Chapter 3: Fighting on the Water (2)
On the surface of the Chibi River, the war drums are all over the sky, and a sound that makes people's blood boil stimulates everyone on the battlefield all the time. The soldiers, with the horn of the charge, almost used all their strength to rush forward desperately. And the soldiers on the ship, waiting for the arrival of the killing at any time. The weapon clenched in his hand was as cold as frost under the glow of the river, doubling the murderous aura.
The several large warships used by Jiang Qin are not the latest developed by Zhang Langjun in the Wet Whisker Dock, but they have only been slightly improved, but the ship is shown in the surname Neng, although the ship is large, but the speed is not slow, there are many soldiers on board, but the draft is not deep. Especially after the sail is raised, with the help of the wind, the speed is nearly doubled, and in the blink of an eye, it is already in the range of the arrow.
Although the yellow shot has been mutated, but the usual cultivation began to show, although the face is a little panicked, but between the gestures, it is still very calm, he accused his subordinates and said: "Today, the ship is alarmed, can make the Chinese army cannon sound three times, and then let the ships sound the golden drum, let the boatmen shout loudly, in order to strengthen the army's might." Violation of orders will be punished by military law. ”
After Huang Jiu's words fell, some soldiers immediately fired three cannons, and then the large and small warships of Liu Biao's navy all sounded in unison, and the soldiers shouted loudly to strengthen the military might. For a while, shouts and drums rose and landed on each other's boats, and Liu Jun's soldiers did not rise a lot.
Huang Jie nodded with satisfaction, and continued: "Water battles are in the boat, and fire attack is the first priority." However, the enemy's forward is close to each other, and he is only afraid of accidental injury, and he cannot be attacked by rockets. Now Chiang Chin made a big drum, and then he will definitely charge as the main force, and his main battleship will inevitably follow up, because the large warships walk on the water, like snails moving forward, even if the sails are added to the wind, there is no light ship speed. Now the soldiers can be set on fire with coarse cloth, tar, etc., and when Jiang Qin's brigade enters the attack range, they can fly arrows to attack. ”
The general on the side said repeatedly: "What about the enemy's forward troops?" ”
Huang Jian watched Jiang Shen's boat slowly being suppressed by the main force of the right flank, and was no longer as flexible as at the beginning, and couldn't help but smile happily: "Look, isn't this done?" The navy boarded the ship to fight, and the brave won the battle. Although our army is tired, its strength is superior. Moreover, the enemy is surrounded, the form is reversed, and once forced to engage in hand-to-hand combat, our army will win. ”
At this time, the soldier on the top of the ship suddenly exclaimed: "The general is not good, the enemy warship has rushed over." ”
Huang Jie was dissatisfied: "What are you panicking about? They're not Pegasus, and they're not in range yet. ”
The soldier shouted again, "No, General, the enemy ships charge at a surprisingly fast speed, even the large "Meng Chong" is very fast, and at this speed, it will not take half a column of incense to arrive. ”
Huang Shot's face was full of disbelief: "With a wave of his hand, let's go up and have a look." ”
Huang Shot quickly boarded the top of the second floor of the ship's cabin, his eyes were firmly fixed on the parallel sea in the distance, as time passed, Huang Jie's eyes continued to widen, and the expression on his face began to slowly twist, no longer with the high-spirited appearance just now, he became very hideous, and shouted: "Raise the flag immediately, let the land transport and statement be withdrawn." At the same time, let the soldiers blow the trumpet, and the army begins to charge, and prepare for short-handed combat. Damn, hurry up, otherwise the land transportation will be over. ”
The generals on the side were also anxious, and their voices naturally became louder: "General, there is still a group of soldiers in the middle to restrain and block the direction of our advance." ”
Huang Shot angrily, slapped over, and roared: "You stupid, rush straight in." With the capabilities of our large warships, you're afraid you won't be able to hit a waterway. ”
The general was unconvinced, but he didn't dare to refute it.
Huang Jie rubbed his hands in a hurry, and kept chanting in his mouth: "How can this be? How so? How could an enemy warship be so fast beyond common sense? ”
Huang Shot was in a hurry, Jiang Qin didn't dare to take it lightly, water warfare is different from land warfare, in fact, he let the two fleets attack, although it is a little dangerous, but you must know that the ship led by Jiang Shen and Wang Ming, named Ship, is a kind of light and agile small warship that specializes in attack. The outside is narrow and long, the outside is covered with raw cowhide, there are paddle holes on both sides, and there are crossbow windows and spear holes on the left and right, so that the enemy ship is difficult to approach, and is not afraid of arrow and stone attacks, so it is convenient to quickly attack the enemy. Because of this, Jiang Qin was quite sure that Huang Jie would not be able to eat his fleet at once.
