The rain got heavier and heavier, and the big flag with the word "Gan" on the battleship was messy in the wind and rain.
Facing us, countless giant enemy ships appeared and disappeared in the rain and fog, and their momentum was extremely huge.
The Liu Biao family was a wealthy businessman who had been running Jingzhou for many years. He had a large fleet of warships under his command, mostly with large battleships as the main force.
However, Yan Liang had only occupied Nanyang for half a year, and he did not have the manpower and material resources to build battleships on a large scale. Therefore, Gan Ning's naval force could only use medium-sized stern ships as its main combat ships.
In water battles, bows and crossbows are the main weapons. The battleships are tall and carry a large number of troops. They also have the advantage of being able to shoot from a high position compared to the battleships.
In the battle that is about to take place, whether it is the number of troops, the number of ships, or the quality of the warships, Cai Mao's army has the upper hand.
Gan Ning held both halberds in his arms and stared coldly at the approaching enemy fleet in the rain and fog, with a sneer on his lips.
In a moment, the ships on both sides came within combat distance.
On that huge battleship, Zhang Yun looked down at the enemy's few and weak battleships with his head raised, and his brows were filled with ridicule.
He subconsciously touched his left ear, but there was nothing there, and a strong sense of shame immediately surged into his heart.
"Yan Liang! The revenge of cutting off the ear is a great shame and humiliation. I, Zhang Yun, will definitely repay it today!"
In Zhang Yun's eyes, a strong desire for revenge shot out. Suddenly he pointed the blade and said sternly: "Send the order to the whole army to start attacking and kill all the enemy thieves for me."
At the command of the captain, the flag bearer on the mast quickly waved the signal flag.
Rumbling war drums rose in all directions, and thousands of crossbowmen on battleships quickly fired arrows at Gan Ning's army with long-range hard crossbows.
Arrows rained down like sharp arrows from locusts, heading towards Gan and Ning's army like overwhelming force.
Gan Ning was quickly suppressed by the enemy's arrows. All the troops huddled in the hull and did not dare to show their heads easily.
"Brother, our warships are too small and were crushed too hard by the enemy." Wen Chou, who was watching the battle from the side, sounded a little worried.
Yan Liang had a calm expression on his face, "Ziqin, haven't you understood yet? Xingba is deliberately showing weakness."
Showing weakness?
Wen Chou looked suspicious. Seeing that his own fleet was so overwhelmed that he couldn't lift his head, and he knew nothing about water warfare, he really couldn't tell that Gan Ning was deliberately showing weakness.
Yan Liang couldn't tell either. His confident judgment was actually just pretending to be "smart".
When the two armies are fighting, as the commander, he has to pretend to understand even if he doesn't understand. He must make the soldiers think that he knows everything. Only in this way can he subdue the spirit of the three armies.
In the Battle of Han River, the advantages and disadvantages of the battle became increasingly clear.
Zhang Yun, who had the upper hand, did not pay attention to the enemy's small boats at all, and just drove the fleet forward. The crossbow arrows were directed towards the enemy without hesitation.
Gan Ning stood on the bow of the ship, with half of his shoulders bare, facing the violent storm, and casually deflected the incoming arrows.
In the blink of an eye, the fleet formations of both the enemy and ours were close to more than a hundred paces.
A hint of cold murderous intent suddenly flashed across Gan Ning's eyes.
"Suicide Squad, move out!"
Pointing his halberd, Gan Ning gave a sharp shout.
The order was passed, and dozens of stern ships hiding behind the fighting ships suddenly came out from both sides. The sailors turned their oars to the maximum and rushed towards the Jingzhou Army's large ship like the wind.
Gan Ning wanted to board the ship to engage in battle and defeat the enemy with hand-to-hand combat.
When Zhang Yun on the flagship saw this, a slight expression of strangeness appeared on his face, as if he was surprised by the enemy's bravery.
Immediately, Zhang Yun shouted: "The whole army is aiming at the enemy's attack, and we must not let him get close."
Hundreds of crossbowmen heard the order and quickly changed their shooting targets. Taking advantage of the ship's tall shape, they stood down and shot arrows like raindrops towards Gan Ning's ship.
Zhang Yun originally thought that with the advantages of strong bows and crossbows, he could easily kill those enemies who were not willing to sacrifice their lives, but he discovered that his powerful arrow rain net could not stop the impact of the enemy ships at all.
Gan Ning was sneering.
If he is on the enemy's road, the Jingzhou navy will definitely despise his fleet.
He carefully built these stern speed boats. Although they were small, they were extremely fast. They were also covered with cowhide, which was enough to withstand the blows of any strong bows and crossbows.
This death-defying assault force was specially prepared by Gan Ning for this battle.
More than thirty stern ships cut through the waves, like huge swordfish, moving quickly against the dense rain of arrows, and penetrated the Jingzhou navy warship formation like the wind.
Gan Ning personally took a battleship and headed straight for Zhang Yun's flagship.
One hundred steps...
Fifty steps...
Twenty steps...
boom!
With a dull loud noise, the front end of the ship slammed into Zhang Yun's flagship. Under the powerful impact, the entire battleship shook violently, and the soldiers on the ship found it difficult to stand still for a while.
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At the moment when the enemy on the ship fell into a brief panic, Gan Ning shouted loudly, jumped onto the enemy ship with his halberd in hand, and took the lead to attack the unprepared Jingzhou army.
Immediately afterwards, all the men on board the ship abandoned their oars for swords, followed Gan Ning and swarmed up to kill the enemy ship.
