Chapter 287: Less Wins More

The Wei army's tactics are not wrong, no matter how fast your ship is, once it collides head-on, and it is one enemy and two, even if it is not disabled, it will suffer a great loss of combat power. But they had more than enough heart but not enough strength - their boat was too slow, and as soon as the bow of the ship was turned, Feng Jin had already rushed between them. Straight to the building ship behind the hall. And those small and medium-sized warships in charge of escort tasks were hit by Feng Jin's building ship and capsized one after another, even if they did not fall into the water, they were stunned and shocked by the building ship that was speeding like a meng chong.

The small and medium-sized warships that followed Feng Jin launched a merciless attack on these helpless Wei soldiers. In addition to the warships that are specifically responsible for ramming, these warships are all equipped with ballista vehicles without exception, and the space of small warships is limited, one in the bow and one in the stern, and the space of medium-sized warships is relatively rich, and four or five can be installed. These ballistae were mounted on a chassis that could rotate 360 degrees and were capable of firing from all sides.

Even the ballistas were preloaded with arrows, just waiting to be fired, and the Wei soldiers who were huddled together were their most targeted. Without anyone giving an order, the crossbowmen pulled the crossbow machine and fired a dense rain of arrows.

The bow and crossbow are the main weapons for long-range strikes in water warfare, and the Wei army's warships also have crossbowmen, but due to the limitation of numbers, the arrows they shoot are far less dense than the arrows fired by the Wei army's ballista carts, and the damage caused is far from the same. A repeating crossbow cart can often reach more than ten or even twenty crossbowmen, and such a dense fire can inflict a devastating blow on a warship of the same size with only two or three bursts. Whether it's a crossbowman or an oarsman, it can render a ship incapacitated.

Using a building ship to open the way, hitting the belly of a building ship with metal ramming angles, and shooting intensively with a crossbow car, this set of tactics has been practiced countless times, and it can be said that it is handy to use at this moment. They became more and more courageous and quickly took control of the situation on the battlefield.

Feng Jin single-mindedly rushed towards the Wei army's zuihou ship. He commanded the ship. An arc was drawn on the water, breaking through the interception of several warships on the edge and going around behind the Wei army. Then he turned the bow of the boat and quietly crossed the river.

One husband is a pass, and ten thousand people are not open. That coercion can be clearly felt even from a hundred steps away.

Inside the cabin. Feng Jin stood in front of the lookout hole, looking at the panicked Wei army sailors in the distance, and his heart was full of joy. He knows. The first goal has been achieved, he has killed the enemy formation, controlled the back path of the Wei army's sailors, and next, there is a real massacre.

The wheelmen gasped for breath and waved their arms vigorously to relax their bodies as much as possible. Restore strength. Just now, they were manipulating the building boat all the way, which made their physical exertion very large. However, their efforts were not in vain, and they drove straight into seven hundred steps, penetrating the battle formation of the Wei army in one go, not counting the small and medium-sized warships that were knocked over and sunk by him all the way. This record alone is enough to make every Wei soldier frightened, and it is enough to make every soldier in the building ship excited. Especially those Feng family trilogy is even more joyful, they all know that after this battle, the Feng family has really embarked on the road of rise.

The Han River, which is more than 100 steps wide and 700 steps long, is silent. The Wei Junlou ship that had originally rushed to the front had slowly capsized, and although most of the soldiers on the ship had safely transferred to the warships guarding them, they were still shocked by the capsizing of the Lou ship. Since the completion of the refit of this building ship, many exercises have proved that although the speed of this building ship is not fast, its ability to resist strikes is first-class, and no one would have thought that it would also be hit and sunk by the enemy, and it is a warship that is far smaller than its own size.

This dealt a serious blow to the morale of the Wei army. The officers and men of the Lou ship who had been transferred to other warships looked depressed and listless, and their courage seemed to have sunk along with the Lou ship.

In the unbearable silence, more Shu warships broke away from the battlefield and gathered behind the Lou boats, blocking the water from which the Wei army had fled.

Although at this moment, the Wei army still had three completed ships and more than thirty small and medium-sized warships, but in the face of the Shu army's naval division, which only had one building ship, they still lost the upper hand and did not launch a counterattack for a long time.

"General Wu, the outcome has been decided." Looking at the black line lying across the Han River in the distance, Wei Ba breathed a sigh of relief, he knew very well that the morale of the Wei army had been lost, and now he only had the intention of escaping, and had no heart to fight. People always have an indelible fear of the unknown, both the strong strength of the building ship and the almost rushing impact speed, which is enough to make the Wei army, who has always had little confidence in water warfare, panic.

The biggest difference between water warfare and land warfare is the sense of security. If you lose a land battle, you can still run in all directions, but this is not the case in a water battle, once you lose, especially if the warship is sunk, the soldiers on board will fall into the water, and you will face the possibility of being drowned. This kind of fear existed for everyone, especially for the Wei army, who were not very good at water warfare. The Wei army mainly came from the north, most of them were not good at water, and once they fell into the water, it was equivalent to death, unlike the southern soldiers who were good at water, and there was still the possibility of swimming to survive. This kind of psychological pressure exists in their hearts all the time, and once the war is unfavorable, they will lose their fighting spirit, and only think about escaping first to save their lives.

