Gou writes entries in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 109 Fire Crossbow
[Notepad opens.]

[In 199 AD, Guangling, Jiangshui bandit leader Gan Ning led the Jinfan bandits to rob Guangling merchant ships. You and Lu Bu planned to suppress the bandits and successfully captured Gan Ning.In order to find out the forces behind Gan Ning, you helped Gan Ning rescue his sister Gan Yingying. Gan Ning learned the truth and decided to lead all the Jiang bandits to your advantage.And officially became the enemy of Jiangdong Navy. 】

[Complete the challenge mission: Exterminate the Jiang bandits]

[Task completion: 90%]

[Based on the completion of the task, the following entries will be rewarded]

[Fire arrow (blue);]

[Existing entries: fire arrows (blue); crossbows (blue); big pirates (blue)]

[Combinable entries: big pirate's crossbow; ship's crossbow that fires fire arrows]

[Please select a combined entry or temporarily save the entry. 】

"Combo: Crossbow that fires fire arrows"

[Successful combination: Obtain a crossbow that fires fire arrows*10 (blue)]

[Ship crossbow that fires fire arrows: When fired, ordinary crossbow arrows can be turned into burning fire arrows.

Crossbow Characteristic 1: Never wears out.

Feature 2: Increased range;
Fire arrow characteristics 1: flame resistance, not easy to extinguish;

Characteristic 2: Flammability, additional kerosene effect. 】

After finishing editing the notepad, Liu Xuan looked at the strangely shaped crossbows and the first batch of gifted arrows in a hidden corner, feeling reassured.

"Gan Xingba, I have helped you rescue my sister. Next, it is time for you to fulfill your promise."

"Don't worry, Governor Liu. I, Gan Ning, have been crossing the river for many years. I still have this reputation. When my brothers are gathered together, I will send troops."

Liu Xuan nodded and said: "I believe you, but you must also know that I have started lending business since I took over Huaiyin. Although the lending business also values ​​credibility, even if a person has good credit and he wants to borrow money from me, You still have to have collateral. I believe in equal exchange more than something uncontrollable like reputation."

"What do you mean, Commander Liu? You might as well tell me directly." Gan Ning asked in a deep voice.

"Yingying suffered a lot in Qu'a, and her body has not recovered yet. There is no need to follow you on the ship for the time being. I asked her to learn something from Liniang first. There are many girls there, and she is not alone."

Liu Xuan turned to stare at Gan Ning and said, "Do you understand what I mean?"

When Gan Ning heard this, his eyebrows stood up and he felt like having a seizure.

But when the words came to his lips, he still endured them.

He understood what Liu Xuan meant. Gan Yingying was his weakness. Not only did he know this, but Zhang Zhao also knew it, and now Liu Xuan also knew it.

Strictly speaking, he and Liu Xuan had no friendship, and even had some hatred.

It was impossible for Liu Xuan to trust him so plainly.

So Liu Xuan said that equal exchange is needed.

Liu Xuan rescued Gan Yingying, and Gan Ning needed to defeat Jiangdong Navy for him in exchange.

"I understand," Gan Ning said coldly, looking at Liu Xuan calmly.
"But please tell me, Governor Liu first, how long do you want Yingying to study with Miss Zhao?"

"When you defeat the Jiangdong navy and control the river, our deal will be completed. At that time, you can take Yingying away with you at any time."

Liu Xuan smiled lightly, "Of course, if you want to stay then, I, Liu Xuan, will be happy to do so."

Gan Ning was silent for a moment, nodded and said,
"No matter what, Governor Liu saved Yingying. I, Gan Ning, owe you a favor. As for the Jiangdong Navy, even without Governor Liu's help, I am destined to fight to the death."

"But since we have the same goal, I hope that Governor Liu will also contribute. Although my brothers are brave, they cannot get help from the people and it is difficult to obtain support and supplies."

Liu Xuan laughed, "That's natural. I, Liu Xuan, always put ugly words first when doing things. Fighting against the Jiangdong navy. In the final analysis, it is my matter in Guangling. The warships, food and supplies for this expedition are all mine. supply."

"Your brothers are participating in the war this time in the name of Guangling Navy. All brothers have military pay, and war rewards and pensions are the same as those of our army."

Gan Ning's eyes lit up when he heard this.
To be honest, it was an unexpected surprise for Gan Ning to fight as an official soldier and enjoy the same treatment as the regular army.

He had no choice but to become a Jiang bandit. He came to Jiangdong from Bajun and fought all the way. Naturally, he thought about having the opportunity to assist a prince, receive rewards for his meritorious service, and even become a general.

"In that case, Gan Ning first thanks Governor Liu on behalf of the brothers."

"Haha, that's easy to say." Liu Xuan laughed, "Come on, I'll take you to see the newly built warship."

Liu Xuan took Gan Ning to the dock, where there were already twenty newly built fighting ships, each equipped with hard rams.

And this time the battleship is somewhat different from the previous five.

When Liu Xuan and Gan Ning were visiting, Ma Jun also came over after hearing the news.

