Zhu Ran finally relied on his command ability and the skilled water warfare skills of the Eastern Wu Navy to get rid of the pursuit of the Jiangling Navy Army, lead the remaining fleet, and withdraw to Baqiu Water Village.

In this battle, the losses were not too great, about 2,000 casualties, two Mengchong and more than 40 large and small warships, well, if you put it under ordinary circumstances, this loss is not small.

But this time, Zhu Ran felt that it was already a fluke that he could take more than 7,000 soldiers back to Baqiu Water Village.

Fortunately, that sheep didn't have time to send out a rear interception force, otherwise, Zhu Ran could bring back half of the people this time, which would be regarded as his extraordinary performance.

However, if there are only more than 7,000 sailors left, it seems very difficult to hold the Baqiu Water Village and control the Yangtze River defense line.

Really, if it is just a regular naval duel, even if Zhu Ran only has more than 7,000 naval troops now, but everyone fights for the command ability of the naval army, and the command is Meng Chong and large and small warships, then even if Zhu Ran is at a disadvantage, he is still confident that he can hold it.

Can. What's going on with that weird "building ship"-style big warship?!

How is that going to break?!

If it's just an ordinary Meng Chong projection, you can still use the fight loss, get close as soon as possible, and then jump off the side to crack it. But this "building ship", before you can get close, it can shoot your warship directly into a sieve.

The only drawback is probably that the speed is not fast enough, and it is not flexible enough, you can find a way to break the game by fire attack, but this warship is not alone, although he is surrounded by guards, but it is also a warship.

Moreover, the characteristic of the Ke is that it is extremely fast, which just makes up for the shortcomings of this large warship that is slow and inflexible.

For a while, it was really a bit hard to break.

Zhu Ran wondered, how could this Jiangling Navy Army not fight for a while, he could make some strange things for you?!

The experience and combat skills of ordinary water warfare are not used at all.

Zhu Ran, who retreated to Baqiu Water Village, escaped a catastrophe and temporarily shrank in the Water Village, thinking hard about how to break the enemy, and the Jiangling Water Army, which finally won the water battle, did not take advantage of the situation to pursue this time.

Although the big killer weapon achieved miraculous results, the speed was too slow, and it was very inconvenient to follow the main force of the navy.

Although this thing is powerful, but it still has to have enough lethality within a certain range distance, if the distance is too close, it will be damaged by the Soochow Navy and jump out of the melee combat, and it is also possible to be taken away. It's distressing.

The cost of this thing is really not much less than that of a building ship.

Therefore, this big killer weapon is really not suitable for chasing or encircling the water village, and the best way is to let it appear randomly on the battlefield in order to exert its maximum power.

On the other hand, due to the misjudgment of Yang Shu, the naval army of Zhongli Musuo also suffered heavy losses, in just one hour of water battle, nearly half of the casualties, more than 3,000 people, more than 40 large and small warships were damaged, and the only Mengchong battleship was not sunk, but it was also scarred and could not fight again.

Therefore, Yang Wei decided to accept it when he saw it for the time being, first go back to the water village to rest, and then send troops to surround Baqiu Water Village in a few days.

Anyway, as far as the current situation is concerned, it is absolutely impossible for Zhu Ran to give up Baqiu Water Village and not defend it, unless he doesn't want Changsha County.

Again, according to the combat order from the main camp of Wulin, Yang Wei also needs to send a part of the naval army to Wulin to obey orders after gaining an advantage in the water war, the purpose is to make a posture of transporting troops across the river to attract Zhu Ran to send soldiers from Wuling County to help.

The strategic intent of this operation is still qualified to be known by the commander of the naval army at the level of Yang Wei, so he knows very well that his current purpose is not to fight with Zhu Ran and avenge the defeat in the last water war, but to give Zhu Ran enough pressure.

All things considered, the most correct choice is to slightly slow down the pace of the offensive and strive for better combat results when we are not sure that we can completely encircle and annihilate the Baqiu naval army, and at the same time take into account the strategic intentions.

In this way, Yang Wei did not rush to besiege Baqiu Water Village, but collected his troops and returned to the camp, and after resting for two days, he led 20,000 water troops out of the water village again, arrived at the gate of Baqiu Water Village of the Eastern Wu Army, and surrounded Baqiu Water Village.

And Zhu Ran, who had just experienced a defeat, did not choose to go out of the village to face the battle, but retreated in the Baqiu Water Village, stood still, and used the defensive measures of the Water Village to hold on.

At the same time, Zhu Ran was also looking for the figure of the "building boat" that gave him a headache.

The last time Liulu was blocked by the sheep and smashed in the Baqiu Water Village, it was because of the serious shortage of troops and he was unable to take the initiative to attack. Now, Zhu Ran is waiting for the sheep to repeat his old tricks.

As long as Yang Wei dared to drive the strange "Lou Boat" to the gate of Baqiu Water Village, then Zhu Ran would definitely seize the opportunity, take the initiative to attack in the shortest possible time, quickly approach the "Lou Boat", and seize the ship by jumping over the side in close combat.

This ability, Zhu Ran is confident that the Dongwu Navy still has it, and this is also the most likely opportunity to seize this warship after thinking about it for two days.

But. Zhu Ran searched for a long time, but he didn't see the figure of this warship at all.

Well, it is true that he lost a chance to seize the ship, but since there is no strange "building boat", there is actually no need for Zhu Ran to hide in the water village and not come out.

