On the river on the southeast side of Zhengrongzhou, the water battle continued, as soon as the Zhou army came up, they used a chain of vehicles and boats to rush into the formation and collide with the Chen army's forward, and then the soldiers on both sides launched a bloody broadside battle, and as the battle progressed, the water began to turn red.

The Zhou army, which was upstream, sent several groups of vehicles and ships to the downstream to desperately push and squeeze the Chen army's warship, just like a narrow staircase, two groups of people were wrestling, but they were comparable, except for the front warship entangled, behind them were their own warships 'rubbing shoulders one after another'.

In this case, the batter of the big ship could not be used, and the artillery carts of the warships behind did not dare to easily fire the cannon forward to avoid accidental injury.

The soldiers on the rear ships marched forward along the crowded warships and directly engaged in the first-line hand-to-hand combat, because the large ships on both sides were crowded together, the deck of the ship, which used to rise and fall on the river, was now 'calm', and a large number of soldiers walked briskly on it.

On the river, the warships of the Shang and Chen armies were huddled together like a new sandbar, and the deck was full of soldiers all over their bodies slashing at each other, and on the masts, crossbowmen were shooting at each other, and between the big ships, the small boats on both sides were chasing and fighting, and from time to time someone fell into the water and burst out of blood red during the battle.

In the middle of the fierce battle, the front of the battle between the two sides suddenly burst into flames, this is Chen Jun setting fire to the ship, and it was their own boat, and the back row of the warship has folded its sails and tried to retreat with the efforts of the oarsmen.

The southeast wind was blowing on the battlefield, so after the Chen army's warships burned, the fire was burned to the Zhou warships that were on the side of it, and these Zhou warships were then huddled together, and if the fire was not extinguished in time, then under the strong southeast wind, the fire would soon engulf most of the Zhou warships with the momentum of burning the plain.

"Cocoon yourself and burn you bastards!!"

The soldiers of the Chen army shouted and cursed as they looked at their own warships, which had begun to burn as victims. They waited for these warships to ignite the Zhou warships next to them, and then burned the Zhou army's main formation in the northwest direction with the help of the wind.

They couldn't go too far back because there were boats behind them, so they were in danger of being ignited by the ships. However, because it was upwind, there were many fewer sparks floating over, and even sporadic fires were extinguished.

Chen Jun ships in the middle of the army. Deputy coach Fan Yi looked at the fire in front of him, and his heart was a little calm, Zhou Jun's lifeless water battle style really opened his eyes, but now that the fire is rising, because of the southeast wind, the other party can only lose.

Unless the northwest wind blows now, you'll have to wait to die!

He was thinking about this when he saw a commotion in front of him, and a moment later a future reported that the Zhou warships were using means to extinguish the fire, and the means were so good that they suppressed the fire.

"What methods did they use?" Fan Yi asked, the soldiers of the Chen Army who participated in the battle this time can be regarded as having seen the 'big scene' and can tell the means, which means that the other party's fire extinguishing methods are indeed 'good'

"It's a pump, the enemy army uses the pump to extinguish the fire!!"

"It's impossible!" Some generals blurted out that the pump is a water utensil made of bamboo, and there is a water rod and a wrap in the pump (connected into one). Put the end of the bamboo tube into the water and pump the water pole up. The water enters the bamboo tube through the hole, and then the hole of the bamboo tube is aimed at the fire and the water pole can be shot out to extinguish the fire.

If it's a small fire, then it can be extinguished by other means, if it's a big fire, then the little water in the pump is useless, and it can't shoot far, this thing is more often a children's toy.

"It's a big pump, and it's twenty or thirty paces away when it sprays water, and there are five or six of them on each enemy ship, and the water they spew out suppresses the fire!!"

Fan Yi frowned when he heard this, since Zhou Jun was well prepared, it seems that the effect of using fire will be much smaller, and the other party seems to be determined to use the tactics of fighting on the side, even if this battle is won, I am afraid that Chen Jun will also be greatly damaged.

"General, the warship near Bakou just behind sent a signal. Could it be that there is an ambush over there? A general reminded that now that the war is stalemate, if there is an enemy army on the back road, it will not be good.

Another person said that even if the Zhou army had strange soldiers, there could not be many strange soldiers. The army has come all the way and has put shipwrecks in Xikou and Bakou to prevent ambushes from rushing out of the upper reaches of Xishui and Bashui, and now even if there are warships, at most some small boats parked on the shore, the number of launches is not much.

"When I passed through Wuzhou before, the lookout saw that there were not many ships on it, this is just a means for the Zhou army to disturb the hearts of our army!"

"The guard ships will stop them, what are you panicking about!!"

A moment later, news came from the front that the Zhou army's vehicles and boats were rowing down the river with the water wheel, pressing their own warships to retreat, and the gap between the first row of warships and the back warships gradually narrowed, and now all the ships were crowded together again.

"Can our two-wing clippers outflank it?" Fan Yi asked, and when he learned that the clippers on both sides were fighting on both wings, he sneered: "They are determined to consume people's lives, so let's consume it!" ”

"Let the soldiers all move forward and fight with the Zhou army!"

