There is no formation in the water battle above all the waters, because the two ark troops were all jumping and fighting with each other. When the warships had a juncture, except for the Daliang water battle ten years ago, there was no more water battle between Chu and Qin, so the Chu army naturally did not develop a systematic water battle formation. After the appearance of the sea boat, most of the generals and soldiers of the boat army were transferred to the sea soldiers. The generals who were proficient in water battles were seriously lacking in the boat officials, and the Chu army's water battle capabilities were greatly reduced.

This is why the Yue people could survive to the end and all the entire army was destroyed. Zuo Kai was not at all grateful. He was deeply afraid of this world, whether it was the Jingbi wings, the artillery and sea boats, the huge iron armor, and the cement and sponge. These things made him awe. The world became increasingly difficult for him to understand, and he became more and more cautious.

The last time the Qin army had a twenty-four boat round formation, what kind of battle formation would they have? One-on-one, ten-on-ten, the Qin people are by no means an enemy, but if more than a hundred warships are fighting, it is hard to say who will fight to death. The number of Qin army warships is twice that of our own, and the formations they can use are more than their own.

The artillery is not useless, it is just the artillery. Can the twelve artillery really change the situation of the battle? It is difficult to drive it. There are twelve artillery on one side of the Chaos-class gunboat, with 24 artillery pieces in the ship, and one team of 120 artillery pieces. Moreover, the artillery pieces are all 32 kilograms of artillery pieces, not the fifteen kilograms of large-wing gunboats.

The artillery bombards the warship, and it will be a hole when it hits the warship in one blow. It would be fine if it hits horizontally, the shells will penetrate the gangways on both sides, kill at most a few slingers, and then pass through it like this. Such shelling does not help much in water battles, and its damage to the warship is not as good as the iron bombs fired by a large crossbow at close range.

If a large Jing crossbow hits the shore of the warship at close range, it will not penetrate in an instant, but will break and collapse together with the supporting ribs. If the hit position is near the waterline, a large hole that is more than ten times larger than the diameter of the iron bomb will make the warship tilt and sink quickly. Unfortunately, the Chu Yue warship, which had not had water battles for many years, unloaded the large Jing crossbow, and only a few small Jing crossbows were left on the warship.

Cheng Feng, Jing Gui, Xiang Chao and other magistrates did not understand water war. Luo Kai, who was fully in charge of this battle, did not recommend waiting for the Yue soldiers stationed in Zhudi to arrive, but chose to start a war with the Qin people immediately. After all, the Qin people's warships will increase by more than 300 every month.

Instead of waiting for the Yue soldiers who were unable to separate their ties to come to Zhudi, it would be better not to let them go. With the existing 221 warships, the Qin people will decide their lives and deaths again. Don’t forget that the coalition forces in the Battle of Daze had a total of 419 warships. In short, the warships of Wei and Zhao armies were actually only 176.

It cannot be said that the Qin people's warships were sunk by the Chu and Yue armies, and many of them were sunk by the Qin people themselves. The large and large boats of the Ba people and the warships of the Wei and Zhao armies also played a role in seizing the Qin people's troops, but the 176 warships of Chu and Yue were really supported by the battle situation. Luo Kai believed that the Qin people's warships should not exceed 500, and before that, the Qin people's warships covered the large siege and listed four horizontal formations, with no one thousand and eight hundred warships. There were more boats that could be fought than last time, and the number of enemy warships was only half of the last time, which may not be without hope of victory.

Early in the morning of the second day of the military discussion, all the warships docked east of Nanzheng were anchored, and under the eyes of the military and civilians in the city, they walked against the current and upstream of the Mian River. This section of Mian River was nearly one mile wide, but there were many shoals. Two hundred and twenty-one warships plus Luo Kai's flagship were arranged in five rows, twelve large-wing gunboats were in front, the remaining soldiers and strong soldiers of the Battle of Daze were behind, the fifth division of the Zhu family was in the middle, and the Xiang army was in the back. The huge boat team was facing the red sun slowly rising behind them, and walked towards Juyi amid the sound of drums.

Nanzheng is more than 230 miles away from the Juyi waterway. The boat team went up the water for five knots, which took seventeen or eighteen hours, which was a whole day to row to Juyi. The Qin army had warships patrol and guarded the Mian River west of Nanzheng, and closely watched more and more Chu army warships. As soon as they saw the boat team rising up, they immediately fled west like rabbits. Before noon, the shogunate located in Juyi received the news: The Jing people are coming!

The mansion of Jujun Lu Cai in the past became the shogunate of Zhao Ying, the general of Zhoushi. At this time, Bai Lin was leading his army to attack Bazhudi, and Meng Tian was still in the old Daoyi, and he had never gone south. The people headed south were countless soldiers, baggage, cattle, horses, and food. The Jinniu Road was burned by the retreating Chu people. What was more difficult than attacking Bazhudi was to build more than 200 miles of plank roads. The Zhoushi was stationed in Juyi to ensure the safety and transportation of people, animals, and materials.

"How many warships do they have?" As soon as the autumn rain passed, the entire Nanzheng Basin was sunny, and the small but very bright Mingtang was filled with generals. The person who spoke was not Zhao Ying, the general of Zhoushi, but his current confidant, Armenias, the Baidi man.

