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Liu Biao's large formation naturally couldn't hide it from Sun Jian, even without the intelligence support of Baiyun City. Therefore, Sun Jian immediately gave the order, and the naval fleet began to advance towards the confluence of Dongting Lake and the Yangtze River.

Sun Jian's navy was naturally not only the hundred Sea King-class warships sent by Yang Tian, but at this moment, there were already four or five thousand ordinary warships docked densely on the lake north of Dongting Lake, and most of these sailing ships were three-masted or four-masted sailing ships. However, the army on the ship was enthusiastic.

Since these ordinary warships could not be compared with the Sea King Giant Ship in terms of speed and sturdiness, if they fought with the Sea King Giant Ship, I am afraid that it would be difficult to coordinate with each other. Therefore, Zhou Yu ordered these warships to be distributed on both sides of the Yangtze River estuary, responsible for dealing with some fish that slipped through the net. As for the passage in the middle, it was completed by these hundred Sea King giant ships.

At the same time, on the shore, millions of troops began to pour towards the waters of the Yangtze River, which was closest to Dongting Lake, and a large number of players began to follow Sun Jian's army.

The ideas of these players are completely different from those under Liu Biao's command, they hope that Sun Jian can defeat Liu Biao's army here at the mouth of the Yangtze River, or at least stop them, so that when Liu Biao has no way forward, he will naturally have to land on the shore of the Yangtze River.

A few hours later, Sun Jian's army had already arrived at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and Sun Jian stood on the bow of a heavy Sea King giant ship, looking coldly at the Yangtze River that stretched for thousands of miles. He knew that this would be a battle that would decide the fate of him and the Sun clan, and if he won it, he would prosper, and if he lost, he would be defeated, and there was no third possibility.

At this time, only Zhou Yu and Sun Jian's four cronies and generals stood beside Sun Jian, and Sun Ce was left in Changsha to preside over the overall situation.

"Uncle Sun. I don't think we should block this at the confluence of the Yangtze River, but give it up. Zhou Yu looked around and immediately said.

Before Sun Jian could speak, Cheng Pu, the military general beside him, immediately said puzzled: "Gongzi Zhou, why is this?" Wouldn't we be able to shorten the battle line more and let the Sea King giant ship play a greater role by blocking the mouth of the lake like this? If we retreat, won't we lose our advantage in vain? The opponent can attack directly at our ordinary warship. ”

Zhou Yu shook his head and said, "What General Cheng said is reasonable. But have you ever thought about it, if Liu Biao feels that he can't rush out of this lake, or if he thinks that the price of rushing out directly is too great, then what will the other party do? ”

"Ashore!" Cheng Pu said immediately.

Zhou Yu said: "Yes! It's landing! However, we got the news that this time Liu Biao's army was led by Huang Zu. There are more than five million of them, and if all of these troops are landed, will our troops deployed on the shore be able to hold it? ”

"This ......" Cheng Pu didn't know how to answer for a while, because he knew that if Liu Biao's five million troops all went ashore, it would be impossible to hold on to the more than two million troops on the shore. Both quantitatively. In terms of quality, the combat effectiveness of the naval army led by Huang Zu is stronger than that of the more than two million troops on the shore.

Zhou Yu continued: "If we retreat some distance and give the enemy a certain amount of space, they will inevitably swarm in. Look at this area of the lake. There are mountains on both sides of the lake, although they are not high, but if we send troops to garrison them, the other side will have to pay a greater price if they want to rush through. And the worries you just mentioned can be circumvented. The mouth of the Dongting Lake did not widen instantly, but gradually widened. We don't need to retreat too far, as long as we leave more combat space for the other side, so that all the other side's ships can sail into Dongting Lake. ”

Sun Jian fully understood Zhou Yu's intentions, and immediately said: "Just according to the words of Gong Jin's virtuous nephew!" The army retreated thirty kilometers. At the same time, the troops on the shore were ordered to move forty kilometers to the south, looking for high ground for defense. ”

Zhou Yu didn't express much surprise at being able to get Sun Jian's affirmation, but just smiled faintly and continued to look ahead.

The herald immediately went down to convey Sun Jian's order, and then the fleet began to retreat as a whole.

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Sun Jian didn't wait too long at the mouth of Dongting Lake, and at about noon, he saw a row of warships emerge from the mouth of the Yangtze River, followed by dense warships following from behind.

There is no doubt that this huge fleet should have been the army of Huang Zu who came to conquer Sun Jian on the orders of Liu Biao.

Huang Zu was very confident in his own ability, and at the same time, he was also very confident in the huge fleet under his command. It's not that he doesn't know the perversion of the ships in Baiyun City, in his opinion, no matter how good the battleship is, if there is no good commander, it will be in vain.

