Soldiers come to the world

At this time, thirty soldiers untied the ropes tied to the deck and pulled out a long, thin and strong wooden pole. This is also a new type of warship weapon of the Jiangxia Navy, called the clapstick.

That is to say, when the two ships intersect, the big ship will drop a long pole and use its own falling force to hit the opponent's warship. harm.

This kind of wood with special requirements could not be found in Jiangxia, but Dow Commercial Bank searched for this kind of wood for a whole year, and finally found a kind of wood in Yuzhang County. The wood is delicate, very heavy, and extremely tough, bent into a semicircle Not folded, the wood is slender and straight, very suitable for use as a racket.

The racket rod is about six feet long and weighs more than a thousand catties. One end is fixed on the boat. It is usually placed horizontally and tied to the deck. When attacking, it is controlled by a rope. There is also a special wooden slot to prevent the boat from being hurt when it falls. In fact, it is a weapon for close combat on warships, practical and sharp.

When the Sui Dynasty conquered the Chen Dynasty in the south, the Sui Dynasty's navy used this racket to sink countless warships of the Chen Dynasty, destroying the Chen Dynasty's navy in one fell swoop.

In the chaos, the two ships passed each other with a distance of only ten feet. Chen Shuo was very anxious and shouted anxiously: "Defend with shields!"

The distance is too close, and it is very easy to be attacked by Jiang Xia's army throwing fire oil. In the chaos, dozens of Jingzhou sailors raised their shields and quickly formed a shield wall on the ship's side.

At this moment, a soldier shouted in horror, "Get out of the way!"

As soon as Chen Shuo raised his head, he was frightened out of his wits and saw a thin and long black shadow hitting his head. Many soldiers stumbled and fled in fright, only listening to "Boom!" ' With a loud noise, the heavy racket rod hit the deck, the hull couldn't bear such a heavy blow, and a big crack cracked on the top.

Chen Shuo was pulled away by a soldier in time, and fell heavily on the deck. Only then did he see clearly the terrifying object in front of him. It was a long black wooden pole, six or seven feet long, and the other end was on the other side's big ship. .

There was a rope on the long wooden pole, and it creaked and stood up again. Chen Shuo was shocked. He knew what was going to happen, and he didn't care about the soldiers, so he rolled and crawled towards the stern.

Just after running a few steps, the racket rod was slammed down again, with a strong force, and there was another loud noise. The warship could no longer support it, and only heard the continuous sound of 'click! 'The sound of breaking, the crack continued to the bottom of the ship, and a large amount of river water poured into the hold.

Chen Shuo had already run to the stern, when there was another loud noise, this was the third blow, the big ship shook violently, and tilted high, Chen Shuo fell heavily, when he turned his head, he was so shocked that his heart stopped. It has been broken in two.

The soldiers fell into the water with screams, and the broken part of the hull sank into the water, causing the two ends of the ship to tilt up, and Chen Shuo rolled down. He grabbed the side of the ship, shouted, and jumped into the river with all his strength.

When a ship sinks into the river, it will cause a huge vortex, which will drag people and objects around it into the bottom of the river. Chen Shuo knew this very well, so he paddled desperately and swam to the shore desperately.

It was almost dark at this time, and the half-dark twilight shrouded the river.

The victory and defeat on the battlefield were already divided. The main ship of the Jingzhou Army was broken into two pieces by the pole and gradually sank into the bottom of the river. Lit, and fled to the Jingzhou Army Water Village in chaos.

Jiang Xia's army dispatched more than a dozen small boats to search for Jingzhou navy soldiers who fell into the water on the river. There were cries for help everywhere on the river, and they were all rescued by Jiang Xia's small boats one by one.

More than [-] soldiers of the Jingzhou Navy witnessed this battle. Except for exclamation, there was silence at this time. The burning ship on the river was particularly bright under the night, and gradually began to sink. This scene made everyone feel heavy. However, timidity and depression spread like plagues in the army, and morale was very low.

Zhang Yun's mood became extremely heavy. In addition to kerosene, Jiang Xia's navy also had a long-pole heavy-hitting weapon, which was even sharper and unbelievable, but he really saw it. With three blows, the warship was broken.

In this kind of water battle, even if he has ten times the warships and troops of the opponent, he may not be able to defeat the opponent. Zhang Yun couldn't help sighing, and for the first time, he felt remorse in his heart.

At this time, a military marquis rushed forward and asked Zhang Yun for instructions: "Report to the captain, it's getting dark, will the navy continue to fight until dawn?"

Zhang Yun shook his head, "There is no need to confront, pass my order, the rear team will change to the front team, and the fleet will return to the water village."

On the river, the Jingzhou navy began to retreat slowly. Liu Jing stood on the big boat and watched the Jingzhou boats retreat. At this time, Li Jun got on the big boat and knelt down on one knee to salute, "Your subordinates give orders to the prefect!"

Liu Jing praised him and said: "You fought very well, and your timing was very accurate. This battle will be your first achievement."

"Thank you prefect!"

Li Jun hesitated and asked again: "The morale of the Jingzhou army is low now, can we take advantage of the situation to attack and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop."

Liu Jing shook his head, "They are not the enemy army, our enemy is Zhang Yun alone, defeating them now is like destroying valuables at home, I don't want to do that, I'll do it according to the original plan, Jia Yun got involved ?"

"Reporting to the prefect, Jia Junhou pretended to be an escaped soldier and fled ashore with Chen Shuo."

A sneer appeared on Liu Jing's face, "Then it's time for me to go ashore, and the navy will be handed over to you!"

"Subordinates obey orders!"

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The Jingzhou Army Water Village uses a natural lake. The water village is located in Yinan Lake, more than ten miles south of Yicheng County. This is a medium-sized lake with an area of ​​about [-] hectares, connected with the Han River.

