"General, please look, Zhuge Liang sent five fighting ships here." Yu Ban pointed to the place where he turned a corner in the distance.

Five fighting ships are heading up the river.

Cao Ren glanced at it and sneered: "Our task is to pretend to intercept and make a show, there is no need to fight with them, give the order to retreat, and fight again at the shallows." ”

"No."

It is forbidden to wave the order flag.

More than two hundred small boats, quickly turned around.

The advantage of a small ship lies in its speed, which is by no means comparable to that of a large warship. Just like a steamer and a speedboat, although the steamer is large, with a load of tens of millions, and is as stable as a rock, it cannot catch up with the swift speedboat.

Mi Lan and Mi Fang's situation is like a heavy steamer, no matter how hard they try, they can't catch up with Cao Ren.

"Damn Lu Bu, you know to run away!" Mi Lan punched the guardrail of the fighting ship.

"Brother, don't be careless, be careful that there is an ambush ahead." Mi Fang reminded.

"Well, you reminded you well, Lu Bu will never run away, unless he has already set up an ambush." Mi Lan also became cautious, and after thinking about it, she said, "Let's not pursue it first, and send someone to report to Mr. Kong Ming." ”

"Okay."

Five fighting ships stopped on the river, waiting for Zhuge Liang's order.

Zhuge Liang was anxious to advance in the direction of Fucheng, but he was worried that Gan Ning behind him would chase after him, so he ordered Mi Lan and Mi Fang's fighting ships to sail at full speed.

Mi Lan and Mi Fang did the same.

The pursuit lasted half a day...

Finally, in a shoal, he was trapped by Cao Ren's fleet.

This shoal is the closest to the port of Xieyang, and the water level is less than two meters, and the large fighting ships drive into it, and it is impossible to sail at all.

Cao Ren's two hundred small boats swarmed up and attacked the fighting ships.

The soldiers drew their bows and arrows and fired wildly. The small boat that is close to the fighting ship will put the small ladder that has been prepared long ago on the guardrail of the fighting ship, and climb up to try to forcibly capture the fighting ship.

However, the gap between the fighting ship and the small ship is too big, and even if someone climbs on the deck of the fighting ship, they will be repelled by the military formation on the deck.

There was a stalemate for more than half an hour.

Zhuge Liang's army arrived and surrounded Cao Ren with lightning speed.

"General, we are surrounded."

"Withdraw, withdraw... Go to the port of Xieyang! Cao Ren and Yu Ban organized more than fifty small boats to break through in the direction of Xieyang Port. Due to the extremely fast speed of the small boat, it broke through Zhuge Liang's encirclement without paying attention.

Of course, Cao Ren and Yu Ban also suffered heavy losses. Originally, there were more than 200 small boats and 4,000 soldiers, but after breaking through the encirclement, there were less than 10 small boats and more than 100 soldiers, and most of them were injured.

Although Cao Ren did not intercept Zhuge Liang, he dragged Zhuge Liang for more than four hours, buying time for Gan Ning.

The most important thing is to show the attitude of cooperating with Lu Bu and face Zhuge Liang wholeheartedly.

After Cao Ren was defeated, Zhuge Liang's army continued to advance.

Guan Yu came to report: "Mr. Kong Ming, according to the report of the clipper, Gan Ning's navy is less than thirty miles away, and if it is delayed any longer, I am afraid that it will be overtaken." ”

"I didn't expect Cao Cao's army to come to intercept us, which was beyond my expectations." Zhuge Liang already knew that the enemy he encountered just now was not Lu Bu, but Cao Cao's generals Cao Ren and Yu Ban.

"Sir, let's go quickly." Ma Chao couldn't help but be anxious and urged Zhuge Liang.

"Well, keep sailing."

"Yes."

After receiving Zhuge Liang's order, Guan Yu, Ma Chao, and Zhao Yun each returned to their warships, urged the soldiers who were rowing, paddled hard, and drove to Fucheng, the gateway to Yizhou, at full speed.

