Three Kingdoms: copy Lu Bu's force at the beginning

The movements of the Jingzhou navy soon reached Gan Ning.

Huang Zu led [-] elite Jingzhou navy troops to the north to meet the enemy?
There was a sneer at the corner of Gan Ning's mouth, Huang Zu, just use your head to make Gan Ning famous.

"Send the order to speed up the sailing. After half an hour, you must reach Zhouwu Island."

Following Gan Ning's order, dozens of huge warships speeded up and headed for Zhouwu Island.

Zhouwu Island is an island in the Han River. It is relatively large and can accommodate tens of thousands of people.

This place was Gan Ning's choice for the decisive battle.

Of course, it is impossible for the naval battle to take place on the island, but around the island.

Marching all the way quickly, half an hour passed quickly, and Gan Ning's troops arrived at Zhouwu Island.

Huang Zu also got the news, he was very disdainful in his heart: "Sure enough, he doesn't know water warfare, this Gan Ning is even more stupid."

"Water battle, if it is too close to the island, it will not be conducive to the formation of warships, how can there be any chance of winning?"

"Send an order, the army speeds up and must arrive ten miles south of Zhouwu Island in half an hour."

"Hmph, I want to use Gan Ning's head and the lives of [-] Chinese soldiers and sailors to wash away the shame of my Huang Zu."

Half an hour passed quickly again.

The Jingzhou navy also arrived ten miles south of Zhouwu Island.

Huang Zu received a report from the scouts, saying that Gan Ning had already lined up near the south bank of Zhouwu Island.

"Are you ready?" Huang Zu sneered, "This Gan Ning is really a stupid pig."

"Does he really think that I will command the warship to meet him after he has lined up?"

"Hmph, Gan Ning, Gan Ning, your death is not far away."

"Here's an order to send twenty small boats to outflank each other's left and right. Regardless of life or death, we must disrupt the opponent's formation."

Following Huang Zu's order, twenty small boats were dispatched immediately.

It is said to be a small boat, but it is actually not small. There are 100 people on each boat, and 2000 people together.

2000 men against Gan Ning's 1 men, although a little less, was enough to shake the battle of Gan Ning's navy.

Looking at the movements of the Jingzhou navy, Gan Ning sneered, and said lightly, "The left and right armies must be ordered to wipe out these 2000 men."

"Don't worry about the formation, the more chaotic the better, but remember, don't chase."

Soon, the two naval armies encountered each other, and a fight officially started.

Gan Ning's left and right armies totaled 6000 men, and their combat effectiveness was no less than that of the Jingzhou navy's elite, and the fighting was fierce.

The chief generals of the left and right armies were Gan Ning's two cousins, named Gan Xiong and Gan Cheng.

Gan Xiong and Gan Cheng's martial arts were taught by Gan Ning.

Although the two are much worse than Gan Ning, they are both more than 80 points in strength, absolutely second-rate generals.

But in Huang Zu's army, the martial arts of those lieutenant generals were far inferior to those of Gan Xiong and Gan Cheng.

After a fierce battle, Huang Zu's two thousand soldiers were wiped out.

Gan Ning also suffered nearly 1000 casualties.

Huang Zu saw it clearly, and immediately ordered to gather all the warships and rush towards Gan Ning's central army.

The left and right armies of the Gan Ning army were all in disorganized formation, and the bows of the ships were all in any direction, so it was impossible to fight any more.

But Gan Ning's central army was different. The bow of the ship was facing the direction of the Jingzhou navy.

Gan Ning's left and right armies were 3000 men each, and Gan Ning's central army was also 3000 men.

Added together, it is 9000 people, and there are 1000 people missing.

Of course Huang Zu didn't know this information, he calculated the number of soldiers based on the warships, and believed that Gan Ning's [-] soldiers were here.

Therefore, once the Jingzhou army can rush into Gan Ning's central army, the victory will be decided in one battle.

Gan Ning looked at the dark Jingzhou warships, not flustered at all, but a sneer on the corner of his mouth.

After the warships of the Jingzhou Army came within range, Gan Ning gave the order to raise the flag.

As the command flag was raised high, there was movement on Zhouwu Island immediately.

Huge catapults threw black cans one after another, and threw them at the warships of the Jingzhou Army.

The jar landed on the Jingzhou army's boat, and immediately fell to pieces, and the kerosene in the jar splashed out.

Fire attack is the most powerful weapon against the navy.

Once a warship catches fire, it is difficult to extinguish it, or be burned to death, or escape by diving into the water, or abandon the big ship and take a small boat to escape.

However, escaping in a small boat is definitely not as fast as the opponent's big boat. Once caught up, it is impossible to escape the opponent's bows and arrows.

Huang Zu was startled and angry, he already understood Gan Ning's intention.

However, it's too late.

A warship moving at full speed is like a cavalry regiment running wildly on the plain, there is no way to stop suddenly.

"Send the order, the rear army, stop advancing." In desperation, Huang Zu had no choice but to abandon the front army, as long as he could keep the rear army and the central army.

But at this time, the left and right armies, which had just been scattered together, turned around quickly and rushed towards the Jingzhou army's rear army together.

The front army of the Jingzhou Army had already started to brake, trying to stop the boat, but the boat behind it bumped into it again and couldn't stop at all.

The catapult on Zhouwu Island continued to fire fuel tanks outward, hitting the warship behind.

At the same time, the soldiers on the warships of the Chinese army began to shoot rockets at the warships of the Jingzhou army.

Where the rocket landed, it immediately caught fire, and instantly set the deck of the warship on fire.

Fortunately, the soldiers of the Jingzhou Army had been prepared for a long time, and either got off the boat or went up to a high place, so they could temporarily avoid these fires.

But this is only temporary. Once the fire boils, unless they leave the big ship completely, they will die.

The morale of the Jingzhou navy plummeted. The soldiers had no intention of fighting, but only hoped to get out of here quickly and return to the south bank of the Han River.

A fire that soared into the sky was staged in Hanshui. The flames soared into the sky and could be reflected dozens of miles away.

South Bank of the Han River.

Xiangyang city.

Liu Biao received the news shortly after the fire started.

"Hahaha, good, good." Liu Biao thought that it was Huang Zu who set the fire on Gan Ning's warship, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, "De Rong is really powerful, our army will surely win this battle."

Liu Xian also nodded: "When it comes to water warfare, if Huang Zu only ranks second, there will be no one in the world who dares to be number one."

"After this battle, Huang Zu's merits and demerits are evenly matched, and the governor doesn't have to punish him."

Liu Biao nodded, "Exactly."

Pang Ji said: "After this battle, there will be no worries in the north of Xiangyang for the time being. Our army only needs to go south with all its strength and recover Jiangling."

At this time, a different voice suddenly sounded: "My lord, my subordinates remember that when General Huang went out to fight, he didn't bring anything to light the fire. How could he attack with fire?"

Everyone looked over together, and the speaker was Yiji.

"What?" Everyone was taken aback, Huang Zu didn't bring any fire starter, so he didn't intend to use fire attack.

In this way, if Huang Zu did not set the fire on the river, it must have been set by Gan Ning.

The Jingzhou army must have been defeated again.