The earth-shaking war drums rose violently, and on the command ships of each formation, all kinds of signal flags waved like the wind, and the fleet composed of more than 30,000 people and more than 500 warships entered the Yangtze River from the mouth of the lake, and the sail power and oars were all driven to the maximum, rushing straight to the Jingzhou naval army.

Water warfare is as common as a common thing for these Wu people, and the set of tactics they rely on to win has long been proficient in their hearts, although they have lost Zhou Yu, the best naval commander in Jiangdong, but this naval army under the command of Lu Su is still unstoppable.

The huge building ships and the secondary fighting ships went upstream, steadily pushing towards the enemy fleet, and when the two sides were more than 300 paces apart, thousands of crossbowmen on each ship began to attack. At the same time, the crossbowmen of the Jingzhou army also immediately began to counterattack, but the attack power was obviously inferior to that of the Wu army.

There is no other reason, the Wu military ships are tall, and the crossbowmen carried by each boat naturally surpass the Jingzhou army, and there is a tendency to be high, and the long-range attack power naturally has a great advantage.

After several rounds of attacks, the two sides were close to two hundred paces, so the archers also participated in the long-range attack, and at this time, the density of arrows was as great as a downpour.

Such a dense long-range attack was very effective in suppressing the counterattack of the Jingzhou legion, and when the two fleets approached one hundred and fifty paces, the flag of the Lusu flagship changed, and hundreds of ships rushed out from the two wings of the big ship, and under the suppression of their own firepower, they quickly rushed towards the enemy position.

This is the usual technique of the Wu people, their stern ships will ignore the enemy ships on both wings, and concentrate on the enemy ships in the center line to engage in broadside battles, as a breakthrough, for the wedge-shaped main fleet behind them to tear a central breakthrough gap, and then, the whole fleet quickly penetrates deep into the enemy formation from the center, dividing one into two. And when this tactical action was completed, the enemy army that had been split in two was basically disheartened, and the rest was ravaged by the Wu people at will.

The naval army fights, and the rupture of the formation also declares that the victory or defeat is decided.

As the commander, Guan Yu knew this very well, so as soon as he saw the enemy rushing out, he urgently ordered Zhou Cang to lead his own 100 ships to attack with him, and he was sure to block the Wu Ren rush group that rushed up.

As soon as Lu Su saw that Guan Yu would respond in this way, he ordered the major ships to adjust their firepower and concentrate on attacking the enemy's rushing ships, opening a smooth path for the impact of their own ship groups.

However, Guan Yu is not an easy character to deal with like Cai Mao, he has been in Jingzhou for so many years, and he has studied the tactics of the Wu people, although he knows that with his own technical level, he cannot build a fast ship comparable to the Wu people, but he has also come up with his own set of countermeasures.

The 100 ships led by Zhou Cang were all reinforced and refitted, and the hull was covered with two layers of cowhide, and it was extremely difficult for the Wu people's bows and crossbows to shoot through. Under such a strong protective force, Zhou Cangde had successfully smashed into the enemy ship group, and used the collision angle of the bow of the ship to make a hand-to-hand collision with the enemy stern charge.

Although the thickened ships sacrificed the advantage of speed, the heavy defensive capability took advantage of the collision, and more than 100 ships were stubbornly withstood under the impact of enemy ships several times their size, and after successfully slowing down the momentum of the enemy ships, hundreds of ships rushed together and launched hand-to-hand combat on the water.

Lu Su didn't expect Guan Yujun to successfully block the assault of his own side, which made him a little surprised, but it was just an accident, he still had full confidence in the advantages of his own giant ship. Therefore, he ordered the main fleet to continue to rush towards the center of the enemy formation, trying to forcibly tear through the enemy formation with the advantage of firepower.

In the blink of an eye, the main fleets of the two sides were less than 100 paces apart. At this moment, the river was already covered with blood-stained floating corpses, and the two thousand people who dared to die in Zhou Cang suffered heavy casualties under the siege of the Wu people, and they were about to be wiped out first.

It was these two thousand people who dared to die that bought Guan Yu precious time. When he saw Lu Su's fleet still approaching unnoticed, Guan Yu's eyes couldn't help but show a little smugness, but his expression was still as calm as water, he just waved his hand lightly and said coldly: "Send a signal and order them to use the Shenwei cannon." ”

Guan Yu's flagship flag waved, and Huang Zhong, who had been waiting impatiently, stepped forward, suddenly ripped off the canvas covering the Shenwei cannon, and said sharply: "Brothers, it's time for us to show our might, aim at Wu Gou's big ship, and blast me to death!" ”

Ten seconds later, a red stone projectile rose from Huang Zhong's flagship, cut a brilliant arc in the air, and fell into the river on the left side of the Wu Renlou ship at the front, and did not hit.

However, it didn't matter, the red stone bullet was just a command bullet, and at the moment it fell into the water, more than 100 Shenwei cannons were fired in that direction, and the bucket-sized stone bullets were frantically approaching the enemy formation with the sound of the fierce wind.

After hearing only a cracking sound, the Wu Junlou ship in front was hit by five stone bullets in a blink of an eye, and the three or four fighting ships around it were also shot. Huge stone projectiles easily pierced the wooden deck and crashed into the lower paddle cabins, crushing the unsuspecting oarsmen into a pulp. And one of the fighting ships was even pierced through the bottom of the ship at once, and the turbulent river water poured into the boat, and soon the hull began to tilt and sink.

While the Wu people were still horrified by the attack of this boulder falling from the sky, the second wave of stone bullets came, accompanied by a wail and cracking sound, and four more large ships were shot. And after an unlucky shipwreck was hit, it was directly cut in two.

