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Chapter 436 Come Like Thunder, Receive Wrath (5K)

Because Huang Zhong's troops were accidentally ambushed by Sun Ce's army, Wang Zheng was suspicious of Chen Jiao. In addition, he was also worried about this river like many people, so he had the mentality of "killing mistakes and never letting them go". Kill Chen Jiao directly.

It is naturally inappropriate to punish without teaching, so after ordering the soldiers to clean up Chen Jiao's body, this incident left another mark in the history books of later generations.

In the first year of Emperor Jian'an at the end of the Han Dynasty, Sun Ce led the crowd to pull up Danyang, intending to attack Yuan Shu, and smashed the Yangzhou army in Xiang'an. Shu said: "It's feasible!" So he sent an envoy to Xuzhou, Taizu said: "I heard that the Sun family has served as the Marquis of Yangdi for two generations. So he led five thousand tigers across the Yangtze River and Huaihe River in the south, and sent more than ten thousand general Wu Shengfan to Yuzhou.

Traveling to Ping'a, I heard that Ce's army had surrounded the lake for nearly a month. Taizu said: "The friendly army is in danger, how to deal with it?" Li, and if you hear it, you must be prepared; it is better to leave heavy luggage, light soldiers and go out with boats, to cover up any surprises." Taizu went ahead, secretly sent Huang Zhong to lead the troops ahead, and went straight to Linhu, where they met in the east of Chengde. Instigate the soldiers, join the battle in fear, and smash them, beheading the enemy generals Jiang Qin and Danyang's elite soldiers below.

Hearing this good news, Taizu set up wine and held a meeting with all the ministers all night. Chen Jiao accidentally fell into the water because of drunkenness. The government originally wanted to take important matters into account, but unexpectedly those who are good at water drowned and died young, this is true fate!" His posthumous title is Shaohou.Zi Yisi.
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"Chu Chuan" Volume [-] Taizu Emperor Wu Jiji

On the last day at the end of May, Wang Zheng's fleet also sailed to the location where Sun Cejun wanted to build the embankment. It seemed that because Huang Zhong's troops were wading ahead, their journey was calm and safe.

But when Wang Zheng walked on the deck, he looked up at the sky, and saw the sky covered with dense clouds, and he frowned slightly.

Look at the sky, is it going to rain?

Summer is a rainy season, especially in the Jiangdong area. It rains almost every five or six days. I don’t know if it’s Huang Tian’s blessing. Since the army set off, it has always been sunny, which is actually quite rare. .

However, Huang Tian's face is not endless after all, this upcoming Xia Yu Wangzheng inevitably has a little more worry, what should he do if he encounters an ambush by Sun Ce's army on a rainy day and has a water battle?
Thinking of this, Wang Zheng immediately ordered his soldiers to issue semaphores, asking all ships to be careful, especially pay attention to the water surface and the movement of the bottom of the ship.

After all, Wang Zheng has no fear in other aspects. If Sun Cejun wants to finish the shipboard battle, his ships will be all large boats, and the troops he leads will be systematic soldiers from the Tianzhu Camp and the Heavenly Army.

They are even less afraid of long-distance combat. There are nearly 2000 long-range troops in the [-]-man Mali, including not only the second-level Qingzhou infantry bow, but also the third-level hundred-step sniper.

The only thing Wang Zheng was worried about was that according to the news sent by Huang Zhong, the enemy knew how to drill boats. Although it was much more difficult to drill through a building boat than a small boat, after all, he was not afraid of [-], but just in case.

It was almost noon, but the rain had not yet fallen, but the wind picked up first, and it was whistling, which made the fleet speed up a lot.

From this point of view, we should be able to reach Hefei City at night.

That means that there will be a real battle in the near future!

When the news spread, the morale of the soldiers was boosted. Without waiting for the general's order, the sails of the fleet were fully stretched, and the oarsmen were all rowing hard. For a victorious army like the Tianjun, the so-called Sun Ce's army is not terrible , as long as you return to the land that makes you feel at ease one day earlier, it will be the happiest thing.

It wasn't just them, every time the boat sailed south, Wang Zheng became more confident. At this time, he also saw the embankment, and naturally, like Huang Zhong, he reacted instantly.

It turned out that the so-called ambush was actually an encounter. Sun Cejun did know the news that the Xuzhou army went south to Yangzhou, but he didn't know the division of troops in the middle. Chen Jiao
It's really wrong to die!
However, Wang Zheng has no regrets. His "prophet" comes from the history of later generations, and it is not the real Zhuge Liang beforehand. He knew it 500 years later. No hidden dangers are left.

