Chapter 571 The Navy Shows Off Its Power

Cai Zhong fell to the ground before he could react. He saw countless feet stepping towards him. He screamed and hurriedly raised his arms to protect his head and face.

Normally, these Jingzhou soldiers are naturally in awe of Cai Zhong, but who cares at this time? Countless feet fell down, trampling on Cai Zhong's body, and he let out a scream.

Cai Mao was furious when he saw this: "What are you doing? Why don't you go and help Cai Zhong up?"

Cai Zhonghu pretended to be a tiger, but Cai Mao was quite majestic in the army. Hearing Cai Mao's words, he rushed forward.

"Go away, go away!"

"Where's the second general?"

More than a dozen big-bodied guards pushed aside the crowd, scolding them all the way, and finally found Cai Zhong. They hurriedly stepped forward and helped Cai Zhong up.

"Ouch, you trampled me to death."

Cai Zhong groaned. There were footprints all over his body, and there was even a faint footprint on his forehead. If he hadn't protected his head and face with both hands, his head would have been crushed.

"Escort the second general to Governor Cai!"

More than a dozen personal guards did not dare to neglect. They supported Cai Zhong all the way and carefully sent him to the battleship.

"Brother." Cai Zhong lowered his head and said weakly.

Cai Hao snorted coldly: "You have no future, go back and rest."

After sending Cai Zhong back, Cai Hao said coldly: "We will suspend our troops for today. The navy will attack the city tomorrow and must defeat Yuyang City!"

"promise!"

It was already afternoon when the Jingzhou Army arrived at Yuyang. After a fierce siege, it soon became evening and the sky was slightly dark, so Cai Mao ordered a truce.

Seeing the Jingzhou Army slowly retreating, the Nanyang Army at Chengtou Mountain dropped their weapons and cheered in unison.

"The enemy has retreated!"

Li Yan smiled slightly, but then his expression became solemn again, and he turned around and said: "Although we have temporarily repelled the enemy's attack today, the enemy will definitely use the navy to attack the city tomorrow, and then the real hard battle will begin."

Jingzhou Army, in the fighting ship cabin.

"Humph! I really underestimate this Li Yan." Cai Hao sneered, his face gloomy.

"It's okay, brother." Cai Xun on the side said proudly: "Tomorrow our army will use naval warships to attack the city. They will be condescending and arrows will fall like rain. No matter how powerful Li Yan is, he can still withstand the fierce attack of my naval warships. ?”

"That's right." Cai Mao said coldly: "Our Jingzhou army has a navy, but the Liangzhou army does not. We use our strengths to control the enemy's weaknesses. This is the way to win."

On the second day, the sun took its time to hang in the sky again, and the Jingzhou Army once again launched an attack on Yuyang City.

Li Yan stood on top of the city just like yesterday, but this time his expression was solemn.

Because in Li Yan's sight, a fighting ship and more than a dozen sterns were sailing majestically on the Han River. Especially the fighting ship was three stories high, even a head higher than the head of Yuyang City.

Cai Hao stood majestically on the deck, surrounded by dozens of soldiers guarding Cai Hao, holding shields to protect Cai Hao.

The long sword was instantly unsheathed and pointed at Yuyang City.

"Advance by land and water, we must attack Yuyang City in one fell swoop today!"

Cai Mao mobilized tens of thousands of troops overnight last night to dig a ditch outside Yuyang City to connect the Han River to Yuyang City.

More than ten behemoths were slowly approaching Yuyang City. It was as if more than ten giant beasts had launched an attack on Yuyang City. A huge pressure suddenly hit, which was more shocking than the attack of thousands of troops and horses. force.

"Archery!"

Cai Mao gave an order, and the archers on the battleships and sterns immediately opened their bows and drew arrows. In an instant, tens of thousands of arrows flew towards the head of Yuyang City, and the city head was covered with arrows. The Nanyang soldiers screamed in surprise and hurriedly put up their shields to resist the Jingzhou army's arrows.

In a siege battle, the archers on the siege side shoot arrows upwards, while the archers on the defending army shoot arrows downwards, condescendingly. But now the Jingzhou Army mobilized the navy to attack the city, but it changed its offensive. The three-story battleship was higher than the head of Yuyang City. Instead, the attacking side became condescending.

Even a strong general like Li Yan, facing the rain of arrows, could only hide behind the parapet, holding a shield to resist the falling arrows.

"General, no, the enemy has naval warships, and we simply can't resist them!"

"Yes, the enemy's arrow rain was so fierce that we couldn't even show our heads."

"How about we retreat?"

"Huh?" Li Yan frowned, his eyes were like lightning, and he immediately shot towards the man who said to retreat, making him tremble all over.

"A certain person issued a military order in front of General Junyi, and he must hold on for three days no matter what. It is already the second day, and the military order will be completed in one day. How can he retreat without permission?"

Li Yan shouted angrily: "How can any of our Han army retreat without fighting?"

Relying on his majesty to frighten the soldiers behind him, Li Yan said softly: "Besides, the general distributed land to us in Nanyang. If we retreat without fighting, it will be equivalent to giving up the land to Cai Mao. This Cai Mao is He belongs to a wealthy family in Jingzhou, his family owns thousands of hectares of land, and our land will be taken away by him, are you so willing?"

Li Yanxiao moved with emotion and reason, and the Nanyang soldiers hiding behind the female wall were silent for a while.

"I am willing to fight to the death with the general!"

"Okay!" Li Yan encouraged: "Although the enemy navy warships suppressed our army, they relied on infantry to attack the city. Our Nanyang army is the pillar of the imperial court and will definitely be able to defend Yuyang."

Encouraged by Li Yan, the Nanyang soldiers were determined to hold on to Yuyang City, so they gritted their teeth and held their shields, hiding behind the parapet and waiting for the opportunity.

On the battleship, Cai Xun smiled at Cai Mao and said, "Brother, the enemy is so suppressed by our naval battleships that they can't even raise their heads. Hahaha, let's see what this Li Yan can do."

"Yes." Cai Mao also smiled: "They occupied Nanyang, but Nanyang is also the land of Jingzhou. It is simply wishful thinking to hold Nanyang without a navy."

"Okay, order the infantry to attack the city." Cai Hao ordered: "If we continue shooting like this, our army will probably run out of arrows."

"promise!"

Cai Xun agreed excitedly, then waved the yellow flag in his hand and shouted loudly: "Director Cai has an order to attack the city with infantry. The first one to get there will be rewarded with a thousand coins. Be sure to take it!"

"oh!"

"Kill, attack the city!"

Thousands of Jingzhou troops made a sound like a roaring mountain and a tsunami, sweeping out like a raging wave and slamming hard on the head of Yuyang City. This time Cai Mao also spent a lot of money. In addition to using naval warships, more than 20,000 infantrymen rushed out, with the potential to destroy the city in one fell swoop.