Chapter 808: Xiaoshui River Burns the Demon Army
After Mu Qianmei and Liu Tingfeng went down the mountain, they went to Jun Moxiao to discuss the matter.
After listening to Mu Qianmei's thoughts, Jun Moxiao groaned slightly, then nodded and said:
"Mu Tianwang's plan is very clever, if the ships of the Demon Realm army can be connected, it is better, even if they are not connected, it is also a battle method that kills two birds with one stone."
"For us, this is undoubtedly the best tactic, and no matter how effective it is, it can greatly reduce the casualties of our army."
"The point is that burning most of their ships can slow down their landing and buy more time for our troops to retreat."
Mu Qianmei turned her head to look at Liu Tingfeng, and Liu Tingfeng immediately said:
"Since Generalissimo Jun also agrees with this tactic, then I will order the preparation of relevant materials and make adequate preparations!"
After Liu Tingfeng left, Mu Qianmei discussed the specific tactical deployment with Jun Moxiao before returning to the camp to rest.
That night, the army of Xiyu Kingdom began to get busy, some of the army went to Yong'an City and the surrounding cities to collect a large amount of grease, some of the army went around collecting straw and dry firewood, some of the army began to urgently restructure arrows, and some of the army began to transform ships.
When the army of the Western Rain Kingdom was busy preparing, in the main camp of the Demon Realm army, Ye Wuyue was also discussing the siege strategy with the military advisor.
Ye Wuyue frowned slightly and said:
"There are only 2,000 ships we have built urgently, and each ship can carry up to 500 people, and it can cross the river with an army of 1 million at a time, which has a great impact on our siege!"
Fan Moyou pondered for a moment and said:
"We don't have many ships, but the ships of the Xiyu Kingdom army are even less, and it will be difficult for them to stop us on the surface of the Xiaoshui River."
"Therefore, in the first batch of our troops to land, we must send a large number of experts to accompany us, so that after we land, we will win more time for the landing of our follow-up troops."
Ye Wuyue thought for a moment and replied:
"If we want to achieve better results, we had better cross the river at night, in the night, they don't dare to stop on the river, we will transport the army faster, as long as we can transport five million troops, against their ten million troops we have a great hope of victory, when the front is fighting, they are powerless to stop, our rear can quickly transport the army."
Fan Moyou thought about it and said:
"It's autumn now, and we've been sailing with the wind, and even if they come to the river to stop us, we have the advantage, and it's better to beat the people they intercept and snatch their boats in the process of crossing the river, which will be more advantageous to us."
After a little muttering, Ye Wuyue said:
"But we only have 200,000 sailors who are familiar with water warfare, and the others are not familiar with water warfare, and I don't know how many sailors they have.
Fan Moyou couldn't help frowning and said:
"What the generalissimo is worried about is indeed a difficult problem, especially when it comes to the shore, if they attack on the shore, archery or trebuchet, it can have a great impact on our ships, once the ship is hit, the navy who is familiar with the water can land smoothly, and the soldiers who are not familiar with the water may fall into the water and lose their combat effectiveness."
The two fell silent for this, and they both had sad expressions on their faces.
After a long time, Fan Mo said softly:
"Otherwise, we would tie all the ships together with iron cables, and sail with the wind, so that the ships would be like land, and when the ships were joined together, even if they hit one of the ships, they would not sink because they were connected to the other ships, and they would not be able to cross the river?"
When Ye Wuyue heard this, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and he said excitedly:
"That's right, we connect all the ships with iron cables, row together when we advance, and go with the wind, it forms an unstoppable momentum, it is difficult for them to stop us on the river, and those soldiers who are not familiar with the water are equivalent to fighting on land, and they can make up for the shortcomings of our naval army!"
"This military plan is very good, a million elite troops cross the river at the same time, they can't stop it if they want to, if their ships are all coming independently, our ships can knock them over just by colliding."
After the two agreed, they immediately ordered the soldiers to put all the boats on the shore of the Xiaoshui River.
As soon as the next day dawned, the army of the Demon Realm began to act, dividing all the ships into two rows with iron cables, and then tying them all together, two thousand warships, one thousand in a row, tied up strongly, all the ships were connected, and the scene was magnificent.
That night, Ye Wuyue sent 200,000 sailors onto the warships, each ship arranged a hundred people, responsible for taking turns rowing, and then equipped with masters and elite troops to board the ship.
Each ship had a total of 500 people, and 2,000 was a million people.
The army of millions, taking advantage of the night, crossed the river mightily.
On Meiling Mountain, the army of the Xiyu Kingdom, which had already received the news, was also ready to fight.
On the general's platform, there were three people standing, Jun Moxiao stood in the middle, Mu Qianmei on the left, and Liu Tingfeng on the right.
They are responsible for directing operations.
On the wall of Meiling, the archers led by Baili Hefeng were already in place, and the army led by Bai Xiaolong was guarding the rows of already installed trebuchets.
