Gou writes entries in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 106
"Is it this kind of fighting ship that sank our fighting ship?" Although Cheng Pu had a hot temper and loved to drink, he was worthy of being a battle-hardened veteran, and he immediately saw something was wrong.

"Reporting back to the general, there are five fighting ships like this, all equipped with ramming horns at the front."

"Looking at the shape of this ship, it is obvious that it was modified for impact. The hull is long and narrow, which can make the ship go faster, and the front can withstand stronger impact force."

Cheng Pu immediately analyzed the characteristics of the ship.

"No!" Cheng Pu suddenly slapped the side of the ship, "This ship is coming towards the building ship."

While Cheng Pu was speaking, he could see the speed of the fighting ship in the distance reaching its peak, and could faintly hear the whistle coming from the ship.

Although the building ship is stronger than the fighting ship, if the opponent's fighting ship is specially designed for collision, then your own building ship may not be able to withstand it.

"Send two fighting ships to intercept them quickly." Cheng Pu shouted loudly on the ship.

The two fighting ships next to the building ship came out in response and turned towards Liu Xuan's fighting ship.

Only this time, they were prepared and no longer collided with Liu Xuan's battleship at maximum speed.

Instead, he rushed over at a slight angle, so that he could avoid the collision angle of Liu Xuan's battleship and hit the battleship from the side to force him to stop on the opposite side.

Liu Xuan stood at the bow of the ship, facing the strong river wind, and ordered to the helmsman behind,

"Ignore the fighting ship, maintain the speed of the ship, and hit the building ship."

The person at the helm at the rear was the centurion from the Tiger Camp. At this time, he fully understood Liu Xuan's thoughts and controlled the battleship to continue moving forward.

The fighting ship was less than a hundred meters away from the building ship, and the two fighting ships coming to intercept from the opposite side had also arrived at the designated position.

Liu Xuan looked at the intentions of the two fighting ships opposite, and couldn't help but feel a little thump in his heart.
The opponent is worthy of being an elite naval force, and he has a lot of research on the method of rushing into formations.

The two fighting ships formed a figure of eight, one on the left and one on the right, and rushed towards Liu Xuan's fighting ship.

The distance between the two bows is less than two meters, which can not only avoid the attack of the collision angle, but also block the path of Liu Xuan's battleship.

Moreover, because the two ships were traveling diagonally, their hulls blocked the passage for more than ten meters in front of them.

If Liu Xuan's fighting ship wanted to avoid it, it would have to go around ten meters, and the speed of avoidance would be reduced.

Liu Xuan knew that if he slowed down now, he would not have a chance to get close to the building ship. There were more than a dozen escort warships on the opposite side.

There is nearly two meters of space between the two fighting ships intercepted on the opposite side. It is the best opportunity to rush out from here.

The only challenge is not to get stuck in the opponent's hull when rushing out of the interception.

After thinking for a moment, he turned around and said to the helmsman,

"Keep charging, I will deal with the enemy ships."

"Yes!"

The helmsman of the Tiger Camp will only obey Liu Xuan's orders unconditionally.

The fighting ship made a long collision angle and rushed between the two enemy ships.

Liu Xuan knelt down on the boat, holding the Ruyi Dragon Spear horizontally in his hand.

Keep your eyes on the incoming ship,

The river wind roared and the whistle roared.

Jiangdong's two fighting ships and Liu Xuan's fighting ships finally met.

five meters. . .three meters. . .one meter. . .

The front end of Liu Xuan's fighting ship has sailed into the middle of the two enemy fighting ships.

The collision angle was avoided by the enemy, but the hull was about to be jammed by two enemy ships.

At this moment, Liu Xuan's deep voice came.

"long!"

"short!"

As Liu Xuan's voice fell, a magical scene happened.

I saw two enemy ships suddenly swinging their bows outwards and turning outwards with their hulls.

The originally narrow opening instantly became more than four meters long, forming a four-meter-long passage between the two ships.

The fighting ship under Liu Xuan's feet passed through the two Jiangdong fighting ships without any obstruction, and continued to hit the building ship rapidly without slowing down.

Liu Xuan looked at the Ruyi Dragon Spear in his hand and raised the corners of his mouth.

As expected of being made from the scales of a candle dragon, Ruyi's dragon spear is astonishingly hard.

At the moment when the three ships met, Liu Xuan ordered the dragon gun Ruyi Dragon Spear placed across the bow of the battleship to be extended to more than four meters in an instant.

In an instant, the bows on both sides of the ship were pushed open.

Then immediately shorten it to prevent the inertia of the two battleships from pushing forward the Ruyi Dragon Spear.

At that moment, Ruyi's Dragon Spear was like a suspended spring.

The bows on both sides of the ship instantly bounced away,

Let Liu Xuan's fighting ship rush through the channel that was opened.

"What?" Cheng Pu, who was on the boat, looked at this scene and his eyes almost fell into the river.