"W-what's going on!"

Lu Su on the flagship was shocked, all his confidence disappeared the moment the stone projectile flew, and when his eyes found the huge mechanical device installed on the front side of the Jingzhou Army warship, he seemed to suddenly understand the reason.

However, it was too late, and in just ten minutes, the Jing people fired nearly 3,000 stone bullets at the Wu army at an average rate of 20 seconds, of which about 300 hit. Although the hit rate was less than one-tenth, its destructive power was incomparable, and within ten minutes, half of the huge ships that Wu Jun was proud of were severely damaged by the blows of stone bullets, either entering the water and sinking, or losing power, and basically lost their combat effectiveness.

Seeing the warships in chaos around him, looking at the soldiers who abandoned the ships and fell into the water, Lu Su only felt terrified, he didn't expect that a battle that seemed to him to be a winning ticket would be won in such a short period of time, and the cruel truth was that the person who lost was actually himself.

"General, the situation is unfavorable to our army, should we retreat for the time being?" A military attache beside him shouted in horror.

At this time, a tragic feeling suddenly arose in Lu Su's heart, and he shouted with his sword: "I am ordered by Wu Hou to fight to the death with the enemy, I can only advance but not retreat, whoever dares to retreat, I will——"

After speaking, a stone bullet fell from the sky, hitting the military attache beside him, not only was the person smashed, but the strong impact force even pierced the deck with the fleshy fart.

Lu Su was unsteady on his feet, and then fell from the breach, but fortunately, he reacted quickly, and the moment his body fell, his instinctive hands grabbed the edge of the deck.

There was a miserable howl below, and Lu Su, who was hanging in the air, looked down, but saw that the stone bullet had smashed through four floors of the five-story ship, and dozens of soldiers were killed and injured by this outstanding blow.

Lu Su was horrified in his heart, and the determination to die that had just surged up was easily shattered by the tragic situation that was close by, and he didn't dare to look down again, so he only used all his strength, and under the drag of the people above, he finally climbed up.

When he staggered to his feet, he found that Guan Yu's fleet had already puffed up its sails and came to fight back with the momentum of the current.

"General, if we don't retreat, we will be wiped out!"

"Yes, withdraw to Baqiu, save your strength to get revenge."

The defeat was decided, what else could Lu Su say, so he waved his hand weakly and said, "Withdraw, order the whole army to withdraw to Baqiu." Also, immediately send an urgent report to General Lu Ziming, asking him to quickly return to the division from the three southern counties for assistance. ”

This Zhou Yu flagship, which once led the Wu army to win the Battle of Chibi, is now in ruins and took the lead in withdrawing from the battlefield. After receiving the order to retreat, the Wu army, which was still resisting, completely lost the will to fight, and the ships could no longer care about any formation, but only turned around and fled in the direction of Baqiu.

Guan Yu was not only satisfied with the victory in the first battle, under the retreat of the Wu people, he immediately ordered to rush out of Dongting Lake, and followed the Wu army straight to Baqiu and chased away.

At this moment, Baqiu City still didn't know that their naval army had been defeated at the mouth of Dongting Lake more than 100 miles away, and the war was crossing Dongting Lake and spreading rapidly here.

Sun Shangxiang, who was in her brother's mansion, naturally didn't know what was going on, she sat in the house for a whole day, and when it was evening, she had a plan, so she was hungry and wanted to eat.

The people knew that this was a famous Baji, so they didn't dare to slack off, so they hurriedly got some delicious meals, and a maid took them in to serve Sun Shangxiang.

"Put the meal down and close the door." Sun Shangxiang stared at the maid and ordered coldly.

The maid closed the door very obediently, and then came over to serve dinner for Sun Shangxiang, but Sun Shangxiang said, "You turn around." ”

The maid was stunned for a moment, a little dazed in her heart, but she didn't dare to disobey, and obediently turned her body around, and when she was thinking about what she didn't know what this tyrant wanted to do, she suddenly suffered a heavy blow to her back, and fainted to the ground with a low snort.

Sun Shangxiang clapped her hands, and then quickly exchanged clothes with the maid, changed her sideburns to the same as hers, and carried her to the bed and covered her with her back.

"When you're full, you go out, Miss Ben wants to rest, whoever dares to come in and disturb me will kill him."

Sun Shangxiang picked up the food box, took a deep breath, then pushed open the door, lowered his head and walked out quietly.

At this time, it was already dark, and she kept her head down as much as possible, and the guards who were watching were easily fooled by her without noticing, and then she turned around a few times and smoothly sneaked out of the mansion through the back door.

As soon as he escaped and ascended to heaven, Sun Shangxiang was as excited as a bird out of a cage, so he went straight to the west of the city, hoping to get out of the city before the city gate closed after dark, and then find a way to hire a boat to go to Jingzhou.

Just when she saw the shadow of the West Gate Tower, suddenly countless people poured in from outside the city gate, one by one panicked, just holding their heads and running away, as if something terrible had happened outside the city.

Sun Shangxiang felt strange in his heart, so he grabbed one person casually and asked, "What happened outside the city, why are you scared like this one by one?" ”

"The sky is falling, General Lu has returned defeated, and the Jing people's naval army is already about to chase to the shore!" The man replied casually in a trembling voice, then broke free from her hand and fled with the crowd.

Sun Shangxiang's face suddenly became shocked, as if he had heard something impossible to happen, and muttered: "Lu Zijing is defeated?" How is it possible, how is this possible! ”

(To be continued)