Although Ling Tong was once a general was a small pawn for being rude to Liu Jing, it was just an explanation and a gesture. In fact, after the end of the Battle of Red Cliff, Ling Tong was named Chenglie Commander. This time during Sun Quan's Western Expedition, he was named the three vanguards of defeating the enemy together with Lu Meng and Ding Feng.

Today, the Jiangxia army came unexpectedly, and it happened that he was on duty to patrol the water camp. He immediately led dozens of sentry ships to fight.

The boat was shaking waves in the river and advancing rapidly. Ling Tong stood at the bow of the first warship, holding a steel knife and a shield in his hand, staring at the enemy ship with sharp eyes, as if a leopard was about to pounce on the leopard.

The reason why he is so fierce is that there is another secret hidden in his heart, that is, he knows that Princess Shangxiang is staring at him on the top of the city, and the attention of the beauty has further aroused the male courage in his body.

The Jiangxia warships that were coming towards him were all 50 stones, led by the Jiangxia army's first powerful general, Shen Mi. He also held a shield and a short halberd in his hand, and looked coldly as he got closer and closer. Jiangdong Army warship.

No one could have imagined that on a thousand stone warship hundreds of steps behind, Liu Jing stood at the bow of the ship to watch the battle. This was a battle to test bee crossbows. He wanted to know how bee crossbows were in the water battle. Effect.

At this time, Liu Jing saw Ling Tong from afar and couldn't help but sneer, "What a sincerity of Sun Quan!"

His eyes turned to the city wall again, seven or eight miles apart, and he could only vaguely see the city wall covered with spectators. Although he couldn't see his face clearly, he could imagine that Sun Quan was among them.

Liu Jing couldn't help but show a sarcastic smile on his face. If Sun Quan had tasted the taste of a bee crossbow, what would he have like?

"Beat the drum to help the battle!"

With Liu Jing's order, the sound of war drums on the three thousand stone ships rumbling, and the drums resounded across the river, inspiring the fighting spirit of the Jiangxia navy. They were getting closer and closer to the Jiangdong warships.

Shen Mi approached the enemy ship and immediately ordered: "Prepare the bee crossbow!"

A soldier was sitting on the bow of the ship to control the bee crossbow. These were fifty bee crossbows brought back from Xiakou by Liu Jing. They were installed on the bow of the ship and could be controlled by a soldier.

Liu Jing later learned that the reason why Ma Jun temporarily chose the rhubarb crossbow was actually a deceptive strategy, which was to make the enemy mistakenly think that this was a ten-stone heavy crossbow.

But in fact, it was just a two-stone crossbow. The Ten-stone Bumblebee Crossbow has not been developed yet. The reason is that the arrow box cannot withstand the impact of the Ten-stone gravity.

Two-stone crossbow, thirty-step killing range, is actually not of great significance to actual combat. The opponent can use a shield to defend it. Once the ten-stone bee crossbow is developed, the crossbow arrow can penetrate the shield, which has amazing lethality, so Today's battle is largely a psychological warfare.

The Jiangxia army's warship rushed towards the enemy ship from the side. The soldiers aimed at more than a dozen soldiers on the enemy ship. The two ships were getting closer and closer, fifty steps...thirty steps...ten steps, only ten steps apart Bu, at this time, Ling Tong also saw the monster on the bow of Jiang Xiajun's ship. He suddenly recognized it. It was a big yellow crossbow, which was so shocked that he turned around and shouted: "Hurry up and use the shield!"

But it was too late, 'Click!' With a sound of a crossbow machine, nine crossbow arrows roared out and shot at the soldiers on the ship in an instant. There was only a scream. Five people were shot by crossbow arrows and rolled down the river. Ling Tong He also hit a arrow in his leg and blood gushed out.

"Ling Tong is killed!" Chen Mi shouted loudly, and a halberd hit Ling Tong's throat...

