The cyan battle flag fluttered on Jiang Qin's ship, conveying Jiang Qin's passionate orders. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The fleet of the Koto Army sprang into action because of this order: the ships of the building opened their rudders and sailed in both directions, and while they suffered the damage inflicted on them by the enemy, they tried to fight back, providing cover for the assault of the ships and boats behind them. Under such cover, the ships and boats, which had been protected like children by the Jiangdong Army's ships, suddenly rushed forward, rushed out of the original defense, and rushed towards Li Shengjun's formation at the fastest speed.

"Assault, assault, crash into them, the ship ......" The soldiers of the Jiangdong Army shouted from above, maneuvering their warships with amazing momentum. They were frightened and saddened by the defeat of the last battle, but under the guidance of their generals, this fear, such sorrow turned into hatred for the enemy. They feel that they have fallen for the enemy's tricks, and if they let themselves fight the enemy one-on-one, then everything may be different. Although they had seen their comrades in the former army surrender because they had collapsed under the blows of the enemy, they still did not take this to heart. They think they're just cowards, a bunch of cowards. In their minds, the real Jiangdong soldiers should be full of sacrifice, even in the face of death, they should go away with a smile - they did not feel the astonishing fear of the enemy's constant attacks, so they fully believed what Lu Meng said to them: "...... As long as we work hard and are willing to fight, no one can stop us. Victory is always ours. So, for the sake of victory that always belonged to them, they fought and fearlessly became fearless, and the river was quickly broken under the high speed of their battleship, leaving a foaming trail.

"Volley...... ......"Seeing that the other party used small boats like ships and boats, Gao Heng naturally guessed their idea and quickly issued such an order. Although he also knew that it was impossible to completely stop such a surprise attack by the Jiangdong Army with the current attack speed of the heavy ballista battleship, he did not use other better ways to change this. He wants to be defeated, even if it is a defeat in acting, he also wants to play this drama more realistically. "Leave those damn boats alone. The attack of the Jiangdong Army did not have much impact on us. Instead of focusing on those things, we should concentrate on these assault ships. That's what Gao Heng thought, and he also supplemented the orders he had given in front of him. For a time, Li Shengjun's fleet stopped attacking and began, and in a slow retreat, began to adjust the fleet on the left flank led by himself.

Of course, such adjustments are time-consuming. When Li Shengjun's first adjusted battleship fired a deadly salvo at the Jiangdong Army's fleet, the Jiangdong Army's stern was less than forty zhang away from Li Shengjun's fleet. This is a distance that even bows and arrows can reach, and at this distance, the archers on the stern of the Jiangdong army have suppressed the heavy ballista battleships of Li Shengjun. Countless locust-like arrows flew from the ships and boats towards the huge warship. Although such an attack on Li Shengjun's warship only had no effect on tickling them, and although Li Shengjun's warship was just a wave of attacks on them, they could destroy their ship and kill nothing, but at such a distance, they could clearly see the huge body belonging to the enemy, and saw the distance between the enemy and themselves, but the hope of victory was inevitably ignited in their hearts.

"As long as we can get close to them and board them, we will be able to achieve the final victory." They were excited at the thought of it, as if they had seen the fruits of victory flash before their eyes.

One ship after another was burned down by Li Shengjun's millstone-like formation. However, the raging flames ignited on these burned warships did not frighten the latecomers, and they still rushed forward without fear of life and death, and soon several warships rushed to Li Shengjun's side and threw their hooks.

Li Shengjun's left flank came to a halt. At the beginning of the battle, countless Jiangdong Army sailors climbed up, and countless Li Shengjun sailors also came out of the cabin and stood on the side of the ship to shoot bows and arrows at the enemy soldiers who were about to come up.

Water warfare turned into siege warfare on the left flank. Li Shengjun's huge heavy ballista battleships became the cities they relied on to defend, and the soldiers of the Jiangdong Army who desperately wanted to board Li Shengjun's battleships became soldiers besieging the city. The huge bed crossbow was useless here, and the repeating hand crossbow and bow and arrow, as well as the long hook and sickle spear, became a weapon of battle. The men of the Jiangdong Army shouted desperately to kill, while the men of Li Shengjun fought-for-tat to stop the movement of the Jiangdong Army, and the battle between the two sides was completely carried out on the side of the ship.

