In fact, Yang Di sent out troops according to the tactical timing he had planned before the war. Moreover, he did not waste any time along the way and arrived at the scheduled battlefield within the scheduled time.
However, Yang Xi also made a small mistake. He misjudged the close combat power of the Soochow Navy and thought that Zhong Limu, with those elite veterans, would be able to easily entangle them for a while even if he could not defeat the Soochow Navy.
But who would have known that when Yang Xi led the main fleet to the battlefield, Zhongli Mu's troops were almost defeated.
But fortunately, Yang Di finally arrived in time.
As soon as he arrived at the battlefield and found that Zhongli Mu's situation was quite unfavorable, Yang Di did not hesitate and immediately made his own command.
On the one hand, a fleet composed of Mengchong warships was dispatched to quickly support Zhongli Mu's troops and stabilize the situation as soon as possible.
On the other hand, Yang Xi did not engage in any more tactics of encirclement or non-encirclement. Zhong Limu's side was almost unable to hold on, and time did not allow him to do so, so he simply dispatched his "new weapon" in one step.
And this "new weapon" is another important reason why Yang Xi dared to boast in front of Zhang Xi that the combat power of his navy was no less than that of the Soochow Navy.
Then... Zhu Ran saw a "monstrous beast" suddenly sailing out from the Jiangling navy.
Because it was relatively far away, and Zhu Ran was fighting on the other side of the battlefield, his first impression of this "behemoth" was that it was much bigger than the Mengchong battleship.
Zhu Ran's first reaction was that the Jiangling navy had sent out a large ship? !
The building ship is a mobile offensive fortress on the water. It can accommodate six to seven hundred people to fight on it. The building ship is very high. When fighting on the water, it can have a condescending effect and attack small warships and walking boats. , is fatal.
In fact, Soochow also had building ships, but the cost of building them was so expensive that the money and food used to build one building ship could be used to build ten Mengchong warships.
And this thing, although its combat power is indeed good, it also has a lot of shortcomings: the speed is too slow and requires warship escort. At the same time, because the attack facilities on the ship are built too high, the center of gravity is unstable. Once it encounters a strong wind, Very easy to roll over.
This led to the fact that Soochow, which had the largest navy in the world, only built two large ships in total.
One is Sun Quan's flagship. It will only be officially used when Sun Quan personally leads the navy to go to war. The other is placed at the junction of the inner lake and the Yangtze River in Jianye and is used to defend the country.
Therefore, when Zhu Ran saw the Jiangling navy suddenly dispatching a building ship, he didn't know how to evaluate it.
It is said to be useful, but it is indeed useful, especially in this situation where the two sides are entangled. If a building ship enters the scene, it can easily break the entanglement between the two sides and unilaterally suppress the enemy.
But if you want to say how useful it is, it doesn't necessarily mean that once the two sides get rid of the entanglement, with the speed of Zhu Ran's Baqiu navy, it is impossible to catch up with this building ship.
Even in order to protect the building ships, the Jiangling Navy did not dare to pursue the Baqiu Navy with all its strength. After all, this thing was too expensive, and the loss of one would have been painful for several years.
Of course, the most important thing is that Zhu Ran is eager to get rid of the entanglement quickly and withdraw his troops back to Baqiu Water Village.
At this time, the Jiangling navy sent out large ships to fight. Are you sure you are not doing a disservice? !
When he thought of this, Zhu Ran immediately ignored the appearance of the building ship and sat back and watched him sail towards the center of the battlefield. The most important thing Zhu Ran needed to do now was to return to the command position and wait until the building ship inserted into the center of the battlefield. , immediately assembled all naval forces and fleets, and chose to withdraw.
Then... Zhu Ran watched helplessly as this "building ship" got closer and closer, and he could see it more and more clearly.
Zhu Ran became more and more puzzled as he watched.
Why did this building ship not choose to cut into the battlefield after it entered the battlefield, but chose to move toward the periphery of its flank? !
Also, this building boat doesn’t seem to be very high. Why does it feel like it’s nearly half shorter than Jianye’s own building boat floating in the lake? !
The more Zhu Ran looked at it, the weirder it became. The more he looked at it, the more he felt that something was wrong. Until Zhu Ran saw two huge rocks flying out of this "building ship".
Why, this is not a building ship, this is an enlarged version of the Jiangling Navy soldier who threw himself into a car and Meng Chong! ! ! !
