The Conquest of the Three Kingdoms

A sense of revenge and resentment that will stagnate has begun to permeate his young face.

Looking sideways, the huge fleet, the [-] elite North Korean soldiers, and the mighty military spirit gave Jin Tian great confidence.

"Gao Shun, let you be more scheming, let me see how you can stop my [-]-dollar attack, hmph~~"

A feeling of arrogance welled up in Jin Tian's heart.

While thinking about it, the fleet had approached the enemy camp within a few miles.

Jin Tian's eyes suddenly focused, he drew his sword fiercely, pointed at it fiercely, and shouted sharply: "Send the order, the whole army will attack, and break through the enemy's camp in one fell swoop—" The rumble of war drums soared into the sky, and the horns The sound overwhelmed the rolling waves of the river, and a huge fleet of more than a thousand warships, large and small, began to advance towards Beicang Chuying on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

According to the previous reconnaissance, Jin Tian learned that Gao Shun also had [-] infantry and navy troops and nearly [-] warships under his command.

Jin Tian originally thought that in order to block the army's attack, Gao Shun would choose to use all his infantry and navy to block the river with all his might.

The current situation is that Gao Shun's hundreds of warships, [-] infantry and sailors are all huddled in the Beicang camp, and they dare not face his army's attack head-on.

Gao Shun's shrinking tactic added to Jin Tian's arrogance. He knew that Gao Shun knew that the infantry and navy were invincible and did not dare to fight head-on, so he had to adopt the defensive tactic.

The enemy's fear made Jin Tian ambitious, so he urged the former army under Jin Hu's command not to hesitate to attack the enemy camp immediately.

The [-] Korean army under Jin Hu's command is the elite of the elite of the Korean army, and nearly half of them are veterans who followed Jin Tian's father to fight the civil strife in North Korea.

In addition, Jinhu has hundreds of battleships, and there are countless rushing and walking boats.

After the flagship's order was conveyed, Jin Hu led his former fleet, set up an attack formation, and advanced towards the enemy in Beicang.

In the Beicang water camp, Gao Shun had already made preparations.

Seeing the enemy ships approaching the camp, Gao Shunsui ordered the crossbowmen to shoot random arrows when they were about [-] paces away.

The sound of drums suddenly sounded, and thousands of crossbowmen lined up on the boats and trestles let go of the crossbows that had been tightly held for a long time.

Amidst the humming sound, thousands of sharp arrows flew out of the string, and with the momentum of piercing the wind, they rushed towards the oncoming enemy ship like endless locusts.

The Koreans on the warship had been prepared for a long time, and the sword and shield players on the deck hurriedly raised their wooden shields to resist the rain of arrows.

The crossbowmen hid under the female wall on the side of the ship, while avoiding the attack of enemy arrows, while watching the gap.Shoot arrows at the enemy camp to counterattack.

After the first round of volleys, the crossbowmen of the Chu army on the shore began to aim at the enemy ships at will and shoot freely.

The sound of "swish" piercing the air even overshadowed the sound of the war drums, and the flying arrows flowed with cold light, interweaving into a net in midair.

In the rain of arrows.The sound of screams came from time to time.North Koreans were constantly shot by arrows, some fell on the deck, and some fell into the rolling river, and were quickly swallowed up without a trace.

In terms of the number of archers and crossbowmen on both sides, they are basically equal, but the effects of the arrow attacks of the two armies are quite different.

The crossbowmen of the Chu army on the shore can aim at the enemy safely and securely.Open the bow and release the arrow with ease.

However, the Korean crossbowmen on the ship, because of the shaking of the ship, greatly weakened the accuracy of shooting.

At the same time, the crossbowmen of the Chu army lined up on the shore, and they could all join the battle, while the Koreans on the battleship.But they could only focus on the bow of the Chu army to shoot arrows. In this way, they were more likely to be killed by the Chu army's arrows.

The difficulty of attacking camps in water warfare is almost as difficult as that of attacking cities.

As the North Korean warships approached, the lethality caused by the Chu army's arrows increased exponentially. When Jin Hu's fleet approached a hundred paces, he had lost nearly 700 soldiers.

"General. The enemy's arrows are very dense. Our army's advancing speed will cause too much loss. Why don't we speed up and rush into the enemy's stronghold!" Deputy General Jin Bao shouted.

Jin Hu lowered his brows and said, "Gao Shun still hasn't used the Liannu. I guess he must be lying on the edge of the water camp. Our army is so eager to rush into the enemy camp. Once we land, we will be hit by the enemy's Liannu. , don’t be impulsive.”

"But--"

When Jin Bao was still waiting to speak, he suddenly heard a rapid and sharp sound behind him, like a sharp arrow.

He turned his head sharply, but saw a blue light coming, and a soldier beside him hurriedly raised his shield to block it.

But there was a tearing sound of "噗", the iron arrow that struck was so powerful that it easily pierced the wooden shield, not only piercing the soldier's chest, but also the strength of the arrow passing through the chest was not lost. , Actually shot through another soldier behind him.

Amidst the screams, the two soldiers howled like grasshoppers being strung together and rolled to the ground together.

That iron arrow was the iron arrow from the copper ballista. Its strong penetrating power was enough to pierce through the sharpest shield in the world, let alone a mere wooden shield.

Before the golden tiger and the golden leopard were astonished, the second and third iron arrows, as if they had eyes, kept attacking the flagship where the golden tiger was.

With such terrifying lethality and such a high hit rate, it was the first time in Jin Hu's life that he saw such a powerful crossbow bolt.

In order to avoid being hit by misfortune, Jin Hu could only retreat again and again, hiding on the side of the boat.

