At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 802 The Battle of Hongze Lake
The sky wind blows, the dark clouds in the sky split open, and the hot sun leaks down, emitting thousands of golden lights, just like: dark clouds overwhelm the city, and the armor light opens to the golden scales of the sun.

Boom-boom-boom, boom-boom-boom, boom-boom-boom-boom!Woo!

The heavy war drums were beating, and the rhythm changed from slow to fast, faster and faster, more urgent, and louder, like a strong wind and rain, suddenly a low-pitched horn, Wu Jun's navy shouted to kill in unison, shaking the mountains and rivers, Countless warships rushed forward like arrows flying off the string, fighting to cross the waves!
--boom!

Suddenly there was a loud noise from a flagship of the Qi army, billowing thick smoke rose straight up into the air, and a shell roared out. Immediately, there was a bang on the water hundreds of meters away, splashing seven or eight meters high waves, The bow of a nearby three-story enemy ship was wet, and the Wu army officers and soldiers on board were covered with water.

The first shot, missed!
However, this power still made the officers and men of the Wu army on the ship tremble in fright. This is... what is it?
"Aim and shoot again, fire!" Yu Chigong's face was gloomy, obviously dissatisfied that the first shot missed the target, and he yelled sharply.

The gunners on the main battleships hurriedly adjusted the gun positions, and then lit the fuses. Immediately, an unforgettable scene appeared for the Wu army.I saw the [-] main battleships of the Qi army firing at the same time, and the [-] cannons roared one after another, boom, boom, boom, boom...

The sound of the guns shook the sky, and the thick black smoke shot straight into the sky. The artillery of this level can only be rubbish in modern times, and its accuracy and power are not worth it. But in ancient times more than 400 years ago, This is the existence of a magic weapon. I saw these solid shells whistling and falling into the dense fleet of Wu Jun. As long as they were hit, the big ship would be smashed through, and the small boat would be smashed directly. If it hit someone, it would immediately turn into a puddle. Rotten meat.

Boom boom boom...

The cannon fire raged, shaking the sky and shaking the earth, among other things, the terrifying explosion sound was enough to scare people. Wu Jun's morale was like a rainbow, but he was stunned by this wave of bombing, and the main battleship was hit. The two bows, one of which was pierced at the bottom, was sinking in the water, and the other three sentry ships were smashed and sunk. A Wu Jun drummer, who was struggling to beat the drum, was smashed to pieces with the drum, the visual impact Power is not generally terrible.

"My dear mother, what is this? Can the Qi army summon the sky thunder?" Le Botong frowned in shock, and everyone in the Wu army was even more frightened.

Seeing the morale was frustrated, Le Botong hurriedly shouted: "It's not thunder, it's the Qi army's firearms. Don't be afraid, everyone. If you rush over, the Qi army's firearms won't be able to hit us."

This Le Botong is quite knowledgeable, knowing that this is a firearm. After all, it is not the first time that the Qi army has used firearms in a war, but it is the first time to see a firearm that can hit such a distance.

"Kill! Kill!" Wu Jun's sailors rowed desperately, trying to get closer to the Qi army.

Boom boom boom...

The artillery of the Qi army showed its power for the second time after being loaded, and once again sank one of the main battleships of the Wu army, destroyed two fast boats and three sentinel ships, and the results were remarkable.

Originally, the accuracy of the artillery was not very good, but the opponent's fleet was too dense, and there was no need to aim. When the shells were fired, the probability of hitting them would naturally increase greatly.

Le Botong is in pain. The main battleship of the Wu army was only 200 bows. Two bows were sunk and one bow was damaged. The bow will lose seven or eight hundred combat power.

At this time, the distance between the fleets of the two sides was less than 50 meters, and the artillery was no longer effective due to the problem of the elevation angle. However, there were not only artillery on the Qi army ship, but also flying thunders, the kind of catapult, just think about Angry Birds. Yes, that's the kind of thing, and it's not only on the main battleship, but also on the Clippers.

So Wu Jun's warship was immediately hit by a wave of more intensive artillery fire. Unlike the solid iron balls of artillery, Feitianlei are not made of iron, but they are filled with gunpowder and will explode.

Whoosh, whoosh, I saw countless flying thunders flying into the sky with long lead ropes, and then fell into the dense fleet of Wu Jun, and then exploded to pieces, people turned upside down, Wu Jun on the boat fell into the water like dumplings, The loss was too great to count.

After two waves of bombardment by long-range artillery and flying thunder, the morale of Wu Jun's navy was completely wiped out, and even Le Botong, who was the chief of the navy, was scared to death. Nima, this is simply a blow to reduce dimensionality. How else to fight?
In traditional water warfare, the long-range attack methods are either archers shooting each other, or trebuchets throwing stones at each other. Moreover, these two long-range attack methods are targeted defense methods, such as rushing on a fast boat. There is a layer of cowhide tents. The soldiers hide in the cowhide tents, which can block most of the arrows and stones, but the Qi army is too ignorant of martial arts. The shells can fly hundreds of meters away. You can't stop it, the hot iron ball is knocked through by you in one go, and the flying thunder is even more abnormal, it can explode, how do you stop it?
Therefore, Wu Jun's naval division was hammered to the point of being powerless to fight back. Well, finally withstood two rounds of firearm attacks, and it was about to be close to hand to hand. Throwing earth mines in hand, bang bang bang...

