The princes of the Ten Roads in Jiangbei, although they did not dare to wave 500,000 troops to cross the river to the south to fight the heavy troops stationed in Xiaoduhou, and the defense power was terrifying Hello Danyang City. But if there was a war on the nearby river, they would still be confident.

The territory of the princes of Chu, Jiaodong, Jiaoxi, Lujiang and other princes has always been trained along the coast and along the river, and the strength of several princes is not to be underestimated.

Soon, three hundred large warships and hundreds of small and medium-sized warships swarmed out of the water village and rushed towards the fifty imperial warships.

Xiang Ci, the king of Lujiang, personally sat on the warship and commanded the water battle.

He used to train the naval army in Chaohu Lake, and he was quite proficient in water warfare, so he was naturally the best person to command the battle on the river.

"Quick, catch up, don't let them run!"

Xiang Ci, the king of Lujiang, stood on the slipway, his expression was excited, his eyes were red, and he shouted to his sailors and generals.

His fleet was six or seven times the size of the opposing side, and it was a sure victory.

This is the first battle since the alliance of the princes of Jiangbei Shilu was assembled, and he wants to take the lead and become the leader among the princes and kings.

In the future, when the Great Chu Dynasty was destroyed, he could also rank in front of the fiefdom in terms of merit.

The warships of the alliance of the princes of the Ten Roads swarmed out of the water village, went down the river, and soon approached the fifty imperial warships, about three miles away.

...

"The distance is one mile closer!"

"Ready to do it!"

Chu Tianxiu estimated the distance, put down the binoculars, and nodded slightly towards Zhou Lu, the general of the navy.

Zhou Lu immediately sounded the battle horn.

Fifty large imperial warships began to slow down, allowing the coalition warships in the rear to slowly approach, entering a distance of 1~2 miles.

The archers who were far away from the warships of the princes could not shoot arrows at all, and the arrows of fire oil could not touch the edge.

On the deck of the large warship of the imperial court, one bronze main gun, one or two secondary guns, and ten small steel cannons began to turn the angle and aim at the warship chasing behind.

"Quick, catch up! Hook their ships with their scythes and take them all! ”

"All the archers prepare, the arrows ignite the oil! If the enemy resists to the end, he will directly burn the warship! ”

The fleet of princes in the rear suddenly became even more excited, desperately speeding up to catch up.

The speed of the two fleets in the river was actually about the same, and if the imperial fleet did not slow down, it would be difficult for them to catch up.

"Ready!"

"Shoot ——!"

Zhou Lu roared.

The herald immediately waved the command flag.

In an instant, fifty imperial warships began to fire one after another.

"Boom!"

"Boom~!"

Ten cannon pellets, fifty medium cannon pellets, and five hundred small cannon pellets whistled out of the barrel and headed towards the warship of the princes' coalition army.

The ships of the princes could not dodge at all, and they were bombarded head-on.

On the surface of the river, the flames soared into the sky, and the cannon roared.

Countless splashes of water.

The warships of the princes were bombarded with dense artillery, the plywoods were shattered, the pavilions were shattered, the sawdust was splashed, and the soldiers screamed and fell into the river.

In just one round of shelling, the hulls of the ten large warships of the princes were pierced by the cannon pellets, and the river water poured back, swayed, and sank into the river. As many as dozens of warships, large and small, were beaten horribly, in a mess, and the casualties were incalculable.

Chu Tianxiu held a telescope in his hand and watched the princes' fleet one or two miles away, watching how the princes' fleet changed its formation.

He nodded with satisfaction, and the results of the shelling were good.

...

The allied fleet of the princes was directly defeated.

Is this artillery?

Isn't artillery only on land, moving in horse-drawn carriages? Why is it on a warship?

The cannon of the little faint marquis can actually be moved to the ship and fired?

"It's... How is this possible? ”

Xiang Ci, the king of Lujiang, widened his eyes in disbelief and looked at the fifty intact imperial warships on the opposite side.

