Chapter 234 Target, Lu Kang's head!
It is not a big blame for Zhu Xiang, Luo Xian and others that I can't believe Fu Gong. The main reason is that the strength of the Eastern Wu navy in Jingzhou is indeed extraordinary. Not to mention the number of troops being more than 20,000, the ships of all sizes are even more than a thousand. They line up on the water, flags covering the river and sunshine, horns and drums shook the sky and the earth, and their momentum is extremely majestic, far from comparable to the new Han navy.
Leading such a huge naval fleet to fight, Lu Kang is of course a majestic weapon and a beautiful spirit. However, Lu Kang is also a cautious person. He predicted that the Han army would definitely adopt the beheading tactic, so Lu Kang did not dare to take the risk of letting his flagship ship be in the front, and chose to put his flagship in the center of the fleet, so that the capable generals would leave their concerns to lead the headquarters to protect his fleet. He also set up more strong bows and crossbows on the flagship, arranged strong generals to guard the deck, and arranged the work of defending himself very carefully.
From top to bottom, the rookie navy of the Han army was not taken seriously. Under the high morale, while riding the wind and waves, the soldiers of the Eastern Wu also sang the Song of the Eastern Wu army in an orderly manner.
"The mysterious image is transformed into heaven, and your Majesty is holy. He will lead the emperor's principles and lead the way to calm the people. Benefit the water and spread the clouds, and be harmonious with the relatives. The king and his ministers are having a banquet and cheering, and sing and promoting wonderful new things. When you build a temple, you must prepare to tour Luojin at the right time. Be healthy and prosperous, and the world is happy, and the country is happy and the country is close to each other."
Hearing this loud and majestic singing, Lu Kang smiled and looked ahead, and said in his heart: "Fu Gongpin, don't you hope that the governor will lead the army to fight in person? The governor will come in person as you wish. Come on, let's see if you will capture the thief first, or will you wipe out all the thief navy."
Fu Gong did not disappoint Lu Kang. He had just discovered the news that the Eastern Wu Navy had been dispatched. After confirming that Lu Kang's flagship was also in the Eastern Wu fleet, Fu Gong immediately ordered the entire army to prepare for war. At the same time, he beat drums and gathered generals and shouted to the Han navy generals: "Everyone, let me tell you a good news. Lu Kang, who was personally led the main force of the Eastern Wu dog thief, came! Now I decided to all our warships and fight to the death with the Eastern Wu dog thief's navy!"
The Han generals who had been asking for battle a few days ago were stunned, and then the navy general Jia Peng asked carefully: "General, do you want us to fight the main force of the Eastern Wu navy?"
"What? Don't have the courage?" Fu Gong asked back.
"No." Jia Peng quickly shook his head and said, "The general just felt strange. Why don't you allow us to fight when the thief army sent a few fleets or partial divisions to fight? Why did Lu Kang personally lead the main force of the Dongwu dog thieves, and you want us to fight again?"
"Because I don't want to use our precious combat power on the partial division of the Eastern Wu dog thieves!" Fu Gong replied loudly, saying: "We have only one purpose of this Eastern Expedition, that is, to capture and kill Lu Kang's man, kill this shameless rat who repeatedly provokes and hates our Han army! Then take advantage of the situation to defeat the Eastern Wu thieves, and make a decisive battle!"
Unexpectedly, Fu Gong's appetite would be so big, and the Han generals were inevitably a little speechless. Fu Gongze said again: "I know, you must be worried that our soldiers have no practical experience, and it is unlikely that they will be opponents of the thief army. We must also be worried that our strength is insufficient and that we cannot defeat the main force of the Dog Thieves of the Eastern Wu. But don't forget that our Great Han Navy was destined to fight to the death with the Dog Thieves of the Eastern Wu since the day of its establishment! It is our responsibility and our mission to defeat the Dog Thieves of the Eastern Wu! So even if the enemy is strong and we are weak, we must rise up to fight and fight to the death with the Dog Thieves of the Eastern Wu!"
"If you don't have the courage to fulfill this responsibility, you can speak now, I won't force it." Fu Gong said again: "But if you still feel that you are a man of heaven and earth, follow me to lead the army to fight head-on with the Eastern Wu dog thieves who have a blood hatred against our Han army!"
Fu Gong had already said this, and the generals of the Han army had to hold their fists together and said neatly: "I wish to listen to the general's order!"
"Very good." Fu Gong nodded with satisfaction and said, "The tactics of this decisive battle are very simple. Our fleet formed a diamond formation, used fire rafts to open the way, and took the flagship of the Dongwu dog thief, captured and killed Lu Kangmu! Then disrupted the thief army naval forces with a complete rebellion! Do you understand?"
