Dai Cai and others did not expect that the Bajun Navy would ignore the existence of their huge fleet. Their spies could penetrate deep into the hinterland of Bajun. In this originally enemy territory, the other party's scouts should obviously be even more handy.
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Therefore, Li Xingchen's fleet can be said to have set off from the southern county with great fanfare and momentum.
Since there is no way to hide one's figure, it is better to open up the formation and compete openly with the enemy.
But now it seems that the Bajun Navy has no intention of relying on the upper reaches to attack the enemy directly, but has made it clear that it must defend according to danger.
In fact, it is no wonder that the Bajun Navy is timid. Compared with the Nanchen Navy, which clears the way with large ships, the Bajun Navy only has a dozen or so ships at best. It is not the opponent of Wang Chang's warships at all. Of course it will not
Stupidly rushed forward to die.
Just because the land army only advanced to Laoya Mountain, in order to cover the flanks of the land army, they had to abandon many key places on the river, including the rapids and shoals on the Fuling section of the river, allowing the Nanchen Navy to pass easily.
Now thinking about those dangerous terrains that he had never seen in the lower and middle reaches of the river, Wang Chang still felt a little cold in his back. He couldn't even imagine what would happen if the enemy's navy ambushed behind those shoals and used small boats to attack him.
What kind of disaster will happen if a large ship attacks?
Compared with those places, at least according to the scout's description, the Tongluo Gorge in front of us is not that dangerous.
The river water lapped at the stone walls on both sides. Everyone on the ship subconsciously held their breath and stared straight at the bend of the river ahead. No matter what appeared at this time, it might cause all the warships to go crazy.
attack.
No matter how dilapidated Bajun's navy was, they still had the advantage upstream. Coupled with the rapid current of the river, their advantage was naturally greatly expanded.
Out of caution, Wang Chang put down a small boat and carried a few agile scouts to the shore, trying to climb up the Wild Boar Rock. However, before they could reach the shore, a shrill roar came from the boat in front:
"Fire ship!"
Wang Chang's expression suddenly changed, and the expressions of Li Xingchen, Dai Cai and others also became solemn.
They all know very well how many water battles throughout the ages have been won by using their own fireships to rush into the enemy's fleet. The most famous one is naturally the Battle of Chibi, which burned to the sky.
It is for this reason that all warships now have to be soaked with water before going into battle. However, even so, wood is wood after all, and in addition to wood, the ropes, sails, etc. on the ship are also indestructible.
It contains flammable materials, so as long as the number of fire ships is large enough, even high-rise ships will inevitably end up in a fire.
And it has to be said that the enemy also grasped the timing of launching the fire ship very carefully. The fire ship went down the river, just in time to collide with the leading ship of the Nanchen Navy that had just turned around Wild Boar Rock, with a narrow field of vision and a very slow speed. Otherwise, the ship in front would
It was impossible for such a exclamation to come out on board the ship.
Without any hesitation, Wang Chang waved his hand suddenly, and the drums suddenly sounded.
And one after another, like arrows from the string, they passed over both sides of the building ship and rushed directly to the front. The trebuchets and bed crossbows on the first building ship were also fired desperately in order to sink these sudden appearances.
Fire ship in view.
"Quick!" A naval commander shouted loudly when a ship rushed up first. The arrows and stone bullets fired from his own ship passed over his head, and the man standing on the bow
General Zhuang didn't move, just stared at the fire ship ahead.
The soldiers manning the fire boats were either hit by arrows and fell down, or jumped into the water first. No one was in control of the more than ten fire boats rushing towards them.
"Iron rope!" Meng Chong next to him shouted an iron rope, and when the two men were about to get close to each other, an iron rope was thrown over. The soldiers on the boat hurriedly stretched out their hands to grab it and fix it on the boat.
The same was true for the Mengchong behind. The Mengchong that had been gradually approaching separated from each other on both sides, and the fire ship hit the thick iron cable between the Mengchong and Mengchong.
"Bang!" A muffled sound came. The fire boat moved down the river too fast. Even the iron cable only gave it a slight pause. Immediately, the mengchong on both sides were even pulled downward.
"Quick, work harder!" The general standing at the bow of the boat picked up the oar next to him without hesitation and rowed desperately with the soldiers.
The momentum of the two Mengchong being dragged backwards was slightly reduced, and the fire ship was also blocked by the iron rope, so the bow of the ship was sideways, and it was no longer as fast as an arrow from the string just now. But not before Zhuang Zhuang.
Jiang breathed a sigh of relief, and soon the three or four fireships behind him collided with each other.
His pupils suddenly shrank, and General Zhuang made a gesture to the soldiers behind him. Before Meng Chong was about to be driven downstream by the fire ship, the iron rope was untied. The blocked fire ships began to flow downstream again.
Then, dense stone bullets hit these fireships head-on. Soon the two fireships in the lead were directly sunk, while the other several fireships still hit the second iron rope without mercy.
The blocking effect of the second iron cable was also limited, but at least it gave the ships behind them enough opportunities to load stone bombs. Another round of stone bombs came down, and the fire ships blocked outside the second iron cable were accurately hit.
Before these fireships could be broken into pieces and then sink, all the iron cables between Meng and Chong were untied, and a building ship passed over the remains of the fireships that were still rising and falling on the river, and rushed towards the Tongluo Gorge first.
"Drumming!" Wang Chang stood on the flying hut of the second tower ship and ordered loudly. Although the wave of fire ships going down the river just now was frightened, they were not in danger after all. After all, the Nanchen Navy had been traversing the river for many years.
Even if the powerful army is unfamiliar with the place, it is more than enough to deal with this kind of attack method commonly used on the river.
The sound of drums echoed on the river, and the fleet that had gradually slowed down started to move again, while the Mengchong Clippers shuttled between the ships, gradually moving forward, ready to attack the enemy's ship array at any time.
Just as the Meng Chong at the front had just rushed into the Tongluo Gorge, four or five fire ships came down the river and rushed directly towards the Meng Chong in the lead. This time the fire ships were obviously controlled by the enemy on board, and the enemy navy
Obviously we also know that these Meng Chong are the key to cracking the fire ship, so this time we simply set the target directly to Meng Chong.
"Cover!" On the first building ship, the captain in charge of the building ship ordered loudly. The arrows roared and swept directly across the fire ship. The soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty on the fire ship screamed and fell into the water. However, because this batch of fire ships came too
Quickly, the two Mengchong ships at the front were still hit. The two fire ships collided with one Mengchong, which was enough to save face. Soon the two Mengchong ships that were caught off guard fell into the sea of fire and lost control.
Rush towards your own formation.
Compared with the fireships of the same size as the red horse boats that were used to communicate with the navy, these mengchong were obviously larger. Therefore, with Wang Chang's decisive order, the stone bullets thrown from the building ships were accurate.