Chapter 203 The tranquility before the decisive battle
The night was silent, but fires lit up above the waters outside Ankou.
Under the flames, warships on the river were waiting for battle and were about to move forward upstream.
In front of them were all kinds of assault warship ships. The ship was loaded, but from a distance, it was full of military logistics supplies such as food, grass, and weapons.
But in fact, except for the small amount of food and grass on the surface, the ship is full of ignition materials and ignition oil that can quickly ignite.
Behind were the fastest-moving boats following the small hulls.
At this moment, Taishi Ci, who was ordered to carry out the mission of fraudulent surrender, carried a long bow, hung a sharp sword on his waist, and stood straight on a walking boat with his eyebrows and starry eyes, following the ship in front of him closely.
At first glance, I saw that almost all the soldiers from Taishici's troops lived on the boat.
The speed of walking boats was extremely fast. As long as Huang Zu got the plan this time, he opened the water gate to welcome the surrender of Taishici's troops.
Then, a fire ship riding on a lot of hot tinder and ignition materials will directly attack into the enemy's water camp.
By then, there will inevitably be a riot among the Jingzhou naval army.
Yuan's army took the boat away, which was more conducive to quickly breaking into the chaos of the water camp, thus creating opportunities for the full-scale attack of the main army.
Of course, there is another advantage in fast walking, that is, when the situation is not good, you can quickly leave the battlefield.
As the distance ahead was getting closer and closer to the Jingzhou Military Water Camp, Taishici couldn't help but feel a hint of excitement in his heart at this moment.
There will definitely be a great war in this river area today.
If he wins, he, Taishici, will surely become famous at this point.
Thinking about it deep down, you will be very heroic.
Especially Taishici has a strong utilitarian mind buried in his heart.
When he arrived at the Jingzhou Army Water Camp about twenty miles in front of him, Taishici suddenly waved his hand to send an order:
"Each department is driving at normal speed, be sure not to panic."
"Here..."
Each general and officer passed down the orders.
"Is there really a southeastern wind tonight?"
After pondering for a while, Taishi Ci couldn't help but reveal an inexplicable worry. He couldn't help feeling the dry north wind on the river, and he couldn't stop worrying.
Although there was indeed a moment of southeastern wind blew over before, it did not last long before it dissipated.
Now, he was a little worried. If he set fire to the water camp successfully, but the east wind did not appear, wouldn’t the fire sweep downstream with the power of the north wind?
By then, the first person to suffer will be Wankou.
He couldn't help but worry.
But now it is an arrow on the string and has to be fired.
The closer he got to the enemy's water camp, the more he was in Taishici's heart.
However, out of trust in the young master Yuan Yao, and since he led the army to fight, he has rarely lost and never fought a battle without confidence.
Taishici only felt a little relieved when he thought about it.
Not far behind Taishici's troops, the main figures of the Yuan army's troops secretly followed the water and land.
Among them, Jiang Qin and Chen Wu led some naval troops to stand in the rear at all times and responded to Taishi Ci's army.
As for Yuan Yao, he personally led his infantry army and led Zhou Tai, Huang Zhong, Zhou Cang, Lei Bo and other generals along the road, and his troops headed straight to the dry camp of Jingzhou Army.
This time, Yuan Yao had made up his mind to fight Huang Zu's troops in one battle.
Otherwise, with the situation where Jiangxia County borders Lujiang County, if our side wants to fight with all its strength in the Central Plains in the future, the Jingzhou army will inevitably frequently harasse the troops on the flanks.
A big battle may begin to completely tonight.
Whoever wins and loses will be quickly known.
On the long night of the river and the road, the main forces of the Yuan army are moving forward rapidly.
At this time, the Jingzhou Army camp was also gathered among the water camps.
Just wait for the surrender of Taishi Ci's troops.
Before going to war, Huang Zu and Jiang Gan communicated with each other several letters.
During the letter, Taishici said: Tonight, everyone will rob Yuan Jun of the latest grain storage location and come to join him.
As long as Yuan Jun's food and grass fall into the stage of exhaustion, he will definitely not be able to defend Wankou for a long time.
But at that time, it was easy for the Your Army to seize the Ankou in one fell swoop and then seize the cities and towns of Lujiang led by Ancheng.
It was precisely because of this reply that Huang Zuyu immediately paid great attention to the surrender of Taishi Ci's army.
There is nothing else, it only concerns whether our side can capture Wankou.
After Huang Zu and his people gathered in the water camp, the defense of the dry camp became completely empty.
Yuan's infantry took advantage of the night and drove straight forward, secretly clearing all the eyes and ears of the Jingzhou army along the way before continuing to act.
Therefore, even though the infantry had already quietly rushed to the periphery of the Han Bing, it was still not noticed.
Since there was no change in the water camp, Yuan Yao temporarily waved his hand in the dark in the night to order the troops to lurk one by one, waiting for the horn of the attack.
Before the water camp.
The surrendered fleet led by Taishi Ci gradually approached the river and the water camp. Through the endless darkness, the outline of the camp wall could be seen from the faint fire.
For the soldiers of Jingzhou in the camp, they were already on high alert at this moment, as if they were facing a great enemy, quietly waiting for the surrendered army to approach.
Seeing that the other party was already at the line of the camp wall, he arranged for the soldiers to stand on the bow of a ship, shouting loudly:
"General Huang, my general has come to you as promised and has robbed a lot of food and grass. I hope to open the camp and let our troops enter."
After Yuan Jun began to negotiate with him.
In the camp, Su Fei still didn't want to believe that Taishi Ci was really surrendering. He also slowly rushed to Huang Zu, bowed his hand and advised him:
"General, do you really want to let the enemy in?"
Asked, he immediately said:
"General, you have to think twice before you can do this!"
"If the water gate is opened and Taishici is a false surrender, he will inevitably arrange a lot of ignition materials on each ship. At that time, he will lead it into the water camp to launch a fire attack. I am afraid that the good situation will be ruined."
"Even if the general believes that Taishi Ci really surrenders, he cannot open the camp for the sake of safety."
For a moment, Su Fei still insisted on his original view and advised him.
But now, Huang Zu has long trusted Taishi Ci's surrender incident through contact with Jiang Gan for many days.
"Su Fei, don't worry too much about this."
"So what if the enemy army surrenders?"
"Fire Attack? Feel the wind direction tonight carefully."
After saying that, Su Fei noticed that until this time, the north wind was still raging.
This undoubtedly became Huang Zu's confidence.
As long as the north wind blows on the river, he will not be afraid that the enemy will surrender in order to launch a fire attack.
Chapter completed!