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There was wind on the river. The river channel in Yanziji area was narrow and the current was turbulent. The fireships that had escaped from the snare were flying down quickly. Countless crossbows flew towards them. Many fireships exploded after being hit by the crossbow arrows, sending sparks all over the sky.

, the strange thing is that after these fire balls fell into the water, they did not go out and were still there.

Burning fiercely, they flowed down the water. This caused the intercepting Jingzhou Navy to panic. In the panic, more than a dozen fireships finally escaped the attack. With a loud bang, the sharp collision angles hit those in front of them.

Fires immediately broke out on the Chima and Mengchong ships of the Jingzhou Navy that came to intercept them.

These fires could not be extinguished with water. The Jingzhou sailors on the ship jumped into the water like dumplings and swam desperately towards their warships. However, no matter how fast a person swam, they were not as fast as the fireballs flowing down the river. These fires were like attached bones.

The maggots, once stained, could not be extinguished, and screams could be heard on the river.

The intercepting ships, which had lost control, carried the burning fire ships down the river and rushed towards Li Hongchao's iron barrel array. Then more boats rushed out, with long hooks stretched out to resist the fire ships.

If the hook is burned out, replace it with another one immediately.

Li Hongchao looked very unhappy. His opponent only released some fire boats, which caused a mess on the river. Fortunately, his opponent did not have many ships. Otherwise, if such fire boats were released endlessly, they would pose a huge threat to the rafts blocking the river.

This kind of fire can never be extinguished, and Li Hongchao also knew that this was a kind of fierce fire oil produced in Yizhou, which was very evil.

The fire boat failed, but Cao Xinyu didn't look disappointed at all. He didn't expect this thing to cause much damage to his opponent. Both he and Li Hongchao were very familiar with these water battles.

You don't need to give any instructions on how to deal with it, the sailors below can handle everything.

"Let go!" He sat down and whispered in a low voice.

Li Hongchao gave up the iron barrel battle and was already losing momentum. He was upstream and he was downstream, so he was destined to be beaten. Following Cao Xinyu's order, rows of logs fell from behind the fleet.

It flashed out, the front ends of these rafts had been cut extremely sharply, some sailors stood on them, holding long poles, and as the fleet arrived here,

Seeing the command flag on the main ship waving, the ropes were thrown down from the ships on both sides. The sailors on the raft threw away the long pole and grabbed the rope with one hand. With the other hand, they pulled out the long knife from their waist and slashed it hard on the raft.

On top of the hemp rope. With just a few cuts, the raft fell apart. The logs about a foot in diameter rolled and rolled with the turbulent water and rushed downstream quickly.

The rafts were cut open one after another, and thousands of pointed logs were floating in the water. As the water flowed, it flowed faster and faster, and its momentum became more and more like a galloping horse, rushing downstream.

After the logs were about a mile away from the formation, another word burst out of Cao Xinyu's mouth: "Attack!"

More than a dozen vanguard ships, led by Ji Wuliang, rushed downstream amidst the loud beating of countless cowhide drums and the chorus of shouts from 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 were impossible to intercept. If a small boat was hit by him, it would capsize immediately. Even if it was a big ship, if he hit it, other logs would be destroyed.

The force will also make the upper platform unstable. What's more terrible is that if the keel is damaged by these logs or embedded in the hull, it will be a big trouble.

The iron barrel array finally began to loosen up, and the five-masted warships in front of the rafts began to move and make evasive maneuvers. As they moved, the thunderbolt cannons on the ships also stopped firing, and the stone bullets in the air immediately became sparse.

The sound of violent collisions 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 hit the hull as possible, and more hit the river.

On the raft, the huge impact caused the raft across the Cangjiang River to shake. It seemed that it might collapse at any time. All the soldiers on the raft had earth-colored faces. If the raft collapsed, the rapids of the river would not be affected at all.

What are the chances of survival?

Li Hongchao grabbed the railing tightly, his face turned pale, and he shouted sternly: "Thunderbolt, fire!"

The thunderbolt cannon on the raft began to fire again, but the soldiers were agitated, and the entire raft was swaying, so it was no longer accurate.

The purpose of Cao Xinyu's two new attacks is to give him a good opportunity to rush into the enemy's formation and engage in a melee with the enemy. As long as the ships of both sides are mixed together, the thunderbolt on the raft will

The cannons would no longer be able to exert their power, and once they defeated these enemy ships, the thunderbolt cannons on the raft would be ineffective because they were too close to them.

Ji Wuliang's face was ferocious, and the blazing fire on the river reflected his face red. In the fire, he seemed to see the faces of several members of the Ji family.

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

The long-dormant naval ship-borne thunder cannons of the Northern Conquest Army began to show their power. This improved thunder cannon has a much closer range, but its firing speed is several times faster than the land-based thunder cannon. In addition, the fire cannons they fire are not

Instead of stone bullets, they were red-hot iron bullets. The red-hot iron bullets fell on the enemy ships one after another, and a huge fire ignited.

