"Shoot!" Countless giant arrows fell from the sky. This time, Liu Bei was really unlucky.
If they were on land, he could still resist for a while and get his subordinates to help him resist the enemy.
But now, they were on the water surface. They were only small boats on both sides of the Yangtze River, ferrying people.
How could they block the warships in the water?
Furthermore, the current Yangzhou Navy could be considered the most elite navy in the world.
They didn't even need to engage in close combat. Instead, they shot countless giant arrows.
This was great. After being beaten up, he didn't even have a chance to fight back.
Boom! Boom! This was the sound of the ferry being pierced by the giant arrows.
"Ahhh!" Countless screams were heard.
Puff! Puff! Puff! Blood splattered in the crowd.
They didn't give Liu Bei a chance at all.
After a few rounds of firing, there were no traces of the ship on the river surface. All that was left were the wreckage of some ships.
The corpses that had fallen into the water floated on the river surface.
On the other side, De Fu boarded the warship with the help of the Yangzhou Navy on the Garen Ship.
"Are you Lord De Fu!" A Yangzhou Navy general walked out and asked De Fu.
"Yes, I am. May I know who you are?" De Fu looked at the young general in front of her and asked.
"I am Lu Xun!" the young general said to De Fu.
"Military Governor Lu!" De Fu hurriedly went forward and bowed. This person was none other than the commander of the Yangzhou Inland Navy, Lu Xun.
On the side of the Yangtze River, there was a Yangtze River Navy camp. Sun Ce was the commander-in-chief and oversaw everything. Zhou Yu assisted Sun Ce as the Central Army Division. Lu Xun was the commander of the navy.
"Lord De Fu, are the people on this ship really Liu Bei and the others?" Lu Xun asked De Fu anxiously.
"It's absolutely true. I followed the Lord, no, I followed Big Eared Liu onto the boat!" De Fu nodded in confirmation.
"Good, good, good!" Lu Xun couldn't help but laugh out loud. "As long as this board can take down Liu Bei, Lord De Fu, you'll have the greatest merit!"
This Dove could be considered one of their own. Lu Xun didn't have much feelings towards Liu Bei, but he knew that this was a great enemy of his lord.
Only by killing Liu Bei would they be able to take Jingzhou.
"Dove wouldn't dare be greedy. This is all thanks to you, Overseer!" Dove said humbly.
"Sigh! Madam Dove, our Yangzhou Army doesn't believe in empty words. If you didn't send someone to report to the navy camp, I wouldn't be able to bring the ship here! " Although getting rid of Liu Bei was a great achievement, for Lu Xun, it was better than nothing.
His immediate superior was Sun Ce. If he were to be promoted, would he be in the same position as Sun Ce?
Not to mention whether his lord would give it up, even if his lord did, Lu Xun wouldn't want this position. Lu Xun's dream was the vast and boundless sea, not the inland rivers. The army wasn't where Lu Xun wanted to stay.
The reason why Lu Xun was happy was because his lord, Liu Mang, had said that as long as he took down Jingzhou, he could leave the Yangtze River Navy camp and go to Guangling to join the Great Han Navy.
"Men, go into the water and search for Liu Bei and the others. If they're alive, I want to see them. If they're dead, I want to see their corpses!" After waiting for the ship to sink, Lu Xun immediately ordered the water ghost to go into the water to search for them.
"Yes!"
"Splash, splash!" Countless navy soldiers jumped into the Yangtze River and swam in the river like flood dragons.
Corpses were salvaged one after another. Naturally, there were still living people among them.
As long as they could be saved, they were brought up and controlled on one side. On the other side were the corpses.
Lu Xun and De Fu talked for the time it took for an incense stick to burn.
Naturally, someone came to report. "Reporting, all the soldiers of Liu Bei's army who fell into the water have been salvaged! It's just that … "The captain said hesitantly.
"Just what?" Lu Xun frowned. He subconsciously had a bad premonition.
"It's just that we haven't found Liu Bei's corpse!"
"There's no Liu Bei's corpse? Could it be that he's still alive? "
"We haven't found him either!"
"Bring me there!" Lu Xun said with a frown.
"Yes!" Very quickly, someone brought Lu Xun to the back of the deck where the corpses were placed.
The corpses of Liu Bei's personal guards were lying there. A total of a hundred elites, but only three survived.
The rest either drowned or were directly shot by the ballistae.
