Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 369 Killing Xiahou
At three o'clock in the morning, in the hills and mountains south of Zhushui called Laojun Mountain in later generations, the scouts sent by Wang Tu detected the situation outside Zhuyang City.

Zhuyang is located in the north of Zhushui and west of Hanshui, and their location is in the south of Zhushui, across the Zhushui River.

And through reconnaissance on the mountain, you will see that the camp of the Jingzhou Army on the south bank of Zhushui at the foot of the mountain has been set up in the distance.

This type of troop carrier can only transport more than 20 people at a time. Although it is not as a ship in the middle of the river like a warship, and it is not as good as an aircraft carrier like a building ship, it is worse than a light ship and fast.

While Xiahou Dun was still walking slowly in the mountains, the navy sent by Shen Chen had already taken a shortcut and rushed towards Wang Fuzhou.

Wang Tu's scouts not only saw the fleet south of Zhushui, but also the Jingzhou Army troops outside Zhuyang City in the distance. Although they don't know if Yin County on the other side has been harassed, it probably won't be easy there.

"General."

After hearing the report from the scouts, Wang Tu's lieutenant general said to him: "Now the south of Zhushui has been occupied by the enemy, we may have to detour from the west of Zhushui, but the soldiers have been walking all night, and they are all tired. Why don't you rest for a while, and wait for the general's main force to arrive before noon before crossing the river and entering the city?"

"Ah."

Wang Tu thought it made sense, so he nodded and said, "Okay."

Immediately, he led the soldiers to the west and began to circle around, and hid near the foot of the mountain. He asked the soldiers to rest in the forest and take a nap before heading towards Zhuyang City.

But just after resting for less than an hour, a loud horn suddenly sounded from a distance.

The scouts sent by Wang Tu responded that the Jingzhou army on the south side of Zhushui had crossed the river by boat and surrounded Zhuyang, and they were now preparing to attack the city on the north bank of Zhushui.

Upon receiving this news, Wang Tu was overjoyed. He felt that if the main force of the enemy went to encircle Zhuyang City, then the enemy camp must be empty. Why didn't he sneak attack the enemy camp and snatch the opponent's ships?
At that time, not only will Zhuyang and Yin counties be preserved, but when Xiahou Dun's main force arrives, he will be able to use ships and double-teaming postures to wipe out all the enemies.

Thinking of this, Wang Tu immediately urged the soldiers to get up, and the soldiers dragged their tired bodies just after waking up, full of complaints and set off.

The camp of Zhao Yunjun is located on the plain south of Zhushui. There are also many islands on the Zhushui River. Their ships dock at the Han River wharf in the east, and the Zhushui trickles in the north.

Not only Jiangxin Continent, but Laojun Mountain to the south was also full of scouts, so Wang Tujun was extremely cautious, and the scouts only dared to watch the situation from a distance on the high slope of the mountain, and did not dare to approach.

At this time, Wang Tu led the soldiers to lurk patiently.

At the end of noon, when they saw with their own eyes thousands of enemy troops leaving their tents, crossing Zhushui in small boats and marching towards Zhuyang City, Wang Tu waved his hand to signal the two lieutenants to act according to the plan.

Soon, the two of them took hundreds of soldiers each, and climbed to Laojun Mountain again. Then at noon, they went from the east of Laojun Mountain to the Han River, and headed north.

And Wang Tu led the main force along the foot of Laojun Mountain, through the jungle, and slowly moved towards Zhao Yun's barracks on the south bank of Zhushui in the distance.

In early winter and October, the cold wind blew, and the water plants on both sides of Zhushui withered. The people in Zhuyang and Yin counties either left their hometowns or were submerged by the floods.

There used to be several villages in the south of Zhao Yun's military camp, but now there are only some dilapidated houses left. The trees were washed away by the flood, the houses collapsed, and the mud and sand buried the weeds, which made the field of vision extremely wide.

Wang Tu didn't dare to charge directly, because he could be seen from several miles away, so he could only choose to take a detour, going from the foot of Laojun Mountain under the cover of the forest.

Maybe the enemy's attention was on Zhuyang, or maybe the Jingzhou army didn't deploy too many scouts around Laojun Mountain. It wasn't until Wang Tu approached less than a mile to the south of the barracks that he was discovered by the outer sentries. signaled.

"woo woo woo woo!"

The desolate sound of the horn resounded in the air, and dozens of sentry soldiers of Zhao Yunjun in the periphery all ran back to the camp in a panic.

Seeing this situation, Wang Tu raised the knife in his hand and shouted: "Kill!"

"Kill~~~"

Cao Jun let out a feeble cry.

After running for a day and a night, I only rested for an hour in total, and I really didn't have much energy to burst out.

But this still startled the Jingzhou army's camp. Dozens of heads appeared at the head of the camp and looked south, all kinds of shouts, whistles, urgings, and shouts continued.

Zhao Yun's Ministry only arrived one day earlier than Xiahou Dun's. The layout of the surrounding camps was extremely simple. The fence made of temporarily cut down trees was not as tall as a person, and there were no fortifications such as horse repelling, barbed wire, and pits.

