In the end, Zhu Ran relied on his command ability and the Soochow Navy's skillful water warfare skills to get rid of the Jiangling Navy's pursuit, and led the remaining fleet back to Baqiu Water Village.
In this battle, the losses were not too great. There were about two thousand casualties, two Mengchong ships and more than forty large and small warships. Well, under normal circumstances, this loss is not small. .
But this time, Zhu Ran felt that he was lucky to be able to lead more than 7,000 soldiers back to Baqiu Water Village.
Fortunately, Yang Di didn't have time to send out interception troops. Otherwise, if Zhu Ran could bring back half of the people this time, it would be considered his extraordinary performance.
But if there are only more than 7,000 naval troops left, it seems to be very difficult to defend Baqiu Water Village and control the Yangtze River defense line.
Really, if it is just a regular navy duel, even if Zhu Ran only has more than 7,000 navy now, but everyone is fighting for the command ability of the navy, and his subordinates are all Meng Chong and large and small warships, then even if Zhu Ran is a At a disadvantage, but still confident that we can hold on.
But what's going on with that weird "building ship" style war ship? !
How do you break that thing? !
If it's just an ordinary Mongolian attack vehicle, you can still use the attrition method to get close as quickly as possible, and then jump off the side and engage in close combat to break it. But this "building ship" can destroy your warship before you even get close to it. Shoot directly into the sieve.
The only shortcoming is probably that it is not fast enough and flexible enough. You can find a way to use fire attacks to break the situation. But this warship does not go into battle alone. Although he is surrounded by walking guards, it is still a battle. Boat.
Moreover, the characteristic of Zou Ke is its extremely fast speed, which just makes up for the shortcomings of slow speed and inflexibility of this large warship.
For a while, it was really hard to break.
Zhu Ran was puzzled, how come this Jiangling naval force can come up with some weird stuff for you after not fighting for a while? !
The experience and fighting skills of ordinary water battles are simply useless.
Zhu Ran, who returned to the Baqiu Water Village, escaped unscathed and temporarily hunkered down in the water village, thinking hard about how to defeat the enemy. The Jiangling navy, which finally won the water battle, did not take advantage of the situation to pursue him this time.
Although the big killer ship achieved miraculous effects, its speed was too slow. It would be very inconvenient to follow the main force of the navy.
Although this thing is powerful, it still has to be within a certain range to have enough lethality. If the distance is too close, it will be damaged by the Soochow Navy and jump off the side of the ship in close combat. It is also possible that it will be taken away. .I feel bad.
The cost of building this thing is really not much less than that of a building ship.
Therefore, this big killer ship is really not suitable for chasing or besieging water forts. The best way is to let it appear randomly on the battlefield to exert its maximum power.
On the other hand, due to Yang Xi's misjudgment, Zhong Limu's navy also suffered heavy losses. In just one hour of water battle, nearly half of the casualties were more than 3,000 people, and more than 40 large and small warships were damaged in the battle. Although the only Mengchong battleship was sunk, it was also scarred and could no longer fight.
Therefore, Yang Di decided to give it up for the time being and return to the water village to rest and recuperate. After a few days, he would send troops to surround Baqiu water village.
Anyway, considering the current situation, it is absolutely impossible for Zhu Ran to abandon Baqiu Water Village and not defend it, unless he does not want to abandon Changsha County.
Furthermore, according to the combat orders from the main camp in Wulin, Yang Di also needs to send a part of the navy to Wulin to obey orders after gaining the upper hand in the water battle. The purpose is to create a posture of transporting troops across the river. He came out and attracted Zhu Ran to dispatch troops from Wuling County for reinforcements.
A navy commander at the level of Yang Xi is still qualified to know the strategic intention of this battle. Therefore, he knows very well that his current purpose is not to fight Zhu Ran desperately to avenge the defeat of the last naval battle, but to There must be enough pressure on Zhu Ran.
After comprehensive consideration, when there is no guarantee that the Bachu Navy can be completely surrounded and annihilated, and the strategic intention must be taken into consideration, the most correct choice is to slightly slow down the pace of the attack and strive for better combat effects.
In this way, Yang Di did not rush to besiege Baqiu Water Village. Instead, he withdrew his troops and returned to the camp. After resting for two days, he once again led 20,000 water troops out of the water village, arrived at the gate of Baqiu Water Village of the Dongwu Army, and surrounded Baqiu Water Village.
Zhu Ran, who had just experienced a defeat, did not choose to go out of the stronghold to fight. Instead, he huddled in the Baqiu water stronghold, stood still and used the defensive measures of the water stronghold to hold on.
At the same time, Zhu Ran was also looking for the figure of the "building ship" that gave him a headache.
The last time Liu Lue was blocked and beaten by Yang Di in Baqiu Water Village, it was because of a serious lack of troops and he could no longer take the initiative. Now, Zhu Ran was waiting for Yang Di to repeat his old tricks.
As long as Yang Xi dares to drive that strange "building boat" to the gate of Baqiu Water Village, Zhu Ran will definitely seize the opportunity and take the initiative to attack in the shortest possible time, quickly approach the "building boat" and jump off the side Capture the ship in close combat.
Zhu Ran was confident that the Soochow Navy still had this ability, and this was what Zhu Ran came up with after thinking for two days. It was the most likely opportunity to seize this warship.
However, Zhu Ran searched for a long time and could not see the warship at all.