At this time, nearly a hundred small boats were fighting fiercely on the river surface, and bee crossbows were launched one after another, and soldiers in Jiangdong were killed and injured.

The standard configuration of the Jiangdong Navy is spear, sword and round shield. It is usually made of spear and round shield. The round shield is behind it. Only when facing enemy bows and arrows or close-killing battles will it be replaced by sword and shield.

On the boat, the people fell into the water. Even Sun Quan on the top of the city found something wrong. He looked solemn and turned around and asked Huang Gai: "What did the old general find?"

Huang Gai's eyes also showed a look of surprise, "It seems that our soldiers were caught in an arrow, but the enemy did not use bows and arrows. I am not sure!"

Sun Quan realized that something was wrong. If his whistle ship was wiped out, it would seriously affect morale. He immediately ordered: "Ming Jin to withdraw the troops!"

"Dang!Dang!Dang!" The rapid bell rang, urging the sentry ships in front of them to retreat.

The fierce battle on the river surface, but the outcome has been decided. The huge lethality of the bee crossbow caused the Jiangdong Navy to reduce its personnel by 40% before it was fought. The Jiangdong Navy was at a disadvantage. More than a dozen ships had become empty ships, and the soldiers of the other ships were suffering. support.

Ling Tong's martial arts are above Shen Mi, and his water quality is not as weak as Chen Mi. Chen Mi's overall strength is not as good as Ling Tong, but because Ling Tong was injured in his leg, his strength and martial arts were reduced, and he was actually Shen. Mi killed one after another, with his hair disheveled, and his left and right blocked him, making him look embarrassed.

At this time, Ling Tong heard Mingjin's withdrawal of troops, but he could not escape from the opponent's fierce attack. He was anxious and shouted angrily. The sword escaped from his hand and slashed towards Chen Mi. Chen Mi sideways to avoid the sword .

Ling Tong seized the opportunity at this moment, turned over and jumped into the river, disappearing like a fish.

Chen Mi was furious and was about to dive into the water to chase after him. At this time, bells and drums sounded on the Jiangxia army's ship. This was the order of the defeated enemy not to chase him. Chen Mi restrained the urge to dive and shouted loudly: "Don't chase after him." !”

The soldiers from Jiangdong fought more than fifty warships, but in the end they only came back less than twenty, with nearly seven hundred soldiers killed or injured, while the Jiangxia army lost less than ten warships, with more than a hundred casualties.

For decades, Jingzhou naval forces have always lost more than they win against Jiangdong naval forces, and the few victories have been miserable. Today, this kind of water battle with huge differences in victory and defeat is extremely rare between Jiangdong and Jiangxia. It is the bee crossbow that plays a decisive role in the middle.

Liu Jing showed a look of relief on his face. Although today's bee crossbow just killed an unexpected kill, once the real bumblebee crossbow was successfully developed, it would be the nightmare for the Jiangdong Army.

At this time, Chen Mi led the warships to return one after another. Chen Mi got on the big ship and knelt down on one knee to salute, "Reporting to the state governor, the weak combat in the Beishi position caused one hundred and twenty brothers to be injured and killed."

Liu Jing helped him up and smiled and said, "It's already very good. If it weren't for the bee crossbow's power, at least 40% of the brothers would have suffered casualties, and the outcome would not be known."

Speaking of bee crossbow, Chen Mi suddenly became excited, "Qi Bingzhou Mu, this kind of bee crossbow is indeed very lethal, especially in water melee battles. If it is a real big yellow crossbow, it can shoot through the enemy's shields, Then we are really invincible on the water.”

Liu Jing just smiled. The bee crossbow is not tinder oil. Once the Jiangdong army gets a bee crossbow, they can also imitate it. At most a year, they can make it in large quantities, and they are also used to deal with the Jiangxia army. In fact, the water surface The killer weapon on it should also be turbulent oil, and the bee crossbow is used to deal with the Cao army's cavalry.

He asked again: "Is there anything else to gain in this battle?"

