Jizhou has always been known for its strong crossbows, and every time it fights, it must prepare enough strong crossbows to sharpen the opponent with a rain of arrows first. When fighting Gongsun Zhan, they were used to doing this, and there would be no exceptions this time.

Watching the warships in the distance gradually approach, rows and rows of Jizhou crossbowmen hid behind their shields, waiting quietly. They had already experienced such things many times, so they were not so panicked, but they were still a little surprised to see so many warships.

"How can the people of Qingzhou have so many warships? There are even building boats."

"How did they manage such a warship on the Yellow River? Not much of the river? ”

More than one person made such a sound of surprise, after all, it was really rare to see so many warships in the north, let alone on the water of the Yellow River. Since ancient times, there have been very few water battles on the Yellow River, to be exact, a large-scale water battle that can go down in history has not happened, as for the kind of small-scale, no one in history knows about it dare not guarantee, but this time

In fact, Zhang He was also surprised, but as the chief general in the army, he must maintain enough composure. And he is also full of curiosity about the water army in front of him.

As mentioned before, there are very few water battles in the north, unlike in the south, where the water network is dense, and warships have become the main means of transportation. For any northern prince, building so many warships is a waste of resources, but the Qingzhou army in front of him actually has so many warships, which is a little surprising

"The princes of the world are now in a hurry to increase their strength, Qingzhou is located in the north, although it is near the sea, but there is no reason to form a water army at all, this Yan Shao has formed a large water army, is Qingzhou's resources too rich, or is he stupid?"

Or is it? His ambitions are greater than anyone else's? So I have already prepared a navy army, and I plan to prepare a navy to deal with the enemy in the south in advance after taking care of the affairs of the north?

Zhang He guessed in his heart, but unfortunately, the most important thing for him at the moment was to solve the opponent in front of him.

If he could have an extra 10,000 or 20,000 troops in his hands, he could deliberately make a detour in the Yellow River, set up an ambush, let Yan Shao's Qingzhou army deliberately turn in, and then trap it on the Yellow River beach. It's a pity that Zhang He doesn't have so many troops, and the troops on his hand are only a little more than 10,000 in total. It's just whimsical.

This is also one of the reasons why Yan Shao and the others did not choose to attack strongly, but tried first. Since they already knew that Zhang He's hands were short of soldiers and horses, there was no need to attack, as long as they tried slowly, they could always find the gap they wanted.

But what they didn't expect was that Zhang He did such a beautiful job, along the huge Yellow River, there were obviously loopholes everywhere, but he let him run it like an iron bucket. In a short period of time, Yan Shao did not find a loophole at all. If this was a normal time, Yan Shaozhi would have the patience to play slowly with him, anyway, in the end, he would always be able to find the loophole he wanted, but this time it was different, in the case of competing for time with Yuan Shao, he had to speed up.

"It's close, it's closer" Seeing that the warships on the river were getting closer and closer, Zhang He couldn't help but get nervous.

He doesn't have many soldiers and horses, but he has a lot of other resources in his hands, especially crossbow arrows and other materials, which are equipped with a lot by Yuan Shao, so that he is not afraid of waste. However, squandering the enemy without entering the strike range is not what any smart military general should do, at least Zhang He will not do it. Not to mention any war. The blood and courage in the hearts of the soldiers are the most abundant at the beginning, and it is also the time when the battle is most applied, and after a while, it may only be a few minutes, and this momentum will gradually disappear. As a veteran general in the army, how could Zhang He not understand this, he must maintain the momentum of the soldiers in his army, if it is the first wave of blows, he will not even touch the hair on the opposite side, which is too big a blow to morale.

Not only Zhang He, but also the Jizhou soldiers along the coast. Many of these people had never seen such a large warship as Lou Chuan in their lives, and now more than a dozen such huge warships were sailing together, causing a shock that ordinary people could not imagine.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but in the face of the approaching giant ship, many people have a feeling that time has suddenly become very slow.

"Shoot the arrows!"

Just as the hearts of many people began to beat, like engines, a roar was heard.

It turned out that the warships on the river had already entered the range of crossbow arrows, and Zhang He was also a little impatient and gave an order.

There is nothing in this world that is more stressful and powerless than facing one's enemies and getting closer, while you can't do anything. Especially those building ships on the opposite side, the north is not very good at water warfare, Jizhou is located in the inland of the Yellow River, but there are few warships on the Yellow River, let alone the level of building ships.

To be honest, they couldn't even imagine that there would be a boat sailing into the Yellow River, after all, the difference between the Yellow River and the Yangtze River is still very big. Now in the face of such a behemoth, not everyone can keep calm, and many soldiers want to hurry up and shoot the arrows in their hands, and now that the order has been given, the arrows are like raindrops, shooting towards the warships on the river.

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"This Zhang He is really a character, and he can bear it in the face of such a situation"

Looking at the arrows in the sky, on the warship, Yan Shao couldn't help but exclaim.

Originally, the five sons of Cao Wei in history, Yan Shao had of course heard of their names. Especially this Zhang He, it can be said that he is one of the most important generals with foreign surnames in the late Cao Wei period, and he is the kind that the older he lives, the more demonic he becomes.

But it wasn't until he met him that he realized how powerful these guys who left their names in history were. Just like this Zhang He, with 10,000 soldiers and horses, he actually blocked him on the other side of the Yellow River, although this is also the reason why Yan Shao did not have any time and wasted their efforts in it, but it also proved that Zhang He was powerful.

After all, the Yellow River is huge, and it is still difficult to really defend it. Even if it's Yan Shao, it's definitely not really a way to do it, the great thing is to bypass the plain and attack directly by changing routes, but in that case, it will disrupt Yan Shao's plan, and there will be a large distance from the logistics supply line.

