I'm playing tricks in Daqin

However, the defending empire, recognized as the weakest country in the mainland, took the initiative to go to war, which really caught the attention of countless people. As for the situation of the battle, everyone will wait and see.

The Wei Empire took the initiative to start the war, and of course they had done all kinds of pre-war preparations. Once the battle started, the huge fleet rushed over like a tide, and launched a frenzied attack on Shuiyun Pass and the naval camps outside the pass.

The sudden declaration of war by the Wei Empire shocked the ruling and opposition parties of the Qin Empire, and the construction of Shuiyun Pass and the naval camp outside the pass, which spent a lot of money, manpower and material resources, highlighted the importance of their geographical location at this time. Li Wei labored the people and wasted money, and this meeting couldn't help secretly praising him for his foresight.

The army of the Wei Empire wants to land on the land of the Qin Empire. First, they must capture Shuiyun Pass and the naval camps outside the pass. Second, they must go down the river and attack Juyun Pass and other passes along the river. The two main fleets of the Navy have assembled at Juyunguan. If they want to attack the city, they must first defeat this huge combined fleet.

The commander-in-chief of the Wei Empire is the chariot general Lei Tao. Hearing how powerful the Qin Empire's navy is, he has long wanted to learn about it, and this time his wish has just come true.

His strategic policy is very clear and correct. Only by defeating the navy of the Qin Empire and gaining the control of the river can the troops be transported ashore in a steady stream in a safe manner, and they can attack the city and plunder the pond with confidence.

Therefore, Lei Tao ordered Pang Yi, the commander of the navy, to lead the main fleet down the river, and launched a decisive battle with the combined fleet of the Qin Empire on the river at Juyun Pass.

The fleet of the Qin Army Navy stationed at Shuiyun Pass has all withdrawn to Juyun Pass. The river here is completely controlled by the navy of the Wei Empire. Lei Tao has no reason not to give it a try.

However, after just trying, his partial division paid a heavy price by sinking one building ship, seriously injuring two ships, and sinking eight large and medium warships, which scared him to withdraw his troops immediately.

When Li Wei ordered the construction of Shuiyun Pass and the naval camps outside the pass, he focused on defending warships. Many forts were built on the city head and Qiyun Mountains, and rotatable thunder cannons and thunderbolt chariots were erected. As a heavy weapon for long-range attack, Lei Tao and his naval warships approached, and they were hit head-on by a large number of arm-thick giant arrows and grinding stones, causing heavy losses.

Lei Tao himself is not willing to admit defeat easily. In addition, he spent a lot of effort on this expedition to win the position of commander in chief. After losing, he decided to sneak attack at night.

In the middle of the night, Lei Tao looked up at the sky, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed. Obviously, he had received the favor of the God of Longevity tonight. The moon hadn't come out yet, and the sky was very dark. It was a good weather for night raids.

Lei Tao gave an order, and the fleet moved forward slowly. The Mengchong speedboat that was in the vanguard did not find the cruising speedboat of the Qin Army, which surprised Lei Tao even more.

Under the cover of the night and the sound of the waves, the fleet approached the shallow water area, then lowered the boats, the soldiers climbed down the rope, paddled in the boats to land, and the boats turned around to pick up the soldiers, and so on.

Commander Lei Tao's fleet is a partial division. There are not many large and medium-sized warships, but there are quite a few merchant ships full of soldiers. They have loaded more than 3 soldiers. Now nearly [-] soldiers have left the ship, and most of them have already boarded. On the shore, Xiao Ban was still paddling in a small boat.

More than 1 soldiers have successfully landed and are groping their way to Shuiyun Pass, but they have not been found so far. Except for a few wind lanterns, there is no movement on the city of Shuiyun Pass. After the victory, he became paralyzed and careless, Lei Tao couldn't hide the pride in his heart, although I lost during the day, but tonight I will kill you to fuck off, hum.

It was so dark that you couldn't see your fingers. The guards who had already landed did not dare to light torches, so as not to reveal their whereabouts, so they could only walk slowly by groping.

