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The wind started blowing, and the wind was filled with the smell of blood.
The big flag behind him was blown by the river wind, and a corner of the flag was dangling in front of Yan Liang's eyes.
Looking into the distance, the Wu fleet in the center of the river still has not retreated, and the large and small warships are advancing and retreating, as if they are reorganizing something.
Although the distance was too far, Yan Liang could not clearly see the panoramic movements of the enemy ships, but the war intuition possessed by an excellent commander gave him a vague feeling of bad premonition.
While speculating, the Wu fleet finally started moving again.
The reorganized hundreds of warships once again set sail and paddled, heading towards the camp on the north shore.
"Could it be that the Wu people haven't eaten enough of our arrows and still want to attack hard?" veteran Huang Zhong questioned.
While speaking, the Wu army was approaching again. Yan Liang raised his eyes and looked into the distance, only to find that the formation of the Wu fleet this time had changed somewhat from the previous attack.
??The large warships such as building ships and fighting ships that were originally arranged in front and acted as moving iron walls retreated to the back. Instead, dozens of boats sailed ahead.
Such changes in the Wu people are quite strange.
Huang Zhong sneered and said: "Were the Wu people stunned by the shooting? They actually used the walking boats as the vanguard. We only need one round of shooting to shoot down all the Wu soldiers above."
Although Huang Zhong was born in Jingzhou, he was not proficient in water warfare, so he said these contemptuous words.
Yan Liang knew that Huang Gai was a veteran who was proficient in water warfare. He was definitely not that kind of person who was good at water warfare. The person who made this stupid move.
Huang Gai¡¯s special formation must have another purpose.
Yan Liang¡¯s brows were darkened, his thoughts were racing, and he was thinking rapidly about the enemy¡¯s intentions.
At this moment, Lu Meng, who had been silent all the time, suddenly realized something and said anxiously: "Look, my lord, the south wind has suddenly risen now, which is the perfect time to set fire with the wind. The dozens of Wu Jun's boats must be fire boats." ¡±
With this word, Yan Liang suddenly realized something in his mind.
No wonder he was slightly worried when the battle flag waved in front of him. Now that Lu Meng reminded him, he realized that at that time, he was already worried that Wu Jun would use the wind to set fire.
In the past, during the Battle of Chibi, Zhou Yu relied on dozens of fire ships. He defeated Cao Cao's arrogant army in one fell swoop.
How could Yan Liang not know about such bloody battles?
In past history. It was Huang Gai who set the fire ship. Now in the battle of Fankou, it was Huang Gai who wanted to set the fire ship. This is really a coincidence.
"This Huang Gai really likes to play with fire" A sneer appeared at the corner of Yan Liang's mouth.
Seeing that Yan Liang was not in a hurry, Lu Meng hurriedly reminded: "My lord, if the Wu people really want to set fire to it, we may not be able to stop it with just the crossbows on the shore. It's time to send out warships."
Yan Liang nodded and immediately shouted: "Where is Gan Xingba?"
"The general is here!" Gan Ning had already been gearing up.
Yan Liang shook his horse whip and said sternly: "I have ordered you to lead three thousand naval troops and attack when the opportunity arises. You must block the Wu fire ships."
Gan Ning said with emotion: "Lord, don't worry. If a fire ship is allowed to come over, my lord will punish the general's crime."
Say it. Gan Ning rode off and headed straight for the trestle.
The order sounded, and more than three thousand elite navy soldiers quickly boarded the battleship. Dozens of troops were in position, and Gan Ning could rush out of the water stronghold with just one order.
On the river surface, the Wu fleet had once again approached the arrow attack range. Yan Liang immediately ordered thousands of crossbowmen to once again attack the approaching enemy ships with overwhelming arrows.
Wu Jun braved the rain of arrows and desperately approached Fankou Camp.
Huang Gai stood in front of the battleship, and a group of pro-soldiers held up four or five large shields to block the front, which could barely block the incoming iron arrows from the ballista.
Seeing that the fleet was approaching Yanying, Huang Gai's eyes narrowed and he shouted: "Set the ship on fire¡ª¡ª"
After the order was given, the soldiers on the boat quickly lit torches and ignited the firewood and kerosene hidden in the hull.
The raging fire quickly grew, and in just a moment, more than thirty boats turned into burning fire ships.
The soldiers on the ship rushed to the mothership behind them, and all the ropes involved were cut. More than thirty fireships, like monsters with tongues of fire, took advantage of the south wind and rushed towards Yanying.
On the shore, Yan Liang¡¯s sword-shaped eyebrows were also condensed into a thin line, and his eyes were cold and stern.??The blazing flames flickered in his eyes.
As expected, it was consistent with Lu Meng¡¯s guess, Huang Gai really used fire attack.
The officers and soldiers on the left and right saw the fire boat rushing toward the water camp, and everyone's hearts tightened.
These fearless warriors will not show any fear at all, no matter how powerful the enemy is, but as flesh and blood, they can no longer maintain peace in their hearts when faced with the power of nature, such as the blazing fire.
A tense atmosphere suddenly filled the air over the camp.
Yan Liang cast his eyes on the trestle in the distance and thought to himself: "Xingba, Xingba, the rest is up to you, don't let me down."
The fire ship followed the wind and was approaching quickly.
