Cao Thief

Chapter 727 The Battle of Yiyang ([-])

Luo County, county prefecture.

Zhou Tai strode up to the lobby, yelling curses in his distinctive Wuyue accent.It has to be said that the dialect of the land of Wuyue has the feeling of wiping people's ass with silk when scolding people, it is soft, but the words and words are very vicious.

"Youping, what's wrong with you?"

Tai Shici suddenly felt dizzy.

He is from Donglai and speaks Qingzhou dialect.

Although he has traveled far and wide, his accent has changed a long time ago, and even after living in Jiangdong for many years, he still has more official accents.It's okay to talk to Zhou Tai and the others on weekdays, but when people like Zhou Tai talk too fast, he's a little at a loss.

Zhou Tai is a native of Xiacai. He has lived in Jiangshang for a long time and lived in Jiangdong all the year round, so he speaks a pure Wuyue dialect.

The Wuyue dialect of the late Eastern Han Dynasty is somewhat different from the Wu Nong soft language of later generations.Gein, in history, people from the Central Plains moved south several times, the Eastern and Western Jin Dynasties, and the Northern Song Dynasty moved southward, which caused a large number of northerners to move south, resulting in many changes in the Wuyue dialect.But in the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were many Shanyue dialects in the Wuyue dialect. If you are not a pure Jiangdong person, you may not be able to understand it.

Zhou Tai said: "Cao thief, you are too deceptive."

"Which thief Cao?"

Zhou Tai blushed and roared loudly: "Which Cao thief is there, it is naturally the little thief of Hanshou."

"what happened?"

Zhou Tai said angrily: "Today Wen Xiang is patrolling the lake, and he doesn't want to encounter Cao Jun's warships. You also know that when patrolling, they are all small boats, but Cao Jun is all big boats. Wen Xiang had to give way, and there are two The boat was almost knocked over by Cao Zei's navy...

Ziyi, tell me, is this deceiving too much? "

It sounds like it's a bit too much!

But Tai Shici did not get angry, but looked at Zhou Tai with a half-smile, and suddenly said after a while: "Youping, did Wen Xiang's ship pass the hundred-mile boundary?"

"This one……"

After Yu turned out his envoy Hanshou, Cao Peng ordered the navy to retreat sixty miles.

However, at the same time, he and Tai Shici also set a dividing line, the two sides cannot cross without authorization, otherwise it will be regarded as the first provocation.

Tai Shici has never met Cao Peng, but he has admired his name for a long time.

He felt that there was no need for Cao Peng to take the initiative to provoke. If there was a conflict, in all likelihood, it was Zhou Tai and others who were secretly causing trouble.Zhou Tai was born as a water thief, and Xu Sheng was also born in the midst of floating weeds.In the fifth year of Jian'an, Sun Ce passed away, and Sun Quan recruited troops.Xu Sheng, who was a local ruffian in the Wuxian market at that time, joined the army, and soon achieved outstanding military exploits, which was appreciated by Sun Quan.

If it is said that Zhou Yu congratulated Qi Zhuran and others, it was Sun Ce who single-handedly promoted them.

Then generals like Zhou Tai, Xu Sheng, Jiang Qin, and Su Fei who rose up after Sun Quan came to power belonged to Sun Quan's cronies.

Tai Shici was subjugated by Sun Ce, so he was not regarded as a confidant by Sun Quan.And he is also a smart person, never forming a clique, let alone conflicting with anyone, so he can take power.Zhou Tai and Xu Sheng, the gangster spirit that can't be changed!When he was in Jiangdong, relying on Sun Quan's appreciation, he was a bit arrogant.Now Tunza Boluoyuan is nominally under the control of Tai Shici, but in fact, he does not obey his orders.

These guys are restless masters, and they must have crossed that dividing line.

Otherwise, it is impossible for Cao Jun to ram the ship for no reason. At this time, such behavior can easily lead to conflicts.

Zhou Tai blushed, "Since he was born, he has been on the river, how has he ever let anyone else?"

"Youping, you don't have to listen to orders.

But you should know that now is the critical time for the lord to accept the post of Grand Sima.If the lord misses the opportunity because of you, how will you explain to the lord?Let's be patient first, Cao's army is so powerful that it is really impossible to confront it head-on.That Cao Peng is not someone who waits for nothing.Now sitting in Hanshou, the commander-in-chief of the Jingnan military, has a lot of power in his hands, it is really not you and me who can go to provoke now.