When Gan Ning took the lead and seized the opportunity, the entire fleet rushed into the Jingzhou navy's flat formation, like a sharp blade, easily tore a hole, and then passed by with ease. In the blink of an eye,
Then the Jingzhou fleet was divided into two parts.
Seeing that the enemy ship formation had been broken, the Gan Ning Army, which was followed by more than a hundred ships, quickly moved forward. Large and small warships moved forward against the enemy's arrow rain. The archers and crossbowmen fought back hard to suppress the firepower on the enemy ships and cover the enemy ships.
The barge rushes to catch the small ship and attack it.
In the water stronghold, excited shouts rose to the sky, and the officers and soldiers of the three armies were all excited about the situation of their own army.
Wen Chou was even more surprised and said: "Brother, you are really a god of predicting events. I didn't expect that Gan Xing's domination of water would be so great."
Yan Liang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but said with a faint smile: "I have said before that no one in Jingxiang can match the ability of Xingba water warfare. You and I will just watch him achieve this great feat."
In the water village, the rumbling drums soared into the sky, and the cheers and cheers soared into the sky.
Gan Ning, who boarded the enemy ship, was furious and fired his two iron halberds from left to right. The blades of the halberds passed by and harvested heads wantonly.
Blood splattered, blood and rain fell all over his body. Gan Ning in the bloody storm was like a Shura demon general, extremely fierce.
Zhang Yun, who was on the upper deck, was so shocked that his face was as pale as a sheet of paper. He boasted that he was an expert in water combat, but he never expected that Yan Liang's weak navy could destroy his fleet so easily.
In the panic, Zhang Yun was even more horrified to find that a bare-armed enemy general was killing him all the way, as if he was in an uninhabited land, and was killing him unstoppably.
"Quick, stop that thief general!"
Zhang Yun retreated step by step, constantly pushing his pro-soldiers forward to serve as his human shields.
However, how could the ants block the iron halberd in Gan Ning's hand.
However, Gan Ning saw cold rays of light shooting out, and in the rain of blood, from bottom to top, Gan Ning cut a path of blood and went straight to the second deck.
Amidst the loud shouts, the two iron halberds were thrust out with Xun Xun's strength, and actually passed through the chests of the last two enemy soldiers. The halberd blades that broke through the backs even brought out a stream of flesh foam.
Gan Ning's eyes were bloodshot, and only Zhang Yun was left in his eyes.
He was wearing an iron halberd dripping with blood, his hair was disheveled, and like a devil, he was approaching Zhang Yun step by step.
Zhang Yun was extremely horrified and had no way to retreat. He could only howl, muster up his remaining courage, and use his sword to kill Gan Ning.
A disdainful sneer flashed across his ferocious face.
When he took two steps, the iron tower-like figure suddenly moved like a shadow, and passed by Zhang Yun like blood-colored lightning.
Then, before Zhang Yun could react, he was shocked to find that one of his arms had just fallen off.
One move, cut off the arm.
"Ah~~"
Zhang Yun howled miserably, rolled to the ground, covered his bloody broken arm, and howled in pain.
For Gan Ning, killing Zhang Yun was easy.
But he did not kill Zhang Yun and captured Zhang Yun's nephew alive, which was an even greater humiliation for Liu Biao.
Gan Ning snorted coldly, and without looking at Zhang Yun again, he strode to the side of the ship and swept out his halberd again.
Click~~
Amidst the loud noise, the towering flag with the word "Zhang" was cut off.
Folding the flag meant that the flagship was lost. The rest of the Jingzhou Navy ships, which were still fighting hard, saw the loss of the flagship, and their military morale collapsed in an instant.
The ships that lost their command soon fell into fighting on their own. After only resisting for a moment, the ships turned around and looked at the water village to escape.
How could Gan Ning allow the enemy ship to escape? He immediately mobilized his fleet and followed the enemy ship in hot pursuit.
More than three hundred defeated ships fled to the south bank desperately.
Just when Gan Ning was planning to rush into the enemy's stronghold and annihilate the Jingzhou navy in one fell swoop, the two hundred enemy ships remaining in the stronghold came out of the stronghold one after another, trying to stop Gan Ning's pursuit.
The rain is still falling and there is no sign of sunny weather.
Seeing enemy reinforcements arriving, Gan Ning had no choice but to retreat.
Gan Ning had already made two preparations. If Cai Mao marched out with his entire army, he would annihilate them all on the Han River.
If Cai Mao only sent part of his naval force to fight, Gan Ning had secretly prepared dozens of fireships loaded with flammable materials. By then, he would only need to follow the enemy's defeated army and set fire to the wind, and he would be able to destroy all the enemy's remaining warships.
And burned it, Cai Mao's navy can still be wiped out.
But to God's displeasure, a sudden heavy rain made Gan Ning's backup plan useless.
The victorious Gan Ning could only return to his home village on the north bank with some regrets.
Even so, thousands of enemies were killed and more than fifty warships were captured in this battle, which can be said to be a great victory.
Yan Liang, who had witnessed the entire water battle, was already on the trestle to welcome Gan Ning's triumphant return.
In the water village, cheers and cheers rose like a wave, and the rumble shook the heaven and the earth.
As the boat docked, Gan Ning jumped out of the boat carrying Zhang Yun, who had lost an arm and an ear, like a chicken.
Zhang Yun, who was already in agony, looked up and saw that he had fallen at Yan Liang's feet. He was immediately frightened and terrified.
Before Yan Liang could speak, Zhang Yun screamed: "General Yan, spare my life, General Yan, spare your life~~"