Gan Ning and Song Xian's ten ships were faster than Zhuge Liang's fighting ships and building ships, and the number of soldiers they carried greatly reduced the weight of the ships and doubled the speed of sailing.

After a day of pursuit, he finally intercepted Zhuge Liang before he entered Fucheng.

On the river.

Gan Ning's ten ships confronted Zhuge Liang's thirty ships, sixty fighting ships, and two building ships.

On the surface, it seems that Zhuge Liang is stronger.

But everyone knows that Gan Ning's ten ships are not simple, they carry a large number of firearms and grenades, and their combat effectiveness far exceeds that of Zhuge Liang's army. Zhao Yun, Guan Yu, Ma Chao, Kuai Yue, Kuai Liang, etc., were extremely worried and asked Zhuge Liang for advice.

Zhuge Liang said: "Don't panic. Ling Mi Lan and Mi Fang led ten fighting ships to fight to see what was so powerful about Gan Ning's warship. ”

"No."

Mi Lan and Mi Fang went to transfer troops.

Zhuge Liang thought to himself: "If Gan Ning's warship is not too powerful, it is just right to destroy it and remove the threat from the east of Yizhou." If the combat power is too strong and the battle cannot be fought, find a way to evacuate. ”

To put it bluntly, Mi Lan and Mi Fang were sent to fight just to test the combat effectiveness of the Ganning Navy.

Ten fighting ships, under the leadership of Mi Lan and Mi Fang, advanced to Gan Ning and Song Xian's ships.

Knock knock..

Roar! Roar!

On the deck of each fighting ship, there are shieldmen to protect and archers to shoot. Although the speed is not fast, it has a crushing momentum. The deafening sound of war drums gave the soldiers great confidence.

"Hmph, send ten fighting ships over, are you going to look for death?" Song Xian's face was disdainful, and he couldn't help but sneer.

Gan Ning snorted: "Your 1st Brigade... The cowhide blows and shakes the sky, can you fight? ”

"Hahaha... Just look at it! ”

Song Xian turned around, faced the three regiment commanders under his command, and said: "General Gan is questioning our ability, I hope you can show ten percent of your combat effectiveness, defeat Zhuge Liang, and show General Gan what kind of army our 1st Brigade is." ”

"Yes."

The three regiment commanders are all full of confidence.

Song Xian said: "Order the first regiment to meet the attack from the front and defeat the invading enemy. The second regiment went around the flanks and confronted the first. The third regiment cut off the enemy's retreat and prevented Zhuge Liang from rescuing, and could not let go of any enemy! ”

"No."

With Song Xian's order, the nine ships of the 1st Brigade marched in three directions to meet the invading enemy.

Song Xian looked at Gan Ning and chuckled: "General Gan, don't worry, my 1st Brigade is strong in combat, and in less than half a pillar of incense, Zhuge Liang's ten fighting ships will sink to the bottom of the river." ”

"I hope it's as you say."

Gan Ning will be skeptical.

Although the combat effectiveness of the new army is very strong, it is still very challenging to face the attack of ten fighting ships and win in half a pillar of incense.

The distance between the two armies is a kilometer.

With the range of the assault rifle, from the very beginning of the battle, it was possible to fire. And it's an overwhelming offense. However, in order to take the enemy by surprise and buy time for the third regiment to cut off the enemy's retreat, the three ships of the first regiment did not rush to attack.

The distance between the two armies, over time, is getting closer and closer ...

Eight hundred meters!

Five hundred meters!

Three hundred meters!

When the three ships of the 1st Regiment were only 150 meters away from the enemy, the ships of the 2nd and 3rd regiments also reached the designated positions. Thirty-three large assault rifles, mounted on guardrails. Three hundred small assault guns, aimed at the enemy in the distance, ready to attack.

(End of chapter)