"What happened just now? Why were the two battleships suddenly bounced away?" Jiangdong soldiers on board the ship thought in disbelief.

But the remaining time was too late for Jiangdong soldiers to think carefully. Liu Xuan's fighting ship was already less than 50 meters away from the building ship.

At this distance, even if the fighting ships guarding the building ship wanted to intercept it again, it would be too late to speed up.

Cheng Pu on the boat said secretly: "It's over."

Then, there was a "boom".

The ship shook slightly.

The entire collision angle of the long and narrow fighting ship almost penetrated into the belly of the building ship.

It's like a nail driven into tofu.

A hole the size of a washbasin was dug below the waterline of the building.

"Back off!"

Liu Xuan commanded.

The helmsman will control the battleship to retreat slowly.

As the collision horn was pulled out, the river water gurgled into the hole.

A sharp cry came from above the building,

"Seal the damaged cabin and conduct emergency rescue!"

For a huge warship like a building, the cabin below is not a whole.
Instead, it is divided into several small cabins, and each cabin can be enclosed.

This is because they are afraid that if the cabin leaks, it will affect the entire building.

As long as the damaged cabin is completely sealed, even if this section of the cabin is flooded, the ship can still continue to move forward until it returns to port for repairs.

Liu Xuan's fighting ship retreated from the fighting ship and turned around to go far away. The steam engine continued to output at full power, and the fighting ship's speed slowly increased again.

"Stop him, stop him at all costs!" Cheng Pu shouted sternly on the boat.
"Archer, shoot me."

He could see that Liu Xuan's fighting ship accelerated again, and its target was still the building ship.

The turning speed and sailing speed of the building ship are not comparable to those of the fighting ship. Without the escort fleet to expel the building ship, the building ship is a slow-moving target.

"General, there are enemy ships coming over there too." Cheng Pu was directing, and the voice of the lookout on the side came from the mast.

Cheng Pu ran to the other side and looked around, and saw four identical long and narrow fighting ships moving at full speed, rushing towards the large ship in four directions.

It turned out that after Liu Xuan's other four fighting ships rammed and sank their opponents, they also accelerated again and rushed towards the building ship.

Their target is naturally this building ship.

"Send out everyone to intercept the enemy ship. Come up with the stern and stern, hit it with me, and use the hull to stop the enemy ship from charging!"

Cheng Pu finally panicked. Liu Xuan's fighting ship just now easily pierced the side of the building. Looking at these four fighting ships, they have the same shape as before, which means that they can also easily penetrate the cabin of the building. plate.

If four holes were dug by all four fighting ships, it would be completely impossible to save it.

Cheng Pu shouted to the helmsman: "Turn around and move forward at full speed."

But it's not that easy for a huge ship to turn around and escape.

Liu Xuan's fighting ship also completed its acceleration and charged together with the other four fighting ships.

A dozen fighting ships of the Jiangdong Navy and hundreds of stern boats all rushed towards the five fighting ships in a swarm.

"Puff~" A stern blocked the Liu Xuan battleship with its hull sideways, but was hit from the middle by a hard ram.

The collision angle of three to four meters long directly penetrated the ship, and the ship was smashed into two pieces. However, Liu Xuan's fighting ship only slowed down slightly, and then was pushed forward by the huge thrust of the steam engine.

"Bang~" The collision angle penetrated into the cabin of the building ship again.

"Boohoo~" The archers on the boat fired wildly downwards, but Liu Xuan had already hid in the cabin.

The only helmsman standing outside was also blocked by several soldiers with shields.

"Bang bang~~" There were two loud noises again, and the ship shook.

Two holes appeared again in the cabin. One of the holes was broken because it was connected to the ship's ribs. A one-meter-high hole stretched from near the waterline to below the water surface.

The huge water pressure caused the river water to rush into the cabin.

There are four large holes, located at different parts of both sides of the ship.

At this point, no matter how hard you close the hatch, it won't help.

The building ship was still slowly escaping into the distance, but the waterline of the ship's hull was getting closer and closer.

Everyone knows that this building ship cannot sustain Qu'a.

Liu Xuan's five fighting ships used their speed advantage to throw away the Jiangdong fighting ships.

Liu Xuan did not allow the pursuit. The opponent was also a fighting ship and had already prepared. It would be difficult to hit the enemy fighting ship again.

After all, the other party's boat operators are still more experienced than those on Liu Xuan's side.

Jiangdong's fighting ships and stern ships also chased the building ships in the distance.

The building ship is about to sink, and there are still two to three thousand Jiangdong soldiers on board who need to be rescued.

Liu Xuan stood on the bow of the ship and watched the building ship in the distance sink slowly, and finally the entire hull was submerged under the water.

Liu Xuan won this battle completely.

Guangling, County Sheriff's Mansion.

Cheng Hu came to report the military situation.

"My lord, the Jiangdong fleet was defeated and retreated to Ruxukou. A large ship sank. The commander-in-chief Cheng Pu was punished by Sun Ce with twenty military sticks, and he was stripped of his position as commander."

