Huang Zu didn't expect Zhou Yu to make such a decision, and when the scouts who were exploring the way forward reported that they had found a large number of warships of the Jiangdong Army, Huang Zu hurriedly put out a battle formation and went to meet the battle.

The Exian Navy Battalion and the Yixian Battalion are located in the north and south, and the distance between the two is not very far, and after an hour, you can already see each other's sails.

Drums sounded, and as the distance shortened, the commanders of both sides were constantly adjusting their formations in order to gain an advantageous position when entering the attack range.

Going upstream, after all, it was in a disadvantageous situation, Zhou Yu's orders were constantly being heard by the sound of flags and drums, and the thousands of large and small warships around the flagship were adjusting their positions at any time.

The distance is gradually getting closer, and generals above the 6th rank can even see the soldiers on the opponent's deck clearly, let alone the generals of the 7th order.

The speed of the fleet was very fast, and in a moment, the vanguard fleet at the forefront had already come into contact head-on and began to fight.

The huge fleet stretched for more than ten miles, and after the front had been engaged, the flagships of the Chinese army were still several miles apart.

The shouts of killing were incessant, but they were quickly annihilated on the empty river. Standing on Zhou Yu's flagship, Liu Feng could only see people falling into the water in the distance, and they were immediately submerged by the turbulent water and disappeared.

In such a big battle, once you fall into the water, it means death, which is basically inevitable.

As you come and go, people keep taking the enemy's ships, and there are also ships that are being taken by the enemy. In the continuous confrontation, the main forces of the Chinese army are constantly approaching.

The approach of the main forces, of course, is not a head-on collision, then it is not a water battle, but suicide. In fact, only a small part of the battle is engaged from start to finish, and the protagonist of melee combat is the ship, the fighting ship pressing the rear and constantly shooting at the enemy in the attack range with bows and arrows.

In the constant battle, the course of the main fleet was constantly adjusted under one order after another. The battle between the ships and the ships is nothing, and what really determines the outcome is the battle between the buildings and ships.

Small building ships carry 2,000 sailors, and medium-sized building ships are as many as 5,000 people. The sheer size of the ship, as well as the facilities on board, will be an obstacle to the capture of the ship. Because you don't know if someone will come out of a hidden place and stab you in the back after the ship that thinks it has captured the enemy and starts to celebrate.

Therefore, the most effective way to win a naval battle is to sink the enemy's ship. If you want to capture Lou Chuan, you have to wait until you have formed an overwhelming advantage.

In the era when there were no cannons, it was not easy to sink a hundred-zhang long ship. The top 7th-order generals may be able to do it with all their might, but how many can really do it? Even if you do it from now on, how much energy can you have left to continue fighting?

"The Age of New Empires" is an era dominated by cold weapons, and there may still be some fantasy in Liu Feng's eyes, but it will not be too outrageous after all. In the era of cold weapons, the victory of the war depends on the strength of the army, and a single individual may have a great impact on the war, but it will not play a decisive role.

In the battle on the river, the bow and crossbow came first, but the bow and crossbow could not cause much damage to the huge hull after all. A bed crossbow may be, but Liu Feng doesn't.

The only thing that can cause great damage to a building ship is a catapult loaded on a medium-sized building ship.

Of the 19 medium-sized building ships, each ship has only 8 catapults, and the total is less than 200 units, and with the small probability of the catapult's concentrated target, it will take a short time to sink a building ship.

The medium-sized building ship that is up to 100 zhang long cannot be loaded with a few more catapults, but even if the medium-sized building ship is large, the bearing capacity is also limited, and the catapult needs to have a large number of "stone" reserves to play a role, otherwise even if there are more catapults, it will not be able to play a role. After all, in a water war, it is impossible for the enemy to let you retreat safely and replenish safely.

Eight catapults are already optimal.

One south and one north, separated on both sides of the river, the main force of the Chinese army is constantly pulling closer at an oblique angle.

At this moment, the dense medium-sized buildings of Huang Zu's army began to disperse, revealing the behemoths hidden inside.

Large building ship!

It doesn't need anyone to explain it, and everyone who sees it unconsciously has this thought in their hearts.

The length of one hundred and twenty or thirty zhang is more than twenty zhang high and twenty zhang wide. Compared with the medium-sized building ship of nearly 100 zhang, it is more than one size larger, and it is daunting at first glance.

A large building ship, this is the hole card of the Jiangxia Navy, and this is where Huang Zu's confidence to defeat the Jiangdong Army lies.

In Jingzhou, there was only one large building ship, which was thrown into the Jiangxia battlefield by Liu Biao, instead of fighting in Jingnan, which is enough to show that Liu Biao attaches great importance to Jiangdong.

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Suddenly seeing such a behemoth, the Jiangdong Navy was a little flustered for a while, and the formation was also chaotic. But after all, it was a strong soldier trained by Zhou Yu, and after experiencing the war, he recovered quickly, staring at the behemoth without blinking.

If you don't calm down, you can't do it, by this time, the two sides have already formed a mortal enmity, and in such a situation, you can't leave if you want to.

They could only wait, waiting for the order of the Shangguan.

Compared with the panic of the soldiers, Zhou Yu did not move, and the appearance of the large building ship did not even make his body shake, but his eyes were also fixed on the large building ship.

"Such a big ship is a weapon of water warfare!" Zhou Yu's heart was full of desire, and his fighting spirit was ignited all of a sudden.

Yes, although it was the first time I saw it, the large building boat was not a new thing in the hearts of Zhou Yu and Liu Feng and several others.

Huang Zu thought that he had done a good job of secrecy, and kept the existence of the large building ship strictly secret, and secretly arrived all the way to the camp in Yixian County, always hiding in the camp, and did not allow any strangers to approach. wants to use this as a hole card to give Jiangdong Army a "surprise".

Players are pervasive, and Huang Zu would never have thought that on the first day that the large building ship arrived in Yi County, it would have been known by players.

Liu Feng spent a lot of money to buy this exclusive secret.

All of Zhou Yu's battle plans were formulated on the basis of a large building ship in Huang Zu's army, so Zhou Yu had no surprises at all about this hole card offered by Huang Zu.

For the soldiers he trained, Zhou Yu was also full of confidence, and he would never be intimidated by a large building ship. It turned out that this was indeed the case, and the Jiangdong Navy just panicked for a moment, and immediately recovered.

It's closer...... It's closer...... It's closer......

Although there was still some distance to go, the soldiers seemed to be feeling the pressure of the large building ship.

It was near, and it was about to enter the range of the catapult, and the soldiers could faintly see that the soldiers on the large building ship were ready to launch the catapult.

"Whoosh ......"

Unexpectedly, before the enemy could make any moves, a large number of stones had already flown up from their side and smashed into the opposing battleship.