Chapter 173: Runaway Water Army

Xiangyang.

The waves rolled and constantly lapped against the battleship.

Standing on top of the battleship, Gundam stared at the two fortresses in the distance, turned his head sideways and asked Fan Wenhu next to him, "Is that the fortress built by the Yuan army?"

This Fan Wenhu was born white, a white-faced little student who was alive, and with the bright silver armor he was wearing, he was majestic.

He glanced at the two fortresses in the distance and immediately said, "That's right. That should be the Lumen Fort and White River City that my uncle said. These two cities, one on the left and one on the right, completely blocked the entire Han River, and no one could break through the defense line. This led to the reason why the defenders of Xiangyang repeatedly tried to break through the blockade, but they could not break the defensive line. ”

When the two of them looked together, they saw that on both sides of the Han River, two fortresses were overlooked, and dozens of huge cannons were laid on them, and each of them aimed at the surface of the river, and if they found any movement, they would fire powerful cannonballs from them, and completely destroy the warship.

At this moment, the defenders of these two fortresses also seemed to have discovered the incoming Song army, and had already turned the artillery above and aimed at the entire fleet.

As long as the entire fleet was within range, they would launch a ferocious artillery bombardment and completely crush the Song troops who came to reinforce them.

Gao Gao's eyebrows furrowed, and he already felt extremely troubled: "Looking at it like this, if you want to break the blockade of the Yuan army, it is not an easy thing. ”

"That's right. ”

Fan Wenhu also nodded, with sorrow on his face: "I just don't know how my uncle is doing in Xiangyang? If the Yuan army really breaks through Xiangyang, I'm afraid of them-" When he said this, as if he had struck a sad matter, Fan Wenhu was already in tears.

"Alas. It's useless to think about this now, let's discuss how to pull out these two fortresses first. ”

Gundam looked at this scene, but felt strange in his heart.

After all, when the letter came, Xiangyang was fine, why did he work hard for such a while, this Fan Wenhu was like this?

"Yes. Fan Wenhu stopped the urge to cry and forced himself to cheer up: "It's just that Commander Gao has to pay attention? After all, you are the commander this time, if you talk about how to break through these two fortresses, Commander Gao should be quite confident." ”

"Self-confidence doesn't count, after all, I haven't fought yet. And the Yuan army has always been powerful, but it is not an ordinary opponent, if I don't have 100,000 points of certainty, I don't want to fight them. "Gundam is worried, and he is not very confident about this war.

The situation of the fortress is unknown, and when the situation of the other party is not detected, Gundam is not willing to be touched.

"But don't forget, Prime Minister Jia Cheng gave an order, let us break the defense line and rescue Xiangyang. Fan Wenhu urged, and then turned a corner: "You must know that uncle is inside." If I hadn't been rescued, I'm afraid my father-in-law wouldn't have spared me. ”

"Don't worry, I have my own measure. ”

Gundam coped with it, and he really couldn't stand Fan Wenhu's mouthful of a father-in-law and a prime minister.

Fan Wenhu's face showed surprise, and he hurriedly asked, "So, my uncle is saved?"

"This is not a salvation, it can only be said that there is some hope. Gundam pursed his lips, and suddenly felt that it was not a wise move to take Fan Wenhu with him in this battle, of course, he also made arrangements for the next battle, so he ordered: "I have an idea about how to conquer this fortress, I don't know if you are willing to accept it?"

"What's the solution? As long as I can save my uncle, of course I'm willing. Fan Wenhu hurriedly said.

Gundam's expression moved slightly, and he probably wanted to correct it, but he finally fell silent, and said, "This method is not difficult. First of all, I need you to lead the naval army to attack those fortresses. You don't need to attack, you just need to continue to harass the opponent with artillery from a distance to attract the opponent's firepower. ”

"Will this be successful?" Fan Wenhu asked.

"Of course not. Gundam shook his head and added, "So I'll lead an army to attack the fortress from the land." In this way, the opponent can be caught in a state of siege from both sides. When the time comes, we will naturally be able to successfully capture the fortress and rescue Lu Wenhuan. ”

Fan Wenhu happily replied: "I see. So start now?"

"Of course not at this time, after all, the other party has already prepared, if it attacks at this time, it will only add sacrifices for no reason. Gundam vetoed, "So I'm going to attack at dawn." At that time, the opponent should be just when he is tired, and it is the best time to attack. ”

"That's good. Then I'll go and prepare. ”

Fan Wenhu shouted, and then asked the heralds around him to convey the order, and told all the soldiers to start cooking and resting on the spot, and when the time was right, they would attack the fortress.

Half a day passed in a flash, and in the blink of an eye, a little white cloud had appeared on the horizon.

In the early hours of the morning, Gundam had already led his men to the shore and lurked more than ten miles away from the fortress, waiting for the cannon to fire before they would charge and completely uproot the two strong fortresses.

"Boom!"

An orange-red flame rose and splashed above the river in the distance.

This cannon sound also seemed to announce the start of the war, so that the two fortresses in the distance also woke up from their slumber, they were like the giants of the ancient times, and they made an almost violent sound towards the sky, dozens of orange-red flames rose above the city, and dozens of cannonballs also spanned a distance of ten miles, directly falling into the naval army.

"Boom!"

There was a thunderclap on the ground, and the entire battleship got up and broke.

Seeing that the battleship was destroyed, all the battleships began to panic, and without the neat formation before, one by one began to panic, and some even wanted to turn around and flee from here.

Seeing this scene, Fan Wenhu was suddenly frightened, and he hurriedly gave an order to his subordinates: "Retreat quickly." Go back. ”

Before everyone could react, Fan Wenhu's battleship had already turned its bow, and the huge chimney also spewed out thick black smoke, so it directly crashed into several battleships and retreated towards the rear.

Seeing that the leader was the same, the rest of the people also lost their minds and turned the bow of the ship, trying to flee from this place.

But the Han River is not as good as the Yangtze River, but where can the half-mile-wide river accommodate so many warships to turn around?

Battleships are like flies without their heads, except for crashing into each other and causing themselves to be unable to operate, there is no other result. There were even unlucky ones, who were directly knocked out of a big hole, and the cold river water continued to pour into the inside of the ship, and in the blink of an eye, it sank to the bottom of the river, turning into a reef blocking the river.

Seeing the situation of the Song army and the navy, the two fortresses were also happy, so they turned their guns and began to attack these warships that had lost their mobility.

"Bang bang bang!"

In this way, one battleship after another fell victim to the enemy's artillery.

Standing on the shore, Gundam was already dumbfounded as he watched this scene: "What the hell is going on? Why is this happening?"