Chapter 93: The Battle of the State Tomb
Yuan Yao ordered Yang Zaixing to command the personal guard army, the Rui Shi Battalion and the soldiers of the Dead Soldier Battalion to garrison the Zhou Ling City, and ordered Wei Yan to command 20,000 Long Xiang troops to set up a large camp on a high ground south of the city; Yue Fei led 10,000 leopard troops to set up a large village next to the Yangtze River in the west of the city; Gan Ning led 10,000 water troops to set up a water village next to Yue Fei Dazhai and connected Yue Fei Jun Dazhai as a whole; Yuan Yao's nearly 50,000 troops were divided into three parts, which echoed each other's momentum.
Liu Pan had foreseen that Liu Biao would let him lead the army to attack Yuan Yao, and after he entered Baling, he sent scouts to the land of Zhou Ling to inquire about the deployment of Yuan Yao's army.
The Yangtze River waterway near the state tomb is not wide, although Yuan Yao's army only has 10,000 water troops, but after the water village is settled, the Yangtze River waterway can still be blocked, if the Yangtze River waterway can not be opened, Liu Pan's army can only follow the route given by Yuan Yao, first attack the camp of the Longxiang army and the camp of the leopard Tao army, and wait until these two places are broken before they can face the city of the state tomb.
Several large battalions of Yuan Yao's army have occupied a very strong camp in dangerous places, if a large army is sent to attack, it will definitely take a lot of time to pay huge casualties, and if Yuan Yao's army is captured, it can open up the Yangtze River waterway to occupy the strategic initiative, and then Liu Pan can attack Zhoulingcheng from multiple directions, so that Yuan Yao's army can be mobilized from the camp and then decisive battle.
After the Baling army arrived at Zhouling, Liu Pan then ordered the general Wen Ping to lead 30,000 soldiers and horses to watch the camp of Wei Yan's army, and ordered Huang Zhong to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to attack Yue Fei's camp by land, and he led 20,000 sailors down the river to attack Ganning's naval army!
"Knock knock!! Knock knock knock!! Knock knock knock!! ”
"Woo!!oooooo Woowoo!! Woowoo!! ”
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The vast sound of war drums and horns resounded all over the world, and the overwhelming warships swept straight towards the Ganning Naval Army, and with Liu Pan's order, hundreds of trebuchets and giant crossbows on dozens of buildings and ships were launched in unison, and countless boulders and giant crossbow arrows flew straight towards the Ganning camp!
Peng !! Thundered!!! ”
"Ah!!h
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Countless boulders smashed into the Ganning camp, the wooden camp was smashed out of many large and small gaps, and nearly a hundred sergeants were swept to the ground by the boulders, but fortunately, a few of the warships in the water village were affected and did not suffer much damage; Hundreds of giant crossbow arrows shot at the lightning and shot through the camp in an instant and ruthlessly penetrated the bodies of the soldiers of the Ganning Army, the giant crossbow was so powerful that the shield used for defense did not play much role at all, and the shield fragments that were shot and exploded scratched a lot of soldiers.
"Fight back!"
"Trebuchet, put!"
"Bed crossbow, put!"
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Jingzhou army fleet with the help of the inertia of ship speed, so the range is farther, Gan Ning sat on the high platform, saw the Jingzhou army into the strike range, immediately ordered a counterattack, countless boulder crossbow arrows rose into the air, and fell into the Jingzhou army fleet, there are too many warships on the river, although many boulder crossbow arrows have failed, but there are still a lot of boulder crossbow arrows hit the target, Jingzhou soldiers on the warship there is no way to flexibly dodge, and in an instant, they suffered heavy casualties, There were even a few small warships that were hit by boulders and began to sink slowly.
"Fire oil bomb, let's go!"
"Giant crossbow, let's go!"
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The trebuchet threw stones just an appetizer to test the situation, and after the Jingzhou fleet and the Ganning navy tried their heads, they almost simultaneously ordered another attack, and countless fire oil bombs rose into the air and smashed straight at the opposing fleet and camp.
"Bang !!"
"Boom !!"
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The speed of the Jingzhou army with the help of the ship's fire oil bomb is faster, hundreds of fire oil bombs fell into the Ganning water village, the fire oil burning inside the fire oil bomb was broken after the fire oil bomb was broken, and many water village wall camp tents were set on fire, some warships were also hit by fire oil bombs, and the fire instantly rose to the sky, and even many soldiers were hit by fire oil bombs, and the fire oil spilled on the skin and armor of the sergeant, and the unlucky sergeant immediately became a fire man, and could only scream and wail in vain, until the comrades around him helped him relieve the pain!
"Bang !!"
"Boom!! Rumble!!! Rumble!!! ”
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The Ganning army is located in the water village, and it can still dodge and transfer in time, and the officers and men of the Jingzhou army can only be confined to the warship, and the attack of the fire oil bomb is even more miserable!
After the warship was hit by an oil bomb, the fire immediately rose into the sky, and the flying oil swept the surrounding sergeants into it, large and medium-sized ships were even better, these sergeants still had room to dodge, and the warships were not so easy to burn, but the sergeants on those small boats were unlucky, a fire oil bomb could cover nearly half of the boat, and the sergeants on the ship had no room to dodge at all, so they could abandon the boat and jump into the water, whether they were dead or alive and resigned to fate!
The burning warships, the sergeants covered in fire, and the wails of the sky were mixed together, and the Jingzhou fleet suddenly presented a terrifying Shura tragic image.
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"Set fire to the ship and storm the enemy's water village!"
Dozens of small boats full of fuel were ignited by the officers and men of Jingzhou Army, and these fireboats immediately went down the river and rushed straight towards the water village of the Ganning army.
"Trebuchets, crossbows, attack fireships!"
"Rush and Akama, prepare to intercept the enemy's ships."
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"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! Bang! Bang! Bang! ”
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Hundreds of boulder crossbow arrows went straight towards the burning fire boat, but the location of the Jingzhou munitions ship was relatively scattered, the accuracy of the crossbow arrow was better, and the accuracy of the boulder was all up to luck, the baptism of this wave of boulder crossbow arrows only destroyed more than ten fire ships, and there were still thirty or forty fire ships rushing towards the water village of the Ganning army.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”。
Fortunately, Gan Ning was prepared, he saw that the situation was not good, so he was going to order, open the gate of the wall, let the front of the gang Chong and Chima go to clean up the Jingzhou munitions, at this time, suddenly there were countless boulders towards the Jingzhou munitions ships, this batch of boulders was more numerous, and in an instant, more than 20 fireships were smashed and disintegrated.
Gan Ning looked in the direction where the boulder flew from, it was not elsewhere, it was the location of Yue Fei's army camp that was camped on the shore and guarded by each other, with Yue Fei's help, then the remaining dozen or so fireships would be easy to solve, Gan Ning ordered the sergeant to manipulate the giant crossbow to take a roll call one by one, and kept sinking the Jingzhou munitions ships!