The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 534 Sweeping Like a Rolling Mat ([-])
"What did you say? The Han army is less than sixty miles away from Xiling? How is it possible? What about the iron cone at the bottom of the river and the iron lock at Hengjiang?"

"To General Zuo, the Han army used bamboo rafts to take away the iron cone at the bottom of the river. The infantry stormed the fortress on the bank linked by iron chains. The last general had few soldiers and was insufficient to resist. He desperately broke through, just wanting to send a message for the general!"

"...Too fast, too fast, the reinforcements from the imperial court probably haven't even crossed Jiangling yet! Forget it, let the brothers of the water army bring out their warships. Line up and meet the enemy!"

Human aging and death are natural laws.At least in the era before Guan Yi traveled, he hadn't found a way to live forever.Therefore, the alternation of generations is an eternal subject.

If Zhuge Liang, Zhao Yun, Wei Yan, etc. are the first generation of military and political officials of the Shu Han, then Deng Zhi, Wang Ping, Ma Zhong, etc. are the second generation.Jiang Wei and Zhang Yi are the third generation.Guan Yi is the fourth generation.

On Soochow's side, Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Lu Meng, Lu Xun, Zhu Ran, Shi Ji, Lu Kang... These are the commanders of the upper reaches of Jianye.There is no doubt that they are all good generals and famous generals.

Now, the commander of the Jingzhou Army of Soochow is Zhang Zheng.This is definitely not a mediocre general, but compared with his predecessors in the past, he is still inferior.

Moreover, at least this generation of Soochow has done a very bad job: under Zhang Zheng, the commanders of the infantry are Cheng Ju and Wu Yan, and the commanders of the navy are Lu Kang's two sons, Lu Yan and Lu Jing.Among these people, except for Wu Yan, none of them have actual experience in leading a large army to fight...

On the seventh day of October, Xiangyang fell.Then Lu Mu of Fancheng was forced to lead more than 3 Wu troops to retreat along the Han River.

On October [-], after entering the Yangtze River Basin, Zhang Zheng asked Lu Mu to go to Jiangling to organize a second line of defense: if the defeated soldiers mixed with their own soldiers, it would cause great damage to the troops.

At the same time, Zhang Zheng also hurriedly wrote to Sun Hao of Jianye: Your Majesty, I don't know how the battle is going in Yangzhou?If the general is not very tight there.Did you transfer the [-] mobile troops under your command?

Sun Hao's reply was still very fast, and the reply arrived on October 28: I know what happened in Xiangyang, let Lu Jiyang take the blame and make meritorious service.Yangzhou is still very quiet for the time being, so I will send you reinforcements.However, the reason why Yangzhou is so quiet is that the enemy is probably waiting for us to gather heavy troops to Jingzhou so that they can take advantage of it.So, let me support you with [-] sailors.The remaining [-] infantrymen still had to stay in Jianye just in case.

The reply is very fast, but the advancing speed of the 7000 navy troop is definitely much slower than the envoy's light boat.So, it's November [-]th now, at least near Xiling City.Zhang Zheng had only [-] sailors, [-] infantry, and more than [-] private soldiers cobbled together from various families.

There is no way!Although he knew that the size of the Han army's navy must be extremely large, Zhang Zheng had to fight: the Xiling area, upwards, the Yangtze River waterway is very narrow, generally only 400 meters to 800 meters in width.After Xiling, the river will suddenly widen to thousands of meters.

It is different from Liu Bei's attack on Wu in the past.At that time, the Shu Han was limited by its national strength, and its navy was not enough compared to Soochow.So Lu Xun dared to stick to Xiling: Before your infantry took down Xiling, did your navy dare to march independently?

But now, the Han army alone is as high as [-] in the Yizhou navy.Already have the ability to march alone.

Therefore, Zhang Zheng had no choice but to deploy the navy on the river in Xiling: the river on his side was very wide, and he could form a wide formation.As for the Han army navy in the gorge, due to the narrow river surface, no matter how many ships there are, they can only send part of their troops to fight at once-this is queuing up to die!

On November [-], under Zhang Zheng's order, the Soochow Navy responded quickly.This morning, the order was issued at Chen Shi, and it was almost the time of Si Shi.The [-] Soochow navy has all deployed on the river outside the gorge.

Speaking of which, the navy has 4 people.In fact, it doesn't take many ships to load it.

Zhang Zheng's ship is the "Feiyun" building ship that Soochow is proud of.It is ten feet high, and there are five floors on the deck, with female walls on each floor.Ten winch-type trebuchets and six large rackets were installed at the bow and stern.There are more than two thousand soldiers on this big ship alone.Including sailors, lookouts, oarsmen, etc., there are no less than 3000 people in total.