The courage not to be afraid of death undoubtedly played a great role in such a battle, and the number of the Jiangdong Army, which was far above Li Sheng's army, brought an astonishing change to such an effect. The sailors of the Jiangdong Army, who swarmed from all directions, quickly broke through the defense line of Li Shengjun's ship. After that, the struggle between knives and knives unfolded in this narrow space, and the battle between flesh and blood became hot here. Soon, the shout of killing became the only sound above the entire left flank fleet of Li Shengjun's army. Li Shengjun's left flank fleet, which tried to change its direction and reopen the distance between the two sides, was never able to accomplish its goal despite all possible efforts, and fell into the situation they least wanted to see.

"Whew...... It's half the battle. Seeing such a scuffle, Jiang Qin's face finally smiled. The maneuver of Li Shengjun's left flank fleet was curbed, and the strengths of his own fleet were brought into play, which made him breathe a long sigh of relief. The dawn of victory was already shining in his eyes. He felt at the moment that he might not have to wait for Han to come back and completely destroy the enemy: on the left flank...... Everything is going in a good direction.

"Now it's up to the right." Jiang Qin thought so. He also expects the right wing to develop in the same direction as the left wing in the direction he expects. But the real result seemed to be different from what he had expected: Li Shengjun's fleet on his right flank was all medium-sized ballista warships, which were much lighter than those on the left flank, and naturally much more agile and faster than those on the left. In the same unprepared situation, in the assault of Jiandong, the left flank, which was dominated by heavy ballista battleships, could not flexibly turn its body to complete the detachment, while the right flank, which was dominated by medium ballista battleships, turned around very quickly and dexterously after categorically giving up the three battleships that were pierced, and re-completed the formation of the battle line.

"Alas...... From this point of view, there seem to be capable people in Li Sheng's army. Jiang Qin looked at the right and sighed helplessly. He saw that on a battleship in Li Shengjun's right flank fleet, a cyan tooth flag was lowered, and a purple square flag was raised. "This is the command flag of the detachment." Jiang Qin, who knew something about Li Shengjun, certainly knew the meaning of this flag. He knew that in the next battle, the right flank fleet of Li Shengjun, with a new commander, would engage him with its own capabilities.

"Because the fleet on the right flank maintains a strong combat power and a neat formation, it is possible that they will pose a threat to our left flank. Although this threat has become less powerful because of the presence of our people, if we leave it alone, it is still a threat that can bring our efforts back to naught, which we do not want to see. Jiang Qin straightened up his face and gave an order with a cold face: "So I order: Don't pay attention to Li Shengjun's left flank, we will gather the remaining battleships and work together to deal with Li Shengjun's right flank." We have lost a chance to surround and annihilate them. I can only regret this. I don't want to lose this opportunity a second time. So I hope that everyone can work together to accomplish this task in one go. I wonder if everyone is confident in this? ”

"There is ......!" The voices of Jiang Qin's soldiers became louder.

"What do you say? I didn't hear it! Jiang Qin deliberately pretended to be deaf and dumb.

"We are confident that we can defeat the enemy." The soldiers shouted loudly.

"Haven't you eaten?" Jiang Qin's private soldiers still couldn't satisfy Jiang Qin by asking for drinks so loudly, and he felt that the morale of his subordinates was still quite unbearable.

"We are absolutely confident that we can defeat the enemy in front of us." The soldier roared even louder, as if he had unleashed all the strength of his body.

"Then send troops...... We concentrated all our warships and launched an attack on Li Shengjun's right flank, and this time we must catch this sleek loach. Jiang Qin immediately gave the order. At this moment, as the battle situation developed in his favor, Jiang Qin's thoughts in his heart also changed slightly, originally he wanted to hold on to the return of another part of the troops and horses sent out by himself to attack Li Sheng's army again, but now he clearly saw the glory of victory. He was fascinated by this brilliance, and naturally had a different thought: "Attack, use your own strength to directly destroy the enemy in front of you." ”

The ships and ships that made up the middle part of the Jiangdong Army increased their speed. They killed Li Shengjun when he was entangled with his right flank. At this moment, the situation on the Beijiang River was as follows: the left flank fleet of the Jiangdong Army was firmly engaged in the battle along the coast, and the right flank fleet of Li Shengjun was suppressed by the left flank flotilla of the Jiangdong Army in the south direction, and the two sides were firing at each other at high speed. Due to the fact that the medium ballista battleship of Li Shengjun, which had been improved by Gao Heng, had canceled all trebuchets and increased the gun mounts of bed crossbows, the medium ballista battleship had reached the level of heavy ballista battleships on top of the attack firepower of a single bed crossbow. Although the armor of the medium ship is not as strong as that of the heavy ship, the speed and steering of the medium ship are much higher than that of the heavy ship, which obviously gives the medium the upper hand in the current battle - the fast speed and dexterous steering allow the medium ballista warship to volatilize the firepower of the whole body at the same time, like a fluttering butterfly to dodge the attack from the Jiangdong Army one by one, the operation of the entire fleet is as smooth as the flowing water, so that all the people of the Jiangdong Army can't help but be a little dumbfounded.

