Chapter 454: Water War (II)

As the warships of the Dai army moved forward, more and more warships entered the strike range of the Qin army's trebuchets, not only the large warships in the first two rows, but also the medium-sized warships in the back, the modified warships, and the rafts, which also became the targets of the Qin army. Therefore, the Qin army gradually achieved some results.

Because these warships were converted from civilian ships, the structure of the hull was relatively not so strong that it could not withstand violent impacts. Therefore, if there are too many stones smashed, even if it does not hit the fatal part, it will still cause the hull of the warship to scatter and enter the water, because it is a medium-sized warship, the hull is smaller, the structure is more fragile, and there is no roof, if it is hit by two or three stones in a row, the hull will not be able to bear the force. Not to mention the raft, if you are hit by a boulder, you will immediately fall apart.

In addition, although the warships and rafts of the Daijun were watered before the battle, except for the 32 large warships, the other ships were not covered with cowhides, and their fire resistance was greatly reduced, and they could not withstand the long-term burning of fire oil.

Therefore, under the brave attack of the Qin army, several warships were sunk by trebuchets in a row, and more than ten rafts were sunk, and several warships were ignited, including several large warships.

However, the large warships in the first two rows of the army of this era have broken through to the dead end of the trebuchet, and the pottery missiles are constantly being launched from the warships, and the ships and rafts of the Qin army have been more than 100 on fire, and many rafts have been completely burned, and many Qin soldiers are scrambling to jump into the water in order to avoid the flames.

At this time, the warships of the era army had advanced to a distance of only more than a hundred steps from the array of the Qin army, so the warships of the Qin army could no longer hide behind the rafts, and they shook their oars and rushed up against the warships of the Dai army. It is hoped that they will be able to get close to the warships of the Daijun army and engage in broadside engagements.

At this time, the warships of the Dai army are also rapidly changing the array, changing the horizontal array to the vertical array, two of the thirty-two warships withdrew from the battle because the hull was cracked and leaked, and returned to the water village for repairs, and the remaining thirty warships quickly adjusted their positions and arranged into four columns, each column has seven to eight warships, and the distance between each warship is about eight to ten zhang, in addition to the two warships at the head and tail, the wind in the middle of the warship cabin has also quickly adjusted the layout of the bed crossbow, becoming a left and right arrangement, This will allow all bed crossbows to be fully utilized.

As a result, these four columns were inserted into the formation of the Qin army like four sharp swords. Although the rafts of the Qin army desperately approached the warships of the Dai army, and the warships of the Dai army opened their bows left and right, the bed crossbows on both sides were shooting hard at the warships of the Qin army, and in other portholes, other soldiers also fired salvos of crossbows, and the arrows were like two arrows, shooting towards the Qin army.

Because the distance between the two sides was too close at this time, the hit rate of the pottery missiles fired by the bed crossbow was extremely high, and the warships and rafts of the Qin army were hit and caught on fire, and many Qin soldiers were killed by arrows. For a while, the fire was in full bloom, the smoke was filled, and the screams of the Qin soldiers were endless. And because the warships of the Dai army were fully enclosed, the bows and crossbows of the Qin soldiers could not play any role at all.

However, under such a severe blow from the Dai army, there were still many warships and rafts of the Qin army braving the blows of the Dai army, struggling to approach the side of the Dai army's warships, and many of them were carrying flames.

But after getting close to the Dai Army's warship, the Qin soldiers found that the Dai Army's warship was not only a fully enclosed structure, but also tilted inward, which also gave the Qin soldiers a headache, because there was no way to pedal on the Dai Army's warship. Although some Qin soldiers raised their guns and halberds in their hands and slashed and stabbed at the warships of the Dai Army, this was only to vent their anger and had little impact on the warships of the Dai Army. Although there were still a few Qin soldiers who struggled to climb onto the warship of the Dai Army, they could not gain a foothold on the ship, and after holding on for a while, they were either shot down by the Dai soldiers or thrown into the water by the warship.

And from the arrow holes of the Dai army's warships, bows and arrows and dome arrows were still shooting outward, and the Qin soldiers were also shot to death in a row and fell into the water. Moreover, if a ceramic missile was shot from the porthole, it would be almost a missile, as long as it hit, it would be a ball of flame, forcing the entire Qin soldiers on the ship to be forced to jump ship to escape.

Because it is fixed on the water surface, placed trebuchets, bed crossbows rafts, it is not easy to fix these rafts at the beginning, then it is even more difficult to re-untie, and at close range, trebuchets, bed crossbows have no lethality at all, in front of the warships of the Dai army, almost completely undefended, as a result, most of the rafts where trebuchets and bed crossbows are placed are on fire, only very few can untie the fixed stakes and boulders to escape.

Behind the large warships, other warships and rafts of the Dai army also went to the battlefield one after another and fought with the Qin army.

