Near the waters of Dongshan, the two fleets fought each other, the boats collided, the arrows flew sideways, and the shouts of killing shook the sky.

"Governor, dodge the arrows!"

The Huo Xiong brothers raised their shields left and right to protect Huo Jun behind them.

Today, Huo Jun originally wanted to compete with Zhou Yu Shui Shi a little bit to understand the strength of the other party. Huo Jun divided the fleet into five teams, Gan Ning and Ding Feng had just left, but unexpectedly, the generals of the Jiangdong Navy Division were like crazy, and Jiang Qin and Ling Tong drove the boat straight towards Huo Jun's flagship in the ship formation.

The Jingzhou Navy was small, and in the face of the big ship operated by Jiang Qin and Ling Tong, it was impossible to resist at all, and the fearful people even drove the boat to avoid it.

Killing near Huo Jun's flagship, the arrows of the Jiangdong Navy Division flew like they didn't want money, the arrows roared through the air, and then fell cracklingly, although most of them were stuck on the deck, but a small number of them still hit the water pawns, scaring everyone to protect Huo Jun.

"Bang!"

Stone projectiles fell into the lake, splashing several meters high.

Huo Jun faced the arrows in the air, but he was not afraid, and shouted loudly: "Shoot!" Let the surrounding ships surround and kill. ”

"No!"

Captain Li Wei commanded the sailors on deck to throw arrows as a counterattack.

The flagship was stabilized, and Gao Xiang led the sailors to outflank and kill from the left and right, but unfortunately the Jingzhou boat was short. Except for Gao Xiang's big ship, the rest of the small boats could only attack the Jiangdong big ship on their backs, and the arrows were thrown into the sky, and it was difficult to help the Jiangdong sailors on the big ship. And those Jiangdong sailors can be condescending and hit with arrows.

A fighting boat of the Jingzhou Navy was set on fire by arrows, dozens of arrows were inserted into the fast horse boat, and several sailors fell to the deck with arrows. Holding his shield, the Jingzhou sailor hurriedly operated the fast horse, and moved around the big ship to avoid the big ship's arrows.

A fleet could not eat Jiang Qin's troops, and Chen Yue led the ships to surround him. With many blows, it was only then that these Jiangdong sailors who were deep in the boats were contained.

On the ship, Huo Jun had long lost the chic spirit of the past, and hid behind the shield in embarrassment, commanding the sergeants to fight.

"Governor, most of the big ships of our army are in the hands of Gan Zhonglang, and we must not fight with the enemy ships for a long time."

As he spoke, Jiang Ji, who was wearing armor, pointed to more than a dozen Jiangdong ships coming towards the fleet, and said: "Zhou Yu sent a big ship to help, wanting to encircle and suppress the governor's big ship, and temporarily ask the governor to withdraw his troops." ”

Huo Jun used the shield in his hand to block Jiang Ji's body, and then looked up to watch the battle situation, as Jiang Ji said, the Ganning ship was dragged by the Jiangdong fleet, and Zhou Yu sent a big ship to try to encircle and suppress his flagship.

"Good!"

Huo Jun, who had tested the combat effectiveness of the Jiangdong Naval Division, shouted loudly: "Mingjin, withdraw the troops." Thou shalt not fight. ”

"No!"

The battle between the two armies lasted from morning to noon, and the Jingzhou Navy Division took the lead in retreating, and Gan Ning led his troops to the rear. Zhou Yu didn't take much advantage in this battle, and he was unwilling to Huo Jun to retreat easily, and chased all the way to Shuizhai. was forced to retreat by the dark piles and strong crossbows prepared by Zhuge Liang in advance, and Huo Jun successfully returned to his division.

"Governor, great joy!"

Jiang Qin grinned and said with a smile.

After fighting for so long, they rarely achieved success. Now they returned to their familiar water battles and won a small victory, which made them really happy for these front-line generals.

Returning to Fujiao Mountain Village, Zhou Yu, who returned victoriously, was quite happy and said with a smile: "Although today is a temptation, Huo Jun retreated in the face of difficulties. With the help of water warfare, our army can still protect itself in the land of Wuhui. ”

Zhou Yu is under great pressure, and if he can't take advantage of a frontal water battle, it is estimated that the morale of the army will plummet, and the sergeants will want to surrender. Today's small victory, although the results are not big, but they are rare and valuable. Zhou Yu took out the declaration, which had the intention of appeasing people's hearts.

