There is no formation in the water battle above the waters, because the boat divisions on both sides are all gang jumping battles and hand-to-hand combat; When the war boats had collision angles, except for the Daliang water battle ten years ago, there was no water battle between Chu and Qin, and the Chu army naturally did not develop a systematic water battle formation. After the appearance of the sea boat, most of the generals of the boat division were transferred to the sea guards, and the generals who were proficient in water warfare were seriously lacking, and the Chu army's water combat ability was greatly reduced.

This is the reason why the Yue people can live to the end and become the whole army destroyed. The surviving Su Kai did not have the slightest luck, he was deeply afraid of the world, whether it was the thorn crossbow wings, the artillery boat, or the iron armor, the cement tendons, these things made him awe-inspiring, and the world made him more and more incomprehensible, and made him more and more cautious.

The last time the Qin army had twenty-four boat formations, what battle formations would they have that time? One-on-one, ten-on-ten, the Qin people are by no means opponents, but more than a hundred warships are fighting, and it is difficult to say who will kill the deer. The Qin army has twice as many warships as their own, and the formations they can use have more changes than their own.

It's not that artillery is useless, it's just that artillery, those twelve cannons, really change the tide of battle? I find it difficult. There are 12 guns on one side of the Chaos class gunboats, 24 guns on the whole ship, and 120 guns in one team, and those guns are all 32 pound guns, not the 15 pound guns of the big wing gunboat.

When the artillery bombards the warship, it is a hole in one hit, and it is good to hit it vertically along the keel, but if it hits horizontally, the shell penetrates the gangways on both sides, kills at most a few men, and then passes through like this. Such an artillery bombardment did not help much in water warfare, and its damage to the war boat was not as good as the iron bullets fired at close range by large thorn crossbows.

If a large crossbow hits the gangside of the warship at close range, it will not be pierced instantly, but the entire gangway will break and collapse along with the supporting ribs. If the location of the hit is near the waterline, the large hole that is more than ten times the diameter of the iron bullet will cause the warship to quickly capsize and sink. It's a pity that the Chuyue warboat, which has not had a water war for many years, unloaded the large thorn crossbows, and there were only a few small thorn crossbows left on the warboat.

Cheng Feng, Jing Gui, Xiang Chao, these mausoleum generals did not understand water warfare, Luo Kai, who had full command of this operation, did not recommend waiting for the Yue Shi soldiers stationed in Tho to prepare to arrive, but chose to start a war with the Qin people immediately, after all, the Qin people's war boats will increase by more than 300 ships every month.

Rather than waiting for the Yue soldiers stationed in Tho to arrive, it is better not to let them and fight the Qin people again with the existing 221 warships. Don't forget that the coalition army in the Battle of Daze had a total of 419 warships, and after subtracting the warships of the Wei and Zhao armies, the Chu and Yue armies actually only had one hundred and seventy-six.

It cannot be said that the Qin people's warships were all sunk by the Chu and Yue armies, and many of the warships were sunk by the Qin people themselves. The warships of the Ba people's large and small boats and the Wei and Zhao armies also played a role in apportioning and containing the Qin people's forces, but it was Chu Yue's one hundred and seventy-six warships that really supported the battle situation. Luo Kai believed that the Qin warships did not exceed 500 at most, and before that, the Qin warships covered Daze and listed four horizontal formations, and the number of warships was not 1,000 but 800. You have more ships to fight than last time, and the number of enemy ships is only half of the last time, so there is no hope of victory.

Early in the morning of the second day of the military meeting, all the warships docked to the east of Nanzheng took anchor and sailed upstream against the water under the eyes of the soldiers and civilians of the whole city. The width of this section of the water is nearly a mile, but there are many shoals. Two hundred and twenty-one warships plus Luo Kai's flagship, a total of five columns, twelve large wing gunboats in front, the remnants and strength of the battle of Daze in the back, the five divisions of the Zhu clan in the middle, and the Xiang division in the rear. The huge fleet of boats lined the slowly rising red sun behind them, and marched to Fuyi in the sound of building drums.

Nanzheng is more than 230 miles away from the Fuyi waterway, and the boat team travels up the water at a speed of five knots, and it takes 17 or 8 hours, that is, a whole day, to row to Fuyi. The Qin army had warships patrolling and guarding the water west of Nanzheng, closely watching more and more Chu army warboats, and as soon as they saw the boat team anchor and go up, they immediately fled westward like rabbits. Before noon, the shogunate in Fuyi received the news: Jing people are coming!

The former mansion of the frustrated monarch Lu Yu became the shogunate of Zhao Ying, the general of the boat division. At this time, Bai Lin was leading the army to attack Tho, Meng Tian was still in his hometown and had not gone south, and there were countless soldiers, baggage, cattle and horses, and grain that went south - the Golden Bull Road was burned by the retreating Chu people and Ba people, and it was more difficult than attacking Tho to build more than 200 miles of plank roads. The boat division was stationed in Fuyi to ensure the safety and transportation of people, animals, and materials.

"How many warships do they have?" As soon as the autumn rain passes, the entire Nanzheng Basin is sunny, and the small but very bright Ming Hall is full of generals. The person who spoke was not Zhao Ying, the general of the Zhou Division, but his current heart, the Baidi native Armenias.