You should restrain the trilogy and not conflict with Cao Jun without authorization.

At least in the current situation, this cannot be the case... In the future, there will be opportunities. "

Tai Shici's voice was so severe that Zhou Tai couldn't help but bow his head.

At this moment, footsteps were heard outside the hall, and a junior staggered into the hall and knelt down on one knee: "General, something is wrong!"

"what's up?"

"Cao Jun and yesterday launched an attack on Yiyang."

Tai Shici was shocked when he heard this.

He quickly stood up and asked sharply, "Are you sure?"

"It has been confirmed... Cao Peng appointed Pang De as the vanguard and Jiang Wan as the commander of the army. At the same time, he is dispatching troops in Hanshou to reinforce Yiyang.

Yiyang Liu Pan lost consecutive battles yesterday, and now he is guarding the city tightly, not daring to fight.

Liu Pan sent people to ask the general for help, saying that his lips were dead and his teeth were cold, and he asked the general to send reinforcements early to rescue Yiyang. "

Can't resist after only one day?

Tai Shici frowned, revealing a look of deep thought.

This Pound doesn't seem to have a great reputation.At least as far as Tai Shici was concerned, he had never heard of Pound's name.It's no wonder that Tai Shici lived in Jiangdong all the year round and had little contact with the north.And Pound?Then they followed Cao Peng for a while, and many people didn't even know who he was.However, Tai Shici did not dare to take it lightly.There must be something extraordinary about Pang De being appointed as a pioneer by Cao Peng.

This person should not be underestimated.

Tai Shici had a headache again...but Zhou Tai didn't care much.

"Ziyi, since that little thief came to the door, we can't just let him go."

Tai Shici said angrily, "He hit Liu Bei's door, but not our door.

Of course there is nothing wrong with saying that the lips are dead and the teeth are cold, but the question is, can we mobilize our troops?Before that, I wondered why Cao Peng wanted the navy stationed in Dongting.Now I understand that he is going to use this navy to hold us back, and then capture Yiyang and open the door to Changsha.

I'm sure that if we make a move, the water army on Dongting Lake will definitely approach the shore. "

Unexpectedly, Zhou Tai listened, but he didn't care, he said loudly: "Why are you afraid of them? My lord ordered me to station in Po Luoyuan, originally to help that Liu Xuande. If I just stand by and do nothing, how can I explain to my lord? As for the little thief navy... Ha, why should Ziyi be worried? You and I know what those guys in the Jingzhou navy are capable of. Even if that little thief has supernatural powers, he can't change the Jingzhou navy much in a short period of time... like this , I will lead the navy to attack and beat the little thief back, so Ziyi can rest easy and rush to help Yiyang."

What Zhou Tai said was full of confidence, which made Tai Shici nod repeatedly.

Surrendered to Jiangdong for many years, and fought countless battles with Jingzhou army horses.Tai Shici is also well aware of the combat effectiveness of the Jingzhou Army...

In his words, the Jingzhou army is a bunch of trash.

Except for a few people, it is not enough for him to face up to it.And among these few people, Liu Pan, Liu Huwen, and Wang Wei were also included.The generals in the land battle are just these opponents. As for the water battle, there is only one Huang Zu who can stand up to it.But Huang Zu had already died in battle.

In the eyes of the generals in Jiangdong, the combat effectiveness of the Jingzhou navy is a joke.

Tai Shici thought for a while, and also thought that what Zhou Tai said was correct.Sun Quan sent them here to assist Liu Bei.At this time, if you stand by and watch, I'm afraid you will be ridiculed.And what Zhou Tai said is right, the Jingzhou Navy is nothing at all...

"Since this is the case, Youping immediately dispatched soldiers and horses to enter Dongting Lake to force the little bandit navy away."

In the middle of speaking, Tai Shici suddenly said: "But You Ping, you have to be careful not to hit too hard. After all, Cao Cao and the Lord are on good terms. If you hit too hard, it will anger Cao Cao, which is not beautiful. Just beat them back, I'm going to dispatch troops right now."

When Zhou Tai heard this, he laughed.

"Don't worry, Ziyi, I have my own measure.

But I don't know if the little thief will cry after being beaten back by me... Haha, I'll go back and fight Wen Xiang. "

Zhou Tai ran out of the lobby without saying a word.

However, there was an inexplicable feeling of uneasiness in Taishi's compassionate heart.

He always felt that this matter was a bit weird.Cao Peng has only been in Hanshou for more than ten days, and he hastily started a war, which is quite different from his previous habits.

