On the river, more than 40 official ships formed a formation and advanced to 300 steps away from the water camp.

On the flagship deck, Liu Qi pulled out the long sword in his hand, pointed at the enemy camp, and shouted: "All ships speed up, give me a breath to break through the enemy camp." ”

He expected that Gan Ning would have few soldiers and would definitely choose to be on the defensive, so he would attack unscrupulously.

The ships received the order, their morale was high, and the drums of war were beating loudly, and they rushed all the way to the enemy camp.

At this moment, the water gate of the thief camp, which was originally closed, suddenly opened, and more than a dozen ships rushed out like fish shuttles.

"How dare this brocade thief take the initiative?" Liu Qi's expression changed, and his face was shocked.

Wang Wei next to him frowned, and said busily: "The eldest prince, the thief army is small, and he dares to take the initiative to attack, he must be afraid, we still need to be careful." ”

Liu Qi's face rekindled his arrogance, waved his long sword, and shouted: "Even if the Jinfan thief takes the initiative to come out, our warship is four times that of him, and I am afraid that he will not succeed, if he dares to come up, he will shoot him on his back." ”

Wang Wei was stunned, he didn't dare to disobey the order, he was busy sending orders to all ships, and the crossbowmen were ready to take position, and when they were close, they would immediately shoot the enemy ships.

The two armies galloped opposite each other, and in the blink of an eye, they were close to more than two hundred paces, and they were about to approach the range of their crossbows.

At this moment, above the flagship, Gan Ning's signal order flag suddenly shook and changed, and a new order was issued.

When the thieves received the order, they turned around one after another, diverted their course and galloped towards the wings of the official ships.

The thieves have changed direction!

Wang Wei's face changed, and he said hurriedly: "Eldest prince, that brocade thief wants to steal from both wings and cut off our fleet. ”

"That'...... So what do we do? Liu Qi's voice was finally a little panicked, after all, he had never really been on the battlefield, and he was a little overwhelmed in the face of such a sudden change.

Wang Wei said without hesitation: "We should quickly send a rushing fast ship to block the thief army from outflanking from both wings." ”

"Then what are you waiting for, give the order quickly." Liu Qi exclaimed eagerly.

Wang Wei didn't dare to hesitate, and immediately passed down the order.

As the rhythm of the war drums changed, nearly 20 or so ships in the ship formation immediately turned around and volleyed towards the two wings.

In the blink of an eye, the two armies encountered the shipwrenching ships, and a water battle began.

The number of ships of the officers and soldiers is obviously higher than that of the thief army, and in terms of combat power alone, it has the upper hand, and it seems that it can easily block the water thieves.

Zhou Cang, who was watching the battle on the shore, couldn't help but say when he saw this scene: "Childe, this Gan Ning is really bold enough to dare to take the initiative to attack, but it's a pity that he has too few ships, and I'm afraid that he will soon be annihilated by the official army." ”

"Not necessarily." Su Zhe's tone was meaningful, "The principle of water warfare is the same as land warfare, the soldiers are fine but not many, although there are many official ships, they are negligent in the battle formation, although there are few thief ships, they have been crisscrossing the water for a long time, and the battle array is experienced, and it may not be impossible to win more with less." ”

Listening to Su Zhe's analysis, Zhou Cang was half-convinced, and continued to look at the water, and soon, his two eyes stared at Dou Da, revealing a surprised expression.

In the confrontation on the water, just a moment after he had a conversation with Su Zhe, the official ship fell into full disadvantage.

As Su Zhe said, the combat experience of the water thieves is far better than that of the luxuriously equipped officers and soldiers, whether it is a long-range bow and crossbow against each other, or the collision of a warship, or a hand-to-hand combat on boarding, the water thieves are enough to be ten with one.

In the blink of an eye, seven or eight official ships were capsized, and hundreds of officers and soldiers were either cut down to the ground or forced to dive into the water, becoming live targets for water thieves to shoot.