Although the other warships of the Dai army were not equipped with pottery bombs, and they were not fully enclosed, they were all equipped with ordinary bed crossbows, and they were also inverted structures, so it was difficult to board the ships and fights when the rafts of the warships of the Qin army approached, and the soldiers on the left and right sides opened their bows and arrows, and after getting closer, they stabbed with spears, causing countless injuries and deaths to the Qin soldiers, and floating corpses on the surface of the water.

However, the raft of the Dai army is almost the same as that of the Qin army, and the two sides can carry out the white-knuckle battle that the Qin army hopes the most. Therefore, when the two rafts intersected, the soldiers of both sides immediately engaged in a fierce battle on the raft.

But as a result of the battle between the two sides, six or seven times out of ten were casualties of the soldiers of the Qin army. This result also surprised the Qin soldiers, because the soldiers who went out on rafts were basically composed of the Wei army, and if they met on other battlefields, they could not be the opponents of the Qin army at all, but at this time, the situation was completely reversed.

There are two main reasons for such a situation, one is that the warships and rafts of the Qin army were first hit by the pottery missiles of the Dai army, and many rafts were already on fire, and they were washed and stirred by the large warships of the Dai army, which caused a big chaos in the formation, and the Qin soldiers were also a little panicked; The second is that the Wei soldiers wear leather armor, which is relatively light, while the Qin soldiers still wear bronze armor, and a few generals even wear double-layer armor, although the protection is much stronger than that of the Wei soldiers, but it is more cumbersome, if it is fought on flat ground, of course, it must have a certain advantage, but the battlefield is changed to a raft, and the heavy armor has become a burden.

In addition, there is another point, that is, the leading ideas of the two sides are also different, the Qin soldiers are still the same as on the land, with the main goal of killing the opponent, so they mainly stab and slash, while the Wei soldiers are different, as long as they can knock the opponent into the water, because as long as the person falls into the water, they basically lose their combat effectiveness. In addition to stabbing and slashing, there were also pushing, pulling and other means, and sometimes Wei soldiers would even hold or pull their opponents and fall into the water together. And the armor worn by the two sides is different, even if they fall into the water, the Wei soldiers' chances of escape are still stronger than those of the Qin soldiers.

As a result, although the soldiers on both sides had been trained in water warfare for about the same time, and the basic quality of the Qin soldiers was even higher, the Qin army was at a significant disadvantage when the fight really started. As a result, the Qin soldiers were beaten by the Wei soldiers and fell into the water.

Of course, the decisive role in the battlefield was the thirty large warships of the Dai Army, which rampaged through the fleet of the Qin army, and the warships that only killed the Qin army continued to catch fire, disintegrate and sink.

At this time, the entire water surface was full of large and small fire points, and the smoke was dispersed, scattered with all kinds of broken wooden structures and floating corpses, and countless soldiers were struggling and fluttering in the water. However, anyone can see that whether it is a floating corpse or a soldier struggling in the water, more than eighty percent of them are Qin soldiers.

And at this moment, I only heard the horn blowing in the direction of the Qin army's camp, which was a signal for the withdrawal of the army, and also meant that the Qin army had completely admitted defeat.

The remaining Qin warships and rafts heard the sound of the horn, and they were all like amnesty, the oars shook together, and rowed in the direction of the dock, and the Dai army naturally would not let the raft of the Qin army escape like this, so they then pursued and killed, forcing the Qin army to panic and grab each other, and they didn't care about anything else, but when they entered the dock, they crowded together and blocked a lot at the dock.

This also happens to be a good target for the Dai army, as long as the pottery missile is ejected, it can almost hit the target, and because the rafts of the Qin army are too dense, almost the sides are connected, and they can't even turn, so as long as one raft is on fire, it can immediately spread to other rafts, and there is no place to escape, they can only watch the fire spread, some soldiers are desperately fighting the flames, and some simply jump into the water to escape.

Fortunately, at this time, the trebuchets set up by the Qin army on both sides of the dock started one after another, and at this time, they didn't care about accidentally injuring their own rafts, and threw stones at the enemy with all their might.

And after this fierce battle, the pottery missiles on the warships of the Dai army were almost used, and now seeing that the trebuchets of the Qin army were so fierce, they did not dare to press the warships of the Qin army anymore, and they turned around and retreated, so they let the Qin army go. Otherwise, the Dai army might be able to enter the dock of the Qin army in one fell swoop and completely destroy the Qin army's naval army.

However, there are still dozens of rafts that have already ignited unquenchable fires, and other rafts can only distance themselves from these rafts to prevent their own rafts from spreading to the fire, and at the same time rescue their comrades who have fallen into the water, and then sail into the dock in turn. At this time, the Qin soldiers, who were still struggling and fluttering in the surface battlefield, could only touch and help.

After the Dai army evacuated from the dock of the Qin army, they did not immediately retreat to the water village, but returned to the battlefield, rescued the Qin soldiers who fell into the water and struggled one by one, of course, as prisoners, and pulled some of the boats and rafts left by the Qin army on the battlefield as trophies, and all of them were pulled back to the water village. And on the water, only a few rafts were left to salvage the bodies. Now almost the entire surface of the water is covered with floating corpses, and it is necessary to clean it up as much as possible.