With such an interception formation, our army will have no hope of breaking through."

"Grand Governor, there is no hope of breaking out of the encirclement. Our army has no naval reinforcements. There is no way to the sky and no way to the earth. It is better to surrender." Mr. Xue Li suddenly spoke and said tremblingly: "I heard that Ambassador Tao

Your treatment of the surrendered troops is quite good. If our army surrenders, Tao Shijun will not treat us badly..."

Before he finished speaking, Mr. Xue Li's former companion Zhang Ying rolled his eyes. Chen Fen jumped up with veins on his forehead. He pulled out the sword from his waist and stabbed Xue Li without saying a word.

Chest, poor Mr. Xue Li never dreamed that Chen Fen could even say hello

He took action directly without fighting, and was caught off guard by a long sword that pierced his chest. He died on the spot with an unbelievable look in his eyes. After pulling out the bloody sword, Chen Fen shouted: "Drag this traitor out and throw it into the river to show the public.

, give the order, take the time to rest, and prepare to break out overnight!"

Mr. Xue Li, who was once a subordinate of Tao Qian and had a grudge against the old Tao family, was so relieved. Yuan Jun's naval force stationed at the safety point upstream also temporarily stopped all operations and began to seize the time to rest and prepare for a night breakout. Chen Fen arranged

He recruited his beloved general Chen Wu to serve as the vanguard and prepared to sacrifice.

Sixty ships opened a way to break out of the encirclement, and a large number of sailors who were familiar with water were arranged to prepare axes, saws, hammers and other equipment. As soon as the Xuzhou army's ship array was burned, they immediately went into the water to destroy the Xuzhou army's water boom. However,

At this moment, the Xuzhou army made new moves...

Seeing that Yuan Shujun's navy was standing still, deputy director Tao, Jia Laohu and other Xuzhou army decision-makers made a thumbs-up analysis and guessed that Chen Fen was planning to break out at night. Although the heavy and tall Xiangyang artillery was inconvenient to move, it could not be moved to the upper reaches far away immediately.

They launched an attack, but this still did not trouble the Xuzhou decision-makers. After just a brief discussion, the Xuzhou army immediately built another pontoon bridge a hundred steps upstream of the ship array.

, and then rushed to repair a temporary water barrier in front of the pontoon bridge, preparing to intercept the large number of fireships that Chen Fen's team would definitely release. Although Chen Fenjun's scouts saw this situation from a distance, they quickly reported it to Chen Fen, but Chen Fen was afraid of the Xuzhou army.

Because of the threat of the stone machine, they did not dare to launch an attack in the daytime and risk death. They could only grit their teeth and endure it for the time being. At the same time, they also arranged for the sailors to prepare to go into the water and destroy the water boom.

While both sides were seizing the time to make arrangements and recharge their batteries, the day passed quickly, and at the beginning of the night when the sky was getting dark, Chen Fen's team, which had been prepared, finally began to break out. Sixty buildings and ships were divided into front and rear.

Two horizontal teams, loaded with fire starters, took the lead in setting fire to the boats downstream. Skilled sailors followed the front team in small boats. As soon as they reached the water fence, they entered the water in advance and swam to the wooden fence to destroy it.

This was a breakout and counter-breakout battle in which both sides risked their lives. The battle entered a fever pitch as soon as it began. Guided by the faint moonlight and the lights of the soldiers on the shore, the Xuzhou Army's more than 60 Xiangyang artillery pieces continued

They fired artillery bombardments and threw countless boulders at the heads of the enemy's fireships. Selected Xuzhou soldiers who knew how to use water also held hand-held weapons.

The spears rushed up to the pontoon and stabbed the enemy sailors in front of the fence with spears and spears. Not to be outdone, the sailors of Yuan Shu's army fought back with axes. The fight was very fierce. At the same time, Xuzhou soldiers also took the initiative to release rockets to ignite Yuan's navy's ship full of fire starters in advance.

, the river surface was soon filled with thick smoke, blazing fire, screams, roars and fighting sounds rising into the sky.

For the well-prepared Xuzhou army, the slow-moving Yuan Jun navy ships on the narrow river were of course moving targets. Although Chen Wu's fireship team had already been attacked desperately, they were still attacked by dense rockets.

One after another, they were set on fire and

Huge stone bombs sank and shattered one ship after another. None of them could rush to the Xuzhou ship formation and perish together with the Xuzhou warships. They were all destroyed and slowly sank in front of the rain of arrows and stones from the Xuzhou army. Chen Wu

I was also hit in the face by a stray arrow during the melee, and died of serious injuries.

It is commendable that during the fierce battle, General Zhang Ying, who had returned from Liu Yao's army, also showed extraordinary courage and personally led 600 warriors to rush to the land and attack the Xiangyang artillery position in an attempt to destroy the Xuzhou army's stone-throwing position.

Those who picked them up were the elite soldiers from Jizhou who had recently surrendered to the Xuzhou army. They also arrived at the camp first, as well as thousands of elite soldiers from Qingxu. After a bloody battle on land, none of Zhang Ying and the 600 warriors he led were able to escape back to the fleet.

Died on the spot.

At three o'clock, all sixty ships led by Chen Wu had been sunk by the Xuzhou army. Although Chen Fen still wanted to arrange fire ships to attack south, other generals of Yuan Shu's navy refused to die in vain, regardless of Chen Fen.

No matter how Fen shouted orders angrily, no general was willing to lead his troops to attack the Xuzhou army's interception formation. Chen Fen was furious, drew his sword and killed two generals, and then reluctantly forced a fleet to rush south.

Unexpectedly, the fleet had just approached the battlefield and surrendered to the Xuzhou army. Deputy Director Tao was overjoyed and rewarded the surrendered general. He also ordered the fleet to form an interception formation and thicken his interception formation. See

At this scene, the morale of Yuan Shu's naval force was greatly reduced. Countless soldiers jumped onto the boats and surrendered. There were even situations where generals at the lower level led their boats to surrender. Chen Fen could not stop it and had to withdraw his troops and defend himself.

Finding that the enemy's morale had collapsed, Deputy Director Tao decisively ordered people to go upstream to set off fireworks signals, and ordered Lu Su to lead the Chaohu Navy to kill down the river. When the sky was clear and Lu Su's fleet arrived at the battlefield, Yuan Shu's navy

The death knell of the main force finally sounded. Yuan Jun's navy, which had no fighting spirit, could not withstand the impact of Chaohu Navy. It had little chance to fight back in front of Xuzhou Navy, which was armed with flying muskets.

However, they were quickly rushed into chaos by the Xuzhou navy. Xuzhou cavalry also came to the shore and fired rockets to attack Chen Fen's team. The desperate Chen Fen team collapsed completely, and ship after boat surrendered to the Xuzhou team. Chen Fen saw that the situation was over.

, Xiangnan cried bitterly and killed himself with a winged sword, and all the remaining troops surrendered. The main force of Yuan Shu's navy, which had dominated the lower reaches of the Yangtze River for less than half a year, was finally annihilated in front of the Xuzhou army.

News of the annihilation of the navy reached Spring Valley, and little Yuan Sangong vomited blood on the spot and passed out. When he was finally revived, the first thing he did was to cry out and cry, "Send people across the river quickly.

Sue for peace, sue for peace! As long as Tao Thief agrees to cease the war, no matter what

Gudu agrees to the conditions. Anyway, Gu is also the uncle of his wife, Tao Tai. As my niece and son-in-law, he can't even leave me a place to stand, right?" (To be continued. If you like
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