On the river surface, the river wind howled. The ripples were blown round and round, one after another, for a long time. The ten shield ships breaking through the waves were sailing very fast under the sails of the river wind.
"Lord, we're not far away." Sitting on the chair, Dongfang raised his head in admiration and let the ends of his hair get blown away.
Xu Mu nodded and stared ahead.
He was very confident in this battle. When he resisted Chen Changqing, there were no naval warships, but he was still able to cooperate with Li Zhiqiu and fight a beautiful floating battle.
"The sentry ship reported that the person who intercepted the river was not Zhang Shun. It was another Cangzhou Siying named Tong Du. He seems to have some reputation in Cangzhou."
"Very powerful?" Xu Mu frowned.
"It's so famous that it's hard to live up to it. I think it's more like a compliment among the Cangzhou families. In this battle on the Yangtze River, we only need to be careful of ambushed fire boats, and there's not much of a problem. And depending on the wind, Tong If Du wants to attack with fire, he can only do so after our Shuzhou Navy has passed the ambush site."
"Arrange fifty warships and line them up after the long wall is broken."
"Bolie is a great talent."
Dongfang Jing laughed and said, "My lord, what you need to pay attention to is Zuo Shiren. He is not a fool. He will figure it out eventually. When he guesses that it is my lord's idea, he will probably return to Chuzhou."
Xu Mu also smiled, "Even then, his mission will have been completed."
This shaky alliance is actually about everyone having their own agenda. It's just who is being sold and who knows how to count the money.
Turning his head, Xu Mu looked behind the 40,000 navy troops.
"Let Wei Xiaowu raise the flag."
Wei Xiaowu, who already had a light beard, quickly led Qiying onto the high platform of the building.
Not long after, a speedboat came after hearing the news and passed by the side of the main building ship.
"Tell Dou Tong to leave fifty ships behind and form a long wall formation to guard against the enemy's fire boats."
In a water battle on a river, the most important thing to watch out for is fire attacks. For example, now, even if only a small part of the entire fleet is burned, the morale panic caused is extremely serious.
Not long after, under Xu Mu's order. Soon, Dou Tong, who was further behind, organized more than fifty sub-ships to line up in a long wall formation at the end to be on guard against the fire boats rushing out.
"Hold on to the mast and blow another page of sail!"
"We, the Shuzhou Navy, are soldiers from heaven descending to earth. We march straight in and smash the Cangzhou Navy that intercepts the river!"
One by one, Shuzhou's generals drew their swords and shouted loudly to boost the morale of the upcoming battle.
Xu Mu stood calmly, hesitated, and then called for the messenger.
"Move five more shield ships and stay behind."
As the attacker, if you attack the defender's territory, you will definitely encounter various ambushes and traps. No matter what, be careful after all.
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Also standing on the building boat, Tong Du's face was tense and full of expectation.
When he boarded the ship, he said that this time, he would kill the civilian thief until he knelt down and begged for mercy.
"Are the places to hide the ships ready?"
"Reporting to General Newsboy, forty fireboats are on standby twenty miles away from the river section of Muyunzhou. They just wait for the navy of the common thieves to come over, and they will rush out immediately!"
Tong Du looked overjoyed.
This time, it's not just a simple fire boat... In fact, he has made a big layout. If the Shuzhou Navy were ambushed, they would definitely die.
"The Cangzhou navy obeyed the order and intercepted the civilian thieves where the iron cables crossed the river! Fighting ships and sterns took the lead, and each ship in the river used fire and crossbows to shoot the Shu people in an arc-moon formation!"
Tong Du was in high spirits, and the tiger-painting cloak he was wearing was fluttering in the river wind from time to time.
Shuzhou has 40,000 naval troops, but he only has 30,000. But these things are not directly proportional. Seriously speaking, as the defender, with many buildings and ships, it should have an advantage.
