Shu is dangerous and dangerous, which brings a certain degree of difficulty to the detailed exchanges of Wu, so that Wu's infiltration and espionage of Yizhou is very incomplete, especially after the Han army drank the Ma Huai River soldiers in Jingxiang, the main defense point of the Wu army faced the Han army in the north, and the news spy on the Yizhou side lagged behind a lot, plus Wang Jun deliberately strengthened the blockade of the news, so that when the Han warships appeared on the river in Yong'an, all the Wu people were caught off guard. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Xiling is the defense fortress of Eastern Wu, is the defense core of the entire western border, when Lu Kang was alive, he attached great importance to the defense of Xiling, and put forward constructive suggestions to Sun Hao, the lord of Wu, several times, and even before he died, he still remembered the defense of Xiling, and recommended Zhou to serve as the governor of Xiling and the history of Jingzhou, which shows the importance he attaches to Xiling.

But Sun Hao obviously did not follow Lu Kang's advice, and did not appoint Zhou Chu to serve as the governor of Xiling, but appointed Cen An, the younger brother of Cen Du, who was a regular attendant in the middle of the year, to serve in this position.

When it comes to Cen Dusk, Wu Guo's hatred is so hateful, probably only Zhang Rang during the period of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty and Huang Hao around the queen of Shu Han can be compared with him, this person is the best at flattery, speculation, and deep trust of Sun Hao.

One is a faint monarch and the other is a minister, such a combination of monarchs and ministers can be called a perfect match, which makes Wu Guo's court inside and outside the miasma, but according to Sun Hao's violent temper, the ministers dare to be angry but dare not speak, which makes Cen Xuan is rampant even more.

After Cen fainted, he was even more enlightened, the chicken and dog ascended to heaven, and there were many brothers in the family, all of whom entered the court as officials and stole high positions. His third brother Cen An, who was rough and martial, asked Sun Hao to let him serve as the governor of Xiling.

Sun Hao appointed people as relatives, and did not consider whether Cen An could be qualified for this position at all, and with Cen Du's recommendation, Cen An soon became the governor of the first fortress, and sent Lu Kang's Zhou to be the governor of Wuji.

After Cen An arrived in Xiling, he did not repair armaments, but only knew that he was greedy for pleasure, and openly drank and had fun in the military camp, and invited singers to dance for him. When Yong'an's urgent report reached Xiling, Cen An was drunk and elated, holding the beautiful woman in his arms.

The sudden attack of the Han army made Cen An feel dazed and at a loss, so that Yuan Jian, the general of the army, suggested to Cen An: "Dudu, Yong'an is the gateway to Shu, and you must not lose it, so you should quickly send a naval army to Yong'an to retreat to the enemy to rescue." ”

Cen An ordered to gather the naval army in Xiling, and immediately traced the river upstream, and met the Han army sailors on the Yong'an River.

At this time, the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, torrents and rapids are everywhere, and it is not easy to cross the Three Gorges and enter Yong'an.

Therefore, it is basically impossible for Wu Jun's big ships, especially the building ships, to pass through the Three Gorges Waterway, and only small and medium-sized warships can reach the vicinity of Yong'an.

Although Cen An belonged to a mediocre generation, he had stayed in the army for a long time, and in principle he was still rude to the military, and when he saw the Han ships on the river lined up in a strict formation, he immediately ordered the Wu army to also line up to meet the enemy.

At this moment, Wang Jun is sitting on the flagship, the attack on Yong'an is actually thunder and rain, after all, Yong'an's defense is strong Wang Jun is grinding calluses when he hears it, he deliberately arranges a ship formation on the river, the purpose is one, then he wants to compete with the prestigious Wu army on the Yong'an River.

However, what made Wang Jun a little disappointed was that the fleet sent by the Wu army this time was a little small, and it could not be compared with the Han army's sailors in terms of momentum alone. But since they came, Wang Jun was not ready to let them return to Xiling alive.

The warships of both sides rode the wind and waves, and were approaching rapidly, Yuan Jianjian was on the first ship, leading the way, rushing to the forefront, but Cen An shrank his head and timid, staying at the end of the fleet and not daring to move forward, trembling.

The formation of the Wu army is a goose shape, with a slight protrusion in the middle, the two wings are neat as if sheared, and the warships are scattered and orderly, showing the well-trained naval forces of the Eastern Wu army.

Most of the warships used by the Wu army were Mengchong warships, which had the characteristics of long and narrow hulls, fast speed, small and flexible, and could be used in any complex waterway, and when passing through the Three Gorges, they could not be used by Mengchong warships.

Yuan Jian has commanded the naval army for many years and has rich experience, and this time he took the initiative to ask Ying to be the vanguard and rush to the forefront. Yuan Jian believes that don't look at the Han army, there are many ships, but a newly established naval army, the combat ability will definitely not be good, water combat is not better than land combat, more people is the advantage, water warfare has the characteristics of water warfare, Yuan Jianyou commanded the naval army to beat the Ji Han naval army, which was large in numbers.

Sure enough, in the first wave of contact battles, the Wu army's Mengchong battleships gave full play to their flexible and mobile characteristics, shuttled freely in the Han army's ship formation, and sank many of the Han army's warships one after another, while the Wu army was unsinkable, and suddenly the morale of the Wu people soared, and cheers resounded above the river.

The first battle was lost, but Wang Jun was not discouraged, through actual combat, he did see the gap between the Ji Han Navy and the Dongwu Army, he also understood that the Dongwu Navy is an old powerhouse that has developed for decades, and the Ji Han Navy has just been prepared, and he really expects that the training will reach the level of others for decades, which is completely a fool's dream.

But Wang Jun has Wang Jun's confidence, and the reason why he dares to confront the Dongwu Navy is because the Ji Han Navy is equipped with a new weapon, a new weapon that is enough to change the pattern of water warfare.

On the deck of the large building ship, they are equipped with some giant crossbows, these giant crossbows are similar to the tread crossbows used by the infantry in the siege of the city, but they are larger and longer than the tread crossbows, these giant crossbows are fixed on both sides of the ship's side, and are equipped with movable bases, which can be moved at 90 degrees, and the longer bow arms and thicker bowstrings mean a longer range, this giant crossbow often requires five or six Han soldiers to be able to operate.

If you really think that it is a crossbow, then you are very wrong, any bed crossbow is equipped with crossbow arrows, and the giant crossbows on these warships are not equipped with crossbow arrows, or a special kind of crossbow arrows.

This kind of crossbow arrow, usually made of thick bamboo, the middle of the bamboo is filled with gunpowder, the power of a bamboo grenade is quite amazing, and this crossbow arrow, but can be filled with three to four times the gunpowder, once it hits the target, it will explode, the power is at least three times more than the bamboo grenade, its range, is a distance of 100 steps away, it can be regarded as a real long-range weapon.