Dai Cai and the others didn't have the luxury of expecting that the Bajun Sailors would ignore the existence of their huge fleet. Their spies can still penetrate deep into the hinterland of Ba County, and in this territory that is already the enemy, the scouts of the other party should obviously be more handy.

Therefore, Li Xinchen's fleet can be said to have set off from the southern county with great fanfare and momentum.

Since there is no way to hide your body, it is better to open up the formation and compete with the enemy in a dignified manner.

It's just that now it seems that the Bajun Navy Division does not have the intention of relying on the upstream and directly attacking the enemy, but has made it clear that the posture must be defended according to the danger.

In fact, it is no wonder that the Ba County Sailors are timid, compared to the Nan Chen Sailors who opened the way for the boats, the Ba County Sailors have more than a dozen Meng Chong at best, and they are not the opponents of these warships under Wang Chang at all, of course, they will not rush up stupidly to send them to death.

It was only because the army on land had only advanced to Lao Ya Mountain, in order to be able to cover the flank of the land team, they could only abandon many key places on the river, even including the rapids and rapids on the Fuling section of the river, so that the Nanchen Naval Division could easily pass through.

Now thinking of the dangerous terrain that he had never seen in the lower and middle reaches of the river, Wang Chang still felt a chill in his back, and he didn't even dare to imagine what kind of disaster would be caused if the enemy's sailors were ambushed behind those shoals and attacked the big ship that he was in a dilemma with small boats.

Compared to those places, at least according to the scout's description, the Causeway Gorge in front of him was not so dangerous.

The river slapped against the stone walls on both sides, and everyone on the boat subconsciously held their breath, staring straight at the bend of the river in front of them. Whatever appears at this time has the potential to cause a frantic attack on all the ships.

No matter how broken the sailors of Ba County were, they still had the advantage of the upstream, and coupled with the turbulent flow of the river, their advantage was naturally expanded a lot.

Out of caution, Wang Chang put down a small boat and carried a few agile scouts to the shore, trying to climb up the boar rock, but before they could reach the shore, a terrible roar came from the boat in front:

"Fireship!"

Wang Changdeng's face changed, and the faces of Li Xinchen, Dai Cai and others also became solemn.

They all know very well how many water battles have been won by their own fireships rushing into the enemy's ship formation throughout the ages, and the most famous is naturally the Battle of Chibi, which burned through the sky.

It is for this reason that all warships now have to be soaked with water before going to war, but this is the case, wood is wood after all, and in addition to wood, the ropes, sails, etc. on the ship are also out-and-out flammable, so as long as the number of fireships is enough, even if it is a building ship, it will inevitably become a fire.

And I have to say that the enemy also grasped the timing of the fireboat very well, and the fireboat went down the river, just enough to collide with the leading ship of the Nanchen Naval Division, which had just turned over the boar rock, had a narrow field of vision, and was very slow, otherwise it would be impossible for the building ship in front of it to make such an exclamation.

Wang Chang did not hesitate at all, waved his hand violently, and the sound of drums suddenly sounded.

And one by one, Meng Chong was like an arrow from the string, passing over both sides of the building ship and rushing directly to the front. The trebuchets and bed crossbows on the first ship were also desperately cast in order to sink these fireships that suddenly appeared in view.

"Quick!" When a ship rushed up, a sailor general shouted loudly. The arrows and stone projectiles from his ship slashed over his head, and the general standing at the bow of the ship did not move, but stared at the fireboat ahead.

The soldiers who controlled the ships on the fireships either fell with arrows or jumped into the water first, and the more than a dozen fireships that rushed towards them were no longer in control.

"Iron Cable!" The general next to Meng Chong also roared, and an iron cable was thrown over when the two Meng Chong were about to close together, and the soldiers on the boat on this side hurriedly reached out and grabbed it and fixed it on the boat.

And the same is true of Meng Chong in the back, the Meng Chong that was originally gradually approaching separated to both sides, and the fireship hit the thick iron cable between Meng Chong directly.

"Bang!" A muffled sound came, and the momentum of the fireboat down the river was too fast, even the iron cable only made it come slightly, and then Meng Chong on both sides was even pulled downward.

"Quick, keep going!" The general standing at the bow of the boat did not hesitate to pick up the oars next to him and rowed desperately with the soldiers.

The momentum of the two Meng Chong being dragged backward was only slightly reduced, and the fireship was also blocked by the iron cable, so the bow of the ship was horizontal, and it had long since lost the speed of the arrow from the string just now. But before the general could breathe a sigh of relief, soon three or four fireboats behind collided with each other.

His pupils contracted suddenly, and the general gestured straight at the soldier behind him. Before Meng Chong was about to be driven downstream by the fireship, the iron rope was untied. Once again, the blocked fireships went down the river, but a dense number of stone projectiles smashed into the fireboats. Soon the two fireships in the lead were directly sunk, while the other fireships still reluctantly crashed into the second iron cable.

The blocking effect of the second iron cable was also limited, but at least it gave the ships behind them enough opportunities to reload the stone bullets, and another round of stone bullets came down, and these fireships that were concentrated outside the second iron cable were accurately hit. Before the fireships could sink after they were torn apart, the iron cables between Mengchong and Chong were all untied, and a building ship crossed the wreckage of the fireboats, which was still undulating on the river, and rushed to the Causeway Gorge first.

"Drumming!" Wang Chang stood on the flying house of the second building ship and ordered loudly. Although the fireboat that went down the river just now was shocked, it was not dangerous after all, and the Nanchen Sailor Division was a strong force that had been crisscrossing the river for many years, even if it was unfamiliar with the place, it was more than enough to deal with this kind of attack method commonly used on the river.

The sound of drums echoed across the river, and the flotilla, which had been gradually slowing down, was once again activated, while the Mengchong clipper shuttled between the ships, gradually moving forward, ready to surprise the enemy's ship formation.

Just as Meng Chong at the front had just rushed into the Causeway Gorge, four or five more fireships rushed down the river and rushed directly towards Meng Chong in the lead. This time, the fireship was obviously controlled by the enemy, and the enemy sailors obviously knew that these Meng Chong were the key to cracking the fire ship, so this time they simply set the target as Meng Chong.

"Cover!" On the first building ship, the captain of the building ship in charge of the command gave a loud order, the arrows roared, and directly swept the fire ship, and the Northern Zhou soldiers on the fire ship screamed and fell into the water. However, because this batch of fireships came too fast, the first two Meng Chong were still hit, and the two fireships collided with one Meng Chong, which was considered to be enough face, and soon the two Meng Chong, who were caught off guard, fell into the sea of fire, turned out of control, and rushed towards their own formation.

Compared to the fireships of the same size as the Chima boats that were at most in contact with the sailors, these Meng Chongs were obviously larger, so with Wang Chang's decisive order, the stone projectiles thrown from the building boat accurately sent these Meng Chong to the bottom of the water.