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Chapter 262

In the next two days, Kuai Yue traveled all over the Hunan, Lei, and Cheng rivers. Once, in order to observe the terrain around Ling County at a close distance, he crossed the Xiang River westward and measured both sides of the Cheng River. When he returned, he met Liu Jingshuijun.

Fortunately, Cai Mao dispatched ships in time to force Liu Jingshui's army back, which saved Kuai Yue from danger.

Liu Jingshui's army was not targeting Kuai Yue, but the entire Jingzhou army. In the past two days, Liu Zong continued to send light boats to go around, harassing day and night, making the Jingzhou army restless.

Cai Mao was eager for revenge, but was harassed by Liu Jingshui's army again and again, and his heart became even more angry.

On Pingdan on the third day, when the sky was not yet clear, there was a thunderous drum sound from the camp of the Jingzhou Navy.

"Boom...boom...boom..."

The sailors and soldiers of the Jingzhou navy, who had already had a full meal, heard the sound of the drums and all set off on their boats, armed with oars and weapons. Hundreds of ships of all sizes lined up in an orderly manner and set off one by one.

Kuai Yue and Cai Hao stood side by side on the shore. Although he knew that the latter might not like to listen to some words, he still couldn't help saying: "This battle is aimed at testing the effect of Changqimu, not a decisive battle with the enemy. It is necessary to grasp the measure, not to rush into the waves to fight. In addition, capture as many enemy ships as possible, so that they can be imitated in the future, so that the sharp weapon can be used by me.”

Cai Mao was very displeased when he heard the words. When attacking Zhang Xian before, Kuai Yue never talked too much to him.Now Kuai Yue broke the "rules", obviously because he was defeated by Liu Jing and lacked confidence in him.

Cai Mao said impatiently: "How can I not know these words? Why do you need Kuai Changshi to say it? Kuai Changshi can rest assured that I will defeat the enemy."

Knowing that Cai Mao didn't listen, Kuai Yue shook his head secretly, and said, "Degui should know that you are still a guilty person. The general is wise and did not punish you for defeat. , I hope that you will be brave after your shame, and make meritorious deeds. De Gui, don't let the general down to you."

Thinking of Liu Biao, the raging anger in Cai Mao's heart was slightly curbed. If he loses again, he will really have no face to return to Xiangyang.

"Kuai Changshi stay here, rest assured that I will defeat the enemy." Cai Mao took a deep breath, repeated what he said before, and then turned around and boarded the large ship with a view of the mountains.

Kuai Gao's tall body stood still, watching Cai Mao's figure hidden in the boat.

Jingzhou Navy had many ships, and when all the ships sailed out of the barracks, the sky was already bright.

The Liu Jingshui army stationed more than ten miles away was obviously prepared, and appeared in Xiangshui almost indiscriminately with the Jingzhou navy.

The Xiangshui River in Lingxian County is about [-] feet wide, which is naturally dwarfed by the Changjiang River, which is more than [-] meters wide, but it is not crowded to accommodate two large fleets.

Today's southwest wind is quite strong, so Liu Jingshui's army is not only following the water, but also following the wind. However, even with the double advantages, Liu Jingshui's army did not take the initiative to attack. The navy comes to fight.

The reason is actually very simple. When fighting northward, their opponents are not only the Jingzhou navy, but also constantly threatened by the bows and crossbows of the infantry on the shore.On the other hand, if you lead the enemy south to fight, you will get the help of the comrades in Ling County. Idiots know how to choose.

The two sides confronted each other for nearly half an hour. Seeing Liu Jingshui's army calmly sitting on the Diaoyutai, Cai Hao knew that it would be useless to drag it any longer, so he asked people to beat the war drums of the ships.

"Boom...boom...boom..."

As soon as the thunderous drums sounded, Cai He, who was in charge of the front of the Jingzhou Navy, immediately ordered his warships to put away the rocks, row the oars, and head southward to meet the Liu Jing Navy.

When passing through the east wall of Ling County, the soldiers at the front of the Jingzhou Navy were tense. Those who were on large ships hid behind the parapet and war sheds, and those who were on small boats hid under the big poles.

"Shoot..." Suddenly, there was a loud shout from the head of Ling County, which was as silent as death.

In an instant, hundreds of crossbow arrows flew out of the city and fell into the fleet of the Jingzhou Navy.

It's a pity that the distance between the two sides was no less than a hundred steps. A light crossbow with less than five stones could hardly pose a threat to the soldiers of the Jingzhou navy. Only heavy crossbows and strong bows with more than five stones could effectively kill the enemy.What can really deal a heavy blow to the enemy are the bed crossbows at the top of the city and the catapults below the city.

"shoot……"

Accompanied by an order, dozens of bed crossbows lined up neatly on the city wall roared one after another, and the giant arrows more than four feet long spanned hundreds of steps in the blink of an eye, easily piercing through the tablet, and even nailed into the female wall , War shed.

After a round of bed crossbow strikes, dozens of trebuchets of different weights under the city also played one after another. Stone bullets ranging from several kilograms to tens of kilograms, with a sound like a thunderbolt, flew over the top of the city like a meteor shower. Jingzhou Navy.

"Boom...boom...boom..."

Small boats such as light boats and walking boats are hit by stone bullets, and they will capsize immediately. Even large ships such as boats and warships, or even the well-deserved giant boats on the water, will not escape serious damage or even sink.

The veterans of the Jingzhou navy, who had experienced the battle last year, had some experience in dealing with trebuchets. Knowing that running around at this time would only kill them faster, they forced themselves to stay calm and scrambled to hide under the ship's side, embracing their bodies, and remained motionless.

But the new recruits were inexperienced. Seeing the stone bullets whizzing towards them, they all looked terrified, and they couldn't help getting up to dodge. Often, even if they could escape the attack of the stone bullets by chance, most of them would be shot and killed by the arrows.

"boom……"

Cai He's building ship was hit by a ten-jin stone bullet, and the ship shook violently. Cai He, who was hiding in the room on the first floor of the building ship, staggered forward and almost fell.He absolutely didn't dare to show his face at this time, and only asked his followers to go out to see the damage to the building.

Soon after he came back with him, he told Lou that a hole had been pierced in the deck of the ship, and there was no water leakage, so the impact was not great.

Cai He breathed a sigh of relief, as long as nothing happened, if he was forced to change the ship before the battle, it would be too unlucky.

However, although Cai He escaped a catastrophe here, another building ship not far from him was more unlucky. It was hit by three stone bombs one after another, one of which penetrated the hull.

The torrential river water poured into the boat, and most of the soldiers were sucked into the water before they could escape.A large amount of river water caused the ship to tilt slowly, and the soldiers on the deck rushed to abandon the ship and escape for their lives, and those who were even more impatient jumped directly from the ship and fell into the water.

Like this building boat, there are eight or nine other warships and fighting ships. As for light boats and walking boats, there are countless people who lost them.

Before the two sides officially fought, the front of the Jingzhou Navy suffered heavy losses.

(End of this chapter)