Wang Jian still sat on the high platform to watch the battle, but his heart was uneasy, this feeling has not been felt by Wang Jian for a long time.

Wang Jian's military career has nearly 40 years, from an ordinary soldier to the general of the Qin army, participated in no less than 100 battles, no matter what kind of opponent he faced, no matter what kind of situation he faced, even if it was in the battle of Jingjing that year, when facing Li Mu, the situation of the Qin army was extremely passive, but Wang Jian never lost confidence in the war, in his memory, only when he just joined the army, the first time he went to the battlefield, there was such a feeling of anxiety.

Because it is now the first formal water war in Wang Jian's life, and the opponent is the plateau, since the fleet of the Dai army broke through the river, the Qin army collected some fragments of pottery bombs on the battlefield, only to know that the weapon used by the Dai army was originally to use a clay pot to hold fire oil to hit the enemy, this method has long been applied among the countries, and there is nothing unusual to it, but the fire oil clay pots are projected with trebuchets, but there is obviously no trebuchet on the warships of the Dai army, So how did the Dai Jun project these clay pots filled with fire oil?

In fact, in this era, it is not unheard of using a bed crossbow to launch a fire oil clay pot, but the fire oil clay pot is generally round, the air resistance is large, and the weight is much greater than that of a crossbow, so if you use a bed crossbow to fire, the range is not even half of the ballista. What the Qin army collected was only fragments of pottery missiles, not complete pottery missiles, and Wang Jian never thought that the Dai army would use a bed crossbow to launch.

Now Wang Jian does not doubt that the plateau is definitely a more difficult opponent than Li Mu to deal with, not only because his ability to use troops is not under Li Mu, but also a variety of endless tricks, which are difficult to guard, from the new horse furniture, projecting fireballs, to the current warship, in fact, the application is the existing technology, usually no one thinks there is anything wonderful, but after the handling of the plateau, it actually has a magical effect, becoming a weapon for the army to win.

Therefore, after watching the process of the Dai army's fleet breaking through the river, Wang Jian knew very well that the Qin army's naval army was definitely not the opponent of the Dai army, although the number of Qin army's warships was much more than that of the Dai army, but the battle was by no means guaranteed to be won by the number of people on that side.

Although the fleet of the Dai army did not immediately attack the Qin army after arriving at Daliang, but built a water village in front of the city, Wang Jian knew that the plateau was the first to establish a stable water cold to protect the water army, and only after the water village was built, that is, when the Dai army took the initiative to attack again. Although the Qin army also sent a small fleet to test the movement of the Dai army, because the defenders were heavily guarded, they did not dare to launch an attack.

However, it is a matter of time before the army attacks, although the Qin army's naval army is not as good as the army, but this battle is no longer inevitable, and it is necessary to prepare early. Therefore, Wang Jian also summoned the generals of the Qin army for several days to discuss how to deal with the attack of the Dai army, and also transferred Yang Duanhe back from Zhongmu to participate in the discussion of the generals.

Although none of the generals of the Qin army had experience in water warfare, after all, they had all been on the battlefield for a long time, plus they had also experienced two water battles that were not standard, and they had trained for nearly a month of naval training, so they all had a little understanding.

After the discussion of the generals, the Qin army also summed up several ways to deal with the navy of the Dai army: first, to deal with the navy of the Dai army, the most comparable weapon is the trebuchet, so you can set up more trebuchets on the shore and in the water to form multiple strikes; The second is that fire is the first priority in water warfare, so in addition to stones, a large amount of fire oil is also added to the trebuchet; Third, the Qin army's water warfare ability, and the quality of the warships is not as good as the Dai army, but it is better than the number of warships and rafts, at least more than three times that of the Dai army, so it is necessary to give full play to the Qin army's numerical advantage, as close as possible to the Dai army's warships, for onboard operations, after this period of training, the Qin soldiers' ability to fight white-knuckle warfare on warships and rafts has been greatly improved, plus there is a numerical advantage, so the Qin army still has a certain advantage in white-knuckle warfare.

And now the Dai army has taken the initiative to attack and challenge the Qin army, so the Qin army's sailors are also under the leadership of Xin Sheng and Yang Duanhe, and they have fought out of the dock to meet the Dai army.

This time, the Qin army dispatched a total of more than 200 warships, 150 large rafts, equipped with 80 trebuchets and 100 bed crossbows, and 500 small rafts, in addition to 120 trebuchets and 150 bed crossbows on the cofferdam behind the Qin army.

Although the Qin army summed up a few ways to deal with the Dai Army's water army, no one knew whether these methods were useful or not, and how effective they were, so Wang Jian did not have any confidence in the upcoming battle for the first time.

