Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 344 Water Battle (2)

"Captain, the Jiangdong navy is planning to engage in a boarding battle with our army, and is rushing towards our army at full speed." The deputy general came to Li Sunchen's side and said respectfully.

Li Sunchen stood motionless on the bow of the main ship, looking at the accelerating Jiangdong warships. How could these warships, which rely on one row of oars as the main drive and supplemented by sails, be compared with their two-reme battleships.

In addition, this is on the Yangtze River. Due to terrain and environmental problems, the warships on inland rivers, lakes and rivers are limited in size, and there are no rams on the ships to destroy enemy ships.

"Since the enemy army wants to join our army on board, let them satisfy them, let all the warships put their horns at full speed, and sink them." Li Sunchen said.

"No!" The lieutenant stepped back with a salute, and ordered the flag bearer to signal to other warships. In this era, the best way to communicate between warships is to rely on flag bearers on warships to signal.

A square in front of the warship was opened, and a metal ram was pushed out, which looked like a sharp sword. The warship rushed towards the opponent's warship with the hard work of a group of sailors.

"Sail!" There was a sound of sailing, and the sails on the warship were slowly pulled up. Under the action of the wind, Yi sun-sin's fleet rushed towards the Jiangdong navy even faster.

At this time, the north wind was blowing, and the position of the fleet led by Yi sun-sin was conducive to speeding up the sailing speed by taking advantage of the north wind.

"What is that thing that looks like a sharp sword suddenly appearing on the enemy warship?" Lu Xun asked the lieutenant beside him with a frown as he looked at the pushed ram.

"General! The general doesn't know what this is, we have never seen it before!" The lieutenant shook his head and said, the environment of the Jiangdong Navy made them have never seen the ramming horn, a sharp weapon for ramming warfare at sea. .

Naval divisions fighting on inland rivers used bows and crossbows for long-range attacks, and boarded the opponent's ships for hand-to-hand combat in close combat.

Therefore, water battles on the Yangtze River are much simpler than land battles.

"No matter what! You must be careful to avoid the protrusions in front of the enemy fleet, and don't let it hit our warship." Lu Xun said.

"No!" The lieutenant took the order to go, and the flag bearer of the main ship got the order, and immediately shot the other warships carefully to avoid the enemy's ramming angle.

In a short while, the two armies collided. Some warships were pierced by the ramming angle of the enemy warships because they could not dodge in time. The river water kept pouring in and slowly sank into the river. warship.

"Kill!" The soldiers of the Jiangdong navy jumped onto the opponent's warship and fought with the opponent, stabbed with knives and spears, and pushed the enemy into the river with a shield in their hands. The tragic scene was not comparable to that of the infantry fighting on land.

Once they start a boarding battle, there is no way out. Either they defeat the enemy or they are defeated by the enemy. Wearing battle armor, once they fall into the river, few survive. They can only fight to the end until one side wins. .

Lu Xun did not expect that the enemy's water battles would not be inferior to the Jiangdong navy that has been on the Yangtze River all year round. Even in hand-to-hand combat, they were no worse than his own navy, and the opponent's equipment was even better than his own.

The battle ended quickly, and Lu Xun was besieged by the enemy on the deck of the main ship. Lu Xun pushed away the guards in front of him and took a step forward.

"General!" the lieutenant-general shouted while grabbing Lu Xun with his knife in his hand.

"That's the end of the matter! It's pointless to talk too much!" Lu Xun pushed the lieutenant general's hand away, and said to the surrounding enemy troops, "Let your chief general come out and see you."

As soon as the words fell, the enemy army in front immediately divided a passage, Li Sunshin stepped out with his hand on the handle of the knife, and said, "I am the commander of this fleet, Li Sunshin."

The Pingjiang fleet sailed to Chaisang to pursue Sun Quan, hoping to stop them before they returned to Chaisang, where the battle was over.

"Report!" In the cabin of a building ship, Sun Quan was discussing with everyone about the future of Soochow after returning to Soochow, and a soldier came to report in a hurry.

The soldier knelt down on one knee and said, "My lord! According to the report from the spies! Generals Huang Bing and Cheng Zi were captured alive by the enemy and taken back to Hefei. General Lu Xun was defeated by the enemy fleet and captured alive. The fleet is coming towards our army."

They had already expected these results, but they didn't expect it to be so soon. These new generals seem to lack combat experience, otherwise they would not be defeated by the enemy so soon. They are still half the distance from Chaisang, so it is easy Overtaken by enemy fleet.

"Why is the enemy fleet so fast? How many ships do they have?" Zhou Yu asked. As the main force of the fleet, the ships are the key to a decisive battle.

"I'm reporting to the Commander, the enemy army doesn't have buildings and ships, but a combination of warships, which are taller and faster than before," said the soldier.

Sun Quan waved his hands to make the soldiers retreat, and the soldiers stood up and retreated with a salute.

"Everyone heard it, tell me what a good way to do it!" Sun Quan looked at the crowd and said.

All the civil servants looked at Zhou Yu, waiting for Zhou Yu's decision. Zhou Yu cupped his hands and said, "My lord! There is nothing like land on the Yangtze River. In my opinion, the remaining warships should be left behind to meet the enemy. The enemy has no large ships. , the lord's building ship is also left behind, and the enemy army can be defeated."

"No! If the building boat is left behind, what should my lord take? It's unseemly! How can I save Jiangdong's face." A civil servant came out to stop him.

"What time is it now? I still care about these nonsense. If the lord makes a mistake, I will die!" Zhou Yu scolded, turned around and cupped his hands and said, "My lord! In my opinion, the lord can take a A fast boat returns to Chaisang."

"What Gongjin said is that as long as the lord can return to Jiangdong smoothly, there is hope for Jiangdong. Please don't hesitate, lord! Get on the fast boat and return to Chaisang." Lu Su went out and cupped his hands.

"Okay! It's Yi Gongjin's, I'll board the clipper and go back to Chaisang." Sun Quan said, boarded a clipper under Zhou Yu's arrangement, and other non-combatants boarded other clippers one after another , followed Sun Quan back to Chaisang, while Zhou Yu stayed to command the battle.

"Gongjin take care! I'm waiting for Gongjin's return in Chai Sang!" Lu Su bid farewell to Zhou Yu before parting.

"Zijing, don't worry! I, Zhou Yu, have fought in the battlefield for many years. I have never experienced any kind of storm. Zijing will wait for my return in Chaisang." Zhou Yu laughed.

"In that case! I'll sweep the couch in Chaisang to greet you! Waiting for Gong Jin to return! Farewell!" Lu Su cupped his hands and said, Zhou Yu hurriedly returned the salute, Lu Su turned around and boarded the fast boat that had already been prepared, and waved to Zhou Yu on board wave.

"Ready to fight!" Zhou Yu watched them leave, then turned to Zhou Shao and Zhou Cheng who were beside him and said, the father of these two is Zhou Tai, one of the twelve tiger ministers in Jiangdong. In the battle, the two learned Zhou Tai's true biography, so Zhou Yu left two people to help him lead the navy.

"Promise!" Brothers Zhou Shao and Zhou Cheng cupped their fists in a salute, and took the order to leave.

(End of this chapter)