The fierce water battle on the river is verifying Liu Santong's theory that the big boat eats the small boat. The five giant ships of the Liang Junshui Division are like water overlords, rampage, everywhere they go, it is really a ghost and a god, although the trebuchet on the ship can only launch a round after such a long time, and the accuracy is also very average, but it really has to be hit by such a shot, let alone those assault boats, even if Zheng Wenchang sits on such a big ship, it is unbearable.

On the water, the boat is really dominant.

However, the boating skills of the Dongting water bandits are even better.

Zheng Wenchang stretched the battle line extremely long, from the direct below where Zheng Shifu and Liu Santong were standing to the surface of the river where the two could not see, there were warships fighting everywhere.

The tactics of the Tang army are obvious, that is, I can't beat your giant ship, but I can avoid you. Then look for an opportunity to pack up the other ships in your fleet. When the size of the ships on both sides was almost the same, the gap in the fighting skills and fighting will of the two sides was immediately revealed.

As long as they relied on the gang to jump out of the war, the Tang army could always defeat the sailors on the warships of the Liang army's sailors in the shortest possible time, and then snatch the warships.

From the start, Zheng Wenchang's tactics were extremely effective. Under the guidance of this tactical principle, although the Tang Army's naval divisions seemed to be fleeing like rabbits on the river by huge ships, their losses were actually negligible thanks to the advantage of the small ship and the U-turn. And the losses of the Liang army's naval division are inadvertently getting bigger and bigger.

Of course, there are also those who are unlucky, who can't dodge or make mistakes in manoeuvring, and are directly knocked over and crushed by the opponent's giant ship. For such a scene, Zheng Wenchang will not blink his eyelids, and the other Dongting bandits will not be frightened by this at all. In their words, when you go to the battlefield, if you win, you will be prosperous and rich, and if you die, you will be leeward, and there is nothing to say.

Liang Yuansheng finally realized the problem.

Because his ships are fighting fewer and less, and the opponent has sunk a lot of ships, but in terms of numbers, the opponent's ships are increasing.

This was because the ships of the Liang Army's naval division were taken by their opponents. If these ships are in good condition, they will be used by the opponent, and if they are in tatters, they will not be ignited by the opponent immediately, and they will be used as fireships to attack their own ships.

If this kind of fight continues, I am afraid that in the end, there will only be five giant ships left in the Liang Army's naval division. But the bare giant ship without an escort will become the target of the other party, and it will naturally be defeated and defeated at that time.

The signal flag was waved above the giant ship's fight, and Liang Yuansheng immediately changed his tactics.

The five giant ships did not chase the enemy's main warships, they slowed down, they formed a two-one-two lineup, and those other warships that were originally chasing the dead and chasing the north on the water with the Tang Army's naval divisions moved closer to them one after another, sailing towards their periphery and gaps, and rebuilding a complete offensive and defensive system. Then slowly forced the Tang Army's naval division on the river.

As a result, about two-thirds of the width of the entire river was occupied by the Liang army's naval division.

The war seems to have returned to the beginning of the war, but this time, the Liang Junshui Division will never use its own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strengths, and the confrontation for almost an hour has made them know very clearly that in terms of boat handling skills and individual combat, they are really not the opponents of these old bandits.

In the face of the opponent's strict and brutal sideways play, Zheng Wenchang is also unable to do anything, in such a scene, there is no other way to think of anything other than hard against hard.

"Chain up all the captured ships, then press them in front of the ship to slow down the impact of the opponent's collision, and then wait for the opportunity to kill the giant ship and seize control of the most powerful ship!" Zheng Wenchang stood on his already somewhat dilapidated warship and gave orders loudly.

In previous battles, he repeatedly fought with Liang Yuansheng's flagship, trying to capture the command ship of the Liang army, but the opponent was really extraordinary, and he was left unattacked again and again. One boat is as solid as a turtle pot, the other is as cunning as a spirit fox, and the last two boats are scarred, but no one has achieved their goal.

Zheng Wenchang is not angry that he still suffers a loss. Because his own ship was obviously much more damaged, but it was not his own fault, but the opponent's ship was too much bigger and stronger than his own.

And when Zheng Wenchang roared and was dissatisfied, Liang Yuansheng was also shocked. In the struggle with the opponent's flagship, the casualties of the sailors on his ship were much heavier. The opponent's soldiers have assaulted the warship several times, and they were able to achieve the final victory, in fact, it was completely because of the large number of people on the ship and successfully prevented the follow-up of the opponent's backup, but Rao is so, in the white-knuckle combat between the two sides, his side is a big defeat.

These bandits are actually wearing armor.

Looking at the special armor that had been torn off from the dead body, Liang Yuansheng was completely silent.

