?? On the river on the southeast side of Zhengrongzhou, the water battle continued. As soon as the Zhou army came up, they used a series of vehicles and ships to rush into the front of the Chen army and then the soldiers on both sides started a bloody battle of platoons, and the water surface began to turn red as the battle progressed.

The Zhou army, who was in the upstream, sent several batches of vehicles and ships to push down the downstream and squeezed the Chen army's warships, just like two groups of people fighting on a narrow staircase but were equally matched. Except for the warships in front, the warships behind them were all 'shoulder one after another'.

In this case, the rods of the big ships were not useful, and the artillery carriages of the warships behind did not dare to fire the guns forward easily to avoid accidental injury. Zhou Jun used this simple and crude tactic to turn what would have been a thrilling war into another kind of land war.

The soldiers on the warships behind marched along the crowded warships and went straight to the front line of hand-to-hand combat. Because the big ships on both sides were crowded together, the deck of the ship, which had originally fluctuated on the river, is now "still calm", and a large number of soldiers are walking fast on it as if they are walking on flat ground.

Last week, the warships of Chen and his army were crowded together like a new sandbank. The deck was full of soldiers covered in slashing each other while the mast was crossbowmen shooting each other. The small boats between the big ships were chasing and fighting. From time to time during the battle, people fell into the water and bursts of blood red appeared.

During the fierce battle, a ignition suddenly appeared at the forefront of the war between the two sides. This was Chen Jun setting fire to the ship and burning their own ships. The warships in the back row had already retracted their sails and tried to retreat with the efforts of the oarsmen.

The southeast wind was blowing on the battlefield, so when the Chen army's warships burned, the fire burned towards the Zhou army warships that were connected to them. After these Zhou army warships were crowded together, if the fire was not extinguished in time, the fire would soon swallow most of the Zhou army warships under the strong southeast wind.

"Bind yourself into a cocoon and burn you bastards to death!"

The Chen army soldiers shouted and cursed as the victims, watching their warships that had already begun to burn, and they were waiting for the warships to ignite the Zhou army warships beside them and then burned the Zhou army's main formation in the northwest with the help of the wind.

Because there are ships behind them, they cannot retreat too far, so there is a danger of being ignited by these ships. However, because it is in the upper wind direction, there are much less Mars floating over even if there are sporadic fires.<>

Chen Jun was in the army, and the deputy commander Fan Yi was calm when he saw the fire in front of him. Zhou Jun's desperate water battle style really opened his eyes, but now he was in a hurry because of the southeast wind. The other party could only lose.

Unless the northwest wind blows now, you will have to wait to die!

Just as he thought of this, he saw a commotion coming from the front. A moment later, a general reported that the Zhou army warship was using means to put out the fire, and the method was so great that it suppressed the fire.

"What methods did they use?" Fan Yi asked. The Chen soldiers who participated in the war this time had seen the "big scene" and could tell the means, which means that the other party's fire-fighting methods were indeed 'good'.

"It's a pump. The enemy uses pump to put out the fire!!"

"This is impossible!" Someone blurted out. The pump is a water utensil made of bamboo. There is a water rod and a squid (connected into one). Put the end of the bamboo tube into the water and pull the squid water rod upwards, and the water enters the bamboo tube through the orifice. Then aim the mouth of the bamboo tube at the fire and push the water rod to extinguish the fire.

Using a pump to extinguish a fire is like a useless person. If it is a small fire, then it can be extinguished with other means. If it is a big fire, then the little water in the pump is useless and it will not be shot far. This thing is often a toy for children.

"It's a big pump, and it's twenty or thirty steps away with a spray of water. There are five or six of the water they sprayed out on each enemy ship that suppresses the fire!!"

Fan Yi frowned when he heard this. Since Zhou Jun was ready to use fire, it seemed that the effect of using fire would be much smaller. The other party seemed to be determined to use the fighting technique of fighting on the side. Even if he won this battle, Chen Jun would probably be seriously injured.

"General, the warship near Bakou just sent a signal. Could there be an ambush there?" A general reminded that the war is stalemate now. If the enemy appears in the back line, it may be a bad idea.

Another person said that even if there were surprises in the Zhou army, there would be no more surprises. The army had just arrived at Xikou. The shipwrecked ships were placed in Bakou to prevent ambushing from Xishui and rushing out of the Bashui. Now even if there are warships at most, some small boats parked on the shore are not much larger. <>

"I saw the lookout when I passed by the Five Continents before. There were not many ships on it. This was just a means for the Zhou army to disrupt our morale!"

"The guard ships will stop them. What a panic!!"

While the discussion was taking place, the sound of collisions came from the upstream one after another. Then the warships in front collided one after another and even touched one by one to the central warships. A moment later, news came from the front that Zhou army's vehicles and ships were rowing along the river and pressing their warships backwards. The gap between the first row of warships and the warships behind gradually shortened, and now all the ships were crowded together again.

