{Thank you, friend, for the monthly pass} The mighty fleet went down the river, the scene was magnificent, magnificent, high on a fortress-like ship, and he couldn't feel the bumps that the ship should have, Wang Ying only felt that he had a strong ambition in his heart, and he couldn't wait to sing a sigh on the spot to vent it.
However, considering that the surroundings are either Qiu Ba or the big old man, no one can understand the aria, such as playing the piano to the cow, Wang Ying still held back.
But at this time, a subordinate general probed and said, "Shizi, the situation is not quite right."
"Oh why" Wang Ying looked back and asked.
The general said: "It seems that the Ming navy is deliberately slowing down, waiting for our army to enter the sandbar channel. ” Wang Ying's heart suddenly burst into his heart, he is not a straw bag, at least he has been following Wang Dun for a long time, and he is much better than Wang Pengzhi and other peers who live in Jiankang, so he hurriedly looked at it carefully, and this look is indeed the case.
"Hmph" Wang Ying snorted coldly: "He will slow down, I won't, give orders, slow down" "Son, don't" Another ministry will be urgently advised.
Wang Ying's face sank suddenly.
The general arched his hand and said: "The Ming army is downstream, tracing the stream, he only needs to put away part of the oars to slow down, and it can be easily done, while our army is in the upstream, the deceleration must be reversed, and it must be neat and consistent in order to slow down the speed, and the difficulty is far greater than that of the Ming army."
What's more, our army has many ships, and it is not easy to reach the government decrees, and now it is only a few miles away from the Ming army, if the whole army fails to slow down before the handover of the two armies, then the ships will be fast and slow, and our army may be chaotic without a fight, please think twice."
Wang Ying thought about it, and couldn't help but scolded angrily: "Damn, living upstream, smooth sailing, but it has become a disadvantage, what is the reason?"
The generals looked at each other and exchanged helpless looks.
In the final analysis, the Hengjiang River is full of sandbars in the past 100 years, like mountains on land, full of canyons, in the mountains, running fast is not necessarily an advantage, mainly depends on who on both sides can make better use of the terrain.
And due to a small adjustment of the Jingzhou army in the Ming army, the advantage was gone, and it is no wonder that Wang Ying will abuse regardless of his demeanor.
"How about that?"
Wang Ying asked again.
A general said: "At present, it is difficult for our army to give full play to the advantage of many ships, so the last general thinks that when the building ship is the vanguard, it will be frustrated by its sharpness, after all, our army occupies the upper reaches, and the advantage of going down the river can not be offset by a mere sandbar, but the battle array is dangerous, and the fortune and misfortune are unpredictable, and the prince is invited to go ashore." “ "Ask the Son to Come Ashore" The generals gave up one after another.
Wang Ying's eyes showed a look of struggle, although the first line of the navy was extremely dangerous, and he also knew the necessity of dispatching the building ship, but if he could retreat in front of everyone's eyes and avoid the second line, I am afraid that he would be laughed at by his subordinates for the rest of his life.
That's it, that's it, I have a boat, I'm afraid he will do something Wang Yingmeng gritted his teeth and shouted: "I am entrusted by the prime minister to lead the navy, and there is no reason to retreat, there is no retreat in this battle, the ship is in the people, the ship sinks and the people die."
"No" All the generals were excited, and they gave up their hands heavily.
With a burst of flags, the boats in front and behind gave way, and the boat slowly sailed forward, and the Jingzhou Navy was excited and shouted long live.
It is also true that ordinary fighting ships cannot be equipped with trebuchets, but the building ships are different, there are more than ten trebuchets in various parts of the deck, and there are also beating rods, which are several sizes larger than the beating rods on the fighting ships.
Jiang Yan, who was a few miles away from the other side, gasped and said: "Good guy, I actually drove the boat up, it seems that the Jingzhou Navy has realized that something is wrong, and is desperate to win." ” Jiang Zhao said solemnly: "Although the building ship is not flexible, but it should not be underestimated, my ancestors built the building ship at the beginning, but the use of good cypress, with three to five layers of board construction, strong and sturdy, not afraid of collision, and carry multiple pairs of clapsticks, must not be approached by it. “ "I understand" Jiang Yan nodded.
On the river, the two fleets try to line up in a loose formation close to each other, the size of the Ming warships is the same, relatively speaking, the Jingzhou naval army is more layered, with building ships and fighting ships in front of the formation, the ships are interspersed in between, and some sampans are rowed back and forth to convey orders, because they enter the sandbar waterway, so they are equal to the Ming army in terms of quantity, and there is no obvious advantage.
