The heavy battle axe chopped down, and immediately wood chips flew everywhere, and even the wall of the village was shaking.

If they were holding swords or spears, they might not be able to destroy the wooden pillar wall in a short time, but it happened that Xu Huang and his personal guards, many of whom were strong men holding battle axes!
According to the game, weapons such as battle axes have a damage bonus to wall-like armor...

The reality is the same.

Even if you chop with a sword a dozen times, it may not have the same effect as one blow from the axe.

The greatest convenience in Yunmengze is the aquatic plants and swamps, but the biggest problem is also the aquatic plants and swamps.

It is not easy to find a dry high ground suitable for camping. It is also not easy to find a strong and sturdy thousand-year-old wood elf or a hundred-year-old monster to serve as the pillar of the camp!
After all, the retreat of Yunmeng Lake was not something that happened in an instant. Many areas took several years, even decades or hundreds of years to slowly emerge from the water. This resulted in there being a lot of reeds and lush aquatic plants in Yunmeng Lake, but few trees. Even if there were any, they were water-loving trees like Metasequoia and willow. A big problem with this type of tree is that they do not grow too thick and their wood is relatively soft.

When Yu Jin built the camp, it was of course impossible to transport wood from the new city of Hefei to Yunmengze. He could only mine and cut wood on the spot. Therefore, the wood used for the camp walls was naturally mostly from the Metasequoia and willow trees that were more abundant in Yunmengze.

How could such wood withstand the blows of a battle axe?

And it's not just Xu Huang who has the big battle axe, there are also small battle axes guarding Xu Huang's personal soldiers.

The formation that Yu Jin had originally used for defense was blown up by the grenade, and the archers on the wall were suppressed, resulting in Xu Huang and others having a short period of precious time to use the full power of the big axe 80 and the small axe 40...

Which company is the best at demolition?
Of course we have to ask Xu Huang and Xu Gongming!
"Crack!"

The wooden pillars of the village wall were so badly damaged that they tilted to one side, leaving a gap large enough for a person to pass through.

When the early morning sun was pouring down, half a piece of blood-stained armor was still hanging on the charred and broken antler wood spikes.

The flag of Cao's army fell crookedly from the sky, and was immediately torn apart by the strong wind caused by a battle axe.

Xu Huang held the long-handled battle axe in reverse and stepped over the remains of the village gate, crushing half of the arrow shaft with his iron boots.

Twenty steps away from the breach in the camp, three rows of Cao's sword and shield soldiers were hastily forming a battle formation, their cast iron shields glowing dark red under the rising sun.

Some Cao's soldiers were raising their bows and crossbows and shooting at Xu Huang.

Xu Huang swirled the battle axe, using the wide surface of the axe as a shield to cover his vital parts.

The tearing scream was shattered on the surface of the heavy battle axe.

Before the Cao army archers pulled the bowstring for the second time, Xu Huang's battle axe had already come through the wind, and the axe blade chopped diagonally into the upper edge of the first row of shields. The edges of the shields bound with raw cowhide cracked, revealing the terrified Cao army swordsmen behind the shields.

Xu Huang twisted his waist and exerted force, and the battle axe slid as smoothly as splitting a bamboo tube, and also split the head of the sword and shield fighter behind the shield. With the sound of the shield tearing, mixed with the sound of the bronze helmet denting and cracking, a space was instantly opened for the sword and shield fighters in the first row.

Break the shield!

Xu Huang stepped forward again!

The tail of the battle axe hit the cheek of the swordsman in the second row on the left who was trying to fill the position, and instantly scraped off half of his face, causing his eyeballs and helmet to fly in the air!
Break the shield again!
Xu Huang half turned around and chopped at the swordsman and shield-wielder in the third row again, but his battle axe got stuck in the middle of the shield and could not be split in half in one go.

The spearman of Cao's army tried to launch a sneak attack when Xu Huang's battle axe was stuck in the shield, but unexpectedly Xu Huang drew out the sword at his waist, blocked the spear tip with the back of the sword, and cut down the mulberry wood spear shaft with the blade!

Four fingers were cut off at the root!

The spearman of Cao's army wailed while holding his broken hand!
"Break the formation!"

Xu Huang's roar frightened the Cao army soldiers around him.

Behind Xu Huang, his personal guards strode forward with Xu Huang, rushing in from both sides of him, hooking and cutting a gap with their tops. The 30-jin small battle axe was specifically designed to defeat Cao's heavily armored soldiers. Even if they were blocked with shields and armor, they would still suffer broken bones.

Xu Huang kicked over the dying enemy soldier, and his bloodstained hemp shoes slipped in the bloody mud.

When dealing with these ordinary Cao army soldiers, Xu Huang’s attack was almost a crushing blow.

Even if some of the swords and spears thrown by Cao's soldiers could hit Xu Huang, they could not break the armor on his body.

Xu Huang's eyes were like lightning, and he aimed at Yu Jin who was commanding on the high platform in the camp, "You bastard! Give me your life!"