Chapter 700: Desperate Situation
Although the fighting ship was a large warship, the power of the trebuchet should not be underestimated, and Wang Zhi asked the soldiers to aim at the bow or stern of the ship to attack.
Under the bombardment of stones, although the warship on which the Wei army was riding did not suffer major damage, it was also swayed from side to side by the stones, as if it was even in the wind and waves, which looked extremely unstable.
If you train elite sailors, they are naturally not afraid of the boat shaking, because they stay on the water all year round, and if the boat is in the wind and waves, they will also sway, they are used to it.
But these soldiers and horses under Wenpin's command are different, they are landlubbers for a long time, and when the ship shakes, they can't stand steadily, let alone attack, it's not bad if they don't fall.
"Shoot me the arrows!"
Taking advantage of the opportunity of the Wei army's unstable standing, Wang Zhi ordered to shoot the Wei army with arrows, the Wei army was already unstable because of the shaking of the warship, and now the Han army is shooting arrows, and the Wei army does not even have the ability to dodge, and is shot by the Han army a lot.
"Don't be afraid, drive the ship over for me and kill the Shu army warship!" The vice-admiral stood at the top of a fighting ship in the middle and shouted loudly.
The soldiers in charge of rowing at the bottom of the boat got the order, so they rowed hard to try to get close to the Han warship, but under the shaking of the warship, they were also bumped left and right, and they did not know the trick of rowing, so it can be said that there is nowhere to use power, even if they use force in the wrong direction.
Several warships in the front row rushed forward, not only did they not collide with the warships of the Han army, but they were out of order, and they should have moved straight forward, but they were driven sideways by the Wei army, and they couldn't move forward after turning around in the middle of the river, and they couldn't change the direction for a long time.
It's like a novice learning to drive, but if you encounter a poor sense of direction, you have to learn a very simple turn for a long time.
Seeing that the warship in front of him not only did not approach the Han warship, but instead messed up the direction and couldn't adjust it for a long time, the deputy general couldn't help but be angry: "Idiot, what a fool, how did you do it, don't you adjust it for me quickly!" ”
On the side of the Han army's warship, Wang Zhi couldn't help laughing when he saw that the Wei army was like this: "The Wei army is really not used to water warfare, and it doesn't even know how to adjust the direction, so I'm relieved." ”
Since Huo Jun still had to wait a while to come over, Wang Zhi had to be responsible for resisting the Wei army alone for a period of time, originally Wang Zhi was still a little scared, worried that he would not be able to hold back the Wei army until Huo Jun arrived, but now seeing that the Wei army did not understand water warfare so much, Wang Zhi put down the boulder in his heart.
It took about half an hour, and after several failures, the Wei army successfully transferred the warship back, and then continued to attack the Han army.
It's a pity that the Wei army is a landlubber who doesn't understand water warfare, and the bow and arrow are seriously insufficient, and they attacked several times only to be forced back by the Han army with bows and arrows, and they couldn't get close to the Han warships at all, so they defeated the Han army in short arms.
The time gradually approached in the afternoon, and when dusk was approaching, a fleet of boats was driving at high speed on the river. In front are more than 100 boats, and in the rear are more than 10 fighting ships.
Guan Yu and Huo Jun stood on the deck of a fighting ship, looking at the river ahead.
Huo Jun said with joy on his face: "General, there is a shout of killing ahead, it seems that Wang Zhi successfully intercepted the Wei army." ”
Guan Yu said in a deep voice: "There are many Wei soldiers but they are not water troops, and there are no bows and arrows that the water army must be equipped with, and the thousand men and horses under Wang Zhi are all my Jingzhou elite water army, which is well-equipped, if you can't drag the Wei army, the general will definitely cut him." ”
Huo Jun smiled and said: "Since Wang Zhi has already dragged down the Wei army, we can immediately press the warship on it and solve the battle as soon as possible, and it will be inconvenient if it gets dark later!" ”
"Hmm!" Guan Yu nodded, came to the edge of the deck, looked at Huo Yi who was sitting on the boat below, and shouted, "Huo Yi, speed up and drive the ship over!" ”
"No! Brothers, work harder and get the boat over! ”
Hundreds of boats, like arrows off the string, flew towards the Wei warship, but after a while, the boat approached the Wei warship.
