Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2647 Golden Horn and Silver Horn, Naval War

With a thunderous clang of clashing metal, the moment the golden hammer and shield collided, Xuanwu's expression changed.

At that moment, the muscles in the arm that was gripping the shield trembled violently.

He instinctively placed his other arm against the shield as well, and quickly took a few steps back. As he retreated, the shield in his hand trembled slightly. With each step back, the shield trembled, dissipating some of the force coming at him.

"call!"

Xuanwu let out a heavy breath. After what had just happened, he had a good grasp of his opponent's strength.

The opponent's strength was also beyond his expectations.

This person's strength was unlike anything he had ever seen in his life.

Xuanwu didn't think too much about it. He stuck the short spear into his back, then raised his shield with both hands, constantly lowering his center of gravity and assuming a posture of full-force defense.

Even when facing the combined forces of Yuan Sheng and Han Ba ​​last year, Xuanwu was still able to wield both a spear and a shield, demonstrating a balanced offense and defense.

He has now abandoned the use of the short spear, though this doesn't mean he has completely given up on offense—after all, the shield also has offensive techniques. However, at least he has relinquished his most lethal means of attack.

All of this was caused by Li Yuanba's divine power.

"Ding! The Xuanwu Sacred Beast's skill effect has been activated."
Sacred beasts, divine spirits, protect all living beings; the specific effects vary depending on who awakens them.

Effect 1: Divine Power. When activated, this effect increases the user's attack power by 6.

Effect 2: The sacred beast Xuanwu, with pure Yin water, subdues demons and monsters, and eliminates evil and disasters. If the enemy's skills contain words such as "demon", "evil", "disaster", etc., the probability of triggering the spirit poison effect increases and the activation conditions are reduced. It can be activated once every five rounds of battle.

Effect 3: Blessing of the Sacred Beast. When you or an ally within 100 meters encounters danger, it will bring good fortune to you and your allies, greatly enhancing your own abilities and slightly increasing the chances of your allies overcoming the crisis.
Effect 4: Guardian of the North. When fighting against northern ethnic minorities, seals one of their army-wide skill effects. If the user is on the invading side, then effects 1, 2, and 3 of that skill are all disabled.

Effect 5: Northern Sacred Beast. When located in this area, it can provide a certain boost to those within your own faction who possess beasts or beast-like skills, names (including homophones), or reincarnations, and can provide a certain degree of restraint to those within the enemy faction who possess beasts or beast-like skills, names, or reincarnations.

Note: You cannot be affected by this skill's effects.

Although it is located in the north, Xuanwu's skills can indeed be maximized when it is in the north.

However, his current identity is not that of a guardian deity, but rather that of an active intruder, which greatly affects the effectiveness of his skills.

All three skill effects are unusable, but fortunately, at least effect four can be used at this time.

"Ding! The fourth skill effect of the Xuanwu Sacred Beast has been activated. Guardian of the North. When fighting against northern ethnic minorities, it seals one of the opponent's army-wide skill effects. If you are on the invader's side, then the first, second, and third effects of this skill will all be nullified."

Li Shimin's army-wide buff during the Zhenguan era has failed; Li Yuanba's martial prowess has decreased by 1, and his current martial prowess has dropped to...

Wang Jin's combat strength -1, current combat strength has decreased to...

......"

"Ding! The fifth effect of the Xuanwu Sacred Beast skill has been activated. As a northern sacred beast, when located in this area, it can provide a certain boost to allies who possess beasts or beast-like skills, names (including homophones), or reincarnations, while providing a certain degree of restraint to enemy factions who possess beasts or beast-like skills, names, or reincarnations. Li Yu's martial prowess +2, base martial prowess 106, equipment +2, current martial prowess increased to 110."

Li Yuanba's equipment bonus is sealed, his attack power -1, his current attack power has decreased to..."

Li Yuanba's twin hammers put immense pressure on Xuanwu.

In terms of defense alone, in this world, Xuanwu is second to none.

Whether it's direct, forceful defensive capabilities or various force-dissipating techniques, Xuanwu has used everything it can, but it can only grit its teeth and persevere.

In fact, from the moment he set foot on this land, he felt as if a shadow had fallen over his heart, and he already had a bad premonition.

Li Shimin drew his bow and nocked an arrow, seemingly looking for an opportunity to shoot Xuanwu.

However, this opportunity is not so easy to find.

Xuanwu's shield is a heavy shield, capable of blocking most of his body.

Furthermore, in order to lower his center of gravity, he bent his body even lower, giving Li Shimin no chance to shoot at all.

If Li Yuanba's hammer were to strike Xuanwu's shield, it would still pose a significant threat, requiring Xuanwu to deflect the force with all his might.

However, if Li Shimin's arrow had not hit him but instead hit his shield, what would it have mattered to Xuanwu?
Xuanwu could stand still and let him shoot until he was exhausted, but he still couldn't penetrate his shield.

His shield was so powerful that even Hou Yi, let alone Li Shimin, might not be able to penetrate it, especially if Hou Yi still had his Sunset Arrow. Compared to that, what was the power of Li Shimin's arrow?
As for Li Yu, he originally intended to kill Li Shimin.

However, Li Yuanba was not the only one protecting Li Shimin; there were also the brothers Wang Jin and Wang Yin.

After a brief exchange, Li Yu knew that the two brothers were quite strong. Although he could win in a one-on-one fight, it would take a lot of effort.

In a situation where he is fighting two opponents, he will most likely be outmatched, but he can at least buy himself some time.

Therefore, he chose to lead the two people away.

At the same time, dozens of miles away from the ferry crossing, Qi Jiguang encountered the Li Tang navy on his way back to the crossing.

Qi Jiguang had a total of 80,000 naval troops, with 20,000 stationed at the ferry crossings and 20,000 with Huan Wen and Zhang Hongfan. At this time, he also had 40,000 naval troops with him.

As for the Li Tang navy, its total strength is 50,000. Of these, 10,000 are to cooperate with the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry here to launch a pincer attack on the ferry crossing by water and land. The remaining 40,000 are here, led by Li Shunchen, to block Qi Jiguang and buy Li Shimin time to annihilate the 20,000 naval forces at the ferry crossing and regain control of the crossing.

Although the number of troops was the same, both sides knew that the Jin army was stronger in terms of hard power.

Although Li Tang's tortoise ships and ironclad ships were not bad, they could not compare with the Jin army's warships in terms of scale and size.

Leaving aside the treasure ships, which are behemoths at sea, even other large warships were generally a size larger than the warships of the Li Tang navy.

Of course, in addition to hard power, the soft power of both sides, the bravery of the soldiers and the command of the generals also play a role in determining the outcome of the battle.