King of Liao at the end of Han Dynasty

Chapter 953 Eastern Front Water Battle (1)

"General! Everything is ready!" Facing the vast sea, with the continuous water village behind him, enjoying the most comfortable sea breeze in summer, a deputy general of the navy walked up to Zhao Hu and clapped his hands.

"Hmm!" With a deep complexion, Zhao Hu showed his rare nervousness and excitement. This is the first confrontation between himself and the Jiangdong Navy on the Yangtze River. It is the lifeblood of the entire Eastern Front, and it is the key point of the entire war, so Zhao Hu can't help being cautious.

Looking back at the lieutenant general, Zhao Hu asked, "Tell the brothers to get ready and leave in half an hour!"

"No!" The lieutenant-general replied with a serious face and cupped his hands.

"Huh..." Zhao Hu breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the endless sea, and said quietly: "My lord! Don't worry, the general will never embarrass you!"

"Report..." A long howl sounded, and it was Jiangdong Water Village.

Piling, the largest city in the east of Jiangdong, the water village of Piling is naturally the first fortress to protect the mouth of the Yangtze River. Li Lin's army has already captured Guangling, facing Jiangdong across the river, so the importance of Piling Sex will become more prominent, and before Zhou Yu went to Sanjiangkou, it was in this Piling that he arranged everything.

"What's the matter?" A general who was full of heroic spirit but had a somewhat old face asked while sitting in the big tent.

The soldier said anxiously: "General! The spies ahead have reported that Zhao Hu has already led the navy from the harbor and headed straight for the Yangtze River!"

"Hmph!" The old general snorted heavily, and cursed: "Sure enough, he didn't come out of the governor's house, Zhao Hu is so bold, he even dared to go west to the Yangtze River! Are you bullying me that there is no one in the east of the river!"

"Public refusal!" Huang Gai lost his voice, and another old general who was about his age walked in and asked eagerly, "Zhao Hu has sent troops!"

"En!" The old general nodded and said, "Demou! It seems that the time has come to avenge my Jiangdong soldiers!"

"Okay!" The fist slammed into his palm, and the man said excitedly, "I will definitely let that little Zhao Hu come and go!"

"Decree!" The old general sitting on the main seat immediately said: "Order Han Dang, Pan Zhang, Gan Ning, Zhu Ran, and Chen Wu to be ready! Act according to the plan of the governor!"

"No!" The orderly shouted heavily and rushed out.

The old general sitting on the main seat got up, picked up the saber beside him, "Shua!" The cold light shone, and the old general looked at the still sharp sword with murderous aura...

Yes, these two are the veterans of Jiangdong, Huang Gai and Cheng Pu, who followed Sun Jian, Sun Ce, and Sun Quan Jiangdong's three generations of lords. Pu guarded Jiangdu, while Huang Gai guarded Piling.

Che Zhou, Zang Ba's army went south and stormed Jiangdu. Jiangdong, who is known for his navy, was no match. Cheng Pu was not as wise as Zhou Yu, and Jiangdong was also retreating on the north bank of the Yangtze River. Li Lin's army was in Jingzhou again. He was forced all the way, so finally under Zhou Yu's instruction, Cheng Pu retreated from Jiangdu to Piling to join forces with Huang Gai, but the big enmity can be regarded as settled.

And Zhao Hu severely damaged the Jiangdong Navy twice, Jiangdong lost thousands of soldiers and horses, and Gan Ning, who is known as the Jiangdong Tiger, suffered heavy losses in the war. It was much stronger than that on the western front. Huang Gai wanted to attack Zhao Hu's water village in Guangling with his navy many times, but he was stopped by Zhou Yu. Before Zhou Yu went to Sanjiangkou, he spent most of his time in Piling. It has already been calculated that if Li Lin wants to attack Jiangdong, the east and west must be echoed. If the east and the west are broken all the way, Jiangdong will be defeated. Even if it was to rescue Liu Bei, it was Lu Meng who used a large number of warships, but there were not many Jiangdong water troops. It is precisely because a considerable part of Jiangdong's water army is really in the hands of Piling Huanggai...

"General! Jiangdong water army is found ahead!"

"Okay! The trebuchet is ready!"

"promise!"

