Chapter 132: The situation is clear

On the Bohai Sea, dozens of large warships were slowly moving eastward. The sea breeze blew, and the big flag with the word "Cao" was blowing in the wind.

Cao Shuang stood at the bow of the boat and looked into the distance. She was so powerful that the Central Plains that had been growing up for decades. Cao Shuang felt a little uncomfortable.

There were dozens of large ships, plus the sailors less than 20,000. The journey to Japan was long, so Cao Shuang did not really bring 30,000 people, but loaded a lot of food and fresh water.

In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Cao Shuang told the soldiers that they would attack Qingzhou by water and ordered the rest of the soldiers to continue to stay in Leling, while he took the selected elite soldiers to prepare to flee to Japan.

Wu Qiu Jian came to Cao Shuang. At this time, Wu Qiu Jian no longer had the same spirit as before. Instead, he was full of bitterness on his face and his expression was like an eggplant beaten by frost.

Seeing Wu Qiujian coming over, Cao Shuang asked, "Wu Qiu, are you getting better?"

"It's much better. I've been vomiting for a day and a night. I've vomited all the things I should have." Wu Qiu Jian said.

Northerners are not good at water wars, and the wind and waves on the sea are much larger than rivers. The sea ships in the Three Kingdoms era are far less able to withstand the wind and waves as the current sea ships, and they are very bumpy. Therefore, many Cao army soldiers began to get seasick after going out to sea. It is already good that they adapted to it in one day, and many soldiers still did not adapt to it and rested in the cabin. Nowadays, less than 30% of Cao army can still lively like before.

"Hey, Wuqiu, we will be able to come back again when we leave!" Cao Shuang sighed slightly.

"General, the green mountains are here, and we are not afraid of no firewood. One day, we will be able to come back." Wu Qiu Jian said steadily.

At this moment, several black dots appeared faintly on the horizon in the distance, and were soon noticed by Cao's soldiers. Slowly, the black dots became longer and longer. At this time, Cao Shuang had already seen clearly that warships appeared on the horizon.

"General, that's the Eastern Wu Navy. Why did the Eastern Wu Navy appear here? Hurry up and prepare to face the enemy!" Wu Qiu Jian shouted.

The Bohai Sea has long become the inland sea of ​​the Eastern Wu naval army. Although the Eastern Wu lost some warships in Leling Port, the main port of the Eastern Wu in the north is Donglai, and Zang Ai still has a considerable number of naval troops and warships in his hands. Now that the one who appears in front of Cao Shuang is part of the Jiangdong naval army led by Zang Ai. At the order of Sima Yi, he patrolled the coast.

Zang Ai only started to come into contact with water war a few years ago, and his understanding of water war was far less than that of Quan Cong Dingfeng and others. However, Cao and Wuqiu Jian on the opposite side knew nothing about water war and had no experience.

Under Cao Shuang's command, the Cao army's naval army became more and more chaotic. In comparison, the Eastern Wu naval army on the opposite side seemed a little unstable. They slowly began to pull the formation, occupy the upper hand, and find a favorable position. The soldiers on the ship also began to bend their bows and arrows, and quickly prepared for battle. In addition, the naval army under Zang Ai was a real naval army, and they all had years of training and actual combat. Cao Shuang's naval army was half-baked, and some of them went to sea for the first time. As one went to the other, the combat power of both sides was not at the same level.

As soon as the two sides contacted, the war was one-sided. Cao Shuang suddenly discovered that this sea battle was completely different from fighting on rivers. The most obvious point was that the wind and waves on the sea were much larger than those in rivers, and the formation of the navy became more important, first occupying the position of the wind. The bow and arrows were shooting farther away with the help of the wind. If it was against the wind, it would take a closer distance to hit the opponent.

The Wu army sailors' ability was much stronger than that of the Cao army sailors, so Zang Ai immediately occupied the upper hand and used his advantage to consume the Cao army with arrows. The trained Dongwu Navy was on the shaking warships with strong arrows, and the arrows were still correct. As for the Cao army, the arrows were not trained, and all the arrows were shot out were deviated.

After a few rounds of arrows, the two sides finally met in close combat. At this time, the disadvantage of the northerners' unkindness to water war finally appeared. Although the Eastern Wu army could not be said to be on the flat ground, it did not affect movement. On the contrary, these Cao army, which had never left the sea, were cautious every step. Moreover, not all Cao army had come out to fight. The sailing on the sea had consumed a lot of Cao army's physical strength, and the soldiers who were exhausted were unable to fight at all.

After just a few confrontations, Cao's army began to retreat step by step, while Wu's army became more and more braver as they fought.

Cao Shuang also knew that the water battle between the Cao army was not the opponent of the Eastern Wu naval army at all. Originally, Cao Shuang wanted to fight this battle with a large number of people, but unexpectedly, Cao Shuang was almost defeated at once and did not organize a decent resistance at all.

"Wuqiu, what should I do?"

Wu Qiujian shook his head helplessly: "General, I don't know what to do if I don't have any water battle!"

Seeing that Wu Qiu Jian had no choice, Cao Shuang's face appeared ferociously.

"Send the order and hit me with a boat, and their boats will sink!" Cao Shuang roared angrily.

The warships of the Three Kingdoms era were all made of wood, and they did not have keel structures. Their solidity was very poor. Slightly larger winds and waves might tear the ship to pieces.