Under the unfavorable situation, the remaining ships were frightened, and their fighting spirit collapsed in a blink of an eye, and they actually collapsed one after another.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Cang couldn't help but look at Su Zhe in surprise, and gave a thumbs up and exclaimed: "Childe, you are really like a god, that Gan Ning really has two brushes, and the official army was beaten to his knees so quickly." ”

Su Zhe chewed a broad bean and sneered: "If the volley fails, the main fleet will soon be disrupted, and it won't last long before it will be defeated. ”

Zhou Cang also mocked in a low voice: "This self-righteous eldest son Liu, let you not listen to our son's advice, this defeat is really deserved." ”

Egami.

Gan Ning's rushing ships broke the interception fleet of the officers and troops, and sure enough, they rushed into the main fleet in one go, and began to launch boarding attacks on one after another fighting ships.

Although the size of the fighting ship was large, it was slow to move, and it was inconvenient to turn, so it was impossible to adjust the direction in time to deal with the flexible attack of the ship in all directions, and in the blink of an eye, several ships were forcibly attacked by water thieves.

After witnessing their own interception fleet being crushed by the water thieves, the Jingzhou sailors on the fighting ship were already frightened and deeply afraid of the water thieves' terrifying combat effectiveness.

And now, when they actually faced the ferocious beast-like water thieves and boarded the ship to pounce on them, the remaining fighting spirit immediately crumbled, almost at the touch of a button.

Several fighting ships were broken in the blink of an eye, the battle flag with the character "Liu" was cut to the ground, and replaced with a brocade battle flag with the word "Gan", and the corpses of countless officials and soldiers fell into the river, and blood stained the river red.

The remaining dozens of fighting ships, although they still had the upper hand in numbers, had already collapsed, and before Liu Qi could give the order, they had already fled to the west coast.

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Looking at the collapsed army, Liu Qi looked stunned, and even rubbed his eyes, unable to believe everything in front of him.

He couldn't believe that the combat effectiveness of just seven hundred water thieves was so strong that he had defeated several times his fleet in the blink of an eye.

That Jinfan thief Gan Ning, is it really strong to this extent?

"General Wang, what should we do? What should I do? Liu Qi, who had never experienced the defeat of the battle array, was so panicked that he completely lost his sense of proportion in the face of such a rout.

Wang Wei had no choice but to sigh: "Childe, the Jinfan thief's combat effectiveness is incredible, and our army is negligent in the battle formation, and now the defeat is decided, and we have no choice but to retreat." ”

Liu Qi's face was pale, and he gritted his teeth and shouted unwillingly: "This is the first time that my son has led his troops to the battle, and the soldiers and horses are still several times the enemy, so he was defeated in such a gray way, where is the face of this son!" ”

Wang Wei said with a bitter face: "The last general also knows that this is detrimental to the prestige of the son, but the matter has come to this point, if you don't retreat, I am afraid that the son's life will be in danger." ”

"But—"

Before the word "yes" could be spoken, a cold arrow broke through the air and swept past Liu Qi's ear.

Liu Qi was startled, instinctively dodged, and escaped the fatal blow of being shot through the neck, but he felt a sharp pain in his ear, and when he raised his hand to touch it, it was already a hand of blood.

"Retreat, quickly withdraw to the West Bank camp!" Liu Qi, who was frightened, could no longer care about his prestige, and shouted hoarse to retreat.

When the order was laid, the flagship hurriedly turned around and fled the battlefield before being chased by the water thieves.

As soon as the flagship fled, the remaining officers and warships were even more defeated, only suffering nearly 1,000 casualties and nearly 20 large and small warships before they withdrew from the battlefield and fled back to the west coast.

As soon as the flagship landed, the panicked soldiers scrambled to jump off the trestle and fled into the camp.

The injured Liu Qi also escaped from the warship with the support of Wang Wei, and when he stepped on the shore, he was finally relieved and let out a long breath.

Su Zhe, who was already waiting on the shore, stepped forward and arched his hand: "Fortunately, the son is fine, and the lower official is relieved." ”

As soon as Liu Qi saw Su Zhe, he felt a kind of embarrassment of shame, and couldn't help but be annoyed and angry, snorted coldly, and strode past Su Zhe.