The warships of this era, in general, had the strongest bow. And the weakest place is often the ship's amidships. Therefore, in the water battles of this era, if the commanders of both sides are not stupid, most of them should try to avoid their own ships facing the bow of the opposite side as much as possible. Therefore, the mode of water warfare at this time generally focuses on the bow of the ship against the enemy, and then rushes head-on into the enemy formation. After that, the two ships are staggered, and if they are far apart, they will shoot with bows and arrows, and if they are close, they can find a way to jump into the gang to fight. And if it really enters the gang jumping operation, then the Soochow naval army, which can also walk on the ground on the undulating hull, will naturally have a great advantage.

Therefore, when the two commanders of the Soochow fleet, Liuyu and Zhu Wan, saw Shu Han's fleet slowly turning upstream of him, facing him with the ship's amidship, he couldn't help but laugh rampantly: Use the ship's amidship to meet his own bow? Later, I'll hit your amidship with the bow of the ship, and then I'll be able to send you to the river to feed the fish in minutes?

Unfortunately, this smile lasted for a while.

With Luo Xian's order, the thirty ships that had completed the turn, and the fire oil tanks loaded in the nose and stern trebuchet magazines rose into the air, pulling out sixty beautiful flames. These flames drew a beautiful parabola in the air, and then quickly plunged headlong into Soochow's fleet.

Before the Yangtze River left the Three Gorges, the widest surface of the river was about 800 meters, and it was generally only 4 or 500 meters wide. After leaving the Three Gorges, the river surface widens abruptly, and in this section of Xiling, even in the dry season in winter, its width reaches thousands of meters.

But this width is still too narrow for Soochow's huge fleet.

Therefore, at this time, the fleet of Soochow was very dense.

Then, the sixty oil canisters on the side of the Shu Han Navy were all hit!

"Bang dang!" The clay oil tank slammed into the hull of the Soochow fleet at such a high speed that of course it was torn apart in an instant. The oil in the jar burned with the help of the lead, and the whole thing burned at once. What's even worse is that the Mars flying everywhere is still looking for new burning targets everywhere in the air. Moreover, the northwest wind is blowing at this time!

"How is this possible?! Their ship was so small, how could the trebuchet on it be thrown so far? ”

You can't blame Liuyu and Zhu Wan for not being knowledgeable. In fact, in this era, China's trebuchets are still in the state of pure leveraged trebuchets. For such a trebuchet to gain sufficient range, it must be extremely large. This large trebuchet is not much of a problem on land, but it cannot be transplanted to a ship: the ship is small, and the trebuchet is too large, which can cause the ship's center of gravity to rise and capsize if you are not careful. And how much does it cost to build a ship that big?

It is not that there are no such giant ships in the entire Soochow, but the number is very limited. Now all the hedgehogs are gathered near Jianye.

"Hehehe, this kind of winch trebuchet provided by Da Sima is really convenient." Looking at the Soochow fleet downstream, there were already fires in many places. Luo Xian smiled and continued to order: "The trebuchet will come again, and then all the ships of our army will turn." Fight the enemy with the bow of the ship! ”

"Whoa!"

After all, it is still the bow of the ship against the enemy. Because, even a winch trebuchet is limited to the hull of a ship, and its shape is limited. This also determines that its range will not be too far. If the enemy continues to rush forward regardless of it, and the amidships of the enemy are still exposed in front, something serious will happen.

"Leave the casualties of the flotilla behind! Those who had already caught fire gathered on the north shore and rushed up to the beach as best they could. The other ships, paddling hard, trying to get close to the enemy ships! Gang Jump as soon as possible! ”

"Whoa!"

Looking at the Soochow fleet downstream, when the boats that could still move, they stretched out their oars from the cabin and began to row hard. Luo Xian smiled slightly: "Our building ships have all completed the turn, right?" ”

"Back to the Governor, it's all done."

"Good! Order, let go of the fire! ”

"Whoa!"

