Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 775 The battle is stalemate

The moment Lu Meng heard the other party's trumpet sound, he knew he had been tricked.

Although he had been on guard before, the hundreds of ships on the opposite side were parked crookedly. It really didn't look like a fleet was in formation. They were so crowded together that they couldn't even move out of the formation. Wasn't this just letting him be his own prey?

Therefore, Lü Meng judged that these ships were equipped with fire starters, and the purpose was to lure his own fleet aboard. Therefore, Lü Meng seemed to be sailing at full speed, but he was actually holding back.

Seeing that there were people on board, Lu Meng did not panic. He immediately gave the order to spread the fleet into a semicircle and surrounded the enemy near the dock, making up his mind to block the enemy inside the dock.

What happened next was exactly as Lü Meng expected. The boat was sailing against the wind. Before it sailed one mile out of the port, it encountered the leading ship of Lü Meng's army. The two sides were crowded together and could not break through at all. Instead, they were hit by arrows from Lü Meng's army. Ya was forced to step back.

Lu Meng saw the opponent's ship slowly retracting, and the ships were crowded at the dock. He couldn't help but feel proud. No matter what tactics you use, how can you turn the world upside down in this situation?

At this time, Lu Meng suddenly discovered that the enemy's warship at the front began to raise planks to hang on the wall to block the arrows. His own arrows were shot on the opposite planks, and they were all inserted, unable to cause effective damage at all.

Lu Meng was a little confused, and then he laughed dumbly. Is this a trick arrow?

When the two armies are facing each other, do you still want to take advantage of this small advantage when I dare not board the ship to attack?

He was about to give the order, but then hesitated.

He really didn't dare to take the risk at this time!

If the other party installs fire starters on the ship and his soldiers board the ship, wouldn't that be playing into the opponent's hands?

Thinking of this, Lu Meng had a toothache. Over the past year, he had followed the battle in Jiangxia and enriched his knowledge of water warfare. However, the more he knew, the more he worried.

Also the more.

Moreover, when attacking Huang Zu, the opponent often used tactics such as ambushes, but the battle was relatively straightforward.

However, the ferocious tiger navy in front of him was full of weirdness and completely deviated from common sense. Lu Meng was not sure what he was thinking.

After Lu Meng thought for a moment, he slowed down the offensive of his own archers and only looked for enemy soldiers to shoot. At the same time, he first sent several large ships to approach, preparing to wait for opportunities to board the ships and fight to detect the enemy's strength.

As a result, as soon as the hundred or ten soldiers on the building boarded the ship, they were met with a fierce counterattack from the opposite side. They suffered heavy casualties on the spot. Lu Meng's flagship was close, and he could clearly see that there were elite soldiers on the ship from the opposite side!

He was relieved now. The other party was afraid that the water force would not be able to do it, so they fought positional warfare on the water!

Thinking of this, Lu Meng ordered the soldiers to put on rockets and shoot directly at the opponent. Since you don't use fire attack, then I will use fire attack!

The southeast wind was blowing at the moment, and the rockets quickly fell into the fleet on the opposite side. The soldiers on the opposite side began to run out to put out the fire, and threw the rockets that fell on the deck into the water.

At first Lu Meng didn't take it seriously, but later he gradually realized something was wrong.

After the other side retracted into the port, all the sails were put in. Without the sails, it was difficult to catch fire elsewhere. Occasionally, a few rockets hit the wooden planks and started a fire. The other side also kept a lot of buckets on the deck. Then it was destroyed.

Seeing how well-trained the opponent was, Lu Meng realized that the opponent must have done something wrong. Thinking about it, Lu Xun and Tai Shici were both proficient in water combat. He could not get away with his luck!

Lu Meng gritted his teeth and wanted to make a final decision. In the end, there was no way to start a boarding battle. However, he observed that he might not be able to defeat the other party if he boarded the ship!