In the afternoon, the wind intensified and the sky became darker. More than a dozen buildings and boats were all fully sailed, almost as if they were flying against the water. Wang Zheng was staring at the front from the bow, when his soldiers came over and said : "General, my sons and daughters are all ready."

At this time, it is almost approaching the port next to Hefei City, and the possibility of encountering the enemy is increasing. Maybe the heavenly army will go into battle as soon as they get off the ship. Therefore, Wang Zheng has sent people to use semaphore to notify all ministries in advance, except for the helmsman and oars. Except for the soldiers, all the others came to the deck, prepared their swords and guns, and prepared for battle.

Wang Zheng nodded when he heard the words: "Send the order, keep the current speed, and don't mess up the formation."

Although it is the first time to command a water battle, many principles of the art of war are common to land and water. When marching, even if you cannot maintain a strict formation, you must have a formation, so that once you are attacked, you can attack with the fastest speed. Set up the formation without chaos, so that once you are attacked, you can set up the formation as quickly as possible without chaos.

Of course, the current fleet is sailing extremely fast. Given the current inexperience of the Celestial Army, it is definitely not possible to maintain a standard arrow formation, but if the formation cannot be achieved, it can barely maintain a tight formation. Time can always be organized more quickly than a plate of loose sand.

Thinking of this, Wang Zheng smiled wryly to himself. After killing Chen Jiao, there was no one available, so Huang Zhong sent out again. Other generals like Xu Fang Yujin did not go with him this time, so the fleet commander behind him could only I did it myself.

Is this another way of asking for trouble?
As I thought about it, the sky was getting darker and darker. It is reasonable that there is still a long time before it gets dark, but because the sky is full of dark clouds, it is almost like dusk. Almost all the high-rise ships have reached the highest speed, so the speed difference between the ships is also reflected. The new high-rise ships including Wang Zheng's ship "Mie Wu" all came to the forefront, while some old ships from Xuzhou or civilian ships The refitted building boat is dragging further and further behind
The entire formation of the Xuzhou Army began to become more and more elongated.
Realizing this, Wang Zheng was stunned, and immediately ordered his left and right: "Send a signal and let all the ministries pay attention, especially the ships of Wang Xiong's department, don't move too fast."

"Here!"

The soldiers agreed, because the sky was getting darker and the semaphore was no longer suitable, so they went up to the high place and switched to the semaphore. Because of the system, and Wang Zheng paid great attention to discipline. It has been doing well. Although the Tianjun Navy is just built, the semaphore and lantern language have been popularized. At least the level of generals has been known to everyone.

However, after seeing the lights on Mie Wu's side light up and down rhythmically for several times, Wang Xiong in front of him on the boat also responded to a series of lights. .

Flashes three times, which means alert.
Could it be that there was a change in the front?
Wang Zheng made two steps in three steps, and immediately went to the top of the boat, but saw that the soldiers had handed over an arrow book at this time, and greeted him: "General, Wang Duwei sent a letter saying that according to the report of the sentry ship soldiers who explored the way, There is a suspected sound of fighting between the two armies ahead!"

The sound of fighting?
Wang Zheng raised his eyebrows. At this time, they were very close to Hefei City, but Sun Ce's army hadn't even breached Linhu. Could it be that Hefei now has an enemy situation?

Or did Huang Zhong's vanguard engage Sun Ce's ambush army?
Impossible!

It's been a few days, if Huang Zhong is blocked by the enemy and can't go ashore, he will retreat early, otherwise by this day, he might have run out of water and food and would have collapsed without a fight.

No matter what, one of the two warring parties must be an enemy and not a friend. Thinking of this, Wang Zheng immediately shouted: "Order Wang Xiong and other troops to slow down, and then order the two wings to surround Mie Wu to turn the formation into a square formation!"

"Here!"

If in the worst case scenario, Hefei was really attacked by the enemy, then Sun Ce's army and Yangzhou's rout troops were fighting at this time, and they were choosing to escape by water. In this case, of course Wang Zheng wanted to save this The batch of people, on the one hand, is to gather the remaining soldiers, and on the other hand, through this group of defeated soldiers, we can learn about the current Lujiang occupation. The square formation is the most suitable defensive formation, and it can intercept Sun Ce's pursuit.

