Chapter 682: The Dragon King Shows His Power

This made the Lord Shangzhu Kingdom highly praised, and rewarded relevant personnel heavily. He promoted the craftsman who came up with ideas to become a minister and was appointed as a third-rank official. It can be said that he has reached the top in one step.

Inspired by this honor, the craftsmen of Chu State became more motivated and developed many new weapons and equipment. One of them was low-cost and very sinister. It was made of yellow mud and cows and deer hair, or exposed to the sun or burned with fire. Its weight was less than one-quarter of the stone bombs of the same size, but when shot out, it was also killed when touched, greatly increasing the load capacity of the Chu army.

And this thing breaks when it hits the ground, so don’t worry about being picked up and beaten back by the enemy like a stone bullet.

The Chu army used these various artillery shells to attack the Qin army. The raindrop-like shells fell down, some of which were specifically injured, some of which were specifically smashing ships, and some of which were smashing ships with people and ships. After a stale attack from the enemy and me, more than 30 ships of Qin and Chu were entangled... Of course, most of them were already crumbling Chu ships.

"Grandma, the wind is tight!" Qin Youde's left arm was bounced open with a deep bone-sighted hole by the Chu army's scattered flowers. He grinned in pain. Seeing that eight or nine warships on his side sank, he quickly ordered his subordinates to retreat.

The Chu fleet took advantage of the situation to follow up the attack. Although the accuracy was greatly reduced due to the uneven progress, the dense cannon stones still left more than 20 Qin army warships at the bottom of Dongting Lake forever.

In the first round, the Qin army lost 30 warships and the Chu army lost 60. According to the strength of the two sides, it should be considered a tie.

But this can only be considered a warm-up, and the real good show is still to come.

Is it easy to get the title of "famous general" by the lieutenant? Through the contact of the first round, he found that the Qin army had changed its past style and seemed to have to use hand-to-hand combat to defeat the situation.

"I think beautifully!" The general of the Shangzhu Kingdom sneered: "Order the troops to keep a distance and bombard them with cannon stones!" Seeing that the Qin army had such a great advantage in hand-to-hand combat, he guessed that the Qin army should have wanted to win by surprise, so he brought more assault soldiers. But the load of the ship was so large, and the number of shells they carried was also unimaginable.

The Chu army took advantage of the momentum of the Qin army and launched a counterattack. The left and right fleets led by the two generals of Chu Po and Chu Luo stepped forward to resist, and the two armies launched fierce shooting. The cannon stones in the sky flew around like locusts. From time to time, warships could not withstand the blow and sank into the bottom of Dongting Lake. The vortex only returned to peace after devouring the officers and soldiers who had fallen into the water, leaving only some broken wood pieces floating on the water.

More warships caught fire and burned, and black smoke rose everywhere on the lake. You could see clearly when standing on Yueyang Tower in the distance.

At this time, the Yueyang city tower was indeed crowded with people of Chu who were watching the fun, but they were not as enthusiastic as usual, and no one even made loud noises. People stood on tiptoe and looked at the river nervously, waiting for the result to come out, and the atmosphere was extremely depressing.

This is a battle closely related to everyone. If you win, your life will continue; if you lose, your country will be destroyed... and then life will continue.

Although the country was depressed, they were all descendants of China after all, and the Chu people were not so repulsive to the Qin people. There were even many people who secretly bought Qin war bonds and secretly prayed that Qin would not fail, otherwise the bonds would become blank.

Before we knew it, the sky was approaching, and the two armies had been fighting for nearly a day. The formations of Qin and Chu were already in chaos. This section is in the east and I am in the west, and that section is in the west, and I am in the east, uneven and intertwined.

Although both sides are intimate, the battle situation is obviously not as fierce as noon. Drive warships and projecting cannon stones are very physically consuming tasks, and both sides are exhausted until now.

Just as the Qin generals were about to gradually gather their formation and wait for the next day, the Chu army suddenly launched an unexpected attack!

We know that among the ships participating in the war between the two sides, although the slurry ships accounted for the majority, they were not all. The Chu State had 500 other types of warships in line, and the Qin army also had more than 200, which was almost all the warships that the two countries could drive.

When the slurry ships were fighting, these ships also joined the battle group. Although the speed was not fast and the equipment was very backward, it was not possible to become the main force, but it was still very cost-effective to use it to restrain or even threaten the other party.

