The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 811 Battle for Yiling

In the second year of the Ming Dynasty (195), the last ten days of July.

Jingzhou, Yiling.

Above the river, the sound of war drums was like thunder.

The Yiling navy of the Han army is making the final struggle, but their struggle is in vain.

The Ming army's warships were densely packed on the river, and the yellow flag was waving. The reason why the Yiling navy of the Han army was still resisting was because they had no way out.

"call out------"

On the surface of the river, the unique whistle of the Ming army sounded again.

Deng Long, the captain of the Han army who was fighting with the Ming army rushing up the deck, trembled all over. Every time the whistle of the Ming army sounded, the intensity of the Ming army's attack would intensify, and he instinctively felt a burst of fear in his heart.

The surviving Ming army sailors on the deck jumped off the deck the moment they heard the whistle sound.

Deng Long had a bad feeling in his heart, a Han sailor behind him looked terrified and shouted loudly
"Large boat!!!"

Deng Long turned his head suddenly and looked towards the side of the boat.

The strong west wind blowing on his face instantly made him narrow his eyes involuntarily.

The glare of the sun confused Deng Long's eyes, he raised his hands to cover his eyes, and then he could see clearly what was in front of him, but it was too late.

The wind in the river was swift, and a tall ship with the flag of the sun and the moon was sailing with the wind, cutting through the waves.

Under the harassment of the Ming army's small boat, Deng Long lost control of the overall situation, and they fell into the Ming army's calculations.

On the prow of the boat with the sun and moon banners hanging, a general wearing leather armor and a brocade robe, holding a pair of short-handled halberds upside down was standing on it.

"Gan Ning!"

All the soldiers on Deng Long's ship were terrified when they saw the general standing on the bow of the ship. The warship that cut through the waves was Gan Ning's ship and the flagship of the Ming army's navy.

Although the person standing at the bow of the boat is still relatively far away, he can tell that it is Gan Ning just by looking at his clothes and weapons!
"Turn the rudder, turn the rudder!"

Deng Long held the ring sword in his hand like a maniac, roaring loudly.

"Get off the boat!"

On the warship, all the sailors of the Han army were in a panic.

The building boat that cut through the waves was the flagship of the Ming army, Gan Ning's ship.

The warships of the Han army along the road were either too afraid to step forward to stop them, or they were beyond their reach and could not stop them.

"Paddle! Paddle!"

The generals on the Han army warship were completely confused.

Everything they did was in vain, the wind and the current flowed, and the Ming army's buildings and ships were rushing towards them like arrows leaving the string.

The bow position of the Ming army building ship, the ramming horn wrapped in gold and iron is glowing coldly under the sunlight, which makes the hearts of all the sailors of the Han army fall into the bottom of the valley.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

The sound of high-spirited drums sounded from the flagship of the Ming army, and quickly spread to the surface of the river with the wind of the river.

The sailors on the warships of the two armies who were chasing each other held their breath and looked at the place where the drum sound came from.

"Bang!!!"

Suddenly there was a huge impact sound, Deng Long heard the warship under his seat uttered a wailing sound, and the violent vibration came suddenly, and all the sailors of the Han army, including Deng Long, couldn't stand still. Suddenly fell on the boat, and even several Han sailors who were close to the side of the boat were accidentally thrown into the river.

The two ships collided, and the huge waves that were set off swallowed them instantly, and then the waves rolled towards the sides.

Just beside the Denglongzuo ship, the two Chima ships of the Ming army were almost overturned into the river. The Ming army sailors on board looked at the scene in front of them. Take a breath.

If they escaped from the warship one step later, their fate would be the same as that of the Han sailors who were sucked into the bottom of the water, and they might all die without a whole body.

The ram of the flagship of the Ming army was firmly embedded in the warship of the Han army, and it was only a short distance away from cutting it off in the middle.

The ship was broken, and a large amount of river water poured into the cabin of the Han army warship along the gap.

The bright red blood stained the river red, and many boatmen paddling in the cabin died in the impact.

Deng Long supported the mast and struggled to get up from the deck. He was the first to get up and regain consciousness. Such a violent collision was beyond everyone's imagination.

The sailors of the Han army are indeed well-trained, but even if they grabbed the mast and the ropes on the ship in advance, they were still smashed by the impact, and some sailors of the Han army even hit their vital points , was already killed on the spot.

"call out----"

The whistle sounded again, Deng Long raised his head and looked forward, and a black shadow had covered the sunlight and leaped forward.

"Oh!"

The loud noise caught the attention of the sailors of the Han army on the warship.

