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Chapter One Hundred and Twenty Five Naval Guns(1/2)

The capital of Jiangxia County is located in Shaxian County, Xiakou, Fankou and Sanjiangkou, which are all in the important passes along the river. Huang Zu, the prefect of Jiangxia who is responsible for guarding the east gate of Jingzhou, is located in Xiakou. Most of its elite navy troops are stationed there. Guishan, a military important military site on the north bank of the river, only 5,000 troops from the navy commander Su Fei.

Faced with Gao Chong's aggressive offensive, Huang Zu was frightened. He, the prefect who held heavy troops, was actually scared when fighting. He plucked up his courage to attack Yu Zhang a few times, but he returned home with a loss of troops. Fortunately, with the support of Liu Biao, he, the prefect of Jiangxia, could sit safely.

Two days ago, the scout sent downstream brought back news that he was restless. Gao Chong came to Chaisang to supervise the battle, which meant that the attack on Jiangxia was about to be around.

"Transfer to Su Fei and then transfer 2,000 Guishan defenders to station in Xiakou." Although there were already 13,000 naval troops in Xiakou, Huang Zu still felt uneasy.

Huang Zu is a mediocre person. Liu Biao entrusted Jiang Xia with such a strong position. What he saw was not Huang Zu's ability, but his loyalty. This destined that although Liu Biao was in a favorable position in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, he could not go downstream and compete for Jiangdong. On the contrary, as Gao Chong's goal of unifying Jiangdong was achieved, Jiangxia's competition began to change its host and guest, showing a situation of Gao Chong's attack from bottom to top.

On the last day of October 4th year of Jian'an, in the morning, the Yangtze River was still foggy, and it was almost impossible to see anything a hundred feet away. Su Fei stood on a patrol boat outside the Guishan Shui Camp wearing armor and a knife, with a tiger's face, looking at the river in a muffled voice. Anyone could see that he was unhappy.

"Duke Su, where are we going?" the steering soldier asked nervously.

Su Fei stomped his feet and said angrily: "Where can you go? Take the boat into the outer river for inspection."

With the enemy in front of him, Huang Zu only cares about saving his life and actually cut the garrison on Guishan on the north bank by 2,000 more. Didn’t he know that once Guishan is lost, his Xiakou will be out of order?

Although he is the governor of the navy, Su Fei, the governor, was a coward. Huang Zu did not know military affairs, but liked to interfere in the military's dispatch at all times. The appointment of officials at all levels in the military was mostly replaced by Huang Zu's close confidants, and his personal abilities were not considered at all. As for Su Fei, if Huang Zu had not considered that there was no one in the army, the position of this governor would have been replaced long ago.

The river breeze is blowing, the strong north wind blows the white sails, and the light scout ship is almost like an arrow, quickly descending the river. As the navy commander, Su Fei is naturally not a general. If you talk about the ability to fight water, even Gan Ning, who has never taken others seriously, respects Su Fei a little.

If Su Fei's idea is to face Gao Chong's army this time, the Jingzhou Navy, which occupies favorable factors in terms of military strength and position, can rely on the river to defend first, and then attack others. That is to say, rely on Guishan and Xiakou to fight each other as horns, strangle the passage to the west of Gao Chong's army. When the enemy is not exhausted after a long battle, then send out elite troops to go down the river and sweep away the enemy in Jiangdong in one fell swoop. This strategy should be said to be an extremely safe plan. As long as Huang Zu has a little brain, he will adopt Su Fei's suggestions.

Unfortunately, Huang Zu had too deep prejudice against Su Fei, and the personal relationship between Su Fei and Gan Ning also made Huang Zu suspicious. If Su Fei had a heavy army, if Su Fei rebelled against the enemy, Huang Zu would be completely restrained.

This is the real reason why Huang Zu transferred two thousand troops from Guishan.

This is also the reason why Su Fei was angry but could not vent.

The generals are distrustful and distrust each other. How can they win such a battle?

"Duke Su, look—, what is ahead?" A soldier watching the bow suddenly screamed.

"It's the enemy's warship!" The scouts exclaimed repeatedly.