Well, it is true that an opportunity to seize the ship was lost, but since there was no such strange "building ship", there was no need for Zhu Ran to hide in the water village.
In a simple competition of naval combat power, Zhu Ran didn't think he would be worse than Yang Di.
We just need to let this gang of Jiangling naval forces show off for a while. After all, they have just been defeated and their morale has not yet recovered, so it is better to hold on for a while.
But as he kept watching, Zhu Ran found that something was wrong.
Why do you feel that the number of warships of the Jiangling Navy, which has been visiting Baqiu Water Village from time to time in the past few days, has decreased? !
Is it because the Soochow Navy has lost its will to fight and is unable to fight anymore, so the number of troops sent is getting smaller day by day, or is it that the Jiangling Navy has also divided its forces? !
But no matter what the reason was, Zhu Ran felt that he could not continue to be in a coma.
On the one hand, after a period of rest, our soldiers slowly regained their morale. In addition, being blocked during this period also somewhat dampened their anger, and now they also have the desire to fight.
On the other hand, whether the Jiangling navy underestimated the enemy or divided its forces to go to Wulin and prepared to transport the Wulin Shu army across the river, this was a very good fighter.
For this reason, Zhu Ran decided to use the Baqiu Water Village as a cover to actively look for fighters and fight another battle with the Jiangling Navy.
To be honest, Zhu Ran didn't know whether he had won or lost this battle.
Zhu Ran used the terrain of Baqiu Water Village as a cover to shrink his navy into Dongting Lake, waiting for Yang Xi to lead the Jiangling navy to block the door again.
Then when the Jiangling Navy was about to finish blocking the gates for the day and withdraw its troops and return to the camp, Zhu Ran led the Soochow Navy, who was waiting for work, to suddenly rush out of Dongting Lake and pursue the Jiangling Navy who was preparing to withdraw.
Zhu Ran's early battle went very smoothly. Yang Qi really did not expect that Zhu Ran would hide the main force of the navy in Dongting Lake, leaving only an empty stronghold as a bluff.
Therefore, when he withdrew his troops and returned to the camp, Yang Di really only focused on guarding against Baqiu Water Village, but not in the direction of Dongting Lake.
He was beaten hard by Zhu Ran's sneak attack.
But the problem is that just when Zhu Ran was about to pursue the victory and defeat the Jiangling Navy, Zhong Limu led a Mengchong warship and more than 30 large and small warships to arrive in time to rescue Yang Di, causing Zhu Ran to fall short.
The arrival of Zhong Limu was actually a last resort prepared by Yang Xi in advance.
When Yang Di formulated the door-blocking tactic, he actually took into account the risk of accidents, so he left Zhong Limu wandering around the Yangtze River waters to deal with emergencies. Unexpectedly, this time It really saved Yang Xi's life and saved him from a huge defeat.
But even so, Yang Xi led 10,000 soldiers to block the door this time. After a sudden attack by Zhu Ran, he lost one Mengchong warship and more than 30 warships, and more than 3,000 soldiers were lost.
The strength of the troops is still a trivial matter. The key is the warships. The Jiangling navy cannot afford to lose some.
The entire Jiangling navy, including the remaining warships from the last war, only has five Mengchong warships and more than 160 large and small warships.
But now, it has only been five days since the war started, and the Jiangling Navy has already lost two Mengchong warships and more than 70 large and small warships. If the losses continue, the Jiangling Navy will have no ships to use.
At the same time, Zhu Ran, who was in Baqiu Water Village, was in a very bad mood.
It's a pity that we didn't win completely in today's battle, but it can be considered a victory at least. It has barely restored the morale and morale of the army from the last failure, which is something to be happy about.
But the problem is that after today's battle and observation, Zhu Ran discovered that the total strength of Jiangling Navy has changed.
According to the information Zhu Ran received before the war, the total strength of Jiangling Navy should be around 25,000 to 30,000.
But today, the navy that Yang Di brought to block the door probably numbered about 10,000 people. The number of troops from Zhongli Mu's troops who came to respond later should not exceed 5,000.
Even taking into account the troops who need to stay in the water stronghold and the losses of the Jiangling Navy in the last water battle, at least 5,000 to 10,000 Jiangling Navy troops are missing.
If he stayed in the camp, Zhu Ran wouldn't have anything to worry about, but Zhu Ran was afraid that the missing navy troops and warships were going to Wulin to prepare for the Shu army to cross the river and attack Changsha.
Now that he is trapped in Baqiu and being restrained by these Jiangling naval forces, if the Shu army crosses the river to attack the counties in Changsha County, Zhu Ran may not even be able to assist in defense.
In the Wulin area, the Shu Han troops should be about 50,000, and the Changsha garrison is about 20,000. Not only is the military strength still at a disadvantage, but there is also a lack of capable generals to defend the city.
Zhu Ran didn't know what the current war situation was like in the Jiangxia area, so Zhu Ran couldn't ask Zhuge Ke to lead the Jiangxia army to come for reinforcements as predicted before the war.
In this case, I am afraid that Zhu Ran will have to withdraw from Baqiu Water Village, hand over the important task of fighting Jiangling Navy to Liu Lue, and rush back to Changsha County to take charge of the defense affairs.
At the same time, I am afraid that we can only mobilize troops from Wuling County just in case.
Well, this is probably the only choice I have.
(End of chapter)
