Chapter 117: The Power of a Giant Battleship
PS: I don't feel like enough time at noon!!! Qiu Feng will continue to work hard to code words, and he is going to work~
The cold wind was howling, like a knife cutting an axe, Liu Bei was wearing a mink leather coat, strolling in the barracks next to the Chibi River, feeling the strong wind hitting his face, and a touch of surprise flashed in his eyes.
Giant battleships!
In a river bay next to the Chibi camp, the willows are dense, but it still can't hide the whole picture of the warship.
Looking at each other from afar, three masts with the thickness of the bowl mouth stand tall, the sails converge in a wavy shape, there is a lookout on the mast in the middle, and the "Liu" character flag on the lookout platform is waved in the wind, and it is mighty in a flash.
"My lord! It's a giant warship. β
Kong Ming shook the feather fan lightly, squinting his eyes and smiling lightly.
Huang Yueying beside her is also very proud, this is created by her, and it is a unique existence in this world.
Kong Ming looked at Liu Bei and said, "Lord!" Brother Gongjin has already sent someone to start getting familiar with the warship, presumably he is on the ship at this time, let's take a look, how about it? β
"Good! Good! β
Liu Bei had an unconcealed smile on his face, and walked towards the giant battleship.
The officials behind him followed Liu Bei's footsteps closely, and they were even more curious about this giant battleship, praising this miraculous creation.
Only when you really walk in front of the giant battleship will you realize how small you are, more than 30 zhang long, more than 10 zhang high, and even more than 50 or 60 zhang if you connect to the mast.
The wooden ladder was put down on the battleship, which was made of dozens of planks more than two feet long, and would not be used at all on weekdays, after all, it was too troublesome, and the soldiers generally climbed the ladder by ropes when boarding the ship, and only the most distinguished guests would use this wooden ladder.
Liu Bei and the others came to the deck, and Zhou Yu and Guan Yu were already lined up on both sides to welcome them, all smiling and high-spirited.
Kong Ming introduced Liu Bei to the structure of the giant warship by the way.
The cabin has two floors, and the bottom floor has a total of 200 men rowing with a pulp. It increases the power of the entire warship, and with the power system of the three masts, it can better drive on the river. One level further up is where all the water spirits stay and eat, and of course some warehouses and the like. This floor is large enough to accommodate 1,500 people at the same time.
The top layer is the deck, the deck is very wide, and there are many things similar to bows and crossbows on both sides of the entire hull, but this bow and crossbow is much larger than the repeater invented by Zhuge Liang, which is completely similar to the cannons set up on the warships of later generations.
According to Kong Ming himself. This bow and crossbow is named the Eight Ox Strong Crossbow, the meaning is very simple, the force of the arrow is similar to the force of the eight oxen pulling together, and the spearhead breaks through the armor within 1,500 steps.
Of course, this armor refers to the opponent's warship, not the armor on the person.
There are still two large platforms on the deck, on which the crossbowmen are arranged, and the so-called standing high means seeing far, for the archers, standing high not only can see far, but also shoot arrows farther.
Liu Bei stood on the bow of the battleship. Looking at the river in the distance, under the howling wind, the boat was trembling and almost capsizing, although the boat was a little stable, but still could not escape the suffering of the bumps.
Only this giant battleship, like a mountain peak born on a great river, no matter how stormy it is, it is still immovable and as stable as Mount Tai.
Liu Bei couldn't help but secretly call himself good.
Suddenly, not far away, the waves quickly flew back to a small boat. Liu Bei looked at it and pointed, "Who is that?" β
Zhou Yu stared into the distance, as if he had a clear understanding, and arched his hand towards Liu Bei with a sigh: "Lord!" It's a spy sent out by the last general. It seems that important information should have been obtained, otherwise he should not have come back so early. β
As soon as the words fell, I saw a blue and red flag dancing on the boat in the distance, conveying important information.
After a while, a small official came to Zhou Yu. He bowed to Liu Bei first, and then to Zhou Yu, and said, "Lord! Grand Governor! Cao Jun has come to the banks of the Yangtze River, and under the leadership of Zhang Yun in Jingzhou, a group of people have begun to cross the river. β
When Liu Bei heard this, he snorted lightly, waved his hand to signal retreat, looked around at the civil and military circles, and his eyes fell on Zhou Yu: "Gong Jin! The first battle with the Cao thief, you have to open my eyes. β
From Liu Bei's eyes, Zhou Yu learned that Liu Bei was asking him to use this battle to establish his authority, otherwise it would be impossible for Guan Yu and the others to listen to Zhou Yu completely, the corners of Zhou Yu's mouth rose slightly, and he bowed: "Lord!" It's a great place to look. β
Hearing Zhou Yu's words, Liu Bei's heart was completely put in his stomach, if he couldn't even deal with a mere Zhang Yun, then this metropolitan governor should be replaced.
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Cai Mao used to be the governor of Jingzhou, controlling the two major branches of Jingzhou's water and land armies, since he had secretly colluded with Cao Cao, then the meeting gift that should be prepared for Cao Cao had already been prepared.
