Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 855 Water Combat Method
The two sides were more than ten miles apart and were walking towards each other, and soon they met each other.

"Haha, there are only a hundred of them. It's time for me, Ma, to make a contribution."

General Ma was overjoyed and hurriedly urged his soldiers to row faster.

Unexpectedly, the ten ships of the other side turned around and fled quickly after seeing them rushing towards them.

"Want to run? Not that easy. Hurry, catch up." General Ma kept urging.

However, although these more than a hundred Jiangdong soldiers looked cowardly, they were quite good at rowing. Both sides were sailing downstream, and the Jiangdong boats were already in front of the Jingzhou boats. The dozens of Jingzhou boats chased them for a long time but were unable to catch up.

"Damn it, it's useless. Get out of here, I'll do it myself."

General Ma was eager to make a contribution. Seeing that the pursuit was hopeless, he became anxious. He pushed away a soldier rowing the boat and took the oars himself.

As expected, the speed of the ship he was on increased a lot, and it was gradually approaching the Jiangdong ships in front, which made General Ma more and more excited.

"General, they turned into a tributary."

A soldier reminded General Ma, and he looked carefully, only to see that the ten Jiangdong ships were no longer moving along the river, but turned right and entered a much narrower tributary nearby.

General Ma sneered, "Huh, you think you can get rid of me like this? I grew up by the river. It's ridiculous to think that this small network of water can make me lost and retreat. Go after me."

This tributary was only about sixty or seventy feet wide and was winding, making it very difficult to navigate. Every time the Jiangdong ship turned a corner, General Ma would shout anxiously and even jump up and down.

What made him most frustrated was that not long after they set off, the ships from Jiangdong turned from this tributary into another smaller river.

The river is only about two meters wide in total. Not only is it winding, but the banks are also covered with reeds and water plants, which greatly blocks the view.

"Damn it! How could these guys escape like this? It's a pity that they were always a hundred steps away, otherwise I would have shot them to death with a bow and arrow."

General Ma had been chasing and killing the enemy for more than half an hour and was already very upset. He wished he could capture these hundred or so enemy soldiers right away and torture them severely by all means, making them wish they could neither live nor die, so that he could feel relieved.

As soon as he finished speaking, the ten ships on the opposite side inexplicably stopped, turned around and looked at them, which made General Ma very happy.

"Haha, you guys are tired from running, right? Well, let this general chop off your heads and take them back to claim the credit."

He shouted loudly and increased the strength of his rowing. In his eyes, the Jiangdong soldiers in front of him were no longer people and boats, but military merits and piles of rewards.

However, before he could laugh a few times, one of the Jiangdong hundred men, who looked like a general, suddenly shouted, "Boys, why don't you take action?"

"Shhhhh..."

The reeds on both sides of the river were suddenly pulled aside, revealing teams of Jiangdong soldiers, all of them holding bows and arrows, aiming at the ships of Jingzhou.

"Ah... I fell into a trap..."

General Ma's face suddenly turned extremely pale.

On Cai Mao's fleet side, another general led hundreds of people to chase after the ten Jiangdong Zouke ships.

At this moment, Cai Mao no longer had the pride and satisfaction he had back then. Instead, his brows were furrowed and his eyes were full of deep thought.

"No... I always feel that there is something strange about this matter... Zhou Yu sent out too many scouts. Including the team just now, this is already the thirteenth wave."

Zhang Yun didn't think so. "Hey, Zhou Yu is just a young boy. Facing the mighty navy of Jingzhou, he must feel sympathetic. He sent more scouts, which proves that he is a coward. He is not worth laughing at." Cai Mao waved his hand. "I don't think so. The first wave of General Ma who went to pursue has been nearly two hours, and he hasn't returned yet. Including the soldiers and generals who chased the scouts from Jiangdong, no one has returned. I always feel a little uneasy."

