Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1361 The Battle of Chaisang IX

The morning sun is slowly rising, and the sun is getting stronger and stronger, shining brightly on the entire Pengze Lake.

Ming army, board the Violent Bear.

Zhuge Liang was wearing a battle armor, a sword at his waist, and a cloak. He was standing at the highest place, holding a telescope in his hand, adjusted the distance, and looked around carefully.

He had already seen the enemy warship that appeared two miles away.

The Ming army with binoculars has more than just a little bit of advantage on the battlefield. Now Zhuge Liang has fallen in love with the Hongdu Institute of Science and Technology.

It looks like a gadget, but it can exert infinite power in war.

"It's not too late for them to come!"

Zhuge Liang breathed a sigh of relief.

This was expected, but he was also worried about an accident, so his heart was always tense.

"General Zhonglang, shall we fight now, or withdraw our troops?"

A school lieutenant stepped forward and asked with hands clasped.

"No withdrawal, no war!"

Zhuge Liang ordered, and said: "Order the left and right warships, form a front and rear column formation, do everything possible to avoid their attack points, do not fight back, focus on defense, and delay them as much as possible. Wu Jun's strength cannot be much larger than ours. I believe that it is also the same now." When they are short of troops, at this time, if you pester them, maybe there will be a different change!"

At this time, he is not unable to fight.

But joining the battle meant little to him. After all, whether he wanted to eat this part of the reinforcements, or to disable the main force of the Wu army in the encirclement, it would require a huge price to pay.

This is what he doesn't want to see,
His task is not to waste time with the main force of the Wu army on Pengze Lake, but to delay time, and then come to a golden cicada to escape its shell, so that it is in line with the Ming army's combat intentions.

"promise!"

The warships began to mobilize one by one.

Although the Ming army's water army has already approached the Wu army's water army in terms of equipment, even the Wu army's water army surpassed in terms of ordnance, whether it is a long-range attack or a close combat, it has an advantage in ordnance.

But in terms of main combat effectiveness, the Ming army's navy is still inferior to the Wu army's navy.

Whether it's the array, the way of fighting on the water, the control of the warship, the reaction to the battle, in all aspects, in terms of experience, they are far inferior to the elite of Wu Guo's water army.

This is a short board.

The Ming army can train the main force of the navy capable of going to the battlefield, but if you want to polish an elite team, you must go through countless battles on the battlefield before you can become a real elite.

"attack!"

General Zhu Zhi of the Wu army stood on top of a battleship, and the warships beside him were already speeding up. He looked at the Ming army warships that had already occupied Liangxikou in front of him, and ordered directly.

"Archer, get ready!"

"Bed crossbow, go!"

"Trebuchet, get ready!"

"kill!"

At this time, the wind changed somewhat. Wu Jun's warships were sailing with the wind, and the impact was very fast. First, they attacked with long-distance weapons, covered the warships approaching, and then charged.

If they forcibly fight, they are confident that they will be head-to-head.

But their attack was staggered by the Ming army.

The warships of the Ming army, with the Violent Bear as the center, carried out tactical evasion, that is, the warships evaded, turned the rudder, and avoided the impact of the Wu army's warships left and right.

It just doesn't fit the meaning of Wu Jun fighting head-on.

However, the warships of the Ming army were still connected back and forth, firmly occupying the place at Liangxikou, and did not allow the Wu army to directly occupy this place.

In this way, it will naturally become a entanglement battle.

"Cunning thief!"

Zhu Zhi gritted his teeth, the first round of charging failed to achieve results, as the saying goes, the momentum is like a tiger in one blow, then declines, and exhausts in three, this kind of momentum is not often available.

But hitting the cotton with such a direct punch is useless at all.

"Ministries, freely start a battle with the Ming army!" Zhu Zhi gritted his teeth and ordered: "We must break through their entanglement and meet Ling Cao's main warship!"

The string battle is a kind of water tactic. After the warships of both sides approach, they will charge and defend like land. Whoever can break through the enemy's warship will be considered as the winner.

This kind of battle usually starts when the warships of both sides have been broken and entered into a messy engagement when it is at its most intense.

Now Zhu Zhi took the lead in the battle.

"Battle of strings?"

Zhuge Liang narrowed his eyes slightly, with a look of coldness in his eyes: "Since you want a hearty battle, I will give it to you!"

This is definitely the only advantage of the Ming army.

Because the Ming army is good at land battles, the battles fought between the strings are the closest to the mode of land battles. This is the biggest advantage of the Ming army.

"kill!"

"Block!"

"Establish a shield!"

"Cross the boat!"

"Children on the boat, line up!"

The string battle is definitely the bloodiest battle among the water battles. As long as the warships approach, they will immediately launch exploits and defenses like a storm.

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When Liangxikou started, it was located between Liangxikou and Yangtze River Estuary.

Ling Cao's warship had withdrawn from the attack on the mouth of the Yangtze River. After all, the Ming army's warship suddenly appeared behind him and occupied his rear, which was definitely not a trivial matter.