The warships in Jiangdong have always had sharp corners in shape, which is different from the square Jingzhou Navy, so the soldiers under Su Fei recognized them at a distance, but this was not the reason why they exclaimed.

In the past, most of the warships in Jiangdong were mainly fighting ships, and some fishing boats were mixed with. Although there were many, most of them were small and could not be compared with the Jingzhou warships made of square hardwood. But now, the warships with the "high" characters flying the war flag in front of them were almost compared with the Mengchong ships in the Jingzhou Navy.

"Slow down the sails and return to the camp!" Su Fei's face suddenly changed drastically. Like these soldiers, he felt a little bad in his heart.

As he moved up against the wind, it was impossible for Gao Chong's big ship to catch up with Su Fei's scout ship. As long as he could successfully turn back into the camp, Su Fei could all dispatch more than a hundred warships in the Guishan camp and annihilate Gao Chong's army who dared to invade alone.

There is no doubt that Su Fei could conclude that the purpose of the opponent's warships to this end was to explore the reality of the Jingzhou army. If it was a formal attack, Gao Chong's navy would not only dispatch these warships.

"Maybe, there will be a big man from Gao Chongjun on the ship, maybe that Gao Chong is on the ship?" Su Fei's eyelids suddenly jumped, and he couldn't help but turn around and look. Under the backlight of the sun, the enemy's "Gao" flag shone with a strange light.

"Where is Duke Su going?" Suddenly, a loud shout broke Su Fei's random thoughts.

Su Fei looked up and saw a fleet of ships approaching the river ahead. Under the escort of more than ten Mengchong warships, standing on the main ship armor was a young general wearing golden armor.

This golden battle robe is so dazzling that it makes people unable to see the person's face. Su Fei narrowed his eyes and a hint of contempt appeared on his face. He said coldly: "It turns out to be Mr. Huang. Fortunately, why are you going out today!"

The young master Huang in Su Fei's mouth was not someone else, but Huang Zu's son Huang She.

Relying on his father's protection, Huang She was a domineering king in Jiangxia, doing whatever he wanted. Like those ignorant treacherous trousers in the court, Huang She almost devoted all her thoughts to women, gambling. For war, Huang She is a typical half-baked guy. He wants to be glorious, but he has no real talent.

However, this kid is a good player to win people's hearts. The two thousand soldiers transferred from Guishan were originally Su Fei's confidants, but as Huang She's attacking heart disintegrated, Su Fei's subordinates turned to Huang Zu's side one by one.

"Why do you have to do this? You and I are all in General Zhennan, and Lord Mu of Jingzhou are making a living. This family is better for peace!" Huang She's face turned red by Su Fei's words. Su Fei's words ridiculed Huang She's defeat in attacking Peng Ze in the last time Huang She's greedy for merit, but soon, Huang She's regained his sinister and treacherous nature. Su Fei's martial arts skills are not Huang She's opponent.

"Hmph!" Su Fei couldn't say that Huang Shoo was so he could only let out a cold voice, and ordered the soldiers who were driving the boat to give way to Yu Huang Shoo.

Huang She laughed proudly, and the waves raised by Meng Chong's warship almost overturned Su Fei's scout ship. Fortunately, the soldiers on Su's spaceship were proficient in water and Yu Zhouji was quite old, so Fang Shi avoided the ending of the ship's collapse. Fortunately, Su Fei was still soaked by the waves.

"Little bastard, just wait and suffer!" Su Fei said gritting his teeth as he watched Huang She fleet gradually fade away.

Su Fei, who wanted to remind Huang She, had an enemy warship ahead, was already aroused by a thousand anger at this time. Not only him, but the soldiers following him also opened their eyes wide and turned their anger to Huang She fleet.

"Pampered handsome, you can't move forward any more. It's too dangerous!" Liu Ye stood at the bow of the boat, stamping his feet in a hurry.

But the people he spoke to: Gao Chong and Zhou Yu were both calm and composed, as if they had not heard Liu Ye’s reminder. As the commander of the first army, Gao Chong ignored his wealth and life and entered a dangerous area without anybody to stop such risky behavior. Liu Ye felt that it was really incredible.

In fact, this result is of course. Among Gao Chong's army, the generals such as Gan Ning, Xu Sheng, and Ding Feng were not those who like to take risks. The head coach and the generals were the same.

