Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3456 Snowball Rolling
This was indeed a very stupid and uncomplicated mistake on Zhou Yu's part.

He did not leave any time or space for the Jiangdong soldiers to eat!
It’s not that Zhou Yu didn’t prepare food, but the food was still in the water fort!

Not sent on board!
So in fact, Zhou Yu was just one step away!
But this problem happened so surprisingly that Zhou Yu did not realize it until he found that his Jiangdong soldiers could not charge forward!

Originally, going upstream was not a big problem for the Jiangdong navy. As long as they had enough physical strength, the speed of the Jiangdong navy going upstream would not be much slower than that of going downstream!
But now the strength of the Jiangdong soldiers has decreased a lot, which means that even if the Jiangdong soldiers try very hard, the upper limit has been cut, and they can't reach the original high speed state no matter what.

Although the Sichuan soldiers floating downstream might not be as good as the Jiangdong soldiers in boat handling skills, they had eaten something, and with the help of the water flow, the soldiers of both sides reached an equal level in terms of boat handling!
This is the first time that Sichuan and Shu have equalized their skills and physical strength!
Many battles in history do not seem to have anything particularly exciting to watch. There is neither the mighty Guan Yu breaking through the enemy's line of battle and beheading a general amidst thousands of troops, nor the meticulous arrangements of ambushes planned from ten sides thousands of miles away. Most of them are "snowball-style" victories, from one soldier at a time, little by little, slowly accumulating small victories to big victories, and finally determining the outcome of the battle.

This kind of battle is obviously not welcomed by some people. They prefer it to be like a fight between martial arts masters. One side shouts "Flying Dragon in the Sky" and sends a golden dragon flying all over the sky, while the other side shines with golden light all over the body, presents the Buddha seal, closes his eyes and puts his hands together to show the Vajra posture...

There is no preparation process, and there is no need to consider the number of blue or red bars.

After all, some people just need to have fun, but when Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu actually fought, there were a lot more things to consider.

Any negligence or omission at any point will eventually turn into a disadvantage for your side, and then turn into a winning advantage for the other side!

Zhou Yu discovered his negligence and immediately ordered the soldiers on his own ship and on the ships relatively further back that had not yet entered the battle sequence to eat as much as possible.

The current situation cannot be stopped.

Both sides have entered the stage of preparing for the collision and handover. We can't just call for a pause and let everyone go home and eat first?

This kind of problem is like the college entrance examination in later generations. Not to mention the test results, but the problem is that you forgot to bring your admission ticket!
But what Zhou Yu didn't expect was that his "snowball" had just started to roll...

When the two sides were just three or four hundred steps apart, Zhuge Liang's second move was launched.

On the warships, the Jiangdong soldiers began to aim their arrows and prepare to enter the battle state, but they saw that the Sichuan and Shu ships on the opposite side began to lay eggs again...

The soldiers on the Sichuan ship kept throwing cans out!

Those jars look very familiar!
Floating up and down, it drifts down along the current.

"Kerosene can!"

The Jiangdong soldiers screamed and signaled the helmsman to avoid the kerosene tanks while alerting the ships behind.

When it comes to this thing, the Jiangdong soldiers are filled with hatred.

This time Zhou Yu didn't need to give any special orders. The Jiangdong soldiers had already "expertly" pushed away the earthenware jars floating downstream with long oars or bamboo poles. They did not smash the jars to prevent the kerosene inside from leaking out.

This is a natural human reaction.

It’s like being burned by fire once, you’ll know it hurts and won’t touch it again.

The Jiangdong soldiers were burned twice. Even the dumbest ones remembered the pain this thing brought them, and would subconsciously avoid it...

Zhou Yu looked at it, but frowned, "Someone, bring a few of those jars up and have a look!"

Immediately, a soldier fished out some earthenware jars that had drifted down the river, opened them, and shouted, "General! There's nothing inside! It's empty!"

Zhou Yu raised his head sharply, "What a good move!"

