To the south of Dongting Lake, the huge roar was deafening, and the sounds of fighting filled the fields, one after another.
On the open lake, the battle was extremely fierce. The huge ship was like a wild beast with teeth and claws. The thick shooting pole kept falling down, and everyone and the boat were broken everywhere it touched!
The big ship is the king of water battles. With its huge hull and powerful potential, it is invincible. Although the opponents are also brave soldiers, no matter how brave the warriors are, they are only flesh and blood. Without the same
With the support of powerful warships, it was completely difficult to withstand the offensive of large ships. After being destroyed by this war machine, there were only a few survivors.
In order to convey his orders to the participating ships in a timely manner, Xu Wensheng was also aboard one of the warships. His sharp eyes were like an eagle's vision, keenly capturing the changes in various situations on the battlefield and adjusting the ship array in a timely manner.
This method gradually compresses the enemy's activity space to a corner of the water surface, and drives them towards the Xiangshui River.
At the beginning of the battle between the armies of the two sides at Dongting Lake, Wang Lin's army was completely at a disadvantage because the size of each other's fleets was not at the same level.
The current situation is no longer a time when Wang Lin and his men can control the big ships and block the Wei army from leaving the camp. The Western Wei army knew its shame and became brave. They built many ships at the Danjiangkou Dockyard in Xingzhou.
A large number of ships were captured in places such as Yingzhou and Jiangling. The number and scale of single-boat ships was already second to none in the world. I am afraid that only Wang Sengbian's army in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River could rival them.
Wang Lin's men and horses were urgently withdrawn from Lingnan. Although the two places were connected by the Ling Canal and the waterway was continuous, this channel was not enough to sail large ships. As for Xiangzhou, it was already on the alert of Liang Emperor Xiao Yi.
It is even more impossible to place large-scale ships in Dongting Lake.
Therefore, Wang Lin's current naval strength is exactly the opposite of that of the Western Wei Dynasty. After returning to Xiangzhou, most of what he can mobilize are fast boats or small boats. As for the big ships that can really affect and determine the situation of water battles,
There is not even a single ship.
Originally, Wang Lin planned to appease or attack Xu Shipu and Ren Yue's troops stationed on the south bank, and obtain their ships to enhance her water warfare strength. However, before this idea could be implemented, Xu Shipu killed Ren Yue first.
And descended to Jiangling.
Now there is a huge disparity in strength between them. When Xu Wensheng, the original Southern Dynasty veteran, led the Western Wei Dynasty boat division to massacre, Wang Lin's navy stationed on the south side of Dongting Lake was quickly killed and routed, and even the main camp was destroyed.
Lost together.
The fierce battle lasted throughout the day, and a large number of shipwrecks and corpses of soldiers and soldiers were floating on the surface of Dongting Lake.
With the ship's combat power completely lagging behind, although Wang Lin's troops resisted vigorously, they were inevitably defeated in the end. The surviving boat divisions and ships retreated south along the Xiang River. Due to the tightening of the waterway, it was not conducive to
As the large ships advanced and retreated, the Western Wei Dynasty's naval division did not continue the pursuit, and the situation was temporarily stabilized.
However, as this battle progressed, the Wei army also paid a heavy price. Several large ships were damaged to varying degrees. One of them was even burned by the enemy's almost suicidal approach of using light boats to carry fire.
And was completely destroyed.
But in general, the result of this battle was quite brilliant. During the battle between the two sides, there were almost no close battles. Therefore, the casualties on the Wei army were minimal, while the casualties on Wang Lin's side were much more tragic.
There were thousands of corpses floating on the lake, which was shocking to see.
After a victory in the battle, the natural next step was to reward the soldiers. After Ming Jin withdrew his troops, the army entered the water camp of Liang Jun that had just been captured. After simple repairs and arrangements, smoke began to rise in the camp.
As night fell, the soldiers also enjoyed hot meals. When the meal was over, except for those who stayed on duty for the night, the other soldiers dragged their tired bodies into the tent to rest.
Soon the time came to midnight, and suddenly there was a loud sound of drums in the Xiangshui River, and many light boats and speedboats broke through the night like arrows and rushed towards the camp fence.
The soldiers in charge of the night watch in the camp lowered the iron cables and water platoons to intercept the enemy ships launching night attacks, and at the same time blew the horns to warn the camp.
Taking advantage of the night camp has always been a tried and tested tactic when southerners and northerners are fighting. Xu Wensheng has experienced both the north and the south and is rich in experience. Naturally, he is not slack on this. He has already arranged emergency response personnel. When he sees the enemy, he takes advantage of it.
When night came, the soldiers in the camp put on their armor to fight.
From the south of the camp, there were constant sounds of boats hitting the camp's water rows, but it was mainly feigned attacks by enemy empty boats. The incoming ships often only had a small number of boat-controlling soldiers on board, but there were very few real soldiers.
Such feints to confuse the enemy are also common tricks in battles. Although the Wei army officers and soldiers in the camp were very angry, they did not dare to relax. The assembled soldiers sat on the ground to rest and did not dare to disperse. They always maintained the basic
alert.
This harassment continued until late at night, and the enemy seemed to be tireless. Even the soldiers on night duty in the camp had been replaced, and similar harassment continued.