At this time, Ling Cao was even more worried about whether the Ming army would attack them and make them fall into a pincer attack.

In this case, even if the Ling Cao Department can fight out, it must suffer heavy losses.

"The scouts continue to investigate!"

Ling Cao attacked all night last night, but he didn't dare to look tired. Now that he is surrounded, if the army's morale is even a little bit turbulent, it must be in danger.

"promise!"

"General, let's break through!" A school lieutenant said, clasping his hands.

"How to break through?" Ling Cao asked.

"Get out from Liangxikou!"

"What if the main force of the Ming army at the mouth of the Yangtze River comes here?" Ling Cao said coldly, "We won't be able to get out, and we will be confronted with enemies from both sides. Wouldn't it be that we are in a desperate situation!"

"But it's not a problem for us to wait like this!"

"Trust the governor!"

Ling Cao said in a low voice: "Once Liangxikou is occupied by the Ming army, the governor will not sit idly by!"

His voice just fell.

Some scouts came back: "Report to the general, there is a battle at Liangxikou. Our warships are attacking Liangxikou from behind. The blockade of Ming army ships at Liangxikou has been torn apart!"

"The governor's reaction is really fast!"

Ling Cao's eyes lit up, and he said: "Pass down our military order. After the first battalion is terminated, the rest of the troops will immediately attack Liangxikou, break the encirclement of the Ming army, and engage with our warships!"

"Yes!"

The Ling Cao Department rushed over from the north wing, it was already noon, and Lieyang was at its highest rising time.

"General Zhonglang, the main force of the Wu army has broken through from the mouth of the Yangtze River, and it is less than three miles away from the northern wing of our army!"

"It seems that they are also aware of the danger!"

Zhuge Liang smiled coldly. Although he had no intention of besieging and killing Ling Cao, if this Wu army really continued to storm the Yangtze River Estuary, then he would not be polite.

As the saying goes, the meat delivered to the bowl is not for nothing.

"withdraw!"

Zhuge Liang's strategic goal has been achieved, and the next step is a tactical retreat. He said in a low voice: "All the warships have withdrawn to the northwest, and the Violent Bear will stay behind to prevent the enemy from pursuing!"

The attack capability of the Violent Bear is the strongest in the entire Violent Bear Navy, and a warship already represents the combat effectiveness of a battalion.

"Yes!"

The Ming army reacted quickly, and when the northern and southern divisions of the Wu army were about to join forces, they quickly withdrew from the Liangxikou position.

In the afternoon, Zhu Zhi and Ling Cao successfully joined forces.

Facing the warships of the Ming army, they were naturally unwilling to let them withdraw from the battlefield like this, so they started the method of chasing and fighting fiercely, trying to sink the main warships of the Ming army.

At this time, the main warship of the Ming army, the Violent Bear, which had been serving as the headquarters, began to show its powerful combat capabilities.

"All trebuchets, ready to launch!"

"Left rudder full!"

"The archer on the right is ready!"

"attack!"

On the Violent Bear, it was the first time for Zhuge Liang to feel the combat effectiveness of this large ship. After meeting each other, at least five warships had been sunk.

"What a scary building boat!"

"Our bows and arrows can't hurt them at all!"

"It's so huge, it's hard for us to deal with it!"

The generals of the Wu army felt a kind of despair in their hearts. Facing this huge building ship, they could only be beaten and had no ability to counterattack.

"withdraw!"

Zhuge Liang saw that it was almost done, so he ordered to turn the rudder and retreat.

Faced with the violent speed of the Violent Bear, all the troops of the Wu army, even the battleships that searched for it, did not have the courage to charge up directly, and could only watch the Violent Bear withdraw.

"How about your casualties?"

With a gloomy face, Zhu Zhi asked Ling Cao.

"Not big!"

Ling Cao shook his head, and looked far away to see that terrifying high-rise ship of the Ming army away. He also had high-rise ships, but not only in terms of speed, scale, and combat effectiveness, but all of them were inferior. He could only say helplessly: "It's a failure!"

"This is the end of the matter, let's go back to see the governor first!"

Zhu Zhi said in a low voice.

"Ok!"

Ling Cao nodded. There was no point in turning around and attacking at this time. The enemy had already breathed a sigh of relief. If he wanted to take the Yangtze Estuary, he would at least repeat the attack he made last night.

At present, the morale of my subordinates is low.

When Zhu Zhi and Ling Cao's troops withdrew from the battlefield.

This day is almost at the end again. The two days of fighting have made both sides look a lot tired, and even the main battlefield has begun to calm down.

The Ming army began to concentrate its main force, and the main warships lined up on the river with mighty momentum, threatening to counterattack. At this moment, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin were under too much pressure and were forced to retreat five miles.

Night began to fall.

Between the two sides, a line of confrontation was drawn on the river, and a state of truce was temporarily entered.

