Dawei Fanghua

The Shu-Han Kingdom had naval forces before.After Wang Jun became the governor of Liangzhou, he kept asking Luoyang for money and food, while wooing local generals such as Luo Xian, and thus gathered many Shuhan naval officers; he also went to Yizhou to ask for people, and there was no shortage of manpower. .In the past two years, Wang Jun mainly used his talents to gather craftsmen, soldiers and civilians in Jiangzhou, Yangqu and other places to build a large number of ships.

At the beginning of the year, he sent people to Luoyang and agreed on the time to attack Wu. Wang Jun went to Yong'an and built many large bamboo rafts a hundred steps wide.Because the Wu army had already built many large iron cones under the river near Jianping County and Wu County, and locked the river with iron chains.

In late August, Wang Jun set out according to the agreed strategy. He first repeated his old tricks, using a large bamboo raft to sweep the iron cone, and then used a huge tung oil firewood torch to burn the iron chain!The iron chain is very heavy. As long as it becomes red and softens slightly, the joint will be pulled apart by the falling weight.

Wang Jun had done it once before at Ruxushui, and this time he was even more familiar with it!Wu Jun didn't know what he was thinking. It was probably because the Jianping County Governor had no other solution. Because Wu Jun's navy was not in Jianping, there was nothing he could do except lock the river.

After breaking through the river, Wang Jun, Luo Xian and others moved forward from the river and did not bother with the three cities in the north of the river.

The State of Wu built a land road on the Dajiang Conduit, which was located in the north of the Yangtze River. Therefore, the three cities of Wu County, Zigui, and Xinling were all in the north of the Yangtze River.There are not many residents here, there are not many people to feed, and there are very few defenders in the three cities. However, the city is surrounded by mountains, making it difficult to attack the city.Wang Jun then led his fleet directly down the river and crossed the three cities.

The Jin army first arrived at the west side of Xiling Gorge, and set up several water villages on the south bank of the river in a bay called Ma'anshan, where they stayed for several days.Then Wang Jun sent a small boat and asked a group of scouts to set off with dry food, disembark along the river, and disperse to hide in Ma'an Mountain.Once the people at the gorge in front find out that Xiling City is besieged, they will light a beacon!At this time, Wang Jun ordered the navy to dispatch, rush out of the Xiling Gorge, and go to meet the main force of the Jin Army!

Just two days after the battle in Gushi, Wang Jun led numerous ships, large and small, and floated down the Xiling Gorge River!The armies set off one after another, and the front army gradually drifted out of the Xiling Gorge. It was already afternoon.

"Woo..." The rough horn horn suddenly sounded, followed by the sound of "dong, dong" drums and thunder. Outside Wu Jun's water village at the mouth of the gorge, the river seemed to be turbulent with the sound of the drums.The warships of the Wu army were dispatched from various places and gathered into a fleet.The naval warships of the Jin Dynasty were not easy to control in the fast-flowing canyon, and they had to avoid rocks. They would definitely not be able to form a water battle formation in time just after leaving the canyon. This was a good time for the Wu army to block the attack!

But at this moment, Wu Jun rushed to the ship in front, and the soldiers all stared wide-eyed.I saw a huge thing suddenly appearing on the river to the north!Under the strong sunlight in the afternoon, the undulating river surface was shining brightly, but the big thing on the water seemed like a huge black shadow.

How was such a big ship built?Judging from the visual inspection, its size is comparable to a palace, and the ship building is higher than the attic on land. It is simply unprecedented.People have never seen such a big ship in the world!

On the river near Xiling, the north wind was blocked by Daba Mountain, and there was only a light wind at this time; the boat had no sails, so raising the sails was probably of little use with such little wind!
The generals of the Jin army on the building boat should have discovered the Wu army who was waiting in full formation. They seemed not to want to rush so fast and were rowing in the opposite direction!The Jin troops on both sides were rushing towards the boat, and they could still advance and retreat freely; but the oars on the building's boat were not strong enough to move such a large boat, and the momentum continued for a while.

"Dong dong dong..." The generals on Wu Jun's flagship ship no longer hesitated, and the rhythm of the drums immediately became faster.The flags on the ship's building also began to wave in an orderly manner, and a row of multiple warships from the front army immediately began to move northward, slowly surrounding the Jin army's ship building.

The behemoth of the Jin army could not escape at all. Its two wings and back were all filled with Wu army warships, and it was quickly surrounded in the middle. There were also several Jin army Mengchong ships surrounding it, which were also being entangled and attacked!There was a lot of noise on the river, mixed with the sound of "crackling" strings, the rocket pulled out a trail of black smoke, and the smoke soon filled the air.

At this moment, there was a sudden "bang bang bang..." loud noise from the side of the building ship, a fire flashed, and white smoke filled the outside of the ship!

