The Kunpeng Tenth Army did not know how to grasp the offensive rhythm on the battlefield, but it was really because of insufficient troops.

At present, the main fleet is ambushing the rebel Ninth Banner in Daxingzhou upstream, and Nie Xianzeng only has two hundred warships in his hands, which is far inferior to Guo Qifeng's strength. If it weren't for the thick fog on the river and the blurred vision, I am afraid that the rebels would have already discovered the clues and fought back.

Nie Xianzeng received an order to try to hold back the main rebel force in the waterway from Shangbaqi to Xiabaxia, so as not to let them easily retreat to the Jiuzi Fortress, wait for Luo Yuan to pack up the Ninth Banner, and then lead the army back quickly, and then destroy the enemy together.

Therefore, Nie Xianzeng launched a tentative attack before in order to prevent Guo Qifeng from running away, and now he must come up with a new way, not only to keep the other party here, but also to avoid a desperate fight with a huge disparity in strength.

This difficulty is far greater than the ambush battle of the Great Xingzhou Waterway, so Li Jiangyao and Xu Youchang will designate Nie Xianzeng to take the lead.

As the chief general of the Kunpeng Tenth Army, Nie Xianzeng did not disappoint most of them.

Seeing that the enemy on the opposite side had already had doubts, Nie Xianzeng gave an order to let the fleet take a position. However, that formation was not a Xuanxiang Formation or a Goose-shaped Formation for an all-out attack, but a sharp array for assault piercing.

Guo Qifeng's internal and external double ring formation, the biggest feature is that the system is complete and the area is open, because there is enough distance between the ships, so once the Zhenjiang army launches a multi-point all-out attack, they can adapt and adjust at any time and complement each other. From the perspective of overall defense, it is a more sensible strategy.

What's more, the inner and outer double ring formations can also alternately cover the retreat, if the situation is unfavorable, Guo Qifeng can immediately let his subordinates anchor and open the boat and withdraw from the battlefield.

However, the inner and outer double ring array also has a disadvantage, that is, its ship strength is mainly deployed in a ring shape, and the middle ground around the large circle is very empty.

Nie Xianzeng saw the reality of the rebel formation, and decided to send seventy flywheel fighting ships to form a peak, directly chisel through Guo Qifeng's inner and outer double rings, and run behind the enemy. As soon as they received the order of the commander-in-chief, they immediately took action, the sails were full, the wheels were spinning, and a huge spike crossed the river that was in fierce confrontation, and rushed straight into the inner and outer double ring formation.

At this time, the rebel lookout post had also seen the approaching flywheel ship clearly, and hurriedly reported to Guo Qifeng: Dozens of enemy ships are rapidly approaching, ready to scuttle through the formation!

Guo Qifeng was puzzled when he heard this. The Zhenjiang army obviously has a superiority in strength, why didn't it press over on all fronts, but let the lone army risk rushing into battle? Is it trying to disrupt our formation first and then launch a general attack?

With this doubt in mind, he ordered the ships in the front position to gather at once, and the front and rear arrays were as dense as possible in order to resist the onslaught of the opponent, while at the same time, twenty warships on each side moved forward appropriately, ready to flank the incoming enemy ships at any time.

In a word, we can't let those dozens of fighting ships break into the core area of the Double Ring, let alone let them break out of the formation and rush to the downstream position behind them!

The fierce confrontation between the fleets of the two sides broke out completely in an instant.

The flywheel was as fast as a silver shuttle on the river, and its agility far exceeded the rebels' expectations. Usually, in the process of high-speed impact, the warship often sacrifices part of the maneuverability, because if you want the ship to be fast and fierce, you can't be agile and light.

However, the Zhenjiang warship, which has the help of a huge flywheel, not only relies on the sails and rudder to change direction, but also has the role of steering itself through the difference in rotation speed on both sides of the hull.

Therefore, in the face of the change in the formation of the rebels, the seventy flywheels quickly adjusted, easily avoiding the enemy's dense parts, and stabbed diagonally at the weak points next to them.

With a few loud bangs, the three rebel ships were staggered and badly damaged by the Zhenjiang army, while the rest of the flywheel fighting ships braved a dense number of arrows to speed past them and rush towards the middle of the double ring formation.

Guo Qifeng's flagship once again signaled, instructing the warships in the middle of the ring to quickly start and intercept them, while the other ships concentrated their long-range forces and fired wildly at the Zhenjiang naval forces.

On the rebel ships in all directions, countless rockets flew up in an instant, streaked across the sky, and landed on the flywheel fighting ships that were entering the formation. The scale of the bows and arrows of hundreds of warships is not an exaggeration to describe it as covering the sky and the sun. In the blink of an eye, more than 20 Zhenjiang warships caught fire and burned, completely losing their combat power.

However, the enemy's ferocious blows did not frighten the Zhenjiang naval army, and nearly forty warships still rushed violently and rushed downstream.

At this time, the enemy ship responsible for intercepting in the middle was also gradually approaching, and without saying a word, the giant crossbows located on the bow and sides of the hull immediately opened the string and released arrows, causing the enemy ship to fly debris.

Compared with speed, the rebels are not as fast as the Zhenjiang Naval Army; Fight for courage, and the two are even more different. Although the flywheel fighter suffered a lot of losses in the inner and outer double ring formation, it still continued to approach the end of the entire formation.

