There was wind on the river. The river road in Yanziji was narrow and the water flowed fast. The fire ships that had escaped the nets were falling down quickly. Countless crossbows flew over. Many fire ships exploded after the crossbow arrows hit, bursting out the sky. What's strange is that after these fire balls fell into the water, they did not go out, and were still burning down along the water. This made the Jingzhou Navy, who was blocking, get in a hurry. In the panic, more than a dozen fire ships escaped the attack. With the bang, the sharp impact angle hit the Red Horse Ship of the Jingzhou Navy who came to block the Jingzhou Navy. The fire immediately started to burn on the Mengchong ship.

These fires cannot be extinguished with water. The Jingzhou sailors on the boat jumped into the water like dumplings and swam desperately towards their own warships. However, no matter how fast the people swam, they were not as fast as the fire balls down the river. These fires were like maggots attached to bones. Once they were touched, they could not be extinguished. Screams sounded on the surface of the river.

These intercepting ships, who had lost control, took the burning fire boats and rushed downstream toward Li Hongchao's iron barrel array. So more small boats rushed out, stretching out long trowels to resist these fire boats. One trowel was blown off and replaced with another immediately.

Li Hongchao's face looked very bad. His opponent just released some fire boats and stirred up the river. Fortunately, there were not many ships from his opponent. Otherwise, the fire boats would be released endlessly, which would pose a huge threat to the rafts blocking the river. This kind of fire water would never be extinguished. Li Hongchao also knew that this was a kind of thing called turbulent oil produced in Yizhou, which was very evil.

The fire ship was useless, but Cao Xinyu was not disappointed at all. He didn't expect this thing to cause much damage to his opponent. These methods of water battles, whether it was him or Li Hongchao, were extremely familiar and tough. No matter how to deal with it, there was no need to give instructions, the sailors below could handle everything.

"Let me go!" He sat down with a big golden sword and whispered.

Li Hongchao put down the iron barrel battle and lost his momentum. He was upstream and downstream, so he was destined to be the only one who was beaten. With Cao Xinyu's order, rows of wood cuts flashed out of the fleet, and the front ends of these rafts were cut very sharply. Some sailors stood on it, holding long poles. As the fleet arrived here, they saw the command flags on the main ships waving, and the ropes were thrown off from the big ships on both sides. The sailors on the raft threw away the long poles, grabbed the rope with one hand, and pulled out the long sword at the waist with the other hand, and slashed hard on the hemp rope of the raft. After just a few slashes, the raft dispersed, and the logs about a foot in diameter rolled over with the turbulent water flow, rushing downstream.

Rafts were cut apart, and thousands of pointed logs were floating in the water. As the water flowed, it became faster and faster, and its momentum became more and more like a galloping horse, rushing downstream.

After these logs left the formation for about a mile, another word burst out from Cao Xinyu's mouth: "Attack!"

Under Ji Wuliang's leadership, more than a dozen vanguard ships rushed downstream with the shocking sound of countless cowhide drums and the unison of the sailors.

These logs rushed towards the enemy formation in the distance with infinite power. Li Hongchao finally stood up from his seat. These things could not be intercepted at all. When the boat was hit by him, it would immediately capsize. Even if the big ship was hit by him, its momentum would make the upper part unstable. What's even more fatal is that if the keel bone was damaged by these logs or embedded in the hull, it would be a big trouble.

The iron barrel array finally began to loosen. The five-masted warships in front of the raft platform of the river began to move and made evasive actions. As they moved, the thunderbolt cannons on the ship also stopped firing, and the stone bombs in the air immediately became more sparse.

The violent impact continued. The logs in the river were so dense that there was no way to avoid them. We could only try to let as few logs as possible hit the hull, and more of them hit the raft platform on the river. The huge impact made the raft platform across the Cangjiang River shake, and it seemed that it could collapse at any time. All the soldiers on the raft platform were all as earth-colored. If the raft platform collapsed, there would be no possibility of survival due to the rapid turbulence of the river here.

Holding the railing tightly, Li Hongchao's face turned pale and shouted loudly: "Pijiu cannon, fire!"

The thunder cannons on the raft platform began to bombard again, but the soldiers were in a state of excitement, and the entire raft platform was shaking, but the accurate head was no longer possible.

Ji Wuliang wanted this moment. Cao Xinyu's two rounds of attacks were to fight him for the opportunity to rush into the enemy's formation and fight with the enemy. As long as the ships of both sides were mixed together, the thunderbolt cannons on the raft platform would no longer be able to exert their power. When he defeated these enemy ships, the thunderbolt cannons on the raft platform would lose their power because they were too close to them.

Ji Wuliang had a ferocious face, and the burning fire on the river surface reflected his face red. In the fire, he seemed to see the faces of several people in the Ji family.