Nervous voices sounded, and the blue Liao flag fluttered. It was really Zhao Hu's naval fleet. Because large sea ships could not move flexibly on the Yangtze River, Zhao Hu could only bring a hundred ships that were originally escort ships. The escort warship, the warship, and myself sit on the warship in the sea wind. Instead of using the goose-wing formation that Zhao Huzui is good at, he uses the arrow formation, with the warship at the head, and the guard warships are on both sides, while himself The Sea Breeze Battleship lined up at the end, and it was Zhao Hu's last weapon.

"Oh? It's such a formation?" But he saw Jiangdong's fleet. According to Jiangdong's battle flag, Zhao Hu analyzed Jiangdong's formation. He actually arranged the warships vertically instead of horizontally. , Zhao Hu murmured: "What's the matter? Are you trying to break my ship formation? Humph! Even after losing twice, it's still so unreliable!"

Immediately, Zhao Hu immediately ordered: "Catapult! Release! Bed crossbow ready!" As soon as he came up, Zhao Hu used all his strength to break through this line of defense as soon as possible and attack Piling.

Zhao Hu and Li Lin's custom-made offensive route, the first section is to break Piling first, then attack Dantu, and then go west to the intersection of Huaihe River and Yangtze River, which is now controlled by Tian Yu. Take a rest and join forces with the Jianghuai water army trained by Tian Yu. The second stage is to lead the army to attack Qu'a. In this way, the three water army strongholds in the east of Jiangdong will be breached, and Zhao Hu's water army can point directly at Moling. Knowing that Moling is one of the largest cities in Jiangdong, and it used to be Sun Ce's seat in Jiangdong, Zhou Yu dared not save him. Zhou Yu must deploy more than half of his navy to stop Zhao Hu, and now he entered the third stage. Li Lin and Zhao Hu have no idea if it is said that the navy led by Zhou Yu is on the Yangtze River, so what Li Lin means is that Zhao Hu will not go west, but will immediately go south to attack the ports in the east of the river. , and then let the infantry and cavalry of the Liao army in Jiangbei land on the south bank. As long as the landing is successful, the eastern front will be a big victory. At that time, with the victory of the two troops on the western front, Jiangdong can be determined in half a year!

This kind of strategy seems to be really incomparable. The superiority in military strength made Li Lin divide his troops into three places, but Zhou Yu could only tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall. With the help of Liu Bei, Zhou Yu could at most be helped. Blocking the way, it is said that Liu Bei blocked it, so Li Lin and everyone thought that Zhou Yu's inability to take care of all three sides was certain...

"Whoosh whoosh..."

"Bang bang bang..."

On the Yangtze River, with the rapid current, the battle between Zhao Hu and the Jiangdong navy began.

Zhao Hu was going upstream, so there was an accident with the sea wind warship, and the speed of the remaining warships was relatively slow, but Zhao Hu's warship was equipped with heavy weapons, so according to the usual practice, before it was close, the Jiangdong was first bombed with trebuchets. One round of the water army, then the bed crossbow to defeat the enemy, and finally the bow and arrow crossbow above, if it is still not enough, Zhao Hu will not be afraid of hand-to-hand combat!

"Crash! Bang...crack!" Pieces of rocks fell on the warship headed by Jiang Dong, and the warship was immediately smashed like a hornet's nest, with wooden chips flying around and shaking non-stop. It will sink in a short while.

"Huh?" But Zhao Hu, who was watching the battle, frowned when he saw this situation, stared forward for a long time, and murmured: "These southern barbarians are so smart!"

The reason why Zhao Hu said this is because Jiangdong's navy did not suffer too much damage even though it was attacked by the catapult, because the warship hit by the catapult was obviously a warship without Jiangdong soldiers, and it looked like a warship. Already dilapidated, in fact, not many enemy soldiers died.

"Quick! Send an order, adjust the angle of the trebuchet to a higher level, and hit the back!"

Zhao Hu hurriedly issued an order, but Zhao Hu knew in his heart that the power of the trebuchet could not be fully exerted. No wonder Jiangdong soldiers and horses formed a vertical formation of ships, with a few tall buildings at the head, just to meet them. The stones of Zhao Hu's trebuchet blocked the falling stone attack of the trebuchet to protect the Jiangdong warship behind him. Although Zhao Hu ordered the angle of the trebuchet to be adjusted higher, it was possible to pass over the building ship and hit the Jiangdong warship behind. , but the angle of the trebuchet is configured just right. The angle of accuracy and power is a very appropriate angle. If it is not accurate, the power will not be small, but Zhao Hu's angle is one. Where did it go? It is impossible for the Jiangdong Navy to play a big role in the boat formation like a long snake formation on the river...

