In Zhuyang, the sails are like weaving shadows, and the supply camps loaded with food, grass and ordnance are getting ready to go.
After Meng Dacheng landed, the baggage ships returned. The Wei army's navy pursued them for dozens of miles, but only the small boats were fast and had limited combat effectiveness. The large ships with strong combat effectiveness were slow and could catch up with the Shu army. In addition,
Worried about being ambushed, they withdrew, allowing the Shu army's baggage ships to safely withdraw to Zhuyang.
After they came back, they only rested for a night before setting off again. This time, Wei Ba ordered all the ships in Zhuyang to set off to form a mighty fleet and sailed to Fancheng. These ships were loaded with a large amount of grain, grass and
Ordnance, there are racks of repeating ballista carts, and even small thunderbolt carts are installed on large ships. The large thunderbolt carts are too big, and one ship cannot install several of them, so the parts have to be removed and waited.
Get ashore and assemble again.
These ships sailed towards Fancheng, and anyone could see that the Shu army was about to attack Fancheng.
As these warships advanced, the situation in the Xiangfan area became more tense. Sima Yi, the hussar general of Wei State, sent his troops south and encountered resistance from the garrison Deng Xian near Dengsai. Sima Yi did not hesitate to order a strong attack, and he must win
Deng Sai opened the passage to Xiangyang and Fancheng and eliminated the enemies who suddenly broke in. The defenders of Xiangyang and Fancheng strictly guarded the city, while the navy guarding the pontoon began to take action, preparing to intercept the reinforcements of the Shu army.
Compared with other forces, the navy has the most relaxed mentality. The navy of the Shu army is very weak. It is basically composed of small and medium-sized warships. The number of large warships is very limited. At most, one or two can serve as commanders.
Compared with the Wei navy with four large ships, Wu Yi's ships were simply vulnerable. The last short battle had proved this.
Therefore, the navy officers of the Wei army were a little excited. They set out with high morale, preparing to completely defeat the Shu army's navy, and then snatched all the baggage and ordnance they had transported, so that Mengda under Fan City would collapse without a fight.
The Wei navy, which owned four large ships, was confident and set up a grand formation in the west of Fancheng.
Seeing that the Wei army's navy was fighting, Wei Ba ordered to stop the advance, found a suitable place, set up camp, and was on guard. At the same time, he sent a large number of messengers to ask for help from the Wu army, asking Lu Xun to fulfill his promise, send a navy to attack the Wei army, and control the Han River.
, cut off the connection between Xiangyang and Fancheng, and launch an attack on Xiangyang.
There were one or two messengers who were "unfortunately" captured by the Wei army. They were very "spineless" and revealed all of Wei Ba's letters before the Wei army could use any means.
Soon, these messages were sent to Sima Yi's case. Sima Yi sneered, and while having people deliver these messages to His Majesty the Emperor in Wancheng, he ordered all armies to assemble in Xiangyang.
The situation in Xiangfan became more and more serious day by day, but the Wu people did not react. After receiving Wei Ba's letter, Lu Xun only verbally agreed to send troops immediately, but in fact he had no intention of sending troops. The envoy sent by Wei Ba saw this situation
, without saying a word, rushed to Jiangling, met Fei Yi, and conveyed Wei Ba's wishes.
Fei Yi understood it as soon as he heard it, and took a newly produced war sword to ask Sun Quan's second son, Sun Lu, the Marquis of Jianchang. Sun Lu was only sixteen years old this year. He was very smart and very popular with Sun Quan. Last year
He was granted the title of Marquis of Jianchang. Normally, it is not strange for a prince to be granted the title of Marquis, but to be granted the title of Marquis of County at such a young age is enough to prove Sun Quan's preference for Sun Lu.
Unlike Sun Quan’s eldest son Sun Deng, Sun Lu is outgoing, military-minded, and yearning for success. In this regard, he is very similar to Sun Quan. Most of the Sun family has excitement-seeking blood flowing through them, and they like hunting and killing.
Sun Jian died in the battle at Xiangyang, not because of fighting, but because of hunting. Sun Ce was assassinated, but also because of hunting. Sun Quan himself also liked hunting, and was almost injured by wild beasts several times. Zhang Zhao almost fell out with him because of this, but Sun Quan still enjoyed it.
The same is true for Sun Lu. As a prince, he only wants to lead troops to fight and gallop on the battlefield.
Fei Yi and Sun Liu got on well, and Sun Liu was very happy to see him come to visit. Fei Yi immediately presented a new sword. This sword was brought by Wei Ba. It is the latest product of the Wei family's workshop. It is extremely sharp.
The workmanship is also very exquisite, which is both suitable for Sun Liu's status and very practical.
Sun Lu liked him very much, and he pulled Fei Yi into chatting and laughing. In terms of scheming, the young and energetic Sun Liu was no match for Fei Yi. During the chat, Fei Yi inadvertently talked about Anqiao Beyond the Wall and Pan Ping's challenge to Wei Ba.
, and ended up being beaten up by Wei Ba's maid.
Sun Liu's face suddenly became very ugly. Fei Yi apologized quickly, and Sun Liu waved his hands in embarrassment, saying that this had nothing to do with Fei Yi, but that some generals of the Wu army were really incompetent and were laughed at.
Fei Yi immediately picked up the conversation, expounding on the principle that when two armies meet, the brave will win, and then brought the topic to the current battle situation, implying that Lu Xun only pretended to be a turtle, did not dare to fight the Wei army, and abandoned his allies. With only
Compared with the Shu army of 30,000 people who dared to attack the Wei army, it was too weak. Compared with Wei Ba who dared to take responsibility, although Lu Xun was only forty years old, he was already a little old-fashioned, more than defensive and not aggressive enough.
