Chapter 40: Water War IV

"Mingjin." Zhang Xuan said: "If this battle continues, it will not be interesting. ”

The official ships are strong and tall, with bows and crossbows, rockets, artillery, and all kinds of weapons.

A few large ships in front, too late to react. There were more or less losses, but the ships in the back were obviously at some distance from the ships in front, so that even if these fireships would rush over, they would not be able to ignite the ships of the officers and soldiers.

Zhang Xuan could see clearly that on the large ships of the official army, there was a complete set of procedures to fight against fireships, first bombarded with artillery, the best to sink, and then covered with rockets, which could be ignited best, and then thrown with a fire can, in this fire can, there seemed to be grease or something, smashed on the ship, it could burn.

In this way, most of the ships can be stopped when they are still some distance away from the big ships.

When the distance between the fireboat is too close, you can use a bamboo pole several zhang long to top the bow of the ship, and the fireboat will be pushed up.

Anyway, at this time, there were no soldiers on the fireboat, because by this time the fireship was probably already lit.

If there were still people in charge of the ship, I am afraid that it would also be consumed by the flames.

In this way, the man who operates the ship must be a dead man.

How many of the soldiers who were summoned, could be called dead?

"Slow down, sir." Zhang Su said: "Water warfare is not better than land warfare, it is easy to advance and retreat, water warfare is to see the water, and the second is to look at the wind, we are all outsiders, and the adults are not promising General Zhou, this battle is commanded by General Zhou, and the adults are ordering at the moment, but it is not beautiful." ”

When Zhang Xuan heard this, he immediately fell silent, after all, he was not proficient in water warfare, he could only see that he might not have a chance to win this battle, but he didn't know how to clean up the mess. He was also afraid that he would cherish the soldiers and give the order to retreat, but he would harm Zhou Fuchen.

"Just follow the gentleman's words." Zhang Xuan sighed and said, "As long as the auxiliary ministers come back safely, even if the fleet is gone, I don't care." ”

This sentence is Zhang Xuan's psychological words.

In the future, the naval division will be indispensable for the southern conquest, and is there a naval talent in the Cao camp? There is no one that does not.

In any case, Zhou Fuchen also has a little experience in commanding the sailor, as long as he cultivates it well, he is a trustworthy sailor general, compared to the sailor who is pulling around, Zhang Xuan values Zhou Fuchen more, or more trustworthy.

In the future, Dingding Jiangnan, it is indispensable for sailors to defect, but if you can compare with these old people, is it worth believing?

A bitter battle over the river, fought from morning to noon.

Zhou Fuchen had to admit the reality and worked hard to get rid of the few big ships that entangled him

boats, but even so, there are two big ships that sank in the Huai River for Zhou Fuchen's rearing.

For a while, Zhou Fuchen was almost empty-handed, and only a dozen or so of those small boats retreated, and the sailors he brought were almost lost more than half.

Shen Tingyang saw Zhou Fuchen withdraw, and did not order the pursuit.

He gathered his boat, and for a while he also had a feeling of wanting to cry without tears.

Ten ships.

A whole ten ships. All of them sank in the water.

Seven of them were ignited, some sank, and some survived on the river, but the raging fire had already declared that this ship had no salvage value. There are three ships, but it is because of Zhou Fuchen.

The elite of the navy led by Zhou Fuchen seized a ship, because it couldn't be taken away, it was burned with a fire, and there were two ships, but the broken ships were connected together and lit a fire together, and it was also because of this that Shen Tingyang was unwilling to pursue, lest he chase hard, and the thief came to die together.

But Shen Tingyang really couldn't lose the ship.

He also had to go north to transport grain.

The ships are all folded here, and when the time comes, what kind of ship will he use to change the sea ship?

"In this way, the righteousness has been exhausted." Shen Tingyang secretly said in his heart: "This matter, so far, I will not participate." ”

With this in mind, after cleaning up the mess, he divided a few small boats, and after guarding on the Huai River, Shen Tingyang immediately invited Wang Xincui over.

