Chapter 104: Victory in the first battle
His name is Wang Zuo, he is an inhuman player, his profession is a strategist, and he is now Chen Youliang's first strategist.
"This Zhong Ziang is really more than enough to succeed!"
Chen Youliang gritted his teeth with hatred.
"I made a proposal a few days ago to buy 100 iron cannons from him, but he didn't sell any of them, he really deserved to be suppressed by Lin Ziyi everywhere."
"Lord, these warships under Lin Ziyi's command are all Ming Dynasty warships, which are different from the warships of the Song Dynasty, they have a strong offensive type, and they have to be defended!" Wang Zuo reminded again.
"Ming Dynasty warships? Is it the dynasty established by Zhu Yuanzhang? Chen Youliang frowned, and his mood became irritable inexplicably.
It turned out that Wang Zuo had already told him the history of Chen Youliang.
Chen Youliang was deeply indignant when he learned that in history, 600,000 troops were defeated by Zhu Yuanzhang and died in the middle of the arrow.
Especially when he learned that Zhu Yuanzhang later established the Ming Dynasty, he was even more jealous.
In Chen Youliang's thinking, if he didn't die with a middle-class arrow, he would definitely be Chen Youliang who would be the last to dominate China.
Thankfully, he was reborn in the world of Peerless, so that everything could start all over again.
is also aware of his own history, Chen Youliang now intends to avoid the rebelliousness and violence of his previous life, and become kind to the soldiers under his hands, meritocracy, rather than cronyism.
These changes have won him a lot of good reputation.
When Chen Youliang was anxious, those red dragon boats and eagle boats that rushed in frantically attacked his warship.
It's like hyenas, besieging lions.
Chen Youliang's warships were mainly shippers, with large hulls, dense personnel, and poor maneuverability.
Lin Yuan's red dragon boats and eagle boats, on the other hand, have small hulls and are covered with cowhides, which are fast and flexible.
In addition, these red dragon boats and eagle boats are also equipped with a large number of rockets.
A rocket landed on the ship, which immediately burst into flames.
On the other hand, the warships on Chen Youliang's side mostly used ordinary arrows as a means of attack.
Ordinary arrows, when they encounter the Daming cotton armor, they can't shoot through at all.
"Command Tong Meng, let his Jinfan battalion go into battle quickly and wipe out all these attacking boats!"
"Yes!"
Soon, the nine Jinfan thieves led by Tong Meng led hundreds of warships and began to surround the red dragon boats and eagle boats in the formation.
It's just that the red dragon boat and the eagle boat are too flexible, and a narrow waterway can pass through, and they can't be blocked at all.
Tong Meng's operation made his formation chaotic.
The warships of the Jinfan Battalion collided with the battleships of the first echelon and blocked on the lake, making it difficult to even turn around.
"Lord, Tong Meng went out to fight without authorization, commanding our army's formation to mess up, and it should be killed!"
Zhang Dingbian rushed to the boat with an angry face and asked loudly.
Chen Youliang was suddenly a little embarrassed, it was his order that made Tong Meng attack.
However, he naturally won't admit it.
"Tong Meng attacked without authorization, and if he made a mistake next time, he would not be spared!"
After Tong Meng received the will, he wanted to cry without tears.
Zhang Dingbian continued: "Now that Lin Ziyi's vanguard fleet has torn apart our formation, we can't stay any longer, please give the Lord an order to let all the fleets retreat back 10 miles!" ”
"Good!" Chen Youliang nodded.
He will still listen to Zhang Dingbian's opinions.
Soon, Chen Youliang's entire fleet slowly retreated to the rear.
The rear made room for it, which allowed the Jinfan battalion, which was stuck in congestion, and the battleships to be completely separated.
However, even for a while, the Jinfan Battalion's warships lost one-third.
The battleships were clogged together and burned in large pieces.
The fire on the lake is raging.
And Lin Yuan would not let Chen Youliang retreat so easily.
"Order the Pioneer Battalion and the Second Battalion, all the battleships are pressed up, be sure to gnaw a piece of Chen Youliang's meat for me!"
After Wei Yan received the order, he decisively pursued Yang Fan.
And Lin Yuan's second battalion followed closely behind, not falling half a step.
Those eagle boats and red dragon boats, which were very fast, rushed up again and entangled with Chen Youliang's sailor fleet.
"Let Tong Meng's Jinfan Camp be in charge of the queen of the palace!" Chen Youliang only said this.
Tong Meng, together with the 8 brocade thieves, had to obediently lead the water thieves and take charge of the palace.
When Wei Yan's vanguard battalion fleet caught up, he beat Tong Meng and other Jinfan thieves.
The Jinfan battalion again lost half.
Lin Yuan looked at Chen Youliang's boat that was gradually moving away, and did not give up the pursuit.
Chen Youliang was out of the battle, just stabilized, and was ready to fight back.
At this moment, the lookout suddenly noticed that a fleet suddenly appeared on the lake to the south.
"Report! My lord, five miles to the south, there is a fleet speeding towards us! ”
"What!" Chen Youliang was taken aback.
He hurriedly climbed the heights and looked, only to see a fleet of 300 warships rapidly approaching his building.
This fleet, mostly red dragon boats and eagle boats, is extremely fast.
"Lord, this is a strange soldier arranged by Lin Ziyi, his newly recruited sailor general Gan Ning, detoured to the south, intending to go straight to the rear of our army!" Zhang Dingbian calmly analyzed.
Cold sweat dripped from Chen Youliang's forehead, "Lin Ziyi, this person is too cunning!" ”
Even Wang Zuo on the side was frowning.
"Lord, Gan Ning, this person, has the courage of five tiger generals, and must send a member of the generals to force him back, otherwise once he is entangled, Lin Ziyi will lead the follow-up fleet to catch up, and we will definitely be defeated."
Chen Youliang nodded, "Order Ding Feng to step forward with a hundred small boats and shoot Gan Ning back with a bow and crossbow." ”
Zhang Dingbian said hatefully: "Before the battle started, our army was disturbed by our own warship, Tong Meng is really a sinner in this battle!" ”
Chen Youliang said embarrassedly: "Now that our morale has plummeted, it is no longer suitable for a decisive battle, so I ordered all battalions of the fleet to withdraw their troops towards Shazhouba and fight again one day!" ”
"Yes!"
Gan Ning obeyed Lin Yuan's order and made a detour to attack Chen Youliang's rear.
It's just that the fleet was only halfway through when Chen Youliang's fleeing fleet was discovered.
Gan Ning decisively led the fleet to turn around and go north to intercept Chen Youliang's retreat.
Before he could get closer, he was stopped by a fleet of small boats.
This fleet, led by a very young general, commanded moderately, ordered the small boats under his command to form a half-moon formation, and repel the enemy with bows and crossbows.
Ganning's fleet could not get close, so they had to return fire with bows and arrows.
After a moment of firing on both sides, they both quit.
At this time, Chen Youliang's fleet had completely escaped without a trace.
The second battalion led by Lin Yuan merged with the pioneer battalion and almost completely annihilated Tong Meng's Jinfan battalion.
Tong Meng and the other 8 Jinfan thieves were all captured.
In this battle, Chen Youliang's battalion was defeated, 850 enemies were killed and 4,000 were captured.
More than 200 warships were captured.
However, Chen Youliang's headquarters did not lose much at all.
The main force of his sailors is still there.