"clear!"
The Han generals quickly agreed, and Fu Gong pointed to Jia Peng and Jiang Chang again and said, "Japeng, you lead your fleet as the pioneer and responsible for blocking the warships around the flagship of the thief army. My flagship and the central army are responsible for directly taking the flagship of the Lu Anti-Peomen! Jiang Chang, the brigade is led by you. If I am unfortunately killed or my flagship unfortunately sinks, your ship will immediately raise the flag and direct our fleet to retreat upstream!"
The second general sang a no-no, and Fu Gongze said to Jiang Chang again: "General Jiang, if I am unfortunately killed, our navy will depend on you. Remember to say to the next general for me, I have done my best."
Hearing this, Jiang Chang's nose suddenly felt sore, he nodded quickly and replied, "Don't worry, General, I will remember."
Fu Gong nodded and said loudly: "Okay, now everyone will return to our ship, and then all the Han Navy will be dispatched to avenge the Battle of Yiling!"
"They are back, and the middle is coming. Summer is coming. They are about to reach the north to inherit the Ganquan Palace. The cold and summer virtues are destined to travel to Shiguan, looking at the countries, the ministers of Yuezhi and the Xiongnu. They ordered all officials to rush to drive away, and they will live the joy of the endless years."
Amid the more majestic military singing, the Han Navy, composed of more than 400 large and small warships, was dispatched, and drove out of the harbor under the leadership of the Han army's Hengjiang General Fu Gong, and quickly formed a diamond-shaped battle formation on the rolling water of the Yangtze River. Then Zhang Fan set sail, and with the help of the impact of the water flow, he maintained a tight formation and drove downstream. Red Han flags also fluttered in the wind on the river.
Thousands of fire rafts filled with plastic bags of firewood and grass were sailing with the army. At the same time, in the cabin of the Han army's flagship, twenty men in leather armor were silent. Each of them had a rectangular wooden box tied to their chests, and paper armored arrows were tied to the wooden box, making their bodies look bloated and ridiculous. However, a murderous aura that soared into the sky could be clearly felt on the 20 men.
"All the heroes, it depends on you next." Fu Gong said in a deep voice to these men.
"Don't worry, General, we have been prepared for this since the day you received your great kindness."
The answer was that Qiu Li, who had been knelt into food by Fu Gong, and the other men nodded and said, "General, we will definitely repay your great kindness."
While speaking, the Eastern Wu fleet that was coming against the current was already visible from afar. When the situation was reported to Fu Gong, Fu Gong quickly rushed to the deck to observe the enemy situation. He also saw the herringbone formation adopted by the Eastern Wu fleet, protecting the flagship to the center. Fu Gong also sneered: "It's prudent enough, but it doesn't matter. No matter how flexible the warship is, no one is flexible. As long as I find a way to rush to your flagship to fight the boarding battle, you will be dead."
At the same time, Lu Kang had certainly seen the formation of the Han army's fleet. Seeing the diamond-shaped formation adopted by the Han army, Lu Kang immediately smiled and said, "I want to launch a surprise attack as soon as I come up. It's really for my flagship. Come on, see if you have the chance to rush to the flagship of this governor."
At this time, Fu Gong had ordered the fleet to put down the stone and pause the advance, and at the same time ordered the fire raft to be prepared. When the Eastern Wu fleet was only about four miles away from the Han army fleet, Fu Gong decisively ordered: "Prepare the flag! Set the fire raft!"
The flag was launched, and the Han army soldiers immediately cut off the ropes and let the fire raft go down the flow. When they crossed the Han army fleet, they threw torches on the fire raft, filled with firewood and plastic bags, and ignited oil. They burned when they encountered the fire. They quickly drove forward under the push of the water flow, densely packed and vast, quickly spreading the water surface in front of the Han army fleet, acting as the opening vanguard of the Han army fleet.
"Ye, you are quite good at thinking." Lu Kang praised: "I actually know how to use the advantages of the upstream to set fire rafts to disrupt our formation and create an assault opportunity for you."
"Master-in-chief, what should I do?" Lu Yan asked.
"Don't worry, leave it to our soldiers for treatment." Lu Kang replied confidently: "If our soldiers of the Eastern Wu Navy can't even handle a few fire rafts, then they are not worthy of eating this bowl of rice."
The following situation surprised Lu Kang a little. After releasing all the fire rafts, Fu Gong immediately ordered the Han army fleet to take back the stone, and then immediately followed the fire raft team forward, risking the threat of being threatened by the fire rafts, and directly rushed towards the Eastern Wu fleet, knowing that he would not give the Eastern Wu fleet calmly to the fire rafts.
