When the Shu Han Naval Division won the first battle and cleaned up the underwater obstacles step by step, Zhu Ran was at a loss. He did not have an armored ship, so he first tried to clear the obstacle with a small warship, but the soldiers on the warship tried their best, but they could not pull out the underwater stakes, but because of poor precautions, many people were injured by the Wei army's crossbows. Zhu Ran immediately changed to the upstairs boat, there were many people on the upstairs boat, and he must have been able to pull out the wooden stakes, but as soon as his shipwreak approached the obstacle, he was hit head-on by the Wei army's thunderbolt. His ship was unarmoured, and heavy stone bullets whizzed in, causing misery to the soldiers on board, and in a matter of moments, several holes were knocked out of the deck.

He had fought with the Wei army's sailors, and originally felt that he still had some advantages, but in the face of the Wei army's powerful resistance, he couldn't find any way to break the enemy. The small boat was useless, and the big ship became an excellent target, which could not stop the dense attack of the Wei army's thunderbolts. After a hard day, more than 100 casualties, and a building ship was severely damaged and forced to give up, but the obstacles in the water remained the same.

This had a great impact on the self-confidence of the Wu army, including Zhu Ran himself, who had to admit that the defensive position of the Wei army was very strong, and it was almost an impossible task to break through the pontoon bridge.

Zhu Ran had no choice but to retreat to a safe distance and watch the battle from afar. He couldn't see the details of the battlefield five hundred paces away, but he could hear the war drums and shouts of the two sides that had not stopped, and the thunderbolts and ballistae of the Wei army had been roaring continuously, which showed the fierceness of the battle between the two sides. Regardless of the progress of the Shu army, just being able to hold on to the attack for such a long time made Zhu Ran feel terrified.

He sent his eldest son, Zhu Ji, to the Shu army camp to inquire about the progress, and by the way to see if there was a chance to take a look at the warships of the Shu army.

Under the protection of his personal guards, Zhu Ji bypassed Fancheng and first came to Meng Da's camp. Meng Da listened to Zhu Ji's intentions. sneered, undisguised his contempt for the Wu people. "General Zhengbei is still a little bold, and dares to force in front of the Wei army. It's a man, much better than that Lu Xun. We've been fighting for a day, and this General Lu hasn't seen a shadow yet, it's really fast. ”

Zhu Ji was helpless. In this joint operation between Wu and Shu, the record of the Wu army is really lackluster, and Lu Xun is still thirty miles south of Xiangyang City. Unwilling to really enter the battlefield and launch an attack on Xiangyang, it is no wonder that the Shu people will laugh at them.

"The Wei army's position is strong, and we really have nothing to do, and we have fought hard for a day with heavy casualties. I don't know what the situation with your army is? ”

Meng Da snorted and said with a disdainful expression: "Our progress is not good. It took a day to clear the first obstacle, and it is estimated that it will take another day to complete it. There were many casualties, seven or eight dead. I've been hurt for more than thirty, alas, what a shame. ”

Zhu Ji looked at Meng Da in surprise, and said in his heart that if you lie, you won't make a draft, after a day's fighting, the arrows shot by the Wei army can plant a forest, and the stone bullets shot out can be piled up into a hill, and you only died seven or eight and injured more than thirty? Fool whom?

Meng Da didn't have the heart to explain to him, and looked at Zhu Ji with slanted eyes: "You go back and tell your father that if tomorrow is still so perfunctory, it is better to retreat a little farther, so as not to hinder our affairs." Just like this, what kind of spoils do you want to share, how many stones do you want? ”

Zhu Ji's face was red, and he was humiliated by Meng Da so embarrassed that he was embarrassed. However, on the battlefield, heroes are judged by victory or defeat, and if they have no strength, they will only be humiliated. He couldn't refute it, so he had to ask again and again, wanting to see the majesty of the Shu army's sailors.

Regarding Zhu Ji's thoughts, Meng Da said in one sentence: "You want to see the strength of our sailors, so that you can be prepared for future battles, right?" ”

Zhu Ji hurriedly shook his head and denied it, and said that he just wanted to study. Meng then didn't poke him, and sneered: "It's okay to let you take a look." See and see the strength of our army, lest you always think that you are the best in the world in water warfare. He immediately sent someone to escort Zhu Ji to Shuizhai, and sent someone to inform Wei Ba.

Wei Ba warmly received Zhu Ji and led him to take a look. When Zhu Ji saw the five building ships, he couldn't help but be secretly frightened. They have always suspected that the Shu army's record is watery, and now that they see the real five building ships, Zhu Ji has to believe it. However, his request to board the three new ships was rejected by Wei Ba, just glanced at it from a distance, there were guards in the way, Zhu Ji couldn't see how this kind of warship was driven, he could only guess from the lack of oars that this kind of warship might be different.

However, at Zhu Ji's request, Wei Ba let him see the speed of these new warships with his own eyes. When Zhu Ji saw the huge building ship moving forward like Meng Chong, his face suddenly changed, and his heart beat uncontrollably. He immediately realized the power of these warships, with their huge size, great protective capabilities, coupled with the speed that was not inferior to small and medium-sized warships, such warships were simply perfect killers.

It is no wonder that the Shu army sailors were able to defeat four with one enemy and win a complete victory.

Zhu Jiqiang pressed the fear in his heart, after watching the Shu Army Naval Division, he was not even in the mood to let Wei Ba leave him to eat, so he hurriedly went back. As soon as he told Zhu Ran what he saw, Zhu Ran was also secretly frightened. The reason why he came here was to share some of the spoils and delay the growth rate of the strength of the Shu Han Sailor as much as possible. At this pace, it is clear that the goal will not be achieved.

