Becoming stronger from cutting Hu and Cao Cao

At this time, there is no need for Lu Xun to say anything, Zhou Yu himself has seen it all.My own granary caught fire. Judging by the intensity of the fire, I'm afraid that the grain in the granary should have been burned up.

Zhou Yu's expression also changed a few times at this time. The granary was burned, which was a big deal.You know, Soochow has hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the front line combined.If there is no food and grass for these soldiers, it is impossible to fight hungry.

However, Zhou Yu couldn't care less about it at this time. If he withdrew his troops at this time, it would not only be burning the food and grass, but a complete defeat.

After Zhou Yu pondered for a while, he said to Lu Xun, "Beat the three-way drum."

What did Zhou Yu mean by asking Lu Xun to beat the three-way drum at this time? On the battlefield, beating the drum is for advancement, and beating the gold is for retreat.These three-pass drums, also called Zhenjun drums, are used to boost the morale of the army, and there are 36 sounds in this pass.

The so-called seven front strikes, eight rear strikes, eighteen in the middle are issued slowly, and three back strikes are also combined, and the three links make up one hundred and eight.This is the saying that in the military formation, the three-way drum is used to vibrate the army.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Thinking about the three-way vibration of the army drum, this also shows Zhou Yu's meaning.The sound of this drum meant that Zhou Yu had no intention of retreating.

At this time, the fire boat blocking the way ahead was almost burned.Standing on the flagship, Li Chen looked at Wu Jun's ships not far away, and listened to Wu Jun's three-way vibration drum.

I thought, Zhou Yu is a bit interesting this week.

It has to be said that there is no one worthy of fame, and this Zhou Yu really has two brushes.At this time, the food and grass in the camp were burned, if it was an ordinary general, he would have retreated in a hurry.However, at this time, once it is withdrawn, it will definitely be defeated.

And instead of retreating at all, Zhou Yu insisted on finishing the battle with Li Chen.Such an ability to make decisions before the battle is indeed a rare and handsome talent in this world.

About half an hour later, the fire boat blocking the way ahead had been completely burned out.Zhou Yu looked at the fleet not far ahead, and issued an order calmly: "[-] ships on the flanks, make a tentative attack."

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As soon as Zhou Yu's order was issued, on the tower of the flagship, a Wu Jun flag bearer vigorously waved the command flag in his hand.

Commanding large-scale naval operations in this era basically relies on semaphore to order the movement of the ships below.

Zhou Yu's order was conveyed through the semaphore. The more than [-] ships led by Han Dang on the far left and the more than [-] ships led by Zu Mao on the far right moved towards the Qin army like arrows leaving the string. The fleet came over.

As the saying goes, when soldiers come to block, water comes to cover.Since Zhou Yu made a move, Qi Jiguang naturally has a way to deal with it.

"The main ship is in front, and the small boat is on the flank, ram into it." Zheng Chenggong's order was also conveyed.

"Hey, I said Governor Zheng, Pao, Pao."

"Our cannons are not decorations?" Cheng Yaojin reminded.

Of course Zheng Chenggong didn't forget the artillery, but it's just not the time to use it yet.The Wu army's ships were more than five times that of the Qin army's. Most of the five hundred or so Wu army ships rushing up at this time were small boats.

If the guns were fired at this time, then Wu Jun could completely ride a bicycle to protect the commander and sacrifice these more than [-] small boats to buy time for the big boats to evacuate.

Therefore, Qi Jiguang didn't fire immediately, but wanted to give Zhou Yu an illusion, and after he suppressed all the fleets, he was caught off guard.

"It is not yet time to fire, execute the order."

"All ships are not allowed to fire without an order. If you dare to disobey the order, you will be killed." Zheng Chenggong glared at Cheng Yaojin and ordered.

Qi Jiguang's word "cut" was actually meant for a stunned young man like Cheng Yaojin.Of course, now is the time of war, and Cheng Yaojin dare not disobey the military orders.

Under Zheng Chenggong's strict order, no one in the Qin army fleet dared to fire, but headed by ten chasing boats and three-rail gun boats, they rammed towards Wu army's ships.

This wave was Zhou Yu's tentative attack, and it was precisely because Cheng Yaojin's shot at Sun Jian exposed the Qin army's long-range weapons.Zhou Yu was trying to test whether Qin Jun's long-range weapons were deployed on a large scale, or only a few.