Until this time, Guo Qifeng still couldn't guess the other party's intentions, and just when he was puzzled, Nie Xianzeng commanded the remaining nearly 100 warships and began to move forward.

The trombone sounded, the war drums beat, and the earth-shattering shouts of killing came from the dense fog, and the momentum was amazing.

Guo Qifeng was taken aback, and hurriedly asked the battleships at the front end of the ring formation to prepare to meet the enemy.

There was always one hope in his heart: as long as the fleet that could hold up to the Ninth Banner came to help, it would be a victory!

Most of the rebels' attention was attracted to the front by Nie Xianzeng, and the dozens of flying wheel fighting ships that were rushing forward arrived at the end of the inner and outer double ring formations. There are probably about 100 rebel warships here, which are dividing into two tiers and closing around the flywheel.

The flywheel fleet did not panic, and while engaging in fierce battles with the enemy on the spot, it continued to lay down the light boat invented by Wang Wenlie on the side of the ship. The warships of both sides chased after each other on the river, and it was difficult to solve the problem, and large fireballs broke out from time to time next to them, and the scene suddenly became even more chaotic.

Guo Qifeng finally understood at this time that the opponent was not trying to get out of the formation and cut off his retreat from the beginning. To tell the truth, even sixty or seventy flywheels, on a wide river, could not stop several times the enemy. Nie Xianzeng's purpose is to start fighting at the same time, so that Guo Qifeng can't take care of each other.

Only in this way can the rebels be truly held back, unable to move calmly, and can they fight and withdraw whenever they want.

Seeing that the flywheel fleet had successfully melee with the enemy ships in the rear, Nie Xianzeng had a greater grasp in his heart. He ordered his ships not to rush to charge, to keep a proper distance, and then to shoot the enemy with all their strength with great crossbows and bows.

Similarly, the rebels did not want to engage the Zhenjiang army at close range, so they bent their bows and arrows across the river and fought back.

All of a sudden, a dense rain of arrows rose again on the river, completely enveloping the fleets on both sides.

The long-distance battle lasted for more than half an hour, and both sides suffered damage, but Guo Qifeng's heart became more and more unsteady. First, the Zhenjiang Navy obviously did not have as many warships as imagined, on the contrary, the combat power on the opposite side was even inferior to its own side, so it did not launch any offensive charge for a long time. Second, the Ninth Flagship Team that set off from Chizhou, no matter how much it grinded, it was almost time to reach the battlefield now, but in fact, it didn't even see a ghost.

Don't...... They were held back upstream by the Zhenjiang Army?

Guo Qifeng feels that this is very possible. After all, sailing in the middle of the river, no matter how hidden, there are always traces to follow, once the Zhenjiang army finds out in time that there is a threat behind them, of course, they will also mobilize troops and horses to intercept it.

And this means that a two-sided attack will be transformed into a two-front battle.

Guo Qifeng carefully calculated: the Tenth Army of Zhenjiang has about 600 warships, while he has 500 here, and the Ninth Banner has nearly 300, and the total number is still more dominant. Even if a two-sided attack turns into a two-front battle, there is still a good chance of victory.

The key question is to seize the timing!

At the moment, the frontal enemy is obviously short of troops, and there is a high probability that he will divide his troops to deal with the Ninth Banner, so why not take advantage of the situation and attack Nie Xianzeng with a backhand to catch him off guard? If you can advance upstream and join the Ninth Banner in time, you can still defeat the main force of the naval division of the Zhenjiang Army!

Guo Qifeng's idea was right, but he still realized it late after all.

Just as he was about to give the order to change the defensive formation to an offensive formation for the whole army and attack the main formation of the Zhenjiang Navy against the current, countless huge sails appeared in the distance on the river surface upstream.

The main force of Kunpeng led by Luo Yuan arrived in time!

Nie Xianzeng, who was commanding the battle, saw the reinforcements appear, and secretly sighed in his heart: Finally, he didn't delay the plan of the Dadu Protector and let go of the enemy of Jiuzi.

He first ordered someone to send a signal to Luo Yuan in the rear, and then issued the final attack order: all the battleships charged at full speed, divided into left and right directions, outflanked the middle of the inner and outer double ring formation, and stuck the enemy. At the same time, the lines of action of the frontal battlefield were ceded, so that the main fleet, which was coming from behind, could launch a general attack.

Although the Kunpeng Tenth Army was not formed for a long time, they had a large number of naval commanders from professional backgrounds, and the soldiers were trained extremely hard and had high morale, which was very noble in the battlefield.

Especially at the critical moment of the war, the fact that the whole army can act like a commander and act decisively is the most fortunate thing for the commander-in-chief.

At this moment, Nie Xianzeng felt like this.

Hearing the order, nearly 100 warships quickly divided into two teams, ignoring the enemy's dense arrow attacks, and rapidly advanced along the north and south shorelines of the river.

Guo Qifeng also understood Nie Xianzeng's intentions, and hurriedly asked people to ring the golden gong, informing the ships to change their formations and retreat, intercepting the warships of the Zhenjiang Army while keeping close together and moving downstream.

"The Ninth Banner is probably finished!" Guo Qifeng shouted angrily: "The main force of the Zhenjiang Army only appeared at this time, most of them went to clean them up first and then came. Hurry up and return to the dove and stick to it with the water village, otherwise it will be troublesome! ”