(Thanks to the brothers for the reward, thank you to Brother Han for the generous reward, I am very happy, haha.)
The wind picked up, 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 from afar, 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.
As he spoke, 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 played the role of moving iron walls retreated to the back. Instead, dozens of small boats sailed in front.
This change in the Wu people is 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, and he would definitely not be the kind of person who would make such a stupid move in the field of water warfare that he was good at.
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 boats of the Wu army must be fire ships."
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As soon as he woke up, 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 take advantage of the wind and set fire to it.
In the past, during the Battle of Chibi, Zhou Yu defeated Cao Cao's arrogant army with the help of dozens of fire ships.
How could Yan Liang not know such bloody battles?
In the past history, it was Huang Gai who set fire to the ship. Now in the Battle of Fankou, it was Huang Gai who wanted to set fire to the ship. What 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 was already 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: "My lord, don't worry. If a fire ship is allowed to come over, my lord can punish the general's crime."
After saying this, Gan Ning rode off and headed straight for the trestle.
The orders were rang out, and more than 3,000 elite navy soldiers quickly boarded the battleship. Dozens of ships rushed into position, and Gan Ning only needed to give an order to fight their way out of the water stronghold.
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 launch a fierce attack on 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-combatants 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——"
When the order was passed, the soldiers on the boat in front 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 fire ships, like monsters with tongues of fire, took advantage of the south wind and rushed toward Yan Ying.
On the shore, Yan Liang's eyebrows were also condensed into a thin line, his eyes were cold and stern, and the blazing flames flickered in his eyes.
Sure enough, as Lu Meng guessed, Huang Gai really used fire attack.
When the soldiers on the left and right saw the fire ship rushing towards the water camp, everyone's hearts tightened.
These fearless warriors will not be afraid of any enemy no matter how powerful they are. However, as flesh and blood, they can no longer maintain peace of mind when faced with the power of nature.
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 right moment, pointed the iron halberd forward in his hand, 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 sounded 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 fire ship crashed into the enemy camp and burned all 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 stronghold and bravely pounced on his speeding fire ship.
Huang Gai knew that this was Yan Liang's counterattack. The other party was going 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 is firing arrows, aim at the enemy ships that are 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 their shooting targets from the enemy camp to the rushing Yan Jun Chong.
Thousands of sharp arrows, relying on the force of the favorable wind and the force of the breaking wind, whizzed down 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 long ago. Unfortunately, the ten frigates Huang Gai faced were not ordinary ships.
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In fact, Yan Liang had already studied the Wu tactics in depth before sending troops. When he was preparing for a defensive counterattack, he estimated in advance that the Wu people could use fire attack tactics.
Therefore, at 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.
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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, the ship
The soldier Yan in his body was not slightly injured by the arrow.
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. It can easily stick to the fire boat, but there is no need 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 on 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 protective power of the dozens of ships rushing towards the enemy was so strong, that they would be unscathed by his dense arrows.
Huang Gai's expression changed even more as more than 30 fire ships changed their course and flew downstream.
The 20,000-strong vanguard fleet led by Huang Gai adjusted its course and attacked the Yan enemy camp from south to north. Therefore, the fireships that turned around could not hurt him at all.
However, 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, we must stop the fire ship -"
As Huang Gai's fast ship, he followed the fire ship and 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 with pride.
"The public prosecution is indeed a public prosecution. 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——"
Sun Quan's originally confident expression suddenly changed color.