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As the two fleets drew closer, the sea was filled with roars, shouts, the trills of trumpets and drums, and the sound of thousands of oars rising and falling into the water.

Although the wind direction was not in their favor, Chen Heng had great confidence in this battle. He believed that taking the initiative to attack was a huge mistake of the enemy commander-in-chief, and if it was in the narrow Langya Inland Sea, no matter how good the number of Qi ships were, it would be useless.

But on this open sea, since the total number of ships was three times that of Zhao's ships, Chen Heng directly organized the fleet into ten battle columns, each consisting of twenty warships, after discovering the enemy from afar. Like the war on land, the battle at sea also requires strategy and formation, and the people of Qi know this well, Chen Heng intends to let the Qi ships rely on their numerical superiority, encircle them from both wings, squeeze the enemy army to the center, and destroy them all.

Now it is a south wind, but because the fleet changes sails and uses oars, so the action has not been affected, with Chen Heng's flagship as the center, the fleet on the left and right flanks has been deployed, and the decks of each ship are full of archers, although the sea breeze will greatly reduce the accuracy of the bow and arrow, but if you can catch the side of the arrow, it can also make the enemy unable to raise his head from the deck.

Although there are many ships in the Qi country, most of them are relatively light wings, medium wings, and small wings, the large wings are ten zhang long and one and a half zhang wide, and can carry more than 90 officers and oarsmen. There are dozens of bows and crossbows and more than 3,000 arrows in the ship. These three wings are a fast-attacking warship, with a slender hull, which relies on the power of oars to fly like a fly in the sea, and is a type of ship that relies on agility to win.

On the other hand, Chen Heng had already seen the six behemoths in the Zhao fleet, although the building boat was also available in Qi State, but it was basically only used as a ride for Qi Hou to play, because this kind of ship was too cumbersome, even if it was used with the wind and sail oars, it could only move swaying on the surface of the ocean, and it was easy to lose balance in the violent sea breeze.

However, before the Qi people could make fun of the Zhao people for not knowing how to fight, the Lou ship, which had already cleared its field of vision in front, sounded a crisp sound, and something shot out from the bow of the Lou ship, broke through the air, and landed on the side of the middle wing of a Qi country, splashing a large splash......

For a while, the noisy sailors of the ship were all silent, and Chen Heng also looked at the waves in surprise, and gasped and said, "Zhao Jun installed a cannon on the ship?" ”

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"Hahaha!" Seeing that the big wings of a Qi man didn't have time to enter the range of the bow and arrow, they were hit by the ballista at the stern of the building, and the side of the ship was suddenly smashed into a dent, and a large piece of sawdust splashed in the waves, Xu Cheng laughed proudly.

The Bird had 200 oars, and the deck was lined with soldiers wielding crossbows, with a ballista at the bow and stern for throwing stone projectiles. The same goes for its other five sisters, armed to the teeth, like six moving fortresses, formidable but too bulky to move.

Thanks to the invention and use of crossbows, crossbows and other sharp weapons, the Langya Sailor Division was far superior to the enemy in long-range shooting ability just a few years after its establishment. One inch long and one inch strong, Xu Cheng's idea of building an army was to use the long-range weapons carried on the building ship to fight Qi people unable to raise their heads.

At this moment, the deck of the building ship was busy, and the sailors were either starting to wind their crossbows, or adjust the ballista in the bow, ready to aim at the approaching Qi boat to fire another shot.

Compared with the six tall building ships, the ships of the Qi Kingdom are like small centipedes on the sea, and the long paddles are the feet that allow them to move on the sea, and their means of attack are nothing more than bows and arrows, so they all try to get close to within a hundred steps, but it is a pity that the six building ships of the Zhao family are protected by the rest of the small boats, preventing the Qi boats from getting close, even if they can get close, the bows and arrows are not the opponents of the crossbows.

Coupled with Xu Cheng's upper hand, the entire fleet went diagonally against the coastline, making full use of the wind, so that Chen Heng's attempt to use the number of ships to sink the Zhao ship failed, but on the contrary, more than ten ships had been sunk and injured on the Qi side, and in the panic, the formation began to become chaotic.

