Li Hongchao was extremely unlucky. Since he escaped from Cao Xinyu's sight, he had been staying in the Wuxi River. The Wuxi River channel was bent and could barely allow five-masted warships to pass through. Along the way, there were many dangerous shoals and there were unknown dangers everywhere. Cao Xinyu was unlikely to turn his sight to this tributary of the Cangjiang River, which allowed him to live a peaceful life for several years. This time, he was driven to the shelves and sent Lynch and his group to Xiangcheng to land. He was trembling and later he even killed everyone in the fishing village, asking for someone to return in advance.

But with the first time, there will be a second time. After Xie Zhao sent troops to Jingzhou, Bazhou magistrate Lu Xi organized the Bazhou town army to Yuzhou to support Xie Shilin so that more northern expedition troops could be delayed in Jingzhou. In order to speed up, Li Hongchao's fleet was also used to send soldiers. After all, it was much faster than crossing mountains and crossing mountains and using warships to send soldiers.

Li Hongchao had to go out again. But this time, his luck was obviously terrible. Before he arrived in Xiangcheng, he encountered Cao Xinyu's navy.

When the two sides were several miles apart, they discovered each other that Li Hongchao immediately ordered to turn around and escape. Behind him, Cao Xinyu's fleet was already flowing downstream, like a blood-devouring shark smelling the smell of blood, opened his bloody mouth and rushed over.

What is even more unfavorable to Li Hongchao is that his fleet of dozens of ships of all sizes were filled with Bazhou Town Army, while his opponent Cao Xinyu had just unloaded the troops and items on the ship, one was heavy loaded and the other was empty. The speed of the two sides was too far apart. Both sides fled and chased, and in less than an hour, the distance between the two sides approached a mileage from the beginning, and was about to enter the attack distance.

Li Hongchao looked at the enemy's warships getting closer and closer on the river in despair. He had seen the firepower on the main warships of the Zhengbei Army. Even if his warships were as large as the other party, he could not compete with the other party at all, let alone now that the enemy is large and we are few.

Cao Xinyu moved a chair and sat on the command platform on the flagship. The battle was not on the same level at all. Without command, he went up directly and fought in groups. He could easily fight quickly. Water combat is different from land combat. Sometimes, you can't escape even if you escape. Now, Li Hongchao has fallen to this point.

The Li army's fleet was already in chaos, and the Bazhou town army on the ship was even more panicked. They were in the Cangjiang River, and they had no place to use it. The only thing they could do was to grab the boat gang tightly, shout loudly, and immediately dock. The river surface was in chaos. Some ships were determined to follow Li Hongchao's flagship to escape downstream, while others were threatened by the Bazhou town army, sailing horizontally to the shore, preparing to grab the stall.

There was endless rumbling sounds. Cao Xinyu was surprised to see that many of his opponent's ships were panicked and hit friendly ships. The huge collision force made the collision ships immediately swirl in the river and completely lost control. The enemy on the ship fell from the ship into the water like dumplings. In a moment, the river surface was full of soldiers struggling desperately.

"Grandma, there is an army on the ship!" Cao Xinyu understood in an instant. It seemed that like him, his opponent was also sending soldiers to Yuzhou, but they were so lucky that they actually bumped into him.

"General, do you want to save people?" The general on the vanguard ship called flags and asked Cao Xinyu.

"Save it, crush it, crush it, capture Li Hongchao alive!" Cao Xinyu danced, "After the battle, they still have life to survive, come and catch them!"

The navy ship of the North Army rushed straight through the heavy heads floating on the river. When the ship passed by, a layer of corpses suddenly appeared on the water.

"Pijiu cannon, prepare to fire!" The commander of the three five-mass warships of the forwards issued an order almost at the same time.

The red flag waved and fell sharply. The huge ship of the five-masted warship paused slightly and sank down. Dozens of stone bombs had already flew into the air and attacked the last troop transport ship. Seeing the black stone bombs flying in the air, the Bazhou Town Army on the ship made a desperate cry. Many people simply jumped into the water from the ship and jumped into the water. There was still a glimmer of hope of survival. When hit by these stone bombs, even a cow would have to be killed on the spot.

The troop transport ship that landed at the end was hit by dozens of thunderbolts at the same time. There were continuous cracking sounds, and dozens of holes as big as basin on the hull. The cold river water appeared, and around the dozen holes were bloody corpses.

The ship sank very quickly. In a blink of an eye, only the bow of the ship was still raised high in the air. The surviving Bazhou town soldiers shouted frantically to help and waved their arms, but the warships of the Zhengbei Army that arrived did not look at them at all and accelerated their departure. In front of them, there were only a few five-masted warships left by Li Hongchao.

