Chapter 889: Blood-colored fertilizer
On the other side, the Qi people saw the Chu army rushing over, and they immediately became a mess.
Then, the war drums of the Qi people sounded on the warship in the middle, and when the war drums were heard, all the Qi warships immediately charged the Chu army, and then, the big ships around the warship also followed the battlefield forward.
However, some of the small boats outside the big ships rowed forward with all their might, some rowed for a break and moved very slowly, and some directly turned their bows and rowed quickly to the shore behind, and soon disappeared into the battlefield.
Soon, the two armies met, and after firing two rockets at each other, the ships collided with each other.
After the collision, the big ships of both sides were not in serious trouble, even if they were somewhat damaged, they could not sink for a while.
However, the small fishing boats of the Qi people could not withstand the impact of the big boats, and many small boats were overturned or overturned by the big waves for a while.
Soon, the Chu fleet shot through the Qi fleet like a long arrow through its prey.
Then, the big ships of the Qi army fell into the formation of the Chu army and began to rely on the side of the ship for broadside battles, and those small fishing boats were either knocked over or were already on the way to escape.
After the Qi convoy was completely dispersed, a large number of Chu warships surrounded the ships that were trapped in the Chu army's array, shooting arrows at the Qi ships on the one hand, and hooking the Qi ships with hook distance on the other.
For a while, fireworks burst out, and the sound of killing rose to the sky.
Just after the Qi people who were trapped in the Chu army formation were basically wiped out, at this time, the Qi army fleet, which had been hanging behind the Chu army, had just arrived at the battlefield, and they could see the smoke in front of them from a distance.
"General, a large number of Qi warships appeared behind our army."
When Shen Yifu heard the scout's report, he immediately laughed: "Okay, the Qi army is finally here." After the order was given, the flotilla immediately dispersed, and the left and right flanks began to sail to both sides, leaving the Chinese convoy, preparing to attack the two flanks of the Qi army from both sides. The rear army immediately turned around and prepared to be the vanguard and fight against the Qi army.
Another order was also issued to the former army, the ships engaged with the Qi army, continue to clear the remaining Qi ships, and the other ships immediately turned around and fought a decisive battle with the Qi army. ”
"No."
Soon after the military order was issued, the fleet of the Chu army began to change, and two hundred warships on each side quickly left the array, and then sailed towards the sea area on the left and right.
Then, in the rear of the Chu army, a hundred ships that had not participated in the battle also began to break away from the array and adjust their direction.
Soon, the entire Chu army was divided into four small formations that acted separately.
Soon after, when General Qi led the fleet to the Chu army three miles away, he saw that the defenders of Jimo had been defeated, and the fleet of the Chu army had been adjusted, and the main army rushed towards him in three ways.
Seeing this, General Qi first wrinkled his forehead.
The rapid collapse of the Jimo defenders did not play a role in disrupting the Chu army. Now that the Chu army has given full play to its numerical superiority and is coming from three sides, this battle is not easy to fight.
However, as soon as General Qi remembered that the Qi army led by Shengzi was not far from Jimo, and it would arrive in four or five days, thinking about it, General Qi's forehead stretched out again.
As long as you fight a battle with the Chu army today and frustrate the spirit of the Chu army, it will be fine.
Although the Chu army was twice as numerous as him, it was not so easy for the Chu army to defeat him above the sea.
What's more...
General Qi looked at the sky, the sun was almost overhead, and it wasn't long before it got dark.
Thinking about it, General Qi immediately shouted: "Pass the order down, prepare to fight!" ”
As the drums of war sounded, the two sides began to hedge.
Although the Chu army came from afar, and had just fought for a while, it was a little mentally and physically exhausted, but the same was true for the Qi army, and even, the Qi army rushed from Surabaya to the Jimo sea area, and the time taken was five days less than that of the Chu army.
However, although the two sides are tired, their momentum is not weak at all.
Soon, the left, center, and right armies of the two sides were rapidly approaching, and they were about to collide with each other.
At this time, suddenly arrows rained down, and in the dark rain of arrows, there were a lot of red fires, which was that the two sides were projecting rockets at each other.
Before the rain of arrows had stopped, there was a roar on the battlefield, and many ships had already collided.
Then, the one who was hit, the one who was close, stretched out a long hook distance towards the other side, and the other shot at the opponent's boat.
