A century-old family that runs through the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 20 Fire, big fire!

Chen Youliang attributed the failure of this battle to the fact that his fleet was not linked thoroughly enough.

So on the next day, when Zhu Yuanzhang's Wu army moved out again, he faced a tightly connected ship formation.Except for a few small boats in Chen Youliang's Han army, all the rest have been connected together.

Although the opponent was menacing and the tall ships were connected together like a small city with tall and strong walls, they were constantly advancing, but Zhu Yuanzhang was not panicked.

Last night, he had prepared seven large ships filled with flammable grass and reeds. He was also worried that Chen Youliang's death would not be complete enough, so he specially added sandwich-barrels of explosives to these ships.

In order to avoid being discovered by the Han army, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered people to build straw men on these ships. They were covered with armor, holding weapons in their hands, and flags fluttering behind them, just like the main warships. However, In fact, there were only dozens of dead soldiers on it.

What he lacks now is a strong enough northeasterly wind.After all, only strong winds can maximize the advantage of fire attack. Otherwise, if Chen Youliang fails once, enough power is left for Chen Youliang, and the opponent is on guard, it will not be so easy to deal with.

However, after waiting for a day, the wind never picked up.

Then there really is nothing Sun Wu can do about it again, God will not give him convenience.

Wu Jun could only bite the bullet and launched an attack on Chen Youliang's fleet.

At this time, Chen Youliang's army advanced. Facing Wu Jun's attack, they did not panic at all. The giant ships formed a ship formation like an iron wall. No matter how Wu Jun attacked, they could not penetrate it!Not only that, Chen Youliang also noticed the weakness of Wu Jun's right wing and commanded the army to attack fiercely. Wu Jun complained endlessly and began to retreat!

Zhu Yuanzhang personally stood on the bow of the ship with a weapon and ordered "Anyone who crosses the ship will be killed." However, even if he killed more than ten thousand people in a row, he still could not stop the defeat!Fortunately, at the most critical moment, Ding Pulang led his men to launch an attack. Although it ended in failure, it also boosted Wu Jun's momentum and allowed them to barely hold on without collapse.

After a day of hard fighting, the advantages gained by the Wu army were almost completely lost. Facing the cluster attack of the Han army, the Wu army was not only unable to break through, but also suffered heavy losses. Generals such as Ding Pulang, Yu Chang, Chen Bi, and Xu Gongfu died in the battle, and a large number of soldiers died in the battle. The ship was destroyed and the losses were heavy.

The morale of the Wu army was greatly reduced, and their morale began to be unstable. Although Zhu Yuanzhang himself still had firm faith and fighting spirit, his subordinates were already a little discouraged and even timid about the Han army's attack.

Chen Youliang watched with pleasure as Wu Jun rolled up his flag and retreated. At this time, he was very proud, wearing gorgeous armor, with a yellow dragon flag behind him, enjoying the compliments of his ministers.

Zhu Yuanzhang, and the counselor named Yan Ling... I want to hold your heads in front of the tomb in Dingbian to pay homage. I want you to be a stepping stone on my way to achieve the Ninth Five-Year Plan!
As for Wu Jun, it seemed that his strength had been exhausted after this battle. During the day on the third day, they were still fighting very hard, but they were struggling to hold on, and their defeat seemed certain.

However, God seemed to want to give this beggar a chance to continue his legendary life.

At Shen Shi (Ming Dynasty records record it as "afternoon", which is about three to five o'clock in the afternoon), a northeast wind suddenly blew on the river, and the wind was extremely powerful. It was simply God's help!
Zhu Yuanzhang immediately ordered the fire ship to set off!
Seeing that the Wu army could only parry, the Han army had already relaxed its guard. However, the fire ship followed the wind and was extremely fast, allowing these seven ships to successfully attack!
Seeing that the Han army was approaching, the dead soldiers lit straw and jumped into the river!
Although it lost the control of the soldiers, the ship was still sailing towards the Han army at high speed under the strong wind, and at the same time, it was ignited with raging flames!

The Han army's sentries finally noticed the ships. They shouted in panic, but it was too late.Chen Youliang's ship was too big and it took a lot of time to turn.Just hearing the sound of "boom" and "boom", the fire ship had hit the Han army's ship.

The giant ship just shook for a moment and then stabilized. Their tonnage was huge, and a collision of this scale was not enough to cause any damage.

However, the real killing move is far from this mere impact!

It was already evening and the sun was setting.

The sun cast its last rays, and the blood-red color was reflected on the lake. Together with the sparkling lake surface, it was so gorgeous. It should have looked like a peaceful time.

But now, it's the same beauty, but it's killing, the cruel beauty brought by blood!
The fire is soaring into the sky!The fire took advantage of the wind and ignited all of Chen Youliang's hundreds of ships in an instant!Fires were burning on the ship, on the sails, and even on the soldiers!In order to save their lives, they had no choice but to jump into the cold lake, but then they had to face the same deadly lake!

The flames were raging into the sky, the burning smoke almost covered the entire sky, and the red fire reflected the entire lake red!

Misfortunes never come singly. At this moment, Wu Jun launched a general offensive!Countless ships were flowing down the river, rushing towards the Han army. The loud shouts of death seemed to come from the underworld. It was a fatal call!

The Han army no longer had the intention to resist. Without orders from the generals, they began to maneuver their ships to retreat without authorization. Even the generals began to escape!There was no organization to retreat, no cover, blockade, or rearguard. All the Han soldiers had only one word left in their hearts - "escape"!
There was no longer any affection between them, and they even fought over the waterway to escape. The giant ship did not care about the small boats on the lake and directly crushed them!The morale of the military has been weakened to an extremely terrible level!

"Your Majesty, retreat quickly!" Chen Youliang stood on the bow of the ship. He looked so helpless at this time. The dragon flag behind him was even a bit ridiculous. The people around him advised, they didn't want Chen Youliang to lead them to resist. That's death.

Just half a day ago, he had beaten Wu Jun to the point of losing their armor and killed and wounded their generals, but he did not expect that the reversal would come so quickly.

The Emperor of the Han Dynasty uttered two words from his mouth in despair. He knew that the battle had been lost.

"retreat!"

Impatiently, the giant ship began to turn and sailed away from the battlefield with the defeated army. The setting sun was like blood, shining on the crooked banner with the word "Chen", so desolate that it seemed to indicate his end.

In this battle, hundreds of giant ships of the Han army were burned, and the Wu army won the first level of [-]. However, countless people were drowned and burned!Chen Youliang's younger brother Chen Yougui and his Pingzhang Chen Pulue were both burned to death!Even his wise and brave brother Chen Youren, known as the Five Kings, died in the sea of ​​fire!

Two dragons fight to determine the male and female, and Poyang's buildings and ships are wiped out!
(End of this chapter)