"Preparation of braised pork!" The navy generals shouted excitedly. There was no easier and more comfortable battle than this. There was only attack without worrying about the opponent's counterattack. No general did not like such a battle.

Li Hongchao's troops had many Red Horses and Mengchong warships, relying on the small and flexible ships, rowing desperately towards the two sides. As long as they approached the shore, they could abandon the ship and escape. However, the five-masted warships of the Zhengbei Army ignored them and stared at the several large ships in the river, which gave them hope. The five-masted warships were large in size, and the areas on both sides were relatively complex. Apart from sailing in the middle of the river, the five-masted warships did not dare to lean towards both sides at will. If they ran aground or hit a reef, they would die faster.

Li Hongchao fled first, with more than a few five-masted warships following closely, but the heavy ships were still constantly approached by their opponents. Meng Chong and Chima ships fled to both sides of the straits, opening up the road for the opponents to pursue.

The sailors and generals of the Li army understood this, but the generals of the Bazhou town army did not understand it. Seeing that many Mengchong Chima ships had already approached the shore, while the five-masted warships were still rushing forward with one stubbornness. A panicked general of the town army pulled out his waist knife and rushed to the command knife of the five-masted warship. The knife was placed on the neck of the navy general and shouted: "Dang, dock!"

"General Lu, you can't dock here, you will be stranded!"

"Have your mother, go to the dock, or I will cut your head immediately!" The general named Lu roared, watching a five-masted warship behind him being hit by countless red fireballs flying from the opponent's ship. The whole ship suddenly burst into flames. He became even more panicked. The knife pressed on the opponent's neck sank slightly, and a trace of blood had already oozed out.

Feeling that he didn't listen to the orders, this crazy guy really could kill him. The navy general had no choice but to order, "Turn the rudder and dock!"

The hull of the five-mass warship deflected and headed towards the left bank. After a moment, there was a rumbling sound. Something hit the bottom of the ship. The huge hull shook a few times, and it was really stranded in the river water, unable to move forward and retreat. The five-mass warship of the Zhengbei Fleet sailed quickly by the stranded warship. The Bazhou Town Army could clearly see the opponent's face and the other party's smug smile.

"Father, I can't escape!" On the flagship, Li Hongchao's son Li Wei ran to the podium, "It will take half an hour at most, and we will be caught up."

Li Hongchao swallowed and whispered to his son: "Speak softly, there is a small boat at the tail of our flagship. I will order the ship to turn around to meet the enemy in a while. You can take the opportunity to put down the boat and bring a few reliable personal soldiers to wait for me. Do you understand?"

Li Wei was stunned for a moment and nodded repeatedly: "Father, I understand."

"Go quickly!"

While chasing and escaping, both sides had been chasing dozens of miles above the Cangjiang River. Several remaining five-masted warships in Li Hongchao's fleet suddenly drew a lonely line in the river, turned the bow of the ship, and rushed back towards the Navy of the North Army in the Conquest Army.

"I know I can't escape, and the trapped beasts are still fighting. Do you want to find a few people at the bottom?" Cao Xinyu laughed loudly, snatched the command flag of the messenger beside him, and ordered one by one to reach the ships through the flag words. The fleet of Zhengbei Army, who was chasing all the way, began to change formations, one by one, forming a straight line on the river surface. All the thunder cannons and demon-subduing crossbows on the ship were ready to fire.

Li Hongchao ordered to turn back to fight. When he fled, he was at the forefront. At this time, all his flagship fell to the end. When everyone was focusing on the enemy ships flowing down the distance, Li Hongchao, Li Wei and his son, led more than a dozen personal soldiers to fall down from the string ladder at the stern of the ship and quietly fell onto a small boat. More than ten personal soldiers desperately waved their oars and fled to the shore.

Half an hour later, the last five warships of Li's army completely lost their ability to move. They were surrounded by the warships of the North Army. The ship was killed and injured. White flags rose one after another. The stranded five-mass warship was the first to raise the white flag to surrender. Because they did not resist, they saved the lives of everyone on the ship.

Cao Xinyu stepped onto Li Hongchao's warship. The ship ate several braised pork in a row. At this time, the blazing fire was burning strongly. The Northern Army, who had boarded the warship, was working hard to put out the fire.

"Where is Li Hongchao?" Cao Xinyu asked as he looked at a general Li's army who was taken to him.

"When General Cao said, General Li ordered to turn around to meet the enemy, he had already run away in a boat!"

"Runned again." Cao Xinyu was furious and turned around to the side of the boat. Looking at it, a small boat had already docked on the shore in the distance. More than a dozen people had climbed onto the shore and were fleeing into the mountains in panic. The warships nearest to the North Army were still far away. They would definitely not be able to catch up with them.
Chapter completed!