First, the spears and halberds on the opposite side are specially made and are longer than the standard weapons on Jiangdong's side. Second, the outermost side of the building ship opposite is higher than that of Jiangdong's ship, making it difficult for Jiangdong's army to board the ship. Third, It has an opening at the back and is connected to the ships at the back. Soldiers will be added at any time.

Lu Meng suddenly thought of a land battle tactic, car formation!

They just surrounded the chariots and blocked the more flexible cavalry in the area, preventing the other party from taking advantage of it. How similar are the situations between the two sides now?

Lu Meng told himself that he must calm down. Now is not the time to rush forward. He must think of a countermeasure before taking action, otherwise he will only be led by the enemy!

As a result, the offensive at the dock was at a stalemate. Lu Meng was not in a hurry, but Zhou Yu, who was in the Chinese army, could no longer watch.

Because Lu Meng himself is fine, but Cheng Pu and Dong Xi are already in danger!

Zhou Yu calmly sent out two Chinese fleets, one to assist Lu Meng in landing the dock, and the other to assist Cheng Pu in finding other landing places.

The bridge built by Cheng Pu was burned down again. Seeing that Dong Xi's soldiers were only a few miles away, but were blocked by the swamp and could not retreat, they couldn't help but panic. Some people lost their heads and tried to trek through the swamp, but ended up leaving. Halfway through, it got stuck in the mud and slowly sank, with screams coming one after another.

Cheng Pu was furious as he watched on the boat. He had no skills, but he had no way to go ashore to fight. He could only watch Dong Xijun being eaten away bit by bit.

There was a whistling sound in the air, and a fist-sized stone fell a few feet away from him, making a dent in the deck. The general on the side saw it and quickly advised: "General, take cover first, the enemy's catapult is overcoming it." Hit it farther and farther!”

Cheng Pu slapped the side of the ship hard, "You want me to just watch Dong Xi be killed?"

"If I go back, won't I be ridiculed by others?"

"This trebuchet can only throw stones of this size, which means it is at its limit. They can only throw stones of this size for several miles!"

"This is actually them threatening us. How much death and injury can this kind of stone cause?"

"Don't worry, keep sending boats to build bridges until we can bring people back!"

Zhuge Liang stood on the columbine, using a telescope to observe the situation of Cheng Pu and Dong Xijun in the distance, and sighed: "Although this thing is small, it is extremely useful. Compared with Liang's little plan, it is simply useless." It’s so generous to make people laugh.”

Yuan Xi smiled and said: "There is no need to belittle oneself as a military advisor. This is not what I did. Maybe I have a lot of wisdom from my predecessors."

Zhuge Liang took out a rocket, lit it and let it fly into the air. Looking at the exploding fireworks, he said: "The subtlety lies in the cooperation of the two." "Being able to understand the enemy's situation that is not visible on the battlefield and respond immediately, It has never happened before.”

"No wonder Shijun has been unfavorable on the battlefield in the past few years. If Liang can no longer gain the advantage like this, it will be unreasonable."

"Jiangdong Army's formation has now been shaken, and the rest depends on some luck."

Zhou Yu looked at the anxious parties and felt vaguely uneasy. He had just received news that the person entangled with Jiang Qin on the left side of the bank was Xu Huang, the general of the Youzhou Army.

Zhou Yu has also studied this person. He is extremely good at long-term battles. The longer he fights, the greater his resilience. He is an extremely difficult figure in the Youzhou Army.

His most famous battle was his previous raid on Wancheng with Yuan Xi, which entangled most of Cao's army including Yu Jin. Therefore, when Zhou Yu heard that Jiang Qin was fighting against this man, he immediately ordered Han Dang to land immediately to help Jiang. Qin.

Although Han Dang is also a veteran, he is lower-profile than Cheng Pu, and Jiang Qin has a good relationship with him, so he has no reason to save him. Therefore, after receiving Zhou Yu's order, he immediately found a place to land. Fortunately, there is no swamp on the west bank, so Han Dang is very happy. He quickly found a suitable place to go ashore and personally led his troops to rescue Jiang Qin.

