After the military meeting, Chen Chong has been standing on the watchtower on the west bank to take stock of the situation. The sun is clear, reflecting countless sparkling waves on the river, which is dazzling. The crowds fighting in and out of the river on the other side are more like flies fighting in each other, which is huge and difficult.
I could only vaguely see the reflection on their armor and stomachs, but I couldn't clearly see their angry or panicked expressions when they were fighting.
Due to his eyebrow injury, Chen Chong's eyesight was not very good, but he could still see the situation on the other side clearly. After Jiang Xu and Yang Fu's troops had a face-to-face encounter with the Shu army, they were already defeated as planned, but if the west bank did not
Even if resources are given, it is difficult to say whether Yang Defeat will be a real defeat. The key lies in whether the Shu army's navy can be contained.
Chen Chong looked down the river. Although the boats were only moving in a straight line from north to south, their momentum was enough to take people's breath away. Compared with the people walking by, the huge fleet was like a giant beast on the river, with no head visible.
At the end of the river, half of the river surface was occupied by it, and the pontoon bridge connecting the two banks was just like a reed that broke with a tug in front of the Shu navy.
After seeing the first stern colliding with the pontoon, Li Hui, who was watching the battle, became a little impatient. He asked Chen Chong in a low voice: "Prime Minister, do you want to order the governor to take action?" Chen Chong estimated the time in his mind, shook his head slowly and said:
"It's not yet time. The Shu people's naval formation has not yet been deployed. Taking action at this time cannot be done once and for all. Waiting a little longer." Chen Chong's concern is that if the Shu navy maintains the current long snake formation, it may not be possible.
To act as planned, he must find a way to mobilize the building ship to the west coast.
So he clapped his hands and called Pan Jun and asked him: "Is it feasible for you to use a hundred small boats to make the big ships chaotic?" Pan Jun pressed his sword and replied: "If it is just a chaotic formation, I am 80% sure.
"After that, he quickly left.
Not long after, the Shu army on the river suddenly discovered that nearly a hundred boats came down from the west bank. They were not unfamiliar with the water for the first time, but were very familiar with the water. They moved to the center of the pontoon as nimbly as dragonflies, and soon they were
When entangled with the Shu army who destroyed the pontoon, many Han soldiers approached and jumped into the Shu army's stern with their swords without caring about the ship, and then fought on the rocking ship.
Many Shu troops thought that the Han army had no navy and was not prepared for a battle to seize the ships. Except for the Jinfan thieves who wanted to disembark to fight, most of the ships did not have too many knives, but a lot of bows.
.At this time, seeing that the enemy army was about to engage in hand-to-hand combat, the Shu army was at a disadvantage. In about two quarters of an hour, four stern ships fell into the hands of the Han army.
Liu Fan, who was on the building ship, saw the situation clearly. He was surprised by the Han navy, but he immediately realized it and said to the people behind him: "That must be the traitor who has defected in the past six months. It's hateful.
Now it is used by Chen Chong!" After that, he took a few more glances at the battle at the pontoon, and confirmed that it was difficult to change the situation with the pontoons alone, so he said to Ma Liang: "Pass my order and send six tower boats to press over.
If the big fights with the small, we will win!"
Ma Liang hesitated a little and asked: "Your Highness, the enemy troops are standing on stone carts on the west bank. If they approach rashly, won't they be damaged?"
Liu Fan sighed: "In a war, nothing can be gained without losing anything. As long as the pontoon bridge can be destroyed, what's the point of a little loss? Go quickly!"
Ma Liang did not dare to disobey, and immediately issued an order with a flag behind him. Soon, the navy of the Shu army began to change its formation for the first time. Several tall ships slowly broke away from the team and formed a new line. The parapets and flags of the ships
When it came closer, it was like a dark cloud pressing down, giving people a great sense of oppression. Every time the oars hit the water, it was like the roar of a giant beast. Only then did the Han army realize that the speed of the building ship was not slow, but just slow.
Because of the huge size of the building ship, it looks slow, but in fact it is not inferior to ordinary ships.
Soon, the building ship approached the boat, covering it in the arrow range. Then bursts of arrows pierced the air, and the sound of whooshing came one after another. The arrows, like locusts, immediately covered the surrounding ships, including the small boats of the Han army.
There was no way to fight back, and it was impossible to jump into the building boat like an attack on a stern boat. One unlucky boat was overturned by the huge waves on the left side of the building boat, and it sank quickly with its stern facing up.
The surviving Han soldiers could only throw down their swords and swim desperately in the undulating river, trying to swim back to the west bank. However, they were quickly shot in the water by arrows that followed, and some blood flowed from the undercurrent.
It floated up and gradually diluted into a dull red color around it.
Seeing this, the remaining Han troops walked into the water and knew that their goal had been achieved, so they began to row back to the west bank. The building ships had the upper hand and followed closely behind them, always keeping them within the range of the arrow, and continued to do so.
Some people capsized and fell into the water, and were tossed by the waves in the storm. But fortunately, we were not in the land of Jingchu. Even if there were many undercurrents in the center of the river, it was only half a mile away from the west bank.