As soon as Wang Xincui saw Shen Tingyang, he congratulated and said, "Congratulations to the Lord for such a great victory, Lord Lu will definitely ask for a reward for the Lord." ”

"That's it." Shen Tingyang said: "It's just a trivial matter, why worry about it. He changed his voice and said, "Now the fleet has suffered heavy losses, and it can no longer serve Lord Lu. I also asked Lord Wang to tell Lord Lu and ask him to send someone to guard this place as soon as possible. ”

Wang Xincui was taken aback and said, "What did Lord Shen say? ”

Shen Tingyang frowned, didn't want to pay attention to Wang Xincui, and said, "You just need to tell Lord Lu." Needless to say. ”

"Yes." Wang Xincui said.

He didn't dare to say anything more, so he immediately retreated and sent someone down the river to report to Lu Zhenfei.

Zhang Xuan's big tent.

Zhou Fuchen knelt on the ground and said, "The last general can't break the official army and water division, and please punish the adults." ”

Zhang Xuan walked over, helped Zhou Fuchen up, and said, "What is the crime of Fuchen? ”

After defeating the battle, how to deal with it, Zhang Xuan in his heart, no, it should be in the military law formulated by Zhang Xuan, there are rules. When our army has the advantage and is defeated by the enemy's weak forces, such a defeat will be dealt with severely. However, like Zhou Fuchen, with a weak enemy and a strong enemy, under the big war, although the losses were relatively large, he still retained a certain amount of combat strength.

Such a situation, although it is not a defeat but a glory, but it is also excusable.

"Today's battle, just write it down, and you can find it back in the future." Zhang Xuan said.

"Thank you for your magnanimity." Zhou Fuchen said.

But Zhou Fuchen's matter has been revealed, and the current situation has not changed.

How to cross this Huai River?

Zhang Xuan frowned and said, "Hundreds of miles of the Huai River, is there no place to swim across?" ”

"My lord," Jin Shenghuan said, "This Huai River is not an ordinary river, where is there a place to swim across. However, if you can't cross it, why turn around and go west, cross the Huai River from the upper reaches to join the army. ”

"Nope." Zhang Xuan sighed lightly, he also knew that he was thinking badly, where is there a place to swim across a big river like the Huai River. said: "The king has passed down the order, we must find a way to capture Fengyang City. ”

"Fengyang." Jin Shenghuan said: "Fengyang is not easy to take. ”

Jin Shenghuan was stationed in Fengyang, and said: "A few years ago, Zhang Thief ---, no, the Yellow Tiger broke Fengyang and burned down the imperial tomb, which made the Beijing one very angry, so Fengyang City has been strengthened in recent years, and it is no longer what it used to be." It's not easy to capture Fengyang. ”

"Not to mention that this is easy and not easy, we can't cross this river." Yang Shenzu said: "Otherwise, we will go around to the west, and it will be a big deal to run a little more, and when we reach the south of the Huai River, it is not too late to yearn for Fengyang." ”

Zhang Xuan listened to Yang Shenzu's words, and his heart moved slightly.

Yang Shenzu is an old man in the righteous army, he has never been afraid to run around, in his opinion, this road is not passable, it is a natural thing.

However, Zhang Xuan thought about it carefully, remembered the meaning of "quick decision" drawn up by Luo Rucai, and then remembered that when Li Zicheng and Sun Chuanting clashed, they actually fell into the disadvantage. Ghost knows, how much time is left for himself, Zhang Xuan doesn't dare to delay. There is time for a month or two, or even a day or two, to decide the rise and fall of a dynasty, and the situation now is that the sooner the better.

"Nope." Zhang Xuan vetoed. But he didn't explain why, saying, "We have to cross the river as soon as possible, what do you think?" ”

"If you just cross the river, it seems that you don't need to defeat the official army and sailors." Zhang Su suddenly said something that seemed to be irrelevant.

Zhang Xuan frowned, and decided that what Zhang Su said was a nonsense, because the army crossed the river, and there was no need for a small army to cross the river, it would take a day or two, and in these two days, even if the official army and the naval division reacted slowly, they could react.

By that time, the army had crossed half and had been cut in half, which would have been worse than not being able to cross the river.

"Do you have any ideas, Mr. Zhang?" Zhang Xuan asked.

"Xia Guan really has an idea, but he doesn't know if it will work." Zhang Su said.

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