"Reload!" an officer shouted. The first wave of red bullets rose into the sky. This time, they were not iron bullets, but clay pots. The pots fell on the enemy ship and broke immediately.

The fierce fire oil inside overflowed, and whenever it encountered a spark, it burst into flames. Above the river, the fire burned so hard that even the sun in the sky seemed to have lost its glory.

"Covering shot!" Li Hongchao's face was twisted, looking at the entangled enemy and us, he yelled like crazy, waving his arms, "Covering shot!"

"Lord Commander, there are still our warships on the battlefield!" This officer thought that Li Hongchao was crazy. He was covering up fire without distinguishing between ourselves and the enemy. This would also destroy his own warships, not to mention that the enemy was on the battlefield at this time.

Only a dozen warships were invested, but our own side had more than twenty. Although the war was somewhat unfavorable at this time, it did not appear to be defeated. It was still fighting hard. If a round of thunder cannons were to hit the enemy without distinguishing between ourselves and the enemy, it would be ourselves.

People suffer greater losses.

Li Hongchao was furious. Huo Di drew his sword and chopped off the officer's head with one blow. He had several fierce battles with the navy of the Northern Campaign, knowing that once the war fell into this situation, the Northern Campaign would definitely take advantage of their powerful firepower.

To win, if they defeat their own fleet and move down to the raft, they will not even have a chance to shoot them.

"Shoot!" He shouted again with a ferocious face.

The people on the raft were frightened. Looking at his distorted face, no matter what, the thunderbolt gun aimed at the battlefield and fired a volley.

"Shoot again, shoot again, sink them all!" Li Hongchao danced and shouted loudly. Looking at the stone bullets flying in the air, he seemed to see an infinite number of more than a dozen warships sinking together with his warship.

It doesn’t matter if they all sank! Li Hongchao stared, the navy of the Northern Conquest Army only had more than thirty warships, even if fifty of his own warships were buried with them, they would still have to be destroyed. Both sides would be destroyed together. As far as the Northern Conquest Army was concerned,

It was a huge loss, but it was a victory for them, because the Northern Expedition Army could no longer control the Cangjiang River, and they could still commandeer a large number of civilian ships to transport Cheng Qun's army to Jingzhou.

This move was so severe that not only the Jingzhou army was stunned, but Ji Wuliang was also dumbfounded. Looking at the stone bullets flying over the sky and covering the sun, he even forgot to give the order. Cao Xinyu in the distance

He also stood up in a hurry. He had already grasped the victory and understood Li Hongchao's plan at this moment. His hands and feet were cold for a moment. He did not expect that Li Hongchao had such a plan. Li Hongchao was right. He could afford the loss and won the battle.

The Northern Army could not afford to lose.

The stone bullets fell, and the water curtain covered the entire battlefield. The roar covered the shouts of killing, and the sound of toms was endless. Regardless of the enemy or friend, all the ships were hit by several thunderbolts, and some ships were broken.

mast, knocked down

The sails were broken, the rudder was broken, and the whole ship was spinning uncontrollably on the river. Then the soldiers suddenly collided with the ships beside them. The lucky ones fell down, and the unlucky ones became two.

Cut it off and slowly sank.

When the water curtain fell, Ji Wuliang's heart returned to his stomach. He was splashed all over his face by the flood, and his mind finally regained its clarity. His boat was hit by three stone bullets, but he was extremely lucky.

He just had his mast broken and the huge tent overturned. No one knew how many casualties there were. Looking at the second round flying in the sky, Ji Wuliang shouted: "Accelerate, accelerate, rush to the raft!"

The rudder was still good. The rudder handle came out from under the sail with blood on its head and face, and pulled the rudder hard. The sailors in the bottom cabin didn't know what happened. They just felt the ship sinking downwards and then upwards.

There was a sudden jump, and then the officer gave the order. With their bare arms, they grasped the pole in front of them with both hands, stepped on the wheel blades in front of them with their feet, and the boat quickly sailed downstream.

In this round of shooting, both sides suffered heavy casualties. Two of the more than ten warships of the Northern Expeditionary Army sank on the spot, and four or five more were spinning around in place. The sailors on the ship desperately controlled the ship to avoid encountering other ships.

They collided. This was because their ships were all covered with iron armor and were in slightly better condition. As for the more than twenty ships of the Jingzhou Navy, more than half of them had lost their combat effectiveness and were floating down the river like dead fish.

In the channel of the raft platform on the river, warships of the Jingzhou Navy sailed out one after another, setting up a second interception line in front of the raft platform. The Jingzhou Navy still had thirty warships, and the Northern Expedition Army only had twenty

The ship is gone.
Chapter completed!