At this time, Gan Ning and Ying Long's water army were sailing in a straight line. If the Wu army's navy suddenly attacked from the side or from behind, the attacked warships, as long as they were not too different in size, would inevitably suffer a very serious blow.

After all, water battles are not like land battles, if cavalry or infantry is flanked by the enemy while advancing. You can turn the direction in an instant to fight back, but in a battle on the water, the warship is not so agile, and if you want to turn the direction, you need the cooperation of the rower, and even some ships need to turn the sails before they can turn around.

In ancient times, the simplest and most effective way to fight in water warfare was to ram, especially with small ships, to impact and ram the enemy's warships. Once the ship is damaged, it will sink rapidly, and even the enemy on the enemy's hull will sink to the bottom with the ship. There are three main characteristics of the warship, which will be used as a stormtroop warship.

First, it is covered with raw cowhide, which has good defensive performance, and compared with other warships, the basic ability is good. Second, between the two sides of the hull, there are crossbow windows and spear holes, which have the combat ability to attack and return fire at enemy ships. The third is the power of this kind of warship, which is powered by oars, and has the performance of fast sailing.

Liu Xi of the Eastern Han Dynasty "Release the Boat" contains: "The outside is narrow and long, and it is said that Mengchong is in conflict with the enemy ship. It can be seen that the Mengchong ship is narrow and long, and the speed is fast, and it is specially designed to surprise enemy ships. In the battle of Chibi in the thirteenth year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhou Yu, the governor of Eastern Wu, gave dozens of Mengchong fighting ships, which were actually filled with grass and anointing oil. After the ignition, they broke into the Cao army ship formation and burned the Cao army fleet in one fell swoop. This is a typical example of the Mongolian conflict in China's military history, and this battle has also been reduced to a classic battle by later generations.

In fact, it has to be said that the wisdom and creative ability of the ancient Chinese people, the manufacture and application of the swagger have been recorded in the second and third centuries A.D. During the Han Dynasty, it was the main ship of the navy, with a narrow and long hull and strong maneuverability, which was convenient for clashes with enemy ships. The specific records of the Three Kingdoms can be seen in Chen Shou's "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms", and there are also some detailed records of the naval warships, which shows the importance of the warships at that time.

In particular, it is recorded in history that when Huang Gai, the general of the Wu army, attacked Huang Zu in Jiangxia, he blocked the route of Huang's retreat with his warp. Sun Quan conquest of Huang Zu, Huang Zu "Heng Liang Mengchong" held Xiakou. Liu Biaojian's naval army also made "Gang Chong". Although the Taibai Yin Jing refers to the ship as a light pioneer ship, the bow of the ship used in the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms should be a powerful warship with sharp weapons to attack enemy ships.

The effectiveness of a sharp weapon depends on its weight, not its speed. It's just a pity that there is no detailed record and construction of the ancient ship, so it is difficult for future generations to understand what the ship looked like at that time. And through the changes of time and times, each new generation of nations is established, and if there are warships, they will also be modified according to the previous ships. It can be said that the upgrading of each country and each generation of warships has its own elements and characteristics, and of course all this has become history.

The entire cabin and deck of the ship are covered with cowhide for fire protection. There are several oars on each side of the board for the oars to insert the boat and for rowers to row. There are three cabins above deck, which are also wrapped in raw cowhide to prevent enemy fire. Each deck has crossbow windows on all sides, and spear holes can be used to attack enemies in all directions. Du You's "General Dictionary? In the Art of War, it is recorded that "the boat is covered with raw cow skin, and the two compartments are opened, and there are spear holes in the front and back of the left and right, so that the enemy cannot enter, and the arrow and stone cannot be defeated." This shows that the ship is majestic, maneuverable, and convenient for water warfare.

In the surface battle, it is not difficult to see that some large ships, especially around the building boat, are guarded by countless other small boats. They existed to protect the marshal's ship, the main of which was to avoid being rammed by enemy ships. Of course, some sergeants did not hesitate to collide with the two ships in order to achieve victory, although sometimes they knocked over the enemy ships. But more often than not, it just smashed the other party's hull, and then finally sank into the water as the water poured in.

Of course, there are some special cases where when ramming an enemy ship, your own hull will also break. Often at this time, there is only the result of common death, which is really a thousand injuries to the enemy and eight hundred. It's just that there are not many people in a shipwreck, and if you can sink a large ship or a building ship of the enemy army at once, it is really cost-effective.

This time, when the soldiers in the Wu Junshui military camp thought that they had repelled the Zhao army that came to provoke. Gan Ning also led the army of Ying Long's water army, quickly and orderly turned around, and left these enemy camps. At first, Gan Ning was a little worried about whether these enemy troops would send troops to chase after him, but Jia Xu repeatedly warned himself. After there was such a heavy fog and many warships in his army, the enemy army did not dare to chase after him, and Gan Ning breathed a sigh of relief.

