The desperate Hongniang naturally didn't know that Yun Zhao had already gone a lot of work in advance to attack the Nanban in the future. This was the case with the Navy of the North Army. However, Yun Zhao did not expect that the first mission of the Navy of the North Army was to rescue Hongniang. Cao Xinyu stood on the building and saw the last batch of ordnances being unloaded from the ship. From nothing to something, the North Army had only a few sampans to now owning thirteen five-masted ships and countless small boats. It took only a year for the North Army to invest in the Navy to be completely built with money.

"Return!" Cao Xinyu said two words gently. In the next period of time, the Navy of the Northern Army had been hiding for a while. For the current Navy of the Northern Army, the ship had a certain scale, but the navy was seriously insufficient.

This time, all thirteen five-masted ships were dispatched. In fact, only five or six large ships were needed to transport this batch of ordnances. However, this was a rare training opportunity. Cao Xinyu pulled out all the ships, half transporting supplies, and half were fully armed for an escort exercise.

The weather was gloomy and the wind and waves on the river were very strong. The five-masted warships roamed with the waves. Looking at the vast fleet on the river, Cao Xinyu felt full of pride. A year ago, he was still a fisherman. He thought he would have to spend his whole life with fish and shrimps, but he did not expect that he would fall from the sky and he had the opportunity to be with the warship.

He was very grateful to Yun Zhao for giving him such an opportunity. Although he was in his sixties, Cao Xinyu never stopped his passionate heart. He sat on the roof of the building and smiled at the turbulent winds. Cao Xinyu felt very relaxed. The Jingzhou Navy's cruise had just passed yesterday, and it would take two days before their routine patrol would go back to this section of the river, so it is very safe now.

Let the wind and waves come more violently! Let the men experience the power of Cangjiang more deeply.

On the command platform on the bumpy warship's third floor, Cao Xinyu stood steadily, constantly giving orders to the messengers on the mast, and then the messengers used signal flags to send orders to each ship. This was a rare opportunity to practice. The fleet kept changing formations on the river surface, and various small ships shuttled back and forth among the five-masted ships. These sailors were already very skillful in mastering various water tactics. All they lacked was a face-to-face water fight. I believe that after a war, the navy of the North Army would quickly complete the transformation.

"General Cao!" The signal soldier above Diao Dou suddenly screamed, "There are ships on the river and warships, which are the flags of the Jingzhou Navy!"

"What? They just patrolled yesterday, why are they here again today?" Cao Xinyu was shocked, grabbed the mast, alternated his hands, and climbed into the Diao Dou in a few seconds. Sure enough, at the end of the river, sail shadows appeared in his sight, one after another, a total of four warships and dozens of auxiliary combat ships.

"This is a damn teaching!" Cao Xinyu spat hard. What kind of evil wind was blowing? Why did the Jingzhou navy suddenly change his patrol habits?

It is obvious that the Jingzhou Navy in the distance also discovered their fleet. The formation changed and instantly turned into a combat formation. The five-masted sails all rose up, constantly adjusting the angle and heading towards them at high speed.

Looking at the warship opposite, Cao Xinyu suddenly smiled a bit. It would be better to meet him by chance than to invite him. Since he had hit him today, let his subordinates see what water war is. The other party only has four five-masted ships, but he has five fully armed warships, and he has absolute advantage. Isn’t this opportunity for a small strong to bully the weak a chance to train troops that he has been looking forward to? He just exposed the strength of the Northern Army Navy in advance. I wonder if he would be criticized by the governor afterwards. However, since he has revealed the truth, it is impossible to hide it. It is better to just be more high-profile and show the majesty of the Northern Army Navy.

"General, each ship sends a signal, what should I do if I ask?" The signal soldier beside him looked at Cao Xinyu and asked, with a hint of trembling in his voice, but a hint of excitement and expectation in his trembling.

"Are you afraid?" Cao Xinyu asked with a smile.

"No, I'm looking forward to a battle!" The muscles on the signal soldier's face twitched a little.

"Well said, then let's do a battle, send a signal, the armed warships move forward, and the other warships temporarily retreat and avoid, let's do a battle!" Cao Xinyu smiled, his bloody tongue stretched out and kept licking the corners of his mouth.

Of course, Cao Xinyu would not have thought of it. Because Liu Huajian's warning reminded Cheng Qun of the origin of the Hongniang and the three-eyed tiger, and thus associated it with Yun Zhao, which ordered the Jingzhou Navy to strengthen patrol the Cangjiang River to prevent Yun Zhao from taking any action. However, the process Qun did not expect that Yun Zhao not only had movements, but also had great movements. What he unexpectedly expected was that Yun Zhao had already had a strong fleet through various means, rather than the swimming that he imagined was similar to the Mongol smuggling through Cangjiang River.