Because of his personality, Sun Lu and Lu Xun didn't deal with each other very well. Lu Xun scolded his younger brother Sun Song in front of him. After hearing Fei Yi's words, Sun Lu understood his purpose. But he didn't say anything.
Fei Yi didn't care. He chatted a few more words and left.
As soon as Fei Yi left, Sun Lu immediately went to see Sun Quan with a sword, and then told Sun Quan that the Shu army had attacked as agreed. Meng Da killed Wei's Jingzhou governor Hu Zhi outside Fancheng, beheading three thousand people, and was now preparing
Attack Fancheng. However, our army is standing still and is nearly a thousand miles away from the battlefield. This is really not what the Allies should do. Not only will they be laughed at by the Shu army, but it will also destroy the alliance between the two sides. Once the Shu army is defeated, our army will also be able to fight alone.
It’s hard to support. If the generals of the auxiliary state dare not go to war, I am willing to lead an elite army to support the Shu army, so that the Shu army will not underestimate our Wu state.
After hearing this, Sun Quan scolded Sun Lu in a moderate tone, and then sent someone to see Lu Xun and asked Lu Xun tactfully what he meant.
Although Lu Xun disagreed with Sun Quan's words, he felt Sun Quan's dissatisfaction from Sun Quan's actions. In desperation, he had to express his dissatisfaction and ordered the army to set off and march towards Xiangyang. However, he walked very slowly, only walking thirty miles a day.
At this speed, it will probably take half a month to get to Xiangyang.
Although Lu Xun didn't want to go to Xiangyang in a hurry, Zhu Ran, the general who commanded the navy, couldn't hold back. Some time ago, Zhu Ran was tortured by the ghost ship and always wanted to have a good fight with the Wei navy.
After a battle, to wash away the shame, it would be best to capture a few new warships for imitation. Seeing Lu Xun moving forward, he also took action. However, his speed was much faster, and he soon came into contact with the Wei army's forward.
Hearing that the Wu army was marching towards Xiangyang, Sima Yi sent Jin Dongliu and Xia Houba to lead 5,000 cavalry and cooperate with the navy to go south along the Han River to meet Zhu Ran. The two sides met in Yi County and had a fierce battle. Although the Wei army's navy
There were new warships to assist, but the Wu army came well prepared. The number of warships was far greater than that of the Wei army. Zhu Ran took advantage of the slow speed of the Wei army's new warships and used his numerical advantage to launch a siege. After a day of fierce fighting, he sank two of the Wei army.
A large ship, one was severely damaged, and countless small and medium-sized warships were defeated. However, the infantry and cavalry covering the shore were no match for the Wei army. They were defeated by Jin Dongliu and Xiahou Ba. Each side had its own victory or defeat, and the battle line was maintained.
The area around Yi County.
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In the west of Fancheng, Wei Ba and Wu Yi stood side by side on a slope on the shore. They looked at the Wei navy that was getting closer and closer, and smiled at Wu Yi: "General, you can give the order to attack."
Seeing that the Shu army was retreating, the Wei navy, which had always maintained restraint, became more confident. Four armored ships, escorted by more than fifty small and medium-sized warships, rushed forward menacingly, preparing to attack the only enemy of the Shu army.
An armored building ship and more than 30 small and medium-sized warships then took possession of the Shu army's baggage ships, cut off Mengda's food route, and lifted the siege of Fancheng.
Wu Yi looked at the disproportionate number of naval forces on both sides and was a little worried: "Ziyu, are you really sure?"
"Don't worry, general, I have confidence in Feng Jin and the others." Wei Ba said with a smile: "When this battle is over, we will have more armored ships. When the time comes, we can turn around and attack Nanxiang.
The navy of the Wei army opened the Wuguan Road."
Wu Yi's cheeks twitched and gave the order to attack.
The navy officers had been waiting for a long time, and as soon as they saw the flag to attack, they immediately beat the war drums.
Inside the building, Feng Jin screamed: "Attack!"
"Here!" Two hundred wheel handlers agreed in unison and turned the wheels vigorously. The wheels slapped the water and shot out white waves. The building boat started to start, accelerated rapidly, and took the lead to rush out of the water village. Behind it
Behind him, more than three small and medium-sized warships followed closely, forming a vector formation and flying towards the Wei navy.
Seeing the naval formation of the Shu army, the Wei army officers laughed. The Wei army used the most common tactics. More than a dozen small and medium-sized warships escorted a large ship, helping the large ship clear the danger ahead and eliminate small groups of enemies.
Because the speed is not fast and the operation is not very flexible, the building ship generally does not take the initiative to collide with opponents of the same size. Instead, it is used as a combat platform, taking advantage of its condescending position to shoot with bows and arrows, or use its own huge cannon.
size to crush smaller opponents.
Just like the ancient chariot battles in which the infantry went in front, the Wei army's tactics were also relatively ancient, with small and medium-sized warships in the front and large ships in the middle. The Shu army's approach of rushing the large ships at the front was very
Rare.
Just as the ancients reformed chariot warfare and put chariots and soldiers in front to attack fortresses, Wei Ba reformed water warfare and placed armored ships with fast speed and powerful attack power at the forefront, while placing relatively weak protective capabilities at the front.
The small and medium-sized warships were placed at the back. Although this tactic had been practiced many times and proved to be very effective, it was the first time for the Wei army to see it. They subconsciously felt that the Shu army did not know how to fight on the water and that the commander Wu Yi was a fool.
, to actually resort to such a stupid move.
Few people in the triumphant Wei navy noticed that the armored ship at the front of the Shu army was somewhat different from their armored ship. The most obvious thing was that it was incredibly fast. Wait until someone discovers this. By that time, Feng Jin had already accused the building ship of contacting the forward force of the Wei navy.
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