The torrential waters of the Yangtze River flowed day and night.
Liu Bei's army sailed down the river. When they passed by the mouth of the Han River, Zhuge Liang suggested arranging for scouting warships to scout upstream of the Han River to prevent the enemy from setting up an ambush there.
Liu Bei nodded in agreement. However, the scouting warships were only given half a day's time. In the end, they found nothing. Thus, the army continued to sail down the river, preparing to dock at Scholar Creek Town.
Just as Liu Bei's army passed by the mouth of the Yangtze River, a huge beast quietly poked its green head out from a hidden corner of the river. Then, with a roll, it disappeared into the river.
The huge green beast swam against the flow of the Han River, moving as fast as the wind. After swimming for half a day, it arrived upstream of the Han River. On the surface of the river, the Second Naval Battalion of Shanhai City's fleet was secretly stationed there.
"Crash!"
The huge beast leaped out of the water and soared, landing steadily on the flagship.
A young general was waiting on the deck. When he saw the huge beast, he smiled and stroked its head, asking, "Did they just pass?"
The huge beast could actually understand human speech. It nodded.
"Good. Go and play!" The young man patted the huge beast's head again.
"Nian ~ ~ ~"
The huge beast flopped and once again disappeared into the river.
The young man retracted his gaze and turned to look at the Commander of the Naval Battalion. "You heard everything?"
"Don't worry, my lord. With our speed, if we set off now, we will definitely arrive at the ambush location within the specified time." The general's expression was solemn and somewhat excited.
The young man nodded. "Then let's act according to the plan!"
"Yes, my lord!"
After giving his instructions, the young man moved to the side of the deck, where an aircraft was docked.
Naturally, the young man was Ouyang Shuo.
With Little Qing keeping watch day and night, Liu Bei's navy was completely under Shanhai City's control.
Jia Xu's entire ambush plan required him to calculate the exact time. Firstly, he needed to know the exact time when Liu Bei's army would pass through the mouth of the Yangtze River. Secondly, he needed to inform the Red Cliff Navy in time. Only then could he coordinate everything.
If he failed, all his previous efforts would go to waste.
Jia Xu's secret weapon was the pseudo-aircraft that was transported along with the fleet.
Ouyang Shuo inserted the purple Magnetite Stone hanging around his neck into the groove of the pseudo-aircraft. The mysterious patterns on the surface of the aircraft immediately shone with blue light, as if a huge beast had awakened.
The aircraft rose into the air and disappeared into the horizon.
Ouyang Shuo piloted the Mimicry Flying Device all the way down the Han River, passed the mouth of the Yangtze River, and turned south, heading towards the Red Cliff. After flying for less than an hour, they saw Liu Bei's army sailing on the river.
"Got you!"
Ouyang Shuo smiled faintly as he steered the flying device away from the Yangtze River and entered the Cloud Dream Pool on the west side. He deliberately made a semi-circle around the Red Cliff.
Two hours later, the aircraft slowly landed on the Chibi Dragon Prime.
"My lord!"
Upon receiving the news, Zheng He came out to welcome him.
"The target has appeared. Let's set off!" Ouyang Shuo didn't beat around the bush.
"Understood!"
Zheng He's spirit was lifted. He immediately commanded the army to leave the Red Cliff.
Just like that, Shanhai City's fleet, one at the front and one at the back, firmly locked Liu Bei's army on the Yangtze River.
On the morning of the nineteenth day of the campaign.
On the deck of Liu Bei's flagship, Zhuge Liang stood in the wind. Pointing at the river ahead, he said with a smile, "My lord, Scholar Creek Town is not far ahead."
"Good!" Liu Bei was in a good mood as they did not encounter any mishaps along the way. As long as the army successfully disembarked and quietly disappeared from the surface of the river, they would have half succeeded.
At that moment, the alarm sounded.
Hearing this, Liu Bei's heart trembled. "What happened?"
"My … my lord, enemy warships are catching up!" The personal guard's voice trembled slightly.
"What?!"
When Liu Bei heard this, he turned his head and saw a huge fleet of ships sailing towards them. The golden dragon flag hung on the fleet was dazzling.
"It's Shanhai City's fleet!"
Lord Chunshen said with a grave expression.
"How could this be?!"
Liu Bei's face turned pale. He regretted listening to his military advisor and investigating more carefully.
"Military advisor, what should we do now?" Liu Bei asked Zhuge Liang.
Zhuge Liang was calm. "My lord, don't be impatient. Looking at the fleet ahead, there aren't many of them. They must be a division of the enemy. Right now, the best thing to do is to arrange for the navy to hold back the enemy while increasing our speed to reach Scholar Creek Town as soon as possible and find an opportunity to disembark. We have no chance of winning if we fight on the river. "
"Military advisor is right!" Liu Bei calmed down slightly.
Liu Bei did not have much hope for the navy. Hearing Zhuge Liang's words, he immediately ordered the navy to separate from the main force and be in charge of sniping the enemy.
The main force was to rush to Scholar Creek Town at full speed.
Once they reached Scholar Creek Town, they would be invincible with their army.
"Just you wait!" Liu Bei's hatred did not diminish.
At the juncture of life and death, Liu Bei's army sped up like an arrow.