Sailors fight, and there are very few in armor. Because the ship is not on land, the heavy armor on the ship is a burden on the soldiers, the shipowner swaying, standing firm requires good skills, and once it falls into the water, the armor can become a life-destroying charm.

But the armor of the Tang Army is two-layered, one inside, and one airbag. Falling into the water, the armor does not become a burden on the soldiers. And the Tang Army, which has such a layer of protection, will naturally have the upper hand in white-knuckle combat.

Liang Yuansheng was a little frustrated when he saw this.

This is the absolute difference in strength between the two countries. As a member of the most glorious period of the former Tang Dynasty Naval Division, Liang Yuansheng participated in the thrilling sea battle against the Japanese Invaders, although at that time, he was only a small soldier.

Although the battle was won, the Tang army suffered heavy casualties. If the Tang Army had such armor at that time, I am afraid that it would be very easy to win.

All of a sudden, he was a little frustrated.

On the cliff, Zheng Shifu turned his head to look at Liu Santong and nodded: "You said it right, it's really five-five!" ”

Liu Santong shook his head at this time: "If Liang Yuansheng maintains such tactics and is not lured by the Tang Naval Division, I am afraid that the Great Tang Naval Division will lose this water battle." At least, now Liang Yuansheng has been clear about the advantages of both sides after the previous temptations and losses, and now he is at least invincible, if I am Zheng Wenchang, in fact, I can retreat at this moment, there is no need to fight so hard with the opponent, their advantage lies in maneuverability and flexibility, and good boat handling skills, and they can completely look for fighters in the future, and the loss of such a hard fight can be avoided. ”

"Now he is a Tang Dynasty sailor, not a Dongting Lake bandit." Zheng Shifu shook his head and said.

"Then if there are no other factors, I think that in the end, although Liang Yuansheng will lose most of his ships, the victory must be his." Liu Santong was puzzled.

"What's over there, there's a warship again!" A soldier suddenly jumped up: "Is it the reinforcements of the Liang army?" And they still have warships? ”

Zheng Shifu was startled, and looked in the direction of the soldier's finger, and in the downstream direction, a little sail shadow had appeared.

However, after a while, Zheng Shifu turned from anger to joy, jumped up and knocked on the soldier's head with a violent shudder, "Which is our reinforcement, it is the inland river division led by General Li Hao who is here." ”

Zheng Shifu looked up to the sky and laughed, no wonder Zheng Wenchang did not retreat, it turned out that the so-called variables were here.

This water battle was originally a flank attack between the two Tang Navy Divisions against the Liang Army's Water Division.

Liu Santong also shook his head and sighed.

At this moment, it has been clearly seen that this other naval division from the downstream is completely different from the warship of the Dongting naval division. Although the size of the warships under unified regulation is still smaller than the size of the five giant ships of the Liang army, it is already very small. He had seen such a ship in the Battle of Pinglu. At that time, there were only a few such warships, and they were only foot soldiers who carried out long-range strikes against the Pinglu army on the bank of the Yellow River to support the landing, and at that time, he had learned the wild long-range attack power of the other party.

This is a type of warship designed specifically for combat. Compared to this old naval division battleship of the Liang army, it is much more advanced.

Zheng Shifu was laughing wildly, and several soldiers around Liu Santong were also jumping and jumping, they were a little out of shape with joy, after all, to be honest, Zheng Wenchang had fallen behind, and he couldn't see the hope of victory.

But now, it's reversed.

Li Hao was also looking up to the sky and laughing at this time.

"I knew that Zheng Wenchang, this dog thing, would start a war in advance, this kid wanted to fight alone, hahaha, he ran into an iron plate! Command the whole army, two columns, to advance at full speed, and give me a round of saturation bombardment first. ”

Ten of the latest warships formed a two-way column, escorted by more ships of various types, and headed for the Liang Army's naval division.

In an instant, the stone bullets covered the sky and fell towards the Liang Junshui Division. At this time, the tight formation of the Liang Army's sailors caused them to be immediately devastated.

The latest type of inland river warship of the Tang Army's naval division paid special attention to long-range attacks, and the improved trebuchets were fully equipped with four units, and although the powerful range was weakened, the fast launch speed effectively made up for this shortcoming.

Behind the raindrops of stone bullets, it was the warship that the Tang Army's sailors brutally rammed.

Previously, it was Liang Yuansheng who crushed Zheng Wenchang's boat, but now the form is reversed. Li Ze's boat collided with Liang Yuansheng's warship without fear.

With a loud bang, the bows of the two warships suddenly disappeared, and the two big ships kissed tightly together like a man and a woman in love.

"Kill it!" Li Hao drew his knife and jumped up from the battleship.