"Quick, send orders to all ships to stop the enemy thieves. Don't let them get close to the flagship."
Huang Zu panicked a little, brandished his sword and shouted.
He finally saw through the enemy's intention. He has no intention of fighting you at all. He is charging at full speed. As long as he captures your flagship, not to mention your thousand warships, even if you have ten thousand, he will be defeated in an instant.
collapse.
The flag waved again, and the adjacent warships eagerly wanted to turn their bows to block the incoming enemy for the flagship.
But, it's too late.
The stern ships were already agile and light, and the ships were extremely fast. In addition, they caught Huang Zujun off guard. When Huang Zu's order was just issued, the first ten stern ships had already rushed into the Jiangxia navy.
In formation.
The panicked Jiangxia troops came from all directions, trying to block the rushing enemy ships, but those shielded ships were able to bear the dense rain of arrows like a net, and passed through the layers of defense like floating hedgehogs until they reached the enemy's side.
Pounce on Huang Zu's flagship.
If it were a head-on battle, Huang Zu's flagship, which was in the center of the fleet, would be supported by hundreds of large and small ships in front of it. No matter how brave Gan Ning was, it would be difficult to break through such a dense defense line. Huang Zu was naturally as stable as Mount Tai.
But now that Gan Ning was attacking from the weak side, Huang Zu could only resist dozens of warships, which was not enough to stop the enemy's breakthrough.
But Gan Ning's ship rushed around one enemy ship after another, and with the force of the rush, it rammed directly towards Huang Zu's flagship.
With a muffled bang, the bow equipped with a ramming horn slammed into the hull of the giant ship.
Under the huge impact, Nuo Da's battleship shook violently. Several unprepared soldiers screamed and fell into the water. Even Huang Zu could hardly stand still.
"Brothers, fight for General Yan and follow me to take the head of the old thief Huang Zu——"
Gan Ning shouted loudly, holding two halberds in his hands, and leapt onto the enemy ship with a swish like an ape. Behind him, those who dared to die clamored to climb onto the ship, and started a hand-to-hand battle with the enemy.
A stern ship had just collided with it, and then there was another muffled sound. The second ship also collided with it. Dozens of Yan Jun's naval warriors fought bravely to fight against the enemy ship with swords and guns waving indiscriminately.
Gan Ning's two halberds danced like the wind. Wherever the cold front passed, blood splashed in the air, and severed limbs flew in disorder.
There were nearly a thousand soldiers and horses in this giant battleship, but how could it stop Gan Ning, a man with such superb martial arts skills? Covered in blood, he was like the sharpest sword, cutting a path and leading his soldiers.
Kill Huang Zu where he is.
Although Huang Zu's troops were resisting desperately, as more and more Yan Liang's troops climbed onto the ship. Coupled with Gan Ning's bravery, the battle situation on the huge ship soon became worse than that of Jiang Xia's army.
Tilt in the unfavorable direction.
Huang Zu, who was on the second deck, looked pale at the moment, and his mood was as desolate as falling into an icy abyss.
He knew that the battle was broken and defeat was inevitable today.
It's just that it's hard for him to accept this cruel fact.
He had been powerful in Jingzhou for ten years, and was as powerful as the Sun family for three generations. No one could do anything to him. But now, his nest has fallen, and the pro-reunion's thousands of warships are about to be defeated.
This cruel reality almost made Huang Zu want to die.
"General, the thieves are so brave that they can't be defeated. Please abandon the ship immediately and don't leave." Upon seeing this, General Zhang Hu urged him urgently.
Huang Zu was shocked. When he looked at the enemy again, he saw that the enemy was attacking more and more fiercely.
The situation was so critical that Huang Zu could no longer consider it.
After letting out a long sigh, Huang Zu rode away. Under the escort of Zhang Hu and other soldiers, he got off the deck from the other side, changed to a boat that accompanied the ship, and abandoned the ship.
As soon as Huang Zu left, the morale of the Jiangxia soldiers on the flagship was instantly shattered. However, they were driven by Gan Ning, who was as ferocious as a murderer, and fled in all directions. They either fought for their lives or fled across the river.
Gan Ning rushed to the upper deck in one breath, but saw that except for the big flag flying in the wind, there was no sign of Huang Zu.
"This old thief escaped very quickly!"
Gan Ning felt regretful, but he didn't think much about it. He waved his iron halberd and heard a loud "click", cutting off the "yellow" flag.
On the battlefield, where the general's flag is, that is where the main general is. Once the general's flag is lost, it either means that the main general is dead or that the central army is lost.
The surrounding Jiangxia warships fell into panic when they saw the flag of the flagship fell.
More than 20,000 sailors and a thousand warships fell into chaos in an instant just because the flagship was lost.
The huge fleet collapsed.
The ships, which lost their command and did not know whether their commanders were alive or dead, turned around in panic and fled towards Jiangling.
On the wide river surface, countless warships could be seen, disintegrating in no order like ants that had lost their direction.
Gan Ning, who had captured Huang Zu's flagship, took advantage of the situation and planted his "Gan" flag, commanding his 3,000 navy troops to pursue the situation.
So, this funny scene happened on the river:
Yan Liang's navy, which only had 3,000 men, showed off its might and momentum, chasing thousands of Jiangxia warships all the way, like a snake trying to swallow an elephant.
Gan Ning pursued all the way until he reached the vicinity of Baqiu, then he did not dare to go any deeper and turned around and retreated to Xiakou.