"Fleet...... How can it still run so smoothly? Jiang Qin led the Central Fleet to come up, and when he saw the trajectory of Li Shengjun's right flank fleet, he couldn't help but be surprised. Although it is only the most conducive to maneuvering, it is still admirable to be able to dance the long snake array to such an extent. "That's a talent." Jiang Qin muttered about this. He looked at Lu Meng beside him, and made a request to his boss with a covetous expression, "If it's possible, I hope we can persuade this person to surrender." The person who can run the fleet like this is definitely not an ordinary general, and it is really too wronged to let him be the vice admiral of a detachment under a fleet like Li Shengjun. It is only right that such a person should join our Jiangdong Army. ”

"I know. But that will have to wait until we defeat the enemy in front of us. Lu Meng smiled and nodded: "If this new opponent doesn't die after this battle, I guarantee that you will have a chance to convince him." Right now, you shouldn't be excited about the strength of the enemy, but think about how to weaken the powerful enemy. Gongyi, you just lost your temper. ”

"Hah, it's a little!" Jiang Qin stretched out from his excitement, touched his nose, and laughed a little shyly.

After laughing for a while, Jiang Qin began to devote himself to the current operational command with more full spirit, and he gave the order to change the formation, adjusting the formation of the entire fleet to a long snake formation similar to that of Li Shengjun's right flank troops. Although the structure of the Jiangdong Army's warships determined that they were not suitable for using such a formation to exert their firepower, Jiang Qin did not care about it. He arranged such a formation, not thinking about exerting firepower, but wanting to use such a formation to block the range of Li Shengjun's maneuver.

"If Li Shengjun continues to maneuver, then we will use the thickness of our building ship to collide with them. Although such a collision may not really hit them, even if we lose a lot of money because of it, we can still make them hurt because of it. We are fighting a war against a fleet of people like theirs, and the only key to victory is to limit their mobility. Therefore, we must act in this way. Jiang Qin explained to Lu Meng the reason why he changed his formation so much. After gaining full authority to fight on the water, he had the right to give orders at will, and he also had the obligation to explain his intentions to the commander Lümon.

"Bag and trap tactics?" Lu Meng nodded a little strangely and smiled: "Did you learn this from the method of infantry against cavalry?" That's good! Just do what you say. Lu Meng said without speaking, and instead raised his head to look at the battle situation on the right. The reason why he would be in such a way was entirely because the whole battle situation had already shown some effect here: with the addition of the Central Fleet led by Jiang Qin, a thick long snake formation was formed on the right flank of Li Shengjun's army, which greatly reduced the maneuver space of Li Shengjun's fleet. Although Li Shengjun's dodge continued, it was no longer possible to put it up to a large extent, and in the confrontation between the bed crossbow and the bed crossbow, Li Shengjun's hit rate was obviously higher than the initial one - such an obvious effect appeared in front of him, and Lu Meng naturally had full confidence in Jiang Qin's plan.

"With such tactics, you can definitely clamp Li Shengjun's people." Lu Meng confidently thought so.

However, the real result of the battle situation was completely different from Lu Meng's idea. Facing the fleet of the Jiangdong Army to the left and right, Li Shengjun's right flank fleet raised the blue battle flag. A large number of people quickly appeared on each battleship in the battleship, and they worked hard to raise some of the sails on the battleship that had been put away, and suddenly increased the speed of the battleship by several times. The fleet, which was as dexterous as a water snake, stopped writhing its body, and all the warships were connected in a straight line, and then it was like lightning that passed through the gap between the two sides of the Jiangdong Army, which made Lu Meng and Jiang Qin stunned and involuntarily repented: "Why did you let them escape like this." Seeing is just a little bit closer. Unexpectedly, Li Shengjun's battleship could reach such a high speed. It's incredible. ”

However, surprise to surprise, Jiang Qin and Lü Meng did not take these things to heart, they both thought that this speeding fleet would return after a large circle. After all, the main force of Li Shengjun's fleet is still here. As a separate detachment, it is unlikely that they will leave their main forces behind and their superiors.