Many soldiers tripped over things under their feet while they were groping, so they could only get up while cursing in their hearts, and continued to grope forward.

A captain-level officer who had experienced many battles tripped over something under his feet while he was groping and fell heavily on the ground, his body was covered with sticky things.

He didn't know what it was, but the smell was a bit unpleasant. He twitched his nose vigorously, and then smelled another smell in that strange smell. After confirming what that smell was, his face turned pale become bloodless.

The second smell he smelled was sulfur, but because it was covered up by the strange smell of the sticky liquid, he didn't notice it unless he sniffed carefully.

He doesn't know what that sticky liquid is, but it must be very deadly when mixed with sulfur. Sulfur is a flammable substance. When attacking with fire, it is often mixed with kerosene and the like. .

At about the same time, a sailor who was paddling also noticed that the wooden paddle in his hand was covered with black stuff. He didn't know what it was. Also stained.

A bang sounded suddenly, which was especially loud and piercing in this silent night. Immediately afterwards, countless torches were lit up one after another on the top of the city and on the stone wall of the Qiyun Mountain Range in the naval camp, illuminating the sky and the earth as bright as day, and turning the groping The soldiers of the marching guards were blinded by the light, and each of them raised their hands in panic to cover their eyes.

When their eyes got used to the sudden bright light, they saw countless stars flying up from the top of the city, from the naval camp, and from Qiyun Mountain, and they were extraordinarily brilliant and beautiful in the night sky.

Before everyone could react, the countless stars that fell from the sky fell to the ground, most of them made a hissing sound and emitted plumes of smoke. Only a few stars made a bang when they fell to the ground, and ignited clusters of flames. flame.

These clusters of flames spread around at a speed visible to the naked eye, but in the blink of an eye, the shore was full of monstrous flames.

The soaring flames reflected the sky red, and countless fire men struggled and howled in the flames, and soon fell down. The sky was filled with a disgusting smell of burning.

The fire demon continued to wreak havoc, rolling towards the river.

Chapter 356 Disaster

"Old witch, I really have you, I will give you a great credit."

On the top of Shuiyun Pass, Li Wei, who was in a good mood, patted Wu You on the shoulder and praised, but what he said later was somewhat hurtful.

"However, I can only remember the great merit, and this first merit should be given to the navy master. Anyway, it is useless for you to ask for so much credit."

To be honest, he didn't have much confidence in this ambush, but Wu You firmly believed that Lei Tao would definitely attack the city tonight, so he piled up a lot of hay on the ground outside the city, sprinkled sulfur and other flammable materials, and The so-called black oil was dumped.

This black oil is actually oil, which was accidentally discovered by the people in a low-lying area at the foot of the Qiyun Mountains. The people don't know what this black stuff is, but it can be burned anyway. It was taken over, and it was nationalized in a grandiose manner.

Wu You sent a lot of soldiers to work in the dark in the middle of the night. Unexpectedly, Lei Tao, who was eager for meritorious service, really cooperated. He sent a large army ashore at night, trying to attack Shuiyun Pass at night, but fell into the pit.

A soaring fire burned the soldiers of the Wandowei Empire who touched the shore to ashes. The fire dragon raged, and the surging river was ablaze. Even the large and small boats moored on the river with their hulls covered in black oil were ablaze. Countless guards died in the sea of ​​flames. .

Fortunately, Lei Tao's boat was a tall boat, and this kind of monster had a deep draft, so it couldn't enter the shallow water area, so it had to berth in the deep water area.

In short, in this night attack, the guards suffered heavy losses. More than 30 large and medium warships were burned, and more than 5000 small boats and merchant ships such as Mengchong speedboats were burned, and nearly [-] soldiers were lost.

Such a heavy loss not only crushed Lei Tao's confidence, but also crushed the surviving soldiers of the Wei Empire. What's more terrible is that this fire can burn in water, which is completely beyond the traditional scope of people's knowledge. These days For the unexplainable stuff, basically people instinctively think of omnipotent gods.