If he simply competed with the combat power of the navy, Zhu Ran didn't feel that he would be worse than Yang Wei.

It's just that let's let this Jiangling Navy make a little noise first, after all, they have just been defeated, and their morale has not yet recovered, so it's better to hold on for a while for the time being.

But guarding and guarding, Zhu Ran found that something was wrong.

How do you feel, in the past few days, the Jiangling Navy who has come to Baqiu Water Village from time to time has reduced the number of warships?!

Do you think that our Dongwu Navy has lost the will to fight and is unable to fight anymore, so the number of troops sent is getting smaller and smaller day by day, or is it that this Jiangling Navy has also divided its troops?!

But no matter what the reason is, Zhu Ran felt that he couldn't continue to shrink back.

On the one hand, after a period of rest, his own soldiers slowly recovered their morale, and in addition, they were blocked by people during this time, which also blocked a little anger, and now they also have the desire to fight.

On the other hand, whether it is the carelessness of the Jiangling naval army to underestimate the enemy, or the division of troops to Wulin, ready to transport the Wulin Shu army across the river, this is a very good fighter.

For this reason, Zhu Ran decided to use Baqiu Water Village as a cover to take the initiative to find fighters and fight another battle with the Jiangling Water Army.

And this battle. To tell the truth, Zhu Ran didn't know if he won or lost.

Zhu Ran used the terrain of Baqiu Water Village as a cover, shrunk his naval army into Dongting Lake, and waited for Yang Wei to lead the Jiangling naval army to block the gate again.

Then when the Jiangling Navy was about to end a day of blocking the door and collecting troops to return to the camp, Zhu Ran led the Dongwu Navy Army, which was waiting for work, to suddenly kill from Dongting Lake and chase down the Jiangling Navy that was about to withdraw its troops.

In the early stage of the battle, Zhu Ran went very smoothly, and Yang Ran really didn't expect that Zhu Ran would hide the main force of the naval army in Dongting Lake, leaving only an empty village to bluff.

Therefore, when the troops were withdrawn and returned to the camp, Yang Wei really only cared about guarding against Baqiu Water Village, but not in the direction of Dongting Lake.

was attacked by Zhu Ran, and tied a knot strongly.

But the problem is that just when Zhu Ran was about to take advantage of the victory to pursue and break the Jiangling Navy, Zhong Limu arrived in time with a Mengchong battleship and more than 30 large and small warships, and responded to the rescue of Yangqi, causing Zhu Ran to fall short.

And Zhong Limu's arrival is actually a move prepared by Yang Wei in advance.

When Yang Wei formulated the tactics of blocking the door, he actually took into account the situation in case there was an unexpected risk, so Zhong Limu was left to cruise around the Yangtze River waters as a response originally in case, but he didn't expect that this time it really saved Yang Wei's life and saved him from a big defeat.

It's just that even so, Yang Wei took 10,000 soldiers to block the door this time, but after being attacked by Zhu Ran for a while, he lost a Mengchong battleship and more than 30 warships, and the loss of soldiers was as high as more than 3,000 people.

The number of troops is still a trivial matter, the key is in terms of warships, and some of the Jiangling naval forces cannot afford to lose.

The entire Jiangling Naval Army, plus the remnants of the last war, only had five Mengchong warships and more than 160 large and small warships.

But now, after only five days of serious war, the Jiangling Navy has lost two Mengchong warships and more than 70 large and small warships. If the losses continue, the Gangneung Navy will have no ships to use.

At the same time, Zhu Ran, who was in the Baqiu Water Village, was also in a very bad mood now.

Although it is a pity that we could not completely win today's battle, it can be regarded as a victory, and it is a thing to be happy about because it has barely recovered the morale and morale of the army that failed last time.

But the problem is that after today's battle and observation, Zhu Ran found that the total strength of the Jiangling Navy has changed.

According to the information Zhu Ran obtained before the war, the total strength of the Jiangling naval army should be around 25,000 to 30,000.

But today, the number of the sailors who blocked the door brought by Yang Wei is about 10,000, and the number of Zhongli Pastoral Department who will come to respond should not exceed 5,000 people.

Even if you count the troops that need to stay in the water village, as well as the battle losses of the Gangneung Navy in the last water battle, then the Jiangling Navy has at least 5,000 to 10,000 people whose whereabouts are unknown.

If it was to stay in the camp, then Zhu Ran didn't need to worry about anything, but Zhu Ran was afraid that the missing naval troops and warships were going to Wulin to prepare to meet the Shu army crossing the river to attack Changsha.

Now that he is trapped in Baqiu and is restrained by these Jiangling naval forces, if the Shu army crosses the river to attack the counties of Changsha County at this time, Zhu Ran may not even be able to assist in defense.

In the Wulin area, the Shu Han army should be about 50,000, and the Changsha garrison is about 20,000 people.

Zhu Ran didn't know what the current situation was in the Jiangxia region, so Zhu Ran couldn't ask Zhuge Ke to lead the Jiangxia Army to help, as predicted before the war.

That's it. I'm afraid that Zhu Ran had to withdraw from Baqiu Water Village, hand over the heavy responsibility of fighting against the Jiangling Water Army to Liuluo to take charge, and hurried back to Changsha County to preside over the affairs of defending the city.

At the same time, just in case, I'm afraid I can really only transfer troops from Wuling County.

Well, that's probably the only option I can make.

(End of chapter)