Until the entire army completely broke away from the vicinity of Wu Junshui's military camp and sailed into safe waters. All the warships regained their previous formation and continued to follow Ganning's ships, but this time all the warships were lit with oil lamps. Although it is not very clear in this dense fog, the ships behind can use this faint yellow light as a guide to their target direction.

After a night of tossing and traveling, by the time everyone looked for a shore and was ready to rest for a while, the sky was already slightly bright. Only then did Jia Xu invite Gan Ning and say, "General Gan Ning, the sky is already bright on this matter, and the waters near here are far away from the enemy's land. Let's go to the deck and see what the enemy has given us. ”

After hearing Jia Xu's words, Gan Ning's whole person was obviously puzzled, and he really didn't understand Jia Xu's words. Mainly because of what Gan Ning thought, he couldn't figure out how the enemy army wanted to kill him, how could he give him a big gift, and immediately heard Gan Ning blurt out at Jia Xu: "The big gift that the enemy gave us?" ”

Looking at Gan Ning's incredulous look, Jia Xu couldn't help but say to him: "General Gan Ning doesn't need to be surprised, Jia Xu can't lie, if General Gan Ning doesn't believe it, he just needs to follow Jia Xu to the deck to see what is going on." After Jia Xu finished speaking, he stood in the door of the cabin and made a gesture of invitation to Gan Ning.

Seeing Jia Xu's confident appearance, Gan Ning couldn't help but be stunned, and then stepped forward and took the lead in front. And Jia Xu followed closely and walked to the deck of the building ship together, and as soon as he got on the deck, Gan Ning couldn't wait, looking for the big gift from the enemy that Jia Xu said.

At first, Gan Ning didn't find the so-called gift, but he turned around and wanted to question Jia Xu, but when he saw Jia Xu looking at a place, he actually smiled. Gan Ning hurriedly followed his gaze, and then was dumbfounded, standing there without knowing why. What Gan Ning saw was the straw men tied to the sides of the ship's hull by the soldiers, and these straw men were all full of bows and arrows. It can be said that at a glance, the scene is shocking enough, how many arrows must have been. There are dozens of straw men on one ship, and there are so many straw men on one ship, if the arrows on the straw men on each ship are combined, the absolute number is amazing.

After all, these straw figures were made of reeds and straw, and the arrows could be easily passed through, so they did not affect the arrows.

Therefore, you only need to pick up these arrows and use them again, which is what Jia Xu said, a great gift from the enemy. According to the size of the warships brought by Gan Ning this time, there are nearly 1,000 straw men in each one, that is, nearly 20,000 straw men, and each straw man has at least 20 bows and arrows, almost more than 40,000 bows and arrows. This amount is really huge, and this gift is indeed not small.

Just when Gan Ning was looking at these arrows in a daze, he only heard Jia Xu slowly speak and say to him: "This time, we waited for the Ying Longshui army, not only passed smoothly from the front of the enemy camp, but also unexpectedly harvested tens of thousands of bows and arrows, and reported to Your Majesty when the time comes, Your Majesty will definitely be happy." Whether it is the marching time or military materials, General Gan Ning is a first-class merit. ”

It can be said that Jia Xu did this in order to have a good relationship with Gan Ning, after all, Jia Xu is new to the Zhao army, and his connections are very important. Even if he is a high-ranking official this time, if he does not have any connections to support him, he will not be able to mix in the country anymore. It's just that these are all situations that Jia Xu was familiar with in the Dong Zhuo military camp and the Wei military camp before, but this time is different, in the Zhao State, there are few such problems.

Facing the military exploits that Jia Xu wanted to give him, Gan Ning hurriedly waved his hand and said to Jia Xu Zhengse: "Don't dare, don't dare, all these achievements today belong to the military master alone." And I, Gan Ning, just heard the order of the military advisor and was responsible for doing things as an assistant from the side, and I didn't help much at all, and Gan Ning would definitely not take the credit of the military advisor. ”

Gan Ning's words made Jia Xu sound very comfortable, and of course, from these words, Jia Xu further understood Gan Ning's personality. In his heart, Jia Xu couldn't help but silently feel praise for the generals of the Zhao army, precisely because Zhao Yu, as the emperor, was so virtuous and set an example for the whole country to follow suit. Therefore, all the generals and sergeants in the army are righteous and righteous, and it is precisely because of this that the top and bottom are united, the civil and military generals and ministers are united, and the generals and sergeants are united. Let's ask how in this case, how Zhao State did not develop rapidly and how it was not strong.