"Damn it!" Seeing that his trebuchet had lost its function, Zhao Hu cursed, and the Jiangdong warship, under the protection of the shield of the building boat in front, had already approached Zhao Hu's fleet and escaped the catapult. The attack area of ​​the aircraft, and the building ship has been almost completely sunk, revealing the Jiangdong transshipment ship behind, which is already full of sailors, holding their shields one after another.

"Bed crossbow! Let go!" Zhao Hu roared, and the messengers around immediately waved the flags to order the warships.

"Swish, swish..." For a moment, countless huge arrows were fired from the arrows of Zhao Hu's arrow formation.

"Hmph! I see what you are doing! Damn it! Give me a hard cum!"

With a sharp posture mixed with the wind, they rushed towards Jiangdong's warships. The powerful soldiers could not be stopped by those shields. After a while, Zhao Hu's long-awaited tragic event finally remembered on Jiangdong's warships. cry.

"Let go!" Suddenly there was a roar, which really sounded from Jiangdong's warship. Just looking at the thick arrows, I thought Zhao Hu's warship would shoot towards them. Some pressure from Zhao Hu's side was relieved.

"Hmph! Did you think you have bed crossbows? We also have them in Jiangdong!" With a yell, Gan Ning stood on his side and put his arms on the bowstring of the big crossbow in front of him. With the last pull, the big crossbow that required three people to pull it was pulled away.

"Whoosh!"

"Om..."

"Ha!" With a roar, Gan Ning let go of the bowstring in his hand, and the arrows on the crossbow directly shot at the Liao army warship opposite...

The bed crossbow was not invented by Li Lin, but improved by Li Lin. This huge crossbow has been used as early as the Warring States period. In fact, it is a large-scale crossbow, which is used to defend the city. The enemy army came up, but the three-bow bed crossbow equipped by Li Lin's army, even the five-bow bed crossbow, was improved by Li Lin, and its power was many times stronger, especially when the bed crossbow was used in the navy, but Li Lin was at the end of the Han Dynasty. It was the first of its time, but Li Lin forgot that the most powerful thing in China is the cottage. Although Li Lin’s three-bow bed crossbow cannot be easily imitated, but putting the bed crossbow on a navy warship for long-range combat It was very easy, so the Jiangdong navy immediately placed the bed crossbows on the warships. Of course, the number and power were not as good as Zhao Hu's side...

"Grandma! How dare you imitate me!" Zhao Hu yelled at him on the sea breeze battleship, and kept waving his hands: "Shoot! Shoot me hard, let these Jiangdong children know that I am not so easy to learn of!"

Immediately, the two fleets began to shoot at each other, but the distance was still getting closer. Above the Yangtze River, the sound of screams kept coming to mind.

"Archers! Let the arrows go!" Soon, both sides reached the range of the archers, and the generals of both sides immediately ordered the archers to release the arrows.

"Change the formation!" The formation that was originally arranged vertically by the Jiangdong Navy immediately spread out, divided into left and right sides, and the turning ship moved horizontally, facing Zhao Hu's warship sideways.

"So flexible!" Zhao Hu raised his eyebrows. The combat power of these Jiangdong warships is higher than that of the Jiangdong warships seen in Hanyang last time!

I saw that the first few Jiangdong warships were full of crossbow arrows, and the warships lined up at the end were almost intact. Abandoning the destruction of the first few warships, the distance between the battleship and the Liao army was again close. Both sides are fighting with arrows, of course it depends on who can maneuver flexibly on the Yangtze River!
"Left and right wings! Charge!" After the formation of the Jiangdong battleship spread out, all the strength appeared. Cheng Pu was in the center, and kept waving his flag to order the attack.

"Hmph! Want to break my wings! Delusion! Arrow array, the arrow is the power!" Immediately, Zhao Hu waved the flag, and the entire fleet rushed out as a whole, and the sharp arrow pierced straight into the center of the Jiangdong navy.