It is precisely because the warship is not strong enough that the ship generally hits a ship, whether it is a person or a person hitting the person, the losses are almost the same. Basically, if a warship in the Eastern Wu is sunk, Cao Shuang will also lose a ship. It can be said that the collision of a ship is a loss-making move.

The water nature of the Cao army was not as good as that of the Wu army. Once the ship sank, the Wu army could still wander on the sea for a while, but the Cao army was not good. If it hit the ship, the Cao army suffered a greater loss, not to mention that the sea was not as good as the land. On this vast sea, once the Luoshui River, the only way to live is to rescue others. People cherish their lives, so although Cao Shuang's order was issued, few ships below were executed.

This situation made Cao Shuang completely angry. Cao Shuang pulled out the sword fiercely, pointed the sword forward, and shouted loudly: "Crash it over, hit it over!"

As Cao Shuang's car, the ship was full of people who were loyal to Cao Shuang. They followed Cao Shuang's orders without hesitation, and the ship crashed towards the Eastern Wu navy in front.

"Boom!" The huge shaking caused by the collision between the two sides made Cao Shuang almost fall from the bow of the boat. Fortunately, Wu Qiujian supported Cao Shuang from the side.

"General, the water has entered the cabin!" the sailor below shouted.

"Super the general, please don't worry about him, and rush for me!" Cao Shuang continued to shout.

However, this time, the "rule of leading by example" did not resonate with it. Only a few ships rushed up with Cao Shuang, and most of them were still timid.

In the distance, Zang Ai, who was commanding, had already discovered the warship Cao Shuang was riding.

"Cao Shuang is there, kill Cao Shuang, we will win this battle! Pass the order, everyone attacks Cao Shuang!"

At this moment, Cao Shuang's warship became the target of public criticism. All the surrounding Eastern Wu navy targeted the attack target at the warship Cao Shuang was riding.

...

The battle ended for only one hour.

There were fragments of boats floating on the sea. Some soldiers were trying hard to hold the broken wood, while some soldiers were swimming desperately.

The Eastern Wu army had already put down the boat and began to rescue the soldiers who fell into the water. At the same time, they also began to recruit prisoners. None of the Cao army's warships could escape, and they were all captured by the Eastern Wu army.

The warship Cao Shuang was riding had already been besieged and sunk. Although Zang Ai made great efforts to capture Cao Shuang, he still did not capture Cao Shuang. Cao Shuang and Wu Qiu Jian were both drowned. All the other living people became prisoners.

...

At this time, Sima Yi's army had begun to approach Leling Port.

The Cao army in Leling Port did not know that Cao Shuang had abandoned them, and they were still waiting for news of Cao Shuang's return in triumphant times.

It is precisely because of this that Sima Yi attacked and Cao's army immediately set up a defensive formation to resist. At this time, there were still many people in Leling Port. If Sima Yi attacked for a strong force, he would not get much benefit. So Sima Yi simply stationed his troops and waited for the Cao army in Leling Port to consume all the food and grass, and naturally he would surrender without fighting.

Sima Yi is worthy of being the first-class commander in the Three Kingdoms era. Although he was leading the army, he still did not forget to practice soldiers and practice formations.

At the same time, Sima Yi also paid close attention to the news about Yecheng. Wei Yan, who was stationed in Bingzhou, had already left Huguan, and Guan Ping's troops advanced to Yecheng as fast as possible. However, after Guan Ping took over Yecheng, he did not continue to advance, but began to station troops in Yecheng and stabilize the situation in Yecheng. It seemed that after joining Wei Yan's army, he began to take over the entire Jizhou.

This also gave Sima Yi the opportunity. As long as Sima Yi was able to recruit Cao's army in Leling, the number of soldiers could even exceed that of the Han army.

Sima Yi had already killed outside Leling Port. From a geographical location, the acquisition of Leling Cao's army must have an advantage. According to Sima Yi's calculations, Leling's food and grass can only last for seven or eight days. After seven or eight days, the Cao army's food will be exhausted, and Sima Yi will surrender Leling Cao's army.

In the big tent, Sima Yi stared at the map in front of him, and would draw a few strokes from time to time.

Zhuge Dan hurriedly walked in, and it was obvious that he was in a hurry.

"Sir, I just visited the Malaysian newspaper and the Yellow Turban Army was attacking in the direction of Leling." Zhuge Dan said.

"The Yellow Turban Army is just a mob, it's not worth worrying." Sima Yi did not take the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou at all.

"Sir, there are two Yellow Turban Army coming, which together have more than 100,000!" Zhuge Dan continued.

"Hundreds of thousands?" Sima Yi frowned slightly this time, and then slowly said: "Although there are quite a few Yellow Turban soldiers in Jizhou, most of them are more than a thousand people. When did more than 100,000 people come out!"

"What the lord said is that at the beginning, I didn't care about these Yellow Turban Army, but it was really strange that more than 100,000 people came at once."

"One hundred thousand people... not good!" Sima Yi suddenly shouted, then said, "You go and send an order immediately and withdraw your troops immediately!"

"Retreat? Sir, why is this?"

"If what I expected was right, the Yellow Turban Army must be related to the Han army, and the purpose is to restrain our army here!"
Chapter completed!