Chapter 750 Unexpected

"Oh, I really suffered a big loss this time."

Huang Zu's heart was bleeding. He was originally persuaded by Cao Cao to just contain Zhou Yu, but he suddenly sent his army to join the battle, but unexpectedly suffered heavy losses.

"retreat!"

Huang Zugang said it, paused, and said coldly: "Order Wang Kui to lead his troops to snipe the Jiangdong Navy, and be sure to retreat in half an hour!"

After that, Huang Zu gave an order, and nearly half of the Jiangxia navy who were still behind and had not participated in the battle turned the bows of the ships and began to retreat in the direction from which they came.

At this time, Huang Zu's order was also conveyed to the front army who was fighting fiercely with Jiangdong Army.

"What? Mr. Huang Fu (called the Governor of the state during the Han Dynasty, Fu Jun) wants us to snipe for another half an hour?"

Wang Kui's expression changed drastically: "Half an hour, isn't this a suicide attempt?"

What made Wang Kui and countless Jiangxia soldiers feel even more desperate was that Huang Zu's fleet had already left far away, which made the morale of Jiangxia Navy even worse.

When an army is caught in a bitter battle, even if the army is in decline and can only resist with difficulty, as long as the commander is still there, the army will never collapse immediately. But when an army has its commander fleeing for his life, the army naturally has no intention of resisting.

For example, in the Battle of Feishui, after the former army was defeated, the 900,000-strong army of the former Qin Dynasty thought it was defeated. Fu Jian was shocked and turned around to run away. As a result, the army was defeated like a mountain, and the army of one million was completely defeated. If Fu Jian could still resist resolutely, the former Qin army would never have been defeated so quickly.

"Captain, all the princes have fled, why are we still resisting here?"

The subordinates were dissatisfied.

"Military orders are like mountains, how can we retreat casually?" Wang Kui reprimanded and said worriedly: "Now Jiangdong Army is coming in full force. If our army retreats at this time, it will inevitably be pursued by the enemy, and it will be a rout. "

It was not without reason that the defeat turned into a retreat. During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the powerful minister Huan Wen led his army to the northern expedition to Qian Yan. As a result, he had to retreat due to lack of food and grass. Huan Wen was experienced in using troops and knew that the enemy would pursue him. Therefore, when he retreated, he specially arranged for elite soldiers to cut off the enemy. Murong Ke, who was leading the pursuit, did not attack.

After Huan Wen relaxed his guard and brought back the elite soldiers who had been cut off, Murong Ke saw the right opportunity and decisively sent troops. Thousands of cavalry pursued and fought fiercely. As a result, tens of thousands of Jin troops suffered heavy casualties.

The subordinates persuaded in a low voice: "Captain, Huang Taishou only cares about escaping for his own life, but allows me to be his shield. How can there be such logic in the world?"

"Now that Huang Zu has not arranged to supervise the battle team, we still have a chance to escape. If we really fight to the death with the Jiangdong Army, does the captain think that we can last more than half an hour?"

"this"

Wang Kui hesitated. Seeing this, his subordinates stepped up their efforts to persuade him, which finally made him make up his mind.

"That's all! You can only blame Huang Zu for being unkind, don't blame me for being unjust!"

Wang Kui snorted coldly: "Everyone is ordered to retreat. Who can escape and who unfortunately dies in the hands of Jiangdong soldiers depends on everyone's luck!"

"The captain is wise!"

Huang Zu made a good start, so Wang Kui was naturally unwilling to sacrifice his life for him, so he led his army to flee. Huang Zu's withdrawal had already worsened the morale of the Jiangxia Navy. Now that Wang Kui had also escaped, the Jiangxia Navy was naturally in an uproar.

"General Huang ran away, why did Colonel Wang leave too?"

"Damn it, these generals and captains only care about their own lives and don't care about their brothers at all!"

"No, we can't work for them anymore, let's go."

As Huang Zu and Wang Kui retreated one after another, the morale of the Jiangxia navy collapsed for a while, and the birds and beasts dispersed. They could no longer resist the Jiangdong army and fled one after another.

"Kill! Don't let these Jingzhou soldiers go!"

"Now is a good opportunity to beat up the drowned dog, catch up!"

Naturally, Taishi Ci, Huang Gai, Xu Sheng and others would not miss this good opportunity and immediately sent out their troops to cover up the attack. The Jiangdong Navy pursued them relentlessly and refused to let go of these Jiangxia sailors.

Jiangdong soldiers were chasing after them, and a war instantly turned into a battle royale. Warships were chopping the waves on the bloody river, and countless corpses were floating on the river. Many of the soldiers were not very old and were still very young. Young, some of them can even be said to be half-grown children. They are soaked in the river water and their faces are pale. They also have parents and family, but they are destined to never see their families again.

"well"

Zhou Yu leaned on the railing and looked out, feeling suddenly moved in his heart.

"Why did the Grand Governor sigh?" Cheng Pu asked in confusion: "Our army won a great victory in this battle. We killed countless enemies and severely damaged the vitality of the Jiangxia Navy. This is a good thing."

Zhou Yu smiled bitterly: "Old General Cheng, Cao Cao invaded the south. I don't know how many casualties our Jiangdong Army will suffer after this battle. They are all hot-blooded men. They are other people's husbands, sons, and fathers. How sad their families must be."

Cheng Pu looked solemn and sighed: "The Commander-in-Chief is compassionate and compassionate, and I really admire him in my heart. However, our Jiangdong Army naturally has to guard the Tuwei family. These men deserved their death. After the victory in the future, our army will definitely provide them with heavy compensation."

"Um."

Zhou Yu nodded solemnly: "We must provide generous compensation."

Seeing that the battle situation had become one-sided, a horn horn sound suddenly sounded from the rear of Jiangdong Army.

From the northwest, the whining horn horn suddenly sounded, and the sound was rich and desolate, which made Zhou Yu's heart sink.

"Cao Jun?"

All I could see was a burst of smoke rising from the northwest. Although it was in the dark night, a large group of black shadows could still be vaguely seen in the dark night. They were marching towards Wanshui in formation, and a powerful force seemed to be coming towards them.

Boom, boom, boom! It was as if the gods were using the earth as a war drum. The heavy drumsticks hit the ground hard, causing waves of fluctuations.

"kill!"

The first to rush out were naturally Cao Jun's more than a thousand cavalry. They were surrounded by several yellow flags. The flags fluttered and made a hunting sound in the night wind.

Tap tap tap! Angry horses were like dragons, and more than two thousand war horses trampled the ground fiercely. It seemed that even the river felt this huge vibration, and ripples appeared on the water.

When they were still some distance away from the river, Cao Ren reined in the reins. The horse neighed loudly and gradually slowed down. He walked a few steps slowly and reached the bank of the river.

A strong smell of blood floated out from the river, and the thousand cavalrymen of Cao's army could only see pale corpses floating on the river. Even though they were used to fighting, they couldn't help but frown.

The war horse was a little excited when he saw the river water. He couldn't wait to step forward, lowered his huge head, stretched out his tongue and gently licked the river water to relieve his thirst.