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Chapter 561: The Burning Cangjiang

Li Hongchao originally didn't expect to impress Ji Wuliang, but just wanted to make his last effort. Seeing Ji Wuliang's determination, Li Hongchao also issued an order to fight without hesitation. The two fleets rode the wind and waves and approached quickly. However, Ji Wuliang occupied the upstream position, and his speed of coming was far beyond that of the other party.

Avoid the opponent's edge, above the wide river surface, the Jingzhou Navy divided into two arrows on the left and right, forming a curved arc, which surrounded the two wings obliquely, and made a focal point, and then went straight to the middle.

The large ships on both sides had not entered the attack distance, and the faster whistle ships, Meng Chong and Chima were the first to confront each other. These small ships did not have long-range attack methods. They all rushed together at high speed and immediately jumped into battle. In a very short time, countless small ships strangled together in the center of the two fleets.

As Li Hongchao expected, with excellent equipment and the soldiers' individual combat capabilities, Ji Wuliang's troops far surpassed his troops. In the battle between the soldiers on the boat, Ji Wuliang's troops had the upper hand, countless boats capsized, and blood stained the river water red.

The large warships on both sides entered the range. With the loud rumbling sound, the thunderbolt cannons carried on the two ships began to fire at the same time. The sky was filled with stone bombs in an instant, and the warships that flew towards the other side. The two small warships began to break away and each rushed towards the large warships of each other. It was too dangerous to stay between the fleets of both sides. Any stone bomb fell down to make a small boat capsized immediately.

Both sides adopted traditional string combat. Under the shooting of thunderbolt cannons and crossbows, the warships on both sides quickly approached, and the next step was to jump the boat to fight.

Cao Xinyu stood on the top of the mountain and looked down at the battle in full swing on the river.

Li Hongchao's command ability in front of the battle is indeed higher than Ji Wuliang, and his response to the judgment of the battlefield form is much stronger. After the large warships on both sides fought, as the instructions on Li Hongchao's flagship changed, the Jingzhou Navy soon gained the upper hand and could always form a situation of fighting with more and less in the local area.

Ji Wuliang's flagship was besieged by three five-masted warships at this time. Waves of Jingzhou naval soldiers rushed to Ji Wuliang's flagship like tides, jumped onto his warship, and the fierce hand-to-hand combat began on the ship gang.

Ji Wuliang was covered in a wardrobe, holding a steel knife in his hand, and rushed to the front line in person. As the sword flew, he repelled a wave of attacks and looked into the distance, where there should be a reinforcement from him.

"It's time to appear, it's time to appear!" Ji Wuliang's heart was bleeding. In less than half an hour of combat, two of the twenty five-masted warships had already capsized. They were directly hit by the thunderbolt cannon and the five ignited a raging fire. Because the sails were burned, the ship could not turn around flexibly with the help of the wind, and was slow to move and was being madly besieged by the opponent.

On the other hand, although the loss is not inferior to him, the opponent has the advantage of military strength and can calmly siege him. If the opponent can bear this loss, he cannot afford it. He must maintain a certain strength to ensure his position in the Northern Army in the future. If he becomes a commander of the bare commander, everyone will know the outcome.

"It's time!" Cao Xinyu turned around and said to the signal soldiers beside him, "Send a signal to General Ma, and the navy attack."

Among the tributaries of Wangjiangwan, the Navy of the Northern Army was ready to go, and all the soldiers on the warships, the soldiers on the warships raised their eyes and looked at the top of the mountain. On the top of the mountain, a flag suddenly rose high from the forest and flirted with the mountain wind. Almost at the same time, the soldiers in the warships waved the signal flag in their hands.

"Strike!" Ma You choked and pulled out his sword and slashed downward. Thirteen five-masted warships sailed through the wind and waves and sailed out from the tributaries of Wangjiang Bay. The navy of the Northern Army lacked sailors, so Ma You simply gave up all the small boats and concentrated all the sailors on the ship on the five-masted ship. He wanted to defeat his opponent with the powerful long-range firepower on his warship.

Li Hongchao's warship did not join the fierce battle. All the strength in his hands gave him room to adjust. Ji Wuliang had a certain gap with him in terms of on-site command and judgment, which allowed him to command and fight with ease. If it weren't for the outstanding combat capabilities of the troops led by Ji Wuliang, the battle would have been one side at this time. But the opponent's tenacity was just to delay their failure. Water combat required higher command capabilities for the generals.

"General Li! Warship, I found a fleet approaching us at high speed!" On the slut, the sentry suddenly shouted in horror. Li Hongchao's heart jumped, jumped up, and rushed to the stern. Within his vision, he had already seen more than a dozen five-masted warships.

It shouldn't be the Jingzhou Navy who came to reinforce him. Li Hongchao quickly denied this idea. At this time, most of the generals of the Jingzhou Navy were still arrested and waiting for trial. The only one who could move the entire navy was his direct troops. A chill rushed to his head from the bottom of his heart. He remembered the warships sold by Ji Wuliang.

"The Northern Army!" His hands trembled slightly. From Jiang Guangyu, he learned about the existence of the Northern Army Navy.

"Divid a fleet to fight!" Li Hongchao made a quick decision, "The order asked Wu Dawei to preside over the battle against Ji Wuliang here, and I will go there in person!"

Five five-mass warships left the battlefield and followed Li Hongchao to face the Navy of the Northern Army. Dozens of Mengchong ships followed Li Hongchao to meet his opponent. The opponent's five-mass warships did not have various auxiliary ships escorted, which in Li Hongchao's view was a fatal flaw.

