Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 68
The next day, above the river.

Hundreds of warships of the Wu army, large and small, stood horizontally on the river, with flags covering the sky and a great momentum.

On the other side of the Wu army's warship group, there is a larger Chu army's warship group.

There are all types of warships such as large wings, middle wings, small wings, sudden rises, building ships, and bridge ships, all of which can be used for water warfare!
At this moment, Shen Yinshu, the general of the Chu army, was standing on the tower of a large ship, looking at the menacing Wu army warships in the distance.

He suddenly noticed something strange in it, and couldn't help frowning!
"General, order the attack!"

The generals around him all asked for a fight.

"No, there's no rush."

Shen Yinshu waved his hand and said, "I wonder if the second and third sons have seen the strangeness of these Wu Kingdom warships?"

"Strange?"

Mi Ji and the other generals were taken aback for a moment, then took a closer look, and after careful scrutiny, they really noticed the clues.

"The general wants to say, but although Wu Jun's boat division is large in scale, it lacks the characteristics of large wings and large ships?"

"good."

Shen Yinshu slightly nodded and said: "As we all know, the strength of Wu's winged boats is no less than that of our Chu's, and it is more powerful in the world! Now the second and third sons have seen that Wu's army has very few buildings and wings, and it is far inferior to our Chu's army. , why fight?"

"This……"

All the generals of the Chu Army couldn't help but nodded when they heard the words, expressing their agreement.

Mi Ji looked even more suspicious, and asked, "General, is it possible that the Wu army is deceitful?"

"Mostly so."

Shen Yinshu murmured: "Under the whole world, the only country that can compete with our Chu country in the boat division is the Wu country. Now that Qingji dares to fight with so few buildings and wings, there must be some of them. Strange!"

"What the general said is true. However, the general thinks that there is another possibility!"

Mi Ji frowned and said, "Now that Wu is surrounded by enemies and the country is facing a crisis, it is reasonable for Qingji to be unable to mobilize so many warships at a time, and eager to reinforce Chenzi."

"Of course."

Shen Yinshu also thought of this.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

At this moment, a burst of war drums full of chilling air suddenly sounded.

The warships of the Wu army moved quickly, rushing towards the opposite Chu army's boat division in a cone formation.

"Fire arrows!"

After the enemy's warship entered the range of the bow and arrow, Wu Jun's archers immediately opened their bows and set their arrows. After a "click", they drew their bows like a full moon.

Following the order of a general in front, one after another of the powerful arrows suddenly shot upwards like locusts passing through the border, and then fell on the deck of the Chu army like hail!
"Snatch it!"

"Pfft!"

"Uh ah ah ah!"

The rockets shot by Wu Jun's archers are extremely penetrating. Whenever they hit an enemy, the latter will always howl and run away with his head in his arms.

Under the bombardment of rockets all over the sky, even if they didn't hit the Chu soldiers, they could still be inserted on the deck of the warship, causing flames.

What made Chu Jun's heart shattered even more was that Wu Jun's arrow rain after round was all rockets, and when they shot on the sails of the warship, they immediately ignited a big fire!
"Quick! Put out the fire!"

"Counterattack!"

"Fire arrows!"

After the Chu army was not long, they reacted, sent some soldiers to put out the fire, and sent archers to shoot against Wu army.

Their targets are all animal skins, canvas or other fabrics on the masts of enemy warships, that is, sails!

As a last resort, the warships of the Wu and Chu armies during the battle could only furl their sails, and began to rely on the oarsmen to row hard to push the warships forward.

"Order! The big wings are in the center, and the bridge and boat cover, kill them!"

"promise!"

After receiving Qingji's order from the king, the flag bearers standing on the tower immediately stretched their arms and quickly waved the flags in their hands.

Through this semaphore, Wu Jun can convey general orders more quickly and carry out the next move of the troops!
It is worth mentioning that Wu's warships are divided into four categories: large wings, middle wings, small wings, sudden mao, building ships, and bridge ships.

Among them, the big wing is "one foot five feet two inches wide, twelve feet long, and twenty-six guest soldiers... ninety-one of them".

The three wings are sharp weapons in river battles in Wu's country, and the big wings are the most powerful weapons. The ship is long and thin, has many oarsmen, and is fast. It is a fast warship.

A dash is an attack warship with a bow horn.

The building is tall and tall, and it is the capital ship in water battles!
Bridge boats are small warships in water battles. They are flexible and brisk, and they often take the lead in water battles.

In addition, there are magnificently decorated building boats for the kings in the state of Wu, which are the flagships in water battles!
Qin and Jin in the north also had their own boat troops, but they were far inferior to those in the south.

The most advanced technology of an era is always used in the military for the first time, and the same is true for ships.

As early as the Shang Dynasty, ships were used as a means of transportation to suppress rebellious slaves, and "King Wu attacked Yin and first came out of the river, and Lu Shang was a general, and used forty-seven boats to help the river."

At that time, ships were used for war, mainly to transport troops and food, and did not directly engage in water warfare, and most of them were temporary requisitioned civilian ships, and there were no special warships.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, the wars for hegemony and mergers among the vassal states expanded from vast land to vast rivers, lakes and seas, and warships, the main battle equipment for water warfare, developed rapidly.

At this time, the four countries of Wu, Yue, Qi, and Chu, which leaned on the river and the sea, all established huge "boat divisions", which were the earliest naval forces to appear in history!

Among the countries, the warships of Wu State located in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River are the most famous.

Not to mention the large-winged warships, the length of Wu's large-winged warships has reached more than [-] meters!

Compared with civilian ships, warships are fast, with strong hulls and protective facilities, such as low walls, fences, and battle grids. Some hulls are covered with leather or nailed with bamboo pieces.

The main warships are generally taller than civilian ships, such as building ships with three or four floors!
But frankly speaking, although the development of warships in this era is relatively fast, they are still in the initial stage of exploration.

The warships of ancient Egypt, Persia, Phoenicia, Greece and other countries in the west were born several centuries earlier than China, and they developed rapidly.

Compared with the Western warships of the same period, there is a certain gap in the tonnage and navigation performance of the ancient Chinese warships.

If there is an opportunity, Qingji must consider strengthening Wu's boat masters and innovating navigation technology.

"kill!"

At this time, the two armies of Wu and Chu were fighting under the circumstance of flying rockets.

A large number of warships began to approach, laying long ladders, and the soldiers began to fight each other.

"Shh!"

A Wu pawn swung his sword and wounded the enemy, bleeding profusely, but the latter still endured the severe pain and fell into the river with the Wu pawn, staining the river red with blood.

Some soldiers of the Wu army did not engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy, and they all threw stones and logs at the Chu soldiers not far away, causing considerable casualties to them!

The water warfare in the Spring and Autumn Period was so simple and crude.

(End of this chapter)