The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 850
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

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

Zhou Yu looked around and finally made up his mind.

"Turn the rudder to the left, fly forward!"

Zhou Yu drew his sword out of its sheath, faced the crowd, and said with emotion.

"If we win this battle, it will break the trend of hypocrisy sweeping the world. At that time, I will go to the capital, and in front of the emperor, I will personally ask for credit for all the lords."

Zhou Yu raised his sword in front of him, impassioned.

"If this battle is defeated, I, Zhou Yu, will go down to the underworld with all the lords, and I will never live!"

"Throw it into death and then survive, fall into death and then live."

"Raise the blood flag and blow the trombone."

"promise!"

Almost all the soldiers who followed Zhou Yu in battle were soldiers from Yangzhou, the children of the Zhou family.

How could they object to Zhou Yu's order to die?

The sound of war drums echoed in their chests like thunder, rekindling the fighting spirit in their hearts.

"kill!"

Just as Sun Ce moved to the left, Zhou Yu also led the main fleet to sail to the left.

At this time, a strong southeast wind was blowing, and Sun Ce and Zhou Yu led the fleet to turn the rudder to the left at the same time, just following the wind.

With the help of the wind at sea, the speed of the Han army's navy gradually increased.

Gan Ning's expression changed slightly, the sudden change of the Han army made him unexpected.

Originally, he only needed to hold off the attack of the two Han army fleets, and when the rescue fleet arrived, he would be able to trap many warships on this battlefield.

However, the vanguard fleet of the Han army suddenly rushed to the northeast again at this time, and their goal was the fleet that came to aid.

In this case, he had to rely on the three warships under his seat to attack the main fleet of the Han army head-on.

There are more than seventy warships under Zhou Yu's command, thousands of them, and he can only command three warships, with hundreds of people on only three warships, how can he win?

"Evacuate the battlefield."

Although Gan Ning was not reconciled, he had no choice now.

However, his goal has also been achieved. Now the main force of the Han army navy did not withdraw from the battlefield, but joined the battlefield, and it seemed that the retreat had been given up.

"Turn around again and get rid of all the Han warships near the cliff."

Holding a short iron halberd in his hand, Gan Ning commanded the soldiers under his command to take action again.

With only three warships, their strength is too weak to affect the situation of the battle.

The best way now is to return to the cliff sea area and liberate the other two warships.

Gan Ning took down the binoculars from his waist, and looked towards the cliff waters on top of the warship that was still turning.

The water battle in the cliff waters is almost over.

Because the Ming army took the lead, and Zhou Yu led most of the ships to evacuate.

The Han warships that were still capable of fighting were defeated one after another. When Gan Ning led the other two warships to leave, there were only seven warships left in the Han army.

Now on the surface of the sea, two more warships were on fire.

Four Han warships had fled the battlefield, and one of the Han warships ran aground directly on the beach.

Under the telescope, Gan Ning saw the soldiers of the Han army fleeing in a hurry on the beach.

On the beach, beacons are everywhere, and the beacon towers along the coast of Qingzhou have already discovered the naval battle taking place here.

Gan Ning put down the binoculars, looked back at Sun Ce leading the vanguard fleet of the Han army.

……

Xu An sat on the stern tower, watching the Han army sailors who were half sailed not far ahead.

The navy of the Han army is ready to fight, and the battle is imminent.

Just when Xu An was thinking about how to arrange the battle in the future, Tai Shici who was standing beside him interrupted his thoughts.

"Mr. Dao, the situation of the battle has changed. The main force of the Han army's navy was originally evacuated, but now it is coming to our side."

Xu An frowned slightly and looked to the right.

His attention was always on the front, but he ignored the situation on the two wings.

The main force of the Han army navy that had already evacuated came back at this time, and was heading towards them quickly.

"Mr. Dao."

Gongsun Kang has also come over at this time, and he has also discovered the abnormality of the Han army.

"The Han army seemed to be unable to escape because they were blocked from returning, and wanted to give it a go."

Although Xu An handed over the command of the fleet to Gongsun Kang, Gongsun Kang did not dare to make such a crucial decision alone, and still wanted to ask Xu An for his opinion.

"The main force of the Han army's navy is approaching our army. Why don't our army retreat temporarily, extend the distance, and encircle the Han army when our reinforcements arrive."

Xu An frowned slightly. There were about [-] warships in the northern Han army, and there were [-] warships under his command, which was a difference of more than [-] ships. If he just confronted him, he would be undefeated until the reinforcements arrived. .

However, if you add the more than [-] warships of the main force of the Han Army Navy, especially those obviously looking good warships in the forward fleet of the Han Army Navy, they will encounter three times their own forces at the same time. attack.

At that time, the Han army's human sea tactics alone will be enough to submerge the fleet under his command.

When Xu An was thinking, something that suddenly appeared in his vision made him make up his mind.