"General, don't worry. I think the Jiangdong troops fled too fast and we chased them too far, so we didn't get back in time. Every time we sent out troops to pursue them, they were at least twice as many as the enemy, and at most four or even five times as many as the enemy. Jiangdong has no navy, so even if Zhou Yu had an ambush, he wouldn't have such a force. What is there to be afraid of?"

Zhang Yun's words made Cai Mao feel a little relieved: "Well, Ji Ming is right. But it's not a solution to continue like this. It's better to switch from defense to offense."

Zhang Yun hurriedly asked: "General, how do we turn defense into offense?"

Cai Mao sneered, "The troops under Zhou Yu's command are far inferior to ours, and his elite troops are not comparable to ours. In this case, our army should play to its strengths and avoid its weaknesses. I see that this place is only two hours away from Pengli Lake. I will send a strong force to attack Chaisang first. If we can capture it, it will be the best. Even if we cannot defeat it for the time being, it will be difficult for them to harass our army again. Once our army arrives, won't Chaisang City be easily captured?"

"Great! General, this is a really good plan. I am willing to go and attack the city myself." Zhang Yun immediately requested.

Cai Mao nodded and said, "Well, I think only you can accomplish this. How about this? I will give you 5,000 soldiers as the vanguard. If you can capture Chaisang, you will be credited as the first meritorious service."

"The last general takes orders."

Zhang Yun's brows lit up and he ran out immediately.

A tower ship and several warships formed a mighty fleet, braving the wind and waves and moving forward.

Thanks to the good weather, the breeze originally blowing from the northwest suddenly increased in strength at this moment. Zhang Yun's fleet spread out their sails, and it was like a meteor passing through the water, leaving behind a trail of ripples.

Zhang Yun was confident and said, "Even God is on my side, how can I not win this battle? Zhou Yu only has a few thousand newly trained navy soldiers, how can he fight against my Jingzhou navy? This battle will teach him the art of naval warfare."

Just when he was feeling proud, the ship seemed to have hit something. It suddenly shook violently and then stopped.

"What's going on? There are no hidden reefs in this river. How could this happen?"

Zhang Yun was very familiar with this river. After Liu Biao took control of Jingzhou, he attached great importance to the waterway. In order to facilitate the travel of caravans and the transportation of food and fodder, the rivers of all sizes in Jingzhou were cleaned regularly every year to ensure that the ships would not run aground.

Although this place is already in Yangzhou, over the years, there have been no less than tens of thousands of ships from Yangzhou passing through this river to enter Jingzhou, and there has never been any report of any ship running aground, so he was very surprised.

At this time, a soldier ran over in a panic: "General, it's bad. There are hidden stakes under the river. Our fleet hit the hidden stakes. The bottoms of several warships have been broken, but this ship has only a slight crack and is not serious."

"A secret agent?" Zhang Yun's face turned pale. "What kind of secret agent?"

The soldier replied, "These hidden stakes are all thigh-thick rolling logs nailed into the riverbed, several feet above the river surface, so they are difficult to see with the naked eye. The hidden stakes are more than ten feet apart, so it will take a lot of time to clear them out."

"Damn it!" Zhang Yun was so angry that he chopped the fence next to him with a sword.

"How dare you, Zhou Yu, bully me like this? Pass the order down, the whole army should clear out the hidden stakes as soon as possible. After the clearing is completed, order twenty boats to carefully explore the way ahead with bamboo poles and wooden sticks as support."

"Here."

Soon, the sound of "plop, plop" could be heard, and thousands of Jingzhou naval soldiers jumped into the river and began to clear the hidden stakes.

Although there were thousands of these hidden stakes, the soldiers of Jingzhou were all excellent swimmers. They dived into the water, and either two or three people worked together, and it didn't take much effort to clear a hidden stake out of the mud and quicksand at the bottom of the river.

In just over half an hour, most of the thousands of hidden piles had been cleared, and the several ships with cracked bottoms had been repaired.

Zhang Yun's expression calmed down a little. He looked ahead with hatred: "Zhou Yu...you are plotting to harm me like this. I will kill you."

(End of this chapter)