The Wu army's navy was blown out of their wits, and another batch was killed or injured. Immediately afterwards, the Qi army's navy opened their bows and fired arrows frantically, but saw the sharp arrows pouring down like locusts, and they reaped another wave. Of course, Wu Jun's The archers of the army also responded, but Wu Jun's archers had already suffered a lot of damage in the previous waves of hits. At this time, the density of the arrow rain had been greatly reduced, and the lethality was naturally greatly reduced.

Boom, boom, boom, boom...

The battle drums of the Qi army finally sounded, with great excitement, twenty combat units rushed into the already scattered fleet of the Wu army at full speed, and launched the most tragic melee combat.

The main battleship is huge, with more than a dozen sticks on each side, which are specially used to deal with small boats, and can directly sink and overturn the opponent's small boats. I saw twenty main battleships of the Qi army, just like twenty Rampage like a centipede, overturning the enemy sentinel ships trying to approach one after another, the archers on the ship shot arrows from the windows on each floor, shooting and killing the enemies who fell into the water, and there were spearmen at the bow and stern of the ship, seeing When the enemy swims close, he pokes it to prevent the opponent from digging the boat.

The characteristics of the Mengchuan Clippers are fast, equivalent to cavalry, mainly used to charge and penetrate the defense. There are special sailors who are responsible for rowing desperately, and the spearmen and sword shieldmen on board are responsible for offense and defense.

Although the Wu army has suffered several waves of losses, but there are many warships, the number is still dominant at the moment, but the large number does not mean that it can fight. After the previous waves of attacks, the morale of the Wu army has long been destroyed, and the formation is chaotic. Basically, they fight independently, but the Qi army is different. The twenty combat units are tightly formed, well-organized, and go hand in hand.

I saw that the ten-headed fast boats were in charge of penetrating the defense, the main battleship then pushed flat, and the ten-headed sentry ships swam around to cut off the remnants. The division of labor was clear, and it was overwhelming.

Of course, the battle is still quite cruel, casualties are inevitable, and the Qi army also paid a lot of price. Many soldiers fell into the water and died, becoming the bones of Wang Tu's dominance. It is a true portrayal of the cruelty of war.

Yuchi Gongyong is the champion of the three armies, and he takes the lead in every battle, and this time is no exception. At this time, he jumped onto one of the opponent's main battleships. Hole, a shot swept across, broken tendons and bones.

As the saying goes, generals are not afraid of death, and soldiers are not hesitating their lives. With Yu Chigong as a general who is not afraid of death, the soldiers under his command are naturally desperadoes. Jumping onto the boat, he followed Yu Chigong in a frenzied charge. Soon, the main battleship of the Wu army was taken down. The captain of the Wu army who was in charge of the main battleship wanted to dive into the water to escape, but was stabbed to death by Yuchi Gong on the surface of the water.

The more Le Botong fought, the more disappointed he was, and finally he couldn't resist, and ordered to set up sails and flee south. Seeing that the flagship had escaped, the other ships of the Wu army also turned around and fled south.

Yu Chigong was able to kill, and ordered to chase after him with his tail biting. The arrows were like flying locusts, and the artillery fire continued, killing Wu Jun crying for his father and mother, causing countless casualties.

The navy of the Qi army chased to the vicinity of the exit of Hongze Lake in one breath, and then stopped the pursuit, and used artillery to send off the remnants of the navy of the Wu army.

After counting and cleaning, the Qi Army navy captured more than 300 bows of warships, large and small, and sank more than 200 bows. For an army of 5000 people, with such a loss, it is completely disabled!
Soon, the good news spread back to the rear army, and the whole army was elated and raised their eyebrows in an instant, and the losing streak some time ago was wiped out.

Gao Bufan couldn't help but secretly heaved a sigh of relief. In fact, he was under a lot of pressure. Pei Xingyan had been defeated by Wu Jun before, and the morale of Qi Jun was extremely low. If the navy loses, morale will definitely decline further, and it will be difficult to win in the future. After all, soldiers rely on vigor to fight. If vigor is lost, everything is useless.

Fortunately, Yu Chigong did not disappoint himself, and the power of the artillery has also been verified!

Soon, another good news came, Liu Heita took down Xu Cheng! ! !

Xucheng is located in the northwest of Hongze Lake. Once the Wu army's naval division was defeated, Xucheng became an isolated city. The Wu army's army spirit in the city was floating. Liu Heita surrounded the north gate, east gate and west gate and attacked fiercely, leaving only the south gate. If they didn’t attack, the Wu army in the city escaped from the south gate in a panic. Liu Heikai immediately led his army to pursue them, and they chased them until they were near Xuyi County before withdrawing their troops. A large number of horses and food.

Finally, the little-known old Liu began to emerge. Gao Bufan ordered the whole army to be rewarded, and the morale of the Qi army continued to rise.

(End of this chapter)