But near dawn, when the night was at its deepest, the sound of water flowing from the river became louder, as if there were hundreds of boats vying for the flow. The water barrier that had been harassed for a long time suddenly broke apart at this moment, and could no longer be seen.
Hardly a hindrance.
"The enemy is attacking, the enemy is attacking, fight quickly!"
The sentry outside the camp heard an obviously different movement, and suddenly woke up, and hurriedly beat the gongs and drums again to send out warning signals.
The battalion soldiers who had been waiting for a long time were inevitably a little slack now. After hearing the warning sound, they hurried to their respective garrison positions. Before they had time to take their positions, enemy boats and ships had already poured into the dock.
The enemy soldiers at the front roared and charged towards them.
"Kill! Kill all these Qiang prisoners!"
The enemy soldiers shouted fierce slogans, and stabbed the soldiers in the camp mercilessly with the swords and guns in their hands.
The soldiers of Wei who hurriedly fought were caught off guard and suffered a lot of casualties, but they soon realized that the situation was a bit strange. The attacking enemy soldiers seemed fierce, but in fact they seemed to be more panicked than they were, and they rarely used bows or crossbows.
Long-range weapons, mostly short-term soldiers, were blocked in front and behind due to the scramble for landing, making the situation chaotic.
Except for some enemy soldiers who were at the forefront and rushed into the camp, the situation behind them became chaotic and the continuity of the attack could not be guaranteed at all. It was as if a group of new soldiers who had never been on the battlefield were forced to fight.
The subsequent performance of these enemy soldiers was more consistent with this conjecture. When the Wei army soldiers regained their organization after the initial chaos, took their respective positions, and launched a counterattack, these enemy soldiers suddenly became more and more clumsy in dealing with it, and no longer dared to
They fought in front of them, and even began to board the boat with weapons and equipment to escape. The nature of their fierce appearance and inner lust was fully exposed.
"These southern thieves are really ridiculous. They have been harassing the camp for a long time, but they are actually such things!"
Seeing the enemy's poor performance, the officers and soldiers of the Wei army were dumbfounded and cursed one after another.
When they saw these enemies starting to scramble to retreat and flee, the soldiers laughed louder and louder, and shouted: "Don't let these thieves escape! Kill all the invading soldiers and see if they dare to cause trouble again."
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Seeing that the enemy was fleeing along the way, the soldiers in the camp were eager to kill the enemy. They all forgot their commander's instructions and chased them out one after another. They boarded boats and continued to pursue southward along the Xiang River.
But when they broke out of a layer of river fog, they saw a dozen warships lined up on the river. The battleships were lined with armored soldiers who seemed to have been waiting for a long time. When they spotted each other, the warships suddenly sounded with trumpets and horns, and they whirled.
Even if the arrows are like a rain of locusts, they will hit you.
"Enter the camp! Retake the camp!"
After harassing them in the middle of the night, they drove the scattered soldiers forward to lure the enemy, and finally lured the enemy out of the camp. Of course, these Liang Army soldiers who had been lying in wait for a long time refused to let go of this opportunity. They first fired with their bows and crossbows, and then controlled
The warship rushed towards the camp, which had already opened its doors.
This new batch of enemies is no longer as scattered and clumsy as before. They are all brave and experienced veterans. After entering the camp, they landed one after another, and soon rushed towards different areas of the camp in clear formations. Soon the defenses in the camp
Most of it was destroyed.
Xu Wensheng woke up from his sleep and learned that the enemy troops had actually entered the camp. He was panic-stricken, but he quickly ordered: "No fighting in the camp, quickly retreat to the ship!"
As daylight broke, the chaos in the camp continued to increase. There were people running around everywhere, making it difficult to distinguish ourselves from the enemy. Fortunately, Xu Wensheng urgently led more than 2,000 tribesmen to retreat to the boat parking place, where they held on and repelled the enemy several times.
Attack to avoid suffering greater losses.
In the early morning, when Liang Shiyan, who was stationed in Xiangyin, led his troops to come for reinforcements, the camp was already in a mess. The corpses of both the enemy and ours were covered in the camp. Of course, more of them were the dead and wounded soldiers of the Wei army. Yesterday, a water battle continued.
, the Wei army killed many Liang soldiers, but after the enemy's night attack, the Wei army suffered even greater casualties.
After Liang Shiyan won the first battle, he originally despised Wang Lin's troops, but when he entered the camp and saw such a miserable scene, he felt a little heavy for a while. When Xu Wensheng returned to the camp again, he also said with a look of shame: "Although I was on guard,
However, after all, he was not cautious enough and was still taken advantage of by the enemy. There are many desperadoes under Wang Lin who are aggressive and willing to die, so they should not be underestimated. This attack on Xiangzhou will definitely be a tough battle!"
While the Wei army was still cleaning up the dilapidated camp, Liang's soldiers who had gone out to cut the camp in the morning returned to a military city on the upper reaches of the Xiang River.
Wang Lin was greeting the victorious people in front of the city gate. After seeing the people landing, she strode forward to meet a burly general, and laughed and said: "I know Han Erlang will definitely succeed in this battle.
A feast has been prepared in the city, and Erlang and I will come together to congratulate you!"