In order to avoid these kerosene tanks without kerosene, the Jiangdong soldiers unknowingly disrupted their formation!
Zhou Yu hurriedly ordered, "Ignore those jars! Charge the enemy!"

Zhou Yu frowned deeply.

Originally, when the Sichuan Army was turning, the formation of the warship array was not very good, so Zhou Yu seized this opportunity and tried to use the warships to cut directly into the opponent's formation, and then divide the Sichuan Army into two or three parts, concentrating superior forces to eat the smaller ones first, and then the bigger ones!
However, Zhuge Liang used these empty cans to disrupt the formation of the Jiangdong soldiers' warships!

Throwing these cans does not require much advanced skills. It is equivalent to Zhuge Liang adopting the tactics of the lower four horses, slowing down the speed of the upper four horses of Jiangdong, so that the Sichuan Navy once again forced the Jiangdong Army to be on the same level in the queue!

The Jiangdong Army failed to increase its speed and had no time to break into the Sichuan Army's fleet. Now its formation was disrupted by the Sichuan Army. Invisibly, it was gradually sliding into a disadvantage!

Zhou Yu's response had already begun to lag behind.

"Is this the method used by the cavalry?" Zhou Yu grabbed the railing, "What a good strategy!"

It's like even though everyone knows that the hunter will die from clearing the field, but seeing the opponent's fields come one after another and using one method after another, they have to clear the field in the end!

If you don't understand, you will be robbed to death. If you understand, you will be slowly worn to death!
After suppressing the Jiangdong Army to the same or even slightly lower level in terms of speed and formation, the advantages of the Sichuan Navy began to show!

The first to show its power was the bow cannon installed on the Sichuan Tower ship!

The roar of artillery sounded the clarion call for a bloody battle between the two sides.

The Sichuan Army did not have many artillery pieces, and as both sides were on the move, it was difficult for every shot to hit the target accurately, and most of them missed. However, the artillery had a great deterrent effect. Even though the Jiangdong soldiers knew that they might not be hit, they would subconsciously dodge when they saw the artillery on the tower ship turn to aim. This subconscious evasive behavior further disrupted the original formation of the Jiangdong Army's fleet, causing some disconnection in the Jiangdong navy's fleet.

Because of the disconnection of the Jiangdong naval fleet, to some extent, the Sichuan Army was in a situation where they had more troops against fewer in some local areas!
In these local areas, the weapons that really killed and injured the Jiangdong navy were not artillery, but the powerful crossbows in the hands of the soldiers, as well as the crossbow carts, which were far less powerful than artillery but had better accuracy!
If the Sichuan Army and the Jiangdong Army exchanged fire with each other in the same formation, the Jiangdong Army would undoubtedly have the upper hand. But the problem is that Zhuge Liang used various means to eventually form a situation where he had more men against a smaller force against part of the Jiangdong Army's fleet!
No matter whether it was a fighting ship, a Mengchong ship, or a Jiangdong ship, before colliding, they had to be covered by the enemy's arrows and crossbows.

Normally, when shooting at each other, it is one-on-one, and both sides shoot under the cover of the ship's parapet and shield. However, once they are outnumbered, the shooting angle is not just one side, but a cross-fire coverage. This means that no matter how elite the soldiers of the Jiangdong navy are, they cannot resist the enemy's shooting from two or more angles at the same time!

The whistling sound of arrows and crossbows was endless. The dense arrows pierced the bodies of Jiangdong soldiers. Even the soldiers wearing some armor were seriously injured, not to mention those who were not wearing any armor, but only wearing short clothes and preparing to jump into the water to dig the boat. In a blink of an eye, the soldiers on the decks of the Jiangdong navy ships fell one after another in a pool of blood. Even the shieldmen fell down because of insufficient protection.

In such a situation, not to mention the collision, even the counterattack was difficult to do. The Jiangdong soldiers could only shrink their bodies as much as possible under the parapet, using their shields to cover the other side, forming a simple shelter to resist the overwhelming arrows and crossbows. Even so, those crossbows that were like spears could still easily penetrate the shields and nail the soldiers and shields to the deck together!