Most of the corpses were incomplete. It was too horrible to look at.
Lu Xun didn't care at all and looked at them one by one.
"Lord De Fu, how much do you remember about Liu Bei?" Lu Xun had never seen Liu Bei before, but he was familiar with one person. That was De Fu.
"I can recognize him even if he's turned into ashes!" De Fu had stayed with Liu Bei for a long time.
"I'll have to trouble you then!" Lu Xun said to De Fu as he pointed at the pile of corpses.
De Fu nodded and walked forward.
After a while, she shook her head. Suddenly, there was a sound of something tearing.
"What's wrong, Lord De Fu?"
"This corpse is Liao Hua's!" De Fu pointed at a corpse with half a head missing and said to Lu Xun.
"Liao Hua? The one who was born in the Yellow Turban Army and later followed Liu Bei to become the commander of an army? "Lu Xun was the military governor of the Yangtze River Navy and naturally knew about this.
"That's right!" De Fu nodded. No matter what, Liao Hua was Liu Bei's confidant. He was also the commander of an army. Yet, he died in such a tragic manner.
His entire head was gone and his eye sockets were shattered.
His chest had also caved in. It was enough to see the horror of his death.
A total of three ballista bolts hit him. Liao Hua's luck was really bad.
"Rest in peace! Who asked you to choose such a master! "De Fu shook her head and said to Liao Hua's corpse.
Zhang Yun had done everything possible to kill Liao Hua, but he didn't expect that he would die on the Yangtze River. Liao Hua's death wasn't unjust. If not for Guan Yu's compassion, Liao Hua would have died at the hands of the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry.
There wasn't much difference between being trampled by a warhorse and being shot by a ballista. He died without a complete corpse.
De Fu searched around, but her brows furrowed more and more.
"What's wrong, Lord De Fu? Is Liu Bei really not inside? "Lu Xun looked at De Fu anxiously.
If it was before, it would be excusable for his subordinates to be unable to find Liu Bei's corpse. After all, they had never seen Liu Bei before.
Now, De Fu, who was very close to Liu Bei and had interacted with him day and night, was very familiar with Liu Bei. Even so, she was unable to find Liu Bei's corpse.
That could only mean one thing.
"Liu Bei isn't dead!" De Fu said with certainty.
"Search, continue to search in the water. Liu Bei definitely hasn't gone far!" Lu Xun gritted his teeth. He didn't expect that Liu Bei would escape with such a setup.
"Not only is Liu Bei's corpse missing, even Pang Shiyuan's is missing!" De Fu continued.
Liu Bei and Pang Shiyuan, master and servant, actually managed to escape.
The group of water ghosts on the Gailun Ship dived into the water once again and began to search the area.
But after searching for a long time, they couldn't find any other shadows.
"Could they have sunk into the undercurrent of the river?" The deputy general on the side raised such a doubt. The undercurrent of the Yangtze River was rampant. If the corpse fell, it could really be swept away by the undercurrent.
"That's the only thing we can think of now!" Lu Xun sighed.
When Lu Xun came, he left in a hurry. He only brought one ship with him. De Fu's fleet had already been scattered. It was impossible to separate the ships from the Yangtze River to search.
"Let's go back first!" Lu Xun could only shake his head. Liu Bei's army had been defeated. Yangzhou's army had achieved their goal. Nanyang County had also been under the command of Yangzhou's army. Now, they just needed to fight their way to the other side of the Yangtze River.
"That's the only way!" The sky was already dark. They couldn't find them anymore.
Lu Xun and the others left. Fifty li downstream from the shore.
Two figures finally came out of the water.
These two people were none other than Pang Shiyuan and his master Liu Bei.
Pang Shiyuan was from Jingzhou. He grew up on the banks of the Yangtze River. Pang Shiyuan's water skills were naturally excellent.
When Liu Bei's army was surrounded by the ships, Pang Shiyuan secretly found two reeds.
Basically, the ships were equipped with them. They were used to breathe underwater and could stay underwater for a longer time.
When Lu Xun ordered the Gailun Ship to shoot the huge arrow.
Pang Shiyuan grabbed Liu Bei and jumped into the Yangtze River.
Although the giant arrows were terrifying, there was the resistance of the river. When they fell into the river, their power was reduced by a bit.
When the fleet was about to be destroyed, Pang Shiyuan pulled Liu Bei into the undercurrent of the Yangtze River. Following the undercurrent's push, they went downstream.