When he saw the hundred Sea King giant ships displayed side by side in the distance, Huang Zu's heart was full of disdain. He thought purely from the perspective of a naval general, and believed that since the other party had such an advantageous ship as the Sea King Giant Ship, he should make full use of it, let it be put into battle to the greatest extent, and be a good shield and sword on the battlefield. And to do this, it is undoubtedly the best thing to do to block the mouth of Dongting Lake and leave no room for its huge fleet to play. This may seem mean, but it is the most effective way to do it.

But the other party has given up this method, do these people think that they should fight a decent water war with themselves?

The reason why Huang Zu thought this way was because he was good at water warfare, and he had never thought of landing on the shore in the current situation. Being able to finish the battle on the water is the best outcome.

This is not to say that Zhou Yu's previous worries were wrong, once Huang Zu found that he could not break through the defense line organized by these Sea King giant ships, they would inevitably choose to land.

"The two wings of the fleet are scattered, not to confront the opponent's Sea King giant ship head-on, first break through the other party's ordinary fleet, and then surround inward, it seems that this Sun Jian is really filial, and there are so many Sea King giant ships for me as a meeting gift! Hahaha......" Huang Zu immediately ordered, and there was nothing without pride in his words. And he does have his own proud capital.

The heralds beside Huang Zu immediately beat the war drums, and suddenly the deafening drums resounded over the battlefield. It's just that this side of the war drum is obviously impossible to transmit orders throughout this huge fleet, but they also have a way to deal with it, and that is to use relay transmission. At regular intervals, a large drum is placed on the ship.

The fleet led by Huang Zu was like a torrent meeting a boulder, and immediately split into two, and swept away along the lake towards Sun Jian's army. This kind of momentum is enough to make first-time participants frightened.

Their vanguard ships were less than thirty kilometers away from Sun Jian's army, and at the speed of these sailing ships, it only took more than ten minutes for the distance between the two sides to be shortened to three thousand meters.

Zhou Yu saw that the other party suddenly divided his troops to attack, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then shouted: "Sea King giant ship, stop the enemy ship in the east, and try to give the other party the biggest blow." ”

The Sea King giant ship that was originally quietly docked on the lake suddenly moved, don't look at the size of these ships, but the flexibility is higher than those ordinary sailing ships, and at the moment, I saw these ships rushing out like raccoon cats, rushing straight to the front of Huang Zu's fleet.

However, if the navy of Baiyun City is here, they will find that these Sea King giant ships are much more clumsy than usual. The reason for this is naturally because Sun Jian replaced the Popeye who operated the Sea King giant ship. This is not only because of the Popeye's outstanding attributes, but also because of the experience they have accumulated over the years of operating the Sea King giant ship.

It's just that the attributes of the Sea King giant ship are indeed perverted, even without the manipulation of Popeye, in the eyes of Sun Jian and others, it is already perfect.

At this time, the soldiers on the giant ship of the Sea King began to act, they fiddled with the catapults on the ship, aimed at their sides, and waited for the opponent to enter the range of the catapults, and immediately began to wield power.

2,000 ......

1,000 ......

900 meters......

The whole process was completed in tens of seconds, and the thousands of catapults on the 100 Sea King giant ships immediately began to exert their power, and the huge stones the size of the millstone were like raindrops and smashed towards the Huang Zu fleet.

Huang Zu's fleet was so dense that even if it didn't aim, there was a forty or fifty percent chance of hitting it, only to see a splash of wood and stones, and in this first round of blows, at least 100 of Huang Zu's ships were damaged by different paths, and there were hundreds of casualties. However, most of these casualties were not directly hit, but were injured by splashed wooden planks or weapons.

Although the casualties were not large, the irresistible sense of powerlessness when the boulder fell greatly affected the morale of the fleet on the east side of Huang Zu. What bothered these soldiers the most was that in their fleet, except for a few bronze-class battleships with more than a dozen small catapults on them, there were only bows and arrows left for long-range attacks.

Huang Zu did not divert with the fleet, but stayed where he was and observed the changes in the battle situation. When he saw that Sun Jian's 100 Sea King giant ships had gone to the east, and the attack was extremely fierce, he immediately ordered the battleships on the east side to ignore the opponent's ordinary warships, and turned to surround the Sea King giant ships at any cost.

Huang Zu's intention is very clear, that is, to surrender Sun Jian's 100 Sea King giant ships first. With these 100 Sea King giant ships, he Huang Zu will be the king of the Yangtze River basin in this area, coupled with his water warfare ability, I am afraid that even Liu Biao will have to look at his face to do things.

When Huang Zu's ships on the east side received his order to surround Sun Jian and the others, Zhou Yu immediately asked the fleet to turn around, and with the flexibility of the Sea King giant ship, Huang Zu's ships could not catch up with the other party at all, but were smashed by the opponent's catapult in the process of trying to encircle.

After turning around, the Sea King giant ship rushed straight towards the enemy fleet on the west side, at this time, the other party had just clashed with the ordinary fleet deployed on the west side before Zhou Yu, and the attributes of the ships on both sides were almost the same, although there was a gap in numbers, but at the beginning of the battle, this gap would not have much effect. (To be continued)