"Look at Ziyang, the river is surging and rolling eastward, how spectacular it is!" Gao Chong laughed.

Zhou Yu also replied, "This big wave washes the sand, countless people of eternal style. I wonder if we can still remember the scene of today's travel in a few years!"

It is possible to say that such a dangerous action as a pleasure trip is a pleasure. Perhaps only Zhou Yu can do it, and only Gao Chong's temperament will go out to inspect Zhou Yu in a ridiculous way.

It would never be possible if it were someone else.

"What if the Jingzhou Navy suddenly appears?" Liu Ye shouted anxiously. Facing these two madmen, he knew that calm persuasion was useless.

"Aren't there any treasures that Cheng Yuan and you brought?" Gao Chong smiled disapprovingly.

The treasure Gao Chong mentioned was the Pili Car developed by Liu Ye for his hard work. This morning, Ding Feng, the rash ghost who killed thousands of swords, actually suggested that Gao Chong ride in the fog to explore the reality of the Jingzhou army. Such an adventurous and ridiculous proposal, Zhou Yu and Gao Chong even agreed.

The carrier-based Thunderbolt chariot that Liu Ye regarded as life was forced to embark on this vast and unknown journey of exploration under Gao Chong's "soft words and pray".

"People coach, there is an enemy situation ahead!" Ding Feng, who was on the outpost, jumped up from the scout ship returning and said excitedly.

"How many enemy ships are there?" Zhou Yu asked.

Ding Feng said: "Not many, only a dozen ships, it seems that we have not been discovered yet."

"People coach, now our army is in Xiajiang, and the enemy is in Shangjiang. If the enemy finds us and chases us downstream, it will be too dangerous. I think we should retreat as soon as possible." Liu Ye said.

"Peosu, how about it? Hit it all at once." Zhou Yu turned around and said to Gao Chong.

"Enemy ships are Mengchong battleships. If you want to fight, you must have enough advantage in quantity. Otherwise—!" Ding Feng said that Ding Feng, who was born in Jinfan Army, naturally understood the key points of the water battle on the river. The Jingzhou Navy has large ships and is well equipped. Once you get into battle, you can use the momentum to overturn the weak Jiangdong warship, and use the protection of Mengchong's cowhide to resist attacks from the enemy.

The fog floating in the river is stacked layer by layer, and under the illumination of the rising sun, the Jingzhou warships in the mist are like floating in clouds. At the end of the sky and river, it was originally the other place of water and soil.

As the enemy is facing, Zhou Yu's eyes are not afraid at all. On the contrary, there is a blood-devouring excitement, which is the meaning of seizing Jiangxia. Zhou Yu understands that it can not only change the passive situation of Gao Chong, but also lay the foundation for going up the river to compete for Jingzhou.

He gave Gao Chong a wink, and then said, "Ding Feng, go and lead the enemy over. When the distance is fifty feet, you must immediately abandon the boat and escape into the river. Do you understand?"

Ding Feng hesitated for a moment, obviously he could not understand what Zhou Yu said, but Gao Chong stepped forward and patted Ding Feng on the shoulder, instructing: "Fifty feet, remember!"

Ding Feng left as he said, and Zhou Yu ordered: "Redirect the bow of the ship and aim the gun at the rear." It seems that Zhou Yu has already prepared for the situation that may have encountered the Jingzhou army.

The tail cannon was used to fight against the enemy. It was not until this time that Liu Ye understood what Gao Chong and Zhou Yu sold in the gourd? The Pili cart, which was originally loaded at the front of the ship, reached Chaisangkou, but was unreasonably modified to the rear of the ship before boarding the ship. This once made Liu Ye feel excited, but now he finally understands the reason for doing so.

"Don't blame Ziyang! This is the idea that Gong Jin just came up with. I don't know if it's spiritual, so I dare not talk to you first!" Gao Chong smiled embarrassedly because he saw a trace of deceiving shame and anger on Liu Ye's face.

Zhou Yu's arrogant nature is not a 100% sure thing. He will never give it a favor in advance. Gao Chong also guessed his intentions from Zhou Yu's eyes and behaviors, and Zhou Yu's idea coincided with him.