Only then did they escape a disaster.
Now that it was late, the visibility on the river was still very low. They were safe and could come out.
Pang Shiyuan pulled Liu Bei out of the Yangtze River and to the shore.
"Breathe, huff, huff!" Liu Bei gasped for breath.
It was not good to be underwater. If it were not for Pang Shiyuan's water skills, Liu Bei might have really died in the Yangtze River.
"Shiyuan, thank you for saving my life. If it were not for you, I am afraid that today would be the day I, Liu Bei, die!" Liu Bei said with a wry smile.
"Milord, what are you talking about? The heavens do not want you to die. Milord, the heavens want you to live and build a great cause. The unification is just taking advantage of the situation!" Pang Shiyuan said to Liu Bei.
"Haha!" Liu Bei shook his head with a wry smile. What destiny? That was just Liu Bei comforting himself. If it was destiny, Liu Bei would not be homeless now.
"There is no time to lose. We should hurry. Only when we reach Xiangyang will we be safe!" Liu Bei said to Pang Shiyuan. He was already scared out of his wits.
"Yes, as long as we go back to Xiangyang, the city's defense will be enough to stop the invasion of Liu Mang's army! As long as we can hold on for a few months, the situation in the Central Plains will definitely change dramatically. At that time, it will be the time for you to achieve great things! "Pang Shiyuan comforted Liu Bei.
The reason why Liu Mang was able to free up his hands to deal with Liu Bei was because Cao Cao did not have time to deal with Liu Mang.
Ma Chao of Xiliang's cooking was something that Cao Cao had a hard time dealing with.
Ma Chao did not have a lot of troops, but he had a lot of people like Han Sui and the Qiang Tribe.
He had hundreds of thousands of cavalrymen. Even if their weapons were not good enough, their aura alone was enough to make one feel uncomfortable.
Therefore, Cao Cao's first target was Ma Chao.
He could not leave a scourge like Ma Chao alive when he was fighting Liu Mang. If Ma Chao were all infantrymen, he would not be afraid. He had the impregnable pass outside Chang 'an to protect him.
Even if Ma Chao had 100,000 troops, he would not be able to break through Chang 'an. He would be a threat to Cao Cao.
However, whether he died or not, Ma Chao's troops were all cavalrymen.
The mobility of cavalrymen was not something that infantrymen could compare to.
Although the impregnable pass was tall, they still needed to go there.
Instead of using human lives to fill the pass, which was strenuous and unrewarding, why not just go around it?
This way, the area around Chang 'an would become Ma Chao's horse farm.
Therefore, Cao Cao had to eliminate Ma Chao no matter what.
Although Ma Chao was strong, he was proud and aloof. He had the same aura as Lü Bu in the past.
Even Lü Bu lost to Cao Cao, let alone a small Lü Bu.
Pang Shiyuan received information that the Xiliang Alliance in the north was already suspicious of each other under Cao Cao's strategists. Han Sui and Ma Chao had already started to argue.
No one was willing to be the first to contribute.
Jingzhou was almost a month away from Xiliang.
This information was from a month ago, so the outcome was even more uncertain.
However, Pang Shiyuan put himself in Cao Cao's shoes. As long as Cao Cao was not a fool, he would divide and destroy them. Ma Chao's Xiliang Alliance would be defeated in a month or three months.
Then, with the help of cavalry and infantry, Xiliang would have no other choice but to be defeated.
Cao Cao had eliminated Ma Chao, so the next step was to compete with Yangzhou's Liu Mang to see who was the real overlord of the world.
Cao Cao and Liu Mang, neither of them was easy to provoke.
Once the two of them fought to the death, wouldn't Jingzhou be the one to benefit in the end?
"Liu Mang, Cao Cao!" When these two names were mentioned, Liu Bei was so angry that his teeth itched.
Cao Cao talked about heroes and showed off in front of Liu Bei.
Liu Mang, Liu Hanyang, regardless of whether it was the Battle of Shouchun or the Battle of Fancheng, they had slapped Liu Bei's face. Furthermore, there was also Lü Bu, Liu Bei's enemy. If Lü Bu had not come to Xuzhou, Liu Bei would not be in this state today.
It could be said that Liu Bei held the greatest resentment towards the two of them.
"Fight, fight, two dogs biting each other!" Liu Bei thought maliciously.
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