After a short time, many ships were hooked and then leaned together to engage in broadside battles, while those that were not hooked poured arrows at each other, and at first swam a lot of fiery rockets, and after a period of fierce fighting, when the prepared rockets ran out, they turned to rain ordinary arrows at the other side.
Soon after the fierce battle, as more and more ships were hooked, the whole battlefield was full of the sound of fighting, and even the sound of fighting on the ship suppressed the sound of the waves, and the soldiers on the ship only heard the sound of shouting and killing, but could not hear the slightest sound of the waves.
Half an hour after the battle, the Chu army finally gained the upper hand by virtue of its numerical superiority.
For more than half an hour, the Chu army turned the upper hand into a victory. The Qi army, on the other hand, was struggling on the battlefield, intending to drag it out until sunset, so as to take advantage of the night to escape with the familiar sea.
Then, half an hour later, as the sun began to set west, a fleet appeared in the east of the battlefield.
Ten miles away, the pale-faced Gongzi An stood at the bow of a warship, looking anxiously ahead, until he saw the beacon smoke in front of him, and then he felt a little at ease.
He was late, but fortunately it was not too late, and the war was not over yet.
After nightfall yesterday, he was ordered to lead 200 ships to hide in the deep sea in the east, intending to outflank the Qi army after the outbreak of today's war.
However, shortly after the last night's sailing, many of the men and men were not adapted to the night sailing, and the fleet was in frequent condition, some colliding with each other, some suddenly getting lost, some suddenly falling apart, and some being overturned by the waves.
For example, Gongzi'an's command ship, a building ship from Jiangdong, the tallest and largest ship in the fleet, inexplicably capsized during the voyage.
Fortunately, Gongzi'an's building ship was located in the middle of the fleet, and with the rescue of the surrounding ships, Gongzi'an and most of the soldiers were rescued.
Thinking of last night's experience, Gongzi An was still frightened at this moment, and silently made up his mind that he would never sail at night again, especially away from the coast and into the depths of the sea.
As for why Gongzi An didn't stay away from the main fleet during the day, it was because the main fleet could only walk along the coast in order to avoid disorientation and avoid the deep sea waves, and the people on the ship could see the coast, and similarly, the people on the shore could keep an eye on the fleet.
This is also why, although the Chu army did not send scouts, although it could not see the Qi naval division in the rear, it could know the distance of the Qi army, because just as the Qi people were staring at the Chu army, there were always people on the shore staring at the Qi army.
That's why Gongzi An will take advantage of the night to leave the main force and hide in the direction of the deep sea.
Fortunately, it was good weather last night and today, and they could clearly see that the moon and the stars were still too far away, so they didn't lose their way.
Not long after, Gongzi An led the fleet to five miles behind the Qi army.
At this time, Gongzi An and the soldiers of the Chu army on the ship were immediately excited when they saw the Qi army warship in front of them. At this moment, the blood in their bodies suddenly boiled, and the exhaustion and dizziness all over their bodies dissipated in an instant, and they turned to high morale.
"Pass it on, the Qi people are in front, break the Qi army, annihilate all the Qi people, at this moment, kill, quickly move forward and strangle the Qi people."
With Gongzi'an's shouting, the war drums on the ship immediately sounded, and then the entire fleet quickly killed the battlefield.
At this time, the Qi army, which was fighting, suddenly found that a fleet was killed behind him, and it was also a fleet of the Chu army, and he was immediately terrified.
On the flagship of the Qi army, the main general of the Qi army saw a Chu army rushing behind him, and cold sweat broke out on his head, and then he saw that there was still a period of time before sunset and darkness, but at this time, it was too late for the Chu army to go ashore to attack Qidi.
As soon as he thought of this, Qi Jiang immediately shouted: "Order, withdraw..."
However, they have always been at a disadvantage, and most of the ships have fallen into the Chu army's formation, and have even been hooked by the Chu army's ships, and it is easy to get out at all.
Seeing this, General Qi ordered again: "The outer ships should be evacuated immediately, and the remaining warships will hold on until it gets dark..."
Soon after, after the Qi army fled from more than two dozen ships, Gongzi An led the army to kill, and nearly two hundred ships, together with the main ships, surrounded the remaining Qi army.
For a while, the sound of the fight was even better than before...