Zheng Chenggong saw Zhou Yu's intentions in this wave of probing, so he strictly ordered all ships not to fire.

Of course, hitting Wu Jun's boat head-on was no difficulty for Qin Jun.The ten flagships headed by the Qin army are more than ten times larger than the ships currently dispatched by the Wu army.Even compared with Wu Jun's building boat, it has to be two or three times the size.

What's more, there are iron rams on the bows of the boats and three-rail gunboats.Let's put it this way, if Qin Jun's ship hits it, it is like smashing an egg with a hammer.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!

There was a sound of impact after another. Originally, Wu Jun planned to get close to Qin Jun's ship and use tools such as hook locks and iron chains to climb up.But Qin Jun didn't give them this chance at all. When he saw Wu Jun's ship, he slammed into it.

Headed by ten huge flagships, followed by all kinds of ships, Qin Jun's ships were like sharks hunting their prey in the sea, driving Wu Jun's ships around.

Chapter 348 The Battle of the Water Army

Qin Jun's ships were much larger than Wu Jun's in size, and Wu Jun could not gain the upper hand in terms of numbers when he only dispatched the left and right sailors.Because of this, there was a situation on the entire river at this time that the Wu army's water army was suppressed and beaten by the Qin army's water army.

It has to be said that both Zheng Chenggong and Zhou Yu are really able to hold their breath.Under this kind of battle situation, Zhou Yu did not increase his troops, and Zheng Chenggong did not fire.

Both of these two people kept their cards in their hands, and wanted to give each other a fatal blow at the most critical time.At this time, the competition between the two is who can hold their breath more.

On the deck, Zheng Chenggong squinted his eyes and looked at Zhou Yu's fleet in the distance. At this moment, a feeling of pity for heroes rose in his heart.

In this era, infantry and cavalry battles were still the main battle, and there were many generals who were also good at infantry and cavalry tactics, but there were very few generals who could command water troops to fight.There is no doubt that Zhou Yu and Zheng Chenggong are the best of them.

"Don't move, I will force you to move." Zheng Chenggong looked at Zhou Yu's fleet ahead, Nan Nan said to himself,

"Flag language, use eight main ships to block the eight directions of east, west, south, north, southeast, southwest, northeast, and northwest, and the rest of the ships block the fleeing ships, and eat this water army of the Wu army for me." Zheng Chenggong ordered loudly.

With Zheng Chenggong's order, Qin Jun's ships moved instantly.Qin Jun's ships not only have an advantage in size, but also are much faster than Wu Jun's ships in speed.

With the wave of the command flag in the flag bearer's hand, the Qin army's ships moved quickly and surrounded the two partial armies of Han Dang and Zu Mao.

Wu Jun's navy was originally in a situation of being suppressed and beaten by Qin Jun, but now surrounded by Qin Jun, it can be said that there is no way to go to heaven and no way to go to earth.

The Qin army is dominated by eight flagships, supplemented by more than a hundred small boats of various types, just like cats playing with mice, consuming Wu's ships bit by bit.

In naval warfare in this era, it can be said that the comparison is who has more ships and whose ships are bigger.Before the Qin army's navy had yet to use artillery, the Wu army with more than [-] ships was no match for the Qin army's more than [-] ships.It can be seen that big is definitely an advantage.

The water battle lasted for about half an hour. At this time, the two partial armies of Zu Mao and Han Dang had already been defeated.More than 200 ships have been sunk and more than [-] have been captured, and nearly half of the soldiers have been killed or injured.

Now, on the entire surface of the river, it can be said that there are blood and floating corpses everywhere, and there seems to be a little blood in the river.

Now these surrounded Wu Jun and navy troops are all stupefied after being beaten, not to mention these ordinary soldiers, even Han Dang and Zu Mao are a little stunned.

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"Great Governor, why don't you send troops to rescue? If you don't send troops, our entire army will be wiped out." Han Dang couldn't help crying in his heart, clutching the arrow wound on his left arm.

Just now a stray arrow hit Han Dang's left arm. Han Dang is also a veteran. The arrow almost made him faint from the pain, but he still gritted his teeth and held on. However, now If it looks similar, if Zhou Yu doesn't send troops to rescue them, they will really have insufficient support.

Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu saw Han Zhongjian's arrow.Zhou Yu is the commander-in-chief of the Soochow Navy, and old Cheng Pu is the deputy commander-in-chief.At the same time, Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Zu Mao, and Huang Gai are all very good friends.

