Three Kingdoms Eschatology

Yan Yan is a native of Bashu, and he doesn't understand the local dialect of Yuzhang very clearly, thinking that the other party is begging for mercy and begging not to kill them.So he said: "Fathers, folks, don't worry, we are the Daliang Heavenly Army, and there is no king in the world, and you are also my Daliang Tianzi's people. Naturally, our Daliang Army will not harm you. Please hurry up, each Go home and live as usual."

I don't want to, but none of this crowd of people stood up.Still kneeling down.For some unknown reason, some people suddenly passed out and fell to the ground.

Chapter 581 Food Issues

Just when Yan Yan was puzzled, a soldier of Yan Yan who was familiar with the Yuzhang dialect accent reminded: "General, these people not only begged us not to kill them, but also heard that wherever our troops crossed the border, they would open warehouses to donate food. They have run out of food. It’s been a few days, begging our army to give them some food to survive.”

"Oh, so it's about food." Yan Yan suddenly realized.Dare to feel that the people who fainted just now fainted from hunger, so it's no wonder that these old and weak women and children have pale faces.Yan Yan cleared her throat and said loudly to the crowd: "Everyone, don't worry, food is not a problem. Please go to the city and return home first. The old man will solve the urgent needs for everyone."

After hearing this, the three thousand starving people stood up gratefully and helped the old and the young out of the way.Then he followed the cavalry into the city.The first thing Yan Yan did when he entered the city was to go to the government office granary to find food.The result can be imagined.Not to mention that there is not a single grain of rice in the granary, even the yamen guarding the granary did not find a single one.

Yan Yan followed the household registration stored in the government office to find rich households, but there were no wealthy households in the city.As early as when the Wei army occupied Yuhan, these wealthy households were taken by Lian Jiacai and their families moved to Jiangdong, which was controlled by the Wei state.

This made Yan Yan anxious.The streets and alleys outside the government office are full of eager old and young women and children.After thinking about it, Yan Yan ordered: "The generals of the army, give half of the food and grass that they carry with them to these civilians, and let them relieve their urgent needs first. Then quickly send troops to report to Commander Zhao Yun, and take the food here. Report the shortage of food urgently!"

A lieutenant next to Yan Yan reminded: "General, the rations carried by the boys are only enough for two or three days. Half of this is allocated, and we don't have enough to eat! What's more, we still need more food." Go and beat Poyang County."

Yan Yan frowned and waved his hands: "Then what can we do? We can't just watch these three thousand people starve to death. You know, the goal of this campaign is to occupy the entire county of Yuzhang. Is Zhang firmly included under my Daliang rule? As for fighting Poyang, I don’t dare to go to Poyang now, not because I am worried about the enemy soldiers there. I am afraid that if I go, there may be tens of thousands more mouths. Where can I get food? go?"

The two thousand Liang army war cavalry quickly allocated a large amount of food, not only the dry food they ate, but also half of the horse feed.If you save some food, it will at least meet the needs of these three thousand hungry people for four or five days.

Soon there was a long queue for food on the street.The soldiers of the Liang army repeatedly told these hungry people to keep their water flowing and save food, as the subsequent food may take many days to arrive.Even so, there were still a few crazy hungry people who gobbled up all the rations for several days, and were strangled to death.

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Yan Yan was worried about food, and Zhao Yun under the city of Nanchang was even more worried about it.In addition to the urgent report sent back by Yan Yan, the rest of the newly occupied counties and cities also sent the same urgent report asking for food.Zhao Yun compiled these reports one by one, and estimated that there are more than 4 hungry people waiting for food relief.

At this time, nearly [-] Zhao Yun's army from the dry road had all arrived at the city of Nanchang.The supply of food and grass that accompanied the army was sufficient for the entire army for three or four days.But to supply the [-] hungry people, plus the loss of transportation, the food and grass would not last for two days.

Moreover, in order to prevent the Linjiang navy from harassing his own navy, Zhao Yun specially sent someone to instruct Gan Ning to spare a large number of warships after entering Pengze Lake and form a escort fleet.Therefore, the amount of materials that the navy can transport each time is also limited.If the number of round trips by the navy in Pengze Lake is increased, the risk of being attacked will undoubtedly increase.

If there were not so many hungry people, or Liu Bei's navy had been completely wiped out, or Liang Jun could quickly capture Nanchang City now.As long as one of the three conditions is met, Zhao Yun will not be so sad.It is a pity that three problems appeared in front of Zhao Yun at the same time.