"There is another thing to report to the governor of the state."

Shen Mi walked back to the side of the ship, leaned over and shouted, "Please lift the thing up!"

Soon, a soldier carried a wooden barrel onto the big ship. The barrel leaked a little, and tinder oil flowed out of the gap. Liu Jing's expression suddenly became serious. He quickly stepped forward and wiped the leaking gap. I put a little tincture oil on my nose and sniffed it. It was really the same tincture oil as them.

Chen Mi said on the side: "A barrel of turbulent oil found on their main ship at this time, but it was not found on other ships. There was a word below, which should be the turbulent oil provided by Cao's army to the Jiangdong army."

Liu Jing turned over the oil barrel and found a black painted word "Cao" on the bottom edge. Liu Jing's face was as heavy as water. He had already received rumors that Cao Cao gave the turtle oil to the Jiangdong Army. Now the rumors have become facts, which is very good. !

After pondering for a moment, Liu Jing immediately ordered: "Return to Wuchang!"

The Jiangxia army reorganized its fleet and returned to Wuchang.

.........

Ling Tong was finally carried into Chaisang City by the soldiers and received emergency treatment from the military doctor. Sun Quan had already obtained the exact news from the soldiers. A big yellow crossbow that could shoot more than a dozen arrows at the same time appeared on the bow of the Jiangxia army, killing and injuring The power is amazing and has greatly affected morale.

This made Sun Quan's heart extremely heavy. He paced back and forth in the room alone with his hands behind his back. He thought they also had tinea oil and could compete with Jiang Xiajun on the river.

However, the appearance of the Duoya Huang Crossbow made the Jiangdong Army fall behind. If it falls behind, it will be beaten and fail. Sun Quan was full of worries about the prospects of this battle.

Of course, Sun Quan knew where the gap was. The fundamental reason was that Jiangxia had craftsmen and opened schools for craftsmen, which made outstanding talents continue to emerge, and also made Jiangxia's weapons, warships, irrigation, docks and other equipment have developed greatly. It is no accident that the appearance of the multi-arrow yellow crossbow today.

Especially the warships that rely on wooden impellers to travel against the wind and against the water surface brought great shock to Sun Quan, and also prompted him to consider imitating Jiangxia to establish craftsmanship, but this idea was strongly opposed by a large number of literati such as Zhang Zhao and Gu Yong. , and it ended up in nothing.

Today, the emergence of the Duoya Huang crossbow made Sun Quan's willingness to establish craftsmanship became stronger again.

At this time, the guards at the door reported: "The Guardian Zhou is here!"

Zhou Yu, the guardian of Zhou, was removed from the position of Grand Commander for his strong opposition to Sun Quan's western expedition and regained his former guardian. This time, Sun Quan's western expedition to Jiangxia also ordered Zhou Yu to go with him, but Zhou Yu happened to go back to Lujiang to explore his mother. , He rushed directly from Lujiang to Chaisang.

Zhou Yu's arrival gave Sun Quan a glimmer of hope, and he immediately ordered: "Please come in!"

Although Zhou Yu opposed the Jiangdong Army's expedition, he was a minister of Jiangdong after all. Sun Quanzhi ordered him not to disobey. He finally rushed from Lujiang to Chaisang and walked into the room. Zhou Yu bowed and said, "I'm going to see Wu Hou." !”

"Um!"

Sun Quan nodded and asked, "Zijing is also coming to Chaisang. Haven't you met him?"

"I didn't meet you."

"Maybe he's still on the way!"

Speaking of this, Sun Quan changed the topic: "There was a war today. Do Gongjin know?"

"Weichen just went to visit General Ling and learned a little about it."

Sun Quan felt a little unhappy and urged him to come. He went to visit Ling Tong first. But after a change of thought, Sun Quan understood that Zhou Yu was actually going to inquire about the situation of the war. He disappeared and asked with concern: "Then what do you think of today's war?"
Chapter completed!