Under certain circumstances where the angle is right, the crossbow can even penetrate the deck and the side of the ship directly!

In an instant, the decks and bulkheads of the trapped Jiangdong ships seemed to have grown a lot of hair out of thin air!
The arrow feathers vibrated and buzzed.

Under the covering fire, even if the Sichuan naval soldiers' shooting skills were slightly inferior, it would not have any impact.

These solitary ships, outnumbered by the Jiangdong navy, could only lie on the river with their heads in their hands and allow the Sichuan navy to beat them.

The Jiangdong navy is now in a very difficult situation.

What they originally expected was that they would divide the Sichuan navy, then sweep the deck with arrows and crossbows, and then go on to ram the fighting ships to sink the opponent's ships. But now everything has turned over, and they have become the targets to be swept, and the fighting ships equipped with rams are rushing towards them!

The Jiangdong navy, which had lost the initiative, was caught off guard and had no chance to fight back. They were stunned. When they found that the arrows and crossbows of the Sichuan navy had stopped, before they could come to their senses, they saw that the Sichuan navy's battleships had already revealed their sharp claws and rushed over ferociously!

The combination of long oars and flywheels can enable the fighting ships to obtain the maximum speed bonus in a short period of time. The Jiangdong Army had just had their decks cleaned by the Sichuan Army, so they didn't even have time to react and could only watch the fighting ships of the Sichuan Navy crash into them!
And this is exactly the tactic originally planned by the Jiangdong navy!
This is like wearing the same clothes at a fashion festival. Don't talk about who came first or who came later, but who is ugly and who is embarrassed!
"Boom!" 』

With a dull thud, a Jiangdong ship was hit hard on the belly by the Sichuan Navy's fighting ship, and a big hole appeared immediately. The river water rushed into the cabin of the Jiangdong ship frantically!
The fighting ship tilted outwards and the other ships were badly damaged in the collision, but the Jiangdong tower ship was even more seriously damaged!
Almost in the blink of an eye, the center of gravity of the Jiangdong ship tilted, and the remaining soldiers on the deck and in the cabin could not stand at all and fell onto the river one after another.

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A moment later, the bow of the Jiangdong ship sank, and the stern rose up, sinking to the bottom of the river little by little. It was unknown how many Jiangdong soldiers were buried with him inside the ship.

As for the Sichuan-Shu fighting ship, its horn was tilted, its sides were broken and cracked, and there were some damages to the side of the ship, but it was still vigorous, and its spirits were even more lifted. It cheered like a warrior who had chopped off the head of an evil dragon.

The military school student at the front of the Jiangdong navy looked a little pale.

He saw with his own eyes that his ship was sunk, while the other side seemed to have no damage at all, and rushed towards him with a ferocious aura. He clearly felt the pressure brought by the Sichuan Navy, a pressure he had never felt before, and he even thought it was impossible for the Sichuan Navy to appear...

But now, if he continued to move forward, he would not have the strength to fight back under the Sichuan Army's crossfire coverage and the battleship collision tactics, and there would be no possibility of survival!
"Turn! Turn!"

Jiang Dongbing roared with a pale face.

He made the choice almost instinctively.

As the orders from the Jiangdong Navy's ship academy were issued, the helmsman in the cabin gritted his teeth, flexed his muscles, and struggled to turn the seven or eight foot long giant rudder in an attempt to turn the ship.

Although the speed of the tower ship is not as fast as that of the fighting ship Meng Chong, it is larger in size and has great inertia. It is a very difficult task to turn in a hurry.

Moreover, because the front part of the Jiangdong navy was lost in the cross-attack of the Sichuan navy, the Jiangdong tower ship was directly exposed in front of the enemy's fighting ship ramming horns. The white belly exposed when turning immediately attracted the attention of the Sichuan army.

The Sichuan-Shu army's warships came riding on the waves, with their rams raised high.

More than a dozen helmsmen of the Jiangdong navy almost pressed their entire bodies on the rudder, and with the help of a few extra rowers who were temporarily added, they were able to barely turn the belly of the ship over.

