Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 343 Water Battle (1)

Huang Bing and Cheng Zi were secretly shocked!Is the guy holding the Zhangba Snake Spear in front of him really a little general?The strength of the two of us is actually no match. If Li Song's army is full of such masters, the Lord may end up the same if he does not return to Jiangdong, and he cannot escape the fate of being destroyed.

Xu Huang led the troops by the side and Xue Tong led the formation, monitoring Huang Bing and Cheng Zi's remnants of soldiers, in case someone puts a sniper in the back.

As for the combination of Huang Bing and Xue Tong, to be honest, he is not worried at all. With Xue Tong's skill, it is no problem to deal with these two people. He did not see that Huang Bing and Xue Tong have already tried their best, and Xue Tong is still able to handle them with ease. .

At the fortieth round of the battle, Xue Tong seized a gap and knocked Huang Bing away from the horse with one move, and landed not far in front of Xu Huang. Xu Huang galloped over immediately and captured Huang Bing alive.

At this time, Xue Tong knocked Cheng Zi off his horse with another move. The Zhangba Snake Spear was half an inch away from his throat. Xue Tong said, "You have already lost! Let your men put down their weapons and surrender. !"

"There are only Jiangdong children who died in battle, and there are no Jiangdong children who surrendered. The former overlord of Western Chu and Wujiang never surrendered, let alone us." Cheng Zi would rather die than surrender.

"Just because you are worthy to be compared with the Overlord of Western Chu! Don't even look at how much you are." Xue Tong looked disdainful.

"In the past, the Overlord of Western Chu committed suicide and killed himself in Wujiang, in order to save Jiangdong from suffering and preserve the future of Jiangdong's children."

"If the Overlord of Western Chu had insisted on fighting to the end like you, Jiangdong would have been a piece of scorched earth long ago. Where would you still have your foundation in Jiangdong today? What about you?" Xu Huang rode his horse to Xue Tong's side, looking Follow Cheng Zidao.

Cheng Zi kept silent, closed his eyes, and looked like he was waiting to die. His main purpose was to slow down the enemy's pace and buy more time for the Lord and the others to retreat. The Overlord of Western Chu just mentioned it casually.

"You think that Sun Quan will be able to return to Jiangdong smoothly if you hold back our army's footsteps here. You are too naive. Even if you hold back our army, what can you do? What is waiting for Sun Quan and the others is our fleet. Can't run away either."

"Thinking about it, the water battle has already begun. Once your navy is sunk, Sun Quan will either die at the bottom of the river or be captured by our army. I advise you not to make unnecessary sacrifices." Xue Tong laughed.

They are infantry, and fighting on land is their strong point. Water battles are the business of the navy and have nothing to do with them. Breaking through this broken army is considered to have completed the task, and the rest will be left to the navy.

"Come on! Bind! The rest of the people wait, those who put down their weapons will not be killed, and those who resist in the corner will be killed without mercy!" Xu Huang didn't have the time to talk nonsense to them, so he ordered directly.

Immediately, some soldiers stepped forward to tie up Cheng Zi's five flowers, and the army slowly surrounded him, and those who resisted were directly shot with bows and crossbows.

Leaving some people to clean the battlefield, Xu Huang and Xue Tong escorted the prisoners back to return to their orders.

On the Yangtze River, Lu Xun encountered the enemy fleet, which was taller and larger than Lu Xun's naval warship.

"Archers get ready!" Lu Xun raised his right hand and said, the archers on the warship drew their bows to the full moon, facing the sky at a 45-degree angle, waiting for Lu Xun's order.

Li Song's fleet made a judgment based on the situation in the waters of the Yangtze River, and arranged a battle formation that was beneficial to him. Every warship was refitted, and the defense was greatly improved without hindering the speed.

From the bow to the stern, there is an armor protection made of slats, with holes for shooting arrows and guns all over it, and there are no dead spots in the front, rear, left, and right sides.

When approaching an enemy ship, the slats can be turned outward to form a bridge leading to the enemy ship. The bottom of the ship is also designed with waterproof partitions, so that even if part of the ship is flooded, the ship will not sink.

A thin layer of iron was laid on the upper and lower sides of the ship to defend the ship so that the arrows fired by the enemy could not penetrate the hull.

"Get ready to shoot!" the fleet commander Li Sun-shin said to the lieutenant beside him. The lieutenant took the order and left. The soldiers on the warship held bows and crossbows, and a gunpowder arrow on the crossbows could shoot at the enemy at any time.

It is pasted into a tube with paper, the gunpowder is packed in the tube, and it is tied to the arrow shaft. The upper end of the tube is closed, and the lower end is open. The small hole on the side of the tube leads to the fuse.

"Let go!" The commanders of both sides waved their right hands vigorously at the same time, and the off-string arrows shot towards the opponent. After one arrow was shot, a new arrow was immediately filled and shot towards the opponent again.

Yi sun-shin's soldiers immediately set up shields in front of the general to block the enemy's arrows. The arrows whizzed and shot on the shields, on the decks of warships, on wooden trunks, etc.

Compared with Li Shunchen, the Jiangdong navy led by Lu Xun was more miserable. The arrows shot by the enemy were nailed to the hull of the ship, and there was a bang immediately, and the sawdust on the ship was flying. It's not enough to be a threat, but when there are many arrows, they can cause damage to the warship.

"Report!" A soldier rushed over, knelt down on one knee in front of Lu Xun and said, "General! Three warships on our right flank were sunk by the enemy, and two warships on our left flank were sunk."

Lu Xun had a headache at this moment, and waved his hands to make the soldiers retreat. It was just the beginning, and five warships were sunk, and they could no longer fight. How could the opponent have such a big killer.

Also, Lu Xun was puzzled by this strange phenomenon as to why the arrows he shot in the past did not enter the hull of the enemy ship but fell into the river instead.

"It's sunk! It's sunk!" Just as Lu Xun was stunned, another warship was blazing and slowly sank into the water. The soldiers on board fell into the water one after another. If this continues, the entire army will be wiped out in a short time.

This is not going to work. The Jiangdong Navy does not have many existing warships, and it will take time to build new warships. If these existing warships are gone, it will be difficult to form a navy, and the enemy will not let it go This once in a lifetime opportunity.

The natural barrier of the Yangtze River will become a channel for the enemy to attack, and instead will become a cage that traps Jiangdong. At that time, Jiangdong will still be unable to escape the end of destruction, and this kind of thing cannot be allowed to happen anyway.

"Send the order! The warship hastened forward, charged up, and fought close to the enemy." Lu Xun decided to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the opponent, hoping to save the situation in this way.

Next, it depends on the water combat capabilities of the two navies, who is stronger. Since the opponent relies on these powerful long-range attack weapons, the melee combat on the water should not be so strong, so now we have to pin our hopes on this.

"No!" The messengers beside him led the order, and the flag bearer on the main ship signaled to the other warships to advance with all their strength. fleet.

(End of this chapter)