Meng Jin, the shouting and killing are still the same.

The remnant sun is like blood, the battle flags are lined up, the smoke of gunpowder is dense, the bones are piled up like a mountain, and the blood stains the earth red.

If you haven't experienced it yourself, you won't know how tragic the battle that took place under Mengjin City was.

Even if the Guanzhong army had all kinds of equipment to defend the city, the city walls were repeatedly trampled by the coalition forces, but Chen Xu had already let people build city walls in the city again.

As a result, even though the coalition forces collapsed the outermost walls, they still failed to enter the city.

It's just that the fallen soldiers on both sides are already incalculable.

"Woooooo

It was time for dinner, when the sound of the coalition army finally sounded, and the soldiers who were besieging the city suddenly receded like a tide.

"Are you finally gone?"

Chen Xu was dressed in black armor, and under the light of the sunset, a slight hint of red appeared

I don't know if this red is because of the brilliance of the sunset, or because Chen Xu's armor is stained with the blood of the enemy.

For several months, Chen Xu has been standing on top of the city, leading by example to participate in the battle to defend the city, which has boosted the morale of many sergeants and soldiers.

During this time, there were at least two hundred non-commissioned officers of the coalition who died in the hands of Chen Xu.

Almost every day, Chen Xu would dye his black armor red, and then drag his tired body back to the mansion to rest.

At the end of the war, many intrigues and tricks are completely useless, and can only be a duel between strengths.

"Bell!"

Chen Xu gently slammed the end of the spear on the city wall, making a crisp sound.

"Let the soldiers take the opportunity to rest, and the food must not be disadvantaged to them."

After speaking, Chen Xu strode under the city wall, he wanted to clean up the blood stains on his body.

"Lord, Xiao Pingjin good news!"

Before Chen Xu could walk into the mansion, he saw Li Ru walking over with a happy face, holding a letter in his hand.

When Chen Xu heard this, a smile finally appeared on his face.

During this time, the coalition army stormed the city, and the defenders took turns to fight, but it still seemed a little difficult.

However, since Gan Ning fought with the Eastern Wu naval army, although he has also fought several defeats, most of them have the upper hand.

During this time, Chen Xu has received a lot of good news from Xiaopingjin.

"Reply to Xingba, let him not be careless, that Zhou Gongjin is definitely not easy to match."

Li Ru nodded, and then said: "Actually, the lord doesn't need to worry so much, during this period of time, the two sides have been fighting, and most of the Dongwu warships have been damaged, and there is no longer the ability to take Xiaopingjin." ”

In this time and space, although Zhou Yu has some reputation in Eastern Wu, compared to the elegant man in history, he still seems to be a little unremarkable.

Only Chen Xu knows how terrible Zhou Yu is.

Chen Xu Zhengse said: "Wen You must not underestimate Zhou Gongjin, in the letter you wrote to Xingba, the words must be harsh. ”

"Let him not be careless because of successive battles. The more this time, the more cautious we must be, and we can't give Zhou Gongjin a chance to take advantage of. ”

Although Li Ru felt a little disapproving, he thought of his master's ability to recognize people, but he didn't say anything more.

He took the order and left and wrote Chen Xu's meaning on the letter.

There are two flowers, one on each branch.

Gan Ning led the naval army to attack, and after fighting with the Eastern Wu naval army again, he won a lot.

More than once, Gan Ning wanted to forcibly capture the Dongwu Water Army Camp, but Zhou Yu built the Dongwu Water Village too strongly.

Every time Gan Ning led the warship to attack, he was repulsed without surprise.

"General, Dongwu Water Village is difficult to overcome, if it's too late today, let's withdraw our troops as soon as possible."

Gan Ning looked at the Wu Junshui Village that was close at hand, but he could only let out a sigh, and then gave the order to withdraw his troops.

In the next few days, Gan Ning led the naval army to call for battle every day, but Zhou Yu ordered to stick to the water village and not fight with it.

Gan Ning sent soldiers to the gate of the Dongwu camp every day to scold, which made the generals of Dongwu indignant.

The generals of Eastern Wu asked Zhou Yu to fight, but Zhou Yu refused all.

Gan Ning looked at the Dongwu naval army that couldn't shrink, and couldn't help but secretly think: "If you can't wipe out all this naval army, there will be no way to control the entire Yellow River." ”

Gan Ning knew that the coalition was powerful, and he also wanted the navy to establish miraculous feats in this war.

