Chapter 143: Rockets Launch
Sun Jiao laughed excitedly when he saw that Ding Li was so stupid that he anchored and stopped the boat in the middle of the river.
Opposite side......
Yes, Guan Yu's main force has not yet returned, and no one in Liu Chanjun's army knows how to fight a water war at all.
They are still using the stupid methods of land warfare to assemble and defend themselves.
Wouldn't it be better for you to go ashore like this?
He was ecstatic and immediately commanded the whole army to attack Liu Chan's army.
In the Wu army, several soldiers from the mountains and mountains whispered while rowing boats.
"Brother Peng, Liu Adou's subordinates can't fight water battles, and the defeat is already decided at this time!"
The wide-faced man surnamed Peng looked melancholy and sighed:
"This is also helpless, Liu Chan has few soldiers, and he had to deal with Zhuge Jin's army, but later divided his troops and cut off Xiakou, how many people are there in this city? Naturally, it can't be resisted. ”
When he saw that the Wu army had already begun to besiege Liu Chan's ship formation like ants, he couldn't help but feel melancholy again.
"Hmph, after this battle, no matter whether you win or lose, Wu Gou will inevitably be greatly injured.
How about we find a way to escape back to Poyang and raise the banner of righteousness again? ”
The broad-faced man was silent, looking at the warship of Liu Chanjun's army that was getting closer and closer, and sighed:
"Let's get through the things in front of us first!"
The Jingxiang Naval Army was originally only slightly weaker than the Eastern Wu Naval Army, but most of the main forces of Liu Chanjun's naval division were taken to Xiakou by Zhuge Qiao.
The remaining number of people was too small, and most of them were due to the number of troops forbidden to Pound, and the battle was defeated at the beginning.
Under the cover of a dense rain of arrows, the Wu army kept jumping onto Liu Chanjun's fighting ships.
Liu Chanjun has no shortage of bows and crossbows, but because many people don't know how to water, they don't dare to jump over to attack, and they can only be beaten passively, holding a shield while maneuvering with the enemy, while waiting for the enemy to jump on the boat and fight.
Because Liu Chanjun's big ship was anchored, Wu Jun could wander back and forth unscrupulously, like piles of locusts on the ship in close combat,
The small boats collided with Liu Chanjun's fighting ships, making a dull and terrifying sound, and the palpitations of the forbidden array could be heard.
"General Ding, you can't fight like this!" Yu Ban persuaded with a bitter face, "Our army lacks big ships, so we should be flexible and extra careful." ”
"In this way, our army is like a caged bird, and it is impossible to escape on all sides.
If Wu Goulou's ship pounces from the front, our army is worried about the annihilation of the whole army! ”
Ding Li looked at the chaotic battle situation on all sides, gritted his teeth and said:
"I'm just waiting for the enemy's ship to come."
Liu Chan also seemed to realize that something was wrong at this time, he saw Wu Jun's hill-like building ship slowly approaching, but his own side was surrounded by the enemy and it was difficult to move, and he said with some horror:
"Rockets, with rockets!"
Ding Li's eyes flashed, and he shouted:
"Just use rockets!"
Bang!
Almost as soon as the words fell, a violent collision sound came from the river, and then a terrifying sound of Gragra reached everyone's ears.
All the soldiers who were fighting subconsciously stopped the fighting in their hands and gently turned their heads to look at the river-
Sun Jiao's huge building ship was still desperately moving forward just now.
But after the loud noise, the huge building ship not only stopped its unstoppable pace, but also ......
It's sinking slowly!
Sun Jiao at the bow of the boat was also excitedly commanding the boat to charge just now, but the violent collision made him almost overturn directly from the boat.
finally stabilized the figure,
Sun Jiao held the pocket on his head and scolded:
"What's going on, what are you doing again!"
"The general is not good! Our ship...... Stranded! ”
Sun Jiao's face immediately turned pale, and he said in surprise:
"It's impossible!"
Summer water flows from west to east, even in the dry season, the downstream can be boated, why can't the upstream?
Wasn't it okay just now?
It's too late to say anything now, the ship is running aground, the bottom of the ship is still slowly entering the water, and there are some signs of capsizing.
In desperation, Sun Jiao could only hurry up and ask the soldiers to plug the hole in the bottom of the boat with bagged river sand.