Wang Tu's army did not have a formation, but he chose to divide his troops into two groups, attacking Zhao Yun's camp from the south and east. There were no more than a few hundred in the camp, and a few arrows shot past, and soon died down. People defended again, and retreated in embarrassment.

Soon Wang Tu occupied their camp. The only fly in the ointment was that Zhao Yun's troops crossed the river by boat and drove away all the boats. There are still more than 20 sporadic small boats left at the local wharf, and each troop transport can only transport 500 people.

But even so, it was a big victory. Wang Tu decided to take advantage of the victory to pursue, and sent his troops to drive the remaining ships to attack Jiangxinzhou on the Zhushui River.

This Zhushui is the Nanhe River in Gucheng County in the future.

Where the downstream connects with the Han River, there is a huge Jiangxinzhou, which almost connects the two banks.

In later generations, sometimes the Nanhe River dries up in summer, and people can even walk directly on the exposed river beach to Jiangxinzhou, and then walk directly from Jiangxinzhou to the opposite bank.

However, at this time, the upper reaches of the Han River were soaring. Although the flood had passed, the water stored in the upper reaches was still flowing down, causing the water level in the upper reaches of the Han River to be very high, and even many Jiangxin Islands were submerged.

Therefore, it was not easy for Wang Tu to cross the river.

It just so happened that Zhao Yunbu also built some tall sculls on Jiangxinzhou. The soldiers who escaped from the camp and the soldiers who stayed in Jiangxinzhou shot arrows at the river one after another. back.

The two sides fell into a brief confrontation. Although Wang Tu came at the right time and captured Zhao Yun's camp, his soldiers were too tired, and there were few ships so it was difficult to force them across.

So it is difficult to raid successfully.

Time passed by one minute and one second, and another hour passed. At the beginning of the afternoon, at about one o'clock in the afternoon, countless Cao troops appeared all over the mountains and plains in the south of Laojun Mountain.

Xiahoudun's main force finally arrived at Zhuyang belatedly.

At this time, the battlefield had already changed. Zhao Yunbu, who was going to besiege Zhuyang City, learned that the rear camp was attacked. With a roar, the soldiers boarded the boat one after another, returned to the boat, and then shot arrows at the shore from the boat.

Wang Tu occupied Zhao Yun's original camp and ordered the soldiers in the boats in front to withdraw, dragged the boats into the camp, and defended against the enemy's arrows.

They are lightly dressed and carry few arrows. They are basically in the defensive stage of hiding behind the fence. Only when Zhao Yun's soldiers are about to go ashore and snatch back the camp, they will fight back with bows and arrows, and they hold on very reluctantly. .

The two sides had been in a stalemate for a long time. Xiahou Dun from Laojun Mountain in the distance hurriedly led the soldiers down the mountain. The scouts who had explored the way ahead had returned and reported to Xiahou Dun: "Report!"

"What happened up front?"

"General Wang said that the enemy came out of the camp and surrounded Zhuyang. Only a few people in the camp stayed behind. He took the opportunity to rob the camp and was fighting the enemy across the bank."

"Ha ha ha ha."

Xiahou Dun laughed loudly and said, "They would never have thought that we were galloping in the starry night last night, and that we would not get here until at least tomorrow. Soldiers, follow me into the camp."

After walking for a day and a night, Cao Jun, who only rested for two hours, continued on his way, headed towards the camp that Wang Tu got.

The [-] army was like a black cloud covering the entire wilderness. They quickly approached Wang Tu's position and entered the camp.

Since the camp was only built yesterday and can only accommodate 5000 people, Xiahou Dun only brought hundreds of guards into the camp, and the rest of the soldiers were outside the camp. Let everyone line up and march towards the shore, shooting arrows to force the enemy back. .

Soon, a large number of Cao troops approached the bank of the Zhushui River, using shields as a defense to cover the archers. Thousands of bows and crossbows shot arrows at the ships on the river, scaring Zhao Yun's soldiers to retreat to Jiangxinzhou in a panic.

The two sides were at a stalemate for a while.

Although there are more than 20 ships in Xiahou Dun's tribe, each of them can only carry more than 20 people, which means that there is no way to transport too many soldiers and horses at one time, and it is difficult to forcefully cross the river.

But if they don't cross the river, Xiahou Dun's troops are very reluctant.

Because the soldiers were already tired and sleepy, and everyone couldn't get a good rest. Although they robbed Zhao Yun's camp, they couldn't let everyone sleep in the camp.

After a stalemate for a long time, Xiahou Dun thought of a way. He asked the soldiers of Wang Tu's troops to sleep in the camp first, and then stood on the shore by himself.

Wait until the Wang Tu department wakes up, and then make the other departments sleep, and take turns to rest so that they can recover their energy.

However, Zhao Yun's troops on the other side obviously knew his plan, with loud gongs and drums, continuous bows and crossbows, they used the maneuverability of the ships to harass them constantly. At the same time, Xiahou Dun's scouts also reported that hundreds of ships were coming from the east of Hanshui.

This made Xiahou Dun's brows furrowed even more.

