The water surface of the Xiangjiang River south of Lingxian County did not return to calm as the Jingzhou navy retreated. As the victorious party, Liu Jingshui's army naturally gained the right to clean the battlefield.
Searching and rescuing people who fell into the water, salvaging bodies, guarding prisoners, collecting weapons and armor, clearing ships and supplies... one by one, one by one, everything is being carried out in an orderly manner.
Liu Zong stood on the deck of the building ship, staring at the north for a long time, which was the direction where the Jingzhou navy was leaving. At this time, his face was as dark as the sky above his head.
At the cost of losing 33 large ships, our side sank 31 enemy large ships and captured more than 30 ships, including five large ships. If we only consider the ships, our gains and losses in this battle are roughly the same.
The strength was not lost, and such a result could be regarded as a complete victory.
However, when compared with last year, the gap became apparent. Last year, only 17 or 18 of our own large ships were damaged, but we successfully sank more than 30 enemy large ships and captured more than 50 large ships.
Originally, Liu Zong was still looking forward to replicating last year's great victory, because he knew that after this battle, the bat pole would no longer be his side's secret weapon.
In the past year, in order to keep the secret of the racket poles, Liu Jing and Liu Zong dismantled most of the racket poles of the warships, leaving only a small part. Moreover, these racket poles were usually covered with crimson cloth to make it difficult for outsiders to peek.
After all, daily training will also be moved to Zhongshui and Pingyang Townships behind Lingxian County. For today.
Unexpectedly, Cai Mao actually came up with a method such as Changqi wood that was enough to counter the pole shooting, which made Liu Jingshui's army unable to achieve the expected results.
When Jingzhou navy imitated the shooting pole, Liu Jingshui army would completely lose its advantage.
Next, the battle is to see who has more warships and who has more stamina...
Of course, in the long run, it may be detrimental to Liu Jingshui's army, but for now, Liu Jingshui's army still has a slight advantage over the Jingzhou navy in terms of the number of warships.
In the short term, even if Liu Jingshui's army cannot win, there is no need to worry about defeat.
What made Liu Zong feel depressed was that his side had completely lost the chance to defeat his opponent.
Liu Zong's eyes were looking at Lingxian City in the distance, and below, he looked at Liu Jing's.
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Cai Mao led the fleet back to the camp on the north bank of Lei River. This time he captured two large ships and seven fighting ships, a total of nine large ships equipped with shooting poles. Unfortunately, one of the large ships was captured when returning.
Lingxian was sunk by flying rocks.
Kuai Yue, Liu Pan, Lai Gong and others all rushed to the shore of the camp immediately. They did not care about the losses of the navy in this battle, and all their attention was on the pole.
When they saw with their own eyes an abandoned large ship, which suffered a serious water leak and sank to the bottom of the river after only receiving two blows, they all showed shock on their faces.
At the same time, everyone could somewhat understand Cai Mao's difficulties. How could such a powerful water warfare weapon be matched by human power?
Kuai Yue personally boarded the big ship, and while studying the long pole, boulders, windlass, ropes... he said to Cai Mao: "This thing is somewhat similar to Jumei."
"I also think the two are related." Cai Mao nodded lightly, and then said: "There are many repeating crossbows on several other ships. According to the prisoners, this repeating crossbow was also made by Liu Jing and was called the 'bed crossbow'.
The power is very impressive."
In the Han Dynasty, it was customary to refer to large-scale crossbows as "continuous crossbows". In the "Hanshu·Yiwenzhi" Military Skills, there are fifteen articles on "Long-Range Continuous Crossbow Shooting Techniques", which specifically teaches the continuous crossbow shooting method.
Kuai Yue couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "The skill of shooting poles, repeating crossbows, and flying stone chariots... Liu Zhongda's skills are almost comparable to those of Lu Ban and Mo Zhai in ancient times, and Zhang Heng in modern times. There is no equal in the contemporary era."
Cai Mao said proudly: "What if Liu Jing'er is a coincidence? In the end, his weapon is not for my use. After a few days, I will use his weapon to cut it. I wonder if Liu Jing'er will regret this, haha.
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Lai Gong couldn't stand Cai Mao's arrogance and couldn't help but sarcastically said: "Liu Zhongda can make a clap pole, who knows he can't make other things? Military advisor Cai had better be cautious to avoid making the same mistake again."
Same mistake as last year.”
"Huh?" Cai Mao suddenly stopped smiling, but these words were a bit harsh.