"Go ahead and defeat the enemy coming from the north."

"Daojun..."

"Our army's reinforcements have arrived, and they will arrive in a moment, why not fight?"

Xu An stood up, and just above the sea level in the distance, a large number of warships with ocher flags were galloping towards him.

Attacking at this time, it happened to flank the Han army navy in the north with it.

Moreover, it is actually too late to retreat now, and there is still a certain probability of being overtaken by the enemy when turning.

Of course, it is impossible for the Liaozhou to be caught up. After all, there are so many warships guarding it, but other warships are not necessarily.

It is difficult for a big ship to turn around, and the distance is not close at present, so the time to turn around must be won by the escorting ships.

"With Huang Tian's protection, we will definitely win this battle, so there is no need to be afraid."

Xu An knocked on the railing in front of him and said in a deep voice.

"I'm right here, waiting for your good news."

"promise!"

Gongsun Kang raised his hand to salute, and regained his calmness as the admiral of the fleet.

The reason why he was able to become the admiral of the fleet is not all because he is the son of Gongsun Du, he does not lack experience in naval warfare, let alone a big picture.

It's just that after Xu An boarded the ship, he disrupted his deployment and made him unable to calm down.

However, facing the enemy right now, many things must be put down.

Gongsun Kang left the poop and began to issue orders.

With the issuance of the military order, the command flag on the watchtower was continuously waved, and the ships guarding the Liaozhou also began to change their formation.

The formation ordered by Gongsun Kang is the most conventional assault formation, and it is generally the formation used by the vanguard on the river to break through the opponent's ship formation.

Naval battles in this era are different from modern naval battles with guns. There are no artillery and no firearms, so the formation of warships is relatively dense, and there is no need to occupy important positions.

The morale of the Ming army fleet is like a rainbow, the army formation is strict, and all ministries are ready for battle.

However, there was obvious commotion on the warships of the Han Navy Navy, and they also noticed strange changes on the battlefield.

But because of the distance, I don't know what happened. I just saw the Ming army fleet rushing towards them.

Their purpose was to pinch the fleet of the Ming army, how could they escape.

It's just that the closer they got, the more wrong they realized the situation was.

"Oh!"

Dong Xi slammed his hammer on the railing of the boat, and he finally saw the situation clearly at this moment.

He saw the retreat signal from the fast-approaching clipper not far away.

"The enemy has reached this point, now I will retreat with my life?!"

Dong Xi's face was gloomy, and he had no way to withdraw in the current situation.

He was a wolf before a tiger, so he couldn't allow him to think too much.

Dong Xi quickly boarded the poop, pulling the rope to stabilize his figure.

In the distance, the vanguard fleet led by Sun Ce has already engaged in battle with the Ming army's rushing aid ships, and the main warship led by Zhou Yu is also rushing towards them. After the fleet led by Zhou Yu, there are actually five more ships flying the yellow flag Ming warships.

Dong Xi frowned slightly. He knew that it was probably because of the five warships that Zhou Yu wanted to retreat and sent him a signal to retreat.

Just don't know why, Zhou Yu went back and forth, chose to return to the battlefield.

"Order the ships to disperse the formation. If the enemy wants to break through, then let them break through and entangle them. Don't confront them head-on."

Dong Xi didn't think much, and immediately issued a scattered military order.

The warships of the Ming army were tall and there were many armored soldiers. Although a fleet was dispatched to intercept Sun Ce, there were still more than forty warships. The flagship Xu An was on was like a mobile fortress on the sea.

The Ming army is invincible, the best choice now is to temporarily entangle Xu An, and wait until Sun Ce and Zhou Yu lead the fleet to arrive and besiege together.

Dong Xi scattered many warships to the two wings, but there were still many warships left in the center.

The formation of the Ming army is simple and easy to understand. They want to break through their formation and join the Ming army navy that is rushing to the north.

Naturally, Dong Xi didn't want the other party to get what he wanted. After all, what the enemy wants to do, then absolutely don't let him do it.

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

Among the ships of the Han army, the rumbling drums were also sounded.

At this time, the distance between the two sides was less than [-] paces, Xu An was sitting on the poop, and without binoculars, he could already see the warship of the Han army clearly.

"The ballista is ready."

Gongsun Kang stared at the Han army navy that was approaching rapidly ahead, and raised his right hand.

"Ballista ready!"

"The stone bomb is being loaded."

"The stone bomb is loaded!"

"Calibrating the angle."

"The angle calibration is complete!"

"Bow number one, ready!"

"No. [-] on the port side, ready!"

"Second position on the port side, ready!"

"Number one on the starboard side, ready!"

On the Liaozhou, one after another crossbows were loaded one after another.

The so-called ballista is actually an improved version of the torsion trebuchet at sea.

Using the torsion generated by two tensioned horsehairs, leather ropes or animal tendons as a power projection device, the crossbow arm is driven to drive the bowstring to projectiles.