He knew that Shen Chen would not only send this group of people, the current situation is very delicate.

The soldiers are on the opposite bank, but the reinforcements are coming. If the enemy continues to reinforce them, they will be tired and sleepy, and they will not be able to rest well. Forced to fight will definitely suffer.

So Xiahoudun felt that he could not hesitate. If the opposite side blocked the river with ships, or took the opportunity to make a surprise attack, then his situation would be very dangerous.

Immediately, he changed his strategy, and immediately prepared to forcibly cross the river, ordering the soldiers to suppress with bows and crossbows, and drive the enemy back from Jiangxinzhou.

At the same time, he sent people to cut down trees to build rafts and boats, and at the same time ordered Wang Tu to use the twenty boats to transport troops there.

Jiangxinzhou is very close to the south bank, which is only 34 meters away. Cao Jun soldiers shot arrows at Zhao Yunbu on the bank. With the superior number of people, Zhao Yunbu fled in a panic, and finally gave up Jiangxinzhou and left by boat.

Wang Tu immediately led his troops to start transporting troops, and quickly seized Jiangxinzhou.

After establishing a stronghold, under the cover of Wang Tubu and Cao Jun on the shore, [-] troop carriers kept going back and forth, and quickly transported [-] soldiers to Zhoudao in one afternoon.

As I said before, this Jiangxin Island is almost connected to the opposite bank. The narrowest place between the two banks is only a few meters, and there is a wooden bridge in the middle.

And Zhuyang County is located on the north bank of Zhushui. After crossing the bridge, you can walk 200 meters to the city.

When the winter wind blows, the vegetation on the continents and islands on both sides of the strait withers, and the whole world is brown and yellow.

Cao Jun seized Jiangxinzhou, and hundreds of ships of the Jingzhou Army not far away were floating on the Han River, watching from afar.

At first glance, there must be four to five hundred ships. According to the fact that each ship can carry 20 people, there must be [-] enemy troops.

Xiahou Dun was riding on horseback, his eyelids could not be opened up and down.

Cao Cao is already 65 years old, let alone him?
From the early morning departure yesterday morning to this afternoon, it took a total of two days and one night without rest, and the soldiers' physical strength and energy were almost exhausted.

But the ending is good.

He managed to cross the river before the arrival of enemy reinforcements.

In this way, the opponent can't block him here by seizing Jiang Xinzhou, and there is no need to worry about the opponent raiding the camp tonight when they are extremely tired.

for they have already reached the city.

Xiahou Dun urged the horses to cross the wooden bridge. At this time, one-third of his army had passed, and more than 1 horses had reached the north bank.

Some of them immediately went to the wall of the village by the river to stand ready after crossing the bank.

Fu Fang is quite capable, and indeed built some walls.

Xiahoudun saw that the soldiers were all in position, guarding against the ships on the river in the distance, nodded in satisfaction, then waved his hand and said, "Enter the city!"

"Enter the city!"

Another of his lieutenants, Zhong Jin, shouted, and Cao Jun's soldiers immediately cheered and jumped for joy.

At this time, Cao Jun was exhausted to the extreme, and everyone had only one thought in their minds - to go to the city and get a good night's sleep.

Xiahou Dun led the soldiers to move closer to Zhuyang City.

Dozens of Cao Wei soldiers in black armor looked at the top of the city wall, and a big "Fu" was written on the banner above.

Outside the city, Zhong Jin called out, "Where's Fu Fang?"

"here I am."

Fu Fang popped up.

"Quickly open the city gate, the former general is back."

Zhong Jin shouted.

Fu Fang looked around and asked, "Where is the general?"

Xiahou Dun rode out with more people: "What are you talking about, I'm here!"

"It's you I'm looking for!"

A figure suddenly appeared on the top of the city. The man had an old face and a gray beard, but he was tall and vigorous. He was holding a longbow in his hand. He had set up an arrow and aimed at Xiahou Dun.

Almost at the moment he appeared, countless figures emerged from the top of the city, all carrying crossbows and aiming at the enemies outside the city.

"what?"

Xiahou Dun's face turned pale with shock, and he almost didn't say the word "withdraw".

next second.

Huang Zhong let go of the arrow in his hand.

"call out!"

The arrow pierced through the sky, like tearing apart the void, and arrived at Xiahou Dun's neck in the blink of an eye.

Xiahoudun wanted to raise his knife to block it, but he was old, and after traveling for two days and one night, his energy had dropped drastically, his arms were as heavy as mountains, and he couldn't lift them up at all.

"Pfft!"

Following the sound of a flesh-piercing sound, Xiahou Dun fell from his horse with a scream.

In an instant, the city gate of Zhuyang opened wide.

Countless Jingzhou soldiers rushed forward like a tide, shouting the word "kill".

At the same time, the Jingzhou army on the boat in the distance also began to land.

The horns of "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo".

From the east, south, and north directions, the Cao army trapped under Zhuyang City and Jiangxinzhou will be surrounded.

a time.

Without Xiahou Dun, the soldiers of Cao Jun, who were extremely tired physically and mentally, suddenly fell into chaos.

(End of this chapter)