According to Tai Shici's understanding, whenever Cao Peng uses troops, he must first go into hibernation.

Then attack it by surprise, by surprise.If you don't do it, you don't do it, but once you do it, it will be an attack like a thunderstorm, extremely fierce.But this time, why did Cao Peng suddenly attack Yiyang?Doesn't he know that the Jingzhou navy is not enough to support?
Thinking of this, Tai Shici suddenly changed his mind.

"Immediately send people to Yiyang, and tell Liu Jushi to hold on for a day, and I will send troops to help as soon as possible. After sending people to Linxiang, tell Liu Huangshu, saying that although my side can rush to help, but there is not enough troops, it may be difficult." Come in handy, ask him to find another way out."

Wait, wait, wait...

At least, you have to take a look at the actions of the navy before making a decision.

Sending troops is a must, but it can't be done with fanfare, it's better to be careful...

Before coming to Luo County, Tai Shici had visited Zhou Yu and He Qi, as well as Lu Xun, a handsome young man from the local gentry in Jiangdong.

Zhou Yu and He Qi's advice to Tai Shici is to be cautious and cautious.It is necessary to protect Liu Bei's interests without offending Cao Cao.

But Lu Xun's idea to Tai Shici was: Cao Peng is a man with a manly spirit.

For this person, you can make friends and try not to offend.Therefore, when you arrive in Luo County, it is best to restrain the actions of people like Zhou Tai and Xu Sheng.Cao Peng has always been respected by people, and I respect others.If he really angered this person, he would definitely dare to sink the boat.

This is also the only one among Jiangdong generals who reminded Tai Shici to heed Cao Peng's suggestion.

Lu Xun seems to know Cao Peng very well, and at the same time, he has a good impression of Cao Peng in his words.On the contrary, like Zhou Yu and He Qi, they seemed a little contemptuous and didn't take Cao Peng seriously.But from their point of view, no matter Zhou Yu, He Qi or Lu Xun, there is nothing wrong.

Zhou Yu was the governor of the Jiangdong Navy, and He Qi was the prefect of Kuaiji.

The status of the two people is there, and the height of the problem is naturally different.Perhaps in their eyes, the real opponent is Cao Cao!

But Lu Xun is just a county magistrate now, so he pays more attention to details.

Lu Xun said to Tai Shici: "Liu Bei lives in the south of Jing, Cao Cao will not let it go.

However, it is impossible for Cao Mengde to deal with Liu Bei himself, so he will send his confidants to supervise Jingnan.If my guess is right, he will let Cao Peng go in all likelihood.Firstly, Cao Cao has great faith in Cao Peng, and secondly, Cao Peng and Liu Bei are old rivals...

When Ziyi arrives, be careful. "

Boyan, what a clever plan!

Tai Shici sighed in his heart, immediately withdrew his thoughts, and dispatched troops.

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Bo Luoyuan, that is, the later Bo Luo River.

It connects Dongting and connects to the river, and is located on the bank of Luo County.

The water village of the Jiangdong Navy was set up on the shore of Boluoyuan.Zhou Tai hurried back to the water village, and immediately called Xu Sheng to explain the situation.

Now in Bo Luoyuan, there are a total of thirty large ships and more than one hundred warships.

Although the number of the navy is less than [-], they are all the elite of the Jiangdong navy.

This is also one of the main reasons why Zhou Tai is wanton and arrogant...

Xu Shengdao: "It's bright today, and it's not easy to send troops. Although the Jingzhou navy is unbearable, it has an advantage in numbers after all. In my opinion, when Mi Lingerlang is ready, he will enter the Dongting after dark and head straight for Cao Junshui. Fortress, you can win the first battle, what do You Ping think?"

Zhou Tai was overjoyed when he heard this.

"According to what the text said."

At present, Zhou Tai and Xu Shengmi ordered [-] Jiangdong navy ships and [-] warships to be ready to attack.At the same time, he ordered people to pretend to be resting to confuse the eyes and ears of Cao Jun in Dongting.After dark, the Jiangdong Navy, full of wine and food, was ready to go.Following Zhou Tai's order, the boat was in the front, the building and the boat were in the middle, unfolded in the formation of flying geese, and slowly sailed into Dongting Lake.

The night is very heavy, and the Dongting is completely dark for eight hundred miles.

From a distance, you can see the lights in Cao Jun's water village scattered, and there are vague sounds of fighting from time to time.