Many people paddled hard, and except for the need to take a breath, they stayed in the water for a long time, and finally escaped back to the west bank camp. Then there was the sound of rocks being fired, which was the stone trucks preventing the building boats from approaching any further.
, and at the same time, the floating bridge did completely fall into the hands of the Shu people.
Seeing this, Chen Chong knew that the time was ripe, and immediately said to the messenger beside him: "Blow the trumpet!" In an instant, a very loud trumpet sound floated through the air and could be heard for miles around. The Shu people on the pontoon could hear it.
Shocked, they thought that the Han army was about to make another counterattack, and quickly called on the surrounding navy to form a formation on the river to cover the flanks. They also swung their swords and draw boards at the pontoon bridge, hoping to destroy the pontoon bridge faster. But they soon discovered that
If something went wrong, the Han soldiers on the west bank did not respond immediately, but looked eagerly to the north.
At this time, the person commanding the tower ships was General Feng Xi. He stood on the watchtower of the central tower ship. He was originally going to go down the wooden ladder to rest for a while. However, after hearing the trumpet sound from the west bank, he suddenly felt sad in his heart.
Not good, he quickly grabbed the railing and looked into the distance. He found that some black shadows gradually appeared on the river bank to the north. Although there were some shadows, because they were flowing down the river, after a while, he could see the other side up and down.
The flipping and rowing movements clearly indicate that a new group of Han naval forces have arrived from the north and have been deployed upstream.
These naval forces are still mainly driven by boats. Although they can move extremely fast, they are still nothing compared to large ships and cannot be compared at all. What are they going to do? The moment this question flashed through Feng Xi's mind,
He stared at the abnormality on the other side's crossing. All the crossings in the north seemed to be carrying things and were covered with a layer of wet cloth.
The answer is ready to come out. Yes, there are firewood and kerosene under the cloth.
A low grunt came from Feng Xi's throat. The flag bearers on the left and right turned to look at him, thinking that he was about to issue an order. But Feng Xi coughed violently, and a wave of annoyance rose above his head, making him dizzy. He
It took a long time for him to speak, but the first sentence was: "Quickly send the order to the front, stop demolishing the bridge! Stop demolishing the bridge!"
But it was too late. At this time, not only the Shu army was demolishing the bridge, but also the Han army. The Han army on the west bank dug out the largest pile foundation of the pontoon bridge and cut off the ropes connecting the ships and wooden piles below.
These rows of boats floated down the river, and after crossing a semicircle on the river, they naturally collided with the nearest building boats. This caused the oarsmen of the building boats to row, but the oars of the boats collided with the pontoons.
The ropes and boats were entangled with each other and could not be used at all. They stood in situ in an extremely awkward manner, not knowing whether they were advancing or retreating.
On the other side, the uninvolved building boat in the middle also saw something was wrong and wanted to move back. However, they were embarrassed to find that although the speed of the building boat was not satisfactory, its hull was so big that it was extremely difficult to turn around after the formation.
With both sides tied up, it is difficult for them to move.
The Han army's boats came so fast, without any sloppiness. When they were about to enter the arrow range of the building, someone on the boat had already struck flints, lit a fire on the silk cloth, and the sparks rubbed on the oil cloth, and it was out of control in an instant.
The Han troops immediately threw themselves into the river, and then stuck their heads out to see how the situation would develop.
The fire quickly surrounded all the floating bridges, and with intermittent crashing sounds, everyone on the east and west banks saw that the flames were like an invisible giant beast, devouring the remains of the pontoon, and then rushed more to the ground.
The Shu army boat in front was lit. The flames rose into the sky, and with the help of the north wind, the flames continued to burn toward the Shu people's ship.
Seeing the fire boats hitting each other one after another, the Shu people on the boat were really panicked. The oarsmen on the side close to the fire boat rowed hard, while those on the other side far away from the fire boat kept their oars motionless, hoping that this would make the bow of the boat facing
While quickly turning around, but as mentioned above, there are too many unfavorable factors, and the Shu people's struggle at this time is no longer helpful.
As two fireships collided with the side of Feng Xi's flagship, the fire in the flagship officially declared the failure of the Shu navy. A huge wave hit, but it did not extinguish the fire on the ship, but pushed more
The kerosene hit the building ship, and the long flames were like a giant snake sticking out its red tongue. Once it caught the following ship, with a bang, it ignited the firewood and oil on the ship, and a fire broke out.
A small explosion! The fire spread quickly.
Feng Xi had to escape in a small boat surrounded by his cronies. When he was sinking on the river, he turned to look at the river and found that the burning ships began to drift toward the east bank unknowingly, and then bumped into them one after another.
Some of the unfolded building ships, boats and ships collided with each other, and there was no room for escape. They were instantly engulfed by the surrounding fire. Most of the Shu army's building ships and sterns were ignited one by one, igniting the river surface into a fire.
A piece of red.
In this situation, the sailors operating the boats in the Shu army basically lost their chance of escape and could not cross the sea of fire on all sides. The painful howls came from the flames on the river, accompanied by the increasing north wind.