"It's not good, the Shu army is catching up!"
"What can I do about this, there is no breakthrough ahead."
"It's over, it's over, it's dead this time!"
Seeing the arrival of Han reinforcements, the Wei army panicked and became a mess, and the Wei soldiers had a condescending intention to shoot the Han army on the boat, but the only bows and arrows of the Wei army were transferred to the front for breaking through, and the Wei army behind had no bows and arrows available at all.
What's more, the Han soldiers all carried shields, and they were not afraid of the Wei army shooting arrows.
Huo Yi commanded the soldiers to line up the walkers and display them in several rows in the rear of the Wei army.
At this moment, Guan Yu led the fighting ship to arrive and pressed the battleship up.
As a result, the Wei army was stuck in the heart of the river and could not advance or retreat.
Although the Han army was not very familiar with how to operate a warship, it was relatively easy to control the direction in the face of this kind of boat. After arranging the boats, the Han army jumped into the water and swam back to the fighting ship.
"Rocket ready!" Seeing that the formation had been formed, Guan Yu ordered his soldiers to prepare rockets and set fire to the Wei army.
"Oh no, it's happening now!" The deputy general was at the top of the third floor of the fighting ship to direct the warship in front to break through Wang Zhi's interception, and suddenly heard the soldiers say that there was another Han army arriving in the rear.
The deputy didn't have to think about it, and hurriedly went down to the second floor to wake up Wen Ping and see what he could do. Now that life and death are at stake, he can't care about disturbing or not bothering Wenpin.
When he came to the second floor of the bedroom, Wen Ping lay on the bed and fell asleep, and the shouting and killing continued for a long time, but Wen Ping was not woken up, which showed how serious his injuries were.
"General? Checkmate? Wake up, you're in trouble! ”
The deputy general called out a few times in Wen Ping's ear, and then Wen Ping woke him up.
Wen Ping won and asked with a weak face, "How's the situation?" ”
"General, it's not good...... the adjutant general explained the situation to Wen Ping one by one.
After listening to the adjutant general's words, Wen Ping's eyes gradually became hollow, and he lay on the bed without saying a word.
The adjutant general said anxiously: "General, you should think of a way!" ”
After a long time, Wen Ping sighed and said: "There is no way, the officers and soldiers of our army are not accustomed to water warfare, and now they are stuck in the middle of the river, and they are in a dilemma." If you manipulate the boat, there is still hope of going back, but as for the fighting ship, there is no way. No way. ”
When the adjutant general heard this, he blamed himself and said: "It's all because I didn't think it through, and I was in a hurry to retreat to let my brothers get on the fighting ship." ”
When the Wei army retreated, Wen Ping was already in a coma, and the deputy general was responsible for the retreat, because the fighting ship was large, a ship could have hundreds of people, and there was no large-scale movement at the Xiangyang ferry, in order to retreat as soon as possible, the deputy general let all the people get on the fighting ship.
However, the vice admiral didn't know that the fighting ship was also powerful, but it also depended on who was using it. It's like a gun, in the hands of people who don't know marksmanship, it's not even as good as a burning stick, but in the hands of people who are proficient in marksmanship, it's a sniper artifact. The Wei army is not accustomed to water and cannot operate warships, so taking a fighting ship can be said to be self-defeating.
"Chirp tweet!"
At this moment, a burst of chirping voices came, and Wen Ping, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, sighed and immediately closed his eyes, because he heard that it was the sound of the Han army releasing arrows.
"Oh no, it's on fire!"
"Hurry up and put out the fire!"
"Help!"
From the outside deck came the panicked cries for help from the soldiers.
"General, how can we do now!" The deputy general looked at Wen Ping with a desperate expression, but Wen Ping's eyes were closed at the moment, and his chest was not heaving.