"Commander, should we attack Jiangdong Water Village directly?" Gan Ning asked Cai Mao on the boat.
Cai Hao smiled coldly, "Don't worry, it's time for the rats from Jiangdong to come out."
"Then why did you and my lord ask for twenty catapults?" Zhang Yun asked puzzledly.
The water stronghold is a camp built on the riverside, and warships are docked in the stronghold. If they attack directly, the navy from Jiangdong will not even have a chance to board the ship. Zhang Yun and the generals all thought that Cai Mao would attack the water stronghold directly.
In this way, the Jingchu army would not have to engage in battle with Jiangdong's warships, and the losses would be minimal.
Cai Mao sighed and said, "That's for attacking Wuxian. The catapult's stone bullets need to be specially polished. How can they be wasted here?"
Everything about this catapult is good, but the stone projectiles are not very easy to use.
Gan Ning and Zhang Yun were still puzzled, "But if they run away, will the news that we defeated the navy be spread back to Jiangdong soon?"
Cai Hao sneered, "We're just trying to make them run away! With more than 80,000 troops fighting on both sides, even if someone runs away, we can't stop them. It's better to let some of them run away first and go back to spread the word, so that we can attack them later.
The morale of Jiangdong's soldiers and civilians has improved, and secondly, the enemy troops we face have also become smaller."
"The Commander-in-Chief is wise." Gan Ning and Zhang Yun immediately admired him. No wonder the Lord had to let Cai Mao be the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy. Compared with Cai Mao, the two of them were still a little too young.
As several people were talking, countless black spots appeared on the river opposite, "Report to the Commander-in-Chief, the enemy troops have left the stronghold!"
Cai Mao's face was full of excitement. He pulled out his sword and raised it, shouting loudly, "Well done! The whole army is ready to fight!"
"Gan Ning, Zhang Yun, and Zhang Zheng, order you three to directly attack the handsome ship where Cheng Pu is located. Cheng Pu will live or die!"
"promise!"
Gan Ning and Zhang Yun were generals. As for Zhang Zheng, Cai Mao was determined to promote him. After this battle, he was a relative with military merit, military power, and strength. For the future, he had to make more friends with the generals in the army.
"Dong dong dong!"
As the war drums sounded, Gan Ning and his men led the army out into battle, with a total of thirty flying cloud, sea-covering, and huge building ships. Behind these large ships were countless sterns, fighting ships, etc., all of which were covered with iron armor.
!
"General, the enemy is coming towards us!"
Cheng Pu looked at the rushing Jingchu naval forces and uttered four words, "Drumming! Fight!"
"The Governor has an order! Beat the drums! Fight!"
"Dong dong dong!"
The Jiangdong navy went upstream and rushed towards the Jingchu navy without stopping at all!
"call out!"
"jump!"
"Whoosh..."
When the distance was close, the giant crossbow on Jingchu's warship was fired, and the calf-thick crossbow arrows were shot at the Jiangdong navy!
"Get out of the way! Raise your shield, raise your shield!"
"The crossbowmen are ready to fight back!" Cheng Pu kept giving orders.
"Bang! Bang..."
"ah..."
"Bang..."
The huge crossbow arrows penetrated the shield directly, and the cabins of some small boats were shot through.
A huge crossbow arrow shot through the shield and was inserted into the abdomen of a Jiangdong soldier. Blood flowed freely on the deck. He screamed in pain. However, no one paid attention to him. No one dared to move rashly.
Everyone is trembling under their shields!
The distance was not enough. When he was three hundred steps away, Gan Ning raised his sword and shouted, "Fire arrows! Don't give them a chance to breathe!"
"Ding ding ding..."
The Jiangdong soldiers hiding behind their shields once again endured the violent rain of arrows.
Cheng Pu pushed away the shield hand in front of him and said, "This is too much bullying. Please fight back with the crossbow man!"
"咻咻咻......"