If the Soochow naval army can be eliminated, it can cut off the water transportation of the coalition army and threaten the logistics supply of the coalition army.

At that time, even if the coalition forces could be transported by land, they would pay a great price for it, at least the manpower and material resources consumed along the way were astronomical.

"I don't know what happened to the thing that Ma Jun studied."

In order to completely crush the Eastern Wu naval army in terms of technology, Gan Ning even asked Chen Xu for Ma Jun and asked him to build a small catapult that could be used on a warship.

Of course, what Ma Junxin studied is just the same principle as the catapult, and in fact, it is not a catapult at all.

Gan Ning's requirements for water war catapults are to be small, long-range, and accurate.

It was necessary to be small, and that was because the ship could not carry large trebuchets.

Moreover, the trebuchet is too large, not only does it need to occupy a lot of space, but it also aggravates the mass of the warship, and it will not be as agile as before.

Long range and accurate accuracy are two conditions that are necessary for water warfare.

Otherwise, no matter how powerful the trebuchet is, it will be useless if it can't hit the enemy's warship.

These three requirements are more difficult than the other, even if Ma Jun has been studying them for a long time, he still hasn't made things.

"Withdraw!"

Gan Ning looked at the naval camp in front of him, and had no choice but to give the order to withdraw his troops.

After returning to Xiaopingjin Water Village, Gan Ning received a reply letter from Li Ru, in which he praised Gan Ning's achievements and repeatedly told Gan Ning not to be careless.

Although Gan Ning felt a little disapproving, he still had some thoughts after all.

That night, the moon flew high and the wind was high.

Not long after Gan Ning rested, he heard a war drum, which frightened him from the cabin.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Enemy attack! ”

Gan Ning roared loudly, picked up the weapon beside him, and let people beat the war drums.

I have to say that under Gan Ning's training, the Guanzhong Navy has now become well-founded and unfazed.

Even at night, knowing that the enemy army was coming, there was still no panic.

Under the command of Gan Ning, the sleeping Guanzhong Navy was ready for battle.

"The Dongwu warships that stayed behind to guard the camp, and the rest of the soldiers drove the new warships to attack with me, and they will definitely destroy this group of invading enemies!"

Gan Ning is murderous, and it can be seen that he is in a very bad mood now.

In fact, not only Gan Ning, but also those Guan sergeants who were awakened from their sleep by the sound of war drums were also furious at this time.

After all, no one likes to be woken up by someone else while sleeping.

Of course, although Gan Ning was angry, he was not carried away by anger, and the reason why he dared to fight was because he had absolute confidence.

Moreover, the new warships in Guanzhong were dispatched, which were very fast, and after defeating the Soochow naval army, they could also go to pursue and expand the results of the battle.

"Kill!"

The gate of the fortress was opened, and Gan Ning and the others rushed out murderously, rushing towards the location where the war drums sounded.

However, what Gan Ning didn't expect was that as soon as the Guanzhong warships were dispatched, the sound of war drums disappeared immediately, and the Dongwu warships that came to attack also flew away.

Gan Ning led the troops to chase for a while, and vaguely saw that those warships were always in front, but they couldn't chase them.

As if thinking of something, Gan Ning immediately felt a pang in his heart and shouted: "The whole army stops, go back to the village!" ”

The adjutant general asked, "The speed of the thief warship is not faster than ours, why don't you take the opportunity to catch up and destroy them?" ”

Gan Ning said solemnly: "I suspect that this is Zhou Yu's plan to lure the enemy. ”

The adjutant general sneered twice and said: "Now that the Dongwu warship has suffered a lot of losses, even if an ambush is set up, what can I do?" ”

"The general is so careful, it's too much."

Gan Ning glanced at the deputy general and said, "The lord praises Zhou Gongjin very much, and every time he replies to me, I am extremely cautious. ”

"Are you questioning the lord's vision?"

When the deputy general heard Gan Ning's words, he immediately didn't dare to say much, so he could only follow Gan Ning back to the camp.

After the army returned to the village, it didn't take long for Gan Ning to enter the dream again, but Gan Ning had just fallen asleep and was woken up by the sound of war drums.

"Damn, the Dongwu Navy actually dares to come!"

The dream was disturbed again, and Gan Ning immediately took the water army angrily and went out of the village to pursue again.

It's just that these are those Dongwu warships, and they are still the same as before, always in front of the Guanzhong warships, but Gan Ning can't catch up.

Gan Ning marched at full speed, and the speed of those Dongwu warships also soared, Gan Ning let the warships slow down, and those Dongwu warships will also slow down.

