Chapter 336: All the heroes (Thirteen)

The red smoke left in the sky cannon has not dissipated for a long time, and is particularly dazzling in the white clouds.

Yang Lehe stood at the bow of the ship, calmly looked at the warship far ahead, and then carefully looked at the scenery on both sides of the straits. Then he said to Chen Huaijing: "The army vanguard has approached Yueyang, and the Wuping naval army is inevitable. We went down the river and had a good advantage in the territory. They can only harass and dare not fight with all their strength."

Chen Huaijing was so nervous about the navy, so he didn't interrupt, but just looked ahead with Yang Lehe's eyes.

After a while, an officer ran over quickly and said, "Report to the general that the vanguard army has joined forces with the Wuping Navy, and the Wuping Navy has nine warships."

"It's true that I'm here to harass." Yang Lehe said: "Drive them away and don't chase them."

After the commander left, Chen Huaijing saw Yang Lehe's flags waving on the big ship where he was. Then, many big ships began to wave the flags.

These flag languages ​​look very messy, but in fact there is no repetition. The infantry and cavalry also have flag languages. However, the contact between infantry and cavalry is more convenient than that of the navy, and flag language is not the main contact method, so the flag language of infantry and cavalry is much simpler than that of the navy.

Yang Lehe watched the fleet gradually change its formation, and the serious expression on his face relaxed. He said to Chen Huaijing: "It's almost dark. Not far ahead is our Wangcheng Water Village. Let's go there to camp. From now on, Wangcheng Water Village will be the base camp of the water army. Starting from the Water Village, you can see Yueyang City in just two hours."

Chen Huaijing couldn't help but say, "If the Wuping navy attacks in a sneak attack, what should we do?"

Yang Lehe smiled and said, "We are in the upper reaches, and the Wuping navy is moving against the current. I'm afraid it's thankless." He smiled happily, but there was no sarcasm.

Chen Huaijing smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "Don't say that the journey is like a mountain, both wars are wars, and there are so many differences between infantry and water occupation."

While chatting with Shen Huaijing, Yang Lehe paid attention to the flag slogan on the Xuanlong ship ahead. It was the vanguard commander's boat. Suddenly, his face became serious again and said, "The vanguard has overturned a boat."

Chen Huaijing stared at the big ship in front of him. The big ship in front looked like a mysterious dragon boat. There were two flags on the top layer that changed shapes. Although they were very small, due to the colors, they could also see clearly. Chen Huaijing was about these complex changes. Just like an illiterate person saw a thick book. Although he knew it was full of words, he could not recognize any of them and could only worry about it.

The vanguard of the Dazhou Southern Expedition Navy Army had more than 20 warships, forming the first echelon. Except for one Xuanlong ship and two Xuanjiao ships, these warships were all brisk snake ships. The snake ships had a slender hull and could accommodate more than 20 people. They were famous for their fast speed.

Huang Dong, the commander of the vanguard team's Xuanlong ship, stood at the bow and carefully observed the warships of the Wuping Navy. A man in black from the Wuping Army fleet was standing at the stern and looking at Huang Dong.

The large ship of the Wuping Navy was named "Huang Yu". The name of Huang Huang came from a large ship in the Spring and Autumn Period. This large ship spanned rivers and made countless military achievements over the years. Although it was later defeated by the new warship of the Chu State, the reputation of Huang Huang was still passed down. Wuping's large ship similar to the Xuanlong ship was named Huang Huang.

At this time, there was a Yu Huang and seven Mao Tu ships in the battleground with the six Great Zhou snake ships. This was also a Wuping naval army used for reconnaissance. They quietly went upstream and hid on a small tributary on the edge of the Yangtze River. When they saw the vanguard of the Great Zhou naval army appear, they appeared on the Yangtze River along the tributary and rushed towards the flank of the Great Zhou vanguard army.

The Yu Huang Ship and the Mao Tu Ship appeared extremely suddenly. The Great Zhou vanguard was cut into two pieces in half. The two armies mixed together and attacked each other with arrows and crossbows. Soon, both sides used rockets to burn the opponent's ships.

The person who commanded the Yu Huang ship was Zhang Jingding, the youngest son of Wuping General Zhang Congfu. He stood at the stern of Yu Huang ship, looking at the continuous fleet upstream, and couldn't help but take a breath. He immediately ordered: "Go down at full speed and get out of the battle as soon as possible, and don't fight in love."

After the military order was passed, Yu Huang and Mao Tu ships went down at full speed.

The Yu Emperor was only slightly smaller than the Xuanlong, but much larger than the Xuanjiao ship. When he rushed out from the flank, he had already overturned a snake ship. More than 20 soldiers on the snake ship sank and floated in the water. Several people hit the ship that followed, losing their lives in a blink of an eye. The rest of the soldiers swam desperately towards other snake ships. Fortunately, the soldiers in the Wuping fleet were shooting at the Zhou Navy, and no one paid attention to the sergeant who fell into the water. Otherwise, none of these soldiers would escape.

After Zhang Jingding gave the order, most Wuping warships began to turn around, and a thunderbolt ship was connected by a snake ship with several hook guns, and they could not turn around.

