In addition to the scuttled building boats, some building ships and fighting ships were hit by rockets, or crashed into the suicide boats of the Soochow Navy Army, and began to catch fire quickly.

The Soochow Navy smeared flammable fire-starting materials on the arrowheads, and the dinghy was also filled with fire-starting materials, and the northeast wind blew, and the fire spread rapidly.

Meng Chong of the Central Army began to come forward to intercept, and their ships were so fast that they soon stopped all the suicide boats.

Ding Feng and a dozen water ghosts returned to their own warship with wounds, and the rest were killed.

However, they still achieved good results, and five building ships of the Central Army were scuttled by them, and several fighting ships were also scuttled.

The fighting ships of the Yangtze River Fleet also rushed towards the Soochow naval army, and the naval officers and men above them used flintlock pistols to shoot at the enemy.

The flintlock pistol was more powerful and ranged than the bow and crossbow, and the penetration was high, and even if the Soochow navy hid in the cabin, it was difficult to escape.

Many of the burning suicide boats were still loaded with explosives, and they desperately rushed to the big ships of the Central Army, wanting to die together, but fortunately they were stopped by Meng Chong on the periphery.

Many of the burning ships lit up the river as bright as day, and those unattacked artillery ships began to use their guns to attack the enemy ships that could be distinguished.

The Meng Chong of the Central Army gave full play to their collision angles and collided with the Soochow Navy at close range.

The Soochow naval army, which still had an advantage at the beginning, was soon at a disadvantage because it did not have large warships and its long-range firepower was very weak.

None of their rockets could be fired, and they were completely suppressed by the flintlock muskets of the Central Army.

Zhou Yu saw that he couldn't take advantage of it, so he ordered a retreat.

The building ships of the Central Army did not chase them, but the fighting ships of the Central Army and Meng Chong bit the Dongwu Navy to the death, and chased them for more than 20 miles before closing the team.

Zhou Yu counted his subordinates, and there were still more than 20 fighting ships and dozens of Meng Chong, and half of the fighting boats were lost, and many of the small boats were used as suicide boats.

The losses of the fighting ships and personnel were real, some were sunk by the Mengchong, and some were sunk by artillery.

However, Zhou Yu thought that Ding Feng had scuttled a few building ships and burned some of them himself, and the losses of the Central Army should be greater than his own, and the artillery should also be reduced a lot, which should help Liu Bei defend the city.

The Eastern Wu naval army did not withdraw because of this, and Zhou Yu saw the envoy sent by Pang Tong, and according to Pang Tong's plan, he lurked in the lake not far from Jiangling, waiting for the opportunity.

What Zhou Yu didn't expect was that what Ding Feng and they scuttled were all the old-style building ships of the Jingzhou Navy captured by the Central Army, because these building ships had no artillery and could not help the siege, so they were all parked far away from the river bank.

Ding Feng: Where do they know the difference between the old and new building ships? It's just looking for someone who is close to you and has a big one.

Only one Xinlou ship of the Yangtze River Fleet encountered a sneak attack by a few water ghosts, but the keel of the Xinlou ship was extremely hard, and there were a large number of watertight compartments.

Although the water spirits were exhausted and chiseled through a few holes, they did not cause a large amount of water, but they themselves were discovered by the sailors on the ship and stabbed to death by spears one by one.

Liu Bei, Pang Tong and others heard that there were two naval armies fighting fiercely on the river outside the city, and they knew that it was the Eastern Wu naval army that came to help, so they all went to the south gate to watch the battle.

I am full of hope that the Soochow Navy can defeat the Central Navy and open a way for himself to survive.

I was even more glad to hear the shouts of killing and the rumbling of cannons, and to see many warships burning on fire.

However, as time passed, only some of the warships were seen retreating to the east, while others were in pursuit, and the large buildings outside the south gate did not move.

Seeing this, Liu Bei hung his head and was dejected, needless to say, this is the defeat of the Eastern Wu Naval Army, and the hope that has just been ignited has been shattered again, and the powerful Eastern Wu Naval Army has not been able to defeat the Central Army!

After dawn, the Central Navy also counted its losses, sinking six building ships, all of which were building ships of the Jingzhou Navy Army, and eight fighting ships and more than 20 small boats were scuttled or blown up, and some were burned.

Except for the four Mengchong and the two fighting ships, which are the new ships of the Yangtze River Fleet, the others are the old ships of the Jingzhou Navy.

However, the casualties of the sailors were still not small, there were more than 1,000 people, half of them were the Central Army, and half were the surrenders of the Jingzhou Naval Army.

However, the artillery building ships were all safe and sound, and they did not break their muscles and bones.

After Lu Bu received Li Meng's report, he couldn't help but admire the tenacity of the Eastern Wu naval army, and he didn't know which general of Eastern Wu commanded this support army.

After breakfast, the Central Army began to officially attack the city, and the three city walls attacked at the same time, and the artillery of the naval army also went into battle to assist in the attack on the east and west walls.

The range of the artillery was much greater than that of the trebuchets defending the city, and they concentrated on the east and west gates.

Although the gates of Gangneung Fortress were strong, they were only the product of thick wood wrapped in iron sheets, and many of them were hit by artillery, and they were also torn apart.

The Jingzhou army could only block the city gate hole with big stones and sandbags to prevent the central army from entering through the city gate.

The defenders above the city were even worse, they were suppressed by the mortars and artillery of the Central Army, and they could not raise their heads, let alone lean out to attack the infantry below the city.

Many of the dozens of trebuchets on the city have been destroyed by artillery and mortars, and the same has happened to bed crossbows.

This is how the hoplites of the Central Army began the siege with ladders, and the musketeers provided cover for them below.

Zhuge Liang mobilized the snipers of each division to the safety of the city, hundreds of snipers shot together, and the defenders in the city were killed with one blow as long as they bravely showed their heads.

So the hoplites didn't encounter much resistance, so they set up the ladder at the top of the city and began to climb it vigorously.

At this time, Guan Yu appeared above the north city gate, and he urged his subordinates to climb out of the bunker and the hiding hole, stand at the head of the city, and greet the enemy with repeating crossbows, bed crossbows, and rolling wood and stones.

People were constantly being shot by the muskets under the city, but the crossbows could not shoot the musketeers of the Central Army, and the range difference between the two sides was dozens of feet, so they could only focus on the hoplites who climbed up the city.

After several battles, the defending side still has a numerical advantage, but the central army's long-range firepower advantage is even more obvious.

After a day's siege, the personnel of the Jingzhou army suffered huge losses.

Liu Bei frowned when he looked at the summed up casualty figures, the casualties in a day were nearly 10,000, and if he continued to fight at this rate, the effort of a few days would be gone.

Pang Tong didn't think so, he summoned Guan Yu, Wei Yan, and Yan Yan over, and Liu Bei didn't understand what he meant.

It was only at this time that Pang Tong told Liu Bei and the generals about the final plan he had prepared, and after hearing it, everyone felt that Pang Tong was crazy.

Liu Bei's face was cloudy, "Military Division, if you really follow your plan, you may be able to wipe out the Central Army in large numbers, but the hundreds of thousands of people in Jiangling City will be finished." ”