Zhu Ran couldn't sit still any longer, on the one hand, he reported the situation to Lu Xun, and officially asked Lu Xun to speed up and rush to Xiangyang to participate in the battle to avoid discord with the Shu army, and on the other hand, he was ready to storm the Wei army's pontoon bridge and strive for some combat achievements as much as possible.

Zhu Ran couldn't break through the obstacles in the water, and Zhu Ji didn't see how the Shu army did it, but one thing was obvious, without the armored building ship with excellent protection ability, it was impossible for him to calmly clear those obstacles, he only had one way left, using a small boat with a shallow draft or even a raft to attack, directly cross those obstacles, and attack the Wei army.

Zhu Ran's method is also a way to no way, since the Shu army broke through the position of the Wei army, cutting off the pontoon bridge is the result that cannot be changed, then attacking the pontoon bridge in front of the Shu army can always give a little more reason to divide the spoils later.

The next day, the two sides fought again, and Zhu Ran sent dozens of small boats and bamboo rafts to cross the obstacles and launch an attack on the pontoon bridge of the Wei army. Of course, the Wei army would not let them succeed easily, the crossbowmen, the crossbow carts, and the thunderbolt carts worked together, and the two Lou ships, which had never dared to attack, finally found an opportunity to exert their might, rushed up, and brutally rammed the Wu army. In front of the building boat. Those small boats and bamboo rafts had no resistance at all, and could only rely on their own flexibility to avoid them.

The Wu army, which launched the attack, was under tremendous pressure and paid a heavy price. In just half a day, a layer of corpses floated on the water, basically all of them were soldiers of the Wu army. Despite this, Zhu Ran continued to order attacks one after another. Again and again they attacked the positions of the Wei army.

The onslaught of the Wu army at any cost dispersed the defensive forces of the Wei army, and the pressure in front of the Shu Han naval division was suddenly reduced. The speed of wrecker clearance has become faster. At noon the next day, Zhang Wei took the lead in opening a gap in the second line of defense.

When the news reached the main formation, the soldiers of the Shu army's naval division broke out into a burst of cheers, and their emotions quickly affected the foot soldiers on the shore, and the soldiers were overjoyed, as if the pontoon bridge of the Wei army had been cut off by them. However, the morale of the Wei army fell rapidly, and these two lines of defense were not only real lines. It was also their psychological defense line, which was broken through so easily by the Shu army, which dealt a very serious blow to their morale.

Wei Ba did not dare to slack off, and after a short cheer, he ordered to continue clearing the wreck. It is not allowed to take risks to attack, and at the same time, Meng Da on the shore is required to be prepared. The pontoon bridge was about to be cut off, and the Wei army was likely to inform Sima Yi of the news, and the main force of the Wei army led by Sima Yi could reach the city at any time.

Victory was in sight, the morale of the Shu army's sailors soared, and the speed of clearing obstacles also increased rapidly. By the evening, a passage had been cleared that would allow the boat to enter and exit smoothly. In this case, Wu Yi canceled the resting jihua and ordered five Lou ships to attack at the same time to break through the Wei army's position as quickly as possible.

At the sound of an order, the five building ships started at the same time, and the fish penetrated through the passage and rushed towards the pontoon bridge of the Wei army with unstoppable might. The two Wei ships rushed up to meet the battle, making a futile resistance. However, this did not change the direction of the battle, Fu Xing and Zhang Wei respectively pushed the two building ships to the shore and ran aground, and then rushed towards the Wei army.

After two days of fighting, the stone bullets prepared by the Wei army have been exhausted, and the thunderbolt and even ballista have also been damaged a lot, and the strength of the counterattack has been greatly affected, while the Shu army's thunderbolt and crossbow have been useless, and at this time, the anger that has been held back is vented on the heads of these Wei troops.

The building ships are huge combat platforms, they are close to the pontoon bridge, the crossbowmen through the shooting window, condescendingly shooting at the position of the Wei army, loaded with crossbow carts and thunderbolt carts of large and small warships in turn, pouring stone bullets, arrows and arrows onto the Wei army's position.

was attacked by the enemy in front of the formation, the Wei army was already demoralized, and then being so pressed and beaten by the other party, the Wei army gradually could not support it. First, the soldiers on the pontoon bridge were forced to retreat step by step, giving way to the center of the river, and then the bow and crossbow positions on the bank gradually stopped attacking. Their bows and crossbows could not shoot the armor of the Shu Han army's ships, and no matter how many arrows they fired, it was in vain, and only the few thunderbolts left were still roaring.

Zhang Wei first commanded the building boat to approach the pontoon.

"Bump into it, bump into it!" Zhang Wei's eyes were red and he roared.

"Accelerate! Hasten! The wheelmen shouted in unison, turned the wooden wheels, and drove the boat as fast as they could, breaking through the dark red water of the river, and rushing straight to the pontoon.

"Boom!" Although the iron chain on the pontoon bridge was not broken, the bridge deck was violently shaken, and pieces of thick wooden planks broke into pieces and fell into the water.

"Stand back, stand back, hit again!" Zhang Wei shouted, directing the wheelers to reverse backwards. The ship could be reversed by the reversal of the wheels without turning the bow, which was very useful in battle.

With all their might, the wheelers quickly reversed the wheel, which slapped the water and began to fall backwards. When they were reversing, Fu Xing commanded the boat and viciously crashed into the pontoon.

"Boom!" There was another loud bang, and the pontoon shook violently, and the few planks left on it cracked, leaving only two thick chains. Before the shaking stopped, Feng Jin's boat rushed over again, hitting the chains again.

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