At this time, another soldier came to report: "Commander, Xingan in the upper reaches of the Ganshui River has been captured by our army, but our army stationed in Xingan sent back an urgent report!" A military intelligence report stamped urgently.

Zhao Yun took it casually, knowing in his heart that this was another urgent letter begging for food.He didn't want to, he only glanced twice, then showed a surprised expression, and quickly said to the soldiers: "Quickly go and order the various units of our army along the Ganshui River to come from the upper reaches. The fleet under the flag of Sun Zi is our friendly army. Ministries are not allowed to launch attacks and intercepts."

At sunset, a fleet of ships appeared on the Ganshui River east of Nanchang City.The warships in the fleet are not big, and almost all of them are small warships, but there are quite a few of them.Flags with Sun characters and Wu characters were planted all over the ship, and the soldiers also wore Wu's ocher uniforms.

Some soldiers of the Liang army on the shore wondered: "Isn't this Wu country already conquered by the Cao-Liu allied forces some time ago? Moreover, more than a hundred members of the Sun family were exterminated, so why is there another group of people fighting against it now?" An army under the flag of Wu? Is it difficult to understand the evil sons and lonely ministers? But even if the most evil sons and lonely ministers fight under the flag of Wu, why do you still fight under the flag of Sun Zi?"

Zhao Yun, who had already received the news in advance, would naturally not be surprised.Liu Bei at the head of the city was not surprised, but frightened.Because Liu Bei has already guessed who is coming.It must be Sun Shangxiang, the princess of Wu State in the South China Sea, because Wu Guotai mentioned this woman before she died.Although Sun Shangxiang is a female generation, but she can fight in the battlefield, and she is extremely intelligent, and her bravery is not inferior to that of a man.Although she immigrated to Nanhai as the princess, she integrated all the forces inside and outside Nanhai County within a short period of time, and firmly controlled Nanhai County in her hands.This woman led troops to the city of Nanchang at this time, only for one thing, to avenge her mother and brother and the whole family!

But now Liu Bei can only hide in Nanchang City, watching Sun Shangxiang and Zhao Yun join forces, unable to take any countermeasures.Because after Zhao Yun's army gathered under Nanchang City, Nanchang City has been surrounded with water.Even the passage from the city to the wharf by the Ganshui River was cut off.

At the Ganshui Wharf at this time, Zhao Yun led the guard of honor to welcome Sun Shangxiang in person.He originally thought that since Sun Shangxiang led the troops here, he must be wearing battle robes and full armor.

Unexpectedly, it was a pretty girl with red make-up who came oncoming, her bright moon-like face was full of sassy aura completely different from Chen Yuluoyan, which made Zhao Yun slightly distracted by it.It's just that her handsome face is still mixed with a bit of sadness and sadness, which is obviously caused by the affairs of the family and the country.

When Sun Shangxiang saw Zhao Yun in silver helmet and silver armor, he immediately said a blessing: "This general must be the famous General Zhao Yun in Daliang. The little girl Sun Shangxiang is very polite."

Careful Zhao Yun noticed that Sun Shangxiang referred to Liang as Daliang instead of Liang Guo.He hurriedly replied: "The princess is very polite. Please come ashore for dinner, and we will discuss in detail the matter of joining forces to kill Liu."

Chapter 582

Sun Shangxiang, Zhao Yun and others sat down in the camp of the Chinese army, after the polite conversation.She changed the subject and said, "The little girl came just now, and saw that your army's tents stretched all over the sky, and it seems that Nanchang City has been surrounded. May I ask when General Zhao Yun will launch a general attack on Nanchang City and kill Liu Thief?"

Zhao Yun pondered for a moment, then responded: "I'm not going to lie to the princess. At present, in Nanchang City, Liu Bei has used a lot of manpower to build an extremely tight and solid defense, and has hoarded a lot of food and grass. And our army needs to build a corresponding amount of siege equipment. In addition, an important combat material of our army was damaged by a sneak attack by Liu Bei's army during the delivery process. This also made us have to wait for this material to arrive before we can launch a general attack on Nanchang."

Sun Shangxiang said in amazement: "Oh? Could it be that there are still a large number of Liu thief troops and their territories outside Nanchang City, Yuzhang County? When the little girl led the army to Xingan, she heard from the general of your army that your army had been divided and dispatched. Jiang, attacking the city of Yuzhang everywhere. That’s why I thought that the Liu thief only had a stronghold in Nanchang, an isolated city.”