The more Gan Ning chased, the more frightened he felt, he didn't know when Dongwu had such a fast warship.

"These warships are obviously able to escape, but they always hang in front of us, there must be some kind of plan."

Thinking of this, Gan Ning gave the order to retreat.

Throughout the night, whenever Gan Ning rested, the Soochow Navy would beat the war drums to wake Gan Ning from his sleep.

Every time Gan Ning sent a warship to pursue, it was in vain.

After tossing three or five times in a row, the soldiers and soldiers of Guanzhong Navy were physically and mentally exhausted and resentful.

It was only at this time that Gan Ning suddenly realized and scolded: "I fell for Zhou Yu's tired plan!" ”

"Pass on our military order, divide one-third of the soldiers to be on guard, if you encounter a large-scale attack by the Eastern Wu naval army, the war drums will sound in unison, and all the soldiers must quickly reorganize and fight."

"If you encounter a small group of thieves coming to harass you, you don't need to pay attention to it at all, just hold on to the camp!"

After Gan Ning's order was delivered, every time the Eastern Wu Navy beat the war drums, no more Sergeant Guan went out to pursue.

Even so, the soldiers were still often awakened by the sound of war drums in their sleep, and they were so distracted that they could still hear the sound even if their ears were blocked.

It wasn't until the early morning of the next day that the Soochow warships disappeared, but the Guanzhong naval army was listless.

With a pair of panda eyes, Gan Ning came to Ma Jun's residence and asked, "Sir, how is the small trebuchet made?" ”

Ma Jun's face also looked a little haggard, and his eyes were a little sunken, but there was a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"I couldn't sleep last night, so I stayed up all night perfecting the trebuchet, and finally I had some eyebrows."

"Give me three more days, and I'll be able to build the trebuchet that the general needs!"

Gan Ning was overjoyed when he heard this, and asked some details, and then said goodbye to Ma Jun and led a fleet to Wu Jun's water village to call for battle.

This time, Zhou Yu still ordered to defend the camp, and Gan Ning had no choice but to retreat.

In the following three days, every night, the Dongwu Navy came to make trouble, making the Guanzhong Navy all angry, and they wanted to pursue but couldn't catch up at all.

"It seems that during this time, the Soochow Navy has also created faster ships."

Compared with Ma Jun, a half-man, there are more talents in Soochow shipbuilding, and they really want to make every effort to improve technology, which is not necessarily worse than Ma Jun.

These strange warships were clearly the products of Soochow recently.

It's just that these warships are still too small in size, and it is impossible to really put them into actual combat, so Zhou Yu did not launch a counterattack.

"General, the improved catapult has been built!"

Just when Gan Ning frowned and thought about it, a surprise business sounded in his ears, and you and Wenyan were immediately overjoyed.

"Take me here and see the improved trebuchets!"

When he came to the place where Ma Jun lived, Gan Ning looked at the unkempt Ma Jun and almost didn't recognize him.

It's just that Ma Jun's current attraction is far less than that one, which looks a little petite and exquisite.

This trebuchet, even if it is mounted on an ordinary warship, does not look very crowded, and its structure has changed a lot, and its stability is much stronger.

The trebuchet is inherently poor, and if it is mounted on a ship, if it does not have good stability, it will shake with the warship, and the accuracy will be outrageously bad.

Although Gan Ning didn't understand machinery, after seeing this small trebuchet with such a complex manufacturing process, he also felt that Ma Jun had put a lot of effort into it.

"Can this trebuchet really keep it on track?"

Ma Jun smiled: "The general might as well give it a try!" ”

Gan Ning's heart was a little itchy, and he immediately said: "On the stationary ship, even if the accuracy is good, it is nothing, so I will let people start the warship and try it in the Yellow River." ”

Ma Jun said: "This new type of trebuchet is not easy to operate, the general should practice for a while before starting the warship." ”

Gan Ning didn't dare to hold it up, so he followed Ma Jun's advice and began to manually operate this trebuchet, but he wouldn't get it anyway at first.

After practicing for a long time, Gan Ning was able to operate the new trebuchet more proficiently, and found that this thing really met his requirements, and he was immediately overjoyed.

"As long as you have this thing, it will be just around the corner to break through the Dongwu Water Army Camp!"

Gan Ning was resolute, asking the craftsmen to do their best to build this new type of trebuchet, and asked the soldiers to keep practicing, striving to be able to use this thing proficiently as soon as possible.