It must be that the God of Longevity was very dissatisfied with this battle, and then cast the divine water that can burn in the water. This is a punishment and warning to the Wei Empire for arbitrarily fighting.

In short, the rumors spread everywhere, which is very unfavorable to Lei Tao, the commander-in-chief of the three armies. Waiting for his result, you can guess with your toes.

After the battered Lei Tao collected the remnants, counted the casualties, and worried about his own fate for a long time, the sky had already brightened, and then he remembered to send someone to Juyunguan to conduct a battle with the Qin Army's joint fleet. The main fleet of the decisive battle.

By the time the messenger he sent arrived at Juyunguan on a Mengchong speedboat, the huge fleets of both sides had already launched a decisive battle on the wide river.

This day was definitely a disastrous day for the navy of the Wei Empire. When the commanders of the two sides were setting up troops on the river, a storm broke out and the warships of the two sides were blown to pieces, and there were huge waves. In addition, many warships on both sides were overturned, and even the giant ships were not spared. Two of the navy ships capsized and sank, and countless large, medium and small warships were lost.

The surface of the river was covered with pieces of wood and soldiers struggling for help. When a big wave hit, they disappeared without a trace in an instant.

The two sides are in a mess, and it is too late to avoid the storm, so how dare they start a war?

However, this sudden strong wind was very evil, it came suddenly and left suddenly, just now the wind was howling, the waves were raging, and the wind calmed down while breathing, as if nothing had happened just now, only countless pieces of wood floating on the river and struggling Soldiers to the rescue.

The ships of Ding Tai and Zhou Bo, the commanders of the two major naval divisions of the Qin Army, were all high-rise ships. Even the keel warships sank suddenly in the huge waves. Many soldiers were thrown into the river and disappeared.

The two were roaring desperately, ordering to avoid the wind and waves, when the howling wind suddenly stopped, the two were first startled, then ecstatic, and ordered the soldiers to beat the drums and start the battle.

Most of the Qin Emperor's combined fleet capsized were Mengchong speedboats and medium-sized warships without keels, and there were more than a dozen old-fashioned large warships without keels. The losses were not very serious, and basically they still had the power to fight. It's just that the formation is completely messed up.

The fighter plane was fleeting, so Ding Tai and Zhou Bo didn't care about maintaining the formation, and directly ordered the whole army to attack, and at the same time ordered some damaged large warships to rescue the soldiers who had fallen into the water.

The main fleet of the Guards suffered heavy losses. Six large ships capsized and two of them were sunk. Most of them were also damaged by the collision, but the Qin army had already launched an attack, and they had to bite the bullet to meet them, and those who were seriously damaged had to back up and retreat.

The two sides were in chaos, and none of the warships came to set up a super formation, but under the encouragement of the rumbling drums, with full of blood and morale, they drove the warships forward.

After a short period of panic, the soldiers on both sides quickly regained their composure. Those who fired thunder cannons, those who fired grinding stones, and those who drew bows and shot arrows, attacked all enemy ships that came within range.

Although the sound of roaring and killing was loud and the soldiers on both sides were also fighting bloody battles, the scene was extremely chaotic. All the warships were fighting on their own, the only thing in common was that they rushed forward desperately until the warships were damaged and sank.

The boats of Ding Tai and Zhou Bo went upstream, like two extremely sharp knives, they plunged into the chaotic warships of the guards. The two-meter-long sharp cone whose head is hidden in the water is also a terrible weapon for destroying ships. It pierces the enemy's hull while advancing at full speed, then reverses at full speed, advances and retreats again, and repeats several times. The enemy ship quickly sinks into the water.

The melee is mainly rockets, but the ships of the two are the latest keel warships. The surface of the hull is covered with a layer of iron armor, which can resist the bombardment of boulders and rocket attacks. A large number of rockets are shot, and most of them are covered by iron armor. Some of them were nailed to the iron armor when they bounced off, but only a small group of black marks were burned on the surface of the iron armor, and no substantial damage was caused at all.