With the continuous change of the flags of the two sides, the fleets of the two sides also slowly changed, and the fleets of Huang Shot wanted to retreat, but they did not estimate that Jiang Qin's speed would be so fast, and even the Lou Boat and Meng Chong, which were about thirty-four meters long, could follow closely behind the Red Horse Boat, and the distance was not much away.
The statement was originally suppressing Wang Ming, and it seemed that he was getting closer and closer to victory, when he suddenly found that the flag from the main ship was about to retreat, and at the same time he heard the signal from the flag soldier, and a large number of ships in front began to charge. The statement was extremely depressing, but the military order could not be violated, and the enemy was coming too fast, and it was possible that he would be counter-surrounded, and the retreat of the statement could not be said to be fast.
However, the statement still underestimated Wang Ming.
Wang Ming suddenly took the initiative to lean up, and before the statement had turned the bow of the ship, he had already used the speed of the ship to get close to the ship, and the soldiers began to wave their spears that were nearly a foot long, and stabbed out of the spear hole. If it was at the beginning, the statement wished that there would be such a good thing, and the two sides could go head-to-head, but at this moment, the enemy's main force has come up, and the other side obviously needs a little time to support it, and all they can do is to retreat. But Wang Ming's ship has already entangled most of his men, and he can't retreat if he wants to.
Stating that the surname Suo was heartbroken, and at the same time hoped that the Yellow Shooting Brigade would come up earlier, he yelled several times, in order to motivate the soldiers, and said: "Brothers, you are all men with blood surnames, and the time has come to make meritorious contributions, pick up your weapons, wave your spears, and fight to kill the enemy." General Huang's main fleet came up immediately. ”
"Kill, kill......"
With the roar of the statement, the ships of the two sides began a full-scale battle on the water, weapons intersected on the river from time to time, spears were waved and killed, and for a time the two sides were inseparable. Although there was no hand-to-hand combat on board, the battle was quite fierce, with the constant symphony of weapons, the sound of ships colliding inadvertently, the screams of soldiers being speared, and the exclamations of people falling into the river from time to time.
Huang Jie watched anxiously from afar, and saw that the flag had begun to fail, and except for the initial signs of retreat, he became entangled with Jiang Qin's army, and he stomped his feet again and again, and kept making heavy noises on the deck, and unbearable angry scolding.
The river water has slowly begun to dye red, and the faint smell of sea water and blood mixed with each other quickly drifts away on the surface of the river.
Jiang Qin had already picked up a spear about two feet long, stood on the plank, and rode the wind and waves.
The red horse boat in front has already begun to participate in the battle, and with the fleet led by Wang Ming, the stated troops are surrounded three times inside and three times outside, and the water is impassable. From the initial encirclement to the counter-encirclement.
And the yellow ship also began to approach, and it was only a stone's throw away from the center of operations.
Jiang Qin's calculation was almost complete, and he turned his head to the deputy general on the side and said, "Rocket attack, fire extinguishing team prepare." ”
As the flags continued to change, the rockets that Jiang Qin's fleet had already prepared flew together, forming a dense attack wave, with an incessant "whoosh" sound, flying towards the yellow-firing fleet.
The yellow shot showed that he had been prepared for a long time, and he did not panic, the firefighting team was very organized, and the sparks that had just risen were quickly extinguished. withstood Jiang Qin's rocket, and Huang Shot was not to be outdone, and immediately organized soldiers to rocket a counterattack.
For a time, thousands of rockets and arrows flew around on the river, and the scene was very dazzling and spectacular.
Jiang Qin didn't care when he saw that the rocket had no effect, he gently picked up an arrow with his spear, and said with a calm face: "Except for the helmsman of the fire brigade, all the soldiers are ready to board the ship to fight." The golden drum beat three more links to increase morale. ”
The war drums accompanied by the fight were sounding, blowing the signal for an all-out confrontation on the water. Wang Ming, stimulated by the sound of Jin Ge's iron horse, had already killed the red eye, his spear was already covered with blood, and it was obvious that many soldiers had died under his spear. His face was hideous, and the weapon in his hand once again stabbed out with all his might, followed by a terrible scream on the enemy ship. Due to excessive force, his spear pierced through the soldier's chest, and he pulled it hard several times, but he couldn't recover the spear, so Suo lost his long weapon, and took off his dozens of pounds of armor, dressed in a light suit, with a stinger on his back, waved his arm, and said loudly: "The brothers of the first team come with me." With that, he abandoned the boat and threw himself into the river. Quite a few soldiers, who immediately responded, "plop, plop" into the water, and began to swim towards the enemy ships.