As soon as the battle began, the advantage began to slide towards the Langya Sailors.

Now Chen Heng only felt that it was simply stupid for him to rush to the south, but fortunately, his preparations for this battle were far more than that......

Seeing that the Qi State Boat Division, known as the "Dragon in the Sea", was about to sink in the sand in this sea area at the door of his home, and the six ships of the Langya Water Division would beat the Qi people with the wind and become the new sea overlords, but at this moment, several alert ships arranged by Xu Cheng at the rear of the fleet suddenly made a loud noise and lit wolf dung on the deck......

The wolf smoke was blown by the sea breeze, drifted diagonally into the air, and quickly dissipated, Xu Cheng looked back at the smoke wool, his face was solemn.

This is a signal for the appearance of the enemy in the rear......

The next moment, a large shadow of sails appeared on the southern horizon.

Xu Cheng raised the clairvoyant mirror and looked at it, and found that the largest of them was also a striking building ship, which was protected by heavy wooden planks and had its sails bulging in the south wind. As for those who rode the wind and waves in front of the ship, there were some long and narrow boats, without exception with sharp bronze ramming angles in the bow of the ship, and the hull was covered with black raw cowhide, and they used their oars and sails together, and the speed was extremely fast downwind, and they rushed towards the Langya sailors without dodging......

"It's the shipwreck and the ship......" Xu Cheng couldn't believe it, his hands were trembling, "It's the boatmaster of the Wu country!" ”

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The beat of the drums beats the rhythm of the battle, and dozens of ships rush forward, their bows with their bronze ramming horns cleaving through the turbulent blue sea. The bulky Zhao Shilou ship in front of it was turning, trying to avoid them, the oars flapping the sea, the Xuanniao flag fluttering in the wind, and the bow and stern of the ship were also long-range ballistas, which had been trying to fire stone projectiles at them as the ship approached, but even if one ship was hit and sunk, the rest did not hesitate to continue to break the waves.

Just because they are "hazy charges", they only exist to impact enemy ships, ram enemy ships, and fight with the strings, which is also the favorite tactic of Wang Sun Luo, the commander of the Wu State Naval Division.

To be fair, Wang Sunluo has always felt that this time Wu Guozhou's northern expedition across thousands of miles of coastline was really a little unnecessary at the invitation of the Qi people. In his opinion, the Zhao Zhoushi who occupied Langya was only a few dozen ships, and the Qi people dispatched more than 100 warships, which could completely kill them without leaving a single piece of them.

But King Wu's order could not be violated, and Wang Sun Luo could only take Wu Guozhou to set off from Zhufang Port. On the way, the sea breeze has been bad, and on the day of sailing, two small boats hit the reef and sank at the mouth of the river, which is really an ominous start. Later, when Huaiyi sank another large wing, and when it approached the coastline of Zhongwu, the fleet was attacked by strong winds, the queue broke up, and some ships were even blown out to the open sea. Fortunately, it was an area controlled by the Wu State, and they had completed the reorganization along the coast of Zhongwu, and finally arrived at Langya before the appointed date.

The expedition of the southern vassal states to the north by sea was an unprecedented feat before, and after entering the battlefield, Wang Sun Luo was stunned to find that his arrival was still necessary.

What did he see? The Qi Guozhou Division, which is three times the number of Langya Water Divisions, is actually being chased and beaten by the Zhao people?

Wang Sun Luo was not worried but happy, and immediately ordered the fleet to speed up, break into the battlefield from the back, and go straight to the building ship of the Langya Sailor Division!

The Langya sailor tried to stop the Wu people from approaching, but those small boats that were in the way were entangled by the middle wing and winglet at the front, and the Wu Guozhou division was menacing and extremely fast, and the Lou boat did not have time to call other ships for protection, and was suddenly hit by the ship......

Boom! The force of the impact was so fierce that the two ships shook and shook violently, and even half of the Wu sailors who were preparing to engage in the broadside battle fell, and the Zhao soldiers also brushed down. But the oars of the boat also crackled and broken, which was like a beautiful movement in the ears of Wang Sun Luo, which meant that the boat had been entangled in the ship and had nowhere to escape.