Building ships are huge in the river, and even large warships cannot withstand its fierce impact. The ships of Ding Tai and Zhou Bo ran rampant among the warships of the guards, destroying and sinking two large warships each. The boat, with a tacit understanding, pressed against the general guard boat rushing towards him.

The warships fought close to each other, and the thunderbolt cannons installed by the guards completely lost their effect, while the thunderbolt cannons of the Qin army were not affected at all. On the contrary, the closer the distance, the greater the power of the bombardment.

Before the warships of the two sides were close to each other, Ding Tai and Zhou Bo's ships successively fired more than a dozen giant arrows as thick as arms, blasting more than a dozen big holes in the guard ship, and several giant arrows roared into the cabin , blasting the commanding officer standing on the cabin and the guards around him into pieces, and the blood mist flew.

Chapter 357 All in One Thing

With two bangs, Ding Tai and Zhou Bo's boats pinched left and right, fiercely hitting the scarred building boat in front of them, retreating, hitting again, retreating again, hitting again, then the bow of the boat swung, and continued to roll forward, Ignore the building boat that was slowly sinking with more than a dozen large holes pierced.

The naval divisions of the Guards fought against the naval divisions of the Jin Empire for many years on the Nujiang River. Equipped with new-style armored warships, the Qin army's navy seemed so feeble in their resistance.

However, if this is the case, five large warships of the Qin Army were still ignited by rockets during the melee, and the soldiers on board had to abandon the ship and dive into the water, floating on the water, waiting for the following warships to rescue them.

Ding Tai and Zhou Bo were like two lunatics, commanding their own boats to run rampant, smashing more than a dozen large warships of the guards, and sank the only three remaining large ships of the guards together, and continued to crush and kill.

The ship of the commander-in-chief of the guard army overturned and sank, and the life and death of the commander-in-chief was unknown. In addition, without the support of the building boat, the ruthless guard navy finally collapsed and fled back desperately. More than a dozen large warships of the Guards were destroyed.

One side is running away desperately, while the other side is desperately chasing, there is quite a situation of endless death.

Before the war, Ding Tai and Zhou Bo received Wu You's order. After the joint fleet won, they must chase to the waters of Shuiyunguan. Slowly being pulled away.

In order to escape for their lives, the remaining [-] or so large warships of the Guards threw all the stones and bullets on the ship into the water. The bursting potential is twice as much as usual, and the long paddle paddles so fast that even the Qin Army warships equipped with wheeled power will be far behind.

Towards evening, Ding Tai and Zhou Bo's joint fleet chased up to Shuiyun Pass, and the remaining guards and sailors fled back to the country early.

Ding Tai and Zhou Bo ordered the fleet to dock, and the two of them landed to report the results of the battle. The Shuiyun Pass battlefield had already been cleaned up, and all the bodies were buried on the spot except for the charred traces of the ground being burned by the fire.

Li Wei, Ya Wuyou and others listened to their report of the results, their eyes widened. The inexplicable strong wind was really timely, and everyone believed the rumor that the God of Longevity supported the Qin Empire.

Anyway, Ding Tai and Zhou Bo's luck was so good that it was a bit confused to win, but it didn't matter, the important thing was the result, for Li Wei, this was enough.

That night, the exhausted sailors and soldiers were resting, and the naval camp and the wharf beside Shuiyun Pass were full of warships, and nearby craftsmen and carpenters were urgently recruited to repair the damaged warships overnight.

The battle is basically over here, but it is not over yet. According to Wu You's plan, the United Fleet has to continue to march, threaten the Wei Empire, and force Wei Wang Gongsundu to shoot Lin Dongyang, the left servant of the Shangshu, before giving up.

In the long run, the existence of Lin Dongyang, an ambitious militant, is very detrimental to the Qin Empire. Even if he can't be killed, he can't be allowed to stay in the position of Shang Shupushe.

In the early morning of the next day, Li Wei, Wu You and others boarded Zhou Bo's ship, and a huge combined fleet appeared in a mighty manner, going upstream, heading straight for Su City, the border gate of the Wei Empire.

