Three Kingdoms: I choose Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao, why are you crying, Diao Chan?

Chapter 57 The Horror of Zhou Yu! (Thanks to the monthly ticket support from book friend 2023…4587~)

"Kuchi!"

Sun Ce pulled the spear out of the corpse with great force.

Huo Jun, the future famous general of Shu Han, died at the hands of the Little Overlord of Jiangdong at the age of fifteen!
Sun Ce lifted Huo Jun's body high up and shouted at the enemy soldiers:

"Your commander is dead, why don't you surrender?"

When the soldiers under Huo Jun saw that Huo Jun was dead, they were all horrified and quickly lost their fighting spirit.

But at this time, another general stepped forward and shouted loudly:
"Don't panic! Our goal is just to hold them back. If you want to survive, cheer up!"

Sun Ce looked at the general.

The other party was not tall and mighty, but he had considerable prestige in the army.

Under his instructions, Huo Jun's soldiers quickly stabilized.

This person was none other than the former magistrate of E County - Li Yan!
Although he was defeated at the beginning, he was not punished.

This time, to guard Hanjin Port, Liu Biao appointed him as deputy general to cooperate with Huo Jun.

Although Li Yan was not good at leading troops in battle, he was quite capable of stabilizing the morale of the troops.

Sun Ce immediately regarded the opponent as the next target of attack.

Li Yan knew that he was no match for the enemy general, so he did not fight him in a duel. Instead, he turned around and retreated to the rear of the army.

The soldiers under his command immediately surrounded and attacked Sun Ce.

Sun Ce was unable to break through for a moment and could only watch Li Yan flee into the distance.

For a time, Sun Ce's army was in a stalemate with the enemy.

……

the other side.

The 10,000 troops led by Wei Yan and Cheng Pu also arrived at Wulin Port.

But before they got close to the port, they saw several warships heading straight towards them.

The leader was dressed like a Confucian general, with a handsome face and a green sword in his hand.

It was Zhou Yu, Zhou Gongjin, who served under Liu Biao!

Under his leadership, the warships were arranged neatly, and the formation actually had some mysterious meaning.

Wei Yan saw this scene from afar, frowned, and quickly asked Cheng Pu:

"General Cheng, can you tell what kind of formation the enemy army has?"

Cheng Pu looked at it carefully and shook his head slightly:

“Although we are good at water battles, this is the first time I have seen a water formation.

"If it were someone else, I would think this water formation is just for show.

"But since the leader is Zhou Gongjin, this water formation must be very simple!"

Wei Yan fell silent.

Although he guessed that the enemy would send troops to garrison Wulin Port, he did not expect that Zhou Yu, whom the lord valued very much, would lead the team personally.

Although Wei Yan always had a high opinion of himself.

But someone who even his lord finds difficult must have his own strengths.

At this time, Huang Gai on the side made a suggestion:

"We have a favorable wind now. We can take this opportunity to launch rockets to prevent the enemy ships from approaching!"

Wei Yan adopted his suggestion and immediately ordered people to release rockets!

Zhou Yu at the bow seemed to have guessed the opponent's every move and had made arrangements in advance.

The warships around his ship quickly shrank to the rear of Zhou Yu's ship.

The ship where Zhou Yu was located was coated with fire-retardant materials.

Even if the rockets landed on the ship, they would not be able to ignite the hull.

As for the soldiers on the ship, they had already erected a two-meter-high shield wall to block all of Wei Yan's army's rockets.

Wei Yan watched this scene from afar with a frown on his face.

This Zhou Yu is really something!
It was actually possible to evade the power of rockets in this way. In this way, the opponent's approach was unavoidable.

But that’s fine too.

Rather than fighting across the boat, it is more in line with his style to fight directly on board!
What he didn't expect was that when the warship Zhou Yu was on was about to approach their warship.

suddenly!

Zhou Yu's boat suddenly turned and headed to the left.

The two warships that had been hidden behind the building ship suddenly caught fire and rushed towards the warship where Wei Yan was at an extremely fast speed!

Looking at this scene, Wei Yan was horrified.

However, there were his own warships on both sides of his warship, and forcing a turn would only result in colliding with his own warships.

He quickly ordered his soldiers to slow down the ship, but he still had to watch helplessly as two burning ships crashed into his own warship!
Boom!

Amidst the loud noise, the hull shook violently.

Wei Yan, Cheng Pu and others were forced to roll on the boat.

The rest of the soldiers were staggering, and some even fell off the boat!

As their own warships were already on fire, the remaining enemy ships were approaching again.

Wei Yan finally felt the horror of Zhou Yu!
……

Yidao Port.

This is the port west of Jiangling City, very far away from Wulin Port, so there are not many soldiers guarding it.

Zhou Yu didn't think that the enemy would go around the entire Jiangling City and land here.

However, just in case, he still left two thousand soldiers here.

While the fighting was in full swing on the other two sides, things were much calmer here.

The defending general was Liu Biao’s eldest son, Liu Qi.

At this moment, he was standing on the observation deck, looking at the endless Yangtze River, and couldn't help but sigh.

Ever since his father married Cai Mao's sister, Cai, he has always loved her very much.

Even though Cai Mao surrendered to Lu Bu, his father still did not blame Cai.

And after Cai gave birth to a son for his father years ago, this favor directly affected him, the eldest son!

Because Cai didn't like him.

In order to prevent Cai from seeing him every day, his father actually asked his son to guard a broken port.

Although he was dissatisfied, Liu Qi was a very cowardly person and had no ambition to fight for power. He just wanted to be a comfortable second-generation official.

He could only accept his father's transfer order.

Just when he was feeling helpless, he suddenly saw a black spot appear on the surface of the river where the water met the sky!
As the black spots grew bigger, Liu Qi determined that there were more than a dozen ships!
Liu Qi was shocked!
Could it be that the enemy is really attacking from this side?
He hurriedly got down from the watchtower and asked his subordinate Zhang Hu to be on high alert!
They don't have any warships.

If they were really enemies, they could only rely on the port's defenses to resist.

However, when Zhang Hu mobilized his troops, he found that these dozen ships were just small merchant ships.

Each boat can only accommodate dozens of people.

Liu Qi immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Although there are wars all the time now, it is rare to see merchants traveling around.

But occasionally merchant ships would pass by.

However, Nanjun is currently being attacked by the enemy, and the arrival of merchant ships at this time is really suspicious.

Liu Qi ordered his men to stop the merchant ship, otherwise they would land.

At this moment, on the merchant ship, a woman with wheat-colored skin who looked like she often farmed saluted Liu Qi on the shore:
“I came from Wuling County and heard that war had broken out in Nan County. We guessed that food and fodder might be needed here, so we came here to sell them at a low price.

“I am a farmer working under the command of Governor Jin Xuan of Wuling County.

“Wuling County had a good harvest last year, but was short of funds.

"The governor sent us here to sell grain, and I hope the general will give us a favor and allow us to enter the country to sell it.

"I will give you 30% of the profits. What do you think?"

(End of this chapter)