"Keep setting fires and see how much water their pumps can spray!"

"Let the artillery riders estimate the distance and send stones, let the archers throw rockets, and see how long they can last!"

Fan Yi calculated an account in his heart, if this battle continues like this, it is about a defeat for both sides, his own side still has reserves in the back, and the other party is afraid that he will come out, even if he loses the other party, it is impossible to continue the pursuit.

Even if it is consumed here, it doesn't matter, the strength of the Bazhou naval army in the upper reaches is intact, together with the army by land, you can directly attack Xiakou and besiege the Zhou army, and the Zhou army warship in front of you should be the only main force, so after this battle, the strength is greatly damaged, and there is no way to go back to Xiakou to fight a decisive battle with your own Bazhou naval army.

"The scene is really ugly," he laughed self-deprecatingly, he had never imagined that he would fight a chaotic melee here for decades, and any whimsical ideas were useless, so he could only use the simplest and rude methods to win.

It's like two shirtless strong men fighting hand-to-hand combat with their bare hands until one of them collapses due to physical exhaustion, there is no boxing, no footwork, no skills, and relying on the ability to carry and fight.

Fan Yi thought that the commander of the Zhou army must be a madman, even if this tactic was won, it would be impossible to control the Yangtze River with the remaining warships, and if the Yangtze River waterway could not be controlled, the Zhou army soldiers and horses that crossed the river and landed in the south would be finished sooner or later.

"Enemy troops, there are enemy warships downstream, a lot of enemy warships!!" The lookout shouted loudly from the mast, and the generals on the deck looked at each other in disbelief at what they saw.

Where did the Zhou army go to get so many warships to sneak attack? Bakou and Xikou have been blocked, so it will take more than half a day to clean them up, where did so many warships come out of the river?

"There are a lot of them, and our guards can't stop them!!" The lookout screamed in frustration, and he couldn't believe what he was seeing.

Fan Yi didn't care so much about climbing the mast, he had to see what was going on, although he was old, but after all, Rong Ma's life was still there, so it didn't take much effort to climb the mast, and when he looked in the southeast direction, he couldn't help but gasp.

On the river, out of nowhere, the dense Zhou army warships broke through the interception of their own rearguard warships and approached their own position, and most of the other side were some clippers, although they were countercurrent, but they were downwind and then southeast wind, and they were sailing and using them at a very fast speed.

In this formation, there were Chen Jun warships to turn around and go to intercept but it was too late, Zhou Jun Clippers had already rushed to a hundred paces away before they could leave the team too far, and Fan Yi saw that many warships were on fire during the period.

"It's a fireship," he muttered to himself, his face turning pale......

In the southeast wind, the fireships of the Zhou army rushed towards the Chen army ship formation in the northwest direction of the upstream with full sails, some of them were desperately stopped by the Chen army's rearguard warships, but most of them broke through the interception and crashed into the enemy formation before the sails were burned by their own fire.

The wind fuels the fire, the fire borrows the power of the wind, and countless fireships cause a fire in the Chen army's ship array, and burn to the northwest direction, and the Chen army's fleet is in front of the Zhou army's vehicles and ships, and the fire is burning in the back, which is already a dilemma.

One after another, the warships ignited, first the sails that were too late to be collected were ignited by the sparks, and then spread to the hull, and the Chen Jun warships huddled together were difficult to even row the oars, and they couldn't move, let alone dodge.

The soldiers ran on the deck in a panic, shouting, and the generals were anxiously directing the soldiers to extinguish the fire, but the fire had already started, and they were extinguishing the fire in the downwind direction, where could they extinguish it, some of the soldiers' hair and eyebrows were curled by tongues of fire, and some were choked by the smoke and burst into tears.

The heat wave made people almost breathless, and the soldiers of the Chen army were out of breath and poured the water they brought in wooden barrels into the burning cabin, but it was a drop in the bucket, and the spreading fire was no longer something they could suppress.

A burned mast fell down on the busy deck, and several soldiers were killed on the spot, and many were injured as a result, which completely destroyed the courage of the soldiers to fight the fire, and then ignored the generals' shouts and curses.

These people have already seen that the main fleet of the army is about to end, as long as they stay on the ship and don't want to die, they will have to throw themselves into the water and flee for their lives sooner or later, so it is better to hurry.

The south bank is the territory controlled by the own side, so I am not afraid of being captured when I go ashore, and more importantly, it is safe to escape now, the Zhou army clipper is busy fighting with his own clipper, and there is no time to deal with the person who falls into the water, if the overall situation is decided in the back, then the other party will definitely chase and kill unscrupulously, and then he will not be able to run away at that time.

Seeing that there were no pursuers around, they slowed down their swimming movements and floated on the river, turning their heads to see that the fleet that was originally densely packed into a wooden sandbar had now turned nearly half into a sea of fire from the eastern end.

The surging river rushes to the east, but the fleet on it has become a piece of torches, a water and a fire are staged on the river at the same time, like two heavens of water and fire, which makes people thrilled. (To be continued.) )