Seeing that the two were about to start a verbal dispute, Kuai Yue hurriedly said: "Degui, I think it is not difficult to make this pole. If you work overnight, it can be installed on the ship in just a few days."
Cai Mao's expression softened slightly when he heard this, and he glanced sideways at Lai Gong and said: "This thing carries a huge stone and beats it up and down with great force. If it is used on a small boat, it will definitely cause capsizing. It can only be installed on large ships, battleships and other large ships."
On the ship."
"That's it." Kuai Yue nodded.
In the next two days, Kuai Yue and Cai Mao ordered Jingzhou's soldiers and civilians to cut wood and quarry stones, and rushed to make a batch of shooting poles. The power was only half as strong as Liu Jingjun's shooting poles, but it was enough for one use. From then on, the two
People's hearts are at peace.
On the third day, under the cover of Cai Mao's navy, Kuai Yue led his army to cross the Xiang River westward, and then ordered more than 30,000 infantry and cavalry under his command to line up in battalions on the north bank of Chengshui in preparation for crossing the river.
Liu Jing stood at the northwest corner of the Lingxian city wall, looking at the densely packed Jingzhou Army on the other side of the Chengshui River.
Kuai Yue's approach was quite similar to that of Yuan Shao in the Battle of Guandu. He used his huge military advantage to extend the front as much as possible. In order to prevent Yuan Shao from crossing the river, Cao Cao, who had a relatively weak military force, had to bite the bullet and "divide the camp into equal parts."
", the result was "unfavorable battles". If Xu You hadn't sold Yuan Shao in the end and Cao Cao succeeded in the surprise attack on Wuchao, it would be hard to say who would win the final victory.
At present, there are only 5,000 soldiers in Ling County, less than one-sixth of the Jingzhou army. The gap between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao is even greater. The reason why Cao Cao desperately blocked Guandu is because the Xu capital in the rear is flat and there is no danger.
But once Yuan Shao breaks through, it will be over.
Liu Jingze did not have this worry. He spent several years of hard work building the city defense of Lingxian County, just for today. Therefore, he had no intention of sending troops to stop the Jingzhou army from crossing the river, but was prepared to let them in generously. Lingxian County,
It will be a nightmare for them all.
Although there was no movement in Ling County, for the sake of safety, Kuai Yue still ordered several battalions to cross the river at the same time, separated by several miles.
Led by their generals, Jingzhou soldiers rushed to the south bank of Chengshui on a simple pontoon made of wheels, ship planks and other objects.
Time passed quickly. When thousands of soldiers boarded the south bank and stood firm, Kuai Yue finally believed that Liu Jing really had no intention of sending troops to intercept. With his worries gone, Kuai Yue immediately ordered the entire army to build pontoon bridges to cross the river.
Liu Jing's side was silent, but Liu Zong led the fleet northward and launched a fierce battle with the Jingzhou navy between the three rivers of Hunan, Lei and Cheng.
Now that the ships on both sides had shooting poles, they unanimously gave up the long-distance shooting of crossbows that was popular in the past. They almost violently collided with each other, and then violently slapped each other. For a time, the world was filled with huge rocks hitting each other.
Timber, the huge roar of the river.
The Jingzhou infantry began to cross Chengshui, and the naval forces also fought fiercely. Liu Xiu, who was in the old city of Ling County, saw an opportunity and decisively asked Yan Zhen to stay in the city. He and Liu Liang each raised 300 "daring warriors", and all
The soldiers were heavily armored and held swords and spears. They left the east of the city, crossed the Lei River, and then took a circuitous route to the Jingzhou Navy Camp at the northern end of the Lei River.
"kill……"
Liu Liang was wearing armor, with a strong posture and running fast, like a black leopard. He took the lead and led hundreds of brave warriors to remove the antlers and break into the camp. He cut down and killed everyone he saw, making him invincible.
Liu Liang's arms were as long as his knees. Cai Sheng once said that he was born to practice martial arts. Regardless of knife, sword or bow, he could do twice the result with half the effort. This is also true. After practicing martial arts for one year, Liu Liang was able to kill a brave Jing on the battlefield.
Man, who has just turned twenty now, has been practicing martial arts for five years. Ma Zhou, who taught him swordsmanship in the past, is no longer his opponent.
The fierce battle on the water attracted all the attention of the Jingzhou army. They never expected that a group of enemies would appear from behind. They were caught off guard and suffered heavy casualties.