Under the horrified gaze of the Jiangdong naval soldiers, the ramming horn of the Sichuan-Shu fighting ship failed to crash into the belly of the tower ship due to the angle, but instead slid past the ship, making a creaking sound that was creepy.

Amidst the harsh sound of friction, the two sides passed each other. The left side of the building ship was empty, and it suddenly fell down, hitting the water surface, causing a splash. The building ship made a creaking sound and shook violently for a few times before slowly stabilizing.

The Jiangdong navy's ship school finally breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that their command was correct and that they had escaped the dangerous trap of the Sichuan navy. The other Jiangdong soldiers on the ship were also cheering, happy that they had avoided the fatal blow of the Sichuan navy's battleship.

However, this ship-master military officer of the Jiangdong navy did not know that his change of direction would become the last straw that broke the camel's back for the front part of the Jiangdong navy!
The ship he commanded was out of danger for the time being, but the entire fleet array in front of Jiangdong was in danger!
The on-the-spot command and danger avoidance of the Louchuan Military Academy were originally the advantages of the Jiangdong navy, but now it has become a disadvantage!
If the Jiangdong Navy soldiers had no combat experience and only knew how to blindly follow Zhou Yu's orders without making decisions on the spot, then they would just rigidly follow orders and continue to move forward. Unless they received any new instructions, they would continue to jump into the "pit"...

But it is obvious that the Jiangdong Naval Frontline Military Academy decided not to fall into this trap and wanted to avoid it.

The flexible combat mode of Jiangdong Navy is very good at certain times, and it is also the strength of Jiangdong Navy. Because in the chaotic battlefield, in the era without instant communication, this combat system that relies on the front-line combat military academy to adjust strategies in time and coordinate command can make Jiangdong Navy flexible and responsive when fighting, avoid most risks, and gain more advantages.

But at this moment, this "advantage" had problems.

The Jiangdong Military Academy's avoidance completely split the Jiangdong fleet, whose formation was already somewhat distorted, into two sections!

This is almost equivalent to selling the Jiangdong ships in front!

Of course, in his opinion, he did nothing wrong. If he continued to charge forward, it would be like jumping into the "fire pit", being hit by arrows and crossbows from multiple angles of the Sichuan Army, and finally being hit and sunk by the battleship. Therefore, he chose to "slightly" avoid it, and then combine with the ships behind to form a new formation, and then attack again, which would obviously be safer and more powerful.

But he overlooked one point. The Sichuan Army's dense, high-intensity coverage shooting of arrows and crossbows was not a combat mode that could be sustained for a long time.

If he continued to charge forward, even if he encountered the same multi-angle crossfire of arrows and crossbows, the density and speed would drop a level. If the Jiangdong navy behind him caught up, the Sichuan navy would be forced to replace players, otherwise the soldiers' physical strength would not be able to keep up and their combat effectiveness would be greatly reduced.

Then it will inevitably turn into a bloody grinder where both sides will strangle and consume each other.

In this kind of meat-and-blood battle mode, the Jiangdong navy soldiers with higher combat training and combat skills will undoubtedly have an advantage to a certain extent. Especially under the boarding tactic, the Sichuan army's short training time and relatively simple response methods will be exposed, and then suffer greater damage.

Even if the front of the Jiangdong navy did not receive a temporary food supplement, it would not be a big problem, because the dead did not need any rest or food...

As a result, his concession almost gave the Sichuan navy some time to catch their breath!
The navy's turning speed was slower than that of the cavalry, and even if they reorganized their formation and attacked again, they would not be able to provide any support to the front ships of Jiangdong that were covered by the crossfire in the first place.

This resulted in the Sichuan-Shu navy being able to easily devour a portion of the front of the Jiangdong navy!

This greatly enhanced the momentum of the Sichuan-Shu navy and also hit the morale of the Jiangdong navy!
It was from this moment that the Jiangdong navy, under the little arrangements of Xu Huang and Zhuge Liang, gradually showed a snowball trend, and finally rolled towards an irreversible abyss, and it was getting faster and faster...