"General Jiang, we are not far away!" Above the Xiangjiang River, the Beiyu Navy was vast. Not long after, a Beiyu general who was accompanying the ship shouted loudly with joy.
Jiang Meng looked forward and could vaguely see the outline of Jiangcheng on the opposite bank. Deep down in his heart, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
There were no accidents during the past few days of sailing. As mentioned before, the Grand Governor Miao Tong was still in Yandao and had not come over.
My little strategist's clever plan is probably going to succeed.
"General, general, a Shu warship appears on the river ahead!"
Jiang Meng listened, not too surprised. As we get closer to the river bank, it is normal for there to be Shu warships. Of course, the scale won't be that big.
"Eagle Eye Camp!"
"Report to the general, there are only two or three hundred warships!"
"Okay!" Jiang Meng raised his head and roared. Sure enough, just as he expected, the Shu navy that resisted in the last round was not even tens of thousands.
Although water battles are inferior to those of the Shu people, they are more powerful in numbers, and they have also practiced boating hard in recent times. As long as they are not defeated, he is confident that he can defeat this Shu navy.
"Raise the boat, drum the sails and charge to kill!"
"General Jiang has an order to defeat the enemy and rush to the shore! Behind us, a hundred thousand troops from Beiyu and Chongqing are rushing to help!"
"Destroy Western Shu, kill!"
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"Coming, coming!" Ma Yi geared up. Beside him, Yin Hu also put on his battle armor, his eyes extremely cold.
As the third person in the Xishu staff circle, Yin Hu is very angry now. As for Xiao Fulong's strategy in Beiyu, not to mention other things, he just thought that if he poisoned the small military advisor of Dongfang, there would be no one left in Xishu.
Pushing up the animal skin mask, Yin Hu's eyes were filled with murderous intent.
"In this Xiangjiang, even if Master Tiangong comes and the Shu people don't let him, he can't take a step forward!" Yin Hu drew out his long sword and pointed angrily forward.
Under the flag order, the Xishu warships, who were waiting in full formation, began to beat drums and blow trumpets, and their morale was high.
"The fourth in the world, he dared to enter the river, I, Ma Yi, are just catching mud bugs!" Ma Yi also had a stern look on his face and roared again and again.
"Prepare for war, the long-range shooting camp draws its bow!"
"Prepare the crossbow, shoot the enemy's front line for me!"
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"In front of the battleships, use the power of the sails to break up the Shu people's ship array!" Jiang Meng was not afraid. On the contrary, after learning the art of naval warfare for a long time, he had been waiting for the opportunity to prove himself.
Following the order, it didn't take long for Beiyu's naval battleships to begin their first round of charge. Under the strong wind, the plow stood up like a sharp knife.
But at this time, in the Xishu Water Formation opposite, Yin Hu and Ma Yi did not panic at all. Many times, Miao Tong even taught in person and talked about the pros and cons of Shunfeng.
It is true that the offensive under the tailwind is the most ferocious. The speed of the fire boat alone will make people avoid it. But as long as you are prepared, the enemy's overwhelming momentum will turn into a difficult situation.
For example, when the sail is blown, the wind is so strong that there is no time to slow down the ship——
"Form into a giant ship and put down the plows!" Ma Yi held his neck and shouted in a long voice.
Not long after, the Xishu navy in the front line, following the cover of crossbows and flying arrows, quickly formed a formation with iron ropes and lined up in a row. The plows on the bows also quickly raised their heads.
"avoid--"
A Xishu general spoke angrily. Under the flag order, these Xishu warships in the front line, whether they were boatmen or soldiers, all ducked and blocked them with shields.
"Not good!" Not far away, a Beiyu general saw the crisis. At present, the leading warships in Xishu formed a row, with a very stable center of gravity, and the plows of the ships were raised in unison, which was even more shocking.
"Stop the ship first, flag order, stop the ship!"