Zhao Yun smiled and explained: "The princess's estimate is not wrong. Liu Bei really only has Nanchang City in his hands. Most of the remaining counties in Yuzhang have been occupied by our army. It has not been occupied, but it is basically equal to no man's land. However, Liu Beijun still has a navy in his hands, hiding in the misty Pengze Lake. They can come from the waterway and attack our army's grain road on the west bank of Pengze Lake. .”

Sun Shangxiang covered her mouth with her sleeve and took a sip of the tea soup.In fact, she was hesitating whether she should ask a certain question or not.

In the end, she made up her mind and asked: "Although she is a woman, she has heard that Liang Jun's navy elite is not under the iron cavalry, and this time Liang's inland river navy has come out. On the other hand, although Liu Bei's navy is based in Jingzhou The navy is the foundation, and it is also one of the best in the world. But they have been fighting with our Wu State Navy in Pengze Lake for more than a few months. Our Wu State Navy has not surrendered. Therefore, their strength can only be greatly damaged and will not be strengthened. How can Liang Guoshui Is there anything the teacher can do about them?"

Hua Xiong, who was on the side, smiled and said, "My lady... well, the princess doesn't know something. It's not that our Liang army navy can't do anything about Liu Bei's navy. It's that the mouth of Pengze Lake was blocked by Liu Bei's sunken ship and other sundries. Our Liang army navy is now Being blocked on the river outside the lake mouth, you can’t enter the lake. But in a couple of days, Brother Gan Ning should clear the lake mouth, and his navy will also enter Pengze Lake.”

However, Zhao Yun took Hua Xiong's words and said: "Gan Ning's navy cannot solve the problem immediately when they enter Pengze Lake. Our top priority is to bring in a large amount of food, and in order to deal with the harassment of Liu Bei's navy, we can only use half of the ships at most. To transport food, the rest of the ships must go into battle lightly to deal with the hit-and-run tactics of the Liu Bei navy. Therefore, if the explosive bombs cannot be delivered in a short period of time, we cannot attack Nanchang City. In addition, even if we go all out to transport food, in the next week or two, The biggest problem facing our army is the lack of food, and if this problem is not solved, the rest.”

Sun Shangxiang asked again: "How many troops does your army have? How could there be such a shortage of food?"

Hua Xiong continued, "Hey, princess, it's not that we're short of food, it's that Liu Bei took all the food in Yuzhang County to Nanchang City, but left tens of thousands of Yuzhang civilians outside. After opening up the cities, these will naturally become our burden. If there are tens of thousands more mouths at once, the food will naturally not be enough."

"I see!" Sun Shangxiang nodded thoughtfully.She covered her face with her sleeve again, took a few sips of the tea soup, and had gone through this question several times in her mind.Having made up her mind, she said to Zhao Yun: "General Zhao, don't worry, our army has brought a lot of food from the South China Sea, which is enough for our army's [-] soldiers for three months, and it can be distributed to your army. It will take some time. Within this time, it should not be a problem to use the navy brought by XX and your Ganning navy to jointly destroy Liu Bei's navy."

Zhao Yun was overjoyed when he heard Sun Shangxiang's words, but then asked suspiciously: "Princess, although the journey from Nanhai to Yuzhang is not as long as it takes to describe it as a thousand miles, the two counties are separated by thousands of mountains in Nanling, and there is no There are no waterways to connect them. The princess can bring three thousand soldiers everywhere, and it is not easy to raise a large number of warships on the Gan River, so how did he manage to send a large amount of food over the mountains?"

Sun Shangxiang smiled and showed two dimples and said: "The general does not know something. As early as when my brother Sun Ce was alive and captured Nanhai County from the Nanyue Shijia, he was determined to open up traffic from Nanhai to Yuzhang. Although Nanhai and Yuzhang are separated There are tens of thousands of mountains and no waterways connecting them. But there are two waterways that can be used, one is the Zhenshui that flows from north to south and flows into the sea in Panyu, and the other is the Ganshui that flows from south to north and flows into Pengze Lake. The rivers in other deep mountains are different. Both waterways have a long part in the mountains that can be navigated. Therefore, the two of them managed this, and built dock strongholds at the ends of the two waterways. There are docks in the strongholds. For facilities such as granaries, there are usually a large number of ships suitable for navigating the upper reaches of the two waterways, and plank roads are built in the mountains less than a hundred miles between the two bases. Therefore, the two counties are actually connected by smooth traffic.”

