Chapter 188: Bucking the Trend

The morning sun rises at the broad horizontal line of the Luo River, and the glow is ten thousand ways, setting off the murderous battlefield on the river.

The sailors of Luochuan and Hejian Country were deployed on the river ten miles outside the water village, preparing to attack the naval army of Gaoshan Country. Large and small ships are in a neat formation, and flags are fluttering, covering the sky and the sun.

The flagship between Luochuan and Hehe is a super-giant building ship with a five-story high deck and an ironclad parapet wall, like a sea fortress that can never be attacked.

The ship is equipped with an aura hard crossbow, which is extremely lethal, and if it is a condensing qi realm, even a transcendent realm master wants to storm it, he needs to pay the price of blood.

Each country's 10 backbone ships were three-tiered ironclad warships, controlled by hundreds of men, and each backbone ship led 50 pioneer ships.

The Vanguard ships were manned by twenty men and moved nimbly across the river. As soon as the three-way naval division of Gaoshan Kingdom opened out of the village, and as soon as it appeared at the horizontal line, the naval division between Luochuan and the river divided into two teams of up to 100 ships each, and copied them from the two wings, and disappeared into a pincer-shaped formation.

On the building ship of the Gaoshan Country, Elder Baihe, Shangguan Fei, as well as the sect masters and elders of the major sects, sailors, and the major generals of the army all looked at the warships in the distance.

Elder Baihe said: "Luochuan Zhao Liang, Hejian Zhu Wen is worthy of being a famous general on the water, he wanted to stand on the upper hand from the beginning, is it bullying me that there is no one in the mountain country?" ”

Shangguan Fei said: "Master, although the enemy's army is huge, they are the cooperation of the two countries, and the degree of tacit understanding will naturally be greatly reduced. ”

"Wu Rong, let's fight."

"Yes!"

Admiral Wu Rong turned his face to his side and ordered the flag soldiers to give an order: "Order all the left and right sailors to dispatch to meet the enemy ships!" ”

The flag soldiers immediately waved the flag to the left and right water divisions.

At this moment, Zhang Gui's gaze slowly swept across the vast river, realizing that the two countries of Hejian and Luochuan launched a general offensive today, and they must have calculated the weather changes.

The wind was blowing from the direction of the enemy ships, and Takayama Kuni's sailors were now in the most disadvantageous downwind position in water warfare, which had a fatal impact on fire attacks, arrow shots, and ship speed.

At this time, the banner soldiers conveyed the attack order issued by Wu Rong, and Zhang Gui couldn't help but reprimand: "Idiot, can't you see the situation in front of you?!" ”

Zhang Zhen said on the side: "Luochuan and Hejian must have worked our previous water wars, so they will strive for the initiative as soon as they come up, and if they send troops at this moment, they will suffer heavy losses." ”

Zhang Gui twisted the beard on his chest and said: "Wu Rong doesn't know the tactics of war, this is a tough way to fight." Moreover, he asked the sailors on the left and right sides to send troops, I am afraid that it was also to consume the strength of me and Lu Ning. “

"Even if we are defeated, and his Chinese army stabilizes Shuizhai, the enemy army will not be able to break through it easily, but he has reason to punish us for a crime that is not good for the army."

"Lu Ning is okay, he is close to him, and we will suffer. If it weren't for Zhan Gongzi's plan in advance, I'm afraid we would have planted it today. Now I'm going to surprise him by surprise. ”

Hearing Zhang Gui mention Zhan Gongzi, Zhang Zhen's body stiffened involuntarily. Last night's events came to my eyes again, and I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, why is there such a huge gap between young people and young people.

The fate of everyone seems to be in the hands of others, and if you don't act according to the plan, I'm afraid you won't know how to die.

A war drum pulled Zhang Zhen back to reality.

It was the first time for Zhang Zhen to encounter such a grand scene, and he couldn't help but feel excited, seeing that Zhang Gui was still so calm and calm, he couldn't help but have a little more respect for his uncle in his heart.

At this time, all the warships of the Gaoshan Kingdom on the left and right sides also entered the predetermined position, and the left army took Zhang Gui's "Qinglong" as the center, and the left and right wings "Vermilion Bird" and "Xuanwu", each leading fifty ships into a formation.