The main camp of the Ming army.

Zhuge Liang wiped the cold sweat off his forehead. The day finally passed without any surprises or dangers. Although he knew that the strategic purpose might not be hidden, he had already delayed enough in terms of time.

Now that Wu Jun has not come out to fight him in full force, it proves that the general of Wu Jun, Zhou Gongjin, who is known as Jiangdong Beauty Zhou Lang, has not been able to confirm his strategic intentions.

At this time, time is very important.

It mainly depends on Zhang Yun. If Zhang Yun successfully takes down Zongyang, he can withdraw.

"The whole army rests!"

Zhuge Liang ordered: "The seventh battalion is in charge of guarding, and the rest of the battalions must recover their strength as soon as possible!"

"promise!"

The ministries take orders.

In the middle of the night, a ship came north and entered the main camp of the Chinese army. The messengers boarded the Storm Bear and met Zhuge Liang.

"Taking Zongyang, good, great!"

It was a surprise.

I thought it would take three days.

Now it only takes two days for Zhang Yun to win, and the time is a little looser, which gives enough time for Zhuge Liang to make arrangements.

Next, how he should get out of the golden cicada's shell is a big problem...

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But at this time, the atmosphere in Wu Jun's main camp seemed a little gloomy.

Since the day before yesterday, during the two-day and one-night battle, the Wu army seemed to overwhelm the Ming army, but in fact it failed in the battle, and did not test out the strategic purpose of the Ming army.

Zhou Yu had a guess, but the guess needed to be proved. The generals didn't really believe Zhou Yu's guess, after all, it was too wild.

"Captain, I think your guess is pretty close!" On the contrary, Lu Xun fully approved Zhou Yu's guess.

"why?"

"In yesterday's battle, the Ming army easily gave up Liangxikou, and the soldiers at the Yangtze River mouth on the north wing had no intention of going south to besiege General Ling Cao's headquarters. This has already proved that this is the Ming army's encirclement of Wei and rescue of Zhao!"

Lu Xun analyzed and said: "The Ling Cao Department was surrounded, but it was not the main battlefield that was saved. Facing the attack of Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, their main battlefield was not very favorable to resist, but it was not in jeopardy. They took such a risk. , it should be the Ming army at the mouth of the Yangtze River that was saved, and it was the mouth of the Yangtze River that was saved!"

"But there is always one thing, it doesn't make sense!"

As the chief general, Zhou Yu's guesses are often military orders. Even if he has doubts, as long as he gives an order, no one will dare to disobey. Wu Jun's military regulations are also strict.

The reason why he hesitated was because he couldn't convince himself to believe in his own judgment. After all, on the battlefield, how to judge is not important, what matters is decision.

Once his guess is true, it means that the Ming army is looking for death.

why?

Or the Ming army really thought that they could break through Jianye City and the capital city of Wu State, which is too absurd.

"I think it's normal just because it doesn't make sense!" Lu Xun thought for a while, and responded to Zhou Yu's words, saying: "The Ming army should have intentions that we can't guess, and this intention will just lead them to go north. Are you looking for death? Let’s not say anything else. The warships of the Ming army are probably not simple, not just their combat power. During the battle, I found that our warships are generally not as fast as the warships of the Ming army. This will become a fatal flaw. !"

"speed?"

Zhou Yu's pupils changed slightly.

After a while, he took a deep breath and said: "No matter what, we can't continue to attack now. Our army's morale is low, and the damage caused by the fight is too great. I have re-blocked the north entrance of Chaisang. Unless the Ming army breaks through, Otherwise, they are already surrounded by us, I want to see what tricks they want to play!"

Sometimes it is morale that needs to be taken into account. After this battle, the Wu army did not suffer much damage, but because of the unfavorable attack, the morale was damaged a little bit.

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The next day, early in the morning.

Early in the morning, the drums of the Ming army sounded, and the counterattack against the Wu army officially began. The main force was fully dispatched, and warships lay across the river, attacking the formation of the Wu army in an all-round way.

The Wu army responded to the battle in a timely manner. The two sides formed an evenly matched force, one with strong troops and one with fierce morale.

Because the strength of the Ming army's attack was not too fierce, it just guaranteed a long-distance attack mode.

The battle lasted for half a day.

Beginning in the afternoon, the warships of the Ming army began to withdraw, returning to the northern border of Pengze.

Wu Jun also withdrew his troops.

The fight did not continue all afternoon, and at night, both sides became even more restrained.

But the next morning.

When Wu Jun was about to counterattack, he found that the Ming army had already disappeared...

"Damn!"

Zhou Yu was driving the warship and looking at the empty Pengze Lake, there was a gloomy look in his pupils: "It's just a mistake, let them take advantage of the loophole!"

"Captain, the scouts have discovered that the main force of the Ming army is already fifty miles away from the mouth of the Yangtze River. They have been withdrawing since the middle of the night!"

"Chase!"

(End of this chapter)