The distance between the two fleets on the river suddenly became closer.

This is no longer a range that fog can conceal.

"Young Master, there is an enemy scout ship in front of you, and there may be ambushers behind you." A soldier reported to Huang Sho in panic.

"Whose flag is it?" Huang She was stunned and asked. When he answered Su Fei just now, although he dared to boast about Haikou, Huang She still felt guilty when he was about to go into battle.

If he was under Xu Sheng's banner, he would be ready to turn around and run away. Although he was a little embarrassed to escape without fighting, it would be better than being defeated by Xu Sheng. Jiangxia's prefect Huang Zu is his father, so Huang She doesn't have to worry that someone would say bad things about him being flinched in the face of the battle.

"It's Ding Feng." The scout's reply gave Huang Sha a glimmer of hope in his eyes.

Ding Feng was just a young captain under Gao Chong's command. He would not have too many soldiers. At this moment when the two armies were fighting, he could indeed defeat the enemy's spirit first and boost the low morale in the army.

"Let's go over, the archer is ready." Huang She ordered.

Jinfan Army's close combat skills, Huang Shooting has seen. He will certainly not make the same mistake again after suffering a loss. As long as he reaches the right distance, Huang Shooting will be issued with thousands of arrows at the order. Ren Dingfeng cannot avoid the ability.

Seventy feet—.

Sixty feet—.

It's fifty feet long.

As long as he took another ten feet away, the archers of the Jingzhou Army could shoot the ignorant enemy into a pile of meat paste. Thinking of this, Huang Shi couldn't help laughing out loud. He was proud and leaned out of his body and looked forward against the side of the ship.

With a "boom", Ding Feng actually abandoned the boat and jumped into the river!

Huang She was furious and was about to play with the mouse, so he was so angry that he was so angry that he came.

"Arrowman!" Huang She shouted.

Although Ding Feng could escape into the river, there were several large ships behind him. These ships were very well-drawn. I believe there would be no fewer soldiers on the ship. This rain of arrows would entertain them. Huang She thought resentfully.

Suddenly, with a loud "boom", a huge rock roared and fell in the sky, and it was exactly the same as the bow of the ship where Huang Sho stood. Looking at Huang Sho, Huang Sho's face and body were hit by the broken gravel. The golden helmet, which was just now, was smashed into depression, and the gorgeous battle robe on his body was also covered with shaved stones.

"Young master, are you okay?" The left and right guards hurriedly held the yellow ejaculation with a pale face.

"What weapon is this?" Huang Shi said in a trembling voice.

Before he could finish his words, another huge rock in the river next to the warship stirred up thousands of waves. The rolled up waves rushed the yellow-shot warship to the other side, almost sinking a little.

This guy is much more powerful than arrows. The soldiers in Jingzhou who were about to aim at the enemy with their bows and arrows were shaken by the ship and lost their center of gravity. The arrows that had already put on the bow strings shot out in a lost direction. Some of them actually shot directly at their companions. Suddenly, Huangzhe screamed on the ship.

"Young Master, the water has come into the bow of the boat!" A guard screamed in shock.

Huang She looked in the direction of his finger, but saw that at the bow of the boat that had just been smashed by a huge rock, there were continuous influx of river water, and the bow of the boat also sank little by little with the influx of river water.

"What are you still standing there? Change the boat and retreat quickly!" Huang She pushed away the guard who was helping him and jumped onto the close-up scout ship from the other side of the warship.

Compared with Huang Sho's embarrassing situation, the other side of the battle was cheering, Gao Chong, Zhou Yu and even Liu Ye were all smiling. The huge power of the naval gun was unpredictable. On the one hand, it was thanks to the fog that began to dissipate and visibility began to increase; on the other hand, we should also thank Huang Sho for gathering more than ten warships together in order to pursue Ding Feng.

Originally, Huang Shoo's intention was to threaten Shunjiang's momentum and disperse Gao Chongjun's formation in one fell swoop, but he didn't expect to be a target for the naval gun.

"Good shot, try another shot!" Gao Chong shouted. If the shot that had just dropped from the river was slightly off, it would be able to break the main mast of the enemy ship, which is a pity!
To be continued...
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