?The fire was shattered in the thick smoke. Zhou and Chen Shuijun's vehicles and ships were first seen. Chen Shuijun's vehicles and ships were countered by the hooked ropes thrown into the river by Zhou's army. Many of the water wheels of the vehicles and ships were stuck. Some of the vehicles and ships could not move and leave the water surface to fate, while others struggled desperately with one or two of the water wheels intact.

In fact, it is just a dying struggle. The waterwheel is stuck and cannot move, which means it loses power. The warships are very close to each other and are inconvenient to paddle. What's more, Chen Jun is now facing the wind against the current, and the ships will go east when they float on the river, not to mention that Zhou Jun is struggling to squeeze in the west (upstream).

I used to think that I was fully prepared and could use moves to resolve the Zhou army's offensive, but the other party defeated the moves. The car and ship formation that Chen Jun worked hard to build and practice was now a tiger with only teeth and claws pulled out.

Seeing that the confrontation was defeated, the Zhou army was backed by the ships of the vehicles and ships. The unbearable scene of the Battle of Zhengrongzhou was about to reappear. The Chen army soldiers gritted their teeth and were about to rush forward for a hand-to-hand battle.

Although the original fire ship still emitted a lot of choking smoke, the smoke floating in the wind did not affect their vision much. They forced themselves to jump to help with discomfort.

The vehicles and ships of both sides were crowded together like flat ground, and the water battle became like Battle 6. Chen's last hope to turn the situation around was to be able to seize the ship in bloody battles. Of course, the Zhou army also understood this.

Facing the crowd of Chen soldiers who were howling to jump into the gang, Zhou Jun used a large crossbow to harvest the opponent's lives with a number of arrows. Chen Jun also had a similar large crossbow - the Wanjun Divine Crossbow, which was also a number of arrows, but the winding was much slower.

"What's going on? They all shot two times. Our second string has not yet been well!"

"I don't know, we are also pulling the strings hard..." The soldiers struggled to rotate the winch. The Wanjun divine crossbow was powerful, but the problem that followed was that the string was slow, just like a person with strong strength must eat a lot. No one thought it was strange that the Wanjun divine crossbow was slow.

But the big crossbow of Zhou's opposite army is different. Its power is no smaller than that of the Wanjun divine crossbow. But for some reason, the stringing is obviously much faster, which shocked the Chen army's soldiers.

The Southern Dynasty naval army had a long history of using the Wanjun divine crossbow. It had similar things as early as the Eastern Jin Dynasty. It was passed down from generation to generation that the Wanjun divine crossbow was a consensus, and no one had ever thought about new situations, such as what to do if the enemy's Wanjun divine crossbow or large crossbow shot fast.

Some people speculated that Zhou Jun used an exquisite winding mechanism. However, before they could think too much, the Zhou Jun crossbow on the opposite side shot out many fireballs. The fireballs broke into the warship and splashed out a lot of burning liquid.

"It's sesame oil, hurry up, put out the fire!" The generals shouted at the top of their lungs. They also asked the archers to shoot rockets at the Zhou army's warships. Many rockets successfully ignited the opponent's warships, but they were wiped out by the large pumps they installed.

"Tear off all the wet straws on fire, and...ah!"

Before he could finish his words, a general who was commanding to extinguish the fire was shot down by a wandering arrow. The others braved the cold arrows everywhere and tried to extinguish the fire. A layer of wet straw was covered on the deck, and some of them had been ignited. After they were stripped off, they would be fine.

The so-called Li Dai Taoshou is also a forced fire prevention method. It is effective if it is just to deal with sporadic rockets or floating Mars, but it is difficult to escape the Zhou army's rainy rockets.

"Extinguish the fire, put out the fire quickly!" The soldiers on each warship were anxious to put out the fire. The rockets on both sides shot at the back, and the smoke from their side was smoky.

In fact, Chen Jun shot a lot of rockets on the opponent's ship, but the water column shot from Zhou Jun's big pump suppressed the fire. This was also a method he used in Zhengrongzhou. Chen Jun also wanted to imitate it, but the big pump he made could not achieve this effect.

Because it is very difficult to push the push rod with a large pump full of water, it is possible to push it slowly, but the water emitted is not far away, so it can shoot a column of water like Zhou Jun's large pump.

I have tried various mechanisms, either the pump push rod cannot stand the strong external force and break it, or the water is soft and soft like an old man in his seventies. Therefore, Chen Jun cannot waste the rockets with Zhou Jun.

Suddenly, many flames rose from behind the Zhou army's vehicles and ships, passing through the sky like meteors of fire. The soldiers looked up and saw burning fireballs one by one. It seemed that the trencher of the warship behind the Zhou army had shot out many flammable objects, with the purpose of igniting the Chen army's warship on the second line.

The soldiers who tried to jump to the gang suffered heavy casualties. The other party just guarded their own vehicles and ships without intending to seize the ship. They held their strength and pushed forward and squeezed them with the water wheels. Seeing that their own ship formation was in chaos and was squeezed backwards, the soldiers could not attack, and more and more ships were lit.

A Chen army warship dug a hole at the bottom of the ship, so that the hull was mostly tilted into the water but did not sink, hoping to prevent the Zhou army's ship from advancing. However, this was only slightly frozen for a moment and then squeezed away.

