In the thick smoke, the fire was raging, and the confrontation between the vehicles and ships of Zhou and Chen Shuijun was first seen, and the vehicles and ships of Chen Jun were countered by the hooks and ropes that Zhou Jun threw into the river, and many of the water wheels of the vehicles and ships were stuck, and some of the vehicles and ships could not move and floated on the surface of the water to resign themselves to fate, and some were desperately struggling with one or two water wheels in good condition.

In fact, it is just a dying struggle, the water wheel is stuck and does not move, which means that it loses power, the warships are very close to each other and it is inconvenient to paddle, and the main thing is that Chen Jun is now against the water and wind, and the boat will go east when it floats on the river, not to mention that Zhou Jun is struggling to squeeze in the west (upstream).

I once thought that I was fully prepared to defuse the Zhou army's offensive, but instead I was dismantled by the other party, and the car and ship formation that Chen Jun painstakingly built and practiced is now a tiger with only teeth and claws extracted.

Seeing that the opponent was defeated, his side was pushed back by the Zhou army's vehicles and ships, and the unbearable scene of the battle of Zhengrongzhou was about to reappear, and the soldiers of the Chen army gritted their teeth and wanted to rush forward for a hand-to-hand fight.

Although there was still a lot of choking smoke coming out of the original fireboat, the smoke drifting in the wind did not affect their vision too much, and they forced their eyes to jump to the gang.

The vehicles and ships of the two sides were crowded together like flat ground, and the water battle became like a land battle, and the last hope of Chen Jun to turn the tide of the battle was to take the ship in a bloody battle, and of course Zhou Jun also understood this.

In the face of a group of Chen soldiers who were howling to jump into the gang, the Zhou army used a big crossbow to harvest the lives of the other party with a few arrows, and Chen Jun also had a similar big crossbow - the Wanjun Divine Crossbow, which was also a number of arrows, but the winding speed was much slower.

"What's the matter, they both shot twice, and we haven't gotten the strings on the second shot yet!"

"I don't know, we're also pulling the strings hard" The soldiers turned the winch hard, the Wanjun crossbow was very powerful, but the problem that followed was that the winding was slow, just like a person with great strength must eat too much, and everyone didn't think that there was anything strange about the slow winding of the Wanjun crossbow.

But the big crossbow of the Zhou army on the other side is different, the power is not less than that of the Wanjun Divine Crossbow, but somehow the winding speed is significantly faster, which is not a small shock to the soldiers of the Chen army.

The history of the Southern Dynasty naval crossbow has a long history, as early as the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there was something similar, from generation to generation this Wanjun crossbow is the consensus, and no one thought about the emergence of a new situation, such as the enemy's Wanjun crossbow or crossbow fast rate of fire what to do.

Some people speculated that it could be the Zhou army's delicate winding mechanism, but before they could think too much about it, the Zhou army's crossbow on the opposite side shot out many fireballs, which collided with the warship and burst into a lot of burning liquid.

"It's sesame oil, quick, put out the fire!" The generals shouted hoarsely, and they also let the archers shoot rockets at the Zhou warships, and many rockets successfully ignited the opponent's warships, but they were extinguished by the large canisters installed on them.

"Peel off all the wet straw on fire, take it!"

Before he could finish speaking, one of the generals who commanded the fire was shot down by a stray arrow, and the others braved the cold arrows scattered everywhere to extinguish the fire, and there was a layer of wet straw on the deck, some of which had already ignited, and it was no big problem to remove them.

The so-called Li Dai Tao stiff is also a last resort fire prevention method, if it is only effective against sporadic rockets or floating sparks, but it is overstretched under the rain of rockets of Zhou Jun.

"Extinguish the fire, put out the fire quickly!" Chen Bing on each warship was anxious to extinguish the fire, and the rockets of both sides fired at each other, and it was the smoke and fire on their side that were fired at each other.

In fact, Chen Jun shot a lot of rockets on the opponent's ship, but the water column shot by Zhou Jun's big pump suppressed the fire, which was also the means he used when he was in Zhengrongzhou, Chen Jun also thought about imitating it, but the big pump made could not achieve this effect.

Because it is very difficult to push the push rod with a large pump full of water, it is possible to push it slowly, but the water shot out is not far at all, where can a water column be shot like Zhou Jun's big pump.

I have tried a variety of mechanisms, either the pump push rod can't stand the strong external force and breaks, or the water is soft like a septuagenarian man's small solution, so Chen Jun can't put a rocket against Zhou Jun now.

Suddenly, a lot of firelight burst from the rear of the Zhou army's vehicles and ships, like a meteor fire rain over the Chen army's vehicles and ships, but the soldiers looked up to see a burning fireball, it seemed that the Zhou army's rear warship trebuchet threw out many flammable things, the purpose was to ignite the second line of Chen army's warships.

The soldiers who tried to jump the gang suffered heavy casualties, the other party just guarded their own vehicles and ships and did not plan to seize the boat, and held back their strength to rely on the water wheel to push and squeeze, seeing that their own ship formation was in chaos and was squeezed backwards, the soldiers could not attack, and more and more boats were set on fire.

There was a hole in the bottom of the Chen army's warship, so that the hull of the ship was tilted into the water but not sink, hoping to stop the advance of the Zhou army's vehicles and ships, but this was only a little stagnant for a moment before being squeezed away.

More ships burned, choking sensations blurred, and a heat wave came from all around, and they felt like they were in a furnace, breathing more and more difficult, and there seemed to be fire burning in their throats.