He didn't expect that Jingzhou Navy Ji Wujiu, and Ji Wuliang would certainly not expect that.

The commander of this navy patrol fleet was a ruse. Every time they went out to patrol Cangjiang, it seemed to them that it was just a routine matter. Apart from their navy force, there were no other navy fleets. On the Cangjiang River, at best, there were only a few water bandits carrying small sampans. These water bandits had to see their sails and had already escaped without seeing them.

So when Ji Wuliang heard the signal soldiers report that a large number of warships appeared on the river, he was also startled. After climbing up Diao Dou and looking at the fleet of dozens of warships and countless small boats in the distance, he almost jumped up in shock.

He recognized those ships. Most of the ships had not even painted their previous signs. They were sent to the Gutai Shipyard by him and then sold to the merchant named Hong Anbang. These ships should not be here. A strange thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

The ships opposite obviously also discovered them. Some of them turned a corner and drove towards the distance, but the five large ships changed their formations and rushed towards them.

Battle formation! Ji Wuliang's pupils contracted. He was a navy general and could see the other party's intention at a glance. The other party wanted to attack them.

"Send the order, prepare for the battle!" he ordered sternly.

Although the Jingzhou Navy was extremely rotten, it was finally a well-trained navy. After the infinity of orders, the fleet quickly changed its formation. A large number of charge ships, Chima Ships sailed out of the brigade and rushed to the enemy opposite with the Meng Chong Ship. Above the five-masted ships, the thunder cannon was quickly prepared. The strings of the crossbow were squeaked and the crossbows were squeaking, and crossbow arrows as thick as arms raised their heads with a flash of cold light.

The current navy battle is still mainly for platoon battles. The thunderbolt cannon fires slowly and hits a huge hit rate. If you want to hit a moving ship, it will really be a lucky hit. Each Red Horse ship, the Jingzhou Navy is equipped with ten to twenty soldiers on the Mengchong ship. Once it rushes to the enemy ship, the Red Horse ship can use the anchor hook on the ship to hook the enemy ship and then climb upwards. The Mengchong ship uses the sharp corners of the bow of the ship to rush to the enemy ship, tightly connect it with the enemy ship, and then climb over and fight.

By the time they messed up the enemy, his big ship had arrived and was fighting on the side. What made Ji Wuliang strange was that the opponent's auxiliary warship turned away with some of the large ships. There were only five five-masted ships that rushed towards him. Without auxiliary ships to assist in the battle, the opponent would definitely not beat him. Is the opponent just a novice in the navy? But seeing the opponent's ships constantly changing formations during the sailing, it was obvious that they were quite familiar with water wars.

When the two sides approached about one mile, the five-masted ships were already lined up into a long snake formation. On the Jiwuliang side, dozens of small boats swam quickly towards the large ship opposite like a group of ducks.

Cao Xinyu could only let his auxiliary ships retreat because these auxiliary ships did not have any combat equipment this time, and each ship was not equipped with combat personnel except for the ship's personnel.

But he was confident because he was extremely powerful long-range attack equipment on the five warships he commanded, and he was really familiar with the combat methods of the Jingzhou Navy.

A scream came from the air, and the thunder cannons on the Jingzhou Navy warship were the first to fire, and stone bullets passed through the sky and rushed towards Cao Xinyu's fleet.

"Avoid!" The signal flag conveys a message to the ships.

Countless waves of feet high were stirred up on the surface of the river. These stone bombs fell on the water unexpectedly. Ji Wuliang did not command these stone cannons to hit the opponent. He just wanted to disrupt the opponent's formation and create some opportunities for his boat. What puzzled him was that according to the rules, both sides should have started to bombard, but the opponent still had no reaction.

"I don't have to pay attention to the other party's big ship for the time being, clean up these gadgets first!" Cao Xinyu gave the order coldly.

Above the five warships, the Demon-Fuing Crossbow poked their hideous true appearance from the shooting hatch above the ship gang. The two sides were four hundred steps apart. With a command, the Demon-Fuing Crossbow, as thick as a child, shot in rows at the opponent's Red Horse Ship and Meng Chong Ship.

The Demon-Subduing Crossbow is less powerful than the bed crossbow, but the shooting speed and shooting density are not comparable to that of the bed crossbow. The Mengchong ship and the Red Horse ship are not big. If you get hit by the Demon-Subduing Crossbow, you will end up in a miserable fate.

In the first round of shooting, the boats that rushed over were scattered. After more than half of the boats were hit one after another, the entire hull was dispersed, and the river surface was covered with floating heads. In an instant, the river surface was dyed red.

"What's this?" Looking at the crossbow with such a fast firing speed, Ji Wuliang was stunned. "Let's go up, approach them, and fight against the side!" He shouted loudly.
Chapter completed!