Only then did Zhao Yun suddenly realize and nodded.

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At the mouth of Pengze Lake in Yuzhang County, a Liang Jun on the Yangtze River cautiously sailed into the vast Pengze Lake from here, and then a larger building boat followed closely behind, riding the wind and waves, and slowly sailing into Pengze Lake.The soldiers of the Liang Army in the Hukou camp on the shore suddenly burst into applause, which proved that the Hukou waterway was unimpeded.Immediately afterwards, more than a thousand Liang Jun Navy warships on the river filed in in order of first small and then large.After entering the surface of Pengze Lake, some of the ships immediately docked at the wharf of Hukou Daying to load the food and supplies that had been prepared.

Gan Ning, who was personally in command on the shore, nodded his head in satisfaction.At this time, a cavalry commanding soldiers galloped into the camp, Gan Ning glanced at the urgent letter sent by Zhao Yun, and muttered: "Why do you want me to cooperate with a woman?" He casually threw the letter into his box, and didn't take this matter to heart.

By the dawn of the second day, Liang Jun had finished loading the grain and grass to be transported this time.In the sound of the horn, Liang Jun's warship braved the wind and waves, and sailed towards the depths of Pengze Lake in the drizzle.Ships full of food and grass used as transport ships lined up in the middle.Viking ships, galleys and some small warships guard the surrounding area.All of a sudden, on the surface of Pengze Lake, the sky was covered with bright sails and candles.

Chapter 583 Competing for Pengze Lake

The Gan Ning fleet with thousands of boats passed by a sandbar deep in the center of the lake, but there was an imperceptible rustle in the reeds on the shore of the sandbar.Two heads poked out from the reeds, closely watching every move of Liang Jun's fleet.They are the scouts arranged here by General Huo Jun of the Linjiang Navy.

Huo Jun arranged such fixed hidden stakes on the routes that Liang Jun's navy might pass. In addition, there were a large number of walking sampans wandering in the lake to detect the movements of Liang Jun's navy anytime and anywhere.At this time, Gan Ning's naval fleet had only set off for less than two hours, and they had already spotted their tracks.

After Gan Ning's fleet passed by, a small boat emerged from the reeds, a mast was erected on the deck and sails were hoisted.It turns out that the mast is movable, and can be lowered or erected. At the same time, the ten long oars on both sides of the ship are flying up and down, stirring up the white waves of the lake, making the boat fly away like an arrow off the string, and soon disappear in the below the horizon...

In the evening, the weather turned fine.The setting sun fell a few feet above the horizon of Pengze Lake, dyeing the surface of the lake red.In the calm weather, a warship on the edge of Gan Ning's fleet suddenly blew the horn of alarm.Gan Ning hurried out of the cabin, boarded the uppermost deck of the ship, and looked into the distance.

To the west, black spots were visible, the masts being raised.And there are more and more of them, and bigger and bigger.The soldiers on the warships shouted one after another: "Ready for battle! An enemy ship is approaching! Prepare for battle!"

Gan Ning observed for a long time without saying a word, and waited until the incoming ship was less than two hundred battles away from his own fleet.Although the sun was dazzling and all he could see were the overlapping silhouettes of these warships, Gan Ning was able to roughly estimate their number, at least five hundred.According to Gan Ning's knowledge, Huo Jun's navy now has a total of seven or eight hundred warships at most. In this way, most of his warships are here.

Only then did Gan Ning instruct the general in charge of the dispatch: "Move the combat ships to the west by [-]% to block the enemy ships from attacking!"

The horns sounded one after another, and the Viking ships, galleys, and empty warships in the fleet turned around one after another and moved to the west of the entire Liang Army fleet.

As soon as this action was completed, Huo Jun's navy was less than fifty battles away from Gan Ning's fleet.Some of these ships even hoped to turn to the rear of the Gan Ning fleet by taking advantage of their speed, but in the end they were stopped by the fast-moving Viking warships and galley warships.

The ballistas, catapults, and bed crossbows on the warships of both sides fired at each other dozens of battles apart.Liang Jun's ship-mounted ballistas were far more accurate than Linjiang Army's catapults or bed crossbows, but at this time they were projecting against the light.Under the backlight of the setting sun, the enemy's warship is just a flat silhouette, and it is difficult to visually determine their actual distance.Therefore, the accuracy of the Liang Army's ballista is also greatly reduced in this situation, and it is exactly the same as the Linjiang Army's trebuchet and bed crossbow.