Approach slowly, trying to avoid making noise.The boat broke through the water, drawing water lines, and the distance from Cao Jun's dividing line was getting closer and closer.

After passing the dividing line, Zhou Tai and Xu Sheng let out a sigh of relief at the same time.

It is tens of miles away from Cao Jun's water village.Looking at the sky, it is covered with dark clouds and the stars are gone...

The moon is dark and the night is killing, and the wind is high and the sky is set on fire.

What a good day to steal camps and rob villages, even God helps us!
In fact, it refers to February, after the Waking of Insects.There will be a lot of rain in Dongting Lake, and often there is no sunshine for more than ten days...

Just when Zhou Tai was secretly happy, he suddenly heard the sound of drums on the lake.

From the reed marshes, boats flew out one after another, encircling the Jiangdong water army.The Cao Jun water village in the distance is even more brightly lit.One after another rushed out of the gate of the water village and lined up on the lake.Three giant building boats slowly sailed out of the water village and approached the Jiangdong water army.

"Zhou Youping, I knew you and others were immoral.

At the beginning, we made an agreement and drew a boundary line on the lake... But you have repeatedly crossed the boundary and provoked me again and again, do you think that there is no one in our navy? "

It was a huge building boat, which was mentioned to be half the size of the Jiangdong building boat.

This is also the difference between the equipment of the Jingzhou navy and the Jiangdong navy.The Jiangdong water army pays more attention to flexibility, so the volume of building ships is relatively small.The Jingzhou navy, on the other hand, paid more attention to the combat effectiveness of the ships, so when building large ships, they paid more attention to thickening and increasing the impact force of the large ships.

Zhou Tai was taken aback, but couldn't help being startled.

However, he didn't panic... It's not like he hasn't seen anything more embarrassing than the situation before him.In addition, looking down on the combat effectiveness of the Jingzhou navy from the bottom of his heart, instead of being nervous, Zhou Tai laughed endlessly.

"Wait, do you dare to be called a navy?"

While talking, he drew his knife and shouted sharply: "Rush over."

The three building boats, with the cooperation of the boats, quickly approached Cao Jun's building boats.

On the handsome boat, Du Ji ordered people to light the lights, which immediately illuminated the surface of the lake.

The handsome boat moved out slowly. When several boats approached from the flanks, Du Ji suddenly ordered that the boats stay in place.The huge building boat slowly drew an arc on the water surface, and several warships followed the turning of the handsome boat, and were immediately smashed to pieces.

The soldiers on the boat fell into the water, and before they could struggle, they saw more than a dozen Cao Jun scouts rushing forward.

The sailors on board were all armed with sharp knives. They grabbed the Jiangdong navy who fell into the water, raised their knives, and chopped off their heads.

Xu Sheng was behind him, feeling a little uncomfortable.

He wanted to stop Zhou Tai, but Zhou Tai ordered the boat to charge towards Cao Jun's boat.

Getting closer to the handsome boat, Zhou Tai saw that on the side of Cao Junlou's boat, there were rows and rows of utensils, all of which were covered with black cloth.

When Jiangdong revealed that he was six hundred steps away from Cao Junshuai's ship, Du Ji gave another order to set off the black cloth.

On both sides of the handsome boat, there are ten eight-ox crossbows on each side.However, the structure of these eight-ox crossbows has changed a lot compared to when Wuyin first showed his prestige.The bow string is thickened, and the crossbow is enlarged...and beside the crossbow, a winch is added, so that the bowstring can be easily opened.The modified One Gun Three Swords Arrow has also changed its appearance.The arrow shaft was as thick as an arm, and the arrowhead was longer and sharper.

Du Ji shouted: "Fire the arrow!"

The crossbowman immediately hit the machine gun, and ten spears roared and went straight to Zhou Tailou's boat.

The moment the arrow was fired, there was a strange recoil.The huge building boat couldn't help shaking slightly on the water.

The improved eight-ox crossbow can penetrate the back wall within [-] steps.

And Zhou Tai's building boat was moving at full speed, when the eight-ox crossbow was launched, Zhou Tai also realized that something was wrong.But the huge inertia made him unable to dodge, so he could only order the boat to swing sideways, trying to avoid it.However, the speed of the three swords and arrows is really too fast!
There was only a bang, and the hull of the ship was pierced by one shot and three sword arrows, leaving a huge hole in the hull.

