Chapter 285: The Huns (8)
The arrow flew out and plunged into the soldiers on the ten ships, and at the same time, the ten ships also flew close to the 160 Hun ships more than ten zhang. And at this moment, the face of the Hun general on the ship changed.
"No, those ten ships are not enemy troops, but ...... Straw man? β
The ten ships that were rapidly approaching the 160 ships of the Hun army were not soldiers at all, but straw men dressed in soldiers' clothes! In addition, the ten ships, in addition to the straw men, were also covered with layers of hay, and there seemed to be other things in the hay......
The speed of the ten ships was very fast, and under the action of the fierce easterly wind, in the blink of an eye, it had reached about 30 zhang of the 160 ships of the Hun army!
And at this time, on the other ten ships of Han Feijun's navy, the 1,000 soldiers were quickly drawing bows and arrows, and the arrows were wrapped in a layer of cotton cloth stained with fire oil, and after they were ignited, rockets were shot quickly towards the Hun army!
The range of the rocket could not reach the 160 ships of the Hun army, but it could steadily shoot on the 10 ships that were approaching the 160 ships of the Hun army!
Call...... Call......
The straw men and hay on the ten warships ignited immediately when they caught fire, and in the blink of an eye, ten burning fireships had been formed!
The Hun ships went down the river, and the speed had reached the extreme, plus the ships of the Han Fei Army came downwind, and the distance of thirty zhang came in a blink of an eye, almost when the Hun army had not reacted, these ten fireships. It has already rushed to the middle of the one hundred and sixty ships of the Hun army!
Bang! Bang!
Two fireships collided with the Hun ships, and when they boarded, they could not withstand the impact and shattered.
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble......
And it's the next moment. On the two shattered fireships, there were more than a dozen explosions in a row, and fireballs burst out from these two fireships and scattered on more than ten nearby Hun ships, and flames immediately ignited on these Hun ships. Immediately after that, there was also an explosion on the other eight fireships, and in the moment of landing, fireballs flew all over the sky!
"Fire oil! It's fire oil! β
Uri Ruo is at this moment. The face has changed!
Han Feijun's fire attack was not an ordinary rocket attack at all, but a sealed oil jar on top of ten warships. Spread a layer of hay on top. When they got close to the Huns, let these ten warships attack the Hun ships, and shoot rockets halfway through, turning these ten warships into fireships.
Uri Ruo is just a simple counter-current, downstream. and the question of the range of arrows. But I ignored the direction of the wind! So much so that it happened suddenly, and there was no time to react at all!
Ten simple fireships could not cause any serious damage to the Hun army.
However, the sealed oil jar on top of the ten fireships exploded when heated, and the oil splattered out. It burns with fire, forming balls of fire. These fireballs were for the Huns. But it's deadly!
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!
Hundreds of fire oil jars burst violently, and the fireballs that stained the fire burst into the surrounding hundred and ten Hun ships, setting fire to all these Hun ships! Even on these Hun ships, a large number of Hun soldiers and soldiers were also stained with fire oil, and the whole person was burning!
Even the soldiers in the army with strict military discipline will lose their minds when their bodies are covered in flames, and these Hun soldiers who are covered with fire immediately run around on their own boats, or roll on the board, and some soldiers who tried to come over to put out the fire were touched, and their bodies were also on fire......
The entire Hun army, one hundred and sixty big ships, was in chaos when they boarded!
Some of the soldiers on the burning warship tried to extinguish the flames, but they were ignited themselves, and in a panic, they flew into the surging river, and were hit by the turbulent current, and they lost their breath.
"Hurry back! Get out of here! β
The remaining twenty or thirty soldiers on the ships that had not been affected by the oil were so frightened that they hurriedly ordered their ships to withdraw from the fleet.
However, the 160 ships of the Huns army were indeed too close, and the skills of the people who operated the ships were not good, and the ships wanted to turn around and leave, but they frequently collided with the surrounding ships, and in the "bang" sound, some of the ships that were not on fire were also stained with flames, and some of the ships shook violently in the collision, and countless soldiers fell from the deck and were swallowed by the river......
The Huns, out of a thousand, I am afraid that there is not even a single one who knows how to water, which means that once they fall into the water, all that awaits them is death.
When it came, the screams, the shouts, all in one!
The Huns were burned to death, those who fell into the water, countless!
"The Hun army has almost lost more than 2,000 people......" Looking at the nearly 160 burning Hun ships upstream, the corners of Gan Ning's mouth flashed with a cold smile.
"The warships moved with all their might, rammed these Hun ships, and smashed all the Hun ships that had not yet been burned. These 4,000 Huns are miscellaneous, and I can't let them survive any of them! Gan Ning's heroic, murderous voice sounded excitedly.