However, as the shadow of the fleet became smaller and smaller, and time passed little by little, both Lu Meng and Jiang Qin couldn't help but doubt their initial judgment: "Will they really come back?" This seems to have become an intriguing question, and neither Jiang Qin nor Lu Meng is so sure about it at the moment.

"How so? Do they really care about the life and death of their main force at all? Jiang Qin frowned and whispered this. If he still had a good impression of the general who commanded the detachment before, then at this moment, when he could not get a reasonable explanation for the other party's actions, his good opinion of the other party was definitely much lower. He felt a little disgusted - how could he fall in love with such a person with no character.

"I don't think that's the case." Just when Jiang Qin secretly cursed that he had no eyes, Lu Meng on the side suddenly came up with such a sentence after looking at the battle situation in the south.

"Isn't that so? Is there anything that can't be changed? Jiang Qin muttered these words, but turned his head from behind, looked in the direction that Lu Meng was looking at, and was suddenly shocked: "When did it become like this?" He couldn't help but shout.

The situation had changed: at the same time that Chiang Chin had entangled his left flank with Li Shengjun's right flank, Li Shengjun's left flank had already repelled the attack on the right flank of the Jiangdong army. On the battlefield where Chiang Qin thought there was no big deal, the two sides had disengaged, and Li Shengjun's fleet was retreating quickly with its sails pulled. Although they experienced the approach battle that they were not good at, and the warship looked somewhat embarrassed, they still rode the wind to retreat quickly, and the right wing of the Jiangdong Army, which was already a little chaotic because of the approaching battle, could not pursue at all, and could only watch the other party blow away, and the water wheel turned rapidly.

"Damn, you let them escape." Jiang Qin cursed, and hammered the railing in front of him very unwillingly: "Maybe that guy just looked at the south side and was already unhindered to break through so boldly, it seems that he is not so unbearable." I may be wrong about him. Jiang Qin was embarrassed and touched his nose again.

"That's not what we're concerned about." Lu Meng frowned and said solemnly: "It doesn't matter if he is that kind of person, or if he is not that kind of person." None of this is something we need to grasp. In fact, I think we seem to be caught in a trap. The westward direction of the opposing detachment did not seem to be a mere breakthrough as we thought. ”

"Huh? Not just a breakthrough? What is that? Jiang Qin was slightly stunned, but he didn't realize it.

"Why did Li Sheng's navy divide the fleet into two sub-fleets instead of concentrating their forces together? Why did Li Sheng's navy become a situation where they had to fight us in close quarters, with the speed of their warships, even those capital ships could use their ability to sail and use them to tell them to break away. They do it now, why didn't they do it in the first place? Why are they on both sides, one side is retreating, and the other is breaking out? With such divergences from different directions, aren't they worried that the defense on the side of the public security will be further weakened? Lu Meng did not answer Jiang Qin's question, but directly put forward four whys. This was the doubt in his mind, and it was the key to the situation that this battle would turn out to be like this.

"yes, what's going on?" Jiang Qin didn't think of the four whys that Lu Meng said at first, so he didn't think it was strange, but when Lu Meng mentioned it at the moment, he also felt a little weird: "Why do these unreasonable things happen? Jiang Qin also frowned tightly, he felt that he might not be happy to repel the enemy, nor should he regret that he could not wipe out the enemy, because the strangeness of this series of things made him feel almost the same as Lu Meng. That is, everything Li Shengjun did could be a trap, a trap to achieve a certain goal - Li Shengjun was not really defeated, although he suffered a lot of losses, he could still be cheated. It's like he deliberately let him swallow those two dozen warships.

"Originally, we were all calculating each other, but it seems that this time we lost to each other by calculation." Jiang Qin smiled bitterly, but said very open-mindedly.

"It's nothing. That's not what I'm worried about. In fact, it's nothing to just lose once or twice in a fight like this, and I'm really worried about another possibility. Lu Meng still said with a disgraced expression.

"What is possible?" Seeing that Lu Meng said something solemnly, Jiang Qin also became serious.

