Chapter 672: Sinking the Building Ship

Ah Jian's face is cold, his face is as hard as a knife and an axe, giving people a gloomy feeling, Ah Jian has never been smiling, he is calm and capable, and he is deeply valued by Liu Yin, at this moment when everyone in the Shu army is exclaiming, Ah Jian is still like water, silent.

Seeing that the warships on both wings of the Jin army rushed over first, Ah Jian did not panic, the tentative impact of the Jin army gave Ah Jian a chance, if the five building ships rushed over together, it would not be easy to deal with.

As soon as the archers on the ship came within range of an arrow, the Jin army had already begun to shoot at targets on the shore. However, the archers of the Shu army immediately returned the color, and the two sides first entered into a fierce battle.

The guards were all dressed in iron armor, holding a shield in their left hand, waiting for the battle, the arrows shot by the Jin army were directly ignored by them, and the guards stood still in the rain of arrows, silently watching the building boat that rushed up, waiting for the right throwing opportunity.

The arrows of the Shu army will not cause any obstruction to the advance of the building boats, and the two building ships at this moment, like two wild horses that have escaped the reins, are rampage, as if entering a no-man's land, and rush towards the embankment with an unstoppable momentum.

Now the Shu army has developed a grenade thrower, which is made on the basis of a single-shot crossbow, which can double the throwing distance of the bamboo grenade, don't underestimate the extra dozens of steps, it can increase the attack time of the bamboo grenade a lot, and you don't have to wait until the enemy rushes to the front to throw.

Ah Jian silently watched the speed of the ship, and when it entered the range, Ah Jian shouted: "Throw!" ”

The Shu army, who was holding a thrower, immediately threw out the bamboo grenade that had been ignited, drew arcs in the air, and flew towards the front cabin of the building ship with the "sizzling" sparks.

The Jin army on the ship was inexplicably surprised, and they didn't know what the Shu army threw out, and before they could understand the taste, the bamboo grenades that fell on the ship had already exploded, and the violent explosion almost blew through the deck of the front cabin, and many Jin soldiers were thrown directly into the Yellow River by the air waves, and even the big mast at the bow of the ship was blown off, and the entire front cabin was a mess.

The Jin army was stunned in an instant, countless grenades kept falling on the building ship, explosions came and went, and the entire building ship fell into a sea of fire. The fireproof sand laid on the building ship had already been shaken away by the aftermath of the explosion, and the soldiers had too late to flee for their lives under the heavy casualties, and there was still time to put out the fire.

However, the explosion and fire on the deck did not seem to affect the progress of the ship, and the oarsmen in the bilge were also affected, and the whole owner of the ship swayed and could not concentrate on paddling, but the huge inertia still pushed the ship towards the shore.

At this time, the distance of the building ship had already entered the attack range of the Shu army's hand-thrown grenades, and more grenades rained down on the building boat, and the entire building ship had become unrecognizable.

Ah Jian saw the opportunity, lit six grenades tied together with strips of cloth and threw them into the big hole in the front cabin of the building, the dull explosion sound came up from the bilge, the power of the cluster grenades was amazing, the side of the ship near the waterline was completely blown through, the turbulent river immediately rushed to the bottom cabin, the huge building ship completely lost power, the bow of the ship had sunk into the river, and the whole warship was already sinking rapidly.

Another sudden front of the building ship was not sunk, but the whole ship has fallen into a fire, when the building ship rushed to the shore, there was no power, the collision only caused slight damage to the shore fortifications, although the building ship docked, but the Jin army on the ship had no idea of landing, they fled in a hurry towards the stern that was not ignited.

But at this time the west wind is blowing, the wind helps the fire, the fire borrows the wind might, the whole warship is completely reduced to a sea of fire, the flames are rushing towards the stern, because the two ships rushed too fast, and the ships behind a certain distance, at this moment the boat on the building is on fire, the ships behind can't be saved, the sailors on the boat can only choose to jump into the river to escape, for a time the Yellow River is crowded, familiar with the water is better, but unfortunately most of the Jin army is the northern soldiers, do not know the water, many people jumped into the Yellow River and were soon swallowed by the river, Floating corpses floated throughout the river, and there were many dead.

"Firearms?" Hu Fen gasped, the first time he crossed the river to fight, the Shu army did not use firearms, which made Hu Fen have an illusion that the Shu army stationed in Pubanjin was not equipped with firearms.

In fact, Hu Fen's guess was right, but it was a pity that when he launched the second attack, the firearms troops of the Shu army rushed to reinforce, and in terms of time, it was only one day earlier than him, and it was this one day late, so that Hu Fen's river crossing operation failed again.

Since Liu Yin used firearms to collapse the city wall of Chang'an City, the reputation of firearms is agitated, as a new type of weapon that only the Shu army can master, many Jin generals are only known for its name, as for its power, it is hearsay, some people say that it is powerful, destroy the city and destroy the land, omnipotent, some people say that it is exaggerated, and it is not useful, in short, firearms are a relatively mysterious weapon, the vast majority of the Jin generals have no chance to see, Hu Fen naturally belongs to one of them.

Although firearms have a precedent for destroying Chang'an City, Hu Fen disagrees, he believes that there must be many restrictions on the use of firearms, otherwise the Shu army would have swept the world long ago. In the first river crossing operation, the Shu army did not use gunpowder weapons, but still used conventional weapons such as bows and crossbows catapults, which seemed to make Hu Fen more determined in his thoughts, even in the second river crossing operation, the Shu army would not use firearms into his consideration.

But the truth is always unexpected, I thought that the matter of holding the handle in my hand was planted in the end, and two giant building ships were killed at the bottom of the river under the blow of firearms, which cast a shadow on the second river crossing operation.

Hu Fen fell into a dilemma, whether to continue to attack or retreat first, if he continued to attack, the opponent's firearms were really powerful, and he easily destroyed two building boats, if he retreated, Hu Fen was quite unwilling, after all, tens of thousands of thousands of boats crossed the river, only lost two warships and retreated in embarrassment, so anticlimactic, wouldn't it make people laugh, not to mention that if they retreated at this time, I'm afraid the Jin army would no longer have the courage to cross the river.

Hu Fen gritted his teeth, his heart was crossed, and he ordered the Jin army to continue the attack. (To be continued.) )