Two huge rocks were shot from the "building ship" and did not hit any warships. They only fell into the water on the right wing of the battlefield, causing a huge splash.
However, the Soochow Navy who have experienced the Jiangling Marine Trooping and Mengchong Ceremony basically know that this is a precursor to the Chariot and Mengchong trying to adjust the distance and accuracy. Once it is adjusted, it goes without saying that it will definitely be a smash. An accurate one.
Zhu Ran also responded immediately. He divided his flanks and stopped suppressing Zhong Limu's flanks. He immediately launched an attack with the entire army, and while the warship did not fire its second stone cannon, they approached the "lou" as quickly as possible. "Ship" to engage in gang-hopping melee combat.
Anyway, judging from the escort situation of this "building ship", there are only more than 30 walking guards around him, not even larger warships. A fleet headed by the Mengchong warship is enough to defeat these The guard was distracted.
And as long as your own fleet moves and shortens the distance from this "building ship" as soon as possible, the threat of investment on this "building ship" will be greatly reduced.
This is Zhu Ran's experience and lesson after fighting against Jiangling Navy's Tuoche Mengchong so many times. ,
Sure enough, after a fleet consisting of Mengchong warships and more than thirty warships was separated from their own flank, the strange "building ship" began to turn slowly, as if intending to turn around and retreat. Keep distance.
But, this speed is too slow, right? !
Zhu Ran was puzzled again, but then he saw this strange "building ship" turning sideways and then stopped moving.
Immediately afterwards, a bunch of crossbow arrows clearly visible to the naked eye were suddenly shot from the side of this strange "building ship", and they were shot directly at the rapidly approaching Soochow fleet.
Is this the crossbow arrow of the bed crossbow? ! !
Well, there is a bed crossbow on a building ship. This is nothing new. The building ships of this era have fixed bed crossbow shooting positions. But is this too much? !
According to Zhu Ran's observation, on this "building ship", there are at least sixty bed crossbow arrows fired at one time. Even if it is a triple bed crossbow, there must be at least twenty bed crossbows on this ship, right? !
This amount is too much.
And soon, Zhu Ran understood clearly. This "building ship" could not only shoot crossbow arrows from the surface of the ship, but also had a shooting port in the belly of the ship, and crossbow arrows could be shot from there.
Now Zhu Ran finally understood why this "building ship" only had walking guards and no shooting methods such as Meng Chong warships and large and small warships. Whoever stood in front, regardless of whether it was friend or foe, would be harmed indiscriminately.
Only a small boat like Zuike, which is lower than the shooting port and is fast and agile at the same time, can survive under such a "building boat".
As for whether this will reduce the defensive power of the "building ship" itself. Just look at the fate of the intercepting fleet of the Soochow Navy.
The Mengchong battleship at the front was almost filled with crossbow arrows.
If the upper offensive and defensive facilities of the warship were shot, there would be no problem, but the problem now is that the Mengchong warship was hit by the crossbow arrows fired by the opponent, including the hull position and even near the waterline.
Bed crossbow arrows are not crossbow arrows. They have extremely strong penetrating power and great destructive power. Once they are shot near the waterline, even Mengchong warships will break, and as time goes by , under the action of wind, waves and water pressure, it was only a matter of time before the Mengchong battleship sank.
Even the Mengchong battleship, which has relatively excellent defense capabilities, is treated this way. Generally speaking, a warship of any size will be completely scrapped if it takes just one arrow.
Coupled with the constant harassment by the Jiangling navy's walking warships, the "building ships" kept moving and changing their shooting angles to seize the favorable wind and position. Before the fleet could completely get closer, they would probably be shot into pieces. The whole army was wiped out.
Under such circumstances, Zhu Ran did not dare to think about the consequences of allowing this building ship to approach the central battlefield.
At this time, he could no longer hesitate. If he hesitated any longer, he would ask Yang Xi to send other Mengchong warships to go around and cut off his own retreat. There would be no place to run if he wanted to.
Zhu Ran immediately ordered the entire army to give up jumping off the side and close combat, quickly withdraw their warships, and then withdraw.
No matter how difficult it is, no matter whether the Jiangling navy will follow and kill them all the way, they must withdraw.
Let’s go back to Baqiu Water Village.
(End of chapter)