"I'm worried that the breakout of Li Shengjun's left flank is not a simple breakout. You know, we now only control a few places north of the Yangtze River, forming a supply line. As for the south of the Yangtze River, because of the large number of defenders, we may simply go deep, and even if we go deep, it is impossible to occupy the city, and the south of the Yangtze River is still in the hands of Li Shengjun. Li Sheng's side can still supply their fleet through the strongholds south of the Yangtze River and restore their combat effectiveness. Right now, our army is in front, almost all our troops that can fight are concentrated here, and there is an emptiness in the rear. What if Li Shengjun recklessly attacked our empty places and constantly attacked our supply lines? We are on an expedition, and the new territory is not secure, and it is impossible to use them to supply ourselves, so to speak, our supply lines are very fragile. In such a situation, even if the other side is only such a small fleet, we must pay attention to it, and we cannot let them cause trouble behind us. While thinking about it, Lu Meng organized his words and slowly and calmly expressed his worries. Undoubtedly, if Li Shengjun's breakout fleet was carried out for that goal, it would be a great threat to himself. There are many water networks in the Jiangnan River, and no one can say where Li Shengjun's fleet will hide and where they will capture - this is unknown, because this unknown Lu Meng has a headache.

"Is it possible? Didn't you say that the battle between us was in Jingzhou and had not expanded? Jiang Qin said this naturally, but as soon as the words came out, he realized that he had said the wrong thing. He was about to change his words, but saw his boss Lu Meng gently swing his head, but there was a smile on his face.

"The war has begun. Limit the war? Who said this? Who can guarantee that? And aren't we attacking the land of Jiangnan, which should not have been attacked? Why is it that only we can attack and the other side cannot fight back? There can't be such a thought, Gongyi. There are no limits to war. Lu Meng said. He didn't get angry, because he knew that the generals in Jiangdong had already heard too much about the restrictions, and they were so deeply influenced by Lu Su that they almost regarded limited warfare as an instinctive cognition. “…… And such a perception is definitely a mistake. Lu Meng firmly believes so.

"I understand." Jiang Qin nodded, "Actually, I also realized that I can't say that." Saying this, Jiang Qin paused slightly, as if he didn't want to dwell on this issue anymore, so he changed the topic: "Governor, I don't think it's okay to let the detachment of the two generals Han Dang and Cheng Pu not come back for the time being, and let them take on the matter of destroying this army?" ”

"Huh? How would you suggest that they do something like this? The detachment fleet under the command of the two generals, Han Dang and Cheng Pu, is all warships such as warships and heavy ships, and the firepower is not very good, so it seems that it is a little troublesome to deal with Li Shengjun's detachment. Listening to Jiang Qin's suggestion, Lu Meng felt a little strange, so he frowned and asked curiously.

"Dudu, you didn't command this kind of sneak attack, so you don't know. In fact, this kind of battle is very similar to the looting we did when we were river pirates in the past, and it is not a head-to-head battle, a battle won by firepower. In such a battle, at least there is a suitable place and the right time, and even a few ships can deal with the building ship. I think as long as we give the order. The two generals, Han Dang and Cheng Pu, who have long been experienced in this regard, should know what to do. Jiang Qin explained with a smile.

"Drink...... You are very confident in this, and do you want me to delegate power? Lu Meng chuckled, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, and his eyes were full of playfulness.

"The Governor's eyes are still more suitable for focusing on the frontal battlefield, as for the side of the ...... The eyes can't seem to look in front of you and behind you at the same time. Jiang Qin said this, and he implicitly pointed out that Lu Meng was not suitable and should not command such a battle.

"Hah, I understand." Lu Meng smiled and nodded, "Then everything will be done according to what you say." Let Han Dang and Cheng Pu carry out this series of work in Jiangxia. Hopefully they'll do a good job, and I don't want a bunch of bugs behind me. ”

"Well, I understand." Jiang Qin nodded yes and agreed. He was about to say something more, but suddenly he saw a ship covered in a blue curtain coming up through the waves.

"Is it a special walker that we use to pass on information? Strange, how could such a ship appear on the battlefield? Jiang Qinzheng felt strange. But the soldiers on his own ship had already brought up the herald on the ship.

"Governor Qiyu, the battle report of Jingzhou ......" The herald came to Jiang Qin and Lü Meng, took out the information from his arms and handed it to Lü Meng.

"Oh?" Lu Meng replied softly, took the information and looked at the general, and the expression on his face suddenly became excited and nervous: "Cao Ren of Fancheng has already started making a raft to cross the river. It seems that he will launch an attack on Xiangyang in the next few days. This seems to tell us that we are running out of time. As Lu Meng said this, the hand holding the information shook slightly, and the paper with the information on it fell on the deck.

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