The crossbowmen of Jiangdong Navy were finally able to fight back. The arrows fired by the two sides even collided directly in the air!
Looking at the flying arrows, Gan Ning quickly ordered, "Raise your shield!"
In fact, at this time, there is no need for the general to give orders. The soldiers have a clear division of labor and know what they should do.
"咻咻咻......"
"ah......"
"Bang bang..."
"Wow..."
Above the river, arrows from both sides were coming back and forth. Some people were constantly hit by arrows, making shrill screams. Only the shouts of killing echoed on the river, and arrows slammed into the hull and shields. The battlefield was full of noise, and arrows were hit.
The soldiers who fell into the water dyed the river blood red!
"Bang!"
A small fish that was eating the corpse was frightened by the huge impact and swam into the river. The two warships collided!
"kill!"
"kill!"
This is what water warfare is like. Shooting arrows from a long distance, and the collision of warships is a hand-to-hand battle. The soldiers on both sides scream and rush towards each other.
"Bang!"
"Wow..."
"Pfft!"
The shields collided together, more soldiers fell into the water, and the swords of both sides swung fiercely at each other. Blood spilled from the ship into the water.
"Bang!"
"ah!"
"Come after me!"
Zhang Zheng held up his shield, pushed hard against the shields of Jiangdong soldiers, slashed the enemy soldiers on the heads with his sword, narrowly dodged the enemy's counterattack, and shouted at the soldiers behind him.
"This Zhang Zheng is really eager to make contributions." Zhang Yun sighed behind him.
Gan Ning immediately replied, "We can't fall behind either!"
"That's natural! Men, fight with me!"
After all, Jingchu's navy was outnumbered, and gradually the place of fighting came to Jiangdong's warship. The crossbowmen who followed behind kept harvesting lives!
A deputy general next to Cheng Pu said anxiously, "General, there are many enemy troops, and the soldiers cannot resist them. Should we retreat?"
Cheng Pu glanced at him sideways, and then quickly slashed his sword.
"Pfft!"
"Bang."
The lieutenant covered his neck in disbelief and fell to the deck.
"Anyone who quits will be killed without mercy!"
Cheng Pu raised his sword and shouted, "Come up with the handsome flag! My sons, charge with me and repay the kindness of Marquis Wu!"
Following his order, all the ships of the Wu army came forward. Cheng Pu took the lead and jumped over the ships and rushed towards the warship in front.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
For a time, the morale of the Wu army was greatly boosted, and the soldiers of Jingchu were even a little unable to resist.
"Pfft!"
"Kill!" Cheng Pu swung his sword to kill a soldier who was approaching and shouted. His gray beard was stained with blood! The soldiers around him and behind him followed him and fought bravely!
"Hmph!" Cai Mao snorted coldly in the distance, "Are you the only one in Jiangdong who has a handsome flag?"
"Blow the drum! Put up the handsome flag! Drive these struggling rats into the water and feed them to the fish!"
"The Commander-in-Chief has an order, raise the flag!"
Dong Dong Dong...
Gan Ning looked back and said, "Soldiers, the governor is here to support us. In the battle between rats and trapped beasts in the east of the Yangtze River, charge at me!"
"kill!"
"Which one is Cheng Pu?" Zhang Zheng, who was rushing to the front, shouted and asked.
"Boy, this is me, who are you?" Cheng Pu was covered in blood and pointed his sword at Zhang Zheng.
Zhang Zheng sneered, "The person who wants your life!"
"What a shameless statement! When I was galloping on the battlefield, you were still wearing crotchless pants!"
"bite!"
After saying that, Cheng Pu stepped forward with his sword! Zhang Zheng resisted with his sword, but was knocked back a few steps. Cheng Pu sneered, "With this little skill, how dare you threaten my life?"
"It's just the bravery of an ordinary man." Zhang Zheng waved his sword and shouted, "Kill him!"
The soldiers behind him immediately swarmed forward!