More boats burned, and the choking feeling gradually blurred. Rolling heat waves came from all around. They felt as if they were in a furnace, breathing became more and more difficult, and there seemed to be a fire in their throats.

Looking up at a fire, many of their comrades jumped into the water on fire and wailing, looking at the intact Zhou army vehicles and ships opposite, and then looking at their own smoked warships. Many of them gave up putting out the fire and jumped straight into the river.

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"It seems that the front line has failed," Chen Shujian said sadly. The smoke at the front line at the front line was rolling, and many of his own warships had begun to burn. What was even more unsettling was that they had already 'retrenched' towards the rear.

"How could it be..." Some generals couldn't believe it. They did a lot of preparations for this battle. Based on the Zhou army's tactics, they came up with many strategies to defeat the enemy, but now they seem completely useless.

They are located in the middle of the fleet, and the battle situation ahead is just a rough look. The large-scale battle line is about to turn into a sea of ​​fire. Of course, it is also possible that the Zhou army's warships were burned, but just by looking carefully for a moment, you will find clues: the fire is burning downward, which is where they are.

"What do you think? Is it necessary to hold on?" Uncle Chen asked. The progress of the war was already very clear. Their forwards failed to withstand the Zhou army's attack. It was originally a water battle against the current and wind. If they fought hard, they would only be a big defeat.

"Master, let's act according to that plan." The generals expressed their opinions one after another, and everyone's opinions were also very unified. It was obvious that they could not win the battle, so there was no need to be entangled.

"King, the loss of the vanguard fleet is small. If the Zhou army pushed the fired warships like a storm of the rugged continent, this fire wall would not be a joke."

"King, our army is now against the current and wind, and the battle cannot be fought!"

"Yes, follow the plan, then let's withdraw first." Chen Shujian waved his hand weakly. He looked at the golden-winged ships around him who had not yet fought, and felt helpless, and there was nowhere to use them.

Although out of expectations, the battle has just begun before the dust has settled.

The generals all looked helpless. When the commander gave the order, they signaled the soldiers on the ship to sing gold. Although they were a little unwilling, they were all long-standing generals and had to face reality at critical moments.

Their tactics failed. They originally wanted to use vehicles and ships as vans to be vans, and they would compete with the vehicles and ships that Zhou Jun must be vans. Even if they couldn't win, they would have to suffer losses. Then there was a match between the big ships.

Zhou Jun's warship rods were very fast, and Chen Jun also had a solution to deal with it. Each ship was equipped with iron claw ropes, and the other party's slap was immediately hooked and tied up, so that it could not be taken away. In this way, no matter how fast the slap was, it would be useless.

This tactic is very practical. The Chen State naval army has tested it well, so this battle is full of confidence. The Zhou army's large ship is easy to deal with. The same method is tied up with the other party's pole, and the opponent's ability to fight is useless at this time.

Of course, our warships were also restrained by the turtle ship, but with the Wanjun magic crossbow to shoot rockets, these turtle ships in cowhide will not last long. Anyway, there is no need to worry about the consumption of Chen's large ships. The one who can't stand it after the consumption is finally the Zhou army.

One strategy to defeat the enemy has been fully discussed. Chen Shujian knew that "striking troops with anger" was a taboo in military strategists, so he summoned all generals to carefully analyze the pros and cons. After careful consideration, he issued an order to send troops, allowing the main force of the Jiangzhou naval army to advance to Xisai Mountain.

If the Zhou army dare not come, it will be just right to buy time for the reconstruction of Xisai Mountains and Rivers and the 6th camps. If the other party feels it is beneficial to go smoothly and is arrogant and comes out in a hurry, then Chen army will give the other party a wake-up call, and determine the outcome of the battle to annihilate the Zhou naval army, so as not to disturb the Jiangnan area.

It is useless to just deploy defense along the river. Zhou army attacked everywhere by boat. The long river defense is easily broken by the opponent. At that time, how can the Beacon Fort last until reinforcements arrive? Only by defeating the Zhou naval army is the right way.

This is the root cause. The risks are high but the benefits are high. Once you win, the Yingzhou of Chen State will be calm for several years. The Zhou army will no longer be able to go south to harass it except staying in Jiangbei.

As a result, the war is not good now, so there is also a solution to it, that is, retreat.

This is a plan that was scheduled before departure, and even if it is implemented now, it will never cause chaos, because Chen Jun's fleet is divided into three parts, first, middle and back, and each part is kept at a certain distance.

If the forward fails, then the second and second parts will retreat. The original upwind and upsurge becomes smooth sailing. Even the warship does not need to turn around. As long as the sail controls the direction of the ship with the long oar, you can retreat quickly.

The degree of retreat must be controlled. It cannot be so slow that the Zhou army can catch up quickly, nor can it quickly make the other party give up the pursuit. It just chases and escapes, and reaches Weiyuankou, more than 20 miles downstream, and there will be a chance.

They have to give back twice the tricks of Zhou’s army in the Battle of Zhengrongzhou!

The Chen army warships set sail and retreated according to the order. With the northwest wind, they retreated quite quickly. After abandoning the vanguard, the central army and the rear army quickly sailed out for a distance. However, they could obviously go faster, but they were a little slow, as if they were giving Zhou army a chance to catch up.

The Zhou army warships were entangled with their vanguards. According to the current situation, when the other party broke through the fire ship, they should be able to withdraw a long distance, but now they have only walked for a short distance.
Chapter completed!