Above the river, black smoke filled the air, and the wind was noisy. In the dim and hazy snow, swords and arrows shone in the firelight, and ballistas and bows and arrows flew to the sound of "crackling".

The large warship where Li Laohan was slowly turning around, but it was already as fast as it could, but the people above were probably feeling that this short time was very long. The rocking hull and the panicked people on it made it look uneasy.

The fireship attached to the big ship of the Zhou army was relatively short, but it was blazing, black smoke billowed to the sky, and the flames rushed towards the warship in the wind. The sides of the big ships were blackened, and some of the wood had a tendency to catch fire; Fortunately, the "fierce fire oil" was only burned on the fireship, and could not be poured on the warship. Not far away, a small boat in the south ** was desperately rowing eastward, and after they rushed over with a fireboat, they fled in a small boat.

The soldiers on the deck were pouring water from the water tank with wooden barrels, but the water could not extinguish the fierce fire oil, and the fireship burned more and more, and the situation was very critical. The people on the small boat of the Zhou army not far away, holding long rods, approached without regard for their lives, and lifted them out against the fireboat, but there were many iron nails on the fireboat, which did not move in the wind.

Fortunately, the big war ship finally managed to turn around, and fortunately, the generals above reacted quickly and issued a wise military order in time. When the fireship reached the downwind, the flames blew westward, and the danger of the warship diminished. People are still carrying buckets to extinguish the fire.

At this moment, another small sailing ship of the Southern Tang Kingdom rushed towards this side! It looks like the burning fireship just now. The soldiers on deck were shouting as they watched the brisk boat come in the wind.

At that time, the catapults on the warship threw many fireballs with a bang, and the rockets flew into the air. The little sailboat suddenly "boomed" into the sky with a thick smoke, and a raging fire ignited, and only a few people on it jumped into the icy river with fire on their backs. The sailboat's canvas also burned, and the same speed rushed towards the warship.

The big ship dodged to the left, and finally escaped the fireboat. It was as if there was a fire floating out of thin air on the surface of the river.

At this time, the main giant ships of the south ** approached one after another, and many ships on both sides began to engage in broadside battles, the fog on the river was dispersed, the fire was reflected on the water, and the killing sound on the river shook the sky.

Under the deck of a big ship, Li Laohan was still lying on the railing of the waterwheel, he didn't pedal the waterwheel anymore, and was tilting his head to look up; Almost everyone was like him, staying where they were, listening to the movement from above. No one on the deck had been paying attention to the bottom for a while, and the footsteps above were messy, and the shouts and shouts of killing were incessant, and there was already a fight.

At this moment, suddenly his head lit up, the wooden plank at the staircase was lifted, and a martial artist buried his head and shouted: "Those who have weapons, all come up, no need to row!" ”

Li Laohan glanced at the shuttle gun placed next to him and did not move. Unexpectedly, Nawufu walked straight down, waved the sword in his hand, picked some people at random, ordered them to pick up the weapons in the cabin, and shouted: "I am a ten general, you have recognized me." There are not enough people in front, and the people here will follow me to kill! ”

Li Laohan still didn't move, but the ten generals were sharp-eyed, and only glanced at Li Laohan: "You are not a people's husband, you are a miscellaneous soldier in the army, pick up the weapon and follow me." ”

He had no choice but to pick up the shuttle gun and climb up the stairs with a group of people. When I opened my eyes, I saw that the two large ships were already together, and several iron and wooden bridges were built on the side of the ship. The sails on the opposite side were huge, and the swords were wielded on the deck, and bows and arrows were "crackling" and firing indiscriminately.

A military general on the side of the ship is shouting: "Rush over!" Kill the enemy soldiers and rob their ships! ”

Li Laohan followed the crowd, hunched his back, and also walked over the wooden bridge. He carefully dodged the arrows and walked towards his crowded place...... When you are old, you just want to mix up some military pay and food, not too much to be promoted through meritorious service. The key is that he is not wearing armor, and he will be finished with an arrow, he finally found a wooden shield on the ground, and quickly picked it up, holding a shield in his left hand and a shuttle gun in his right hand, standing behind his own people to cheer.

This side is the Zhou army attacking, and the scene looks relatively good. The situation of the ship on the left flank was a bit miserable, it was entangled by the two capital ships of the south **, and it was being attacked together.