Fighting in the water is very different from fighting on land. In land battles, after one side is defeated, it is completely possible to scatter and flee, and thousands of soldiers are scattered at once, and the enemy cannot pursue at all. In fact, in the era of cold weapons, the losing side lost men, and most of them were not killed, but scattered when they fled.
Because of this, in every big war, after the defeat of either side, there is a step to "gather the remnants".
In the water battle, if there is no hand-to-hand exchange between the two sides, and the ships of both sides are not damaged, the losing side can indeed retreat calmly. However, if there is no way to escape from the ship due to a close encounter, the only way for the soldiers of the losing side to escape is to jump into the water! And on the Hutuo River, especially in the lower reaches of the turbulent two mountains, jumping into the water is undoubtedly sending you to death!
What's more, the Huns don't know how to water!
This is also the fundamental reason why Cao Cao's army of millions in history is so little left under Zhou Yu's fire!
The Huns had nearly 4,000 people and 160 ships, and almost every big ship was on fire, because the formation was tight, and the ships could not go ashore for a while, and these Hun soldiers could only wait for death on these fire ships!
As for the grain and grassβ
Although Gan Ning was greedy, he also knew that he couldn't save it......
Water warfare, sometimes, is more dangerous than land warfare, and if you don't get it right, it will end up with the annihilation of the whole army! This is also a fundamental reason why Wu occupied the Yangtze River in history, and it could ensure that the land was unharmed!
Jiangdong Water Army, the world!
Although now with the arrival of Han Fei, it is likely to become history.
Plumes of smoke rose from the 160 Hun ships. These boats, usually submerged in water, have already eaten through the water, and if they do not use kerosene, it is almost impossible to ignite. Even if it is lit at this moment, the fire is not large, and it is dominated by thick smoke.
At the beginning, the Hun soldiers on these warships were burned to death by the fire oil, and now, they are suffocated to death by the thick smoke, the fire oil is burning, and they can still be spared by hiding at the bottom of the cabin, and the smoke is pervasive, and all the Hun soldiers who are still on the warship are almost choked by this smoke!
Click!
Some of the main frames of the warships were burned out and crumbling!
"Impact!"
And at this time, seeing that the fire oil on these warships had basically burned out, Gan Ning waved the short blade in his hand fiercely, and with a loud shout, ten warships rushed towards the one hundred and sixty burned and mutilated Hun ships like sharp arrows.
The soldiers on the ten ships covered their mouths and noses with damp cloths to ward off the smoke.
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble......
The Hun warships whose main structures were burned down could not withstand the impact of the ten warships in Ganning at all, and immediately fell apart, and the surviving soldiers on the ships fell into the water with screams and were swept away by the surging river. The ten warships of Gan Ning also broke through from the downstream of the 160 Hun ships to the upstream position.
Looking back at the Hun ships in the middle of the river, which were extremely dilapidated and still on fire, Gan Ning's heart rose with a monstrous heroism! "This is what the big husband should do, the deeds on the Yangtze River, compared to today, how can it be compared?!"
With a thousand sailors, the Huns were defeated, more than 4,000 people were killed, and countless grains and grasses were killed, and such achievements were enough to make any navy proud. In the entire Central Plains, even if you get Jiangnan, you can also say it!
Less than twenty boats of the Hun army escaped from the sea of fire, Wu Lei Ruoyu looked at the burning boats in the middle of the Hutuo River in a daze, and his heart was cold. It's over, it's completely over! Even if he wasn't burned to death by fire this time, he wouldn't have his head taken off by Da Dan Yu when he went back! More than 140 ships, nearly 4,000 elite soldiers, and so much grain and grass, this ...... The head of the tired Ruo is suddenly bigger, the problem is serious!
"Chase! Catch up with these thieves, I'm going to kill them! Ureti roared.
"Father, I can't catch up. The southerners far outnumber our army in navigating the ships, and they are extremely flexible, and they can't catch up! What's more, there are only so many people left in our army, and if we chase after it......" Iva Yu said with a miserable white face and a dejected face. What Uri Ruo could think of, he naturally thought of, but what could he do? The defeat has been decided, and from now on, let alone supporting Dai County, whether Ning Wu can protect himself or not is in two words.
Moreover, if they catch up, I am afraid that if they finally take off their shoes to death, they will throw themselves into the net, and one hundred and sixty boats are no match for others, not to mention that there are less than twenty left now!
"Nope! No! β
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There are no impermeable walls!
On the night of the second day when Han Fei led the army to conquer Dai County, he rode a black horse to avoid Han Feijun's eyes and ears, escaped from the Dai line, and arrived in Wuzhou in a short time, and reported the fall of Dai County to Yu Fuluo, the Hun Dadan. (To be continued......)