Invincible son

Chapter 1223 1224 [Hanging directly on the cloud sails to help the sea] ([-])
In the Puqi water battle nearly a month ago, the Nanwufeng Navy and the Zhenhai Navy fought up and down, defeated the Daliang Dingzhou Navy, and then brought the waters of the Tiancang River under control.

After receiving the urgent report sent by Fang Yuntian, Cheng Wenbing, the admiral of the Wufeng Navy, immediately decided that the newly formed Zhenhai Navy would stay where they were, and he would take half of the warships down the river to face the Northern Liang Qinzhou Navy.

The Wufeng navy has been in the army for nearly a hundred years, and has been the overlord of the Tiancang River for a long time. It was only because of its eagerness to retreat that it was bitten off by the Dingzhou navy the year before last, but it did not hurt the root cause.

This time Cheng Wenbing personally led more than 120 main warships to the east. His ship was by no means a naval warship in the ordinary sense. It was fifteen feet long, three feet high, and two feet wide. For archers and armored soldiers, there are separate artillery carts, stones, iron juice, and bed crossbows, which are shaped like small forts.

Such a giant warship is invincible in water battles, especially the specially installed ram angle on the bow, and the giant rackets equipped on both sides of the ship, there are almost no weaknesses in the whole body.

Two days later, more than a hundred warships covered the sky and covered the sun, and came to the waters of the mouth of the Tiancang River.

Cheng Wenbing stood on the third deck, looking at the Beiliang Navy in the northeast direction.

"What a big hand."

He narrowed his eyes slightly and said expressionlessly.

Although the details of the Beiliang warships cannot be seen clearly from a distance, judging from the number and types of the opponent's warships, the rumored Qinzhou navy has long been reborn, and at least [-]% of the warships are Brand new.

After observing, the adjutant said: "My lord, the general thinks that the Beiliang Navy is nothing to fear."

Cheng Wenbing said noncommittally: "Let's listen."

The adjutant said confidently: "Northern Liang's national strength is strong, and it is easy to build warships, but they don't have soldiers who are good at water warfare, otherwise the Dingzhou navy would not have suffered a complete defeat last month. The two will eventually find their warships." They are all relatively small in size. If it is an inland river, a warship of this size can give full play to its advantages of agility. However, we are now fighting on the sea, and our warships will not be restricted by the narrow terrain. Charge in a long formation, and one round of collision can completely break up the opponent's formation!"

Conventional water warfare in this era generally has three stages, that is, long-range attacks before approaching the enemy, including archers on board, small artillery vehicles, and bed crossbows, but generally speaking, it is difficult to cause fatal blows to the enemy.Then came the collision of warships. There is no doubt that the large warships of the Southern Zhou Navy had an absolute advantage.The last is the boarding battle, but it is often not easy to advance to this step, unless the two sides are evenly matched.

The adjutant's opinion was reasonable, but Cheng Wenbing did not give an answer immediately.

Before arriving at the mouth of the sea, he received a joint military order from Xian Chunqiu, Marquis of Rejection of the North, and Fang Xie Xiao, Duke of Zhenguo.

Today, the Zhou army on the east and west lines on the north bank of the Tiancang River is in a state of contraction. Xian Henghan leads [-] infantry to defend the already captured Chaling and Pingwu, while Fang Yuntian leads [-] elite troops to station in the southeast corner of Yaozhou, which is now Wufeng. The north side of the water where the navy is located.The task of these two armies is mainly to contain the Beiliang frontier army and prevent the opponent from freeing up their hands for large-scale detour support.

After all, the Tiancang River stretches for thousands of miles, and it is impossible for the Zhou Dynasty navy to control all the crossings.

On the south bank, Xian Chunqiu personally led the main force to attack Hanyang City, Fang Xiexiao led Pingjiang sharp soldiers to frighten Jiangling Liang army, and the Linjiang battalion to the east was responsible for supporting the west and north battlefields at any time.However, according to the news Cheng Wenbing received, the battle of Hanyang was very difficult, and the morale of the defenders was still unable to be broken for nearly ten days after the battle. any errors.

After learning that the completely new Northern Liang Qinzhou Navy had appeared in the waters east of Yaozhou, Xian Chunqiu ordered to suspend the siege of the city. Not only that, the Pingjiang army, Linjiang camp, and the east-west troops on the north bank of Jiangling city were all suspended. Offensive, almost everyone's eyes are focused on the east of the estuary.

