"Now in Quanzhou, Mr. Lu has about 5,000 troops, about 8,000 navy, and between 150 and 180 ships of all kinds. Judging from the number www.biquge.info of troops and ships alone, Mr. Lu is now at a disadvantage. But ......"

Saying that, Sun Shangxiang sighed: "But brother, you must not be distracted by Mr. Lu's lack of soldiers and ships, Mr. Lu has too many things on hand that we don't know." If he used the weapon that could raze Quanzhou City to ruins overnight on us, I don't dare to think about the consequences. In short, it doesn't matter if you can listen to it, or if you can't, I still want to persuade you to withdraw in time now, and then try to apologize to Mr. Lu, and the two families will regain friendship. ”

"You don't have to say much about this!"

Sun Shangxiang shook his head, thought about it again and made a final effort: "Brother, my Jiangdong and Yizhou were originally friends, but brother, you are so bent on going your own way. Now that the two families are turning against each other, the catastrophe in my Jiangdong is coming. I couldn't stop this, Yu Gong I am sorry for the ancestors of the Sun family, I am sorry for the many relatives and friends in Yizhou, I have no face to see anyone. It's just that brother, I know that you can't listen to what I say now, so I can only tell you one last time, I hope you can be careful. Mr. Lu's Yiquan Land is nothing if you don't mess with him, but if you mess with him, it's not a joke......"

"Enough! Don't you want to go back? The boat is for you, I'll send a few more boats to escort you, you can go back early! ”

Sun Shangxiang knew that his last effort was useless, so he just glanced at Sun Quan silently a few times, and then left quietly. The ships and personnel were ready-made, and Sun Shangxiang didn't say a word after returning to the ship, and drove the boat back to Wu County.

Let's go back and look at Sun Quan. If you want to say that Sun Quan didn't believe what Sun Shangxiang said at all, in fact, it wasn't like that, at least in some things, with Sun Quan's understanding of Sun Shangxiang, he knew that Sun Shangxiang didn't deceive himself. But but! The fact that Quanzhou City has been destroyed, and Lu Ren now has no foothold in Quanzhou, undoubtedly has a very great attraction for Sun Quan.

With the way of fighting at that time, as long as Sun Quan could rush to Quanzhou to grab the land and then build another city, then Quanzhou was basically in the hands of Sun Quan. As long as Quanzhou is grasped, the matter of entering Yizhou seems to be half completed. Therefore, Sun Quan's decision was to still rush over with the current 20,000 horses.

As for the weapons that Sun Shangxiang mentioned that they were so powerful that they could even raze a small city overnight...... To be honest, Sun Shangxiang didn't see the scene of artillery firing and explosion at that time, but only saw the ruins after the war, so Sun Shangxiang couldn't depict it at all, plus Sun Shangxiang was in a low mood now, so Sun Shangxiang couldn't say anything about related things at all, and when he came to Sun Quan's place, Sun Quan's opinion was that what Sun Shangxiang said was a bit alarmist.

Perhaps this is a typical historical limitation. In Sun Quan's opinion, Lu Ren may have some powerful weapons in his hands, but if he can destroy a small city overnight, Sun Quan still doesn't believe it. In that era, it was common to destroy the city walls and dwellings when attacking and defending the city, so for the ruins of Quanzhou that Sun Shangxiang saw, Sun Quanzhi was more inclined to believe that it was just the result of Lu Ren knowing that it was hopeless to defend the city, so he simply set fire to the city in Quanzhou. And setting fire to a city, so that a city is in ruins, was more common in those days.

Well, I won't say much about this, in short, Sun Shangxiang himself returned to Wu County in a small boat, while Sun Quan led 20,000 troops to speed up, wanting to rush to Quanzhou as soon as possible, without giving Lu Ren time and opportunity to take precautions. And a day later, Dong's 5,000 vanguards, more than 100 large and small warships, suddenly found that a fleet of about 60 ships was in front of them. Seeing such a scene, Dong Xian's thought in his heart was: "The county lord really didn't lie to me!" The fleet under Lu Ren's command is here to meet our army! ”

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"Order the whole army to be on guard, and the Chinese army will send out thirty ships, and twenty warships on the left and right flanks to meet the enemy!"

It didn't take long for Wu's seventy warships, large and small, to sail out. At that time, the wind direction was a tailwind for Dong Xi's side, and he could directly approach the Yizhou fleet at maximum speed...... What was the water war like at that time? To put it bluntly, it is to approach first, and when you get closer, you will use a bow and arrow crossbow or something to strike first, and then you will either use the angle of the bow to collide, or you will fight hand-to-hand combat after approaching. In short, the wind direction is favorable to Dong's side.

Just walked a short way, but Dong Xi, who was on the central coach's boat, muttered in his heart: "It's not right!" The direction of the wind is obviously favorable to our army, and Gan Ning, who commands the Yizhou naval army, is a person who has been in the water for a long time, so he will not make such a superficial mistake......"

