The last three kingdoms

Chapter 673
The firearms are powerful, but Hu Fen believes that the Shu army cannot have unlimited possessions. Apart from the three building boats, there are thousands of ferry boats of various sizes on his side. Don't move the building boats for now. Let's have a try with small and medium-sized ferries, isn't it clear?

Hu Fen immediately made up his mind, now that he has lost two large ships, the remaining three cannot be easily lost, so he instigated a bunch of cannon fodder ships to attack, of course he will know after a while.

So the three large boats dropped anchor and stopped at the center of the river, while countless small and medium-sized ferry boats rushed up, attacking the embankment on the west bank.

The battle seemed to have entered the rhythm of the last time. Facing the ferry boats coming up from the Jin army, the Shu army responded calmly, using all available weapons to start a desperate battle.

Ah Jian and his two hundred guards stopped. Their target was the five large boats. Since Hu Fen was holding back, they naturally stopped attacking. Those small and medium-sized ferry boats are really not worth it. Jian came to waste gunpowder.

The bamboo tube grenade equipped by this piece of firearms is indeed limited. Although it is more than enough to deal with five large boats, it is definitely not enough to deal with the small and medium-sized ferry boats that are crowded like ants. Of course, to deal with these small boats, Huang Chong's The troops were enough, and there was no need for A Jian to come out again, so A Jian simply retreated a few steps and handed over the main battlefield to Huang Chong and Qian Hong. This was originally agreed between him and Huang Qian.

When the Shu army saw that the two huge ships were destroyed in an instant, they couldn't help but cheered and their morale was high, and they worked extra hard to attack the Jin army.

Although the Jin army has a lot of ships, the Shu army's coastal defenses are strong and well-defended. It is still very difficult to count on these small and medium-sized ferries to complete the breakthrough.Under Hu Fen's order, one after another of the ferries rushed to the opposite bank like moths to the flame, but they were still unable to land in the face of the dense defense of the Shu army, but the Jin army suffered heavy casualties, with countless casualties.

Hu Fen also understood that if he wanted to succeed in the landing operation, he had to rely on the remaining three buildings, and only the buildings could break through the Shu army's defense line, but the opponent's firearms were really a threat, and Hu Fen Don't dare to act rashly.

Lieutenant General Shi Chao saw that the situation was unfavorable, so he said to Hu Fen: "General, we can't fight like this anymore, if we continue to fight, we will be exhausted."

Hu Fen frowned. The river was full of burning half-sunken boats. Many Jin soldiers were struggling in the muddy water, and many of them were floating corpses, which almost blocked the river. If the fight continues like this, the fate of failure is doomed.

Hu Fen was really excited for a while when he was ordered to become one of the three commanders in the crusade against Guanzhong. Since Sima Yan was willing to hand over the military power, he undoubtedly listed Hu Fen as a confidant in Sima Yan's heart. Being reused by Sima Yan naturally means that Hu Fen has a bright future.

But this kind of trust is based on merit. If Hu Fen performed well in the Battle of Pubanjin, there is no doubt that he can immediately become a Marquis, be promoted to a noble, and even rank among the three princes.But if Hu Fen suffered a crushing defeat, he would probably fall short of Sima Yan's expectations, and it would be difficult for him to be reused in the future.

Hu Fen is not a die-hard Yan Party, and this has always made him feel sorry for him. This time leading the army in battle is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Whether he can develop his official career depends on this one. .

However, the battle situation in front of him undoubtedly gave Hu Fen, who is full of ambition and confidence, a heavy blow. If this situation continues, it is absolutely impossible to escape the defeat. This is undoubtedly unacceptable to Hu Fen. His future should never be ruined. On the Yellow River.

Hu Fen gritted his teeth, he decided to give it a go, for his career, he never gave up lightly.

Since the destruction of the two buildings and ships, the Shu army's firearm battalion has not made any more moves. This undoubtedly gave Hu Fen some hope. According to normal circumstances, the number of firearms in the Shu army must not be many. There is still a chance.

This time Hu Fen stopped making troubles, but gathered all the ferry boats together, and rushed towards the ferry at the same time. The dense fleet almost paved the course of the Yellow River, and the three building boats were in the middle. The periphery is full of small ferries, swarming up.

"It's just in time!" A Jian scolded, seeing the three buildings of the Jin army dispatched together, he didn't dare to be careless in the slightest, and ordered the personal guards to stand by, ignoring the small ferry boats, and concentrate on dealing with the three buildings. That's it, as long as the three buildings come into the range of the grenade thrower, they will attack immediately.

Hu Fen had originally hoped to press on with all his strength and win in the chaos. As long as one of the three large ships could touch the shore, the soldiers on the ship could rush ashore and snatch a beachhead, but he unfortunately judged again. He made a mistake, and the bamboo tube grenade deliberately prepared for him was accurately and ruthlessly thrown on the three building boats. A series of violent explosions also completely ended Hu Fen's fantasy.

The three building boats ignited a raging fire, and the distance between the three building boats and the shore was only four or five feet, but the distance of four or five feet became an insurmountable natural moat.

Hu Fen's flagship was hit the most, and the fire was the most violent. The entire hull had tilted to the right and began to sink slowly.

Hu Fen's beard and hair were burnt to pieces, and even his face was scorched with two big blisters, which made Hu Fen even more uncomfortable. Destroyed, even if he was lucky enough to take his life back, he was afraid that he would no longer have the ability to attack, and his plan to cross Pubanjin by force would suffer a complete and complete defeat.

Fleeing back to the east bank, Hu Fen lost nearly [-] men and horses by crossing the river twice, all five buildings and boats were destroyed, and more than half of thousands of ferry boats were also damaged. Hu Fen couldn't help lamenting that Pu Banjin actually It has become the place where he was smashed into the sand. It seems that there is no hope of being promoted to an official position in this life.

However, what made Hu Fen somewhat relieved was that Tongguan and Wuguan also failed to win. Yang Hu and Du Yu were just like him. , Hu Fen's defeat at Pubanjin is not so eye-catching.

The Jin army's offensive was frustrated, and the entire Jin-Shu front also entered a fairly stable stalemate.

But the turmoil in the world does not seem to be calmed down by this, and instead tends to intensify......

(End of this chapter)