Huge stone bombs and rocks stirred up a jet of water jets on the water surface, and occasionally the stones hit the hull by chance, and the sawdust and wood were splashed everywhere.

But as the distance between the two sides got closer, the sound of the ship's hull being pierced by stone bullets or crossbow guns became more and more frequent on the water surface of the fierce battle.The difference is that for ships of the Linjiang Army that were hit by stone bullets below the waterline, the lake water would pour in from the hole as large as a washbasin, causing the hull to capsize soon.As for Liang Jun's ships that were shot through by crossbow guns, there is still the possibility of plugging and rescue.

Within a distance of more than ten battles, the ballista and bed crossbows were able to be used for short-distance and direct shooting, but the trebuchets on the Linjiang military ships became decorations.Although there were not as many ships of the Liang army participating in the battle as Huo Jun's warships, they were all equipped with ballistas, and the trebuchets on Huo Jun's ship were no longer effective at close range, so the "firepower" of the former was far greater than that of the latter.

Gan Ning shouted suddenly at this time: "A certain military order has been issued, and the entire army's participating ships will release explosive bombs. The longbowmen and flying troops are ready. We must wipe out all the enemy ships in this battle!"

This was Gan Ning's long-planned strategy.Although the Gan Ning fleet should give priority to carrying food under the city of Nanchang.But the explosive bombs used by the combat ships are still enough.Gan Ning planned to use ballistas to concentrate and shoot these explosive bombs after luring the enemy ships close, causing a big fire on each enemy ship, and then used longbowmen with a range of three or four hundred paces to launch beacons to guide the ships carried by the fleet. The "Eagle Eagle Flying Army" dropped bombs, and the soldiers on board guarded against the enemy ships and jumped on board, and all the enemy ships could be buried in the sea of ​​flames.

Unexpectedly, his commanding soldiers have not sounded the horn to announce the order.On the other side Huo Jun's warship, the sound of horns came one after another.The warships of Huo Jun's fleet turned around and fled westward one after another.Not long after, they distanced themselves from Gan Ning's fleet.Seeing that the duck with its beak was about to fly, Gan Ning was very anxious, and quickly ordered again: "Order the battleships to pursue at full speed, as long as they get close, immediately release hot bombs and flying troops!"

One of his lieutenants reminded: "General, use [-]% of the combat ships to chase the enemy ships. Isn't it too risky for the grain transport ships in the rear?"

Gan Ning shook his head and said: "I have concluded that these warships are the main force of the Linjiang Navy. If we can wipe out these enemy ships in this battle, we will be able to solve the future troubles on Pengze Lake once and for all! It’s worth the risk! Send our military order, and the remaining ships will anchor on the spot, waiting for the warships that chased the enemy ships to return in triumph!”

As time passed, half of the sun sank into the lake, and half of the sky also darkened.Gan Ning stood on the deck of the building, looking west anxiously.A soldier beside him suddenly screamed: "Ship! Ship... is an enemy ship"

Gan Ning was startled, raised his eyes and glanced to the west, the lake was empty, where did the boat come from.The soldiers next to him continued to shout, and the rest of the soldiers also shouted one after another. "Enemy ship! The enemy ship is approaching!", "Ready, the enemy ship is approaching!", "The enemy ship is coming from the east!"

Gan Ning turned his head to look, and his face turned pale with shock.With the afterglow of the setting sun, Gan Ning could clearly see that hundreds of Linjiang army sailors were pressing down from the eastern lake in black, and he quickly estimated that there were at least six hundred of them.

Gan Ning said to himself in disbelief: "Impossible! There are only seven or eight hundred warships left in the Linjiang Army, and more than five hundred of them fled west just now. How did these six hundred or so come from? How did the four hundred or so warships come about? Could it be that they have been showing weakness, hiding many ships and not going to battle?"

In fact, Huo Jun's navy took advantage of their familiarity with the terrain to divide into two groups beside a sandbar in the west.Hundreds of warships along the way continued to lure Liang Jun's navy to pursue them. Due to the backlight of the setting sun, the pursuing Liang Jun did not notice any change in the number of fleeing ships.On the other hand, the main force of Huo Jun's navy bypassed the sandbar, gathered hundreds of warships waiting there, detoured at full speed to the rear of Liang Jun's navy, and launched a surprise attack.

