"There's a fire?!" Wen Chou was furious when he heard his subordinates said this letter.

He suddenly turned his head and looked towards the north.

Sure enough, the fire had begun to glow faintly in the direction of Wukou, and it could be seen from this distance, indicating that the fire was not small.

Wen Chou's bell-like eyes were wide open at this moment, and his thick lips were full of surprise.

He couldn't believe it and said: "How is it possible? Over at Wukou, I have left Zhang Kai to lead a heavy guard. Even if it is attacked by someone, it will never be easily lost... Moreover, the Jingzhou Army's camp does not have a large group.

When people and horses come in and out, even if they sneak out of the camp, the scouts in our army will definitely have news in advance, and it is impossible to miss it..."

But regardless of Wen Chou's reasons, at this moment, it is a fact that there is a fire in Wukou!

The facts are before us. No matter what reason Wen Chou uses to doubt or question, the facts are the facts.

"General! What should we do now?"

Wukou is Wen Chou's foothold, and it is also one of the three important ports for Yuan Jun to cross the river to the south. Once it is missed, it will affect Yuan Jun's entire southward plan.

No matter how reckless Wen Chou was, he still knew what a serious crime it would be to lose his mouth and delay the crossing of hundreds of thousands of troops.

Even if Yuan Shao did not deal with him, Wen Chou would not have the face to meet Yuan Shao and his colleagues in Hebei.

"What else can we do? Withdraw!" Wen Chou shouted angrily.

Yuan Jun, who was still arrogant and domineering outside the enemy's stronghold just now, suddenly received military orders. At the same time, many of them saw the fire in the direction of Wukou, and their morale was greatly dampened for a while.

Liu Qi, who had been staying away from the main camp of the Chinese army, finally led his elite soldiers and generals to the outer camp.

"Shamoko, Zhang Ren!"

Liu Qi was riding on Lu and loudly ordered his two generals.

Shamoko and Zhang Ren rode out at the same time.

"exist!"

"You two each lead your own troops. After Wen Chou retreats, you will immediately attack and harass from the east and west. You don't have to fight with the other party, but don't let Wen Chou retreat so easily!"

"only!"

The two men responded at the same time, then turned their horses' heads and led their troops out of the camp.

"Where is Wei Yan?"

Wei Yan, the governor of Jiangxia County, was also ordered to lead Xiling elites to participate in the battle.

"The end is here!"

"Lead his troops, together with Zhao Yun and Dian Wei, to take Wen Chou's rear from the middle road, assist Shamoko and Zhang Ren who are harassing them from the side, and pin down Wen Chou's army from the front."

"only!"

Wei Yan turned around and left, and Liu Qi immediately ordered: "Send people to Dongzhai and order Cai Xun and Liu Bei to send troops immediately without any scruples!"

"only!"

After giving the instructions, Liu Qi shook the horse whip in his hand with a relaxed look, turned his head to look in the direction of Wukou, and raised a proud smile on his lips.

Did Wen Chou think the fire over there was the fire in Wukou?

Wrong, not at all.

From the beginning, I had no intention of attacking Wukou.

…

Indeed, Liu Qi had no intention of sending troops to attack Wukou from the beginning.

If you want to attack Wukou from land, you must allocate a large number of soldiers and horses from your own camp. After all, Yuan's army is extremely large in number. Even if Wen Chou leads the army to fight, Wukou itself must be heavily guarded.

If there are too few troops to be sent out, it will not be enough to accomplish the task; if there are too many soldiers to be sent out, Wukou will definitely notice it.

But if you analyze it carefully, you can think that it is useless for Liu Qi to ask for Wukou.

The reason why Wen Chou was stationed here was because Wukou was one of the three river crossing ports in the northern border of Sili, and it was the only way for soldiers of the Yuan army to come south.

But if Yuan Jun wants to cross the river, what else does he need besides a port?

It's a ferry!

Not attacking Wukou, but burning Yuan Jun's ferry was a bit difficult for the Jingzhou Army...but this difficulty was completely within the tolerable range.

There are many ferries along the northern border of Sili, but the only three major ferries that can afford to carry Yuan Shao's hundreds of thousands of troops to the south are guarded by Wen Chou, Zhang He and others.

But there are countless other small ports where ferries can be made.

Liu Qi first secretly sent people to recruit ships along the coast, and then secretly sent 500 elite navy soldiers in batches at the ferry of a small fishing village, led by General Gan Ning.

If a large number of troops were sent out, Wen Chou would definitely notice it, but with 500 people dispatched in batches, the scouts of Wen Chou's army could not detect it at all, and even if they did, they would not feel any threat.

After all, just a few hundred people are not a threat in the eyes of tens of thousands of people.

Before today's night battle, Gan Ning led Jingzhou's 500 elite naval forces. From a fishing village port upstream, he put the prepared fire starters into the water, set the right time, and went straight down the river to the Wukou dock downstream.

And go.

Although guard Zhang Kai had many troops and horses, most of them were displayed inside Wukou. They never thought that Liu Qi would send people to directly raid their dock from the water.

Because they had no information at all beforehand.

Moreover, even if they could get the news, the northern soldiers' ability to fight on the water was completely inadequate.

Even though Gan Ning only had 500 men, these 500 water-fighting experts who had been hanging out in the south all year round could easily defeat 10,000 people from Hebei on the water.

What's more, they came prepared.

After Gan Ning and others arrived, they immediately crashed some of the ships loaded with tinder, hay and sulfur into the dock next to Wukou Ferry.

At this time, the weather has entered late spring, the temperature is relatively slow, and the wind is strong on the river at night. The fire assists the wind, and one boat after another starts to burn!

By the time Zhang Kai and others came to their senses, the fire at Wukou Shipyard had already spread out into a continuous fire, making it impossible to save them even if they tried.

However, Gan Ning and others did not come up. They rocked the boat far away, locked the boat floating on the water, and sent people to bend their bows and set arrows. When Yuan Jun came to the water to put out the fire, they were rained down with arrows.

, drove them back to the shore.

Gan Ning did not seek to cause much damage to Yuan Jun. He had only one purpose, which was to prevent them from putting out the fire. If they put out the fire, they would have to add obstacles to them.

Water and fire are ruthless things, and the Yuan army on the shore was not prepared enough. When they completely organized the personnel who could rescue the fire, the ships were basically burned to the point of crackling. Even if the fire was extinguished, these thousands of people

I'm afraid the ships will no longer be usable.

Zhang Kai stood on the shore, staring dumbfounded at the huge fire in the dock, and his heart seemed to be bleeding.

The Wukou was not lost...but the ship was burned to the point of being unusable...then what use would the Wukou have?

With Wen Chou's temper, it would be strange to have him chopped up alive when he came back.

"ah!"

But Zhang Kai suddenly grasped his chest, his face turned pale, and his body fell backward.

"Colonel! Captain!" Left and right people hurriedly rushed up to help Zhang Kai.
Chapter completed!