The firing is performed through a torsion spring, and the source of the force is the two twisted horsehairs or animal tendons. As for the crossbow arm and bow string, they only play the role of support, load and fixation.

"Two crossbows at the bow, release!!"

The command flag was waved down, and the two ballistas placed at the bow of the ship suddenly let out their own roars.

Under the action of the torsion spring, the heavy stone bullets flew out of the slideway.

Not only the Liaozhou ship, but most of the warships of the Ming army were also equipped with ballistas.

For a moment, bullets rained down, attacking the Han warships that were close at hand.

In contrast, on the warships of the Han army, a large number of bed crossbows were activated at the same time, and they also violently attacked the warships of the Ming army.

The battleships of the two armies were in chaos, the warships in the front row of the Han army were severely damaged in an instant, and the situation of the Ming army fleet was not very good.

The stone bullets fired by the ballista can break through the deck and break the ship board, but the bed crossbow also has the same effect, but the power is slightly less powerful.

"The left side of the ship's plank is broken, the artisan team please go to repair it immediately!"

"Assemble the armored soldiers, assemble the armored soldiers!"

"The hook is ready, ready to be connected!"

"Bowmen free fire, rapid fire!"

"The impact is coming, hold on tight and wait for the impact!"

In the fleets of the Han and Ming Dynasties, officers at all levels screamed desperately, commanding the soldiers under their command to prepare for battle.

In the first long-range confrontation between the two sides, although the Ming army had the upper hand, the bed crossbows of the Han army also caused a lot of casualties and losses to the Ming army.

It's just that the Ming army with watertight compartments was even better. The bed crossbow shot by the Han army penetrated the ship's plank, but there was no way to overturn it.

However, the warships of the Han army without watertight compartments are miserable. An unlucky Han army warship has even begun to sink now.

The sailors on board were struggling in the icy sea water.

But now that the battle situation is chaotic, no one has time to rescue them.

"Bump them away!"

"All other ships can be let go, as long as the enemy's flagship is left behind!"

Dong Xi roared and commanded the soldiers, and sent a signal to the surrounding escort warships.

Right next to his ship, several Han warships equipped with rams passed Dong Xi, and rushed straight towards the Ming army vanguard warships coming ahead.

"Oh!"

The loud sound, separated by dozens of steps, is still deafening.

A warship of the Han army relied on its flexible steering, found the right angle, and slammed into a warship of the Ming army.

The huge impact force directly destroyed the bow of the Ming army warship that could not dodge, and the huge movement attracted everyone's attention.

However, the warship of the Han army did not continue to be able to run amok. Several stone bullets roared and hit the deck fiercely. On the warship of the Han army, a group of armored soldiers who had just assembled were shot The stone bombs happened to be concentrated, causing a large number of casualties in an instant.

The soldiers of the Ming army who were hit by the Ming army warship had already come to their senses at this time. First, the rain of arrows like locusts attacked, and then under the action of the ship hook, the sides of the two warships When they started to stick together, a dozen or so armored soldiers poured into the warship of the Han army along the bounded enemy.

The armored soldiers on the warships of the Han army also rallied and recovered from being attacked by stone bullets.

"kill!"

The two sides fought hand to hand without mercy.

The dripping blood immediately stained the deck above the warship.

And this fierce battle is just a microcosm of this great battle.

Just in the initial confrontation, four warships lost control and began to sink into the sea.

They have all suffered damage to varying degrees, and there is no way to recover them.

On the surface of the sea, the fleet led by Xu An was already engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the northern navy of the Han army led by Dong Xi.

　Temporary update today.

　　Dong Xi, character Yuan Dai.He is eight feet tall and has extraordinary strength.One of the twelve tiger ministers of Jiangbiao.

　　Sun Ce entered Kuaiji County and was appointed as a thief Cao.

　　Later Sun Ce attacked the Shanyin bandits Huang Longluo and Zhou Bo, and Dong Xi personally beheaded Huang Longluo and Zhou Bo, and was promoted to Sima of Biebu and Duwei of Yangwu.

　　In the fourth year of Jian'an (199), Dong Xi followed Sun Ce to attack Liu Xun in Xunyang and Huang Zu in Jiangxia.

　　In the eighth year of Jian'an, the Poyang thief Peng Hu and others led tens of thousands of people to rebel. Dong Xi was invincible and put down the rebellion in ten days.

　　In the thirteenth year of Jian'an (208), Sun Quan conquered Huang Zu. Huang Zu used two Mengchong ships to guard Miankou and fixed them with ropes. The soldiers on Mengchong shot arrows into the river. The arrows rained down, and Sun Quan's army could not advance.Dong Xi and Ling Tong were the vanguard, and each led a hundred dead men into Mengchong. Dong Xi personally cut the two ropes with a knife, so the army could advance, and finally killed Huang Zu.

　　
　
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