But the upstream is the upstream, and most of the oarsmen can be divided to go to the deck to throw spears, while the Ming army is swimming against the current, and there is no way to sail and snake the water in the battle, so it can only be powered by foot oarsmen, which is already at a disadvantage in terms of manpower.
On the watchtowers of the two warships, crossbowmen are arranged, covered by a female wall, and behind the female wall in the bow, crossbowmen, archers and spearmen are arranged in turn, half-squatting on the deck, and each other's faces can be seen clearly.
"Put" "Put" Almost at the same time, both armies gave the order Suddenly, the surface of the river is dense like flying locust-like black crossbow arrows alternately, nailed to the sails, but also nailed to the mast and the bow, the sound of tuk tuk continuously, and accompanied by the sound of screams, the female wall can not completely eliminate the injury, both armies have people killed by arrows, the deck is stained with blood, some corpses fell directly into the river, blooming a cluster of bright red splashes, in the turquoise river against the background, particularly eye-catching.
However, in addition to archery, the Ming army also placed a small steel cannon in the bow and stern of each ship, and after a round of crossbow arrows, the crossbowmen retreated like a tide, and the gunners stepped forward to load dànyào, and before the second round of crossbow arrows of the Jingzhou navy, they opened fire one after another.
The river rumbled loudly, the smoke of gunpowder continued, and one solid bullet after another was thrown out, stirring up a splash of water on the water surface, because of the severe turbulence on the river surface, the accuracy was greatly missed, and a salvo of nearly 100 shells was fired, and only more than 10 rounds hit the target.
Three ships were hit, the thick raw cowhide could not be stopped, and they exploded on the spot, and none of the soldiers loaded on the ship escaped, and two small sampans were shot and sank directly to the bottom of the water, and the remaining nearly ten were hit by the fighting ships.
With an unstoppable force, the iron bullet smashed all the things on the deck, the side of the ship, the women's wall, etc., and even a few of them passed through the boat, smashing the churning waves on the river.
Blood poured into the river like a waterfall, and the river poured into the boat down the hole, and the damaged fighting ship was visibly shaken, and then the bow of the ship fell, the stern was upturned, and the sawdust kept falling into the river.
"Patch, Quick Patch" The ship ran and shouted, usually the fighting ship was more than ten zhang long, and was hit by a cannonball, which was not enough to sink, only one was shot on the port side of the ship, and was directly smashed nearly a third of the ship's surface, as if a giant hand broke a piece alive.
Dozens of Popeye gathered here, and in the boom, all died, leaving only the broken deck with blurred flesh and blood, and the clearly visible stumps and broken arms, blood leaked into the water layer by layer, the river swirled back, the fighting ship sank down sharply, and quickly tilted to the left, and the remaining soldiers on the ship let out a frightened cry and slipped to the ground.
On the slippery deck, the speed of the slide was extremely fast, and everyone scratched and kicked with all their limbs, trying to grasp all the obstacles that might stop the slide, although a few people were lucky enough to hold on to the female wall tightly and stop their bodies for a while, but then they were slammed into the river by their companions who slid from behind.
The angle of inclination of the fighting ship became larger and larger, and any objects and personnel on the deck leaked into the river one after another, smashing out strings of blood-red splashes.
On the surface of the river, clumps of blood bloomed everywhere, there were no rules at all, and after a few swirls, with a deafening loud noise, the fighting ship capsized, and even the bottom of the ship turned up, splashing a large number of water droplets, and a huge whirlpool also greedily devoured everything.
"Puff" "Puff" With two loud bangs in a row, the two masts of the fighting ship were broken respectively, and they were fiercely inserted into the river, and the splashing waves knocked over a boat on the side, and unfortunately became the funeral goods of the fighting ship, and the sailors and soldiers desperately cried for help, but they were dragged to the bottom of the water by the whirlpool.
This is the first large ship to be sunk, in the Ming army, there was a shocking cheer, and the morale was greatly boosted, but Jiang Zhao's father and son both sighed secretly, mainly because the rate of fire of the artillery was too slow, the tense atmosphere on the battlefield played an impact, and the interference of the wind and waves also brought a lot of trouble, it needed to be reset, the barrel needed to be cleaned, and the charge was also needed, and the most skilled gunner had to score five points to shoot a shot.
At the same time, the huge bump seriously affected the accuracy, which could not be overcome, so the artillery used solid bullets, and it was useless, after all, at the moment of firing the cannon, the muzzle of the gun was a bump, and the xiàndàn flew all over the sky, and it was easy to hurt the companions.
But in any case, sinking a fighting ship can be regarded as the first shot.
Jiang Yan took a deep breath and turned around and gave two orders in succession. 。
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