Gan Ning, who rushed forward, judged the timing correctly, pointed the iron halberd in his hand forward, and shouted: "The whole army attacks, block the fire ships for me, and don't let any of them go."
Amid the roar, the flags waved and the war drums roared.
Dozens of stern ships galloped out, and the sailors' oars were heard like thunder. The long and narrow stern ships, carrying more than 3,000 fearless warriors, faced the blazing fire ship.
After the fire ship was launched, Huang Gai had ordered the fleet to slow down. As an experienced water warfare general, Huang Gai knew every step of attacking with fire.
He had to wait until the fireship crashed into the enemy camp and burned the enemy camps along the coast before he could lead the entire army to attack the shore.
Otherwise, if he attacks too quickly, his fleet may be affected by the fire.
Just when Huang Gai tensed his nerves and planned to watch a grand fireworks show, he suddenly discovered that a large number of enemy ships rushed out of the water village and bravely pounced on his speeding fire ship.
Huang Gai knows. This was Yan Liang's counterattack. The opponent wanted to use a small stern to attack the ship and forcibly intercept the fire ship he had launched.
Of course Huang Gai did not allow Yan Liang to do this. He immediately shouted: "The whole army fired arrows, aim at the enemy ships rushing out, and shoot hard."
After the order was passed, the crossbowmen on more than a hundred Wu ships quickly mobilized their shooting targets and turned the shooting targets from the enemy camp to the rushing Yan Jun Chong.
Thousands of sharp arrows, driven by the wind. Carrying the force of the breaking wind, it roared and fell like raindrops towards Gan Ning's squadron.
With such a dense rain of arrows, if it had been an ordinary frigate, it would have been shot into a hornet's nest. Unfortunately, the ten frigates Huang Gai faced were not ordinary ships. .
In fact, Yan Liang had already deeply studied the Wu tactics before sending troops, when he was preparing for a defensive counterattack. It was estimated in advance that the Wu people could use fire attack tactics.
Therefore, under Lu Meng¡¯s suggestion. Yan Liang ordered dozens of troops in the army to be modified to strengthen their defenses.
The dozens of ships led by Gan Ning had two new layers of cowhide added to the outer hull of the ship on the original basis. The three layers of cowhide defense were enough to block the sharpest arrow attacks in the world. .
Faced with such a strong protective power, the Wu people attacked fiercely with arrows, and the fallen arrows were nailed all over the outer wall of the enemy ship, making the entire ship look as scary as being shot into a hedgehog. But in fact, none of the soldiers in the boat were injured by the arrows.
Under the protection of the ship, Gan Ning and his soldiers faced the rain of arrows and approached the oncoming fire ship in a moment.
"Stretch out the pole and stop the fire ship!"
Gan Ning waved his iron halberd and roared like a roar.
The dozens of ships immediately slowed down. The soldiers at the rear emerged from the cabin, stretched out bamboo poles several feet long, and struggled to support the oncoming fire ship.
This special pole will have an iron tip on the top. You can easily stick to the fire boat, but you don't have to worry about the bamboo pole body being burned by the fire.
The sailors skillfully controlled the stern, and the pole-hands worked together to reverse the course of the fire ship. Finally, they released the poles, allowing the fire ship to follow the flow of the river and move towards the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
After about a quarter of an hour of hard work, more than thirty fire ships were all changed by Gan Ning and his warriors and went downstream.
The tense nerves of the officers and soldiers of the Yan family who were watching the battle from the shore were finally relieved.
Yan Liang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, patted his thigh and praised excitedly: "Gan Xingba, you are so good!"
Yan Liang was excited, but on the river, Huang Gai and his Wu soldiers were dumbfounded.
Huang Gai never expected that Yan Jun¡¯s preparations were so complete, and that the dozens of stern ships that rushed towards the enemy were so protective that they would be completely invulnerable under his dense arrows.No harm.
??????????????????? And the more than 30 fire ships that changed their route and flew downstream made Huang Gai¡¯s expression change even more.
The 20,000-strong vanguard fleet led by Huang Gai adjusted its course and attacked Yan Di's camp from south to north. Therefore, the fireship that turned around could not hurt him at all.
But the follow-up army commanded by Sun Quan downstream was still swimming upstream from east to west. If the fire ship went like this, it would just hit Sun Quan's main fleet.
Huang Gai secretly felt bad, and shouted anxiously: "Quick, send out the fast ship quickly, and be sure to stop the fire ship¡ª¡ª"
When Huang Gai's fast ship followed the fire ship, he chased it out.
A few miles downstream, Sun Quan was still standing on the huge flagship with his head held high, looking in the direction of Fankou from a distance with an expression of determination to win.
When he saw the shadow of the fire ship appearing in the direction close to the enemy camp, he couldn't help but sneer at the corner of his mouth.
"It is indeed a public defeat. Now that the south wind is blowing, it is a good opportunity to attack with fire. It seems that today's battle will be over soon."
Sun Quan's expression became more and more confident, and in his mind, he began to picture the "spectacular" scene of Yan Liang's camp being burned into a sea of ????fire by the fireship.
However, as time passed by, the enemy camp in the distance never appeared as he imagined.
Just when Sun Quan felt suspicious, suddenly, the sentry at the height screamed: "Oh no, the fire ship is rushing toward us¡ª¡ª"
Sun Quan¡¯s originally confident expression suddenly changed color. - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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