The array of the Qin army is to place the trebuchet and bed crossbow in the front of the whole array, and the other warships and rafts are lined up behind, and at this time, although the Qin army has lined up the array, but the big raft where the trebuchet and bed crossbow are placed is still being fixed in the water, and of course the Dai army will not let the Qin army calmly prepare, so Gao Yuan ordered under the city wall and ordered the Dai army to attack.

In fact, at this time, Gao Yuan's heart was also very nervous, because this battle was related to the development of the battle to guard Daliang, if this battle was defeated, or just a miserable victory, then he could only sit and wait in Daliang City in the future. But at this point, Gao Yuan had no choice but to pin all his hopes on the fleet.

Ding Ce personally sat on a large warship, and saw that the banner of attack was issued from the city tower, so he immediately ordered the whole army to go out and launch an attack on the Qin army. The oars on each ship shook in unison, and the ships started one after another, heading towards the array of the Qin army.

At this time, most of the rafts have not been fixed in the water, because the rafts of the Qin army are fixed in the water mainly by sinking into the boulders and laying wooden stakes in the water, it is easy to sink the stones, but it is necessary to use special rafts to transport the boulders, and it is necessary to use large stones or stone baskets weighing about 1,000 catties to fix the rafts, and it takes time to drive the wooden stakes into the water, so it is not easy.

Seeing that the warships of the Dai army were advancing towards them, the Qin soldiers were not only panicked, they were busy sinking stones and piling, and the Qin soldiers who were using trebuchets also hurriedly loaded the stones, oil tanks, and bed crossbows, and also opened the crossbow strings, ready to be projected.

Thirty-two warships were divided into two rows, arranged in a staggered manner, and headed towards the array of the Qin army, although they were moving in the water, they still maintained a neat distance between the ships, and there was never more than one position in front and behind.

The distance between the two sides is gradually narrowing, and soon it enters the range of the bed crossbow of the Qin army, a hundred bed crossbows are divided into three batches, firing in turn, the crossbow guns with Ling Li's roar, shooting towards the Dai army, although most of the crossbow guns fell into the water, but there are also a considerable number of warships that hit the Dai army, and they have been inserted into the hull.

And more than a dozen trebuchets couldn't hold their breath and projected stones and fire pots, and as a result, both stones and fire pots fell far away from the water, stirring up a splash. Of course, these Qin soldiers who were the first to be sent were also reprimanded.

However, the blow of a few crossbow guns on the warship was indeed slight, and the stones and fire pots were still far away, which could not stop the advance of the warships of the Dai army, and the bed crossbows on each warship also started one after another, firing pottery missiles at the Qin army.

The first batch of thirty-two pottery missiles fell, most of them also fell into the water, and only seven hit the raft of the Qin army, causing a large fire. The Qin soldiers on the raft were busy putting out the fire, but the pottery missiles of the Dai army shot down one after another. More fires were caused.

In just a few moments, many places in the Qin army's formation caught fire and burned. Because the fire was burned with oil, it was difficult to extinguish, and some Qin soldiers also had flames on their bodies, and in the panic, many Qin soldiers fell into the water. Fortunately, after this period of training, the Qin soldiers were basically able to splash in the water a few times, and after falling into the water, they could also rely on their own ability to swim back to the raft and be rescued by other companions, which reduced a lot of casualties.

Although the bed crossbows of the Qin army were struggling to strike at the warships of the Dai army, in this kind of battle, the bed crossbows really did not play much role, and the trebuchets on some rafts also started to shoot at the Dai army regardless of whether they had enough range or not.

And as the distance closes, the trebuchets of the Qin army can finally launch a substantial blow to the warships of the Dai army.

I saw a boulder weighing more than 100 catties roaring down from the air, just hitting the top of a big warship, although the top of the ship was transformed into a spire, and the structure was reinforced, but it could not bear the huge inertia brought out by the boulder, and smashed through the canopy of the warship. Fragments of wood littered the cabin.

However, the piercing of the canopy only weakened the offensive nature of the warship, but it did not affect the navigation of the warship, because the warship is not a raft, unless there are stones that hit the side of the warship, or penetrate the bottom plate of the warship, causing the warship to enter the water, it can cause a fatal blow to the warship. Therefore, the warship continued to move forward, and also continued to shoot pottery missiles at the Qin army. Of course, the soldiers in the cabin also pushed the boulder into the water.

At this time, some fire pots also hit the warship, which immediately caused burning, but the warship was covered with raw cowhide, which had a certain flame retardant effect, and before the battle, it was also poured with river water, and many places were smeared with wet mud, so although it was also burning with fire oil, the fire could be controlled in a short time, and the soldiers on the ship immediately carried wooden barrels to water and extinguish the fire.

Although the threat of trebuchets to warships is greater, if you want to inflict heavy damage on warships, relying only on the eighty trebuchets in the current Qin army array, it still seems a little less.

Although the Qin army also arranged a hundred trebuchets on the shore, because the distance was too far and the Qin army's warships and rafts blocked it, it was impossible to support the Qin army at all.