"General Yu, Bai Di people asked, how much do Jing people have war boats?" Don't hesitate to translate on the sidelines. At the request of Aristotle IV, Zhao Zheng instructed the Imperial Governor's Office to give him a light sentence and allow him to atone for his sins with money, and he once again became an interpreter for the Qin army's boat division. But unlike the last time, the eldest son Fusu became the protector of the Qin Army's boat division for the first time because of his 'wisdom and solemnity, pure filial piety'. With Fusu here, it is no longer possible to deceive, which may be Zhao Zheng's original intention.

"They have more than 200 warships, but less than 240." Zhao Ying didn't look at Wuji, but at Armenias. After experiencing the Battle of Daze, he knew very well whether this general of the Bai Dizhou Division was really proficient in water warfare.

"What kind of battleship?" Armenas continued to ask, different warships have different functions, and this must not be sloppy.

"Nai ......" Zhao Ying looked at the boat master Hou Zheng, and after Hou Zheng finished speaking, he said: "They are all five-oared war boats." ”

The five-paddle warships of the Chu army were very different from those of the Qin army, and they were built very short to maneuver in the narrow waterways of the south. Armenas had seen that kind of warship, and with the magical turning technique of the Chuni warship, coupled with the short hull, they were more agile than the Qin army's three-oared warships.

"General, our army has four hundred and fifty-eight warships, which is twice as many as the Chuni. Our ships are not as nimble as the Chuni ships, but I don't think we should have fought the Chuni in the lower reaches of this small city, as discussed earlier. ”

The Chu army was gathering forces, and the purpose of the accumulation of troops was naturally to regain control of the waterway west of Nanzheng, cut off the retreat of Bailin's subordinates, ensure the safety of Bashu, and at the same time meet those divisions and brigades that were divided. This means that the two sides will inevitably have to fight another bitter water war. For this impending water war, the result of the military discussion of Zhao Ying and others was to hold the waterway below Fuyi. Now that Amenas suddenly opposed the outcome of the military conference that had been agreed upon by everyone, the generals present were in an uproar.

Zhao Ying, like Li Xin, is a descendant general promoted by Zhao Zheng. The decisive charge in the Battle of Weinan convinced him of all the generals of the Qin army. The noise of his subordinates made him a little displeased, and he raised his hand, and the noisy Mingtang immediately quieted down.

"Where does the general think our army should fight with the Jing people?" The topic came to the most critical place, Zhao Ying couldn't help but glance at Fusu, he was worried that this Jing man Hou spy was playing tricks again.

"The lower reaches of the river should be abandoned and a decisive battle with the Chuni at the lakes upstream." Armenias's answer surprised Wuji, and even more surprised the obedient Zhao Ying. He immediately looked at Fusu, and saw Fusu nodding slightly, so he was sure that he was not deceiving himself, Bai Diren originally said so.

"How can it be!" Yang Duanhe shook his head again and again, "If our army abandons this place, what about General Bai?" ”

"Our army should fight with the Jing people below the frustration!" Tian Widow also opposed the opinion of the Bai Di people. "The Jingren warship is fast, the battle is in the water, and its rotation is subject to the width of the water, if the battle is in Daze, the Jingren warship is like a cunning fish into the sea, how can our army win?"

This time, Zhao Ying did not raise his hand to prohibit his subordinates from speaking. He also didn't agree to give up the lower reaches of Fuyi, and if he gave up the lower reaches of Fuyi, what would Bai Lin's tens of thousands of Qin troops do? What about the hundreds of thousands of pawns who repair the plank road? Also, the Qin army finally forced back the Yue Renzhou Division in a circular formation, wasn't it because they adopted a dense queue to restrain their extremely swift collision?

If you abandon the waterway and fight in Daze, with only more than 400 warships on your side, even if you can cover Daze, the array will be very thin.

Each of the generals was in opposition to Armenias' proposal, and he did not hesitate to selectively translate some of the words, which did not make Armenas unhappy, but made him smile. He was well aware of the psychology of the generals present, who, like the Chuni fleet, did not get rid of the deep-seated mentality of land warfare and saw themselves as admirals. Comparatively speaking, the Chuni were better, although they used warships more often to transport troops.

When there was a lot of noise in the Ming Hall, Armenas lowered his head and drew his idea of a decisive battle on a piece of Chu paper. He also knew that Wuji was an unreliable spy, and his words would be tampered with and distorted, but his drawings couldn't. For the sake of prudence, he did not hand over the concept of the decisive battle to Wuji, but to Fusu.

"Never think like the Army, then we will fail." Armenas said, after interpreting this sentence, Zhao Ying's expression suddenly shocked.

"In the decisive battle with the Chuni in the river, our superiority in strength cannot be brought into play, and only the ten warships at the forefront are really fighting. Yes, we can defeat the Chuni, we have more warships than them, we can exchange two warships for one Chuni warship......" At this point, Amenas paused, waiting for the translation to look around at the generals in the audience, looking at each one of them.

"But in that case, I don't understand why Your Majesty hired us? Any captain can command such a small battle. It must also be noted that as soon as the sunken battleship blocks the river, we lose the opportunity to completely annihilate the Chuni fleet.

Go to the lake. Only on the lake can we give full play to the superiority in our forces, can we completely defeat the Chuni, and can they never dare to fight us on the water again! ”

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