The firearms that just spit out fire are much smaller than bronze cannons, probably because they are afraid of directly damaging the building and ship, but they are a little larger than infantry gunfire.Many small iron balls smashed towards Wu Jun's battleship in an instant!

A fighting ship on Wu Jun's left wing suddenly made a "squeaking" sound in front of the parapet, on the deck, and in the cabin, sawdust flew, and the entire army was in an uproar.

At this time, the Jin soldiers fired their firearms, but they were probably a little far away and could not hit at all; the wind on the river was light, but it was not completely calm, and the ships of both armies were swaying left and right.However, the firearms failed to prevent the Wu army's warships from approaching, and the bulky Jin army's building ship was quickly hooked by the iron hook!
Suddenly, a "hoo" sound came from above!On the top of the Jin Army building ship, there was a thick long racket pole with an iron bump on the top of the racket pole. At this time, it was falling from the sky and hitting the Wu Army battleship. There was a loud "clang" and the racket pole directly hit Wu Jun's cabin shed. The female wall was completely destroyed!
I saw a group of Jin soldiers on the opposite side immediately pulling the rope, and the racket pole swept sideways on the cabin.Wu Bing, who had been knocked down, just stood up and was hit by the racket stick again without noticing. He screamed in pain and was immediately thrown to the ground. He hurriedly rolled and crawled to move his body.At this time, the Wu army's fighting ship would not break away from the Jin army's building ship, but would be hit hard by the bat.But General Wu on the fighting ship finally decided to continue the attack!Because the Jin army's ships were larger and had more people on them, if the Wu army gave up the siege on one side, the friendly forces on the right would definitely suffer!

With two "clang" sounds, the two wide wooden bridges fell down. "Crack, crack, crack..." Wu Jun fired his bow and crossbow, and then he shouted suddenly.

"Kill! Kill!" All the Wu soldiers rushed onto the wooden bridge, and the sword and shield soldiers rushed forward.

A moment later, "Bang, bang, bang..." the sound of firecrackers sounded across the wooden bridge!The terrible firelight flickered, and suddenly the smoke filled the air.

A Wu soldier's wooden shield was penetrated. His body leaned back and his arms subconsciously spread out to maintain balance. However, a few more lead bullets hit his armor. His whole body trembled and trembled, and then he screamed. After falling off the wooden bridge, a "pop" sound came from the river.There were injured Wu soldiers on the wooden bridge shouting "Wow", but most of the people were still on the wooden bridge.

The general of the Wu army beside the female wall brandished a ring-headed sword and shouted from behind: "Forward, keep moving forward! Those who retreat, behead!!"

Another burst of bows and crossbows sounded, and countless arrows flew towards the decks of the Jin army's ships.The shouts on the Jin army's ship were still loud, and the pain and screams were endless.

"Kill! Kill!" Wu Jun continued to rush over the wooden bridge.As the second round of fire flashed, there was a faint "whoosh" sound of lead shot piercing the air, whizzing away around people.

On the side of Wu Jun's battleship, the general just pointed his sword forward again and shouted: "Second team, charge!!"

Soon, Wu soldiers jumped off the wooden bridge and rushed behind the parapet of the building ship. "Ding-ding-ding-dong-ding..." Soon, swords and guns were waved on the deck of the Jin army's building ship.

A Jin soldier was speaking in dialect, yelling at Turtle Son, while swaying and slashing with his sword as if he was drunk.These Jin navy sailors were obviously from Shu. After the Shu soldiers surrendered to the Jin Dynasty, they turned against Wu!
Not far away, a Wu soldier was being besieged by two men, "Bang Dang! Bang Dang!" He had been slashed several times on his armor, but he was still shouting loudly.

At this moment, a loud "bang" sound suddenly came!Both battleships were shaking violently, especially Wu Jun's battleship, which was tilted. One of the wooden bridges suddenly fell into the river with a "crash" sound.

It turned out that on the other side of the Wu Army's warship, another Jin Army's warship floated over and directly grazed the side of the Wu Army's warship and hit it! !A moment later, "Bang, bang, bang..." the big guns exploded again. After the various large ships of the Jin army approached, regardless of Sanqi 21, they all fired indiscriminately with firearms!
More warships of the Jin army, ships of various sizes, have floated down from the mouth of the gorge.The front army did not form a team. They all immediately floated down the river and floated to the front line for reinforcements. More and more ships joined the battle group.

The sun setting in the west was still dazzling, but the broad river was already filled with smoke.

The "dong dong" drum beat didn't stop for a moment, and the explosions of various firearms, the sound of strings, and people's roars and shouts were all mixed together!The entire river surface was already shrouded in huge noise.
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