Chapter 584

After Huo Jun knew that Liang Jun's ships had different drafts, and combined the rest of the information from the scouts, he deduced that Liang Jun divided all warships into two parts, one for transportation and the other for escort.Therefore, he made this plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain, divert the battle ships of the Liang army, and then turn around and attack the transport ship of the Liang army.

At this time, Gan Ning faced the dark Huo Jun naval warships, his complexion turned pale, and the expression of fear was evident in his expression.At this time, about [-]% of the combat ships escorting the grain transport ships remained.Of course, Liang Jun's grain-transporting ships were not incapable of combat, but they were too deep, too slow, and extremely heavy, making it difficult to turn around during a battle, so their combat power was extremely limited.

Therefore, no matter what, the current Liang Jun Navy cannot retreat completely. Even if they can repel the opponent's more than [-] warships, they will suffer huge losses.Moreover, the opponent can rely on the advantage of speed to come back again and again, making Liang Jun exhausted until the Liang Jun battle fleet returns.

More than forty Liang Army warships have lined up on the eastern front, blocking between Huo Jun's navy and their own grain transport ships.The trebuchets and bed crossbows on Huo Jun's warship had thrown stones and crossbow guns overwhelmingly, stirring up countless sprays and water columns on the sea.Although these throwing tools were not accurate, they were large and dense, and there were still a lot of stones. The crossbow spears hit the Liang Army warship.The ballista on Liang Jun's warship also counterattacked.

On the flagship ship where Huo Jun was riding, more than a dozen soldiers whirled and winched the bed crossbow installed on the bow.Then there was only a humming sound of the bowstring.The thick crossbow spear flew out in the air.

But the next moment, with a loud bang, these soldiers saw a black thing coming like lightning, hitting the bed crossbow.A stone bullet from Liang Jun's ballista happened to hit the bed crossbow.The huge stone bullet with huge kinetic energy smashed the bed crossbow into pieces in an instant.Then several screams were heard in succession, and several soldiers of the Linjiang Army were injured by sawdust flying around and bed crossbow components.One of the soldiers was stabbed half a foot deep by a broken wooden stick into his bloodied face, and died on the spot.

As the distance between the two sides narrowed, the ballistas on Liang Jun's warships became more and more accurate, but the stone bullets fired by forty warships were too sparse compared to more than six hundred warships.Even if the hits are getting better and better, they are still at a disadvantage in the confrontation between the two sides.More than ten warships of the Liang Army have been bombarded by the Linjiang Army's flying spears, some of which are only wrecks, and some are leaking and sinking slowly.

When the distance between the two sides was less than forty battles, Liang Jun finally began to use hot bombs.A fireball drew smoke trails in the air like flying fire meteors, and once it landed on the deck of the Linjiang Army, it ignited a raging fire.It's just that their number is too small. For a Linjiang Army warship, if there are no continuous explosive bombs falling on the deck, there is no need to worry too much.Because each warship has deployed special fire-fighting personnel, they will use the soaked sackcloth to extinguish the fire as soon as possible.

Huo Jun is confidently commanding more than [-] warships to besiege the Gan Ning Navy.Seeing that the battle situation is becoming more and more favorable to him, he has begun to dream of victory.He even thought that this time not only would he severely injure Liang Jun, but he might even wipe out this navy!If this is the case, then he has made great contributions to Linjiang Kingdom and Liu Bei.His status will at least be higher than Xu Shu, not even under Guan Zhang.

Just when Huo Jun was in a trance, there was a muffled bang, and an arrow hit the railing of the boat building in front of Huo Jun, which shocked him greatly.The arrow cluster penetrated several inches into the wooden pole, and a conspicuous red yarn was tied to the quivering tail of the arrow, fluttering in the wind.

This surprised Huo Jun, because the nearest building to Huo Jun was still at least a hundred steps away, and ordinary arrows were at the end of their strength after flying over this distance, and they couldn't penetrate a few inches into the wood.And why is there a conspicuous veil tied to the tail of the arrow.Suddenly, Huo Jun thought of the purpose of this object, and quickly pulled out the arrow with his hands, and threw it into the seawater with all his strength.Sure enough, there were bursts of eagle howling in the air, and more than twenty huge eagle eagles were circling on the lake.Under normal circumstances, eagle eagles would not fly far from the land, so this could only be the eagle eagle of Liang Jun Feijun.