"Kill!" The long sword swung hard, and under his command, the flagship rushed into the already chaotic enemy ship.

The Navy Navy, which had been silent for a long time, began to show its power. The improved thunderbolt cannons have a much closer range, but the firing speed is several times faster than the land-based thunderbolt. In addition, what they fired was not stone bombs, but red iron bombs. Red iron bombs fell on the enemy ship, and a bunch of fire ignited.

"Change bullets!" An officer shouted loudly. The first wave of bullets rose into the air. This time it was not iron bullets, but pottery jars. The pottery jars fell on the enemy ships and immediately broke. The fierce tinder contained inside overflowed. Whenever they encountered a little spark, they would burn. On the surface of the river, the fire seemed to even the sun in the sky lost its magic.

"Cover shooting!" Li Hongchao's face was twisted, looking at the entangled enemy and us, shouting like crazy, waving his arms, "Cover shooting!"

"Mr. Commander, there are our warships on the battlefield!" The officer thought Li Hongchao was crazy, covering the shooting without distinguishing between enemies and us, which would destroy our warships. What's more, on the battlefield, the enemy only invested more than a dozen warships, but there were more than twenty of our warships. Although the war was a bit unfavorable at this time, he was still fighting hard. If a round of thunderbolt cannons was smashed without discriminating between enemies and us, his own people would suffer greater losses.

Li Hongchao was furious and drew his sword and cut off the officer's head with one knife. He fought fiercely with the Navy of the North Army several times. He knew that once the war fell into this situation, the North Army would definitely use their powerful firepower advantages to win. If they were allowed to defeat their fleet and go down to the raft platform, he would not even have the chance to shoot them.

"Shoot!" He looked ferocious and shouted again.

The people on the raft were frightened and looked at his twisted face. No matter how many times the thunderbolt cannons aimed at the battlefield, they were a volley.

"Shoot again, shoot again, sink all!" Li Hongchao danced and shouted loudly. Looking at the stone bullets flying in the air, he seemed to see more than ten warships with Wuliang sinking together with his warships.

It doesn't matter if they are sunk! Li Hongchao stared at the eyes. The Navy of the North Army had only more than 30 warships. Even if he took his fifty warships with him, he would have to destroy them. The two sides would destroy them together. This would be a huge loss for the North Army, but it would be a victory for them, because the North Army could no longer control Cangjiang, and they could also recruit a large number of civilian ships to transport Cheng Qun's army to escape to Jingzhou.

This move was extremely ruthless. Not only did the Jingzhou army be stunned, but Ji Wuliang was also stunned. Looking at the stone bullets flying over the sky that covered the sun, he forgot to give an order for a while. Cao Xinyu in the distance also stood up suddenly. He was already in the hands and feet, and he understood Li Hongchao's plan at the moment. His hands and feet were cold for a while. He did not expect that Li Hongchao had such a plan. Li Hongchao was very good at calculating. He could afford to lose, but the Zhengbei Army could not afford to lose.

The stone bomb fell, and the water curtain covered the entire battlefield. The roaring sounds blocked the shouts of killing. The sound of thunderbolts was endless. No matter how enemies and us were, all ships were hit by several thunderbolt cannons. Some ships were broken by masts, defeated sails, and broke the rudder. The entire ship was uncontrollably spinning on the river surface. However, the soldiers collided with the ship beside them. The luckier fell into a nest, and the luck turned into two pieces and slowly sank.

The water curtain fell, and Ji Wuliang's heart returned to his stomach. He was poured on his head and face by the heavy water. His mind finally returned to Qingming. His ship was hit by three stone bombs, but he was lucky and he was just broken by the mast. The huge tent capsized. I don't know how many casualties. Looking at the second round flying in the sky, Ji Wuliang shouted: "Accelerate, accelerate, and rush towards the raft platform!"

The rudder was still good. The rudder handle was covered with blood from the sail and he pulled the rudder hard. The sailors in the bottom cabin didn't know what was going on, but felt the ship sinking downwards and jumping upwards. Then the officer sent an order. They grabbed the bare hands and both hands, and desperately stepped on the wheel blades in front of them. The ship drove quickly downstream.

In this round of shooting, both sides suffered heavy casualties. Two of the more than ten warships of the Northern Army sank on the spot, and four or five were still walking around. The sailors on the ship desperately controlled the ship to avoid colliding with other ships. Their ships were covered with iron armor and were in a slightly better condition. As for the more than 20 warships of the Jingzhou Navy, most of them had lost their combat effectiveness and were flowing down the river like dead fish.

In the passage of the raft platform on the river, Jingzhou Navy's warships sailed out and set up a second interception line before the raft platform. Jingzhou Navy still had thirty warships, and there were only twenty of the Northern Expedition Army.
Chapter completed!