Seeing that the main general's boat was slowly sinking, the Wu army, which was still high morale just now, was immediately in chaos.
Ding Li took advantage of the situation and ordered the soldiers to fight back.
"Quick, with rockets, with rockets!"
As mentioned earlier, rockets are basically useless when facing moving targets.
Even if it is a large target like a building ship, the ship must be smeared with a layer of fireproof mud, and the key points of the cabin must be covered with nitrate cowhide.
The range of the rocket is too short, even if the enemy comes up with this trick, the building ship can be forcibly resisted.
Before the second wave of enemy rockets came down, they entered the enemy line.
It's a no-brainer.
But now Sun Jiao's boat is inexplicably stranded, and it is actually fixed motionless on the river.
The archers under Ding Li's men who had been waiting for a long time immediately lined up,
He and Yu Ban personally raised torches and ignited rockets, and dozens of rockets rained down on Sun Jiao's huge building ship.
After one round of shooting, it is followed by the second, third, and fourth rounds!
At such a close distance, with such a large target, even the worst skilled archers can shoot it.
The archers on the Wu army's ship had staggered in the collision that had just run aground.
By the time they got up and drew their bows to aim, a large number of rockets had already begun to work, and the flames slowly but surely began to burn.
Although Sun Jiaojun prepared a lot of river sand to prevent fire attacks, but just now the water leaked, Sun Jiao had ordered someone to move the river sand to plug the loopholes.
Lou was hit by an arrow, and the slow flames began to burn little by little, and they didn't know how to deal with it for a while.
If it had been in the past, these arrows would have been harmless,
The large number of rockets prepared by Danteli all beckoned, and the sparks gathered from the hull of the ship, slowly scorching the huge ship.
Thick smoke rises from the bottom like a demon's big hand, covering the entire ship!
Water on one side, fire on the other, I'll see how you can deal with it!
The cold wind gusted, and the fire began to spread with the help of the wind.
There is a cover of dirt, and the big ship burns slowly.
But the smoke had already billowed up, engulfing Sun Jiao's talisman hanging on the boat, and also swallowing Sun Jiao's last bit of luck.
He felt a terrible pain in his chest, and he couldn't stop coughing.
"Don't want it, don't want it, go quickly, go quickly!"
The huge building ship is expensive to build, and it is the proud work of the best craftsmen of the Wu army.
As a last resort, Sun Jiao was not willing to give up the ship at all.
But now the boat can't move, it's water and fire, and the most deadly smoke, Sun Jiao can only slip away.
The archers on the ship had only come to let go of two rounds of arrow rain, and when they saw the smoke rising and the fire gathering together, they knew that it was not good.
Hearing that the boss said that they were going to retreat, they hurriedly put on their bows and arrows on their backs and raised their knives to cover Sun Jiao's retreat.
The fighting spirit was high just now, and Sun Jiao did not feel unwell.
But now that he had fled in a hurry, he had only taken a step when he felt a terrible pain in his chest, and he couldn't help coughing again and again.
"My talisman, my talisman!"
Sure enough, without the talisman, the body can't hold on.
Seeing that the fire began to spread, Sun Jiao, who had already escaped halfway, actually turned his head back, stood on tiptoe reverently, and gently removed the talisman hanging on the cabin.
"It's okay, it's okay."
He smiled with a hint of relief, but then his chest tightened again, and he coughed uncontrollably.
"Brother Peng! It's on fire, it's on fire! ”
The Wu army was in chaos, except for a few children from Jiangdong who also relied on their fighting instincts to deal with Liu Chanjun, and the other soldiers from Shanyue began to fight and retreat, preparing to flee.
It can't be blamed on Wu Jun's will to fight, but it can't be done.
From the time they formulated this strange military system and used a large number of Shanyue soldiers, it was almost destined for today's scene.
Shanyue is not a tribal people, but a collective name for a large number of mountain people in a vast territory.
Even the people of Jiangdong who fled into the mountains to avoid disaster were also included in the ranks of Shanyue.
They were driven by the Wu army with spears and short knives to farm, serve in conscription, and fight as soldiers.
Except for a little bit of corn that is hard to swallow, you will hardly get any pay.
The war is endless, and they either die every day, or they are on the way to death.
No matter how much credit you make, you won't have a chance to advance.
It was a pipe dream to expect them to fight side by side with these children from Jiangdong.