Cheng Pu was already anxious when he watched the battle situation, but now that he saw Han Zhongjian, he became even more anxious.

"Governor, send troops quickly."

"If we don't send troops, the two generals Han Dang and Zu Mao will really die in battle today." Cheng Pu persuaded in Zhou Yu's ear.

Zhou Yu is the chief governor, and Cheng Pu is the deputy governor.It was useless for Cheng Pu to send troops, Zhou Yu had to give orders, and the remaining main ships could move.

Zhou Yu looked at the occupancy in front of him, and at this moment he also understood that this test has no results.The Qin army is too strong, and it is very difficult to test out the Qin army's hole cards just by relying on the fleets on the left and right wings.

At this time, Zhou Yu's face changed again and again, and Zhou Yu's heart was actually tangled.Looking at it now, since the Qin army has not found out the trump card, the best choice is to withdraw the army while the Qin army is besieging Han Dang and Zu Mao.

"Governor, let's send troops."

"Old General Huang has already fallen into the hands of the Qin army, we must not lose the two old generals Han Dang and Zu Mao." At this time, Ding Feng knelt on the ground and begged.

"Governor, let's send troops. I, Zhou Tai, would like to be the vanguard." Zhou Tai also asked for a fight from the side.

Zhou Yu and the others didn't know that Qi Jiguang used Huang Gai to cheat to open the camp gate, but when Huang Gai fell into the hands of the Qin army, it was already a disaster.Thinking of General Huang being so old, he still suffered this brutal beating for no reason.Zhou Yu couldn't help feeling a little guilty in his heart. He, Zhou Yu, has been in charge of the Soochow Navy for many years. Who can be his opponent on this river.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yu also wanted to compete with Zheng Chenggong in his heart, and immediately ordered: "Beat the drum, and the whole army will attack."

Zhou Yu thought to himself, since he couldn't test out Qin Jun's hole cards, he might as well put all his hole cards up and let everyone fight a decisive battle.

With Zhou Yu's order, the remaining [-] or so ships of Soochow rushed towards the Qin army. The [-] or so ships of the central army were different from the [-] or so ships led by Han Dang and Zu Mao on the left and right flanks. Same.

Han Dang and Zu Mao's boats were mostly small boats, but Zhou Yu's [-] boats were mostly large boats.These buildings were even equipped with some slingshots and bed crossbows.

Seeing that Soochow's ships were getting closer and closer to his own side, Zheng Chenggong thought to himself: "Sure enough, Zhou Yu is such an arrogant person, it is absolutely impossible to withdraw without a fight."

Zheng Chenggong set up a naval battle formation and locked Han Dang and Zu Mao in the formation. Under such circumstances, the Qin army's ships actually lost part of their mobility.

If Zhou Yu took advantage of this opportunity and ordered the navy to return to the water stronghold, it would actually be very difficult for the Qin army to catch up after the Qin army adjusted its formation.However, Zheng Chenggong took a gamble. He bet that Zhou Yu would not withdraw without a fight.

Seeing that Zhou Yu's whole army rushed forward as expected, Zheng Chenggong couldn't help showing a bit of complacency in his heart.

"Send the order, change the formation. The flagship withdraws and lays a long snake formation across the river. The rest of the boats take over from the flagship and continue to encircle and suppress. Let me completely eat the left and right wings of the Wu army." Zheng Chenggong's order was conveyed.

Chapter 349 The Soochow Navy Lost in the First Battle

With Zheng Chenggong's order, the flagship of the Qin army began to leave the battle order, and the rest of the small boats took over the task of encircling and suppressing Han Dang and Zu Mao.

At the same time, Qin Jun's flagships were connected end to end, forming a straight line across the entire river.

"Governor, what does Qin Jun mean?" Cheng Pu couldn't help being a little confused seeing Qin Jun's formation, so he asked Zhou Yu.

In a naval battle, how can there be an enemy exposed on the side? Doesn't this mean that when the tiger meets the hunter, it turns over and exposes its belly to the hunter?

When Qin Jun set up such a formation, not only old Cheng Pu was confused, but even Zhou Yu was also confused at this time.

But Zhou Yu is worthy of being Zhou Yu, the governor of Jiangdong is not in vain, almost a moment later, Zhou Yu had a bad premonition in his heart.