Psychological weakness can be compensated for with strong strength, but once the strength is not as good as the other party, they will quickly collapse.

The current Wei army's sailors are so psychological. Although they still had an advantage in numbers, in the face of the strong strength of the Shu army, they were defeated before fighting.

All that remains is the desire to survive.

Escaping is the cry in the heart of every Wei soldier.

It's a pity that Wei Ba won't give them this opportunity, and Feng Jin won't give them this opportunity. After a brief silence, Feng Jin took the lead in attacking. He left the other warships behind, intercepted and killed the fleeing Wei army, and charged the Lou boat to ride into the dust and rushed into the Wei army's position without hesitation.

The battle, start again. However, this time the advantage has been completely transferred to the side of the Shu army. The armored building ships clashed back and forth in the battle formation of the Wei army, like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, and they were invincible. Although the Wei army shot a sharp arrow, although these arrows landed on the armor, although they clanged, they could not hurt a single hair of the building boat, but it was like the sound of war drums, which inspired the soldiers of the Shu army to be more excited. However, the arrows shot by the Shu army caused serious damage to the Wei army, and the crossbowmen hidden in the building ship shot as much as they could, and the targets in sight could become their prey.

In front of Lou Chuan, these Wei warships had no ability to fight back except for escaping. Even if they mustered up the courage to go up and entangle the enemy, they would not be able to do it. And those Lou boats that can compete with Lou Boat, but like an old lady with her legs tied, although she tried her best, she still couldn't keep up with Feng Jin's pace, once they got out of the protection of other warships, they faced the impact of the Shu warship, once they were hit, they would enter the water and sink.

Feng Jin accused the armored building ship, like a brave knight, rushing back and forth in the enemy's formation, and there was no general in front of him. He didn't even need to go all out, only arranged a hundred wheelmen, and he could easily play with Wei Jun's building boat.

After another ship was sunk by the Shu army, the Wei army began to flee. Unfortunately, even escaping is not so easy. Once the defeat was formed, the Wei generals lost effective control over their subordinates, and all the warships were scrambling to retreat, and there was no one to protect the slow-moving Lou ships. Losing the protection of other warships, the two building ships were soon surrounded by several Shu warships equipped with ramming horns.

Between death and surrender, the Wei army did not hesitate too much and quickly made the wisest choice. The two finished Haode Lou boats were escorted to Wu Yi and Wei Ba, and when those Wei soldiers walked out of the Lou boat with their heads down, Wu Yi smiled and smiled happily. With a sailor with only one building ship, he was able to capture two or more building ships, and this kind of combat feats alone was enough to make him an official and knight.

After losing the building boat, the morale of the Wei army plummeted, and after fighting bravely for two hours, but there was still no hope of breaking through, the Wei soldiers completely collapsed. They laid down their weapons, sat down at the rickety warship, and raised the flag.

Although the Shu army had proper tactics and took it by surprise, it had the upper hand at the beginning, but after all, the number was not superior, and it was because everyone from Wu Yi and Wei Ba to every soldier, and even those soldiers who watched the battle on the baggage ship were all afraid, for fear that they would not be able to defeat the Wei army in one go, so that the Wei army could relax and turn the tide of the battle. Of course, the most pressure is on the soldiers who participated in the battle, they did not dare to slack off, even if their bodies were exhausted, they still fought tenaciously with one breath, constantly attacking the Wei army, and did not give them any chance to turn over.

When a hammer strikes an iron bar, the iron bar will deform, but the hammer will also bear the same pressure. After fighting hard for half a day, every Shu soldier was exhausted at the moment, and they were just persisting with a belief. At this moment, seeing Wei Junshu raise and drop the flag and give up resistance, they were truly relieved. Almost all the soldiers cheered.

The oarsmen let go of the oars, raised their already red and swollen palms, and straightened their numb arms as much as they could, the bowmen raised their bloody hook fingers, the spearmen raised their bloody spears, the sword and shield men raised their sabers with countless new gaps, and the soldiers on the building ship opened the armor of the building ship, gathered on the deck, raised their hands, and cheered Wu Yi and Wei Ba on the high slope of the shore.

The cheers were like a breeze, blowing through the red-dyed river, blowing the warships that were sinking and floating in the water, blowing through the hearts of every soldier, and gradually converging into an earth-shattering cry, shaking the river and shaking the mountains and forests.

"Long live the Generalβ€”"

"Long live joining the armyβ€”"

Wu Yi was overjoyed, let go of his clenched fist, and looked sideways at Wei Ba: "Ziyu, come, we can enjoy our victory." ”

Wei Ba smiled and saluted: "If you dare not accompany you, the general will please." ”

Wu Yi took Wei Ba's hand, the two walked to the command platform, looked down at the excited soldiers, bowed slightly, then looked at each other and smiled, and invariably raised their arms high and waved to all the soldiers.

Seeing this, the soldiers once again burst into a neat shout.

Heaven and earth change color, mountains and rivers are inspired.

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Zuihou for a day, ask for a monthly pass! (To be continued.) )