"Jizhou Siting Zhu, is also the four generals that Yuan Shao values the most, among them, Yan Liangwen is just two horsemen, brave and brave, but there is nothing else to talk about, this Zhang He has some skills, and he has caused us a lot of trouble" Stroked his long beard, Huang Zhong said slowly. "I'm going to meet him and see what he's capable of."

"Such an opponent, how can you bother Han Sheng, let me come" Gan Ning next to him was also eager to try.

A good opponent is too hard to find for them. But more importantly, Gan Ning is eager for military achievements.

Gan Ning asked himself if his ability was not under Tai Shici, but he was at the bottom of the four generals in Qingzhou, which made the arrogant Gan Ning convinced. Now that Zhao Yun finally ran to Xiliang, Tai Shi Ci is sitting in Qingzhou again, and there is only one Huang Zhong by his side, as long as he can get more merits in this battle, maybe he can take Tai Shi Ci's place

"Xingba, you better take care of the warship first" Looking at Gan Ning's appearance, Yan Shao was a little funny, of course he knew what Gan Ning's purpose was, but he still hurriedly spoke. "This is the Yellow River, if something happens, I don't want to swim ashore."

If it was on the Yangtze River, Yan Shao would never say that, but the Yellow River wouldn't

There has not been a large-scale water war here since ancient times, and it is definitely not without a little reason!

If one is not careful, maybe all of them will be buried in the sea.

"Don't worry, the Yellow River is dangerous, but the sailors under my command are all trained on the sea, compared with the sea, the Yellow River is just a dangerous ditch, as long as you are careful, there will be absolutely no problems" Gan Ning said confidently, he is still very confident in his subordinates, confident that these subordinates are unlikely to live up to his trust.

And he is also a water thief for many years, and he is also very familiar with the river waters, the Yellow River is indeed much more dangerous than the Yangtze River, but as long as you are careful, there will not be much problem.

This time I was able to drive the boat into the Yellow River, which is a proof of this. The Yellow River itself is not suitable for large ships to enter, but it allows them to drive all the way in, which in itself proves the strength of the Qingzhou naval army. With care, there is absolutely no chance of accidents.

"Anyway, it's time for us to fight back," Gan Ning said again after glancing up at the rain of arrows that were falling.

As he spoke, these arrows had rained down on his shoulders, and the armor soldiers around Yan Shao had already stepped forward at the moment when the arrow rain fell, and raised the shield in his hand high, forming a shield wall.

In fact, the warship itself has measures to prevent arrows, after all, the warship fights on the water, and the two main ways are arrows, and the other is hand-to-hand combat, and some of the remaining warship equipment has either not been invented yet, or there is no mainstream of these two combat methods.

Especially Yan Shao's location, it is a VIP seat, and it is difficult for arrows to shoot in, but this thing has never been afraid of 10,000, just in case, no one dares to guarantee that there will be good luck in the flow of arrows along the gap, if that is the case, the role of these armorers will also come in handy.

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Arrows rained down on the ship with a dull sound.

Not surprisingly, the crossbowmen on the warship also fought back, and for a moment the river could be regarded as a coming-and-going, but it was a little surprising. These huge warships did not continue to move forward, but just anchored in the center of the Yellow River, a distance a little from the river bank, but just within the strike range.

Only a few smaller ships continued to gradually approach the riverbank

In fact, it is not surprising that the larger the ship, the higher the requirements for the port, which is why the navy of later generations liked the so-called good port so much. If any large warships are built, they need to prepare special ports. And in this era, the building ship is the largest ship.

But the problem is that the north is not very good at water warfare, and the warships used in peacetime are also some smaller ones, and there are very few building ships in the Yellow River, and it can even be said that they have never been. In this case, it is too difficult to find a place where the boat can dock

Therefore, under the planning of Yan Shao, Gan Ning and others, these buildings and boats will not continue to move forward, but just dock on a water surface near the bank of the Yellow River, acting as a fire support point, using arrows as cover.

Naturally, compared with those large warships in later generations, these more than ten building ships are somewhat insufficient, fortunately, the number of crossbowmen on the other side is not very large, not to mention that this time Yan Shao's side is also all dispatched, and there are at least more than 2,000 soldiers and horses that can transport the Yellow River at a time, as long as the cooperation is good, the chance of success is still very large.

Most of the buildings on the surface of the Yellow River are equipped with a large number of crossbowmen, it can be said that in addition to the necessary sailors, there are no other soldiers and horses, purely as a point of fire, the sky full of arrows rain fell on the opposite side of the water, but also gave the Jizhou army a considerable blow. It was with this kind of fire support that the warships of the Qingzhou Navy began to approach the opposite riverbank.

Like the building ships behind, these warships are also equipped with a large number of crossbowmen, and after approaching the river bank, the arrows in their hands are also powerful, and in a short period of time, they actually pressed the Jizhou soldiers and horses on the other bank to some of the heads up.

However, there are only a few

"General, they're already on the shore!" Looking at the soldiers and horses approaching on the opposite side, Zhang He's lieutenant general spoke.

"I saw it, I don't want the Qingzhou Navy to have such strength, it seems that they have already premeditated, inform them, as long as the Qingzhou people land on the shore, they will immediately kill them and drive them down the Yellow River" He didn't expect that the crossbowmen on those warships could exert such a powerful power, depending on the situation, there are at least more than 1,000 crossbowmen on these warships, and with the crossbowmen on the battleship moving forward, the number is almost the same as the crossbowmen on his side.

"Yes!" The lieutenant immediately commanded.

After his subordinates went down, Zhang He looked at the warships on the river, and he didn't know what to think about anymore