The ship of Lu Yan and Lu Jing is named "Gaihai".It is a larger and more spectacular ship than Zhang Zheng's - this is Lu Youjie's private property.

Below the three giant ships, there are more than one hundred fighting ships.Can carry hundreds of people.

Therefore, the 100 navy of the entire Soochow is based on these more than [-] large ships as the main carrier.As for other barges, sampans, etc., they are all anchored on the big ship, and they can be used when necessary.

The sun came to the middle of the sky, and it was noon.

"Here we come!" Countless masts faintly appeared on the distant river, followed by countless white sails.But what happened next, made Zhang Zheng and the others want to burst into tears: What rushed out of the gorge were hundreds of suicide flame ships whose prows were ignited with raging flames!

This is an inland water battle, occupying the natural advantage of the upstream party over the downstream party.

"Command! The ships are sideways, and use the trebuchet to sink these sampans for me!"

"Here! General Zuo has an order, all ships sideways!"

Although a new young commander has been replaced, after all, Soochow's navy is the foundation for the country's survival.Therefore, the overall quality of the Soochow Navy is still very high.Shortly after Zhang Zheng's order was issued, the sailors, helmsman, and oarsmen all started. More than 100 large ships quickly pulled their hulls horizontally.

Following the orders of "Let it go!" and "Launch!" from the commanders of each ship, hundreds of small stone bombs flew into the air and quickly projected into the formation of flame ships released by the upstream Han army.

The first round of shots didn't go very well.But it doesn't matter, as the landing point was clarified, commanders at all levels adjusted the shooting angle and intensity one after another.After the second round of stone bombs fell into the ship array, dozens of flame ships were quickly hit.

This kind of suicidal flame ship is a typical thin-skinned giant sail, seeking a speed.The quality is completely shoddy.Therefore, although the stone bombs thrown by the winch trebuchet are much smaller than those thrown by the counterweight trebuchet on land.But not to mention a direct hit, even a near miss can often cause a flame ship to "snap into the soul".

As countless stone bombs entered the water from a high altitude with extremely high potential energy, there was a loud sound after hitting the ship, and after part of the flame ship disintegrated, sparks shot out, and the broken ship that had been broken into planks still carried flames down the river .The entire river quickly evaporated.

"Shizhi, it seems Soochow's reaction is good."

Just on a hill to the northwest of Xiling, Zhang Zun and Wang Jun climbed up and looked into the distance.Looking at the boiling Yangtze River, Zhang Zun couldn't help feeling worried.

No way, limited to the problem of the Three Gorges waterway.Even if they made up their minds to march during the dry season in winter, the size of the warships of the Han army could not be too large: the so-called dry season is just that the water volume of the Yangtze River is smaller, and the flow rate of the river is not so fast.The hidden reefs that were previously hidden under the water surface are exposed and can only be seen.But the reefs in the river do exist, and the ships are too big, and if they are not careful when maneuvering, they will still hit them.

Therefore, there is no problem for the warships of the Han army to deal with the ordinary medium-sized warships of Soochow.But facing giant ships like Feiyun and Gaihai.Still powerless.

Therefore, Wang Jun's solution is: use the flame boat to open a way!
"Hehehe, former general, Soochow was able to establish a country by relying on the navy. This attack can't be dealt with, and it should have died long ago. Why do we need to do it?"

"Well, is that what you said? But is this going to destroy the enemy?"

"Actually, with the strong strength of our West Route Army today, it is not impossible to forcibly capture Xiling City by using ants to attack the city. However, Da Sima has a kind heart and does not like to use the bones of soldiers to pursue military exploits. No way, only A lot of money was thrown away."

After saying this, Wang Jun gently waved the command flag behind him.After that, the flag officers at all levels quickly passed the order to the Han fleet upstream.

At this time, it was Ji Han veteran Yang Zong who commanded the Han fleet.After seeing the new flag coming, he issued the order without hesitation: "Send another five hundred flame ships down!"

"Here!"

Throughout the afternoon of this day, the Jihan navy released nearly 100 suicide flame ships from the upstream in batches.Although the Soochow Navy not only attacked the capital ship with stone bombs, but also put down small warships and tried their best to block it.But there are too many such ships.When the sun began to sink westward, about [-]% of the more than [-] main warships of the Soochow Navy were directly hit by the flame ship, and the remaining [-]% had to turn to avoid it because there were too many burning boards on the river.The formation of the entire Soochow navy has been completely loosened.

"Hahahaha~~It's this time!" Although the sun is not very strong at this time, the entire river is brightly lit.Wang Jun suddenly stood up, took out a huge red flag and waved it vigorously: "Command! The whole army lifts the anchor, assault!"

(End of this chapter)