At the same time, the navy separated from the main force and prepared to intercept the Shanhai City fleet on the river.
"Fire!"
The Shanhai City fleet did not hesitate and immediately fired their ultimate move.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! "
Cannons roared on the river again.
The navy left behind by Liu Bei was basically a suicide squad, or rather, cannon fodder. In front of the powerful Shanhai City Navy, they were powerless to retaliate.
In less than half an hour, the suicide squad was completely wiped out. Unfortunately, a large number of warship wreckage blocked the Yangtze River. As such, the Shanhai City fleet had no choice but to stop and clean up.
"Damn it!"
The commander of the navy had an ugly expression on his face.
If his lord's plan was delayed because of this, he would not be able to keep his head.
"Quick, clear a path!"
However, the warship wreckage was extremely large. It was not that easy to clear it.
The anxious Yingzheng could only helplessly watch the enemy slowly disappear from his sight.
…
On the flagship of Liu Bei's army.
Hearing the sounds of cannons behind them, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang had grim expressions. Seeing how the navy could not even withstand a single blow from the enemy, their hearts were pounding.
Now that they thought about it, Lord Chunshen's words were not exaggerated at all.
For a moment, Liu Bei felt regret. He regretted being so impulsive and mobilizing his army.
"Fortunately, we managed to escape this disaster!"
Not far ahead, Scholar Creek Town was already in sight.
Just as Liu Bei thought that he had escaped for the time being, an army slowly sailed over from the water ahead.
The golden dragon flag hanging on the warship was especially eye-catching.
"Damn it! How did this happen?!" A hint of despair flashed in Liu Bei's eyes. No matter how he thought about it, he couldn't understand how he had fallen into the enemy's trap.
Scholar Creek Town, which was less than a kilometer away, suddenly seemed out of reach.
"My lord, the only thing we can do now is to fight to the death," Zhuge Liang said slowly. Forcefully landing at this time was tantamount to mass suicide. They had no chance against the enemy's cannons.
Zhuge Liang could not understand how the enemy had grasped their whereabouts and how the fleets in front and behind had coordinated so seamlessly.
Of course, no matter how powerful Zhuge Liang was, he could not predict the existence of the Mimic Aircraft and Little Qing.
As the saying went, one wrong step led to many wrong steps.
The existence of high-tech bugs was something that Zhuge Liang could not control.
"Let's fight!"
Liu Bei's eyes narrowed, his voice somewhat hoarse.
They had no way out on the river. Liu Bei's eyes were cold as he said in a cold voice, "I want them to know what kind of destructive power a group of people in despair can unleash!"
The order to fight to the death quickly spread throughout the army.
"Kill! Kill! Kill! "
For a moment, the sounds of killing shook the heavens and resounded through the clouds.
At this moment, the Shanhai City fleet finally caught up.
The two fleets surrounded Liu Bei's army, making it impossible for them to move.
The first to attack was Liu Bei's army. Zhuge Liang knew that the enemy had cannons and that they had no chance of winning in a long-range battle.
The only way was to disregard the sacrifices and charge forward to engage in close combat.
Only then could they fight for a chance of survival and break out of the encirclement.
"Kill!"
Countless warships flew toward the Shanhai City fleet.
On Dragon Head, Ouyang Shuo saw the enemy's actions and smiled without saying a word. Jia Xu was also full of confidence. As a top-notch tactician, how could Jia Xu not predict the enemy's desperate attack?
Over two hundred Scarlet Horse Boats suddenly rushed out from the rear.
There were only a few soldiers on the Scarlet Horse Boats. Upon closer inspection, they were all prisoners of war. In order to prevent these prisoners of war from speaking, their tongues had all been cut off.
Naturally, this was done by Jia Xu.
Strangely, the Scarlet Horse Boats did not have anyone steering them, but they charged toward Liu Bei's navy like arrows. The secret was in the frogmen team hiding in the water.
This time, the amazing frogmen team acted as "trackers" underwater.
The densely packed Scarlet Horse Boats pounced from the front and the back. The entire surface of the river was filled to the brim, leaving not a single gap.
"What are those things?"
"Are they crazy? They are using these boats as vanguards. "
"Kill them. Don't let them block the way."
Liu Bei's army was in chaos.
Countless arrows shot toward the Scarlet Horse Boats. The prisoners of war tied up on the boats were killed by the arrows.
"Haha, they can't even withstand a single blow!"
"Aren't they courting death?"
The victory in the first battle had effectively boosted the morale of the soldiers.
Only Zhuge Liang had a solemn expression. He did not believe that the enemy would use such a childish tactic when they had cannons.
The only explanation was that the boats were tricking him.
"Use the catapults to sink the boats. Don't let them get close!" Zhuge Liang ordered.
Liu Bei was stunned and asked, "Why? Do you think that the boats are tricking you?"
"I can't say for sure!" Zhuge Liang could not be sure.
Upon closer inspection, the boats were empty. It did not seem like they were using fire to attack.
While Zhuge Liang was puzzled, one after another 'fire arrows' were launched from the fleet of Shanhai City, accurately hitting the Scarlet Horse Boats that were still moving forward at high speed.
"Whoosh!"
In an instant, over a hundred Scarlet Horse Boats were set ablaze.
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