When the Shu Han Navy won the first battle and cleared the underwater obstacles step by step, Zhu Ran was at a loss. He did not have an armored ship, so he first tried to use a small warship to clear the obstacles. As a result, the soldiers on the warship tried their best to clear the obstacles, but they failed.
He was unable to pull out the underwater wooden piles, but because of his lack of preparedness, many people were shot and wounded by the Wei army's crossbow vehicles. Zhu Ran then changed to a building boat. There were many people on the building boat, so he must be able to pull out the wooden piles.
As a result, as soon as his building ship approached the obstacle, it was hit head-on by the Wei army's thunderbolt chariots. His building ship had no armor, and heavy stone bullets roared towards it, causing the soldiers on the ship to suffer miserably. In a moment,
Several holes were punched out in the deck.
He had fought against the Wei army's navy and originally thought he had some advantages, but in the face of the Wei army's powerful blockade, he could not find any way to defeat the enemy. Small boats were useless, and large ships became an excellent target and could not be blocked at all.
Unstoppable, the Wei army's thunderbolt chariots attacked intensively. After a hard day's work, more than a hundred were killed and injured. One building ship was severely damaged and had to be abandoned, but the obstacles in the water remained the same.
This had a great impact on Wu Jun's self-confidence. Even Zhu Ran himself had to admit that Wei Jun's defensive position was very strong and it was almost impossible to break through the pontoon bridge.
Zhu Ran had no choice but to retreat to a safe distance and watch the formation from a distance. He could not see the details of the battlefield five hundred steps away, but he could hear the sound of war drums and shouts from both sides. The Wei army's thunderbolt chariots
, the continuous roar of the crossbow chariots showed the fierceness of the battle between the two sides. Regardless of the progress of the Shu army, just being able to persist in the attack for such a long time made Zhu Ran feel frightened.
He sent his eldest son Zhu Ji to the Shu army camp to inquire about the progress and see if there was a chance to take a look at the Shu army's warships.
Under the protection of his personal guards, Zhu Ji bypassed Fancheng and first came to Meng Da's camp. After hearing Zhu Ji's intention, Meng Da sneered, not concealing his contempt for the Wu people. "General Zhengbei is quite a bit.
He is brave and dares to force himself in front of the Wei army. He is a man, much better than that Lu Xun. We have been fighting for a whole day, and this General Lu has not seen his shadow yet. He is so fast."
Zhu Ji was helpless. This time Wu and Shu jointly fought. The Wu army's performance was really lackluster. Lu Xun was still thirty miles south of Xiangyang City and refused to actually enter the battlefield and launch an attack on Xiangyang. No wonder the Shu people laughed at them.
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"The Wei army's position is strong. We really have no good solution. We fought hard for a day and suffered heavy casualties. I wonder what the situation is like with your army?"
Meng Da snorted and said with a look of disdain: "Our progress is not good. It took a day to clear the first obstacle. It is estimated that it will take another day to complete. There are many casualties. Seven or eight people died.
, I was injured for more than thirty years, ugh. I’m really ashamed.”
Zhu Ji looked at Meng Da in surprise and thought, "You lied and didn't write a draft. After a day of fighting, the arrows fired by the Wei army could plant a forest. The stone bullets fired could pile up a hill. Only seven or eight of you died."
He was injured for more than thirty years? Who are you lying to?
Meng Da was not in the mood to explain to him, and looked at Zhu Ji sideways: "Go back and tell your father that if you are still so perfunctory tomorrow, you might as well retreat early so as not to interfere with our affairs. With your behavior,
What kind of spoils do you still want to share? How many rocks do you want to share with me?"
Zhu Ji blushed and was ashamed to be humiliated by Meng Da. But on the battlefield, heroes are judged by victory or defeat. Without strength, they can only be humiliated. He couldn't refute, so he had to ask again and again, wanting to see the strength of the Shu navy.
majestic.
Regarding Zhu Ji's thoughts, Meng Da made it clear: "You want to see the strength of our navy so that you can be prepared for future confrontations, right?"
Zhu Ji quickly shook his head and denied it, saying repeatedly that he just wanted to learn. Meng Sui did not criticize him, and sneered: "It's okay to let you see. See the strength of our army, so that you don't always think that you are the best in water warfare."
"He immediately sent someone to escort Zhu Ji to the water village, and also sent someone to inform Wei Ba.
Wei Ba warmly received Zhu Ji and took him to take a look. Zhu Ji couldn't help but be secretly frightened when he saw the five large ships. They had always suspected that the Shu army's record was flawed, but now they saw the actual five ships.
Zhu Ji had to believe that he wanted to board the three new ships. However, his request to board the three new ships was declined by Wei Ba. He only took a look at it from a distance. There were shields blocking it, so Zhu Ji could not see this kind of warfare at all.
How the ship was driven, he could only guess what made this warship different from the lack of oars.
However, at Zhu Ji's request, Wei Ba allowed him to see the speed of these new warships with his own eyes. When Zhu Ji saw the huge building ships advancing as fast as Meng Chong, his face suddenly changed, and his heart was disappointed.
Jumping. He immediately realized the power of these warships. With their huge size, strong protective capabilities, and speed that was not inferior to small and medium-sized warships, such warships were simply perfect killers.
No wonder the Shu navy was able to defeat four enemies with one and won a complete victory.
Zhu Jiqiang suppressed the fear in his heart and watched the Shu Army Navy. He was not even in the mood for Wei Ba to stay with him for dinner, so he hurried back. When he told Zhu Ran what he saw, Zhu Ran was also secretly shocked.
So I came here just to share some of the spoils and slow down the growth rate of the Shu Han Navy's strength as much as possible. If the current progress is made, it is obviously impossible to achieve the goal.
