The formation of warships attacking the north bank in the shape of several awls came in unison to draft the water. Behind them, there were countless small fishing boats, filled with brave infantrymen holding knives and swords.
The war drums were beating loudly, the flags were flying, and Gui Yunzheng stood on the bow of the ship, fully clothed and holding a spear.
Wu Yingxiong's water battle is still somewhat skillful. However, he had been fighting a defensive battle before. This time, he was about to attack, which made him somewhat excited.
"The bowmen are ready, a hundred steps away from the enemy ship, let go!"
He gave the order decisively, and a sergeant waved a flag to signal the ships in front.
This time, Gui Yunzheng was ingenious and placed siege slaves on the vanguard warships.
The bed slave has a long range and strong power. Even if it is a hundred steps away, it is still astonishingly powerful. Used in water battles, it may have unexpected effects.
Gradually, the warship crossed halfway across the river.
Song Zhe, on the other hand, also urged large and small warships to come up. On the shore, he also deployed the last line of defense, with about 5,000 troops and horses waiting in formation. Lin Feihu, on the other hand, was already filling the hole left by Ma Jun.
"Lance ready, wait until the enemy ship is fifty steps away, throw! Shield hand, bow ready, block!"
Likewise, he also gave orders. Song Zhe had fought against Wu Yingxiong many times and had some understanding of his fighting methods. Both of them have three axes. However, after all, the imperial navy has not been established for a long time, and its team building time is short, so its combat power is always slightly inferior. It is no better than these Xiangyang navy, which have been trained on the water all year round, and their water quality and combat experience are much better.
The formation on the opposite side today was different from usual, and the number of battleships also increased significantly.
This made Song Zhe worried. However, as the commander of an army, he must remain calm.
Not long after, it's close, it's close.
Whizzing……
Following a strong sound of breaking through the sky, several giant arrows roared towards him.
Song Zhe had fewer warships, so this time they had to line up in a row, but with a slight depth. Behind the forward ship, there was a warship each. What he meant was that he planned to use the forward ships as a barrier to block the attack of enemy ships. But his main attack firepower was placed on the rear boat.
However, he never expected that the other party would actually use siege bed slaves.
Benedict!
The sound of giant arrows eating into wood is frightening. Even though the first round was fired without causing many casualties, it still caused a certain degree of damage to the ship.
Fortunately, the water draft has not been hit. Otherwise, once the river water flows in, it will be really difficult to handle.
However, at this time, they were still eighty or ninety steps away from the enemy ship, and were not within the range of their bows and arrows.
For a while, they had to endure repeated attacks from the bed slaves.
Click!
The flagpole of a warship was accurately shot.
Immediately afterwards, a shocking cheer erupted from the other side.
ah!
Then, screams rang out.
It turned out that a huge arrow hit the shield hand, and the huge impact pushed several people down in an instant. The bow of the ship immediately became a mess.
Finally, the two armies were within fifty steps of each other.
"Throw!"
Song Zhe ordered loudly.
The spears were immediately thrown one by one.
However, it had little effect. Wu Yingxiong was already prepared. As the sergeant on the bow pulled the rope, a huge wooden board stood up.
Those spears were either not thrown onto the boat and fell into the water, or they were all nailed to the wooden planks.
"receive!"
Wu Yingxiong also shouted.
The wooden planks were quickly put down, and a row of pikemen already held a shield in one hand and a gun in the other, making a throwing gesture.
"put!"
He gave an order and all his spears shot out. This group of spearmen came from Chang'an, with stronger arms and better accuracy.
ah!
Amidst the screams, many people began to cry for their father and mother.