The snake ship and the Mautu ship are not much different, but the Mautu ship is slightly higher, but it is not so high that it hinders traffic. The soldiers on the snake ship rush to jump towards the Mautu ship. There are more than 20 soldiers from each of the two ships. As the saying goes, the brave will win when they meet on a narrow road. More than 40 people are fighting hard on the swaying Mautu ship.

Fighting on the boat is not as good as on land. If you can't win, you can retreat. If you can't win, you can only dive. The Yangtze River is wide and the water is breathing fast. There are countless warships behind it. Diving and suicide are not much different. Therefore, more than 40 people on the boat have the will to fight desperately, and the boat is small, so there is no place to dodge at all. They can only fight to the death.

The battle was extremely cruel. Every time the knife went down, a bloody light appeared. The ship screamed constantly, and the broken hands were broken, and the ship was filled with broken arms. Several heads that were cut off were kicked around.

Soon, the battle on the ship was cleared, and the Great Zhou soldiers won the victory, but they also suffered heavy losses, losing more than a dozen people, and the rest were injured. Seven or eight Great Zhou soldiers unceremoniously threw the bodies of the Wuping soldiers into the water.

Zhang Jingding was behind the general, and he was always above the top and never suffered a loss. Seeing this, he was furious and ordered loudly: "All the crossbowmen on the ship come over and shoot all the Zhou soldiers to death." At this time, Yu Huang's ship had all his strength down, and was getting farther and farther with the two connected ships. Zhang Jingding felt uneasy. He saw a sergeant slow movement, kicked up and said: "What a useless guy."

Fortunately, when Zhang Jingding issued the order, the two small boats were within the range of the crossbow. A crossbow rang, and two or three Zhou soldiers who were throwing the body were shot down. Seeing that the rest of the soldiers were not doing well, they pressed tightly on the side of the ship to avoid the rushing crossbow arrows.

The Wuping fleet fled at full speed, but the Dazhou fleet did not chase after it, but just slowly went down the water.

Several vanguard generals surrounded Huang Dong and said angrily: "General Huang, order to chase him quickly, they are going to escape." "General Huang, fire the catapult cart." "If you don't send the catapult cart, you can use the Xishu crossbow to give him some time."

Huang's face was calm, and he looked at the Wuping navy gradually fading away, and said, "You must not fire catapults and Western Shu crossbows without permission. Those who violate the order shall be killed."

A messenger ran over and said, "General Yang ordered again, the vanguard was not allowed to pursue him, so he entered Wangcheng Water Village to camp."

Huang Dong glanced at the deputy generals and said, "The catapult cart and the Western Shu crossbow are the secret weapons of the Yangtze River Navy. How can they be leaked in such an encounter? Soldiers are the devil's way. Everyone needs to think twice about the words of the Martial Saint." The deputy generals looked at the Wuping warships that were leaving, and they were unwilling to accept it, but Huang Dong had an order, so the generals had to follow the order.

The water village is actually divided into two parts, one is the dry village and the other is the water village where the ships are stopped. All the Dazhou naval troops entered the Wangcheng water village, and the sky became completely dark.

The generals of the Navy came to Yang Lehe's tent, and Chen Huaijing hung the name of joining the army, and also came to the tent. The navy's vanguard Huang Dong saluted and reported the battle between the vanguards loudly.

"The Wuping Navy Yuhuang warship and eight Maotu ships suddenly rushed into the vanguard army from the tributary and overturned a snake ship. Our army also seized a Maotu ship. In this battle, the vanguard army lost 45 people, and the enemy's losses should be similar to our army."

Yang Lehe looked calm and asked, "How powerful is the Wuping Navy?"

Huang Dong said disdainfully: "Wuping Yuhuang's ship is close to the Xuanlong ship. After our army seized the Maotu ship, Yuhuang's ship once fired a round of crossbow arrows at the snake ship. I looked carefully. There were only a few crossbows on the port side of the ship. There were rods on the ship, but no catapult carts."

Yang Lehe praised: "General Huang handled the situation very well before the opportunity, but did not expose our army's strength, but he made a rough estimate of the enemy's virtual and real situation."

Huang Dong said again: "I'm afraid the enemy has already seen the catapult on the bow of the Xuanlong ship."

"It's okay, they only know one thing, not the other, and they will never think of the wonderful use of catapults in water wars."

Yang Lehe stood up and said, "The catapult is conducive to long-distance battles, and close combat becomes a decoration. Instead, it is better to shoot poles. Even if it is a long-distance battle, a catapult cannot play much role. Dozens of warships are required to launch the catapult together, so that the enemy cannot avoid it."

He was wandering around the tent, as if thinking about something. His generals looked at Yang Lehe with a black stone-like face and did not dare to disturb him.

After many rounds, Yang Lehe stopped and said, "Our naval army can fully play the role of the catapult cart when fully deployed. The Sanjiangkou River is wide and the river flows slowly, which is the best place for decisive battles. We must find a way to fight the Wuping army at Sanjiangkou, completely eliminate the Wuping naval army and control Dongting Lake. Wuping is naturally unable to resist the attack of the Southern Expedition Army."

Chen Huaijing once again looked at Yang Lehe with admiration. Judging from this arrangement, Yang Lehe is not only a brave general, but also a wise general. He has a very good grasp of the battle situation.
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