Deng Long was holding the mast in one hand, and holding the ring-shoudao tightly in the other hand. Not far in front of him, Gan Ning, dressed in a brocade robe, was coming with his halberds upside down!

"kill him!"

Deng Long's eyes were red, he had no way out.

Following Deng Long's shout, a group of sailors of the Han army who had just recovered all rushed towards Gan Ning like crazy. They were staggering, and some of them hadn't recovered from the previous shock.

The blood bursts, and the bloody wind suddenly rises.

Gan Ning walked forward slowly, while the two halberds were dancing, there were wailing sounds.

All the sailors of the Han army who charged fell to the ground.

The dripping blood flowed down the blades of the double halberds in Gan Ning's hands and flowed on the deck. At this time, Gan Ning was as terrifying as the ghosts and gods in the legends, and no one could cross the death net woven by the double halberds.

Deng Long was terrified in his heart, his hand holding the Huan Shou knife was trembling.

The shadow of death shrouded his heart, Deng Long was in a state of chaos, panicked and wanted to escape.

Deng Long turned around and wanted to run to the cabin at the back of the ship. He was completely panicked and lost his courage. He didn't dare to confront Gan Ning head-on. He even forgot that he was in a ship that had already On the broken ship, there is no escape, no escape.

The sound of breaking through the air suddenly sounded, and Deng Long's heart was full of alarm bells, but there was not enough time left for him to react.

A short halberd flew towards him like lightning.

The sharp halberd blade cut through the thin leather armor on Deng Long's body in an instant, and the icy halberd tip pierced through his vest and protruded from his chest.

Without exhaustion, he continued to move forward with Deng Long's body, and the huge force carried by the short halberd firmly nailed Deng Long's body to the bulkhead of the cabin.

The warship was shaking, and Gan Ning stood beside the mast holding a halberd in one hand, looking coldly at all the beings on board.

The warship wailed again, the gap in the hull was getting bigger and bigger, more and more river water was pouring into the warship of the Han army, and the warship was sinking.

A rope floated from his side. Gan Ning stretched out his hand and easily grabbed the rope. Then he ran to the right and jumped onto the edge of the boat. Leaped back to his flagship.

Above the river, deafening cheers came from all directions.

Everyone saw that the flagship of the Han Army Navy was destroyed, and the warships of the Yiling Han Army Navy that were still fighting finally lost their remaining fighting spirit.

Most of the warships raised their flags and lowered their anchors, while a small number of warships on the edge of the battlefield had already set sail and fled.

Gan Ning stood at the bow of the ship, looking at the sinking flagship of the Han army.

Deng Long was stable, relying on the water fortress, so he had no way to expand his advantage these days. This time, he finally took advantage of the Yiling Navy's underestimation of the enemy, lured it out of the water fortress, and was able to annihilate it in one fell swoop.

Now he can finally lead the navy to seal off Yiling's river outlet, cut off its eastward route, completely cut off its supply, and at the same time rush to help the army that is attacking Yiling City.

The battle in Yiling was not as easy as imagined.

Yiling is surrounded by mountains on the west, north and south sides, the terrain is rugged, and only the east side is smooth.

The army led by Zhao Zhi was stationed at the foot of the western mountains, and Yiling City was built on a dangerous basis. Although Zhao Zhi had such a powerful weapon as a counterweight catapult, it was difficult to use his fists because of the terrain of Yiling.

Moreover, Yiling's defenders had an extremely tenacious will to fight, and they were well equipped with large shields and long spears. There were also many bed crossbows in the city, which greatly increased the difficulty of attacking.

Zhao Zhi even personally led troops to attack the city several times, but in the end he failed to capture Yiling.

Liu Biao also knew the importance of Yiling, so he arranged all the elites under his command in Yiling. The guard of Yiling City was Liu Biao's nephew Zhang Yun.

This time the Northern Expedition of the Han Army involved a lot. Liu Biao knew that the Yellow Turban Army would definitely launch an attack, so he naturally did not place all his hopes on the navy and dispatched many elite soldiers to Yiling. This is why Yiling has not been captured for a long time. s reason.

Although there are siege weapons such as counterweight catapults, it is still difficult for Zhao Zhi to open up the situation due to the terrain, and the most important thing is that the soldiers under Zhao Zhi's command are basically soldiers from Yizhou. Soon, it was far from reaching the strength of the main force of the Ming army, and its military equipment was relatively backward.

"Sail..."

Gan Ning raised the short halberd in his hand and was about to give an order, but he stopped when he reached his mouth.

But the short halberd in his hand froze in the air.

Gan Ning narrowed his eyes slightly, and the pupils in his eyes shrunk.