Of the ten spears, three were on target.As for the remaining seven branches, there are two more that are on the side of the ship next to the building.The huge penetrating power directly broke the ship's plank, and the entire ship sank accordingly.The soldiers on board panicked and shouted loudly.

Xu Sheng quickly ordered to attack, trying to rescue Zhou Tai.

Unexpectedly, the building boats on both sides moved slowly at this time, approaching Xu Sheng's boat.

The scorpion shuttled across the lake, and the flames shot up into the sky.

Three giant handsome ships took turns to attack, and sixty eight-ox crossbows fired continuously.The Jiangdong Navy's building boats had no advantage at all, but now under the attack of Ba Niu Nu, they seemed a little flustered.The boat under him has already begun to enter water... Zhou Tai shouted loudly to calm down the soldiers.But in the face of the fierce attack of spears and spears, the Jiangdong navy has long been in chaos.The boats collided constantly, and the formation had already become chaotic.

On the handsome boat, Du Ji kept issuing orders, and the ferocious attacks of the water army caused the Jiangdong water army to retreat steadily...

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"Zhou Youping lost?"

When the day was about to dawn, Tai Shici, who had already left Luo County and was marching at a snail's pace, got the news of the defeat of the navy army.

Hearing it for the first time, Tai Shici was startled.

After careful questioning, I found out that the Jiangdong navy not only lost, but Zhou Tai was also captured by Du Ji and became a prisoner.

Xu Sheng broke through with all his might to escape.

Fortunately, Du Ji maintained restraint, and when Xu Sheng led the fleet back to the boundary line, he stopped attacking.

Of the twenty building ships, five were lost.

There were more than [-] reeds, and when they returned to the water village intact, there were only about [-] left.Tai Shici immediately ordered the soldiers and horses to stop marching.

"Zhongxiang, what should we do now?"

Yu Fan smiled wryly and said, "I objected to the general's sending troops yesterday, let alone You Ping's rash provocation.

I have seen that Cao Youxue, he is soft on the outside and strong on the inside, don't provoke him.You need to explain the truth to him in a gentle way, and naturally you will live in peace.But now..."

Yu Fan shut his mouth!
Tai Shici also had a severe headache. Looking at Yu Fan, he suddenly said after a while, "Can I ask Zhongxiang to work hard again?"

Zhou Tai is Sun Quan's favorite general, and even his confidant.

Tai Shici didn't dare to make a decision, so he could only let Yu Fan go to Hanshou again.

At least, to save Zhou Tai's life... As for rushing to help Yiyang, he still has to go.But how to rush to help requires a different way of thinking.

The lips are dead and the teeth are cold. If Yiyang is in danger, Luo County will also be involved.

If Liu Bei is killed, then Jiangdong soldiers and horses will become a lone army, and they will have to retreat to Jiangdong at that time...

Yu Fanbai didn't refuse or refuse, and after thinking for a while, he agreed.

"I'm going to Hanshou right now, trying to get back Youping with Cao Peng.

However, when Ziyi went to Luo County, he had to be more careful.It is best not to participate in it, if it can be deterred, it is better to deter. "

Tai Shici thought for a while, then nodded in agreement.

Immediately, he sent someone to Linxiang again to inform Liu Bei of the situation.

He supervised the soldiers and horses, and slowly approached Yiyang...

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"Jiangdong, the navy lost?"

Liu Bei frowned and wandered in the lobby with his hands behind his back.

"Ji Chang, do you think this is Jiang Dong's excuse?"

Zhuge Liang was not by Liu Bei's side, so Ma Liang assumed the responsibility of the mastermind.Hearing Liu Bei's question, Ma Liang shook his head.It is not without reason that Liu Bei thinks so.Cao Cao is now fighting fiercely with Sun Quan, and he is also a knight, and he is married, which puts a lot of pressure on Liu Bei.

"My lord, Sun Quan is not a person who doesn't know the importance.

It's not that he doesn't know the mystery of what Cao Cao is doing now, it's just that he hasn't made a decision yet.Therefore, Taishi Ci is not an excuse, nine times out of ten, there are indeed difficulties.Taishi Ziyi's ability to continue to send troops has already shown his attitude.But the lord can't have high hopes.

There is a plan, which may solve the danger of Yiyang.

Could it be that the lord has forgotten, there are barbarians from Wuxi in that Hutou mountain?The lord bought them with a lot of money and huge profits, and now is the time to use them. "

When Liu Bei heard this, he suddenly realized.

Wuximan, how could I forget them?
(End of this chapter)