…
When Gan Ning led his victorious navy, escorted more than 5,000 surrendered soldiers, and 200 captured warships back to Xiakou, it was dawn.
What greeted Gan Ning was a tsunami of cheers and cheers.
The remaining soldiers who had been waiting all day and night with anxiety were all excited, immersed in this incredible victory.
As for the soldiers and people in Xiakou City, Gan Ning's victorious return was bad news to them.
The soldiers and people in the city were originally hoping that their own soldiers could come back and rescue them from Yan Liang's "devil's claws", but they never expected that the Jiangxia navy, which they were so proud of, would be defeated by Yan Liang, a northerner.
The "landlubber" was defeated by Gan Ning's unknown Jinfan thief.
On the trestle, Yan Liang stood with his hands behind his hands, smiling as he watched Gan Ning jump off the captured Huang Zu flagship.
Xu You, who was standing next to him, also had a look of relief on his face, and sighed in his heart: "My lord is really a wise man. He can dig out such a piece of gold from the sand. It's amazing, it's amazing..."
As he sighed, Gan Ning, who was covered in blood, jumped out of the boat excitedly.
"Xingba, you really did not disappoint me. In this battle, you, Xingba, will become famous all over the world."
Yan Liang greeted him with a big smile, and he did not hesitate to praise his beloved general in his words.
Gan Ning's face was filled with pride, but he cupped his hands and said: "If it hadn't been for my lord's ingenious plan, which made Huang Zu eager to advance eastward and messed up his plans, how could the general have succeeded in ambush."
Yan Liang chuckled and turned his gaze to Xu You, "If this is a plan to provoke the general, it is all thanks to Mr. Ziyuan's clever plan."
Yan Liang did not forget to point out Xu You's contribution. The Nanyang celebrity also showed pride on his face, but he smiled and said nothing.
"It's a pity that we got away from that thief Huang Zu." Gan Ning was excited, but also a little regretful.
Yan Liang disagreed and said: "Huang Zu is already a lost dog. If Xingba wants to take his head, there will be opportunities sooner or later. Why rush?"
After this relief, Gan Ning immediately became excited again.
Yan Liang was so excited that he ordered on the spot to reward the three thousand victorious warriors.
In the water village, the cheers started again, and the victorious athletes all bowed down and thanked Yan Liang for his kindness.
"Xingba, let's go into the city. I'm going to have a good drink with you tonight."
"My lord, if you are so interested, I will accompany you to the end."
The two principals and ministers laughed loudly and led each other back to the city.
After this battle, the vitality of Huang Zu's Jiangxia navy was greatly damaged and it would be difficult for him to do anything in a short period of time. Yan Liang of Xiakou City was now able to sit a little more securely, so he could celebrate with peace of mind and boldness.
For three days, we drank happily.
In the evening of that day, the pro-army army came to report that Wei Yan from Xiangyang had sent people to escort Liu Cong and his wife, as well as Cai Mao, to Xiakou.
It turned out that a few days ago, Wei Yan had received a secret order from Yan Liang, ordering him to quickly move his troops south and capture Liu Cong.
After Wei Yan received the order, he led three thousand soldiers to leave Xiangyang at night and marched three hundred miles a day to Dangyang City.
At this time, Liu Cong only had more than a thousand troops under his command, and he was still waiting for Yan Liang's reply, but he never expected that Yan Liang would directly send troops to attack.
In such an unprepared situation, Cai Mao simply gave up resistance and directly asked to surrender. Once Cai Mao surrendered, Liu Cong had no choice but to become a prisoner reluctantly.
Wei Yan was Cai Mao's subordinate and suffered a lot of oppression. He was angry and wanted to kill Cai Mao privately to vent his anger. However, he knew that Yan Liang's military law was very strict and he did not dare to do it privately, so he had to take Cai Mao to the prison together.
He left Xiakou and allowed Yan Liang to do whatever he wanted.
"Chang Wen has indeed lived up to my expectations. He has done a great job. Come on, bring Liu Cong up first so that I can take a look."
Yan Liang was in the upper position, holding a glass of fine wine and feeling quite happy.
Not long after, the down-and-out Jingzhou shepherd walked into the hall anxiously.
A few months later, when Liu Cong saw Yan Liang again, he couldn't help but recall how he had watched his stepmother sacrifice his life to save him in Xiangyang, but he was indifferent.
Liu Cong's already gloomy face couldn't help but show a bit of shame.
Seeing Liu Cong again, Yan Liang didn't feel much new. On the contrary, Cai Shu followed him next to him, which made his eyes move slightly.
When the city of Xiangyang was destroyed last time, Liu Cong had already sent his wife to Jiangling for refuge, so Cai Shu was not "lucky" to become Yan Liang's prisoner. This was also the first time Yan Liang saw this woman.
Cai Shu is only fourteen or fifteen years old, but her appearance is somewhat similar to Cai Yu's. She can be considered a beauty, but there is still a hint of childishness in her beautiful face.
There is also a bit of cunning and foxiness.
"Is Cai Yu's niece interesting?"
Cai Shu seemed to realize that Yan Liang was looking at her intentionally, but she lowered her head, not daring to look into Yan Liang's eyes.
Liu Cong was completely unaware of it. He could only muster up some confidence, raised his chest, stepped forward and cupped his hands and said: "Jingzhou Shepherd Liu Cong has met General Yan You."
Then Cai Shu also bowed to Yingying and said in a low voice: "I am the Cai family, and I have met the general." (To be continued. Piaotian Literature registered members recommend this work.