Yes, the most powerful arrow is of course the arrow, and to pull the arrow out, the tail hooks on the left and right wings will play a huge role. If you want to pull the arrow out of the flesh, you must Give up a chunk of meat!

Zhao Hu's side immediately rushed forward in the middle of the arrow array, and the two warships followed closely, while the Jiangdong side's wings had already moved, so on the river, the left and right wings of the two fleets collided quickly, but The power of the arrow array was immediately revealed, and the speed of the warship in the middle did not decrease, and it immediately hit Jiangdong's warship.

"Bang!" There was a violent shaking, and the two sides finally reached the moment of close combat.

"Ha!" The Liao army roared angrily, and quickly lowered planks on the Jiangdong warship, and the two warships were connected.

"Kill!" Liao army soldiers brandished steel knives and stepped on wooden boards to kill.

"How courageous!" Gan Ning yelled angrily. Two steel knives flew left and right. He stood up and shouted: "Thiefs of the Liao Army, let me show you how powerful Grandpa is!"

Gan Ning immediately fought with more than a dozen Liao army and water troops, like a tiger descending a mountain, and there was no one to stop him for a while. The Jiangdong tiger really lived up to its reputation!
"Kill!" Cheng Pu also waved the command flag immediately, and the sailors on the left and right flanks immediately fought together.

"Hmph!" And just behind the arrow of the arrow array, of course it is the arrow body, and this arrow body is the key to Zhao Hu's formation, otherwise Zhao Hu would not use the sea wind warship here, and he Also sitting in the town in person.

Zhao Hu looked at the situation of the hand-to-hand combat in front of him, and pulled out the steel knife at his waist with a "shua!" and roared: "The Sea Wind Army obeys the order! Attack the Jiangdong Navy Army's rear quickly!"

"No!" Thirty Sea Breeze Warships turned in unison, and the speed of the empty Sea Breeze Warships was really fast on the sea. They immediately bypassed the stalemate and rushed directly behind the Jiangdong Navy.

"Not good!" Seeing the sudden movement of Zhao Hu's handsome flag, which had not been moved for a long time, Cheng Pu immediately knew it was not good. The left wing of one side spared.

"Fire the arrows!" On the battleship, Zhao Hu immediately ordered, and all the archers on the Haifeng boat immediately fired arrows, while Jiangdong's soldiers and horses were thinking of attacking in the opposite direction, Zhao Hu directly shot arrows behind his own buttocks, and for a while, Countless people fell from the arrows in the Jiangdong water army.

"What! Grandma! When did Zhao Hu run behind me!" Gan Ning, who was fighting, suddenly heard the screams of his own soldiers behind him. It went around to the right rear of itself!Gan Ning was shocked, and ran to the back of the boat like flying, roaring: "Quick! Quick! Raise your shield, quick!"

But so what if Gan Ning roared again, Zhao Hu's warship was still stalking towards him, and Gan Ning kept yelling, "Zhao Hu! You are a thief, if you have the ability to fight with me with real swords and guns Don't use words to trick you! Sneak attack the rear of our army!"

Hearing Gan Ning's shocking roar, Zhao Hu smiled and said, "Hehe! If it's really possible, I really want to fight with you! It's a pity that the battle is crucial!"

"Withdraw the troops!" Cheng Pu saw Zhao Hu's blue Liao flag behind him, and knew that he was doomed. Taking advantage of Zhao Hu's sea breeze warships not blocking the right flank, he immediately ordered the withdrawal of the troops and led the participating water troops to immediately retreat to the right flank. How could Hu be willing to let go of this opportunity, taking advantage of his illness to kill him, which Li Lin has always entrusted to him, immediately attacked the Jiangdong warships from both sides, Cheng Pu could only lead the remaining navy, abandon the warships and large warships, and take a small He escaped from the gap between the warship and Zou Kezhong Zhao Hu's water army.

"Hehe! Good! Brothers! Chase me! Go into the Yangtze River!" Zhao Hu looked at Cheng Pu, and Gan Ning didn't even want his Jiangdong warship, so he took a small boat and escaped from the attack on both sides. Overjoyed, he immediately ordered the whole army to take advantage of the victory and pursue it, led the navy under his command to chase after him, marched all the way west, crossed and gradually approached Piling...

(End of this chapter)