His fleet had not yet come close to the imperial warships, and had not even touched the enemy's side. It was hit head-on, losing nearly thirty or forty ships, almost one percent of the warships.

He had fought a water war all his life and had never encountered such a terrible situation.

If such a situation happens three or four more times, I am afraid that the princes' fleets will have their morale collapse and completely collapse.

"Stop, keep the enemy at arm's length!"

Xiang Ci, the king of Lujiang, hurriedly shouted loudly.

The fleet of princes was too dense.

First distance from the enemy fleet, and then divide the forces into three or four groups, and flank them from the left, right, and middle sides, so as to avoid being concentrated by the enemy fleet's artillery as much as possible.

The soldiers of the princes' fleets rowed their boats one after another, desperately slowing down the warship.

However, down the river, how can the fleet be so easy to stop?!

The princes' fleet began to slow down.

The imperial fleet is also slowing down.

The distance between the fleets of the two armies was not widened. It was still about a mile or two apart, within the optimal range of the artillery.

"Boom!"

However, I saw that the fifty imperial fleets spewed out countless fires, and another round of artillery fell from the sky.

The fleet of princes was again hit hard by hundreds of iron projectiles.

Dozens of large and small warships were penetrated, and the bulging river water rushed in frantically, and the soldiers of the navy could not plug the huge hole, so they could only jump out of the boat and escape, desperately swimming to other ships.

Finally.

The huge fleet of the princes slowly stopped, and hundreds of warships rowed upstream, trying to distance themselves from the imperial fleet in order to regroup.

However, the fifty gunboats of the imperial fleet also stopped, lined up on the surface of the ten-mile river, and began to push behind their butts, maintaining a distance of one or two miles, desperately pursuing.

While pursuing, while firing artillery.

There are five large gunboats on each mile of the river, one gunboat at intervals of 200 paces, covering each other and having no dead ends at all.

The imperial fleet has absolute superiority, and it is not in a hurry to eat up the strength of the princes' fleet little by little.

The fleets of the princes wanted to go around behind them from the side of the river, but there was no such possibility.

...

All morning.

On the surface of the river, the cannon roared, and it did not stop for a moment.

The princes in the Wujiang camp, Xiang Wu, the king of Chu, Xiang Sui, the king of Zhao, Xiang Piguang, the king of Jinan, etc., watched the battle on the shore, and they were all stunned.

They watched as hundreds of warships from the princes' fleets poured out in a frenzied pursuit, and they had the chance to win.

Then he watched the princes' fleets being attacked head-on, and the warships were sinking one by one on the river.

After a few hours, the princes' fleets had completely lost their morale, and they just fled frantically to the water village, wanting to go ashore to survive.

There is a dead end on the river, and only by escaping ashore can you survive.

The so-called water village of the princes is actually a large berth bay, which is used to moor hundreds of large warships and many small boats.

There are many arrow towers on the shore.

However, this kind of water village does not have any long-range defense of its own, and can only rely on warships to attack and defeat incoming enemies on the water.

Xiang Ci, the king of Lujiang, turned pale, hurriedly jumped off the warship, and under the escort of the guards, he staggered back to the Wujiang camp five miles away, and the whole person was out of emptiness.

Fifty imperial warships completely drove the hundreds of warships of the princes' fleet back to the water village, and then surrounded the water village and bombarded it one or two miles away.

The soldiers on the princes' ships fled the ships.

On the riverbank, they watched as their warships were bombarded by cannons, pierced through the deck, smashed to pieces, and sank in the water.

Princes, naval armadas!

It's cold!

"Little Dusk Hou, deceive me too much!"

Xiang Ci, the king of Lujiang, looked back at the water village filled with gunsmoke, hundreds of large warships were destroyed, his eyes were dizzy, and with a "wow" sound, he spurted out a mouthful of black blood and fainted.

"That's not right! No, Xiao Duhou's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", this king has studied it very thoroughly! Obviously, it was only written that the grass boat borrowed arrows and burned the boat! This, put the artillery on the warship ... What kind of play is this? ”

Xiang Wu, the king of Chu, was stunned.