Almost all the warships in Jingzhou were returned to Cao Cao without spending a penny, and the reason why Cao Cao was in a hurry to go south this time was because Liu Bei was in his fledgling wings, and he should take advantage of his unstable foothold to eradicate him.
Therefore, when he clamped Liu Qi's wings for Cai Mao, he went crazy to kill Jiangxia on a large scale, as long as he captured Jiangxia, then it would pose a huge threat to Jiangdong.
Soldiers, you are fast!
Cao Cao is indeed a military strategist with strategic vision, and he has his eyes on Jiangxia, a vital place, at a glance!
On the magnificent river, more than ten large warships were lined up, and the large warship in the middle was impressively different from the side, which was the command ship of Zhang Yun, the deputy governor of Jingzhou.
At a distance of about dozens of zhang behind him, it was Cao Cao's army who crossed the river, but although the warship was driven relatively steadily, the soldiers on the ship were all shrunk and tailed, and some of them clung to the railing, as if they were afraid of falling; Some of them were unsteady on the warship, and as soon as they got up, they fell again; Some people seemed to be even more miserable, leaning on the railing, their faces vomiting vigorously against the river.
Cao Cao's plan is obvious, that is, to take down Jiangxia before Liu Bei can react!
But!
It is up to people to plan things, and it is up to heaven to make things happen!
This time, Cao Cao's blitzkrieg can be regarded as completely planted!
A group of medium-sized warships suddenly appeared on the river, and the person who led the team was Lu Meng.
Zhou Yu, who was beside Liu Bei, smiled lightly and waved at Liu Bei: "Lord!" The show begins. β
Liu Bei nodded and smiled lightly: "Then I'll wait and see." β
LΓΌ Meng led the medium-sized warship to shoot frantically at the giant warship led by Zhang Yun, and in the end, LΓΌ Meng was really invincible and turned to rout.
Zhang Yun led the large warship to bite Lu Meng tightly, as if he wanted to eat Lu Meng completely.
The generals on the side had some complaints in their hearts when they saw this style of play, especially the generals under the patriarchal faction, who were very arrogant, and began to whisper when they saw this scene.
"According to this style of play, it is estimated that we will have to lose all the old money we have saved."
"Yes! I heard that Zhang Yun is just the deputy governor of Jingzhou, and he has forced most of our governors to such a situation, no wonder Jiangdong can't take Jingzhou for so many years, alas! β
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Liu Bei glanced at Guan Yu beside him, Guan Yu's originally comfortable eyes instantly froze, and he hurriedly glared at the soldiers behind him, and these soldiers closed their mouths.
But Zhou Yu, who was beside Liu Bei, didn't seem to hear it at all, and still looked confident.
Liu Bei smiled faintly and said softly: "If the play doesn't end, how can you know the ending?" Gong Jin lures the enemy to go deeper, and there will be a big deal to follow, and it is by no means comparable to these short-sighted people! β
As soon as the words fell, two groups of small warships suddenly came out of the river, thirty on the left, led by Tai Shici, quickly rushed towards Cao Cao's army that was crossing the river, and thirty on the right, led by Gan Ning, also quickly rushed towards Cao Cao's army who was crossing the river.
With such two strikes, the situation was reversed in an instant!
The Cao army, which was crossing the river, was basically in a state of infighting and was completely vulnerable, and Zhang Yun, who was at the forefront and was responsible for escorting, had been involved in another aspect by Lu Meng.
At this time, Liu Bei secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but praise him: "Gong Jin really knows the way of water warfare, this wind is like the wind speed and the marching route, and the choice of the Tibetan ship is really just right." β
Only then did everyone convince Zhou Yu and congratulate Zhou Yu on his victory.
But Zhou Yu still stared at each other with his eyes, and in the face of everyone's congratulations, he just smiled and said to the lord Liu Bei: "Don't worry, this matter is not over." β
Just when Liu Bei was surprised, the giant battleship under his feet moved, heading towards the depths of the river little by little, the three-mast power cooperated with the full strength of the two hundred elite oars, this bulky giant ship was not much worse than the large battleship, and it was really not too much to run wildly with a gallop.
The giant battleship burst into the battlefield and rampage, some of the Cao warships were directly knocked over by the giant battleship, and some of them escaped the impact of the battleship, but the soldiers on the ship couldn't stand the bumps and fell down the Yangtze River one after another, cheapening the miscellaneous fish.
Due to the limited number of Cao thieves' warships, the number of people who crossed the river this time was actually not very large, although this seemed to be a crushing victory, in fact, Cao Cao was not injured at all.
Three large warships came head-on on the river, and it seemed that they wanted to use this strength to involve Zhou Yu, but at a distance of about 100 paces, almost three or four special arrows on the giant battleship shot out directly.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Some of the ships were hit by one arrow, others with two or three arrows, and each of them pierced through the armor, and the power was terrifying.
Seeing such an amazing record, everyone on the battleship clapped their hands in unison, especially Liu Bei, who was full of spring breeze and proud.
With such a divine weapon in hand, why worry about the undefeated thief! (To be continued.) )