It is better to use your remaining courage to chase the poor bandits, and not to use your reputation as an academic overlord.
Yi Xiaotian is well aware of the truth in this poem.
Right now, no matter what the opponent's plan is, they must pursue the opponent, firstly to attack the opponent's vitality, and secondly to confirm the opponent's next course of action.
In just a moment, Yi Xiaotian realized the possibility of some trouble.
The situation they are facing now is that the enemy is retreating rapidly, and based on the current speed of information transmission, it is no longer realistic to inform the next troops to be deployed to intercept the opponent's main force in a timely manner.
Although it does not mean that all calculations are in vain, such a scene definitely requires some troops to judge the optimal solution in a short period of time and act on their own.
This requires the general to have a good overall view and extraordinary courage - it has always been a taboo to act without permission on the battlefield, but the situation has reached a point where people have to act without authorization. It is difficult to say who is fighting this battle.
Who wins and loses.
Moreover... Yi Xiaotian realized that the possibility of the worst situation happening was gradually increasing, which made Yi Xiaotian feel the difficulty of the situation for the first time since coming to Jiangdong.
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Yi Xiaotian's prediction was good. Last night... it was calm at Jingkou. Early the next morning... probably at the same time as Piling City was attacked, the navy of Wu Ban, Chen Shi and others far away from Jingkou launched the same attack as yesterday.
impact.
Wu Ban seems to have successfully regained his confidence due to the praise of many colleagues who praised him.
On the contrary, Chen Shi felt vaguely isolated.
With such an awkward feeling, the decisive battle on the water began.
But...again, the biggest taboo on the battlefield is talking on paper.
Wu Banzong had experience in commanding the navy, but no real battlefield experience. His judgment was completely shattered by Zhu Huan and others' powerful counterattack - the ship was destroyed because reinforcements from Zhu Huan and others arrived.
"General Zhu! Gong Yi! Look what good things we have brought!!"
Zhou Tai's voice had been nourished for many days, and when he opened it on the first day of the new year, he shocked everyone in the camp at the Beijing Port.
But after Zhu Huan and Jiang Qin heard Zhou Tai's voice, they swept away their previous seriousness and showed excitement.
Yes, their reinforcements arrived. Zhou Tai and Pan Zhang led the soldiers and horses stationed in Yunyang and Wujin to quickly rush to Jingkou and brought truly "destructive" weapons to Zhu Huan and others.
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Wu Ban only thought that their defeat yesterday was a matter of luck, but he didn't know that when he shouted those words of "attack with the whole army" today, their fate was already destined to go astray.
Just imagine, on the empty river surface, in front of the deck of a giant building boat riding the wind and waves, you are facing the river wind with great enthusiasm and are about to sing a song. Suddenly... just on the shore within the visible range, there is a
The huge crossbow, which is no less than the size of a ship, is being pulled by nearly ten people to tighten the crossbow——
And mounted on the crossbow, the exaggerated crossbow arrow glowing with silver light has been aimed at you without any deviation...
Under such circumstances, even if a person has ten courages, it would be difficult not to be frightened, right?
But this is how things really happened.
"Let this boy taste the taste of this arrow!"
"Set me an arrow!"
A confident smile appeared on Zhu Huan's lips for a long time.
Under the attention of thousands of people, as the vanguard force, they set up a giant bed crossbow on the river bank early on, which was provided by the craftsman's workshop. It is an exaggerated weapon specially designed for gathering large ships. Its production technology is also beyond the reach of ordinary workshops.
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With the current formation that only dozens of people could control, the moment the crossbow bolt, which was larger than Zhou Tai's thick arm, was launched, the entire river bank seemed to hear an atmospheric roar.
boom!
The crossbow bolt was launched, and its exaggerated recoil caused the ballista to eject backwards at an unimaginable speed.
Fortunately, the people from the craftsman's workshop had reminded me before handing over the ballistae... Except for the time of transfer, the ballistae does not need to be fixed. As long as it is used at other times, a solid foundation must be laid for it.
It’s probably not strange that weapons that need to lay foundations are used to deal with building ships, right?
The smoke and dust raised after the crossbow bolt was fired was enough to cover everyone, but they were only affected by the aftermath of the weapon - the real target was still on the river...
Yes...Wu Ban was dumbfounded.
When an exaggerated weapon that could not be described in his cognition appeared in his field of vision, his mood was not one of fear, but confusion...
It's just that...the battlefield won't give him time to think.
In his eyes, someone's arm fell heavily on the river bank in the distance, and then a silver light suddenly appeared, breaking the tranquility on the river——
A huge arrow pierced the sky and flew straight towards the tall ship, and Wu Ban, who was confused, didn't even know how to react... In fact, any reaction he made was useless.
Terrifying destructive power began to pour out from the dragon's head directly in front of the hull. On the deck, a huge crack opened by the impact swept towards Wu Ban not far away.
Wood chips, iron sheets, mud, water, sand and stones...the impact of the giant arrow swept away everything he passed, leaving behind only an exaggerated scene called shock.
And what about Wu Ban?
Wu Ban never understood until his death why the enemy could face their huge building ships without fear.
Even before all these thoughts reached the point, they were broken by the rotating crossbow arrows and turned into sour blood.
With just one blow, Liu Bei's elite navy was proud of the huge ship, which was destroyed by the giant arrow at the bow. Of course, the flight of the giant arrow was not just that. He first shattered the deck of the bow of the ship, and then flew over the side of the ship.
It flew towards the cabin of the building ship.
Except for Wu Ban who didn't make any sound along the way, the remaining screams were enough to prove how terrifying this arrow was.
And Pan Zhang and Zhou Tai brought more than just a ballista.
Yunyang Wujin occupied Jingkou less than a hundred miles away. The reason why the two armies have not arrived is because... they brought five ballistas to ensure their hegemony on the water?
So...you can imagine the next scene.
Liu Bei's 30,000 elite navy only had three huge ships. When the remaining soldiers of Liu Bei's army aboard the Mengchong battleship saw that the ships they fought with faith were easily destroyed by unknown weapons - the ship
It didn't sink, but the morale of the army collapsed first.
There is no suspense for the rest of the battle.
Before Chen Shi gave the order to retreat with tears in his eyes, he sent people to look for Wu Ban, but how could he know that Wu Ban was floating in the air at this time...
Perhaps before he died, he thought of the laughter last night and the magnanimity of his future career... But there was no time left for him to judge whether what he did was stupid... or stupid.