"Can the two-wing Clippers of our army beside us?" Fan Yi asked. When he learned that the two-wing Clippers were fighting hard on the two wings, he sneered: "They are determined to waste their lives, so let's waste it!"

"Let the soldiers advance and fight with the Zhou army!"

"Continue setting the fire and see how much water their pumps can spray!"

"Let the cannon drivers estimate the distance and launch the rockets, and let the archers shoot the rockets, and see how long they can last!"

Fan Yi made up his mind. If this battle continues like this, it will probably be a loss-win situation. He has a reserve team behind him, but the other party is afraid that he will be in full swing. Even if he loses, he will not be able to continue chasing him.

Even if it is consumed here, it doesn't matter. The Bazhou navy in the upper reaches is intact and the land army can directly attack Xiakou and besiege Zhou's army. The Zhou army warships in front of them should be the only main force, so after this battle, they cannot go back to Xiakou to fight the Bazhou navy in their own side.

"The scene is so ugly..." He smiled self-deprecatingly. He had never thought that he would fight an unorganized melee here for decades. Nothing strange ideas can only be used to win the battle in the simplest and most crude way.

Just like two shirtless strong men fighting with bare hands and hands until one of them fell down without any strength. There was no boxing technique, and no skills were used to rely on how to carry or fight.<>

Fan Yi believed that the commander of the Zhou army must be a lunatic. Even if he wins this tactic, he would not be able to control the Yangtze River with the remaining warships. If the Yangtze River waterway could not control the Zhou army's troops who went south to cross the river and landed on the shore would be finished sooner or later.

"Enemy, there are enemy warships downstream. Many enemy warships!!" The lookout hand shouted loudly on the mast. The generals on the deck looked at each other and couldn't believe the situation at all.

Where did the Zhou army go to create so many warships to attack? Bakou and Xikou are already blocked, and it will take half a day to clear where they come out of so many warships into the river?

"There are many, and our guards can't stop it anymore!" The lookout screamed in a hurry. He couldn't believe that the scene in front of him was indeed happening.

Fan Yi didn't care about so much attention to climbing the mast to see what happened. Although he was old, his military career was still in his life, so he didn't have much effort to climb the mast. He raised his eyes to the southeast and couldn't help but take a breath of air conditioning.

On the river, dense Zhou army warships emerged from somewhere, and broke through the interception of their own defenders and approached their own formation. Most of the opponents were clutches, although they were countercurrent, but then they were sailing with the southeast wind. The speed was very fast.

Another Chen army warship in this formation turned around and wanted to intercept it, but it was too late. The Zhou army's clutch had already rushed to a hundred steps before they could get out of the team. Fan Yi saw that many warships were emitting fire.

"It's the fire ship..." he murmured to himself, his face turning pale.

......

In the southeast wind, the Zhou army's fire ships rushed towards the Chen army's formation in the northwest direction upstream. Some were desperately stopped by the Chen army's defenders, but most of them broke through the interception. Before the sails were burned by their own fire, they crashed into the enemy formation.

The wind assisted the fire, and the fire leveraged the power of the wind. Countless fire ships caused the fire to gather in the Chen army's formation and burned to the northwest. The Chen army's fleet was driven by Zhou army's vehicles and ships and burned again. It was already a dilemma.

Warships after ships were ignited. The sails that were too late to collect were ignited by Mars and then spread to the hull. The Chen Jun warships squeezed together were difficult to move even the oars, let alone dodge.

The soldiers ran and shouted on the deck in panic. The generals were in a panic and commanded the soldiers to put out the fire, but the fire had already risen. They were in the downwind and where could they be put out the fire. Some soldiers' hair and eyebrows were rolled up by the flames. Some were choked by the thick smoke and tears were flowing.

The heat wave hit people almost couldn't breathe. Chen Jun soldiers were panting and carrying the fired water in wooden barrels, but it was a drop in the bucket. The spreading fire was no longer something they could suppress.

A burnt mast hit the busy deck. Several soldiers were killed on the spot and injured. This smash completely destroyed the soldiers' courage to put out the fire and ran away regardless of the general's scolding.

Those who were simply escaping towards the warship ahead and dived and swam away with a sport. These people had already seen that the main fleet of the army would have to end up as long as they stayed on the ship and didn't want to die, so it would be better to jump into the water and escape sooner or later.

The south bank is a territory controlled by our side, so when we get ashore, we are not afraid of being captured. What's more important is that it is safe to escape now. The Zhou army's clutch is busy fighting with its clutch and has no time to deal with the fallen water. If the overall situation is determined later, the other party will definitely chase after it unscrupulously and will not be able to escape.

Some of the Chen Jun soldiers who were foresighted and used their hands and feet to quickly escaped from the formation and swam to the south waters. Seeing that there were no pursuers around them, they were slowing down their swimming movements and floating on the river surface. When they turned around, they saw that the fleet that was originally densely packed into a wooden sandbank had now turned nearly 20% from the eastern end into a sea of ​​fire.
Chapter completed!