On the Liang Jun warship, the longbowmen assigned to the ship ran to the deck and were shooting arrows with beacons at the Linjiang Army warship one after another.

Huo Jun hurriedly ordered to the commanding soldiers beside him: "Quickly pass on our military orders. Liang Jun is trying to attack our ships with falcons that can throw objects. Let everyone pull out the arrows tied with red yarn and throw them into the sea. If it is possible to get them on the Liang Jun ship!"

Gan Ning saw that the falcon soaring in the air did not drop the explosive bomb for a long time, and at the end he lost his strength and threw the pot out of its claws into the lake, so he knew that this trick hadn't worked.In fact, even if the Linjiang Army had no countermeasures, they could destroy at most five or six enemy ships with the ups and downs of more than twenty eagles and falcons.

At this time, hundreds of warships of the Linjiang Army had begun to encircle the remaining [-] Liang Army battleships from the left and right wings.Their soldiers were all gathered on the deck, ready to take over the gang, and the crossbowmen even fired their arrows.The arrows were poured towards Liang Jun like a pouring rain.In addition, some riverside warships crossed the sparse line of defense and rushed towards the Liang army transport ship.

The only two galley warships in Liang's army, with full strength of the oarsmen, braved the rain of arrows and rushed towards the enemy ship at full speed.The ballista on the deck fired the last explosive shell at a distance of less than ten battles, and it was falling into the dense crowd on the deck of a certain Huo Jun warship.There was a sudden panic, and several of them turned into burning men, jumping into the lake in a panic.

Then there was another loud bang, and the galley warship collided with the bow of another enemy ship. The entire bow of the ship was smashed to pieces, and a large amount of lake water poured into the ship.But at the same time, a Linjiang warship approached the galley warship from the side, and Linjiang soldiers armed with swords, guns, swords and halberds jumped onto the opponent's deck one after another. He rushed out, and started a hand-to-hand fight on the deck with the opponent.Then another ship near the river approached, and the soldiers kept rushing to the opposing deck...

Boom, boom, loud noises came from the lake from time to time.Seven or eight Liang Jun warships, which were being besieged by the Linjiang Army Tiaobang, turned into bursting fireballs one after another.Not only did the soldiers on both sides of the deck be reduced to ashes, the huge shock wave even caused some warships of the Linjiang Army to roll over in the water.

The soldiers of the Liang army on these warships were unable to resist the enemy soldiers.Taking the measure of self-destruct and abandoning the ship, after smashing several explosive bombs in the pellet box, they jumped into the lake one after another.The last one threw a torch into the naphtha-filled cabin...

Chapter 585

Gan Ning looked at his warships that turned into balls of fire on the lake, and ordered in a deep voice: "Send the order, all the warships of the army gather together and prepare to meet the enemy!"

This measure of his was a helpless move at the moment. The Liang Jun ships full of goods moved slowly, and it was impossible to run past the opponent, so they could only meet the enemy head-on.Gather the warships into a group, so that the opponent will not use their speed and flexibility to encircle and destroy their own battlefields separately.Moreover, the power of the ballista projectiles fired by the ship-borne ballista salvo on dense ships will be very amazing.

Sure enough, with the sound of drums in Liang Jun's fleet.Thousands of stone bullets were fired from hundreds of warships, and black shadows appeared in the sky.Around the seven or eight riverside warships rushing towards the flagship of Ganning, it was as if hail had fallen, and huge waves and water jets splashed on the water.

At the same time, amidst the continuous bangs, each warship was hit by five or six rounds.The huge stone bullets either penetrated the deck, penetrated the side, or smashed the mast.Some warships began to pour into the lake and slowly sank.Some turned into piles of wooden debris floating and swirling on the lake.

Huo Jun, who was in the rear, immediately saw the way, and ordered: "Our warships should not face them head-on, and don't get too close. Instead, we should cruise around them, and then gradually take advantage of the interval between their ballista firing. Intrude in. At the same time, look for their flaws and attack."

Half an hour after the military order was handed down, Huo Jun's warships no longer rushed straight at Liang Jun's navy, but formed a file formation and circled around the huddled Liang Jun navy's transport ships.

At this distance, the enemy ship seemed to be only the size of a bathtub, and it was moving across.And the sky is completely dark, and we can only use the moonlight and sight.In this case, the ballista player can no longer use the last drop point of the projectile to estimate the parameters of the next projection, and the hit rate of the ballista drops to close to zero.

