Zhuyang, the sails are like weaving, and the baggage battalions full of grain, grass and ordnance are ready to go.

After Meng Dachong landed on the shore, the baggage boats returned. The Wei army's sailors chased for dozens of miles, but the speed was only small boats, the combat effectiveness was limited, and the speed of the big ships with strong combat effectiveness was slow, catching up with the Shu army, plus they were worried about the ambush, so they withdrew, and let these heavy ships of the Shu army safely withdraw to Zhuyang.

When they returned, they only rested for the night, and then set out again. This time, Wei Ba ordered all the ships in Zhuyang to set off, form a mighty fleet, and sail for Fancheng. These ships were loaded with a large amount of grain, grass and ordnance, as well as a series of crossbow carts, and even small thunderbolt carts were loaded on large ships. The large Thunderbolt was too large to fit several in one boat, so the parts had to be dismantled and reassembled when they came ashore.

These ships sailed to Fancheng, and anyone could see that the Shu army was about to storm Fancheng.

As these ships advanced, the situation around Xiangfan became more tense. Sima Yi, the general of the Wei hussars, swung his army south, and encountered resistance from Deng Xian, who was defending the fortress, near Dunse. Sima Yi did not hesitate to order a strong attack, and it was necessary to take Dunse, open the passage to Xiangyang and Fancheng, and clear these enemies who suddenly broke in. The defenders of Xiangyang and Fancheng held the city tightly, while the sailors guarding the pontoon bridge began to move, preparing to intercept the reinforcements of the Shu army.

Compared to the others, the mentality of the sailor is the most relaxed. The strength of the Shu army's naval divisions is very weak, basically small and medium-sized warships, and the number of large warships is very limited, at most one or two ships that act as the main general Wu Yi. Compared with the Wei army's sailors who had four ships, they were not vulnerable at all. This has already been demonstrated by the last short battle.

Therefore, the soldiers of the Wei army's sailors were a little excited, and they set off with high morale, preparing to completely defeat the sailors of the Shu army, and then snatch all the baggage and ordnance they transported, so that Meng Da under Fancheng would collapse without a fight.

The Wei army's sailors, who had four ships, had nothing to fear. The big one set up a position in the west of Fancheng.

Seeing that the Wei army's naval division was facing the battle, Wei Ba ordered to stop advancing and found a suitable place. Set up a large camp, be on guard, and at the same time send a large number of messengers to ask for help from the Wu army, asking Lu Xun to fulfill his promise. Send a naval division to attack the Wei army, take control of the Han River, and cut off the connection between Xiangyang and Fancheng. and launched an attack on Xiangyang.

There were one or two messengers who were "unfortunately" captured by the Wei army. They were very spineless, and without waiting for the Wei army to use any means, they handed out Wei Ba's letters and plates.

Soon, these messages were sent to Sima Yi's case. Sima Yi sneered, and on the one hand, he asked people to send these news to the emperor Bixia of Wancheng, and on the other hand, he ordered all the armies to assemble in Xiangyang.

The Han and Wei sides were tense. The situation in Xiangfan became more and more severe day by day, but the Wu people did not react. After receiving Wei Ba's letter, Lu Xun only verbally promised to send troops immediately, but in fact he had no intention of sending troops at all. The envoy sent by Wei Ba looked at this jiashi and didn't say a word. rushed to Jiangling, met Fei Yi, and conveyed Wei Ba's meaning.

Fei Yi understood as soon as he heard it, and then brought a freshly produced war knife and went to see Sun Quan's second son, Marquis Sun Jian of Jianchang. Sun Wei is only 16 years old this year, he is very smart, and he is also very loved by Sun Quan, and he was named the Marquis of Jianchang last year. It is not strange to say that the prince is a marquis, but the title of marquis of the county at such a young age is enough to prove Sun Quan's preference for Sun Wei.

Unlike Sun Quan's eldest son, Sun Deng, Sun Jian is outgoing, military-friendly, and yearns for meritorious service. In this regard, he is very similar to Sun Quan. In the blood of the Sun family, most of them have the blood of pursuing excitement, like hunting, and like to kill. Sun Jian died in Xiangyang, not because of the battle, but because of hunting. Sun Ce was assassinated, also because of hunting, Sun Quan himself also likes to hunt, and was almost injured by fierce beasts several times, for which Zhang Zhao almost turned his face with him, and Sun Quan is still happy. The same is true of Sun Xi, as a prince, but he is bent on leading the army to fight and gallop on the battlefield.

Fei Yi and Sun Xi had a good conversation, and Sun Xi was very happy to see him visit. Fei Yi immediately presented a new sword. This knife was brought by Wei Ba, and it is the latest product of the Wei family's workshop, which is extremely sharp and very elegant, which is not only suitable for Sun Wei's identity, but also very practical.

Sun Xi liked it very much, and pulled Fei Yi to talk and laugh. If you want to talk about the heart, the young and vigorous Sun Wei is Fei Yi's opponent. In the casual conversation, Fei Yi inadvertently talked about the fact that Pan Ping challenged Wei Ba outside Anqiao, but was beaten by Wei Ba's maid.

Sun Xi's face suddenly became very ugly. Fei Yi hurriedly daoqian, Sun Yi waved his hand in embarrassment, saying that this had nothing to do with Fei Yi, and some generals of the Wu army were really unsuccessful and were laughed at.

Fei Yi immediately picked up the conversation, talking about the truth that the brave wins when the two armies meet, and then pulled the topic to the current battle situation, implying that Lu Xun would only pretend to be a turtle, and would not dare to face the Wei army and abandon his allies. Compared with the Shu army, which only had 30,000 people but dared to take the initiative to attack the Wei army, it was too weak, and compared with Wei Ba, who dared to take responsibility, although Lu Xun was only forty years old, he was already a little twilight, more than enough to defend and not enterprising.

