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Chapter 563
At this time, the Tang Army fleet, taking advantage of the moment when the Zhao Army fleet temporarily retreated, dozens of Tang Army warships came out of the water gate together.

Zhou Zhou saw that although the ships of the Tang fleet were not tall, they turned nimbly. The sailors who steered the ships were rich in experience, and the soldiers of the navy were also very sturdy and brave.

The square-headed battleship of the Tang army came through the waves, and its sailors climbed up the mast like dexterous apes one after another.This kind of bravery really doesn't look like a northerner who can't fight in water, but like a tyrannical Jiangdong water thief.

The soldiers of Zhao Jun could only stand on the deck, barely resisting with their shields.

Just when Zhao Jun's navy was at a disadvantage, the wind picked up.

Zhou Zhou looked at the joy on Cheng Mingzhen's face, and then saw Zhao Jun's soldiers rushing to the deck to cheer.There is a saying in sailing that a boat sails in all directions.It is said that no matter which side of the wind, the ship can move.But sailing with the wind is still a great advantage in water battles.

Especially after the fog cleared in the early morning, the sudden northeasterly wind.For the Zhao army fighting against the current on the north bank, it is undoubtedly the wind of victory.

"Full speed ahead! Seize the upper reaches!" Cheng Mingzhen drew out his sword and shouted loudly.

Immediately, the flag bearer on Zhao Jun's mast immediately played the semaphore and told the ships of Cheng Mingzhen's order.

Immediately, the boatmen and helmsmen on Zhao Jun's battleship shouted from the bow to the stern: "Turn the rudder to Hai!"

"Turn the rudder to the sea!"

The watermen shouted slogans together.

Zhao Jun's rear fleet immediately cut off the peace baskets hanging on both sides of the ship's side, and the wave-pressing stones on the peace baskets and the loads fell into the river one after another, causing splashes.The sailors on the deck hoisted up the sails and hoisted them full.At this time, the northeast wind was blowing, and the sails on the mast were full of wind and bulging.The Zhao army fleet sailed to the upper reaches of the Yellow River, preparing to be above the Tang army fleet and seize the upper reaches.

The main ship of the Tang army is a large sand ship with three masts and three floors. Huang Junhan, the marching officer of Huaizhou Road, holds a sword and stands firmly on the swaying bow with his feet stretched out. The wind can't help screaming that it's not good.Sailing against the wind, it was originally a battleship of the Tang army with half-opened sails. The hull was shaking, and each ship quickly put down the water boards to stabilize the hull in the headwind.

But in the blink of an eye, Zhao Jun's fleet cut off the peace basket at the stern one after another, and rushed to the upper reaches of the Yellow River at full speed with full sail.

Seeing the intention of Zhao Jun's navy general to seize the upper reaches, how could Huang Junhan agree, and immediately shouted: "Where is Zhang Yecha?"

"The last general is here!" A general with thick hands and feet and a dark face stood up.

Huang Junhan said: "Zhao Jun is going to grab the upper reaches, you stop him and let them know your name Zhang Yecha on the Yellow River!"

The other party said loudly: "I have been impatient for a long time."

After the words fell, Zhang Yecha disembarked immediately.

Huang Junhan said again: "Set the boat on fire for me, stop Zhao Jun, don't allow them to break through the river!"

"promise!"

The subordinates clasped their fists loudly in agreement.

It turned out that Tang Jun had already prepared upstream. Seeing that Zhao Jun was about to break through the river, he tore off the tarpaulin from the hiding place to reveal more than a dozen fire boats.

"Boss, it's a fireboat!"

"Fireboat!"

But on the upstream river, more than a dozen burning fireboats piled up with firewood were going straight down the water, heading straight for Zhao Jun's battleship.

"This is to set fire to the chain ship!" As a majestic sheriff, Zhao Xin's face is pale now, and he has lost his sense of proportion. At a loss.

But Zhao Xin said that the occasion was wrong, Zhou Zhou scolded: "What kind of serial ship, our army is Cao Jun, this is not Chibi, nor the Yangtze River, but the Yellow River!"

But Zhou Zhou also knew that the surface of the Yellow River was not wide at all, and when the fire boat came, it was really difficult for more than 200 warships of the Zhao army to dodge.

"What are you panicking about!" Cheng Mingzhen yelled, and ordered: "Order the warship to come forward and intercept the fire boat!"

But seeing the warships cruising around the warships of Zhao Jun's navy, they all went up together.On the warship of the warship, the Zhao army also took the penny with the iron hook of the soldiers. The penny is three or four feet long. This is the hook used by the navy. It is used in the battle of the navy. , to enter is rejected.

At the moment when the Tang army's fireboat approached, Zhao Jun's soldiers all picked up their hooks to resist, resisted the Tang army's fireboat, and pushed it to the shore.

Cheng Mingzhen sneered and said, "I don't know Tang Jun's attack with fire, but the way to attack with fire is all in the wind, and the wind is in my favor right now, how can the fire boat burn me?"

Seeing Cheng Mingzhen's composure, Zhou Zhou immediately felt admiration.

At the moment when Zhao Jun's warships rejected the Tang Army's fireboats, there was a loud sound of treading water in the Tang Army's formation, but three vehicles and boats were seen galloping out of the Tang Army's battleship array.But seeing that the Tang army's chariots and boats have four wheels beside them, rolling in like a waterwheel, they are very clever no matter whether they are moving forward or backward.

Zhou Zhou knew that this chariot and boat was made by Xu Shipu, the governor of Jingzhou in the Southern Dynasty. He stepped on the boat with his feet.But it seems that Tang Junying only has three ships.