Although there are as many as thirteen naval forces in the North Army, in Li Hongchao's opinion, such a newly organized fleet could not be formed quickly. There is no problem in destroying such a fleet under his command.

The Ji Wuliang pressure suddenly relaxed when he was trapped in a tough battle. He raised his head and saw that Li Hongchao's flagship had gone in the opposite direction. In the distance, the flag of the Navy of the North Army was waving in the wind. He was ecstatic and waved his sword and shouted: "Brothers, our reinforcements are here, kill, and get the enemy Chao off the ship!"

Ji Wuliang fought with the Navy of the North Army and knew how powerful the opponent was. Unfortunately, Wuxia now went to appreciate Li Hongchao's expression. He really wanted to see the expression of Li Hongchao's fleet after being hit by the opponent's long-range attack like a storm.

Li Hongchao's face indeed became very exciting. When his dozens of Mengchong ships were four hundred meters away from the opponent, they were like autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves, and were shot overturned by the opponent's ships densely like locusts. Li Hongchao never thought that the bed crossbows and thunderbolt can attack with such intensity. How many thunderbolt cannons and thunderbolts were installed on the opponent's ship. He looked back and looked at his hull. How could the thunderbolts and thunderbolts be able to accommodate so many numbers with the size of the thunderbolts and thunderbolts?

The stone bomb fell into the water, causing waves several meters high. With just one shot, a Meng Chong ship was destroyed. The whistling crossbow swept across the river. A ship would break into two pieces next to it.

Li Hongchao, who had been mocking the other party for a strange semicircular lineup, finally understood why! He rushed towards the enemy formation with a one-character snake formation, attacked the warship in the middle of the opponent, and then turned the reverse circle in the mind of the opponent's general, because with such a dense attack, it was impossible for him to rush over, but would be surrounded by his opponent, and he would have to bear the strike from three sides.

His face turned pale involuntarily.

Ma You stood on the podium happily. The changes in the opponents and the possible lineups were indeed all within Cao Xinyu's expectations. "His grandma, it's amazing. How could Lao Cao know that Li Hongchao is going to rush to my formation with a long snake? It's a good thing! Men, change the bullets, change the iron bullets, and change the braised meatballs!"

The so-called braised meatball is that after the ship-borne thunderbolt gun of the Navy Navy's Navy had been replaced with iron structure, an iron bomb was added. When the battle was about to be fought, the iron bomb was burned red and thrown out with a throwing arm. After this iron bomb fell onto the enemy ship, in addition to the initial huge destructive power, its strength was caused by continuous damage. The round shells fell on the ship and rolled all the way. Wherever they passed, they would inevitably cause fire and cause great chaos on the ship. This was not like a rocket. After a person was shot, its destructive power ended immediately.

Dozens of red iron bombs bounced up in the air and flew into the air, which was spectacular, but it was a disaster when landing on the ship.

Li Hongchao watched helplessly as the six warships, including his flagship, ignited a raging fire almost at the same time. The ignited soldiers jumped into the Cangjiang River and were immediately flooded by the rushing river water. The ones who were lucky enough to be alive were also swallowed by the rushing warships in the next season.

After several rounds of braised meatballs were launched, thirteen five-masted warships completed the encirclement of the enemy. The thunder fire on the side of the ship began to roar. When the Jingzhou navy was still addicted to the long-range strike of the thunder cannon, and then fought by helping to fight on the white blades, the navy of the North Army had completed the upgrade of weapons, causing maximum damage to the enemy at a long distance, causing the enemy to lose combat effectiveness.

As if Ji Wuliang had suddenly encountered the Navy of the Northern Army, Li Hongchao was confused by the unprepared situation. This was his first time to meet this water battle. In just a short time, several warships lost their combat power.

Looking back, Wu Dawei obviously noticed the one-sided battle situation here, and was obviously greatly affected. Under Ji Wuliang's counterattack, he retreated step by step.

"Escape!" The experienced Li Hongchao knew that if he didn't leave, he wouldn't have to leave.

On the mountain, Cao Xinyu sat on a rock, chewing the fruits picked from the soldiers on the observation post in his mouth. The juice flowed from his mouth. The soldiers beside him were excited and shouting.

After throwing away the core, Cao Xinyu stood up, "What a pity!" He sighed. After all, Ma You was inexperienced. He could not grasp the control of the warship and the changes in the water flow, and the judgment of the wind direction in time. After Li Hongchao's flagship rushed left and right, he escaped from Shengtian, carrying the light of the ship full of fire, he went down the current and fled.

When he walked a boat, Ma You didn't care. What he cared about was the warships of some other Jingzhou navy surrounded by him and Ji Wuliang.

"Catch them and capture them alive!" Ma You jumped wildly, "These ships are all ours!"

"Put the fire, put out the fire!"

"General, the ship is almost burning to the point of only one air!" A personal soldier reminded Ma You.

"My eyes are not blind!" Ma You jumped and shouted: "It's just that the keel is still good. It won't take long to drag it back to build a new ship. Come and put out the fire!"

Wu Dawei resisted stubbornly, and the ship was sunk and died together with the ship. The remaining dozens of five-masted ships raised white flags and surrendered to the Navy of the North Army. On the river surface, there were a group of fires in the east and a cluster of fires in the west. On the river surface, countless people were floating heads, and soldiers were stretching out their radial hooks to salvage the alive soldiers. The rescued soldiers were immediately tied up with a rope.
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