"I've met Governor Liu." Ma Jun said with a smile. After not seeing him for more than a month, Ma Jun looked a lot darker and his face was a little thinner, but he was in good spirits and his eyes were full of sparkle.

"Deheng, just in time, come and introduce these warships to General Gan."

Ma Jun nodded and said, "Please, General Gan, this is a new type of fighting ship from Guangling. It does not require human oars or vertical sails. It is powered entirely by steam engines, but its speed is about twice as fast as ordinary fighting ships."

As Ma Jun introduced, he patted the two rows of iron planks erected on both sides of the ship.

"This is the improved shield. It is light but hard. It can withstand the opponent's arrows. This is the angle of impact. It is indestructible. This is..."

Gan Ning couldn't help but feel a little excited after listening to Ma Jun's introduction.

He had been sailing across the river for several years, so he was very familiar with the performance of ships, but the new things on these fighting ships still shocked Gan Ning.

No human oars, no sails.And all of them are equipped with hard bump corners.

It was this thing that caused me to suffer a big loss. The battleship was sunk, and I was also captured by Liu Xuan.

So when Ma Jun said that the collision was indestructible, Gan Ning didn't have the slightest doubt.

But now, such a warship is about to be controlled by himself. Thinking of this, Gan Ning can't help but feel itchy.

Gan Xin moved very quickly, mainly because Gan Ning had a high reputation among his subordinates.
Within a few days, almost all the original Jinfan thieves had arrived.

There are about 1000 people. These 1000 people are elites who have survived countless water battles.

The auras look very strong.

Liu Xuan assigned a thousand warriors who excelled in water warfare from the Tiger Camp to join forces with Gan Ning's 1000 men.
Became the new navy of Guangling County.Gan Ning's men were superior because of their superb boat handling skills, while Menghuying's troops were extremely powerful.

The combination of the two, Gan Ning's men were responsible for maneuvering the ship, and the Tiger Battalion was responsible for attacking from the side, really complemented each other.

However, on the fourth or fifth day, Gan Ning's thousand navy troops were completely familiar with the performance of the new fighting ships.

Like Gan Ning, he couldn't put it down for these battleships.

When everything was ready, Liu Xuan chose a fighting ship with the best performance as the flagship, and ordered Ma Jun to install ten fire-bolt-firing crossbows on the flagship, and armed the flagship to the teeth.

Twenty battleships were launched and headed directly towards the Jiangdong navy to the west.

Liu Xuan and Lu Bu also boarded the flagship and fought against the Jiangdong navy. Naturally, the two of them couldn't help but feel itchy hands.

On the river, Zhou Yu personally commanded forty fighting ships to block the river.

The soldiers under his command are not as slack as when they were under the command of Cheng Pu.

Zhou Yu was the commander-in-chief of the navy and was strict in running the army. Moreover, he and Sun Ce were sworn friends and had the power to kill first and report later.The entire river from Qu'a to Guangling was completely controlled by Zhou Yu.

Liu Xuan's fleet left Guangling Port, and the news quickly reached Zhou Yu.

"Twenty battleships, although the scale is not small, but I have forty battleships, and the army is all elite navy? The right time, the right place and the right people, how can we be invincible?"

Zhou Yu smiled confidently,
"Instructions are given to first meet the enemy with ten battleships. If you encounter the enemy, do not hesitate to fight. Be careful to avoid their collision angle. The remaining battleships will surround them from the sides. Either ram the side of their ship or shoot them with bows and arrows."

With the experience of defeating ten battleships last time, the morale of the Jiangdong Navy was high.

On the river to the east, Gan Ning personally drove the flagship at the forefront.
The nineteen search ships at the rear formed an attack formation and lined up one after another.

"Here we come, ahead, ten battleships."

Liu Xuan looked at the calm water in front of him and suddenly said.

Gan Ning raised his eyes and looked up. The water on the river in front was hazy, and he couldn't tell whether there was a boat.

However, after only a few breaths, the outlines of several sails appeared in Gan Ning's field of vision.

"Chief Liu has a good eye." Gan Ning couldn't help but praise.

He has been a river bandit for several years and has a unique set of skills for exploring the river. With this skill, Gan Ning can often find targets dozens of meters ahead of others.

Unexpectedly, Gan Ning's proud skills were casually suppressed by Liu Xuan.

Since you can't compete with your eyesight, you can only win back the victory on the boat.

"Brothers, enemy ships appear in front, assign attack targets in order, those who have not been assigned targets will follow up in a defensive formation."

Gan Ning quickly made arrangements,
"There's no need to pick up the ship in this battle, just let me sink them all."

After finishing speaking, the deputy next to him immediately raised a flag to the rear.

The nineteen battleships behind immediately changed their formations, and the nine ships in front immediately accelerated, each aiming at the target to meet them.
The last ten ships form a defensive array that can respond quickly.

No two battleships are just the right distance apart.The transformation movements are also clean and crisp.

He is worthy of being an old river bandit with rich experience in water warfare.

Gan Ning selected the centermost ship coming from ahead, controlled the steering wheel with one hand, and shouted into the cabin,

"Go ahead at full speed. Don't stop until I tell you to slow down."