Many people in Liu Jun shouted: "The enemy has entered the water, be careful of the boat." ”
Before he could say this a few times, several boats began to shake violently. The soldiers on the ship screamed in alarm, and there was confusion. As soon as many soldiers saw bubbles coming up there, they would stab them indiscriminately into the river. But what did this do, and soon a number of small light boats were overturned, and all the soldiers fell overboard, and there was a fierce battle in the water.
Due to Jiang Qin's participation in the battle, the scene had an overwhelming advantage, the pioneer fleet on the left and right sides of the Yellow Shot, a large number of ships had capsized, Dabi soldiers fell into the water, and Wang Ming also had a large number of soldiers into the water, but they took the initiative to kill the enemy.
At this time, a large amount of red has been floating on the river, and the blood of the soldiers has stained the entire river surface red.
When Jiang Qin's more than a dozen large ships and Mengchong warships came up, the battle between Wang Ming and Shu Shu was almost over. The main warship of the statement is very well protected, he is still fighting there, many of Jiang Qin's soldiers died under his knife, Jiang Qin saw it really in front of the ship, and asked for a bow and arrow from the soldiers, and three arrows in a row, one of which pierced the brain from the left eye of the statement, he screamed, died on the spot, and fell into the water.
Huang Jie also saw the moment he fell into the water, his whole body trembled with anger, and he immediately pulled out his matching sword and commanded all the soldiers to rush up, ready to fight to the death.
After about an hour of bloody killing, a group of soldiers led by him finally opened the passage to the main ship of Yellow Shooting, and began to board the enemy's main battleship and fought bloodily on the deck.
At this time, the advantages of the Jiangdong Navy Army in accumulating and cultivating for nearly ten years have been shown, and the soldiers are full of energy and fighting spirit, on the other hand, the soldiers of the Yellow Shooting, although they have won the essence of water warfare, but the soldiers have been rushing to repair the stronghold for many days, so that their physical strength is extremely exertional, and the Jiangdong Army is also famous for water warfare.
Jiang Qin led the soldiers to rush and kill, on the enemy's deck, as if they were in a no-man's land.
Huang Jian danced the sword wheel while directing the soldiers to surround and kill Jiang Qin.
Although Jiang Qin's spear is long, he is not stupid, picking, throwing, stabbing, and piercing, and he is proficient in everything. And under his leadership, the Jiangdong Navy is moving forward bravely. On the deck, hundreds of Huang Jie's personal guards blocked the front line, desperately withstanding the continuous onslaught of Jiang Qin and his soldiers, while the surrounding warships, as if they also saw the danger on the main ship, jumped over from both sides to support Huang Jian.
The two sides entered the most difficult offensive and defensive battles.
Jiang Qin kept organizing the soldiers to attack, while Huang Jie struggled to support it, and he wanted not to let go of the formation flag.
The mortality rate on both sides continued to rise, and on the decks of the various warships, the corpses of countless soldiers were staggered, and the blood had stained every crack in the plank. The wreckage was broken and scattered all over the ground. Despite this, the soldiers still fought to their deaths, hung up the lottery, did not retreat, and danced the swords in their hands like fighting for their lives, and kept shouting and killing in their mouths. Many of Liu Biao's warships have begun to smoke and catch fire, which is of course the masterpiece of Jiang Qin's soldiers.
Although Jiang Qin had an obvious advantage, such a situation was also something he didn't want to see, and he roared: "Brothers, work hard, whoever takes the dog head of Huang Shot, General Ben will be rewarded." Although the battlefield was chaotic and the sound of killing continued, Jiang Qin's words of encouragement to the soldiers still reached the ears of the soldiers very clearly. The soldiers' cheers in response rose and fell.
Seeing that the situation that Huang Jie was struggling to support was about to be lost, Jiang Shen, who was not in good clothes, came out of nowhere, he was supported by two soldiers, his body was wet, a scar about six inches long, deep and bone-deep, hanging diagonally from his left shoulder, blood kept gushing out. His face was very pale, obviously due to excessive blood loss, and he rushed in as soon as he saw Jiang Qin.
Jiang Qin's face was indistinguishable from sweat at all, as if he heard someone calling himself, he repelled the attack of the enemy's three soldiers, looked back, and couldn't help but be shocked and said: "Jiang Shen, what's wrong with you, why don't you bandage the wound quickly." ”
Jiang Shen supported his body with his sword, and a smile appeared on his pale face: "The value of the injury, I suffocated that enemy general in the water just now, and I have never been so cool until now." ”
Although Jiang Qin's face was serious, his eyes were still very appreciative, and he immediately ordered the guards on the left and right: "Send him back to bandage first." ”
Jiang Shen struggled a few times, and said with a solemn face: "General, the scouts have reported that a large number of ships have been found in the upper reaches of the river, and now they have gone down the river, and they can reach here in about half an hour." It is very likely that it is Huang Zu's reinforcements. ”
(To be continued)