"Send the order, the ships should be separated, and the distance between the ships should be at least ten feet." Zhou Yu ordered to the messengers on the left and right.

At this time, Zhou Yu thought of the kind of weapon that killed Sun Jian, the king of Wu. Under the banner of the Wu army's central army, the two or three zhang crater was vividly visible.

Now that Qin Jun took the initiative to give up the side, there is only one possibility, that is, Qin Jun's side is equipped with that kind of weapon.

Zhou Yu gave an order, and the messenger waved the order flag in his hand to send out the signal.But at this time, Wu Jun's fleet has become an offensive formation, and it is advancing at almost full speed. At this time, it is not so easy to widen the distance.According to the observers, Zheng Chenggong will not give the Soochow navy a chance to distance themselves.

Zheng Chenggong stood on the deck, and based on his many years of experience, he visually judged whether the current distance of the Soochow navy had entered the best position for bombardment.

"Reload!"

"Ready to shoot!"

Zheng Chenggong shouted loudly, and the messenger passed on the order through the command flag.

"Shh!"

Immediately afterwards, there was a continuous sound of "swish, swish", and the soldiers of the Qin army on each ship tore off the black cloth covering the gun emplacements.A pair of shiny black cannons revealed their ferocious appearance.

The sideboards of the main battleships of the Qin Army are all filled with gun positions, and these guns are all mounted on forts that can adjust the angle up, down, left, and right.

"Calibrate the gun position!"

"Reload!"

As the ships shouted one after another, there was only a sound of "creak, creak". It was the Qin army reloading and adjusting the shooting angle.

"emission!"

With the heavy black flags in the hands of the flag bearers, Qin Jun's artillery made a deafening roar.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

With one cannon sound after another, Qin Jun's artillery entered its own shelling mode.As the saying goes, if you are rich, you will have full coverage, and if you are poor, you will strike with precision.There is no doubt that Qin Jun is rich and oily, so he naturally chose the method of firepower coverage.

After a series of cannon shots, Wu Jun's navy was completely stunned.They have seen such weapons there, and experienced such battles there.

Even Wu Jun's most advanced buildings and ships equipped with the most long-range weapons are nothing more than bed crossbows and catapults.But now, the shooting success of the Qin army's weapons is fully three times that of theirs.Moreover, the power of artillery can be said to be more than ten times that of catapults and bed crossbows.

At this time, all the artillery fired by the Qin army were solid bullets.This is an iron bullet the size of a human head.This shell hit Wu Jun's ship, and it was able to punch a big hole in Wu Jun's ship in an instant.

Wu Jun's building boats are okay, if one is accidentally hit by one shot, two shots will not be silent, but if the other small boats are hit by one shot, the whole ship will be torn to pieces.This cannon hit the ship, if it hit a person, the whole person would be smashed into a pulp.

Since Li Chen reached an agreement with Cao Cao to exchange iron ore for food, it can be said that he is no longer worried about iron.Today, the navy's shells can be said to be enough.

Moreover, when Zheng Chenggong trained the sailors, he always emphasized range and coverage strikes.In the words of Zheng Chenggong, it is a problem that can be solved with shells, so the lives of soldiers should not be used to fight.Don't fight hand-to-hand with problems that can be solved remotely.

It can be said that the navy of the Qin Army was deeply influenced by Zheng Chenggong.

At this moment, it was as if hail had fallen in the sky, and countless iron bullets the size of human heads came pouring down like a violent storm.

Wu Jun has been completely stunned. They have never seen the long-range weapons equipped by Qin Jun. Now they are completely passive and unable to fight back.

In just a short time, more than half of Zhou Yu's hundreds of ships have been lost.Even the Louchuan, which Soochow regarded as a treasure, lost at least one-third.

Zhou Yu's face was ashen. He knew that he had lost this battle.This cannot be reversed by tactics at all, and the gap in weapons and equipment between the two sides cannot be made up by quantity at all.

Zhou Yu was defeated, but Zhou Yu was not to blame.In today's water battle, let alone Zhou Yu, even Jiang Gong and his grandson were resurrected, they would not be able to win this battle.

"Send the order that the ships that have not been damaged immediately turn around and leave the battlefield. The ships that cannot escape immediately set themselves on fire with the rockets on board." Zhou Yu gave the order almost with a dark face.

"Governor, no!" Cheng Pu shouted.