Zhang Gui looked at the Luochuan sailors who were outflanked by the enemy ship from the outside, looked up to the sky and laughed, and issued an order. The 100 vanguard ships led by Suzaku and Xuanwu were immediately launched, and the soldiers on board all put on their water supports, carried oars like flying, and rushed towards the enemy's fleet on the horizontal water.

The boat was piled with barrels of fuel, and at first glance it was a plan to set fire to the warship. The Pioneer ship was light and nimble, like a small fish, quickly shuttling across the water, and rushing out of the two miles in the blink of an eye.

The enemy ships at a distance of ten miles were ready to be destroyed before the enemy ships could enter range.

At this time, Zhao Liang was standing on the flagship, and beside him stood a number of high-level generals, Ni Yuan stared at the Qinglong in a trance. Zhao Liang's eyes flashed with cold light, and he asked, "Isn't this a moth fighting a fire and killing itself?" The herald ordered to send 100 Exocet ships, push forward a mile, and set up a front defense to prevent the enemy ships from approaching. ”

"Ni Yuan, what's going on?" Zhao Liang stared at the river and asked, with a little displeasure in his tone.

Ni Yuan, who was behind Zhao Liang, sank like water, and replied: "It seems that Zhang Gui has changed his mind, and it's time to teach them a profound lesson." ”

"You don't seem surprised?"

"The people of the mountain country are fickle and go back on their word, so it's no wonder. I only hate him for not knowing the times, and ask the general to destroy them completely. ”

Zhao Liang was silent.

A general next to him clasped his fists and saluted Zhao Liang and said, "General, isn't this old man afraid that the secret road will be revealed and killed by the white crane?" ”

"It doesn't matter, he's going to die, what if he dies at our hands?!"

At the moment, amid the sound of drums and drums, five medium-sized warships led the Flying Fish ships and headed forward. The Flying Fish ships dispatched before were divided into two wings that were swept towards the high water division on the left and right, forming an encirclement trend.

Zhang Gui smiled and said: "Zhao Liang's move is called defending the middle and waiting for the attack, which is to force us to attack against the wind, then he can take advantage of the momentum of more victories and fewer to defeat us in one fell swoop, hmph, so underestimate my Zhang Gui's experience in water warfare for more than 20 years." ”

"The attack on both flanks of the Luochuan Exocet is actually a bluff, if it launches an offensive, it will wrap our left and right arms tightly, so that we cannot move. Therefore, the whole army advanced forward, the two wings counterattacked the enemy with the wind, and the rear army moved forward a mile, giving him a belly and back to suffer the enemy. ”

The horn sounded, and nearly 100 pioneer ships were not affected by the wind speed and quickly rushed towards the five medium-sized ships in Luochuan. The faces of the generals standing on the opposite flagship changed drastically.

As Zhang Gui expected, they wanted to follow the wind on the flanks and attack obliquely, but the enemy ships moved forward, and the Exocet ships on their flanks fell downwind, and at this time, the warships on both wings returned to the division to counterattack and became downwind, so the advantages and disadvantages were immediately exchanged, and the enemy's medium-sized ships moved forward, which would inevitably make the Exocet ships suffer from the enemy.

What is even more worrying is that the enemy ship in front is full of fire oil, this fire oil is specially made by the enemy, and it will float on the surface of the water and burn more than when it is poured on the water.

This madman Zhang Gui, doesn't he want to go back!

At this time, a hundred pioneer ships had already entered the range of the Luochuan Naval Division.

A senior general asked: "General, we should kill these ships at a distance at this moment, otherwise the fire oil will break and scatter on the surface of the river, and it will be detrimental to our ships if it spreads." ”

"Yes, General, the Exocet ships of our army that are attacked on the belly should also turn to the outside and attack the opponent's Suzaku and Xuanwu with the wind."

Zhao nodded and said: "The medium-sized ships shoot these ants from a distance, and the flying fish retreats to the two wings, echoing the attack of the medium-sized ships, and intercepting the ships that break through." ”

The order was passed down, and the war drums thundered.

There was a drum beat on the Blue Dragon, and half of the vanguard ships suddenly made a sharp turn and went down the wind towards the enemy's Exocet. The other half picked up speed and went straight to the backbone of the ship against the wind.

The two sides only compete for this moment, and whoever can arrive at the designated position in advance will be able to seize the opportunity.

The battle began.