The mouth of the lake is about [-] feet wide, and dozens of large ships can be paralleled. Usually, there are three iron cables blocking the mouth of the lake, and foreign ships are not allowed to enter. Quietly parked in Yinan Lake.

The military camp is on the shore, covering an area of ​​nearly [-] mu and consisting of more than [-] large tents. It is located on the north bank of Yinan Lake. It is a family member of a navy officer.

In the night, the iron chain blocking the mouth of the lake was lowered, and one after another warships slowly sailed into Yinan Lake. The big ships docked one after another, and the sailors disembarked one after another.

Many soldiers didn't even eat lunch, and it was getting late, they were already hungry, and rushed to the barracks one by one.

Although Zhang Yun was upset and exhausted, he was the commander in chief, and he had to consider many things carefully. Jiang Xia's navy was staring at Hanshui, and the soldiers couldn't rest.

Zhang Yun immediately ordered half of the navy and [-] warships to be deployed on the front line of the lake mouth to prevent Jiangxia's navy from breaking into the water village. In addition, he sent [-] patrol teams to patrol near Yinan Lake to monitor Jiangxia's army from attacking the naval base by land. camp.

There was a lot of noise in the navy camp. Groups of soldiers were gathering outside their tents for dinner. Torches lit up the camp. Figures swayed, shouts and laughter mixed together, making the camp extremely noisy and chaotic.

An officer dressed as a village chief walked quickly through the big tents, and came to a big tent in the southwest corner. There were two soldiers standing at the door of the big tent. The officer smiled at the soldiers and said, "This is General Feng's big tent." ?"

The two soldiers looked him up and down and asked, "Who are you?"

"My surname is Cao, and I am from General Feng's hometown. I grew up with him."

The soldier nodded when he heard that his accent was the same as Feng Sima's, "You wait!"

A soldier went in to report, and soon, the curtain was lifted, and Feng Yi, the Sima of the other department, came out quickly. He saw the officer at a glance and laughed loudly: "It really is you, Goro, why are you here?"

He stepped forward and punched the officer's shoulder affectionately, and the two hugged excitedly. The officer smiled and said, "Second brother, we haven't seen each other for ten years!"

"Yeah! I have been away from my hometown for ten years, so I haven't seen you in ten years. Come! Let's have a drink."

Feng Yi dragged him into the camp. This officer was named Cao Yun, a confidant of Wei Yan and a native of Yiyang County. He happened to be from the same town as Feng Yi, and they grew up together. Liu Jing's order came to set up Feng Yi's friendship.

The two entered the tent and sat down. Feng Yi took out a bottle of wine from the box and said with a smile: "Although alcohol is not allowed during wartime, what the hell! It's okay to have two glasses."

He found two earcups, poured two glasses of wine, raised the glasses and said, "Come on! Finish it."

The two of them drank it down, Feng Yi poured two more glasses of wine, and couldn't help but said bitterly: "Today's water battle is very frustrating, and Zhang Yun is so fucking stupid, even going to intercept Liu Jing Goods, now that people have killed them, and the Jingzhou navy is set ablaze, it's useless to think about it."

Cao Yun heard that his tone was very dissatisfied with Zhang Yun, he smiled slightly, took out ten ingots of gold from the leather bag he carried with him, each weighing 20 taels of gold, put them on the table and pushed them to him.

Feng Yi stood up in shock, "My dear brother, what are you doing?"

"This is Taishou Liu knowing that the second brother's family is not very good, so he specially asked me to give it to the second brother to see a doctor for uncle!"

Feng Yi's eyes widened, he pulled out his knife abruptly, pointed at Cao Yun and shouted, "Who are you?"

Cao Yun shook his head and said with a smile: "Who am I, Second Brother still doesn't know?"

Feng Yi stared at him for a while, then slowly put away the knife, but his eyes were still full of surprise, "My dear brother, are you Jiang Xiajun?"

Cao Yun laughed, "Isn't the Jiangxia army the same as the Jingzhou army? What's the difference between us, but I'm in Wuchang, and you're in Yicheng."

Having said that, Cao Yun also knew that they were the enemy army today, so he took out Liu Jing's autographed letter from his pocket, put it on the table and pushed it to Feng Yi, "This is the autographed letter from the prefect to the second brother, you first Let's see!"

Feng Yi sat down and slowly picked up the letter, but his hands were trembling slightly. He knew exactly what happened. It was Liu Jing who had taken a fancy to him, so he sent his fellow villager Cao Yun to persuade him to surrender. He opened the letter and read it, and it was indeed Liu Jing. Jing is persuading herself to go to Jiangxia.

Feng Yi bowed his head and remained silent. Although he also hated Zhang Yun very much and didn't take a fancy to Cai Mao and Liu Cong, it was a big deal after all. How could he agree to this kind of thing, and the confusion in his heart was reasonable.

Cao Yun persuaded him again: "Everyone is very clear about the situation in Jingzhou now, so I won't say much, but one thing is, if Cao Cao's army goes south, Cai Hao and Zhang Yun will definitely surrender, and the soldiers in the north are not familiar with water warfare, so Cao Cao will definitely surrender." If we are used as vanguards, we will not feel pity, we will fight to the death sooner or later, instead of becoming slaves of Cao Jun, it is better to follow Taishou Liu to defend our homeland, and if I remember correctly, the elder brother of the second brother died at the hands of Cao Jun."

Feng Yi shook his head. His elder brother was a small businessman who made a living in Xuzhou, but was killed by Cao Jun in Xuzhou. His sister-in-law and nephew were also missing. Thinking of this, Feng Yi's fists slowly clenched. He began to say to Cao Yun, "Speak up! What does Prefect Liu want me to do?"