Indeed, in the face of the menacing Wu warships, according to the normal way of playing, Gan Ning's side should either hedge, or turn around, sail in a tailwind manner, and then fire arrows at the stern of the ship, and fight with the Wu warships for long-range weapons such as bows and arrows. But at this moment, the Yizhou ships were all in one line, and they all turned their sides towards Wu Jun's ships. Although the ships of Yizhou looked large and sturdy, they met the enemy with the side side, and in terms of the water warfare at that time, did not they allow the weakness of their ships to be knocked out by the collision angle on the bow of the Wu warship?

Because he felt strange, Dong Xi immediately shouted: "The whole ship lowers its sails and moves slowly, and the ship formation must not be chaotic!" Slowly step forward and press the enemy with the momentum of the battle! ”

In order to prevent fraud, Dong Xi wanted to test it first. Sure enough, the Yizhou warship on the opposite side lowered its full sail first, and then the ship began to turn around. It seems that Gan Ning wants to flash people, at least to gain the upper hand, and bring Dong Xi's fleet to a certain position, and then it is likely that there will be other ships in ambush to attack Dong Zheng from the side.

Dong Xi is not two hundred and five, and he knows that if he chases hard, he will definitely not be pleased. On the other hand, Dong Xi also learned from Sun Shangxiang's mouth that Lu Ren's fleet had a total of 150 to 180 ships, and now there were only one-third of them at most, and the other ships had not yet appeared. In order to be safe, Dong Xi signaled the fleet to slow down, not to rush too fast into the ambush circle of the Yizhou fleet, and at the same time marched in a strict fleet formation, and the ships did not take a single step forward.

On the handsome ship of the Yizhou fleet on the other side, Gan Ning and Huang Zhong saw this scene from the binoculars, and after heading each other, Huang Zhong asked, "Xingba, what do you think of this general's use of troops?" ”

Gan Ning said: "Good general, on this water, he is a good opponent on a par with me." Lao Huang, what should we do next? If he continues to hide like this, this battle will not be easy to fight. ”

Huang Zhong smiled and said, "Are we going to get closer?" The Wu army only has strong bows and crossbows in water warfare, but we have our sharp weapons, so we don't have to wait for a long time at this time? Besides, if we don't force the opposing side out a little and engage our fleet with ships on the sea, our superiority will not be able to be exerted. After all, in terms of troops, we are too far behind them. ”

Gan Ning sneered: "When we were rampant in the northern seas for a long time, how many times did we not outnumber? ”

Huang Zhong shook his head and said, "Xingba, don't be careless!" When we plundered in the northern seas, most of the northerners and others were not accustomed to naval warfare, so we could run rampant, but the Jiangdong Naval Division ......"

Gan Ning waved his hand: "Okay, okay, I know." When will the Lord's fleet arrive? ”

Huang Zhong said: "As soon as we wait for the troops to be handed over, the lord and Xue Changshi will arrive in their fleet in an hour at most...... In short, no matter what, we have to draw out all of Sun Quan's main fleet. ”

Gan Ning sneered and said, "This is not difficult! The order was given, and the ships were horizontal, slowly approaching the forward warships of the Wu army, and stopped at a distance of two hundred paces! ”

Two hundred paces was beyond the effective range of the bow and crossbow at that time, but it was not the case for these excellent warships in Yizhou. Looking at the Ganning fleet after reaching this distance, the large trebuchets that usually descended on the lower decks had already been raised on the side of each ship with hand-cranked lifts, and one after another stone bullets with a diameter of one foot and placed in the boxes were also raised to the deck.

"Aim-! Cast - !! ”

The large warships of the Ganning fleet were more than fifty meters long, and each side was equipped with several trebuchets except for a distance from the bow to the stern. At present, the number of warships in the Ganning fleet is 60 large and small ships, and if they attack with all their strength on one side, they can throw more than 200 or close to 300 stone shells at the same time.

About 300 stone bullets, not too much, based on the current 100 or so ships on Dong Xi's side, each of them only has more than four points in a round of stone throwing. But the problem is that it is impossible for Gan Ning to only cast one or two rounds, right? And the impact of a stone projectile with a diameter of one foot when it falls parabolically at a distance of 200 steps is no joke. So just after a few rounds of stone bullets passed, there was a wail on the warship on Dong Xi's side.

Dong Xi was going to stand on the top of the ship to command, and he was almost hit by stone bullets several times, so he hurriedly hid in the partition on the lower floor in a panic, and there were several shields on top of his head. And Dong Xi is still like this, so there is no need to mention what the rest of the ships will look like.

There was another bang, but it was a stone bullet that almost smashed through the deck in front of Dong Xian, and then rolled in front of Dong Xian under the residual momentum. Dong Xi kicked away the stone bullet, and then probed out and looked around at the surrounding warships, all of which were in chaos, so he hurriedly said: "All ships set sail!" Approach while the enemy's sails are still on and engage in melee combat! ”

From the bottom of my heart, Dong Xi's order should be correct, but that was based on the theory of water warfare at that time. However, this is not the case with the warships on the Yizhou side, not to mention that the ships of the Ganning fleet are all the top and most sophisticated warships in Yizhou. Oh, non-artillery ships. (To be continued.) )