"Report to the general, Baidi people asked, how many warships do the Jing people have?" Wu Ji translated on the side. At the request of Aristotle IV, Zhao Zheng instructed the Tingwei Mansion to sentence him lightly and allow money to atone for his sins. He once again became the interpreter of the Qin army's boat army. But unlike the last time, the eldest son Fusu became the guardian of the Qin army's boat army for the first time because of his "intelligent and sanctified village, pure filial piety and good deeds". With Fusu here, Wu Ji could no longer deceive him. This may be Zhao Zheng's original intention.

"There are more than 200 warships, but less than 240." Zhao Ying did not look at Wu Ji, but looked at Armenias. After the Battle of Daze, he knew very well whether the Bai Dizhou general was really proficient in water warfare.

"What kind of warship is it?" Armenias continued to ask, different warships have different functions, and this should not be careless.

"No..." Zhao Ying looked at Hou Zheng, the boatman. After Hou Zheng said that, he said, "It's all five oars and warships."

The Chu army's five-aper battleships are very different from the Qin army's five-aper battleships. They are made very short to rotate on the narrow waterways in the south. Armenias has seen that kind of warship. Combined with the magical turning technology of the Chuni warship and the shorter hull, they are more flexible than the Qin army's three-aper battleships.

"General, our army has four hundred and fifty-eight warships, twice the number of the Chunis. Our warships are not as flexible as the Chunis, but I don't think we should fight the Chunis downstream of this small town as discussed before."

The Chu army was gathering troops. The purpose of gathering troops was naturally to regain control of the Mianshui waterway west of Nanzheng, cut off the retreat route of Bai Lin's troops, ensure the safety of Bashu, and welcome the divided divisions and brigades. This means that the two sides will inevitably have another tragic water battle. In the upcoming water battle, the result of the military discussion between Zhao Ying and others was to defend the Mianshui waterway below Juyi. Now Armenias suddenly opposed the military discussion results that everyone had agreed with, and the generals present suddenly became noisy.

Like Li Xin, Zhao Ying was the direct general promoted by Zhao Zheng. The decisive charge in the Battle of Weinan made him convinced by all the generals of the Qin army. The noise from his subordinates made him a little unhappy. He raised his hand and the noisy Mingtang immediately calmed down.

"The general thinks, where should our army fight with the Jing people?" The topic reached the most critical point. Zhao Ying couldn't help but look at Fusu. He was worried that Wu Ji, the Jing people, would be tricked again.

"We should give up the downstream of the river and fight the Chuni people in the lake upstream." Armenias's answer surprised Wu Ji, and even more surprised the obedient Zhao Ying. He immediately looked at Fusu and saw Fusu nodding slightly, and then he was sure that Wu Ji was not deceived himself. The Baidi people said so.

"How can this be done!" Yang Duanhe shook his head, "If our army abandons this place, what about General Bai?"

"Our army should fight with the Jing people below Juyi!" Tian Wu also opposed the Baidi people's opinions. "The Jing people's warships are swift and fight at the Mian River. Their turn is controlled by the wide water. If they fight in the big lake, the Jing people's warships are like cunning fish entering the sea. How can our army win?"

This time, Zhao Ying did not raise his hand to prohibit his subordinates from speaking. He also disagreed with giving up the downstream of Juyi and the downstream of Juyi. What should Bai Lin do if the tens of thousands of Qin troops? What should he do if the tens of thousands of powerful soldiers who repaired the plank road? Also, the Qin army finally retreated with a circular formation. Isn’t it just because of the dense queues that restrained their extremely fast collision?

Fighting on the Mianshui waterway, which is only one mile wide, our own array can be very dense. If we abandon the Mianshui waterway and fight in the Daze, with just over 400 warships on our own, even if we can cover the Daze, the array will be very thin.

Each general was opposing Armenias' proposal, and Wu Ji selected to translate some words, which did not make Armenias unhappy, but instead made him smile. He knew the psychology of the generals here. Like the Chuni fleet, they did not get rid of the deep-rooted land warfare thinking and regarded themselves as naval generals. Relatively speaking, the Chuni people were better, although they used warships more often to transport the army.

When the Mingtang was in a quarrel, Armenias lowered his head and drew his own idea of ​​a decisive battle on a piece of Chu paper. He also knew that Wu Ji was an unreliable spy, and his words would be tampered with and distorted by him, but the drawing could not. For the sake of caution, he did not hand over the idea of ​​a decisive battle to Wu Ji, but to Fusu.

"Never think about problems like the army, we will definitely fail." Armenias said. After Wu Ji passed this sentence, Zhao Ying's expression suddenly shook.

"In the river, our strength advantage cannot be exerted. Only the ten warships in the front are really fighting. Yes, we can defeat the Chuni, and we have more warships than them. We can exchange two warships for the Chuni and one warship..." Armenias paused for a moment, waiting for Wu Ji to translate and looked at the generals around the audience and looked at each person.

"But in this case, I don't understand why His Majesty hired us? Any captain can command such a small battle. It must also be noted that once the sunken warship blocks the river, we lose the opportunity to wipe out the Chuni fleet.
Chapter completed!