He Ruobi nodded slightly,
When the Xia army attacked Wangjiang City, Chen Youliang's troops in Jiujiang would not sit idly by and ignore it.
Wangjiang is the mouth of the lake on the east side of Poyang Lake. If it is given to Xia Jun, the waters of Poyang Lake will be divided equally between the two sides. Even with the strength of Xia Jun's navy, Chen Youliang's navy would still be at a disadvantage.
The Xia army captured Wangjiang, which sent a signal to others that the Xia army intended to continue to expand westward and was preparing to attack Jiujiang. Chen Youliang was very afraid of Xia Jun, so he wanted to take advantage of Xia Jun's attack on Wangjiang to send troops suddenly to give Xia Jun a good look.
But He Ruobi had already anticipated this.
He had long regarded Chen Youliang as his next target, and sent a large number of spies to Jiujiang. If the other party wanted to send troops, they could not hide it from his eyes and ears.
So when Chen Youliang's troops arrived halfway, He Ruobi was already prepared to capture Wangjiang City first. If Chen Youliang's troops continued to advance, his ambushing troops would let the other side know the interests of Xia's army. Unfortunately.
Zhang Dingbian, the general under Chen Youliang, was the most powerful general in the late Yuan Dynasty and a more powerful general than Chang Yuchun. He sounded like a reckless Li Kui character.
But in fact, his leadership style is that of Zhang Fei, with a rough and a fine touch. When fighting the enemy in peacetime, he often leads elite soldiers and horses to break into formation, giving full play to his strong battlefield sense.
And while leading the army to break out of the battle, he can still detect the details of the battlefield and rarely fall into ambushes.
Chen Youliang was a rather ruthless tycoon. He was inferior to Zhu Yuanzhang in terms of behavior and character. At a critical moment in history when he was fighting for hegemony, he actually killed the general Zhao Pusheng, which was a bit brainless.
Of course, his purpose of killing Zhao Pusheng was to seize power. Chen Youliang had a reason to kill him, but this also caused Zhao Pusheng's soldiers and horses to refuse to sacrifice their lives. The 600,000-strong army was finally defeated by Zhu Yuanzhang.
In the eyes of many civil servants and generals, Chen Youliang was not a wise master at all.
Therefore, Chen Han occupied the important territory of Jiujiang, and except for Chen Youliang's own tribe, there were few well-known generals under his command.
If Zhang Dingbian hadn't been so powerful, Chen Han wouldn't have been able to hold the territory he had now.
"Zhang Dingbian's nose is quite sensitive, but it doesn't matter. Chen Han's troops cannot stop our navy at all!"
He Ruobi had a faint smile on his face.
He was in a good mood, because Chen Han only had one Zhang Dingbian. If he delayed this opponent, Chen Han's army would be finished.
However, He Ruobi's good mood did not last long. Two days later.
As far as the eye can see, in the misty waters of Poyang Lake, more than a dozen smaller warships were reduced to pieces, with flags representing the Xia army flying on the water.
Clearly, there was a fight going on here.
Soon after, about thirty or forty clippers quickly crossed the water from the east and arrived at the battlefield that had been over for some time.
"It's Baijiaoying's ship!"
On one of the warships, several people looked at what was left on the water and reported to the big man standing on the bow of the ship with a somewhat ugly expression.
This big man is Ruan Xiaoer, the general of the Xia Army Navy.
At first, the three heroes of the Ruan family went south to Wang Jing and were incorporated into the navy. They first served as a hundred households and were responsible for commanding a warship. Later, because of their talents and abilities, the three heroes of the Ruan family continued to make meritorious services in the navy and were quickly promoted.
Their strength is only about five or six levels. Except for Ruan Xiaoqi who has the potential of level seven or above, Ruan Xiaoer and Ruan Xiaowu's potentials are not too high. After developing their God-given potential, they will need their own for future cultivation. Work hard, break your limits, and reach the next level.
The strength of the sixth level can only be said to be pretty good on land, and can surpass many generals whose names are not recorded in history, but becoming a guerrilla general is the limit. There is no possibility of becoming a middle-level or upper-level general.
But in the water, their talents can increase their strength by one level, making them natural water dragons. Even a sixth-level warrior can use water to defeat a seventh-level general.
In order to attack Jiujiang, Xia Jun's navy used at least half of its strength.
Ruan Xiaoer is now a miscellaneous general of the Navy. He can command dozens of warships.
There can be tens of thousands of water soldiers.
Not long ago, he accepted military orders from He Ruobi and Lin Renzhao and led his troops to "patrol" the waters to the west of Wangjiang. To the west of Wangjiang is Pengze, which is also an important area in the Poyang Lake waters.
This city was Chen Han's important border town in the east.
What Ruan Xiaoer has to do is to sink and destroy Chen Han's scattered warships during the patrol, and retreat if he encounters a large-scale warship.
In simple words, Ruan Xiaoer was the navy's sentinel, engaging in small-scale tentative fights with Chen Han's soldiers and horses to test the strength of Chen Han's soldiers and horses.
