The Mali people's ships sailed upstream and surrounded the Huaishang navy stronghold. They had been blocking the enemy for three days. They were bombarded with ballistae every day, forcing the Han army to leave the stronghold.
Sending a letter to Su Lu for instructions was naturally delayed.
Su Ping stood in front of the Chinese military tent, looking at the stacks of masts blocked at the mouth of the river bend in the distance, his expression turned ugly.
After all, he is also the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, and is known as the Commander-in-Chief. Why can't this battle be won as soon as he leaves his second brother?
Han Ergou came over with several lieutenants, their faces also full of displeasure. Except for the part of the navy that was taken away by Vice Admiral Liu to guard the Wangjianghai Road, the rest were divided into Nanwan Port and Dongji Port.
, basically all are here.
Su Ping's original idea was to fight the Mali people here, but he did not expect that the Mali people's navy was so tight that they not only sailed the large ship into the Huai River, but also blocked the gate of the water village.
This caused the navy that had not yet built the crossbow array in the river bend to be immediately blocked, making all the navy generals feel frustrated.
Han Ergou said angrily:
"Commander Commander, General Zhao Wu has replied to the letter. All the troops will be transferred to Cangwu to cooperate with General Cao to complete the hunt for Cangwu. There are no ballistae to share with us."
The school captain Duan You, who grew up thick and black next to him, yelled angrily:
"Commander Commander, the infantry looks down on people. Let's rush out and kill the fleet's navy to show them that our navy is not easy to bully."
"Yes, fuck him, don't let the infantry look down on people anymore."
A group of captains shouted, and for a while, there were sounds of going out to fight and defeating the enemy, and the military camp became lively again.
Su Ping glared and glanced at the generals around him.
It immediately became quiet in front of the door. All the big and thick men lowered their heads and did not dare to look at the commander, for fear of offending the commander's anger and being dismissed.
In the silence, Han Ergou had to bite the bullet and asked:
"Commander Commander, we have been besieged for many days. If we don't do something, not only the infantry will look down upon us, but even the agile people will look down upon us, let alone the prince."
Saying this, Han Ergou's big eyes turned to Su Ping's face. Seeing Su Ping's expression change from cold to serious, he knew there was a way.
"I heard from the letter written by Pao Ze, who used to drink together at Wuying Palace, that the prince has released military power in Cangwu City, and General Hua Xun is handling most of the issues, and..."
When Han Ergou looked at Su Ping, his eyes became more serious, and he felt happy in his heart.
"He said in his letter that General Hua Xun's handling of military affairs was in line with the prince's wishes. After General Cao, the person who will be promoted to general is probably General Hua Xun."
"Click"
A long gun with a pewter stick held in Su Ping's hand was crushed to pieces, and a section of the gun shaft was shattered into sawdust. The gun clusters fell to the ground, making a small crater.
Han Ergou stopped and did not dare to provoke Su Ping any more.
Su Ping snorted coldly:
"The next person to be promoted to general can only be Hua Xun, the other civil and military general. He is still far behind."
"Come here, please pass on my military order and order Vice General Wang Jiang and Liu to send out the army immediately. In ten days, they must rush to the entrance of the Huai River and block the entrance. We must not let go of any fleeing troops."
"Instruct Xiao Yuanshan to launch his army from Dongji Port and arrive at the mouth of the Huai River in ten days. He will be dispatched by Lieutenant General Liu to prevent the Mali army from escaping."
"Send an order to Cao Rui and order him to come to see me. This time, I want the entire army to destroy the Mali people here."
Su Ping said through gritted teeth, with a ferocious look on his face.
Duan You was a little moved and lowered his voice and said:
"Commander, we don't have the weapons to fight those big ships?"
Su Ping gritted his teeth:
"What I know in my heart is, go back to camp, prepare your sergeants, and prepare to go out. As soon as we destroy the big ships in the front and all the fighting ships, I want to keep all the agile warships here."
"Everyone go back and get ready."
Su Ping waved his hand and drove the generals away.
Han Ergou gritted his teeth and walked towards his camp, but was grabbed by Duan You behind him.
"General Han, do you think the Commander-in-Chief really wants to use the remaining two...?"
Han Ergou curled his lips disdainfully:
"Are you thinking too? Apart from that thing, what else can we do to defeat the powerful ship?"
Duan You's body trembled and his eyes started to shine.
"That's great, mother, these quick grandsons, kill them all this time."
Han Ergou looked at the excited Duan Ran and said angrily:
"That's a powerful crossbow. It can destroy half of our village with one strike. How many people will die?"
Han Ergou clearly remembered that in order to capture this water stronghold and to wake up the Mali people, the Han army used a total of three powerful crossbows and killed many Yingte people.
To be on the safe side, Su Lu originally ordered a five-shot crossbow from the Ordnance Mansion, used three of them, and stored the remaining two in this village.
Duan Ran patted Han Ergou's shoulder and said disdainfully:
"Can a quick person be called a human being?"
Seeing Han Ergou's unbearable expression, Duan You reminded him, "It's not that I didn't remind you, Ms. Liu is waiting for you to marry her."
Han Ergou looked at Duan You's back, his expression changed several times, and finally left with a curse.
"You idiots dare to invade our country, Han. If I don't kill you, the people will not be angry."
"When we enslaved our Han people, the infantry army settled the account with you, but I, the navy army, still confiscated the life money."
Ten days later, Cao Rui personally controlled a powerful crossbow and flew into the sky.
The Mali fleet has divided its forces and is heading upstream to Cangwu.
All the way down the river, he went to help the ships guarding the entrance to the sea that were attacked by Han warships.
What remained outside the Han army's stronghold was only one large ship, two stern warships, and a fleet of more than a dozen auxiliary ships.
"Boom"
As soon as a powerful crossbow was thrown, a strong wind seemed to blow on the river. The huge warship was like a balloon being punctured, and it instantly fell into pieces.
Blood instantly stained the river surface red.
The fleet of warships blocking the entrance to the Han army's water stronghold had stopped seven times out of ten.
"Dong dong dong dong"
"Kill"
The drums in the water stronghold rang, and countless warships quickly came out of the water stronghold, catching up with the confused Sergeant Dali in an instant.
An hour later, the confused Sergeant Mali was surrounded and eliminated.
On the battleship, Su Ping waved his flag.
"Duan Ran, take charge of two stern battleships and sail upstream to pursue the fleet. Do not engage in combat, but focus on harassment."
"Han Ergou, restrain the warships, sail down the river, and join forces with Vice Admiral Liu and Xiao Yuanshan to annihilate the Mali navy."
The warships formed a fighting formation, sailed down the river, and headed straight for the estuary.
In Cangwu City, Su Lu stood on the city wall, looking at the navy rushing below the city, and asked:
"How are you preparing?"
Lu Zhan from behind nodded:
"Everything is ready."
"General Hua Xun has prepared ten thousand troops in the city and set up twelve lines of defense in the south. He will definitely be able to hold on until we finish the Battle of Cangwu."
"General Zhao Wu has arrived at Yuechi City and will surely reach Cangwu within two days."
"General Cao Hua has already raised his army, and it is only five days' journey from the Huai River."
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Gao Dabao next to him said excitedly:
"Commander Commander, if Mali wants to hunt Cangwu, he will be hunted by us this time."