Chapter 534: The water is stormy
One by one, the warships cleaved the waves forward, and the red flag symbolizing Nanchen on the warship swept in the wind.
The fence in the water in front of him was already very obvious, and the soldiers on the ship also held their breath.
This is the battlefield of Xiangyang, and the sailors were ordered to attack the water camp that connects Xiangyang and Fancheng, or it is more appropriate to describe it as a plank road on the water. The piles inserted upside down in the water and the iron cables of the river are undoubtedly telling the attackers that the other party is very well prepared here, and it is not so easy to attack this plank road.
The battle on the Xiangyang side actually started at the same time as the Bashu side, but after Xiao Maha raised his troops to the north, he did not rush to attack, but just swept away the enemy camps outside the city in a hurry, and then stopped the troops under the city, and only launched a tentative attack every day. On the contrary, Lu Guangda, as a partial division, crossed the water, surrounded Fancheng while attacking the north, and fought lively.
Xiao Maha's way of arranging troops is really something that many of his generals didn't understand, but the old general Chun Yuliang and Xiao Maha's most trusted subordinate Lu Guangda didn't say anything, so everyone naturally didn't speak again.
Either Xiao Maha has other worries and arrangements, and the old general Chun Yu knows, but he doesn't want to tell everyone, or the old general Chun Yu and Xiao Maha are crazy
With a large number of siege equipment being transferred to the north bank of the city by the sailors, and Lu Guangda took it to attack Fancheng, the army on the side of Xiangyang had nothing to do, and they took turns to attack the city every day, and there was no pressure at all.
On the contrary, on the side of the sailor, Xiao Maha gave a death order, and the trestle must be cut off within two days, saying that nothing could give the defenders in Xiangyang and Fancheng a chance to communicate with each other.
But that's easy to say, but it's not so easy to sit up. In order to prevent the sailors of the Southern Dynasty from cutting off the connection between Xiangyang and Fancheng, this plank road has been rebuilt and strengthened again and again, and even the defenders do not know how many obstacles are not arranged in the water in front of the trestle.
In addition, the Nanchen Water Division attacked from the downstream to the upstream, and it was not so easy to go upstream.
Therefore, the naval division had already attacked for a day, lost four or five small warships, and only roughly figured out the arrangement of the obstacles in the first few layers of the enemy.
No one knows what else is behind these obstacles, not to mention that the Northern Zhou crossbowmen and spearmen on the trestle have long been in battle, obviously it is not so easy to cut off the trestle directly, these guys will definitely not watch it.
But Xiao Maha's death order sailor generals also knew in their hearts that the experience of this marshal was not clear to everyone, and the master who led twelve cavalry to assault the Chinese army in the family naturally said that if he couldn't complete the order, maybe it was really possible for his head to fall to the ground.
Thinking of this, the generals of the sailors did not dare to slack off, one by one the flags had already been hung on the ship, and the warship rushed forward, for fear that they would fall behind and become a scapegoat.
Even if it is filled with human lives, a road must be filled out for anything today, and the generals of the Navy Division have long been prepared for this.
"Shoot the arrows!" Seeing that the range had arrived, neat orders sounded on the warships.
In an instant, the five hundred crossbows and bed crossbows on the ship roared at the same time, and the crossbowmen began to draw their bows and arrows, loosening the bowstrings as the swords in the hands of the generals waved forward neatly, and the arrows swept along the river like rain. The shields of the Northern Zhou Dynasty on the trestle raised their shields in a panic, but there were still people falling into the water.
And the Northern Zhou crossbowmen were not polite, and the arrows also rushed towards the naval warship, but compared to the narrow trestle, the warship obviously had more room to maneuver, and most of the soldiers were hiding in the cabin, so there was not much threat from the arrow falling.
"Trebuchet, put!" Another order was given, and the stone bullet swept out with the sound of the wind.
The first stone bullet slammed into the trestle, and the whole trestle shook slightly. And more stone bullets came in the next moment, although many of them fell into the water, except for lifting the high water column and splashing the surrounding Northern Zhou soldiers with water, but there were still many damage to the shields, knife carts and other equipment on the trestle.
"Forward!" The flags on the warship were in the wind, and the warships accelerated again, and as the enemy's arrows gradually thinned out, Meng Chong and Chima also escaped from the shelter of the building ship and rushed towards the trestle in front of them.
The stakes and cables ahead were clearly visible, but the ships did not pause in the slightest. Several Meng Chong took the lead in moving forward, and the hull of the ship hit the iron cable hard, and the iron cable was pulled by the hull, making a tooth-aching "crunch" sound, and it was difficult for Meng Chong to continue to move forward, but the iron cable was pressed under the ship little by little.
The iron cable cut through the plank, and the water poured into the cabin, and the soldiers on Meng Chong did not hesitate at the same time, and at the same time lowered the iron hook from the ship and hooked the iron rope across the river. It turned out that there were already a few extra pieces of ballast iron in the Mengchong ship, and the heavy ship was tightly hooked to the iron cable, and the iron cable that was originally across the river was slowly bending downstream.
The iron rings holding the iron cables on both sides of the bank made the same "crunch" sound at the same time. Everyone knew that even if the iron cable was not broken, it would be difficult to stop Nan Chen's boat from moving forward as it gradually sank into the water.
By sacrificing four or five Mengchong ships to suppress this Hengjiang iron cable, it was naturally a very cost-effective deal, especially under the premise of Xiao Maha's order to attack at all costs.
More red horse boats came into view the next moment, scrambling forward. The ship gradually turned sideways and lowered the ship, and the bed crossbows and trebuchets on the side of the ship poured arrows and stone projectiles into the trestle without interruption, saying that nothing would give the defenders any chance to recover.
Some of the red horse boats crashed into hidden piles or iron cones in the water, and the sergeants had to jump into the water to escape. But more ships skimmed over these obstacles and continued to advance towards the trestle!
The sailors stared closely at the trestle that was getting closer and closer in front of them, clenching their blades in their hands. The bow of the ship split the waves, and the drops of water sparkled in the sun, and from time to time there were droplets of water hitting their faces, but no one was moved, and their eyes were only on the enemy in front of them.
The robe on land has been attacking continuously for many days without much progress, now let the sailors prove that they are the strongest combat power of Da Chen!
The Northern Zhou soldiers on the trestle also stabilized from the panic, the rows of spears were neatly leveled, and everyone held their breath and looked at the enemies who were already close at hand. The enemy came too fast, but it doesn't mean that these Northern Zhou soldiers are timid, they also have to take this opportunity to tell these guys who don't know the height of the sky, Xiangyang and Fancheng are not so easy to fight!
"Bang!" With a low sound, a red horse crashed into the trestle, and a Nanchen lord jumped straight onto the trestle with a knife, and the next moment his voice resounded across the river.
"Kill!"