The brothers below received the order and knew that Gan Ning was going to show off his skills. They all shouted excitedly, threw away their arms and shoveled coal crazily into the steam engine.

The steam engine whistle roared, and the flagship speed became faster and faster. It sailed against the current, but it was faster than the opponent's fighting ship following the current.

On the Jiangdong Navy side, the naval centurion on the central battleship looked at the fighting ships coming straight.
He said disdainfully: "It seems Liu Xuan still doesn't have a long memory. He's driving so fast and he still wants to use the corner collision method?"

"Wait and follow my command to turn the rudder and avoid the collision angle."

Gan Ning held the steering wheel with one hand, and the howling wind blew in his face, making it difficult to open his eyes. Gan Ning kept squinting his eyes slightly, staring at the battleship ahead.

The two fighting ships were heading towards each other, and their speeds were extremely fast.

Suddenly, Jiangdong's fighting ship moved, and the bow tilted slightly to the right.
Right now, Gan Ning's eyes suddenly focused, and his hand holding the steering wheel moved quickly.

The flagship did not slow down at all, but suddenly changed direction, and its originally straight trajectory turned into an arc.

This sharp turn caused the hull to tilt sideways, and the entire fighting ship seemed to be drifting on the river.

Gan Ning's change of direction frightened the centurion on the opposite boat so much that he broke into a cold sweat.

Originally, he had calculated the speed and angle. As long as he turned the steering wheel to the right, he could perfectly avoid the collision angle on the opposite side.

But as soon as the boat on his side moved, the other side seemed to have expected it, and almost at the same time, it also changed its direction.

And looking at the arc and speed on the opposite side, our ship cannot avoid it no matter what.

Just one operation locked all their changes.

"It's over!" the Centurion said secretly, "The boatmanship skills on the other side are too outrageous."

"Get ready to launch!" The centurion could only helplessly shout to the soldiers on the battleship.

At the same time, he gave up all operations. At least with his technology, no matter how he operated, the result would be the same.

"Pfft!"

Gan Ning maneuvered his flagship and hit Jiangdong's fighting ship without any accident.

The amazing thing is that the flagship only slowed down slightly, but the hull did not stop.

In previous ramming attacks, the ramming angle would inevitably stop the enemy ship, but this time Gan Ning demonstrated what operation means.

I saw that the hard collision angle did not hit the Jiangdong battleship from the front or side.

Instead, it hit the edge of the battleship at an oblique angle.

The hard collision angle cut off several pieces of the side plate of the Jiangdong battleship, exposing the ribs inside.

But it didn't hit the ship's ribs, so naturally it wouldn't be stuck by the ship's ribs and stop.

With such a wonderful operation, the opponent's fighting ship tore a hole more than three meters long, but our own ship passed by without any damage.

The Jiangdong battleship staggered to a stop. The river water pouring in from the three-meter-long opening soon made the entire ship lose its center of gravity. The body tilted and fell into the river water.

The other nine Jiangdong battleships were not much better. They were either hit from the side by Liu Xuan's battleship, or collided head-on, and the hard collision angle was inserted into the hull for three to four meters.Both sides were unable to move, and Liu Xuan's Tiger Battalion took the opportunity to cross over from the bow of the ship, completing a rare frontal battle.

The ten fighting ships, which were originally intended to lure the enemy deeper, capsized in the river one by one, failing to lead Liu Xuan's fleet into an ambush.

Liu Xuan's twenty fighting ships maintained their formation and continued to move forward, taking the initiative to move near the ambush circle. Liu Xuan used his keen eagle eyes to clearly explain the ambush situation on the river to Gan Ning.

Gan Ning ordered twenty battleships to form a tight formation, and instead surrounded the Jiangdong battleships on the right, forming a partial attack with more than the minority.

The fifteen Jiangdong fleets were intercepted from head to tail and compressed into a small area, unable to move.

Liu Xuan decisively ordered several waves of fire arrows to be fired. When the arrows were fired from the crossbow, they began to smoke. When they hit the target, the kerosene in the fire arrows fell out, instantly turning the place where they were hit into a ball. flame.

Koto's fighting ship was still a ship with both oars and sails. The fire arrows hit the canvas and burned quickly.

In addition, when the river wind blew, the fire spread on the ship, and the sailors became chaotic.
Liu Xuan's fleet took advantage of the situation and launched a charge, ramming the burning battleships one by one.

When another fifteen ships came from the south to rescue them, the previous fifteen fighting ships sank into the river.

Countless soldiers who fell into the water swam towards these fifteen fighting ships.

How could Gan Ning miss this opportunity? The twenty battleships accelerated again and sailed towards the fifteen Jiangdong battleships at full speed.

Zhou Yu stood on the flagship deck with a gloomy expression, looking at the Jiangdong soldiers swimming over not far away.
Then look at the twenty menacing Guangling battleships further away.

Silently turned around, no longer looking at the Jiangdong soldiers in the water.

"Withdraw, return to Ruxukou!"

(End of this chapter)