"Rush over and fight!" Wang Sun Luo raised his sword aloft and roared and shouted, and more of them continued to slam into the building boat like sharks preying on giant whales, ignoring their comrades who had flipped the whole boat over due to the collision, and the bow with metal ramming horns was deeply pierced into its hull. The warriors of the Wu Kingdom also struck their shields with their swords, climbed onto the ship of the Zhao State with their hands and feet, and engaged the sailors in close combat.

When the distance was shortened, the ballistas and crossbows on the Zhao boat were useless, and the sailors of the Langya Navy Division could only pick up the weapons around them, wanting to drive the invading Wu people into the sea, but the Wu people were so brave in close combat, they climbed up from all directions, and joined the battle group with a roar, and the blood was splashed, and there were constantly corpses falling on the deck in all directions, or falling into the sea that had been dyed red.

For a time, the entire Langya Sea turned into a melee of three fleets, and the situation of advantages and disadvantages was reversed in vain......

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"My pheasant, my pheasant!"

Because the Xuanniao was protected by the rest of the boats, it avoided the first impact of Wu Guo's ship, but the array was completely dispersed, and it was directly cut into two by Wu's ship, and the head and tail could not correspond.

So Xu Cheng had to deal with the counterattack of the Qi ships, but he could only watch as several of his ships were boarded by the Wu people.

On the deck of the huge building ship, the soldiers on both sides scuffled and fought together, and for a while, there were swords and swords everywhere, and blood splattered. On the battlefield, the sound of war drums, horns, the shouts of soldiers, and the screams of wounded soldiers were intertwined, resounding in the sky!

Langya Sailor put a lot of effort into practicing water warfare and long-range shooting, but once he was close to him, facing the brave Wu Guojia soldiers, even if he bravely faced the battle, he was a little unable to resist. Finally, Zhao retreated in the face of the Wu people's onslaught, some trying to escape below deck, others shouting for mercy.

But Xu Cheng also saw that on the "Zhai Pheasant", a large group of people gathered around the mast to continue to resist, they formed a circle side by side, facing the dense sword arrows of the Wu people, more and more people fell, the deck became slippery and greasy, and there were piles of dead corpses and dying people lying on the left and right. In the end, they had no choice but to set the ship on fire......

Xu Cheng's Xuanniao, and another building ship sailed away from this chaotic battlefield with more than ten small boats, but Xu Cheng knew that he had lost this naval battle......

At this time, it was already evening, and there was chaos on the sea off Langya, two of the Langya Lou ships were on fire, and one was occupied and controlled by the Wu people, and more small boats were surrounded by Qi boats and Wu boats in the middle, unable to break through. Ships collided with each other, some burning, some sinking, some shattered, and the water between the hulls was like a boiling soup, dotted with countless corpses, broken oars, and people on the wreckage.

"It's over, it's all over, I have lived up to the expectations of the king and harmed the soldiers of the boat master......" Xu Cheng beat his chest, so ashamed and angry, he almost wanted to run to the side of the boat and commit suicide by throwing himself into the sea.

The sailor general on the ship hurriedly grabbed him, and persuaded Xu Cheng with "outnumbered, helpless, the generals should be left useful, and atonement for their sins...... with merit" After persuading Xu Cheng, the remnants of the fleet hurried away from the battlefield and fled towards Langya Port......

For the events of that day, the history books contain: "In the spring of the first year of Zhao Hou's Wuxian, Xu Chengshuai's boat division met Qi Zhoushi in Langya, and the battle was in full swing, Zhao will win, and Wu people will be ...... Xu Cheng was defeated, and Qi and Wu surrounded Langya ......"

ps: (10th spring) Xu Chengshuai Zhoushi will enter Qi from the sea, Qi people will be defeated, and Wu Shinai will return. "Left Biography. Ten years of mourning", the Battle of Langya is the first naval battle recorded in history in China, because of the change of history in the novel, Qi and Wu changed from hostility to alliance, and the battle changed from two parties to three parties, three years in advance (to be continued. )