The Summoning of the Troubled Times at the End of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 165 The fierce battle on the river, the young general offers advice
A few days later, Gong Yuan, the leader of the Xiaoliang Army, once again organized an army to attack the Sui army on the opposite bank.

In the past few days, due to Xue Rengui's several sky arrows, Xiao Liang's army formation was turned upside down.

In an instant, Xiao Liang's entire army was like a deflated ball, and the morale of the army was slackened.

He was shocked on the spot by Xue Rengui's sky arrow.

Therefore, as Xiao Liang's general, Gong Yuan had no choice but to suspend the attack and withdraw his troops back to the city to increase his military prestige.

Of course, Xiao Liang's army did not make a large-scale attack, and the Yanmen army must not be idle either.

Under Xue Rengui's orderly instructions, the Yanmen Army repaired Wubao on all the main roads leading to Yiyang County in full swing.

Today, Wubao has been fully completed!
The first line of defense of the Yanmen Army is of course the Xiangjiang River with a natural barrier.

It is only said that Xue Rengui deployed heavy troops to defend the most important tributaries of the Xiangjiang River.

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"Woo, woo!"

Accompanied by the blowing of a trumpet, it also indicated that Xiao Liang's army had formally launched an attack.

I saw densely packed dragon boats, fighting ships, and even larger boats straddling the river.

All of a sudden, Xiao Liang's army controlled the warships one after another and began to storm towards the opposite bank!

Long dragons one after another covered the entire Xiangjiang River, and there was really a feeling of 'black clouds overwhelm the city and the city is about to be destroyed'.

"Archer, get ready!"

"Once the rebels were in range, they fired indiscriminately."

Seeing Xiao Liang's army attacking, Xue Rengui let out a long breath, raised his sword and roared.

In an instant, these fearless Yanmen children unconsciously clenched their bows and crossbows tightly, waiting for them seriously.

Time passed slowly, as Xiao Liang's army gradually advanced.

Finally, the battleship Xiao Liang finally entered the range of the Yanmen Army.

Seeing the opportunity, Xue Rengui didn't hesitate and said with all his might, "Let the arrows go, let the arrows go!"

Hearing the order, in an instant, the Yanmen army bowed their bows and set up arrows one after another.

In an instant, the sky was filled with countless arrows like knitting holes.

Afterwards, arrows all over the sky looked down one after another, and shot straight at Xiao Liang's battleship.

Countless arrows fell from the sky and shot into the battleship.

"Ding, ding!"

A crisp and emerald sound resounded in Xiao Liang's warship.

After a rain of arrows, looking from a distance, except for the soldiers in Xiao Liang's army who couldn't dodge, they were hit by arrows one after another.

The battleship was virtually unscathed!

For a moment, the entire Yanmen army was shocked.

Suddenly, I was at a loss!
In fact, in the final analysis, the Yanmen Army did not have enough combat experience.

You must know that almost all the Yanmen Army belonged to the northerners. Since the northern part is mostly land and there are few rivers, most of them ride horses.

In the south, due to the barrier of great rivers and the dense distribution of rivers, the tributaries in various places are intricate and intertwined.

Therefore, boats have become the main means of transportation for southerners.

Didn't later generations also have the saying of "ships in the south and horses in the north"?

The soldiers of the Yanmen Army are almost all northerners, and all of them are fighting in the north.

Suddenly, he came to the south to counter the rebellion.

Facing so many enemy warships, not to mention soldiers, even the chief general Xue Rengui didn't know how to deal with them.

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In an instant, the enemy battleship was completely unscathed under the heavy arrow rain from one's own side!
Xiao Liang's army was still controlling the battleship and continued to advance, but the Yanmen army was stunned on the spot.

You know, the battleship itself is extremely hard, and ordinary arrows can't penetrate it at all.