After turning into a square formation, the speed of the fleet collectively slowed down, and there was a commotion from all the ships. Everyone knew that the situation was different. Wang Zheng looked around and found that many soldiers began to hold their weapons tightly, obviously a little nervous. But at last there was no panic or fear.

This is not bad, after all, most of the people on board, including Wang Zheng, have never experienced a water battle.

The wind has become stronger and stronger, and the fog on the river is gradually rising, indicating that the rainstorm will eventually arrive!

Although the fleet slowed down, it was still very fast.After another journey, even Wang Zheng, who was in the center, could faintly hear the fighting in front of him, and his expression became more solemn.

Because that location is already the junction of the river they are currently on and the tributary of Chaohu Lake!
And Hefei City is located less than a hundred miles upstream of this junction!

The soldiers on the side couldn't help but whispered: "General, has Hefei already fallen?"

"If that's the case, then we'll go ahead"

Wang Zheng understood the meaning of the soldiers. Sun Ce is a man who knows the soldiers. It is impossible to attack Hefei without capturing Linhu, or even Shucheng to the west of Linhu. The soldiers and horses along the way became a lonely army and went deep. Not only did they completely lose their geographical advantage, but unless they turned back to Chengde first, once they fought, they would not be able to find any supply points nearby!
Even if these dozens of buildings are half-loaded with luggage, they won't last long!

He didn't answer first, but just listened attentively for a while, then suddenly his expression changed, and he waved his hands and said with a smile: "Hefei has not fallen!"

"How does the general know"

Wang Zheng said categorically: "Hefei is a big city, and there are at least 5000 defenders. It is impossible for Sun Ce's army to be defeated in one battle. If calculated according to time, Sun Ce's army is really going to attack Hefei. Huang Zhong's troops will meet him when they go ashore. How can they just sit and watch?" Ignore it, and not send someone to notify us?"

"If you add Huang Zhong's 3000 troops, how many troops will Sun Ce's army need to attack Hefei? If they break through, others will not know. With Han Sheng's ability, he will surely break out of the encirclement, and if Sun Ce's army pursues , How can we keep him without a few thousand troops?"

"The sound of the battle is no more than two to three thousand people. It may be a conflict between the guards of Hefei Port and a small group of Sun Ce's troops!"

In the original history of the Three Kingdoms, Sun Quan certainly left behind the joke of "Sun Shiwan" who hit Hefei five times, but at that time Hefei was one of the two strategically important places for Wei State to prevent Dongwu from going north (the other was Xiangfan ), the status is far from comparable to what it is now, and the defender has arranged a luxurious lineup like Zhang Liao, Le Jin, and Li Dian.

Of course, even so, it is true that Sun Quan is far behind his short-lived elder brother Sun Ce in military affairs.

If Sun Ce lived to fight Hefei during the period of the Three Kingdoms, would he still recommend Zhang Liao to the Wu Temple? No one knows.

And if Hefei under Yuan Shu's rule now, can it block Sun Ce's cavalry sword?
Wang Zheng was a little confused. He knew Huang Zhong's ability, but even if Huang Zhong entered Hefei, he was still a guest army. If the guards in Hefei were too incompetent, plus Sun Ce's means
At this time, a few more flashes of lights suddenly came from the front, and immediately there was a shout from the heights: "General!"

"Lieutenant Wang is about to engage the enemy!"

"Is the enemy Sun Cejun?" Wang Zheng asked immediately, and then he shook his head first. The lamp language couldn't tell the identity of the enemy, and said, "Immediately send an order to get everyone ready to fight!"

Xiong's boat had slowed down, and the boats behind were getting closer. At this time, the shouts of killing became louder and went straight to the sky, which proved that Wang Xiong had also started to join the battle group. Wang Zheng looked around. This is the junction of two rivers. It is open, but it is an excellent water battlefield.

At this moment, another burst of killing shouts suddenly erupted in front of them!

Wang Zheng was startled, and looked up, only to see that the fog was billowing, the rain was criss-crossing, and the sky was so dark that even his inhuman physique couldn't see anything, so he could only anxiously listen to the murder. The shouting gradually became lighter, but it was not known who would win and who would lose.

Suddenly, Jiao Lei rolled across the sky and earth, and then a bolt of lightning flashed across his head, as if cutting a corner of the pitch-black scroll. With this light, Wang Zheng finally saw the front clearly.

Before and after the King Ursa ship, seven or eight ships were exposed.