He Ruobi had confidence in his troops, but Xia Jun had not fought against Chen Han. The information obtained by the spies could only be used as a reference. He wanted to test the strength of Chen Han's soldiers with real swords and guns.
Only then can you feel confident.
"Chen Han's navy is no match for our army. There are two to three thousand men in Baijiao camp. How come they were wiped out without even sending out a signal? Could it be that the entire Chen Han navy was dispatched?"
Ruan Xiaoer's face was gloomy.
He had only tens of thousands of soldiers under his command, and nearly one-third of them were lost in one fell swoop. Naturally, he was not in a good mood.
At the same time, he also had some doubts in his heart.
At the beginning of these two days, the Xia Army Navy advanced westward in a small scale. With the same strength, the Chen Han Navy was no match at all and was defeated one after another.
Chen Han's navy has retreated to the vicinity of Pengze.
After he had accomplished this, he had completed the military order and was about to assemble the warships and return to the water stronghold to resume operations, when suddenly this happened.
Just when Ruan Xiaoer was a little surprised.
A dozen speedboats suddenly flew out of the water in the west, and then dozens more warships emerged from the misty water vapor. These warships seemed to be converted merchant ships, and there were no baffles or holes on the ship.
But their speed was very fast, like flying fish in the water, swarming towards Ruan Xiaoer's direction.
Behind these ships, there was a relatively majestic warship that could be compared with the mainstream warships of the Xia Army Navy.
The warship flew two flags.
One side is the Yellow Dragon Flag representing Chen Han, and the other side is the Water Dragon Flag. The total number of these ships and the soldiers on the warships was twenty to thirty thousand, and they were very powerful.
"Chen Han's reinforcements! It turns out that the Jiujiang League from the south has arrived!"
While Ruan Xiaoer's expression was solemn, the doubts in his heart were also cleared.
According to the news that Daxia received, Chen Youliang sent envoys to form an alliance with many forces south of Jiujiang, and formed the Jiujiang Alliance in order to deal with the threat from the Xia army.
The individual strength of these forces is not very good, but after forming an alliance, they can still gather three to four hundred thousand soldiers. With more than 300,000 reinforcements, plus Chen Han's own troops, they could gather an army of about 500,000 to confront He Ruobi.
Those who came to Pengze at this time were probably the navy troops who arrived first. With reinforcements, Chen Han Navy's morale and strength can be improved a lot.
"But...even if there are reinforcements, just these small boats will not be able to threaten Baijiao Camp!" Ruan Xiaoer thought to himself.
While the thoughts in his mind were spinning, he was also waving the command flag in his hand, changing the formation of more than thirty ships under his command, preparing to fight against Chen Han's warships.
He was responsible for the probing attack of the Xia Army Navy. The opposite Chen Han Navy also did not use all its strength. According to intelligence, Chen Han's navy was relatively sharp, with about 150,000 sailors.
There are 80,000 sailors at Hukou and Pengze to the east, and 70,000 sailors to the west to guard Xiang Chu.
However, after Xiang Yan sent troops to Xiangyang, the navy west of Chen Han was constantly mobilizing eastward. At this time, there were already more than 100,000 sailors at Hukou.
kill!
When Chen Han's clipper arrived not far from Xia Jun's ship, Xia Jun's sailors immediately raised their bows and arrows, and fired with bows and arrows first, sending out a rain of arrows that covered half of the sky.
Bows and arrows are used in the distance, crossbows are used in the middle distance, and crossbows are used in the short distance.
Before the long-distance bombardment method was developed using spirit stone talismans, water battles were like this. If there was a large-scale water battle, kerosene bombs, racket poles, angle collisions and other tools would be added.
Xia Jun's navy was well-trained, and its own warships were better than the opponent's.
Ruan Xiaoer's command was also very smooth. With the command flag waving, more than thirty ships also gathered and dispersed as expected, each targeting Chen Han's warships, forming a situation where the larger number was attacking the smaller number.
With this kind of command ability alone, Xia Jun's navy was able to defeat more with less, and defeated Chen Han's navy that had been transformed from merchant ships.
far away.
The big ship of Chen Han's navy did not join the battle immediately.
On the ship, a man with thick eyebrows and sharp eyes like an eagle in the sky stood on the deck. He was wearing light armor and looked to be in his twenties or thirties.
But the burly and fierce-looking general beside him stood upright and didn't make the slightest sound.
"Xia Jun is indeed full of talents. Any naval commander has such commanding ability. It's really amazing!"
The man watched for a moment and expressed his appreciation for Ruan Xiaoer's commanding ability. "It's a pity that he is the enemy of our army!"
"Zhang Yi!"
His tone suddenly turned cold and he called out to a majestic man next to him. "The mark is on!"
The man named Zhang Yi immediately stood up and obeyed the order solemnly. "Go and kill this man!"
"Take your orders!"