Cheng Wenbing sighed softly in his heart. He understood the reason for this situation. The Beiliang Qinzhou navy was obviously going south under Pei Yue's order, and that name was almost the person most feared by the monarchs and officials of the Zhou Dynasty.

"Be sure to defeat the Northern Liang Qinzhou Navy. The Tiancang River defense line cannot be lost, but we must be careful to guard against the enemy's hidden ambush."

This is Xian Chunqiu's exhortation, which is enough to show that he attaches great importance to Pei Yue.

Cheng Wenbing looked up at the Beiliang warship moving slowly in the northeast direction, wondering if the young Duke who looked like a god of war was among them?

"My lord..." Seeing his long silence, the adjutant asked worriedly.

The hesitation in Cheng Wenbing's eyes faded away, and he said calmly: "The two armies on the left and right move forward, the central army lags behind, and defeat the enemy army with a three-step strategy."

The adjutant was overjoyed, and shouted to the herald next to him: "Beat the drums and march!"

……

The sound of drums beats the sea, and the spirit of soldiers is used among the clouds.

Hundreds of warships from the Southern Zhou Dynasty broke through the waves to the north in an arc formation, and the Daliang Qinzhou Navy responded immediately.

On the ship of the Chinese army, Admiral Chen Huacheng held a sword in his right hand, looked coldly at the mighty enemy warships in the south, and said sharply: "Everyone is there, move east!"

The sound of the horn immediately resounded through the sky and the earth.

On the offshore sea where the sea breeze is blowing, the Southern Zhou Navy is like a pair of horned bows that are gradually opening, slinging head-on from south to north. The strategic intention is undoubtedly revealed. Naturally, it wants to use its own advantages to encircle and wipe out the Daliang Navy.The number of warships on both sides is almost the same, but the warships of the Southern Zhou Dynasty are generally larger, stronger and stronger, and at this moment they are moving faster with full sail.

The Qinzhou Navy is like a long snake on the vast sea, meandering to the northeast, the distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, gradually entering the reach of long-range attack means.

For the experienced navy of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, the commander did not need to personally direct the details of the battle. The artillery carriages and bed crossbows on the large warships were the first to launch the first wave of extremely fierce offensives.

In an instant, countless catapults and crossbow spears were shot out suddenly. The former drew a nearly perfect parabola in the sky, and the latter flew out at a height of about two to three feet above the sea at high speed, and fell on the Qinzhou navy warship like a storm. The second half!

The Qinzhou Navy fought back at the same time, but judging from the battle damage, the power of these weapons alone is obviously better than that of the Southern Zhou Dynasty.

Chen Huacheng stood proudly on the deck and roared, "Speed ​​up!"

After the semaphore gave the order, the girder warship suddenly burst out at an incredible speed, and continued to gallop toward the northeast on the wide sea, apparently to escape the enemy's pursuit.

The distance between the two sides, which had been shortened, widened again.

On the boat of the Southern Zhou Zhongjun, Cheng Wenbing looked calm. The opponent had clearly realized the gap in strength between the two sides, and intended to move to his side through a large-scale transfer.

With this in mind, he looked towards the vast waters in the northeast direction, and said seriously: "Contract the formation, speed up and rush over!"

All the soldiers shouted excitedly: "Follow the order!"

If you look down from the sky at this moment, you will see the Qinzhou navy desperately adjusting its direction, and more than a hundred warships are dragging a long line on the sea.And about four or five miles away from them, the Wufeng Navy changed its formation in a very short time, from a curved bow to a long snake, and rushed straight to the abdomen of the Qinzhou Navy from the side.

"General, what is that?"

On the Southern Zhou warship at the forefront, a sailor looked blankly at the distant sea surface, where there were faintly floating objects.

The general raised his eyebrows and looked at it, then said disapprovingly: "Concentrate and prepare to ram the enemy ship!"

Across this sea area, the Beiliang warship is in front of you.

It's just that Cheng Wenbing and ordinary sailors didn't notice that the Beiliang warship never entered the sea ahead, but made a big bend along the edge.On the surface, they wanted to turn around and attack the flank of the Wufeng navy, but in fact they waited patiently for the opponent to take this shortcut to attack themselves!
At this time, the sun was shining brightly and the scenery was just right.

Hundreds of Southern Zhou warships rushed into this sea area.

Someone found that his warship seemed to have hit a suspended object, but no one cared.

Just listen to-

"boom!"

(End of this chapter)