And Lu Shi fought very fiercely, but he was given high hopes for the sailor, and in the end he was blocked by the iron cable of the river and could not advance or retreat, so he waited until the Lu division laid the camp to rescue the sailor.

Because of this reason, the sailors felt a little unable to raise their heads, and the subsequent pursuit was also very fierce, and when Li Xinchen's order was sent, Wang Changdu took the sailor fleet to kill outside the public security city, and then went straight to Balingji, which can be said to be non-stop along the way.

But in the final analysis, the sailor spent more time on the march along the way, and its biggest opponent, the Jingzhou sailor, was not defeated, but surrendered on his own initiative, which made many people say behind their backs that the sailor could only be opportunistic, and there was no way to defeat the enemy with his own strength.

In this regard, Wang Chang and Yixia naturally held their breath, and now that he is under the city of Xiangzhou, he can't let Xiao Shilian take the lead anymore.

Then the sailor will lose face!

When Chen Zhishen attacked Shu County, the sailor was the main attack and the decisive force, and now he is attacking the city in the south of the Yangtze River, and the sailor cannot lag behind. Wang Chang knows very well that when Li Xinchen turns north in the future, the sailor may really be reduced to a logistics brigade, especially the five-tooth ship built now, it is difficult to overcome the wind and waves at sea, even if the sailor really wants to continue to play a role on the battlefield, he has to wait for the new sea ship to be built, and at that time I don't know if there is an enemy in the north!

There are not many opportunities left for the water division, as the commander of the Shu Han water division, Wang Chang is grateful to Li Xinchen for not directly letting Qi Xin replace him, but he must also know the responsibility he shoulders.

"General, the fireships are ready," Jiang Xian walked over quickly, hesitated for a moment but said, "The subordinate asks to be the striker!" ”

Glancing at the fierce general under his command, Wang Chang hesitated for a while. This is not to blame him, Jiang Xian did not fight well in the previous battle of Yiling, of course, the main responsibility is not him, but the sailor failed to break through the barrage iron cable, as the striker, Jiang Xian must bear the responsibility of command and arrangement, especially the three five-tooth ships as the striker, two of which had to return to the shipyard for maintenance in advance because of the damage, and Jiang Xian, who was responsible for the command, was the main responsibility.

This also made Wang Chang hesitate a little at this time, but he still bowed slightly.

Jiang Xian's ability is indeed here, and another up-and-coming general, Qiu Zhi, is now reorganizing the leaderless Jingzhou Sailors, and he can't get rid of it for a while.

"You must play the majesty of a sailor!"

After all, Xiangzhou is an important town connecting the Central Plains and Jingnan and even Lingnan, and water transportation is the main way for goods to travel from south to north, so the water gate of the city is built very high, and most of the city can be easily reached by introducing the Xiangjiang River water in the city, which also makes the competition for the water gate also important.

On the docks that had been demolished, large shields were erected to prevent arrows from the city, and trebuchets and bed crossbows that had been temporarily removed from the ships were lined up, and it was clear that a closer and wider pier was a better choice than a shaking ship.

The river, which was originally full of boats, had been completely emptied by this time, and the logs and corpses floating on the water were still telling the fierce fighting of the previous night. And the prepared fireboats have been swung along the river, and the bows of the ships have been reinforced to cope with the impact.

In any case, the lower part of the water gate is a fence made of wood, and even if there are good protection measures, it cannot withstand the continuous collision of fireboats.

Flame will always be the deadliest enemy of wood.

With Jiang Xian's order, the first row of fireboats had rushed towards the water gate at a high speed, and the Nan Chen soldiers on the water gate were also desperately shooting arrows, and the sailors and soldiers who controlled the fireships were constantly falling down with arrows, but at this time, the speed of the fireships had increased, and the flames had been ignited, and no one could stop these ships from rushing to the city gate with raging fire.

"Bang!" With a loud bang, the fireship struck the fence like an arrow from a string, and the flames climbed up the wooden fence, and the stones thrown from the gate pressed down on the ship, and soon sank the fireship, but there were already dots of flames left on the fence, and when the second fireboat also crashed into it, the flame burned wildly again!

"Shoot the arrows!" Jiang Xian shouted loudly, as a partial general, he should have not commanded a small ship like a walker for three or four years, but now for the victory of this big battle, but even more for his own reputation, these are not important.

The crossbowmen on the boats fired arrows desperately at the city, and the oarsmen drove the boats to the water gate with neat slogans.

A whistling suddenly broke through the air, and the stone smashed heavily on a boat next to it, and the boat shook violently, and suddenly lost control, and hit the embankment on the side along with the current, and the boat soon entered the water, and the soldiers on the boat fled for their lives. But Jiang Xian didn't look at the lost ships, as long as the ships were hit, it was almost equivalent to losing the ability to attack, so for Jiang Xian, this was not a problem he needed to consider, his eyes were always ahead.

There are not many buildings on the water gate, but a large number of bed crossbows are arranged, and there are trebuchets behind the water gate, but last night the Shu Han sailors have concentrated on bombarding the city wall with trebuchets, and now the facilities on the city wall have been razed, but there are still two bed crossbows that have been repaired, and obviously Chen Shujian, who is in charge of the command on the city gate, does not intend to rashly expose his last two dependences under the watchful eye of the Shu Han sailor trebuchet, and waited until Jiang Xian's forward launched an attack, and Chen Shujian ordered the arrows to be fired.

Two thick iron arrows suddenly jumped out of the city gate, and the whistling wind swooped straight towards the rapidly approaching walker on the water, and one of the iron arrows hit the target, piercing the tail of Jiang Xian's flagship, and instantly pierced the chests of the two soldiers. However, the only thing to be thankful for is that the strength of this iron arrow is very strong, and it did not stop on the boat, but fell directly into the water with two prey, and the water surface suddenly rippled layer by layer.

Blood-red ripples.

Another iron arrow passed between the two ships, and the howling wind made the soldiers shiver at the ship.

There was no next chance for the bed crossbow on the head of the city to be fired, and seven or eight stone bullets hit their location almost at the same time, and by the way, the last bit of battlements on the water gate was also destroyed, and only one shield on the entire water gate was still barely blocking the arrows from under the city, and the soldiers could only bend down if they wanted to move the sandalwood rolling stones, otherwise the arrows flying past their scalps would take their lives at any time.

Another round of stone projectiles was thrown, and it rained down like a dense rain.