At the water camp on the north bank, Gao Shun, who was stationed on horseback to watch the battle, looked at the thirty or so crossbow carts that were firing guns not far away, and a sneer could not help but appear on the corner of his mouth.

Thirty ballistas with long range, high lethality, and high accuracy were specially prepared by Gao Shun from Xiangshan as a gift for the flagship of the North Korean army.

If ordinary crossbows and even crossbows are ordinary rifles and machine guns, this ballista can be regarded as a sniper rifle in the era of cold weapons.

Once upon a time, Gao Shun used the strong crossbow force to easily break through the shield formation of the Jizhou soldiers, but now he has to use the accuracy of the crossbow force to snipe the flagship of the North Korean army from a long distance.

More than [-] crossbow carts roared away with iron arrows several feet long. How could flesh and blood bear the terrible lethality.

On Jinhu's flagship, screams could be heard endlessly, and soldiers were continuously pierced by iron arrows in pairs, and even those soldiers who hid in the cabin were shot through inconceivably.

Facing such a powerful crossbow arrow, the upper deck of Jinhu's flagship quickly became a mess. Neither the crossbowman nor the flag bearer dared to show their heads, and could only squat or lie on the deck. Keep your body as low as possible to avoid being penetrated by the powerful crossbow.

The flagship was in chaos, and the rest of the North Korean warships that were attacking themselves immediately began to show signs of instability.

"General, the enemy's crossbow arrows are too powerful, and they seem to be aiming at our flagship, what should we do now?" Jin Bao cried out in a panic.

Jin Hu looked up at the arrows attacking all over the sky, frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Such a strong attack is not an option. Send the order quickly, let the whole ship retreat, and regroup for another battle."

Jin Leopard hurriedly climbed up to the upper deck and conveyed Jin Hu's order.

The command flag bearer had no choice but to take great risks, wave the command flag desperately, and convey the order to temporarily retreat to the ships.

When the order was issued, the ships quickly turned around as if they had received an amnesty, and quickly withdrew from the area covered by the Chu army's arrow rain.

Gao Shun, who was watching the battle from the shore, saw the enemy ships start to retreat, so he didn't waste a single arrow, and immediately ordered to stop the arrow attack.

As the rain of arrows subsided, Gan Ning, who commanded the infantry and navy, and the deputy commander, who commanded the dry army, rode forward one after the other, both with excitement on their faces for repelling the North Korean army.

"General, the enemy is about to retreat, why not take advantage of this opportunity to order the infantry and navy to attack and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop." The lieutenant shouted excitedly.

"Xingba, what do you think?" Gao Shun turned his attention to Gan Ning. After all, Gan Ning has the most say in water warfare.

Gan Ning glanced at the direction in which the enemy ships were retreating, "Although the Koreans retreated, their formation was not in disarray at the end. It seems that the Jinhu in command is quite capable of commanding the troops. Even if our army attacks, it may not be able to succeed." Defeat the enemy. However, if the general wants to attack, the general must do his best."

At this time, Zhang Bao said: "Jin Tian used Jinhu as the vanguard, and half of the warships under his command have not entered the battle. The general guesses that Jin Tian must have the intention of luring our army to attack. According to the general, It’s better to keep a stable camp, and to remain unmoved is the best policy.”

Zhang Bao's analysis won Gao Shun's heart, and Gao Shun immediately ordered all the battalions to continue to be vigilant, not to order or not to attack.

In the middle of the river, the North Korean fleet, which had reorganized its formation, finally took a breath from the hail of bullets.

When Jin Hu returned to the bow of the ship, he saw a large number of corpses lying on the deck, and there were still many soldiers on the ship's wall, who were nailed to the wooden wall by the iron arrows of the Chu army. .

Seeing the plight of the soldiers, Jin Hu's face was gloomy, and he gritted his teeth, "Gao Shun, a bastard, has such a sharp weapon, it's really hateful."

"General, the enemy's arrows are too sharp. I'm afraid it will be difficult for our army to break through the enemy's arrow net. This battle is not easy." Jin Bao said worriedly.

Jin Hu stood on the bow of the boat holding his sword, his face, which was also no longer young, was as heavy as iron, and his brows were fixed in thought.

In a fierce arrow battle, although no force was used, Jin Hu was already soaked in hot sweat.

At this time, the wind suddenly picked up, and the wind from the river blew past him, which only shocked him and shivered.

"The south wind is blowing..."

Jin Hu turned around, enjoying the comfort of the river wind caressing his face, a gleam of joy suddenly flashed in his eyes.

"The wind came at the right time, breaking through the enemy's camp at this very moment."

Jin Bao was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized, and couldn't help showing surprise.

Jin Hu turned around abruptly, rekindled his fighting spirit, and said sharply: "Quickly pass on the order, and order all the ships to prepare to release the fire boats."

The order was issued, and a boat full of firewood and kerosene was quickly driven from the rear to the front.

More than thirty fireships were soon arranged in front of the entire fleet.

The North Korean army had made full preparations in advance for this large-scale attack on Beicang, and the light fire boats carried fifty or sixty ships with the army.

Now that the south wind was getting stronger, the experienced Jin Hu keenly seized this opportunity and planned to take advantage of the south wind to launch a fire attack on the Chu camp on the north bank.

A quarter of an hour later, the reorganized North Korean fleet, led by thirty ships filled with inflammable materials, began to re-attack the Chu camp on the north bank by taking advantage of the wind.

On the flagship, Jin Hu stood proudly, with vengeful flames gushing out from his sunken eye sockets.