"But the river is still blocked. This time, Sun Ce, with Navy Commander Zhou Yu as commander, led forty fighting ships to patrol along the river."

"Our army sent ten fighting ships to fight. Unexpectedly, Zhou Yu was prepared this time, and iron plates were added to the bows of the fighting ships. Moreover, this time Jiangdong Navy was an elite in water warfare, and their ship maneuvering skills were much better than our army. .Our army did not ram and sink the enemy ship, but was sunk by one."

After Cheng Hu made his report, everyone present fell silent.

"How did our warship get sunk?" Liu Xuan asked.

It stands to reason that these ten fighting ships are all newly built steam engine-powered ships, and their ship speed and power are much superior to ordinary fighting ships.

Even if you can't fight, it's still okay to run.

Cheng Hu said: "Our army was ambushed by Zhou Yu on the river. Zhou Yu attacked with twenty fighting ships and surrounded our fighting ships from all sides. Our helmsman made a mistake and was picked up by an enemy ship."

"The brothers on the ship were besieged and killed by several times the enemy. They were outnumbered. Before the whole army was annihilated, in order to prevent the enemy from capturing our fighting ship, the brothers self-destructed the ship and sank into the river together with the fighting ship."

When Cheng Hu said this, he couldn't help but look sad in his eyes.

The soldiers on this fighting ship are all the elite of the Tiger Battalion.

All dozens of people died in the battle, which really made Cheng Hu sad.

Liu Xuan punched the table and said, "Jiangdong Navy cannot be underestimated."

"I just regret that our lieutenants are not familiar with water warfare. If this continues, even if our warships are powerful, we will not be able to guarantee victory."

Cheng Hu said: "My lord is right, water warfare is no better than land warfare. Without suitable boat operators, soldiers will not be able to exert their combat effectiveness at all."

"But now all the good boat operators and experienced sailors along the river have been recruited by the Sun family in Jiangdong, and the rest are all with Liu Biao in Jingzhou. How easy is it to recruit enough sailors in a short period of time?"

Liu Xuan frowned.

Since taking control of Guangling, Liu Xuan has issued recruitment orders to recruit sailors, boatmen, helmsmen and the like.

But with little success.As he said, Guangling did not pay attention to the development of the navy before, so experienced sailors went to Jiangdong to find jobs.

The rest are ordinary people. Although they can drive ships, they cannot control warships.

"My lord, perhaps right now, there is only one person who can quickly help my lord recruit naval forces and naval generals."

Jia Xu's calm voice came from behind.

Liu Xuan was overjoyed. Jia Xu was a steady man and had never let him down.

"Mr. Wenhe, who is he? Where is this person?"

Jia Xu stroked his beard and said with a smile:
"This person is in Guangling City, to be precise, in Guangling County Mansion."

Liu Xuan frowned in thought, and suddenly his eyes lit up,
"Gan Ning?"

"Exactly!" Jia Xu said, "This person was captured by the Lord and General Lu and is being held in the county prison."

"Yes, Jinfan thief Gan Ning, why didn't I remember it?" Liu Xuan patted his thigh.

Gan Ning was a thief who traveled across the river. From Jingzhou to Yangzhou, no one could subdue him.This shows its water fighting ability.

And Gan Ning must have many river bandits under his command. As long as he can surrender to him, it will be okay to recruit boat handlers and sailors.

At this time, I heard Lu Bu say: "I'm afraid Gan Ning will be difficult to subdue. We have been arresting him for more than a month, but this guy is very stubborn. First, he refuses to surrender, and second, he refuses to confess. If the lord hadn't allowed him to be tortured, I would have had to Let him have a taste of my power."

"Gan Ning is a Jiang bandit. Logically speaking, he is only after money. Even if he is not for money and wants fame and wealth, he will not go against his master wholeheartedly." Jia Xu said,

"My lord has a lot of money, and he is the Queen of Huaiyang, a clan member of the Han Dynasty. If he wants to gain fame, surrendering to the lord is the best way. Since he chooses none of these paths, the reason behind it becomes clear."

Jia Xu said, his eyes focused, "Gan Ning, someone took advantage of him and had to go against us."

Hearing this, Liu Xuan nodded, "Wen He is always very accurate in judging people. Your analysis is also reasonable. I also asked Zhao Liniang to investigate. Gan Ning is a narrow-minded person. Although he is a Jiang bandit, all he does is robbery. The business of helping the rich and helping the poor. He has never done anything wrong to the common people, so he can be regarded as a hero on the water."

"This time, when we went against us, we only killed officers and soldiers, and intercepted civilians. I didn't let the jailers use torture because of the rare talent."

Jia Xu smiled and said: "Since my lord has this intention, how can I not plot something for my lord as a counselor?"

After saying that, he gave a salute and said, "My lord, please come with me. Today, I will conquer Gan Xingba."

(End of this chapter)