Looking at the fire, many comrades jumped into the water with fire and wailing, looking at the intact Zhou army vehicles and ships on the opposite side, and at their own smoking warships, many people gave up fighting the fire and jumped straight into the river......

"It seems that the front line has been lost," Chen Shujian said gloomily, the front line of the enemy is full of smoke, many of their own warships have begun to burn, and what is even more disturbing is that they have 'retreated' to the rear.

"How could it be" Some generals couldn't believe it, they had done a lot of preparations for this battle, and came up with many strategies to defeat the enemy according to the tactics of the Zhou army, but now it seems completely useless.

They are located in the middle of the fleet, and the battle situation in front of them is only a rough idea, that large area of the front line of the battle is about to turn into a sea of fire, of course, it is also possible that the Zhou army's warships have been burned, but as long as you look closely for a while, you can find the clue: the fire is burning in the downward direction, that is, on their side.

What do you think? Is it necessary to go down? Chen Shujian asked, the progress of the war has been very clear, their strikers failed to withstand the attack of the Zhou army, it was originally a water battle against the tide and wind, and if they continue to fight, they can only be defeated.

"King, let's go according to that plan." The generals expressed their opinions one after another, and everyone's opinions were also unanimous, and it was clear that the battle could not be won, so there was no need to dwell on it.

"King, the loss of the forward fleet is small, if the Zhou army pushes the burning warship like Zhengrongzhou, this wall of fire going down the river is not a joke."

"King, our army is now against the tide and wind, and the battle cannot continue!"

"Yes, according to the plan, then withdraw first." Uncle Chen waved his hand weakly, he looked at the golden-winged ships around him that had not yet engaged in battle, and felt a sense of strength and nowhere to go.

Although it was expected, the battle had just begun before the dust had settled.

The generals all looked helpless, and when they saw the commander's order, they signaled to the soldiers on the ship to mingjin, although they were a little unwilling, but everyone was a battle-hardened general, and they still had to face the reality at a critical time.

Their tactics failed, they originally wanted to use the car and ship as the striker, and the car and ship that Zhou Jun must be the striker to fight, even if they couldn't win, they would lose both, and then it was the shooting of the big ships.

The shooting speed of the Zhou army's warship shoot pole is extremely fast, and Chen Jun also has a countermeasure, each ship is equipped with an iron claw rope, and the opponent's clapper is immediately hooked and tied up, so that it can't be closed directly, so that no matter how fast the shooting speed is, it is useless.

This method of warfare is very practical, Chen Guo's naval army has tested the effect well, so this battle is full of confidence, and Zhou Jun's kind of turtle-like big ship is also easy to do, the same method to tie up the opponent's pole, the opponent's light energy is useless at this time.

Of course, their own warships were also restrained by the turtle boat, but with the Wanjun Divine Crossbow against the close-range rocket, these turtle ships dressed in cowhide are afraid that they will not be able to withstand for long, anyway, it doesn't matter how much Chen Jun's big ship is, it must be the Zhou army who can't withstand it first.

Chen Shujian knew that 'raising troops in anger' was a taboo for soldiers, so he summoned the generals to seriously analyze the pros and cons, and only after careful consideration did he give the order to send troops, so that the main force of the Jiangzhou naval army could go up the river and reach Xisai Mountain.

If the Zhou army does not dare to come, it is just to buy time for the reconstruction of Xisai landscape and Luyingzhai, if the other party feels that it is advantageous to go with the wind and arrogantly, then the Chen army will give the other party a head start, and the Zhou army will be annihilated in a decisive battle, so as not to disturb all parts of the south of the Yangtze River.

It is useless to just deploy defenses along the river, the Zhou army attacked everywhere by boat, and the long river defense was easy to be broken through by the other party.

This is the root cause, the risk is big but the return is also high, once the victory then Chen State's Yingzhou can be stopped for several years, and the Zhou army can no longer attack the south except for nesting in Jiangbei in a daze.

As a result, now that the war is unfavorable, there is also a plan to deal with it, that is, to retreat.

This was a predetermined plan before departure, and even if it were implemented now, it would not cause confusion, because Chen's fleet was divided into three parts: front, middle, and rear, and a certain distance was maintained between each part.

If the striker loses, then the middle and rear parts will retreat, and the original headwind and water will become smooth, and even the warship does not need to turn around, as long as the sail is hoisted and the direction of the ship is controlled by the long tree, so that it can quickly retreat.

The speed of retreat must be controlled, neither so slow that the Zhou army can catch up quickly, nor can the other party give up the pursuit quickly, so he chases and escapes, and when he reaches Weiyuankou, which is more than 20 miles downstream, there will be a play.

The tricks played by the Zhou army in the battle of Zhengrongzhou, they have to pay back twice!

The warships of the Chen army set sail and retreated according to the order, and with the help of the northwest wind, they retreated quite quickly with full sails, and the Chinese army and the rear army soon sailed out of a distance after abandoning the forward, but they could obviously go faster, but they were a little grinding, which seemed to give the Zhou army a chance to catch up.

The Zhou warship was entangled with its own forward, and according to the current battle situation, they should be able to withdraw a large distance when the other side broke through the fireship, but now they have only walked a short distance.

The Chen army's vehicles and ships were killed and wounded, perhaps God had eyes, more and more Zhou army warships broke through, they saw that the main force of the Chen army was retreating, but they didn't go far and seemed to be able to catch up, and immediately beat the drums and raised the sails and oars, chasing and killing these defeated troops who fled in the wilderness. (To be continued.) )