The sudden gale caused heavy losses to the main fleet of the Wei Empire, and also caused a lot of losses to the combined fleet of the Qin Empire. Small boats such as Mengchong speedboats basically lost everything, more than half of the medium-sized warships were lost, and the rest were also due to collisions, etc. Caused varying degrees of damage and needed tow truck dock repairs.

Some large warships also capsized, but they were all old warships that had not been installed with keels and were ready to be eliminated. Some were lost in the battle, but overall, the strength of the United Fleet was not affected much.

The United Fleet headed towards the Wei Empire in a mighty manner. The sails on the river were like forests, which was magnificent.

Near the waters of Sucheng, on the river, the navy of the Wei Empire formed a formation for a decisive battle. The attitude of a decisive battle to the end was somewhat beyond Li Wei and Wu You's expectations.

I thought that the navy of the Wei Empire had been beaten very badly, but I didn't expect that they would dare to fight decisively. It can only be said that Lin Dongyang was putting all his eggs in one basket. Anyway, he had already lost badly. It's better to bet on the last bet, and if you win, you will immediately turn the tables.

"Hit my brother hard!"

Li Wei only had this sentence, this battle must be won, and it must be won hard, so that the Wei Empire knows how powerful it is, and if it is afraid, it can achieve the goal of killing Lin Dongyang.

In this battle, Zhou Bo is the commander, Ding Tai is the deputy commander, Li Wei, Wu You and others are all spectators, playing tricks, Wu You is the master, but to fight, and it is a water battle, you have to be an expert.

Apart from plagiarizing Tang poetry and Song poetry to pick up girls, Li Wei's advantage is that he knows how to employ people and completely delegates power, allowing you to display your talents without any worries. When you meet such a good young master, can Zhou Bo Dingtai not swear to die?

In this battle, our side has many advantages such as the weapon performance of the warship, as well as an advantage in numbers. If they lose, they will have no face to live on, so they can only raise their heads to repay the young master for his kindness.

Of course, the two of them did not dare to be careless in the slightest. Water battles are still dominated by fire attacks, and they have to be careful of suicidal attacks launched by small boats such as Mengchong speedboats of the Defense Army. The modification of the fish boat is a suicide attack against the small boats and speedboats of the guards.

The main fleet of the guard army only had a dozen or so large warships that escaped back. It is not an exaggeration to say that the entire army was wiped out. Ten warships, together with requisitioned merchant ships and fish boats converted into warships, Lei Tao still assembled a fleet of three large ships and more than a hundred large, medium and small warships, still capable of fighting .

At this point, Lei Tao has no choice. If he loses again, not only him, but also the big backer behind him, Shangshu Zuopu and Lin Dongyang, will also be finished, so he can only gamble desperately. If you die, you will die, and if you win, you can come back.

Lei Tao is not an incompetent commander. On the contrary, he has commanded several battles with the navy of the Jin Empire and won victories. With his military exploits, he climbed to the position of general of chariots and cavalry.

However, when facing the United Fleet of the Qin Empire, his luck was obviously bad. First, he was ambushed in a sneak attack and suffered heavy losses. When the main fleets of the two sides confronted each other, God suddenly went crazy, and an inexplicable gale blew up. When the fight started, the fleet had suffered heavy losses, which made him very depressed.

He also knew that the enemy was outnumbered, and that the Qin army was determined to win a great victory. His morale was low, but it was not impossible to fight. At least, his side still had the advantage of going downstream. main reason for winning.

Even at the cost of annihilating the entire fleet, as long as the fleet can repel the Qin army, it will be considered a victory.

Chapter 358 The Battle of the River

The warships of both sides spread out on the broad river, sails like a forest, and a large area of ​​blackness filled the entire torrential Nu River.

Having said that, in fact, no matter how wide the Nujiang River is, it can't compare to the sea. The two sides can only deploy three large ships at the same time, and four large warships on the left and right. The remaining warships can only be crowded behind as substitutes. If the warship in front is damaged, just step forward to replenish the formation.