According to the "Wu Jing Zongyao" records: "Warship fighters have a parapet on the side of the ship to cover half of the body, and the underside of the wall is empty, and a shed and a parapet are built within five feet of the ship, and a parapet is built on the shed to re-arrange. The soldiers have no cover on their backs, and they have tree-tooth flags and golden drums in front, back, and left."

There are holes for inserting oars on both sides of the hull, and a parapet is built around the boat, and there are arrow holes on the parapet for attacking the enemy.There are soldiers on the high platform at the stern to observe the situation on the water.

The fighting ship itself is a kind of mobile bunker in the water, which can be attacked or defended!

In addition, Xiao Xian has been entrenched in the south of the Yangtze River for many years, and he knows the importance of battleships in the south of the Yangtze River, so he made more improvements.

Therefore, the defense of Xiao Liang's battleships is already extremely strong.

As the war continued, although the Yanmen Army continued to shoot arrows, it hardly dealt a substantial blow to the rebels.

On a huge building ship, the chief general Gong Yuan, who was overlooking the whole situation, couldn't help but look very happy.

Because, he had already discovered that the Sui Army's chief general seemed not good at water warfare, and his soldiers were almost unstoppable.

According to this offensive momentum, it will take almost half an hour.

He was able to lead the whole army to reach the other side, thereby breaking through the Sui army's defense line in one fell swoop.

Needless to say, Gong Yuan, who is the general of Xiao Liang, has lived in the south of the Yangtze River for a long time and is well versed in water warfare.

I saw that the offensive formation he arranged was a cross attack method.

The so-called interlacing method is to interweave the boat with iron locks on the body of the fighting ship.

In this way, it is possible to avoid the enemy's focus on attacking the mongoose.

Above water battles, because fighting ships and building ships are large warships.

Although the combat power is strong and the defense is extremely strong, it also leads to a slow speed.

On the contrary, although the mongoose is small in size, its speed is extremely fast.

But because of their small size and lack of protection, the soldiers in the camp could easily become living targets for the enemy.

Therefore, Gong Yuan, who is familiar with water warfare, handed over the mongoose and the fighting ship together, which allows the fighting ship to withstand most of the attacks.

So that the mongoose turned danger into safety!

The most important point is that once the mongoose is connected to the fighting ship, the monga can play a pulling role.

Use the speed of the boat to drive the fighting ship.

It has to be said that Gong Yuan is really a general.

He perfectly complemented the advantages and disadvantages of the mongoose and the battleship, forming a powerful blow.

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It's just that the fierce battle is still going on, but anyone with a discerning eye can see it.

Since the Yanmen army was not familiar with water warfare, the situation was in flux when confronted with Xiaoliang's army.

Moreover, due to the advancement of Xiao Liang's army, the soldiers on the battleship also began to shoot arrows towards the shore to weaken the strength of the Sui army.

It can be said that the current situation of the Yanmen Army is not optimistic!
In Ma Gong's army, a young general in a red robe couldn't help gradually approaching the main general Xue Rengui.

"Report, general! A young general under General Ma Gong asked to see the general, saying that he has a plan to defeat the enemy!"

When Xue Rengui was struggling to command the whole army, the guards beside him stepped forward and said loudly.

For a while, the Yanmen army was pressing at every step of the Xiaoliang army, and the situation was critical.

Xue Rengui has been upset for a long time, so he still wants to meet a young general.

"General, the situation is critical now, and only a certain person can solve it."

Just saying, just when Xue Rengui was about to repel the young general.

Suddenly, without notification, the young general walked up to the main general Xue Rengui and said loudly.

Seeing that the opponent had come, Xue Rengui couldn't get angry for a while, so he asked in a deep voice: "Since you said you have a strategy to defeat the enemy, then tell me!"

"If it really works, I will definitely adopt it!"

Hearing this, the young general didn't answer immediately, but quickly took out a blueprint from his pocket.

Spread out the blueprint, it turned out to be...

(End of this chapter)