"yes!" Everyone responded and said.

……

Jingzhou Water Village, in the big tent.

"What is Zhong Miao?" Zhuge Liang asked.

Huo Jun took off his hood, his hair was scattered, shook his head, and said: "The strength of the Jiangdong Navy Division is still there, and the soldiers rely on the big ship and dare to fight. ”

At the end of the first confrontation between the two sides, the Jiangdong Naval Division had a slight advantage. The Jingzhou sailors themselves suffered few casualties, with five or six hundred dead and wounded, but with the brave battles of Gan Ning, Ding Feng, and Gao Xiang, although the boats were short, they still captured two fighting boats and killed more than 300 Jiangdong sailors.

Gao Xiang demonstrated with a model of a boat and said: "Governor, today's trial confrontation shows the advantages and disadvantages of our military ship. The big ship of Jiangdong was condescending, and shot it with arrows, and our army needed to attack the big ship on its back, and did not dare to approach the big ship, for fear of being hit by it. However, my small boat can turn around and entangle with the big boat by virtue of its small boat. ”

"Exactly!"

Ding Feng said: "Gan Zhonglang and I led the team into the Jiangdong ship formation, Gan Zhonglang led the big ship to attack the enemy ship, Feng led the small boat to swim in the meantime, and the Jiangdong big ship could not control it. ”

Gan Ning patted the table helplessly and said: "Our army is brave, but due to the scarcity of big ships, we can't win. If there is a big ship in hand, it will be able to break the Jiangdong Sailor. ”

Jiang Ji hesitated a little and said: "Governor, Ji has heard that there are hundreds of ships and fighting boats in Jingzhou, and now the sailors are small, can you ask for the support of the big ships in Jingzhou." ”

Huo Jun shook his head and said, "If it is Liu Jingzhou's director, he will definitely promise." But Cai's isolation from the inside and outside may be difficult. ”

At the beginning of the fall of Huang Zu's water division, Liu Biao decisively deployed a large number of water divisions from Nanjun to support Yuzhang. But as Liu Biao's health became more and more unhappy, the Cai sisters and brothers mastered the inside and outside, and what they wanted Liu Biao to see, Liu Biao could see. Unless the matter is too big to hide.

"Kong Ming, when will the Yuzhang big ship be built?"

Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan and said: "For about half a year, Yuzhang can produce more than 30 large ships such as ships and bucket boats. ”

After a pause, Zhuge Liang suggested: "Zhong Miao might as well wait for a few months, and in autumn, not only will the rain fall, but our army will also get a big ship in Yuzhang." ”

"Or?"

Zhuge Liang changed his tone and said: "Although Liang doesn't know about water warfare, he also knows that in water warfare, fire attack is the best. ”

Gan Ning interrupted and said, "The military advisor can know the benefits and disadvantages of the fire attack, how can we and other generals not know the benefits and disadvantages of the fire attack." Our army lacks a southwest wind, I wonder if the military division can borrow the southwest wind for our army? ”

"Borrowing the wind?"

"Now the southeast wind is strong, and if you are not a god, how can you borrow the southwest wind." Zhuge Liang said calmly: "Although there is no southwest wind, but Liang heard the words of Boyan, and the southeast wind and the south wind often transform in the water. ”

Hearing this, Huo Jun looked up at Zhuge Liang and smiled secretly in his heart. You will not only set up an altar to borrow the wind, but also practice the method of borrowing longevity with the seven-star lantern.

"South wind?"

Gan Ning frowned and said, "It's quite difficult to use the strategy of fire attack in the south. Zhou Yu is in the east, which is conducive to seizing the southeast wind direction; Even if it is in the southeast, it is easy to turn to the south. It is really difficult for our army to take advantage of the direction of the wind and carry out the method of fire attack. ”

Huo Jun, who had been silent for a long time, smiled at the corner of his mouth and said, "Why can't the southeast wind attack with fire?" ”

"Governor!"

Everyone in the tent looked at Huo Jun standing in front of the sand table, with doubts, surprises, and even surprises in their eyes.

(End of chapter)