The fighting intensified. Several major ships on the river were burning with raging fires, and debris and corpses were disappearing in the river from time to time, in a mess. More ships were engaged in a scuffle, and the shouts on the river shook the sky and chaos. The Zhou Junshui Division did not ask for a bargain at all, firstly, because it was at a downwind outlet, and its maneuver was not as good as that of the south...... The water flow in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River is relatively slow, and the advantage of tailwind is greater than that of downstream; The second is that the sailors and soldiers under Li Chuyun and Gao Yanyan's subordinates are not as elite as the forbidden army, and the southern ** sailor division is their more powerful force, and the Zhou army has no advantage in fighting in a dignified manner.

The two armies were in a scuffle, and only the positions in front were fighting, and no one had much advantage, and it was difficult to distinguish the winner for a while.

Guo Shao's flagship has not yet been affected by the flames of war, but he has already smelled the fireworks in the wind and seen the battle scene ahead. The battle lasted until the afternoon, and there was no progress, Guo Shao was not very comfortable, but he did not point fingers at Li Chuyun. On the battle formation, it is not okay to be anxious if there is still unsatisfactory, Guo Shao also encountered the collapse of the striker in the battle of Gaoping. He's still very composed.

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And Liu Cheng, who has a slight advantage in the east of the south, is restless, and he is still in Jingkou. On the river, light boats continued to return to the dock to report on the battle ahead.

Liu Cheng came to the dock in armor and wanted to board the ship to supervise the battle on the front line. The general hurriedly dissuaded: "The weather is bad, the river is cold, and the river is dangerous. ”

Liu Cheng said: "Your Majesty has entrusted you with a heavy responsibility, how dare you spare your life?" Don't go to the front to supervise the battle, don't dare to slack off. ”

The general persuaded again: "The enemy warships on the other side of Guazhou have repeatedly broken through the defense, and I am afraid that we have discussed it with the Zhou army in the west, and they want to attack us in front and rear." The lord should sit in charge of the Chinese army and preside over the overall situation. ”

Liu Cheng felt that the exit of the Cao Canal was narrow and could not be used, and now it was blocked by a large number of his own warships, so it didn't matter. He refused to listen and gave the order to set sail to the front.

Before he came, he had only heard from the newspaper that the battle was raging, but no one said that he would be defeated; As soon as they arrived on the battlefield, they were immediately stunned by what they saw, and at first glance it seemed as if half of their ships were either burning or full of enemy soldiers...... There were even generals who fled back from the front, claiming that the Zhou army was fierce and could not resist Fang and lost the warship.

Liu Cheng sighed in his heart, most of the troops of the Navy Division are here, how can they deal with the court once they are defeated?

He immediately sent someone back to mobilize the elite warships reserved in Jingkou to come up and support. A subordinate general who came over from his entourage persuaded: "The lord takes a closer look, although the front is full of dogs and teeth, but the Zhou people have not asked for benefits, otherwise we will fight from morning to afternoon, how can we support it?" And there is no hurry to transfer troops and reinforcements, first consume until later, and it is not too late for the two sides to discuss after the two sides collect their troops. ”

However, when the sailors and generals on the side of the western warship heard that there were reinforcements, they encouraged Liu Cheng one after another. Because they felt that since there were reinforcements in the rear, there were always better chances of victory if reinforcements came. Some people even say that Liu Cheng is the grace of Gongyun who saved his life in time.

The generals disagreed, and Liu Cheng saw that the water war was tight, and finally decided to send additional reinforcements. He still had a point in his heart, and he did not move the warships that blocked the Cao Canal on the side of the Guazhou River, and only mobilized the warships that were on standby in Jingkou Shuizhai.

After Liu Cheng gave the military order, he still thought to himself: if this side can't resist, the reinforcements will arrive in time to save the defeat; Even if there is no danger, then the increase in strength and strength will not be able to defeat the Zhou army and naval division in the west? When the time came, he went up with the wind again, took advantage of the situation and burned the quarrying pontoon bridge, cutting off the retreat of the Zhou army...... With such a great achievement, how should the imperial court reward me? Where should the Chinese people enshrine themselves?

Thinking of this, Liu Cheng's face was already red, and he impatiently urged the messenger who had gone to give the order to set off.