The earth-shattering rumble of war drums sounded, and this massive water battle finally kicked off.

The warships of the Qin Army floated on the river, neither moving forward nor reversing. The warships of the Guards came down the current and quickly pressed down. With a heart-piercing whistling sound, the giant arrow penetrated into the guard's building ship. Amidst the loud ping-pong-pong sound, broken wood shot everywhere, and the speed of the ship also slowed down.

In order to achieve strategic goals, all the building ships underwent emergency modification last night. According to Li Wei's request, the craftsman and carpenter installed seven or eight thunder cannons on the deck, which raised the attack power of the building ships to the limit. Several giant arrows.

Lei Tao knew that the thunder cannons of the Qin army warships were powerful, so he had to press desperately to shorten the distance between the two sides. Only the thunderbolt cannons on the warships would be useful. After close combat, the Mengchong speedboat could launch a suicidal attack. attack.

Currently there are only three ships left in the Wei Army's navy, one of which is Lei Tao's ship, which he puts in the starting lineup, including his own ship. Although this move is dangerous, it can also inspire The morale of the soldiers.

"Old Zhou, when you shoot a man, you shoot a horse first, and when you capture a thief, you first capture the king."

Seeing Lei Tao's flagship, Li Wei, who didn't want to interfere with Zhou Bo's command, couldn't help reminding that concentrating fire on Shen Lei Tao's ship first would be a huge blow to the morale of the guards.

"Master is wise."

Zhou Bo grinned, flattered first, and then ordered the three buildings in front of the row to concentrate their firepower and bombard Lei Tao's ship first.

Among the warships in the first row of the guards, Lei Tao's ship was in the middle, and the Lei Tao battle flag and handsome flag flying high were particularly eye-catching. As soon as Zhou Bo's order was issued, the flag bearer immediately waved the various small flags in his hand, and passed the semaphore language. Communicate the commander's orders.

After receiving the order, the gunners of the three ships in front immediately corrected their targets and blasted Lei Tao's ship, leaving his ship riddled with holes.

"Thunderbolt fired, fired."

Lei Tao brandished his long sword and roared desperately. The warship moved forward at full speed and was already within the range of the thunderbolt cannon. But he didn't launch it for a long time, and he was furious.

In fact, it can't be blamed for the slow movement of the soldiers, but the Qin army's thunder cannons concentrated on his ship, which was riddled with holes, the building was swaying, and the soldiers were staggering and unable to stand still. , the direction was not corrected, and the stone bomb was naturally not launched for a long time.

Taking advantage of the time when the soldiers of the Qin Army reloaded the giant arrows, the soldiers finally caught the opportunity to fire the stone bullets. However, three of them fell into the river and caused a huge water column. Only one stone bullet hit the front deck of the opposite building. It was protected by iron armor, and the damage suffered was not very serious. The iron plate was dented, and although the wooden board under the iron plate was cracked, it was not broken.

The warships of the two sides have not yet gotten close, and they are desperately attacking with long-range weapons. However, the Thunder Cannon of the Qin Empire obviously took advantage. The closer the distance, the greater the destructive power. The most important thing is that this thing can rotate 360 ​​degrees, and it can also The flat shot arrived, and nearly forty thunder cannons on the three large ships focused on Lei Tao's ship for four rounds. One of the giant arrows hit the main mast, and with a click, the main mast broke and fell down. Next, there was only a bang, and the hull that had been blasted to pieces and was almost falling apart finally couldn't bear the impact force of the collapse of the main mast, and it fell apart suddenly, and the river water rushed in, and the broken hull began to capsize sunk.

By the time Lei Tao was fished out of the river, the development of the battle situation had become very unfavorable for the guards. The three buildings in the first row had been destroyed and sunk, and the four large warships guarding the two wings had been shot down. Two ships sank, and the other two were smashed by the huge building ships of the Qin army and sank into the river. The building ships of the Qin army had already entered the formation.

"Let the boat go."

Pale-faced Lei Tao hissed and gave the order. This was his last trump card. If he didn't succeed, he could only succeed.