With Luo Xian's order, more than 200 fast ships quickly poured out from the cracks of the thirty ships. This type of boat has a pointed head and a sharp barb. There were not many soldiers on board, and after carefully steering the ship to the front of their own ship, they quickly filled their ship with full sails, and then began to walk in turn towards a small sampan tied to the back of the ship. When the last soldier disembarked, he opened the fire fold in his hand and threw it at the bow of the ship......

Then, in the sight of Liuyu, Zhu Wan and others, more than 200 huge fireballs suddenly appeared.

Seeing such a scene, Liuxi, Zhu Wan and the others knew what was going on without seeing it. Isn't this the legendary section where Zhou Lang burned Chibi?

Unfortunately, at this time, the Soochow fleet was located downstream, and Shu Han's unmanned fireships could go down the river. Moreover, it is a big winter, and the common wind direction is northwesterly. There is no one in this generation of Soochow who can communicate with God and borrow a few days of southeast wind to use. Therefore, the fireships of Shu Han could hang their sails and go down the river at a very high speed. However, Soochow had to lower all the sails and simply use manpower to paddle to achieve the maneuver of the fleet.

However, in the face of such a huge coverage of the fireship offensive, no matter how maneuvering it is, it is useless. With the sound of collisions one after another, the fleet of Dongwu, dozens of warships in the front row were all hit by the ships put down by Shu Han, and then they quickly burned.

"Hey, the country should have taken advantage of the weakness of the Shu thieves to take down Badong County desperately. The enemy is going down the river from upstream, and it will be too difficult for our naval army to resist it! ”

Looking at the already burning river and the fleet that had completely messed up the formation, Liuyu was very unwilling to give the order to withdraw the troops. "Order, immediately send a fast boat to report the news of our army's defeat to Zuo Da Sima downstream, and tell Zuo Da Sima that our army will temporarily retreat to the south bank of Xiling City to garrison. Leave some of the boats behind and search for our overboard and do your best to save them. At the same time, send an envoy to the commander of Xishu, telling them that our army is temporarily facing east, please do not embarrass the captured soldiers of our army. ”

And on this side, Luo Xian was also giving the same order: "The whole army will lower its sails and be divided into two armies, the left and right armies, to land on the shore separately." After that, a small boat was dispatched to salvage the soldiers who had fallen into the water in Dongwu and try their best to rescue! ”

There is no way, Guan Da Sima's thirst for population is well known to everyone in Shu Han. In order to get the 60,000 or 70,000 people in Xiling City at one time, Da Sima did not hesitate to take risks in person and came to the Yangtze River to fight a water war with Dongwu. However, the Han and Wu were still weaker than the Jin state. Therefore, it is okay for everyone to make a small fight, but this feud cannot be too deep. After this battle is over, the soldiers who fell into the water on the other side still have to try their best to save them. This is winter, although most sections of the Yangtze River do not freeze all year round, but in such an era, it is easy to get a cold!

When Shi Ji and Lu Kang received the report, although they were very angry, they did not lose control of their emotions - Guan Zifeng, a profiteer, has never been profitable. From the moment he ordered Shu Han's Hanzhong Army to threaten Wei Xingjun of the Jin State, Shi Ji and Lu Kang knew in their hearts that he would definitely intervene in the matter of Xiling. It is precisely because of this that Lu Kang ordered Jingzhou's naval army to move westward. It is a pity that the generation gap of combat weapons, as well as the flow of water and the direction of the wind, are not on our side. As a result, the naval army of this side was quickly defeated.

If Guan Yi's army was defeated by Eastern Wu this time, Guan Yi, Luo Xian and others would have to escape, and Eastern Wu would not be polite to them. But the other captured soldiers are estimated to have no worries about their lives - Dongwu also hopes that Shu Han can look a little like him, and not come to the verge of death at every turn. It's just that Shi Ji won't give Guan Yi any chance at all, and will eat Xiling all by himself. And now......

Well, as an unbreakable Han-Wu alliance, it doesn't hurt for brothers to occasionally learn from each other. After the discussion, the bigwigs of both sides came out to eat tea and negotiate.

Soon, in the exchange of envoys from both sides, they were negotiating. The supreme commanders of both sides, Guan Yi and Shi Ji, sat together in a small pavilion northwest of Xiling.