But under the sail, the ship was traveling so fast that it was impossible to slow down for a while, let alone change direction.
When they got closer, countless crossbow bolts and arrows were fired from two sides of the Xishu Navy.
Four or five Beiyu warships were sunk by long-range fire. The rest, with extremely frightened voices, frantically collided with those cold ships in Western Shu.
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clatter.
Si Hu held a cooked egg and hit the wall angrily. All of a sudden, the eggshell cracked into pieces, and then he picked up the pieces and ate the whole thing into his mouth.
"I cried for several days. Brother Mu, you only gave me ten taels. It's unreasonable."
"I didn't make you cry."
"Then I thought the little military advisor was really dead, and my Sihu was crying in vain?"
"Fifty taels."
"Fifty-one taels. The basket of steamed buns I bought yesterday were all thrown on the street."
Xu Mu rubbed his forehead and said, "Hurry up and escort the young military advisor all the way to Jiangnan. If something happens, I will really beat you to tears."
Although there are secret guards, if Si Hu follows the escort, there will basically be no problem. Xu Mu originally wanted Dongfang Jing to stay longer. Although his brother Dongfang Li stabilized his condition, he suffered an internal injury after all.
However, Dongfang Jing was worried about the war and insisted on returning to Jiangnan first, so Xu Mu had no choice but to let him go.
"Bo Lie, take care along the way."
Meet in a hurry and say goodbye in a hurry. Xu Mu was speechless and choked. He stood up and shook Dongfang Jing's arm.
After Jia Zhou's death, the two of them didn't talk much except for official matters, but they both knew in their hearts that a large part of the matter in Western Shu would rest on Dongfang Jing's shoulders.
"My lord, why do you need to do this?"
"If one day, I, Xu Mu, succeed in the deer competition and enter the imperial palace in Changyang, I hope that the person standing next to me is Bo Lie. Wen Long is deceased, and nothing can happen to Bo Lie."
Dongfang Jing raised his head, with tears hidden in his eyes, "Dongfang Jing has no way to repay the kindness of my Lord. In this life, I am willing to use all my clumsy tricks to determine the country for my Lord. How dare you go first before your great cause is accomplished."
Xu Mu bowed.
Dongfang Jing also bowed, but when he turned around, he remembered something.
"By the way, my lord, there have been a lot of things going on in Beiyu recently, and I almost forgot about it. Maybe my lord has received the information before... The affairs of Mi Taoist disciples seem to be getting worse and worse recently. I'm worried that among them There is someone behind the scenes."
"To me, Taoist disciples in Western Shu are just like ringworm on the skin, and we can't do anything about it."
"Bo Lie, I remember everything."
Dongfang Jing smiled and nodded.
"When I return to the south of the Yangtze River this time, I will, on behalf of my lord, destroy the power of Beiyu. Let the little strategist from Changyang taste the consequences of impatience."
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"Roar!"
On the water surface of the Xiangjiang River, Beiyu's first battleships, those menacing battleships, after ramming them, seemed to be hitting a rock with an egg, and at least half of them were sunk.
On the contrary, on the Xishu side, because the iron cables connecting the ships were extremely strong, there were no major casualties except for one or two ships that were damaged.
"Shoot the drowned dog in Beiyu!" Ma Yi was overjoyed and hurriedly asked someone to give the order.
"Mr. Yin, the fourth most famous general in the world is just an ordinary person! If he had used a fire boat to attack earlier, he would have been more difficult to deal with."
"General Ma, don't underestimate the enemy." Yin Hu warned. Under such a confrontation, Huofang can't produce miraculous effects. Of course, if Huo Fu were present, he would not be fooled by such a plan of connecting ships.
But now, the Beiyu navy in front of him had one of his claws cut off. Moreover, reinforcements from the other three directions are about to arrive.
Wanting to take advantage of the new mourning of the Eastern military advisor and the collective grief of the whole country of Western Shu, Beiyu launched a surprise attack across the river, which has basically failed.