The officers and soldiers on the main warships of the two armies often disdain for these "inferior warships" that are flooded on the battlefield... As long as they do not force themselves too close, they do not even have the desire to attack them.

Just when the Qin fleet wanted to gradually escape from the enemy formation, hundreds of Red Horse Clippers suddenly rushed out of the Chu army's inferior warship group. The hull of this kind of ship was slender and light, and was generally used to detect and convey military information. Its speed was amazing - even more than that of the slurry ship.

The Qin army officers and soldiers didn't care at first, but when the warships about three meters long drove closer, they found that these "Red Horse Speedboats" were just like ships two meters in front, and there were only two gang boards more than one meters behind. The belly was empty, and there was a small boat hidden behind them!

The experienced Qin general woke up from his dream and shouted, "Be careful of fire attack!" After he said this, the officers and soldiers immediately noticed that the ships were filled with unknown objects. Although they were covered with curtains, they must not be a gift of condolences!

Sure enough, these "Red Horses" that were either in line with the flow or Zhang Fan rode the wind and rushed over from all directions, suddenly burst out thick smoke in a direction less than fifty feet away from the Qin army. Then they saw all the soldiers on the boat retreating to the boat, then separated from the mother ship, and paddled the boat back with the slurry.

The Qin army quickly avoided the situation, but many of them were still hit by the mother ships that were like arrows off the string. The bows of the mother ships had sharp steel nails. As soon as they hit the Qin ship, they would use the forward momentum to nail them together with the opponent, which eventually caused a raging fire from the enemy ship.

This is the "child and mothership" invented by the State of Chu. It was obviously upgraded after suffering from Marshal Boshang and learned from his mistakes.

It seemed that the effect was good, and the Chu army actually sent a second wave of motherships to continue to attack the Qin army from the same angle. Several huge battleships followed closely behind, and seemed to be preparing to follow behind to take advantage.

As soon as the State of Chu took this posture, the Qin ships did not dare to stop them. They just took advantage of the previous order of "gradual retreat" and scattered, preparing to escape from danger first and then re-form the formation.

When the 100 "red horses" rushed over along the last route, everyone thought that under the curtains of these "mother and child ships", there were still flammable materials such as firewood, grease, and so they just kept retreating and did not observe carefully - something unexpected happened at this time!

Although these red horse speedboats came from different directions, they had only one destination, that is, a position on the left side of the Qin army formation. There were originally an extremely dense Qin ship there, but the Qin army's formation had been dispersed by the first wave of "sub-motherships". Now there are less than ten warships left.

Ordinary Qin soldiers did not notice anything, but the senior generals were shocked and sweated in cold sweat, and they shouted: "Where is the prince?" One of the eight warships looked exactly the same as the other seven, but with an unattractive black flag on the top of the ship was Qin Lei's ship!

Because the prince was not prepared to command the battle, the generals of Zhennan, who knew that "conspicuous" on the battlefield were equal to danger, asked him to board an ordinary warship and arranged it in a reserve team far away from the war end, thinking that this would be foolproof.

Unexpectedly, after a day of fierce fighting, the fleet had already lost its formation. Under the impact of the Chu army's "son and mothership", the Qin ships were even scattered. At this moment, only seven warships were left to protect the king's ship!

It is obvious that the Chu army has accurately positioned the prince's warship. It is obvious that their series of tactical actions are all to break the gap and deliver this fatal blow!

The picture is revealed!

Unexpectedly, the Chu army had such a ill-intention. The Qin army was suddenly panicked. All fleets sent clutches to fight, hoping to stop these hateful "red horses".

Unfortunately, the Clippers were the Clippers. Although they were weak, they were smooth sailing at this time and their speed was no longer comparable to any big ship. In the blink of an eye, hundreds of light boats had already thrown the warships close to the center behind them, and the price they paid was that only seven small boats were sunk.

The seven frigates in Qin were originally desperately protecting the king's ship and moving closer to the main force to the east. Seeing that the Chu army's small boat had quickly surpassed all the pursuers, they immediately slowed down and wanted to cut off the rear for the prince.

The Chu State suicide squad was running lightning, bringing the distance between the two sides closer and closer, but at this moment, something strange happened.

Without any contact or attack, the five small boats in the forefront suddenly exploded and caught fire, and two hulls were even raised three feet high.

Many officers and soldiers of the two armies knelt down on the spot - without any impact or being shot, and purely artificial powered ships could not have self-destructed, so there is only one possibility - the Dragon Prince of Dongting Lake showed his power.
Chapter completed!