But on the vehicle and boat in the middle, there is a flag erected far away, with a letter written on it, this person should be the general who led the vehicle and boat to fight the Tang army.

Cheng Mingzhen said: "The Tang army's reaction is not slow! Pass the order, the five-tooth warship and the warship will block the Tang army's advance, and the rest of the ships will continue to advance!"

Zhao Jun's semaphore was quickly passed down, and Zhao Jun's fleet was also divided into two at the moment. The main ships continued to rush upstream along the way, and the two five-toothed ships led more than [-] warships from the north bank to the south bank. , To meet the Tang fleet.

The fleets of the two armies quickly approached, and after advancing within the range of the bows and arrows, the soldiers of the two armies shot arrows at the opposing ship together.

The arrows are as dense as locusts, and from time to time, soldiers will hit the arrows, fall from the ship's strings, and fall into the water.At the same time, both armies took fire from their arrows and fired them with rockets.And the catapults on each other's boats did not stop, but the catapults carried by the ships only had two tips and three tips, so it was difficult to break the ship.

Most of the catapults and rockets shot by Tang Jun and Zhao Jun were shot on the baffles of each other's ships, and they invaded the hull for a while.

General Zhang Yecha of the Tang Army saw that Zhao Jun's fleet still wanted to take the upper reaches and shouted anxiously: "Quick, speed up the boat for me, get on it, and beat the mother."

Zhang Yecha knew that in water battles, bows and arrows and catapults were just means, and if he really wanted to win, he still had to rely on jumping to fight.

Zhang Yecha was so impatient at the moment, he urged his subordinates to speed up and move the boat closer.

When they reached five or six feet, Zhang Yecha's subordinates pulled the flying claws one after another, and threw them towards Zhao Jun's boat.

After Fei Claw grasped the ship's side firmly, the soldiers of the Tang Army pulled it with all their strength, and the two ships quickly approached, and finally with a bang, the ship's sides collided.Amidst the violent shaking of the ship, the soldiers of the Tang Army suddenly yelled, and rushed to the side of the ship with their knives in hand.

The cruel boarding battle made the originally muddy yellow surface of the Yellow River suddenly turn red.

Zhou Zhou looked at the fighting on the side of the nearby ship, and couldn't help feeling sorry for it. The soldiers of the two armies were fighting for life and death on the narrow deck, and life and death could be distinguished within a square inch. Standing up will test the bravery and morale of the soldiers even more.

"Kill!"

On the dozens of warships around the five-toothed warship, the Tang army successfully jumped into the gang. The soldiers on both sides fought desperately on the deck. Coming forward.

The five-toothed ship was relatively tall, and although it was difficult for Tang Jun to jump onboard, it didn't mean he couldn't. After the Tang army cleared up the nearby warships, they rushed to the isolated and helpless five-toothed ship.

"General, our army is going forward now, directly into Tang Jun's henchmen." Zhou Zhou resolutely said to Cheng Mingzhen.

"Haha, it's exactly what I want. I underestimated you just now, but I didn't expect you, a scholar, to have such guts." Cheng Mingzhen said happily.

"go ahead!"

The five-toothed ship rushed into the Tang army's formation, and the soldiers of the Zhao army on the bow took advantage of their condescending position and poured arrows at the Tang army ships below.

The five-toothed warship broke into the school of fish like a giant whale.

When Zhang Yecha saw Zhao Jun's five-toothed warship, he immediately ordered Tang Jun ships from all sides to attack, but before the order was issued, his head went black.

Near the [-]-foot-tall pole at the prow of the five-toothed warship, Zhao's soldiers untied the cable, but saw the ship's pulley turn rapidly, and the boulder tied to the pole fell from the [-]-foot-high bow of the ship. It fell obliquely.

But seeing a loud bang, the starboard side of the car and boat that Zhang Yecha was on was hit hard by a boulder.

The whole ship was flipped over immediately, and after tilting 45 degrees, the port side was shot into the river, and the hull turned over, lying on the river like a dead fish.

Zhang Yecha, who is proficient in water skills, dived in advance and escaped, while dozens of soldiers on the left and right were all submerged in the Yellow River.

After the bombardment was successful, the soldiers of the Zhao army on the five-toothed ship cheered together, and the morale of the Zhao army was high.

The soldiers on the side of the ship threw out more than a dozen flying claws and hooked a three-story warship of the Tang army.The Tang soldiers on the battleship were in a hurry and drew their knives one after another to chop off the flying claws hooked on the ship, but it was obviously too late.

"Catch this guy, put stones!" Zhao Jun shouted at the side of the ship.

The soldiers of the Tang Army, who were entangled by the flying claws, saw the scene where the boulder on the pole on the five-toothed ship slowly fell, with a look of despair on their faces.

The soldiers of the Tang army threw themselves into the rapids of the Yellow River without hesitation.

The pole hit the Tang army soldiers at the moment when they jumped into the river, directly smashing a big hole in the bow of the warship, and the hull sank into the Yellow River.

Seeing the horror of the five-toothed warship, Tang Jun's ships that were about to attack Zhao Jun's flagship from all sides immediately retreated one after another.

"Kill! Kill!" Zhou Zhou's eyes turned red when he saw this scene.At this time, the main fleet of the Zhao army rushing upstream had also completed a detour, attacking the Tang army's fleet from the side.

Immediately there was a loud drumbeat on the surface of the Yellow River, and the fiery red Zhao character banner spread out like a raging flame.

(End of this chapter)