Facts proved that Zhou Yu's judgment was extremely correct. When Han Dang's soldiers arrived, Jiang Qin was already in danger.

On the one hand, Xu Huang led no fewer troops than Jiang Qin, and they had a complete range of arms and skilled coordination. The Jiangdong soldiers were already weak in land battles, not to mention the Youzhou soldiers who fought dozens of battles a year. When the two sides fought, Jiang Qin's army Then step back.

On the other hand, Jiang Qin saw that the situation was critical and immediately rushed out to meet Xu Huang's attack. However, his force was not as strong as Xu Huang's. The two sides fought for dozens of times, and Jiang Qin gradually fell at a disadvantage.

Xu Huang is also a little unexpected here. When he came to Yuan Xi's command, he fought hard battles, so he focused on defense. Now he has more soldiers and stronger combat power than the opponent. How could he have fought with such a wealthy man? During the battle, he took the opportunity to cover up the killing and made Jiang Qin's army miserable.

At this moment, Han Dang arrived with his men. Seeing that Jiang Qin was in danger, he immediately shouted and stabbed Xu Huang with his gun.

When Xu Huang saw it, he cursed in his heart, wondering if he had been cursed. He thought he would have a big victory this time, but in the end he still had to deal with the opponent's reinforcements, right?

But his original goal was to hold back Jiangdong's army as much as possible. Now that Jiang Qin and Han Dang were dragged here by him, it was obvious that he had successfully achieved his goal. Xu Huang immediately ordered his soldiers to form formations to entangle Jiangdong's army.

Over there, after Lu Meng learned of Zhou Yu's order, he knew that he could no longer delay. Now both sides were being held back by the enemy. The key point of the battle was already on his forward side.

Zhou Yu's order is to find a way to land as soon as possible, control the dock, and then go to the east bank to attack the enemy and wait for an opportunity to rescue Dong Xi!

Lu Meng looked ahead, sighed, and began to let the warship press forward with all its strength.

As a result, as soon as the fleet approached, a pile of rocks crackled on the shore.

Lu Meng was almost hit by a stone. Only then did he realize that the opponent had hidden trebuchets. He couldn't figure it out. Zhou Yu's order just now said that there were also trebuchets along the way to attack Dong Xi. When did the opponent build so many and why? Shipped here?

He had no choice but to order his soldiers to evade and attack Yuan Xi's military ships. At the same time, he felt fierce in his heart. He could only abandon some of the ships and light them on fire, burn all the ships at the dock, and then land from the side!

Zhou Yu continued to receive battle reports from three directions. What made him depressed was that the three parties had been tightly entangled by each other so far, and no one had made significant progress.

And it has been a full day of fighting now!

The two sides started fighting in the morning. Zhou Yu thought he could see the results quickly. If the opponent was defeated by him, or he would retreat if the battle was unfavorable, after all, a water battle at night would be too dangerous.

However, the attack was so intense that Zhou Yu was unable to attack and reluctant to retreat.

He looked towards Lumena and saw that it had finally begun to set fire to the ship, and took advantage of the southeast to send the fire ship to the dock.

Yuan Xijun's ships at the dock burst into flames, and the soldiers on them began to retreat one after another.

Zhou Yu couldn't help but nod. Lu Meng still knew the overall situation, but this decision was still a little late. It would have been better if it had been made earlier.

It will be completely dark in half an hour. How will I make a decision then?

Moreover, Zhou Yu felt a little uneasy. Yuan Xi's army was not incompetent as a naval force. On the contrary, its generals on the water were also very strong. They had Lu Xun in literature and Tai Shici in military affairs. Although there were fewer people, they might not be at a great disadvantage if they were to attack his side. However, the two of them have not appeared on the battlefield so far. Is there something wrong?

But he didn't know that there were several special buildings hidden in a small, shady harbor on the west bank of Chao Lake.

Taishi Ci saw that the sky was about to get dark, and two rockets rose from the horizon in the distance, so he knew that the time had come.

　More updates tomorrow and the day after tomorrow

　　

　

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