The Linjiang warship gradually approached Liang Jun in a spiral-like trajectory, and every time Liang Jun fired a round of ballista balls, the Linjiang Army warship took advantage of the time window for Liang Jun to load the projectile, and quickly approached for a certain distance.

Gan Ning's complexion became heavy. He knew in his heart that although the warships of the two armies were getting closer, the hit rate of his ballista would be slightly improved.But this increase in hit rate is not enough to suppress the enemy ships rushing quickly at close range.

Moreover, Liang Jun's warships were extremely heavy and gathered together, making it extremely difficult to turn around.When they bombarded the riverside warships circling around them, they had to form a formation similar to a land infantry formation, which greatly reduced the intensity and power of the ballista bombardment.Therefore, it can be expected that when the Linjiang army approaches a certain distance, a charge can break into the Liang army fleet.At that time, Liang Jun's navy had to fight hand-to-hand with Linjiang's navy on deck.What's terrible is that the soldiers who are good at deck-to-board warfare are assigned to those combat ships, so there will be no surprises in the result.

Gan Ning ordered with a livid face: "The whole army, with swords and guns in hand, prepare for hand-to-hand combat on the deck!" On the other side, Huo Jun also complacently ordered: "Prepare to raise the red light!".When Huo Jun's flagship raises the red light, it means that the entire Linjiang navy will attack at full speed.

At this time, a guard next to Huo Jun suddenly shouted: "General, you can see a large number of unknown ships appearing behind our army!"

Huo Jun was taken aback, wondering if the Liang Jun warships lured away by him had come back.But it's impossible to calculate the time, and even if they turn their heads back, they can't appear in the direction behind them.

He turned his head to look at the moonlight.Sure enough, they saw piles of warships with sails, most of them were small warships, less than [-] battles away from our own fleet.Although it is impossible to estimate how many ships there are at the moment, Huo Jun can be sure that there are at least nearly [-] ships.

And Huo Jun can be sure that although it is not Liang Jun's warship, it is not his own warship, let alone Wei Jun's warship, because Wei Jun has not yet established an inland navy.Huo Jun was a little familiar with the style of the flag on the ship, and he suddenly remembered that this was the flag of the Wu State Navy that had perished.How could there still be the navy left by Wu on Pengze Lake?

Huo Jun didn't have time to think about it, and shouted in a changed voice: "Send a certain military order, raise the white light, and the whole army retreats! Withdraw!"

It seemed that the Liang army was about to be wiped out, but the whole army had to withdraw.Of course Huo Jun didn't want to do that, but he had no choice.If we don't withdraw now and attack Liang Jun's fleet according to the original plan, although it will cause a lot of losses to Liang Jun in the end, but under the situation of being attacked from both front and back, the whole army can only be wiped out.

A white lantern was raised above Huo Jun's flagship, and at the same time, the soldiers blew their horns one after another.Huo Jun's warship turned its bow one after another and fled to the southeast. Of course, Huo Jun's flagship ran at the forefront.

Huo Jun didn't know what was going on with the fleet, but Gan Ning, who had been informed in advance, naturally knew who it was.It was Sun Shangxiang, Princess of Wu, who led the fleet to meet Gan Ning.Her small warships that came down from Ganshui River were extremely flexible and fast, and they rushed over in a short time by riding the wind and waves.

At this time, Huo Jun's fleet also fled, only two warships that did not get the military order in time, and left behind for a quarter of an hour, were surrounded by a group of warships. end.

Sun Shangxiang went to Gan Ning's flagship from the diving board, Gan Ning rushed to greet him, clasped his fists and said, "The general must have been sent by Princess Sun to meet someone. Gan Ning would like to thank General for his rescue. May I ask where Princess Sun is now?" "

At present, Sun Shangxiang has taken off her white women's attire, and put on a white war robe, silver armor, and silver helmet.Wrap white linen on the armor, which means wearing linen and mourning for the mother and brother.At first glance, he looked like a heroic young general, but he couldn't tell he was a female.

Hearing Gan Ning's question, Sun Shangxiang pursed his lips and smiled, revealing two dimples, and just now he clasped his fists in reply and said: "General Gan Ning, you don't need to be polite, someone is Sun Shangxiang, the princess of the Wu Kingdom."

Gan Ning heard this silver bell-like voice, and after taking a closer look, he realized that the other party was a woman, his face blushed, and he quickly apologized: "Please forgive Gan for his poor eyesight, don't blame him."