Becoming stronger from cutting Hu and Cao Cao

Chapter 346 Water battle, start.

On the surface of the river, the fire boat blocking the way is gradually extinguished.However, just as the fire in front was extinguished, the fire behind it started.

When the sky was getting dark, when the Soochow Navy turned their heads to look at their own camp, they suddenly discovered vaguely that their own camp seemed to be on fire.

At first, the Soochow Navy, who was the first to discover it, thought it was his own eyesight.He thought it was because he had been looking at the fire in front of him for a long time, and now everything looked like it was on fire.

"Our camp is strictly guarded, how could it catch fire." The Soochow sailor muttered and rubbed his eyes vigorously.

However, the more he rubbed his eyes, the clearer he could see.This big camp at home was literally on fire.

After careful identification, the sailor shouted loudly: "It's on fire, it's on fire."

After the man yelled a few times, he found that no one answered him at all.At this time, the big fire thought to himself, the big fire in front of it has been burning all night, and you still need to yell, this fool knows that the front is on fire.

"Big camp, big camp."

"Our camp is on fire, go and report it to the governor." The man continued to shout at the top of his voice.

After his shout, the sailors on the ships of Soochow turned their heads to look back, and found that their camp was indeed on fire.

"Governor, it's broken. Our camp is on fire. Look at the direction, it's the location of the granary." Lu Xun leaned over and whispered in Zhou Yu's ear.

At this time, there is no need for Lu Xun to say anything, Zhou Yu himself has seen it all.My own granary caught fire. Judging by the intensity of the fire, I'm afraid that the grain in the granary should have been burned up.

Zhou Yu's complexion also changed a few times at this time. The granary was burned, which was a big deal.You know, Soochow has hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the front line combined.If there is no food and grass for these soldiers, it is impossible to fight hungry.

However, Zhou Yu couldn't care less about it at this time. If he withdrew his troops at this time, it would not only be burning the food and grass, but a complete defeat.

After Zhou Yu pondered for a while, he said to Lu Xun, "Beat the three-way drum."

What did Zhou Yu mean by asking Lu Xun to beat the three-way drum at this time? On the battlefield, beating the drum is for advancement, and beating the gold is for retreat.These three-pass drums, also called Zhenjun drums, are used to boost the morale of the army, and there are 36 sounds in this pass.

The so-called seven front strikes, eight rear strikes, eighteen in the middle are issued slowly, and three back strikes are also combined, and the three links make up one hundred and eight.This is the saying that in the military formation, the three-way drum is used to vibrate the army.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Thinking about the three-way vibration of the army drum, this also shows Zhou Yu's meaning.The sound of this drum meant that Zhou Yu had no intention of retreating.

At this time, the fire boat blocking the way ahead was almost burned.Standing on the flagship, Li Chen looked at Wu Jun's ships not far away, and listened to Wu Jun's three-way vibration drum.

I thought, Zhou Yu is a bit interesting this week.

It has to be said that there is no one worthy of fame, and this Zhou Yu really has two brushes.At this time, the food and grass in the camp were burned, if it was an ordinary general, he would have retreated in a hurry.However, at this time, once it is withdrawn, it will definitely be defeated.

And instead of retreating at all, Zhou Yu insisted on finishing the battle with Li Chen.Such an ability to make decisions before the battle is indeed a rare and handsome talent in this world.

About half an hour later, the fire boat blocking the way ahead had been completely burned out.Zhou Yu looked at the fleet not far ahead, and issued an order calmly: "[-] ships on the flanks, make a tentative attack."

As soon as Zhou Yu's order was issued, on the tower of the flagship, a Wu Jun flag bearer vigorously waved the command flag in his hand.

Commanding large-scale naval operations in this era basically relies on semaphore to order the movement of the ships below.

Zhou Yu's order was conveyed through the semaphore. The more than [-] ships led by Han Dang on the far left and the more than [-] ships led by Zu Mao on the far right moved towards the Qin army like arrows leaving the string. The fleet came over.

As the saying goes, when soldiers come to block, water comes to cover.Since Zhou Yu made a move, Qi Jiguang naturally has a way to deal with it.

"The main ship is in front, and the small boat is on the flank, ram into it." Zheng Chenggong's order was also conveyed.

"Hey, I said Governor Zheng, Pao, Pao."

"Our cannons are not decorations?" Cheng Yaojin reminded.

Of course Zheng Chenggong didn't forget the artillery, but it's just not the time to use it yet.The Wu army's ships were more than five times that of the Qin army's. Most of the five hundred or so Wu army ships rushing up at this time were small boats.

If the guns were fired at this time, then Wu Jun could completely ride a bicycle to protect the commander and sacrifice these more than [-] small boats to buy time for the big boats to evacuate.

Therefore, Qi Jiguang didn't fire immediately, but wanted to give Zhou Yu an illusion, and after he suppressed all the fleets, he was caught off guard.

"It is not yet time to fire, execute the order."

"All ships are not allowed to fire without an order. If you dare to disobey the order, you will be killed." Zheng Chenggong glared at Cheng Yaojin and ordered.

Qi Jiguang's word "cut" was actually meant for a stunned young man like Cheng Yaojin.Of course, now is the time of war, and Cheng Yaojin dare not disobey the military orders.

Under Zheng Chenggong's strict order, no one in the Qin army fleet dared to fire, but headed by ten chasing boats and three-rail gun boats, they rammed towards Wu army's ships.

This wave was Zhou Yu's tentative attack, and it was precisely because Cheng Yaojin's shot at Sun Jian exposed the Qin army's long-range weapons.Zhou Yu was trying to test whether Qin Jun's long-range weapons were deployed on a large scale, or only a few.

Zheng Chenggong saw Zhou Yu's intentions in this wave of probing, so he strictly ordered all ships not to fire.

Of course, hitting Wu Jun's boat head-on was no difficulty for Qin Jun.The ten flagships headed by the Qin army are more than ten times larger than the ships currently dispatched by the Wu army.Even compared with Wu Jun's building boat, it has to be two or three times the size.

What's more, there are iron rams on the bows of the boats and three-rail gunboats.Let's put it this way, if Qin Jun's ship hits it, it is like smashing an egg with a hammer.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!

There was a sound of impact after another. Originally, Wu Jun planned to get close to Qin Jun's ship and use tools such as hook locks and iron chains to climb up.But Qin Jun didn't give them this chance at all. When he saw Wu Jun's ship, he slammed into it.

Headed by ten huge flagships, followed by all kinds of ships, Qin Jun's ships were like sharks hunting their prey in the sea, driving Wu Jun's ships around.

(End of this chapter)