Liu Chan saw that Sun Jiao's big ship, which was still advancing just now, suddenly ran aground, and he didn't react for a moment to what was happening.
Yu Ban looked at the building ship covered by rockets and wrapped in billowing smoke, and let out a long sigh.
"The plan of the prince of the world is so far-reaching.
Weekend...... I'm convinced! ”
When Liu Chan said that he used rockets before, Yu Ban was really unconvinced.
If the rocket tube was used, Cao Jun would have used it a long time ago.
At that time, he was still wondering why Liu Chan came up with such an idea.
In today's battle, Sun Jiao suddenly ran aground, and when the rockets on the ship were fired, Yu Ban finally realized in his heart.
After fighting a lifetime, the people who Yu Ban admires can be counted on one hand.
Those people are all famous generals and warriors who have been on the battlefield for a long time, and they are all of the same age as Yu Ban.
And when I met Liu Chan today, Yu Ban didn't dare to say the word admiration......
"The prince can actually use smoke to break the enemy......
At the end of today, I will know that there is really an unpredictable ability in this world, although Han Bai Furu. ”
"Sun Jiao is not self-sufficient, he dares to challenge the prince, the last general please lead the army to drive the boat, take this fang head and dedicate it to the prince!"
It's horrible!
Liu Chan's use of troops has gone beyond the scope of the art of war.
How did he calculate that Sun Jiao would take the initiative to attack early, and he would run aground, and he also prepared the rocket in advance.
Not Destiny......
Phew, how is this not destiny?
has been submissive to the forbidden this will be radiant,
He seems to have returned to the outside of Wancheng City.
At that time, Cao's army was defeated like a mountain, and only his subordinates were all neat and tidy, standing tall, and they could be called a model for Cao Jun's town!
"I am forbidden, I am willing to kill the enemy for the son of the world, although I will not retreat!"
Liu Chan didn't know why Yu Ban suddenly had convulsions like this,
However, watching this snow-white haired old man push the golden mountain and pour the jade pillar to worship him, Liu Chan still hurriedly stretched out his hand to help.
"Why should General Yu be like this, this battle was all planned by General Ding......
I'm ......."
Liu Chan himself didn't know why Sun Jiao suddenly ran aground.
It looks as if there's something in the water.
But......
It's good to win, it's good to win.
Ding Li has no time to praise Liu Chan,
He personally lifted the sapper shovel and commanded the fighting ship to charge.
Under the command of Ding Li, Liu Chan's army was attacking like a tide, and the surging offensive of Wu's army just now immediately collapsed.
The encirclement created by the naval army just now in order to encircle Liu Chanjun made them unable to concentrate their forces at this time, and the tactics of being rushed and beaten by Ding Li rushed to the ground in an instant!
Sun Jiao held the talisman in his hand, coughing continuously, while looking for a way to escape in the thick smoke.
The flames raged, and the most loyal guards around him fled without a trace.
In a daze, Sun Jiao coughed so much that he almost vomited out his lungs,
He prayed to heaven as he beckoned the boat to come to his rescue.
Seeing that the commander was still on the ship, the surrounding Wu Jun fighting ships also hurriedly approached one after another, wanting to take Sun Jiao to the ship.
But those fighting ships are too conspicuous,
They approached the sinking ship, and Ding Li immediately realized that they were trying to rescue Sun Jiao, and hurriedly commanded the navy to surround them.
The children of Wu Jun, who were born in Jiangdong, still maintain the pride of the Eastern Wu Navy back then.
Seeing that Ding Li had already taken the absolute initiative, he still gathered together and fought back desperately with his last strength.
Yu Ban, who was rejuvenated, finally regained his true colors as General Zuo at this time.
Seeing Ding Li attacking, he picked up the order flag, and waved the flag unskillfully, while beckoning those soldiers to follow Ding Li to charge.
Many soldiers who surrendered with Yu Ban finally killed the Wu army, and they had already begun to retreat in the cold wind.
But at this time, seeing Yu Ban personally commanding, everyone subconsciously stood up and returned to the battlefield.
"General Yu, it's General Yu who is directing us and others!"
Although Yu Ban was strict in governing the army, he was not very popular in Cao's army before.
But he is now the backbone of these surrendered troops.
With his personal command, Liu Chanjun's offensive was even better than before, and Wu's army was strong, but in the end it couldn't resist.