Of course there are enemies in front, about seven or eight ships, and behind them are two ships that belong to the Yangzhou Army according to their flags. There were probably only three or four hundred people, and my heart sank immediately.

Two ships, seven or eight ships.
That is, there were less than 1000 defeated soldiers in Yangzhou. Could this be the last remaining soldiers and horses in Hefei City?

However, Sun Ce's army has more than two thousand people, and there are so many pursuers, how many people did Sun Ce bring this time?
While thinking about it in a hurry, there is no time to think about it. The first thing is to save these defeated soldiers and find out what the current situation is like!
At this time, the formation of more than a dozen buildings and boats of the Heavenly Army had been formed, and the next step was to see if they could withstand Sun Ce's attack. Wang Zheng immediately ordered: "Hurry up, the whole army will come forward to respond!"

At this time, the soldiers suddenly shouted: "General, look!"

However, the Wang Xionglou ship rushing to the forefront, at this time, passed the two Yangzhou ships, and stood in the front of the formation. Outnumbered and outnumbered, Wang Xiong's ship was also slowly retreating, but it suddenly sent out an attack. There was a loud cry, and immediately the whole ship spun around on the water.

Of course it was not because of the so-called wind and water flow. Wang Zheng took a closer look and found that countless heads suddenly appeared on the water around the boat. Those Sun Cejun only had their heads above the water and held some weapons in their hands. At the same time, there were also people ahead. Several warships of Sun Ce's army quickly approached Wang Xiong!

This is to attack on both sides and destroy one ship first. No, even seize a ship, give me a blow?
How dare!

Wang Zheng's heart surged with murderous intent, how could the enemy be so presumptuous under his own nose, so he shouted: "Let's rush up first and save Wang Xiong!"

The soldiers on the side were stunned: "The general is a man of gold, how can he put himself in danger, let other ships go to rescue him?"

"We are not far away, and the Mie Wu ship is the fastest," Wang Zheng said with a big smile, "You can see that this is the so-called boarding, and if this is the case, the general will naturally set an example!"

"Climb first, fall into the formation, charge, in every first battle in the past, the soldiers in front of me will surely return with a big victory!"

"This is the first battle of the naval forces." He looked around and paused word by word: "There will be no exceptions!"

These words soared into the sky, causing the blood of all the people around to boil at the same time, their complexions became agitated, and the soldiers even took the lead in shouting: "It's like the words of the general!"

Immediately afterwards, countless roars erupted from the surroundings at the same time. The voices were high and low, some were hoarse, and some were loud, converging into a grand movement.

"As the general said!"

At this time, the sky was once again bursting with scorching thunder, and Wang Zheng felt a fire ignited in his head. He immediately drew his sword out of its sheath, and amidst the clanging sound, the sword pointed at the sky.

This scene reminded many people of the old things in Linzi, they shouted in unison: "This is Huang Tian's drum to cheer for the general!"

"it is good!"

Wang Zheng nodded his head, stood his long sword horizontally, and pointed to the front: "Kill!"

"kill!"

With a single command, the "Mie Wu" speeded up in an instant, but in a blink of an eye, it was already close to Wang Xiong's ship, and the meeting point was only two feet away. Wang Zheng could even see the eyes and noses of those Sun Cejun. Several other Sun Ce boats also approached quickly.

At this time, the Celestial Army began to lay down the springboard one after another. Those Sun Cejun who boarded the ship also knew that once the two ships of the Celestial Army were connected, their current advantage in numbers on the Wang Xiong Ship would no longer exist. Several Sun Cejun who were close to the springboard suddenly At the same time, they turned around and tried their best together, only to hear a "wow", and several gangplanks that had just boarded the opposite boat were directly pushed down.

The soldier said angrily: "Damn it, spread it again!"

Wang Zheng couldn't wait any longer.

At this time, he also saw clearly that the heavenly army on the deck had fallen into a situation of siege, how could he continue to wait, although the distance of two feet was far away, it was not a big problem for him, so his heart became ruthless, and he immediately stepped forward with a loud cry He drank violently and jumped up!

Another flash of lightning illuminated the sky and the earth, making countless people on both sides of the enemy and us clearly watch Wang Zheng fly across the air like a big bird, all of them staring wide-eyed.

After Tianjun was surprised, he immediately exclaimed, "Oh no, why did the general pass by alone first!"

On the other hand, Sun Cejun hadn't recovered his senses when he saw a ray of blue light descending from the sky, like a thunderbolt furious, striking down!

(End of this chapter)