One after another, red flags were slowly rising from the distant river, and the sound of war drums rang in his ears.

"General..."

The faces of all the Ming army sailors around them changed drastically.

Gan Ning put down the short halberd in his hand, inserted it back into his waist, and took the binoculars from the hand of the adjutant beside him.

In the camera, warships densely covered the river in the distance, and countless red flags appeared in front of his eyes.

Above the flagship in the center hangs a fiery red banner with the word "Su" written on it.

Gan Ning's expression changed slightly, and he issued a military order in a deep voice.

"Sail down."

"Order the ships to burn the captured warships directly, don't miss them, and evacuate westward."

Gan Ning held the rope by his side with his hands, his eyes were cold.

The main force of Jingzhou's navy has arrived, and there are as many as a hundred ships in just a cursory sweep of the river.

The warships under his command are only more than [-] ships, most of them are small ships, and the number of them is not uniform. He has just experienced a big battle, [-] vs. [-], or even more, how can it be possible to win.

"Hoo--" "Hoo--"

A short whistle sounded, Gan Ning also put down the binoculars in his hand, the ship under his feet was turning around.

The enemy is far away, and it is still too late to turn around.

It's just that since then, everything he has done before has been in vain.

"Go back to the camp, send a fast boat to the outside of Yiling City, and inform Bing Beidao that reinforcements from Jingzhou have arrived..."

Gan Ning looked complicated, looked at the Han fleet in the distance, sighed, turned and walked towards the cabin.

It was time for the battle of Yiling to come to an end. Even if reinforcements from Jingzhou arrived this time, they had already lost the chance to capture Yiling.

……

Su Fei stood at the bow of the ship, looking at the river in the distance. At this time, he had already seen the warships of the Ming army navy, and also noticed the fleeing Yiling Han army navy.

"Put down the fast boat and go to meet the warship that our army has evacuated."

"Among the fleet, steer and red horse go first, force the enemy back, don't pursue them."

Su Fei is a general under Huang Zu's command. He naturally knew that it was impossible to catch up with the Ming army's navy from such a long distance, so he only gave orders to meet and expel them.

Su Fei noticed that the red flags were still flying above Yiling's water fortress, he knew that he had come in time, and that Yiling had not fallen into the hands of the Ming army, so he calmed down a bit.

It's just a pity that if the Yiling navy persisted for a while longer, when he led the fleet into the battlefield, he would definitely be able to bite off a piece of flesh and blood from the Ming army navy.

Su Fei withdrew his gaze, looked at the guard behind him, and said calmly.

"Send a message to General Huang that our troops have arrived outside Yiling City and have forced the enemy navy back."

……

Outside Yiling City, eight counterweight catapults were throwing stone bullets towards Yiling City not far away. The soldiers of the Ming army under the catapults were constantly busy, and teams around them were on guard. The armored soldiers are defending.

The Han army in Yiling City did not sit still. He sent troops to attack the Ming army's catapult positions several times. Although they did not capture them, they still posed a certain threat to the Ming army's catapult positions.

In the most dangerous time, the ballista of the Han army attacking with the team even shot at the bodies of two catapults, destroying their structures and making them unusable. Therefore, only eight catapults are still throwing stones. Ten catapults and two catapults can be repaired later, but it still makes Zhao Zhi feel heartbroken.

Zhao Zhi stared at the dilapidated walls of Yiling City with a gloomy expression.

This city blocked them too much time, he had already left thousands of corpses under the city, but he was still unable to take Yiling City.

The terrain in Yiling City was also uneven. Apart from the outer walls, there were also inner walls and arrow towers in the inner city.

Zhao Zhi didn't dare to move the counterweight catapult too far forward.

The counterweight catapult appeared for a long time, and it also revolutionized the tactics of the Han army. They began to make fast-moving bed ballista to restrict the counterweight catapult in the Ming army.

A rush of horseshoes came from the side, Zhao Zhi's expression moved slightly, and he looked to the side.

When he saw the three small flags on the back of the messenger who came to announce the message, his expression became even more embarrassing.

"Order the ministries to stop the attack, protect the catapult convoy and dismantle the catapult..."

Zhao Zhi looked at Yiling City not far away, although he was not reconciled, he knew that the correct choice should be said in a deep voice.

"Withdraw the troops and return to Zigui."

　First of all, I would like to say sorry to all the book lovers who are chasing books. During this period of time, my mental state and work and rest are not very good, and the quality has declined. I have adjusted it back in the past few days, and the subsequent chapters will definitely improve.Regarding the description of the territory and the system, it seems that the feedback is not good, so I will try to mention as little as possible in the follow-up.

　　
　
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