On the banks of the Xiaoshui River, Wang Hu and Lu Jing each led an army of one million, firmly guarding the shore, and on the river, a thousand warships had also been modified according to the requirements, and under the cover of the sails, the following were piled with dry firewood and straw sprinkled with grease.
The 50,000 sailors have all boarded the warships, and each ship has fifty sailors who are good at water warfare, and they are the ships responsible for rowing the boats to the middle of the river and stopping the ships of the demon army.
In the darkness of the night, no one could tell how many people were on their ships, and in order to increase the momentum of the attack, a war drum was placed on each ship.
All the armies are ready for battle.
When the army of the Demon Realm finally left the shore and sailed with the wind, Jun Moxiao finally ordered:
"The water army fights!"
So, the 1,000 warships on this side also divided into two rows, and began to leave the shore and slowly row towards the middle of the river.
On the boat, the drummers beat the war drums on the ship vigorously.
"Knock knock ......"
The sound of drums shook the sky and resounded through the sky, and it was very imposing when I heard it, as if there were also millions of troops facing the army of the Demon Realm on the river.
On the shore of the Demon Realm army, Ye Wuyue and Fan Moyou led an army of 20 million to stand by, and as long as the ships returned smoothly, they would replenish them at any time.
Hearing such an uplifting drum sound, Ye Wuyue couldn't help frowning and said:
"It seems that they are also prepared to fight us on the river? Listening to this momentum, it seems that there are millions of troops, where did they get so many ships? ”
Fan Moyou looked at it carefully and replied:
"Their ships are only half as large as ours, but they are more distant from each other, so they seem to be quite numerous."
"In my opinion, they will have a maximum of 500,000 troops to meet the battle, beating the drums of war, but it is just a bluff."
"They will definitely lose this battle on the river."
There was a deep sense of confidence in his tone.
However, Ye Wuyue was a little disturbed by the sound of the drums, and he was inexplicably worried.
However, he couldn't figure out how the army of the West Rain Kingdom would fight on the river, now whether it was the number of troops or the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, the Demon Realm army had an absolute advantage, and when the two armies met, the Demon Realm army would inevitably be able to easily defeat the opponent.
Ye Wuyue muttered:
"It stands to reason that Jun Moxiao also understands that such a battle doesn't make much sense, why would he insist on fighting?"
Fan Moyou replied thoughtfully:
"He's always wanted to consume our army to the maximum, and until there's no better way, he's going to have to fight in this way!"
When the two of them spoke, their 2,000 warships had already left the river bank for more than fifty zhang, and from a distance, it seemed that the entire river was the warships of the Demon Realm army.
When the warship of the Demon Realm sailed to the middle of the river, Liu Tingfeng on the general's platform said excitedly:
"Senior sister, look, their warships are really tied together!"
Mu Qianmei couldn't help but smile faintly and replied:
"I didn't expect them to really cooperate with our plan, it seems that this battle can go according to our plan!"
The warships of the Demon Realm army traveled with the wind, and the speed was relatively fast, and the sailors of the West Rain Country traveled in the west wind, and the speed was relatively slow, and when the warships of the Demon Realm Army crossed two-thirds of the river, the warships of the West Rain Country just arrived.
When the two ships were about fifty meters apart, the archers of the Demon Realm army began to shoot arrows and attack.
The sailors of the Xiyu Kingdom who were in the front row of the warships immediately jumped into the water one after another, and then climbed onto the warships behind.
The two rows of warships were about ten zhang apart, and the standing boats in the back row raised their bows and arrows one after another.
At this moment, the warships of the Demon Realm army and the warships of the Xiyu Kingdom were only less than ten zhang apart, and the army of the Xiyu Kingdom immediately set fire to the five hundred ships in the front row.
The grease-stained grass and dry wood were immediately ignited, and in a matter of moments a raging fire was ignited.
After the ships in front were burning, the sailors of the Western Rain Kingdom retreated quickly.
The Demon Realm warship was moving at full speed, and when they found that the Western Rain Country had set their warship on fire, they couldn't stop even if they wanted to.
In a moment, the warships of the Demon Realm army crashed into the burning warships of the Xiyu Country, their warships were connected, and they couldn't escape if they wanted to, the boats were in chaos, and soon they were spread by the burning flames, and the entire Xiaoshui River immediately turned into a sea of fire.
Many soldiers fell into the fire before they could react.
Out of the instinct of survival, many soldiers in the Demon Realm who could swim jumped into the water of the Xiaoshui River.
However, on the river here, it is 200 zhang away from the river bank to go back, and it is 100 zhang to the river bank in the past, and in this chaotic situation, many people have lost their sense of direction.
What's more, many soldiers are not water-savvy and can't swim.
In the chaos, the general of the Demon Realm attack ordered the soldiers who wanted to live to continue to move forward and rob the ships behind the Western Rain Nation's naval army.