"Tongjiang, please look at the beacon smoke on the river bank. The Shu navy is less than twenty miles away from our army!"
"I know." Tong Du gritted his teeth.
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"Lord, there are only twenty miles left." On the Shuzhou Navy's boat, Dongfang Jing raised his head and looked at the beacon smoke on the river bank. There has been information for a long time that there is a beacon smoke in Cangzhou, and there is a sentinel every twenty miles.
"There are no shield ships in Cangzhou, so it is estimated that the battleships will be used as the lead battle. If our Shuzhou navy can avoid the interception of the fire boats and then drive straight in, this battle will be won!"
Dongfang Jing's words were exactly what Xu Mu was thinking. This time, the Shuzhou Navy finally had enough strength, and he no longer had to act as a water battle bait like before.
"Even if it's a side-to-side battle, my lord is not afraid. Most of the main force of the Cangzhou Navy went to intercept Zuo Shiren. But Tong Du's side is at least a new army that has just been training for a long time."
"Bolie's ability to analyze the battlefield is getting more and more amazing."
"My lord is so flattering." Dongfang Jing didn't seem to take any credit for it. "I will go out with my lord on the expedition. Dongfang Jing will do his best."
"Thank you Lingzhou Navy, thank you Zuo Shiren..." After a pause, Xu Mu said something strange.
The closer we get to Muyunzhou, the stronger the river wind becomes. It was only after noon that the dazzling sunshine finally dispersed the foggy color of the river.
The field of vision in front of me suddenly became wider. As far as he could see, Xu Mu could already see the outline of the riverside town in Muyun Prefecture ahead.
"It's time for the fire boat to come out." Dongfang Jing said in a serious tone.
As if to reflect Dongfang Jing's words, in the blink of an eye, dozens of fire boats roared out from the boat hiding places on both sides of the bank.
After most of the waterway had been washed away, the Cangzhou boat masters at Huofang Mountain were so frightened that they jumped into the river. Only these blazing boats were left, rushing towards Shuzhou Navy like crazy.
"block!"
Fifty Shuzhou secondary ships formed a long wall formation to block the Shuzhou navy.
"No, these fire boats are all connected with iron ropes!"
boom.
Fifty sub-ships were almost unstoppable, and the chain of fire boats was extremely powerful for a while. Even if there are some who are blocked, there are iron ropes connecting them, so they can continue to be dragged forward.
The fire continued to spread, getting bigger and bigger. Just before his eyes, he was about to sink the second ship of the Long Wall Formation, roaring towards him.
Xu Mu stood on the high platform of the building, watching with horror. A little fly from Cangzhou actually had such a plan to ambush someone. Fortunately, he had a backup plan early.
Five Shuzhou shield boats, under the oars of the boatmen, faced the fire that was about to roll into a large ball.
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"Is the fire plan going to work?" Tong Du's voice was excited.
"The commoner thief left the broken boat behind, but it was also hit and sunk by the fireboat with its ropes attached -"
"I'm just asking you, is this fire going to burn?"
"Tongjiang, Shu, Shuzhou shield ship, intercepted the fire boat!"
"What!"
Tong Du's mind was buzzing and he felt a chill on his back. I thought that this place with the fire boat could burn at least half of the navy in Shuzhou and crush the morale of the Shu people.
But he never thought that the shield ship used by the civilian thief would actually be blocked.
"General Tong, the Shuzhou navy is coming!"
"Go, send the order immediately! Invite three hundred fighting ships to smash the Shu people's fleet into pieces."
"It is not the best strategy for a child general to attack against the wind."
Tong Du's face turned fierce, "You know nothing. Even if the former military ship is destroyed and everyone is killed, we will not let the civilian thieves enter our Muyun State!"
"Separate the ship to the side and use the bat to smash the Shu warship. The flying arrows and fire crossbows on the warships on both sides must form a surrounding fire!"
"Repulse the Shu navy and capture the civilian thieves alive!"