Because of his personality, Sun Xun and Lu Xun didn't deal with each other much, and Lu Xun scolded his younger brother Sun Song in front of him. After hearing Fei Yi's words, Sun Wei understood what he meant. But he didn't say anything. Fei Yi didn't care, said a few more gossips, and left.

As soon as Fei Yi left, Sun Yi immediately took a knife to ask Sun Quan to see him, and then told Sun Quan that the Shu army had attacked as agreed, and Meng Da had killed Wei State's Jingzhou Assassin Shi Hu Zhen outside Fancheng, beheaded three thousand, and was now preparing to attack Fancheng. However, our army did not move, and it was nearly a thousand miles away from the battlefield, which really did not look like the performance of the Allies. will not only be laughed at by the Shu army, but also destroy the alliance between the two sides. Once the Shu army is defeated, our army will also be unable to support it alone. If the auxiliary generals dare not go to war, I am willing to lead an elite army to support the Shu army, so as not to let the Shu army look down on our Wu State.

When Sun Quan heard this, he scolded Sun Xun lightly, and then sent someone to see Lu Xun and asked Lu Xun euphemistically.

Although Lu Xun disagreed with Sun Quan's words, he felt Sun Quan's dissatisfaction from Sun Quan's actions. In desperation, he had to say something, and ordered the army to march to Xiangyang. However, he walked very slowly, only thirty miles a day, and at this speed, he arrived in Xiangyang, I am afraid it will take half a month.

Although Lu Xun didn't want to go to Xiangyang in a hurry, Zhu Ran, the general of the expedition to the north who commanded the naval division, couldn't hold back. Some time ago, Zhu Ran was tossed by that ghost ship, and he kept thinking about fighting a battle with the Wei army's sailors, and it was best to capture a few new warships so that they could be imitated. Seeing Lu Xun moving forward, he also took action. It's just that his speed is much faster, and he soon makes contact with the Wei army forward.

Hearing that the Wu army marched towards Xiangyang, Sima Yi sent Jin Dongliu and Xiahou Ba to lead 5,000 cavalry, cooperate with the sailors, and go south along the Han River to meet Zhu Ran. The two sides met in Ye County and fought a fierce battle. Although the Wei army's naval division had the help of new warships, the Wu army was also prepared, and the number of warships was far greater than that of the Wei army. After a day of fierce fighting, they sank two building ships of the Wei army, severely damaged one, and countless small and medium-sized warships, and won a complete victory. However, the infantry and cavalry covering on the shore were not the opponents of the Wei army, and they were beaten by Jin Dongliu and Xiahou Ba. Both sides have their own victories and defeats, and maintain the battle line in the area of Ye County.

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In the west of Fancheng, Wei Ba and Wu Yi stood side by side on a dirt slope on the bank, looking at the Wei army sailors who were getting closer and closer, and smiled at Wu Yi: "General, you can order an attack." ”

Seeing that the Shu army was shrinking, the confidence of the Wei army's sailors, who had always maintained restraint, was greatly increased, and the four armored building ships, under the escort of more than 50 small and medium-sized warships, rushed up violently, preparing to attack the only armored building ship and more than 30 small and medium-sized warships of the Shu army, and then take the heavy ships of the Shu army as their own, cut off Mengda's grain route, and relieve the siege of Fancheng.

Wu Yi looked at the seriously disproportionate number of sailors on both sides, and was a little worried: "Ziyu, are you really sure?" ”

"General rest assured, I have confidence in Feng Jin and them." Wei Ba said with a smile: "When this battle is over, we will have more armored ships, and when the time comes, we can turn around and attack the Wei army sailors in Nanxiang and open up the Wuguan Road." ”

Wu Yi's cheeks twitched, and he gave the order to attack.

The sailors had been waiting for the fire to burn for a long time, and as soon as they saw the banner of the attack, they immediately beat the war drums.

Inside the building, Feng Jin shouted: "Attack!" ”

"Whoa!" Two hundred wheelers agreed in unison and turned the wheels vigorously. The wheels crashed against the water, striking white sprays. The building boat began to start, accelerated rapidly, and rushed out of the water village first. Behind it, more than three small and medium-sized warships followed closely, forming a sagittal formation and flying towards the Wei army's naval division.

Seeing the formation of the Shu army's sailors, the Wei army's soldiers hahadaxiao. The Wei army used the most common tactics, with more than a dozen small and medium-sized warships guarding a building ship to help the building ship clear the danger in front and sweep away a small group of enemies. Because the speed is not fast and the operation is not very flexible, the building ship generally does not take the initiative to collide with opponents of the same size, but uses it as a combat platform, taking advantage of the condescending advantage, shooting with bows and arrows, or using its huge size to crush small-level opponents.

Just like the ancient car battle, the bare soldiers in front, the Wei army's tactics are also relatively ancient, small and medium-sized warships in the front, building ships in the middle, like the Shu army to rush the building ships in the front is very rare.

Just as the ancients reformed chariot warfare and put chariots and soldiers in front to attack fortifications, Wei Ba reformed water warfare, putting the armored building ships with fast speed and strong attack power in the front, and the small and medium-sized warships with relatively weak protection capabilities in the back. Although this tactic has been practiced many times and proved to be very effective, it is the first time that the Wei army has seen it, and they subconsciously feel that the Shu army is not in water warfare at all, and the main general Wu Yi is a fool who actually uses such a stupid trick.

Few people in the triumphant Wei army sailors noticed that the armored building ship that the Shu army rushed to the front was a little different from their armored building ship, the most obvious being that his speed was amazingly fast. By the time someone found out about this, Feng Jin had already accused Lou Chuan of contacting the vanguard of the Wei Army's naval division.

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