After Zhang Yi accepted the order, he turned around and jumped onto a nearby speedboat, holding the handle of the knife at his waist. Suddenly, a fierce evil aura shot straight into the sky and filled the water.
In an instant. Ruan Xiaoer, who was commanding the warship in the distance, felt something in his heart and immediately turned around to see the other party. When he saw Zhang Yi, he felt awe-inspiring in his heart.
"A seventh-level powerhouse...or an eighth-level powerhouse?"
Ruan Xiaoer felt a little chilled in his heart. Unexpectedly, the two sides were just fighting tentatively, and a seventh-level military general who had cultivated Dharma jumped out from the opposite side.
He can block the seventh level in a water battle, but he can only block it. His water talent is not enough to allow him to cross a life level and kill powerful enemies.
When Ruan Xiaoer saw Zhang Yi, he also saw several other fierce generals on the warship in the distance, as well as a man with a calm expression and sharp eyes.
"The thief will die!"
At this time, the clipper under Zhang Yi's feet quickly approached the battlefield. After getting closer, Zhang Yi directly activated the Gang Qi, and the strong wind gathered and condensed into the phantom of a hurricane.
Uh-huh!
Zhang Yi stood up, his body seemed to be integrated into the hurricane. With a flash of his long knife, a sword of more than ten feet fell from the sky. The sword tore through the water vapor, dividing the misty water vapor and the invisible breeze on both sides.
Ruan Xiaoer has not yet mastered Dharma. If he dives to escape at this time, he still has hope of escaping due to his natural water skills. But in this case, the tens of thousands of sailors under his command will be wiped out.
Ruan Xiaoer did not hesitate at all, and took a deep breath. Small vortexes were immediately formed on the water surface dozens of feet around. The lake water flew up and turned into a vortex water shield.
puff!
Zhang Yi stood high and split the water shield with his sharp sword, weakening the edge a lot. However, Zhang Yi has experienced hundreds of battles, and if one move fails, he will use the next sword to follow the trend.
Swish, swish, swish!
But in the blink of an eye, Zhang Yi hit Ruan Xiaoer with several consecutive attacks, leaving Ruan Xiaoer unable to fight back. Finally, he suddenly activated his Gang Qi, and the sword flashed, and Ruan Xiaoer and the Xia Army sailors on the warship fell to the ground one after another.
Blood spilled from the boat, staining a large area of the lake red.
The three heroes of the Ruan family, who had a good reputation and were good at naval warfare, fell in this sudden attack without the ability to fight back.
There is no longer Ruan Xiaoer's command.
Although the remaining sailors of the Xia army were not weak in strength and well-trained, they could not stop Zhang Yi's attack. There were more than thirty ships, plus the Baijiao camp, a total of tens of thousands of sailors, except for a few who were scattered. All those outside were destroyed.
An hour later.
Only He Ruobi, Lin Renzhao and others in Wangjiang City knew the news. "Tens of thousands of sailors were destroyed and Ruan Xiaoji died?"
He Ruobi's face looked a little ugly.
The loss of tens of thousands of people was also a heartbreaking loss for Xia Jun. But what surprised He Ruobi the most was Ruan Xiaoer
The reason for the annihilation of the entire army!
"Chen Han's general Zhang Dingbian is still at Hukou. General Chen Han in Pengze Water Village has no ability to defeat our navy! If anyone comes, please contact the secret agents of the Military Intelligence Department and our army's sentry immediately. I want to know All news about Pengze Water Village!"
He Ruobi reacted quickly and gave the order immediately. soon.
Half a day later, He Ruobi and Lin Renzhao learned about the situation in Pengze Water Village. For this, the Xia Army paid the lives of dozens of elite spies, as well as several experts from the Military Intelligence Department.
After seeing the latest news about Pengze Water Village.
He Ruobi, Lin Renbi, Lu Meng, and Zhang Hao were all shocked. Because reinforcements came from Chen Han's side, it was still a strong reinforcement!
The land and water armies of the Jiujiang League are marching towards Jiujiang. Among them, navy reinforcements arrived fastest by boat.
Of course, the reinforcements from the Jiujiang League were not enough to shock He Ruobi and others. No matter how many soldiers and horses there were, they were just a mob. One of them could come forward and command 50,000 soldiers and horses, which would be enough to defeat them.
But something unexpected happened.
Among the reinforcements arriving from the Jiujiang League, there were several famous generals in history, and one of them was an extremely famous one.
"Lanyu, the founding general of the Ming army...and generals such as Cao Zhen, Yang Jing, Zhang Ju, Zhang Yi and others!" "Why did Lan Yu appear on Chen Youliang's side of Chen Han? Aren't they enemies?"
Zhang Hao couldn't help but said.
The founding general of the Ming Dynasty, Lan Yu, who was canonized as Duke of Liang and was as famous as Fu Youde, actually appeared at this time, as Chen Youliang's reinforcements.
"This matter must be reported to Your Majesty immediately!" He Ruobi said in a deep voice.