Zhu Ran couldn't sit still anymore. On the one hand, he reported the situation to Lu Xun and formally requested Lu Xun to rush to Xiangyang to join the battle to avoid falling out with the Shu army. On the other hand, he made preparations to storm the Wei army's pontoon bridge and win as much as possible.
Some military exploits.
Zhu Ran could not break through the obstacles in the water, and Zhu Ji did not see how the Shu army did it, but one thing was obvious. Without armored ships with superior protection capabilities, he would not be able to calmly clear those obstacles.
, he had only one way left, to use shallow-draft boats or even rafts to attack by force, directly overcoming those obstacles and attacking the Wei army.
Zhu Ran's method was also a no-brainer. Since the Shu army had broken through the Wei army's position and cutting off the pontoon bridge was an unchangeable result, then attacking the pontoon bridge before the Shu army would always provide more reasons for dividing the spoils later.
The next day, the two sides fought again. Zhu Ran sent dozens of small boats and bamboo rafts, crossed the obstacles, and launched an attack on the Wei army's pontoon. Of course, the Wei army would not let them succeed easily, with crossbowmen, crossbow chariots, and thunderbolt chariots.
Showing off their power together, the two large boats that had never dared to attack finally found an opportunity to show off their power and rushed forward. Brutally hitting the Wu army. In front of the large boats, those small boats and bamboo rafts had no resistance at all and could only rely on their own flexibility.
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The Wu army that launched the attack endured tremendous pressure and paid a heavy price. In just half a day, a layer of corpses floated on the water, basically all Wu army soldiers. Despite this, Zhu Ran continued to order attacks one after another.
Attacking the Wei army's position again and again.
Wu Jun's fierce attack at all costs dispersed Wei Jun's defensive forces. The pressure in front of Shuhan Navy suddenly decreased, and the obstacle clearance speed became faster. At noon the next day, Zhang Wei took the lead in opening a gap in the second line of defense.
When the news reached this formation, the officers and soldiers of the Shu Army's navy burst into cheers. Their emotions quickly affected the infantry on the shore, and the officers and soldiers were beaming with joy, as if the Wei Army's pontoon bridge had been cut off by them. However, the morale of the Wei Army quickly increased.
Falling, these two lines of defense were not only actual lines of defense, but also their psychological lines of defense. Being broken through so easily by the Shu army had a serious blow to their morale.
Wei Ba did not dare to neglect. After a brief cheer, he ordered to continue clearing obstacles and not to risk any attacks. At the same time, he asked Mengda on the shore to be prepared for contingency. The pontoon bridge was about to be cut off. Wei Jun was likely to notify the news to
Sima Yi, the main force of the Wei army led by Sima Yi may arrive at the city at any time.
With victory in sight, the morale of the Shu army's navy soared, and the speed of clearing obstacles also increased rapidly. By evening, a passage had been cleared that allowed the ships to enter and exit smoothly. In this case, Wu Yi canceled his plan to rest.
Five tower ships were ordered to attack at the same time to break through the Wei army's formation as quickly as possible.
With an order, the five building boats started at the same time. The fish penetrated through the passage and rushed towards Wei Jun's pontoon with unstoppable power. Two Wei Jun's building boats rushed up to fight and made a last futile resistance. However, this was not
Unable to change the direction of the battle, Fu Xing and Zhang Wei pushed the two tower ships to the shore and ran aground, then rushed towards the Wei army.
After two days of fighting, the stone bombs prepared by the Wei army have been exhausted, and the thunderbolt chariots and even ballistas were also damaged a lot, which greatly affected the strength of the counterattack. However, the Shu army's thunderbolt chariots and even ballistas were never used.
At this time, he just vented his pent-up anger on the heads of these Wei troops.
The building ships are huge combat platforms. They are close to the pontoon. The archers and crossbowmen shoot down the Wei army's position through the shooting windows. Large and small warships loaded with continuous ballistas and thunderbolt chariots come up one after another and shoot stone bullets one by one.
, arrows poured out onto the Wei army's position.
Being attacked by the enemy in front of the formation, the morale of the Wei army was already low, and then being suppressed and beaten by the opponent, the Wei army gradually could no longer hold up. First, the soldiers on the pontoon were forced back step by step by the building boats, giving way to the center of the river.
position, and then the crossbow positions on the shore gradually stopped attacking. Their crossbows could not shoot out of the armor of the Shuhan military ships. No matter how many arrows they fired, it was in vain. Only the few remaining thunderbolt chariots were still roaring.
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Zhang Wei first directed the building boat to approach the pontoon.
"Hit it, hit it!" Zhang Wei roared with red eyes.
"Speed up! Speed up!" The wheel handlers shouted in unison, turning the wooden wheel, driving the building boat very fast, breaking through the dark red river water, and rushed straight to the pontoon bridge.
"Boom!" The collision angle of the building ship hit the pontoon. Although the iron chain on the pontoon was not broken, the bridge deck was shaken violently by the impact. Pieces of thick wooden boards broke into pieces and fell into the water, still on the pontoon.
The Wei soldiers who persisted in fighting lost their footing and fell into the water one after another screaming.
"Back up, back up, hit again!" Zhang Wei shouted, instructing the wheel handlers to reverse. The ship can reverse by reversing the wheels without turning the bow, which is very important in battle.
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The wheel handlers used all their strength to quickly reverse the wooden wheel. The wooden wheel splashed with water and began to move backwards. As they were reversing, Fu Xing directed the building boat and slammed into the pontoon.
"Boom!" There was another loud noise, and the pontoon shook violently. The few remaining wooden boards on it broke apart, leaving only two thick iron chains. Before the shaking stopped, Feng Jin's building boat rushed over again,