It was still at this time that Lu Kang, who was deeply despised the Han Navy, took a little bit of energy and ordered: "Prepare the banner and keep our formation in order, and never be confused."
The effect is not very big. Although it is rich in experience and far above the Han army, the power of fire is never possible to stop it by manpower. After thousands of Han army rafts rushed into the Eastern Wu fleet one after another, in order to avoid the heavy smoke of fire, the Eastern Wu Navy's fleet inevitably showed some chaos, and the formation was slightly loose. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Han army fleet, which had the advantage of the upstream, had also rushed to the range of the crossbow.
Without anyone's order, countless feather arrows immediately broke out and shot towards the opponent's warship. The screams of being injured and dying were soon heard on the ships of the two armies.
Here I will introduce the equipment of the Han Army Navy soldiers. Although the paper armor has a fatal weakness of fear of fire and bubbles, given the good anti-arrow effect of paper armor, the Han Army Navy soldiers are generally equipped with double armor of leather armor and paper armor. At the same time, a layer of raw paint was applied to the paper armor for waterproofing and fire prevention. The improved lace can be removed quickly at any time. Therefore, in the long-range crossbow battle, on the shaking water surface, although the crossbow feather arrows of the Han Army Navy soldiers were not as accurate as those of the Eastern Wu soldiers, their own protective power was effectively guaranteed.
This also helped the Han army to interweave. With the protection of the double armor, the Han army soldiers who did not have to worry too much about the threat of feather arrows tried to pull the rudder, rotate the sails, and control the ship to move forward from the gap between the Eastern Wu warships. While fighting desperately, they rushed to the flagship of the Eastern Wu Navy at full speed.
The water war was invincible, and the Eastern Wu navy of course would not allow the Han army warships to easily approach their own flagships. As soon as many Han army warships rushed into the gap between the Eastern Wu warships, the Eastern Wu warships had already thrown hook ropes and hooked the Han army warships to drag the side of the Han army warships in the opposite direction. Then, as long as they leaned on the side of the ship, the Eastern Wu soldiers immediately jumped onto the Han army warships and started close combat with the Han army soldiers on the deck. They also relied on their familiarity with the water surface and fought with the better equipped Han army soldiers.
During this period, torches, fireballs and other objects were constantly thrown onto the ships of the two armies. Many ships were quickly lit with sails coated with tung oil, igniting a huge fire. The soldiers of the two armies caught each other in the thick smoke of fire and fought in an endless battle.
At this time, a scene that surprised the Eastern Wu Navy appeared. Ling Jian of the Han army fleet had just broken into the Eastern Wu army's fleet. The Han army flagship, which was obviously much higher than ordinary warships, rushed into the Eastern Wu Navy's fleet. At the risk of being surrounded by Eastern Wu warships at any time, he rushed directly to the Eastern Wu flagship from the chaos.
"The flagship of the pseudo-Han thief army! Hurry up and rush up and surround him!"
"Shake the hook rope, hook the thief's flagship, and kill Fu Gongpian directly!"
An excited roar sounded on the ships of the Eastern Wu. The dozen or so Eastern Wu warships around were like crazy, all rushed towards the Han army flagship desperately. The Han army warships protecting the flagship quickly fought separately and blocked the enemy ships from approaching the self-armed flagship. Fu Gongze looked calm in front of the cabin of the Han army flagship, and his tiger eyes were just staring at the Dongwu flagship in front, and his hands were still clenched.
The ships were indeed not as flexible as humans. Although the Han army warships were already protecting the flagships, in the chaos, there were still two Eastern Wu warships leaning on the Han army flagship one after another, and immediately threw hooks to hook the Han army flagship to try to seize the ship. Fortunately, the Han army soldiers were prepared. Whenever there was an iron hook to hook the Han army flagship, the Han army sailors immediately took a giant axe and slashed the iron hook, breaking it in two seconds, never giving the Wu army soldiers a chance to take the ship to board the ship. At the same time, they continued to move forward with the help of the water flow and rushed straight towards the Eastern Wu flagship protected by a large number of ships.
The front team of the Han army led by Jia Peng was also very strong. After struggling to block the Wu army's front team, all the ships of the Han army's front team rushed directly to the Wu army's flagship. Although the Wu army's warships failed to rely on the flagship that could resist the land, they also restrained a large number of enemy ships, creating opportunities for the Han army's flagship to approach the Wu army's flagship.
Seeing this scene, Lu Kang sneered and said, "It's crazy enough to use a flagship to attack my flagship. Not to mention that you may not have the chance to rely on my flagship. Even if you force yourself to rely on my flagship, you will be completely surrounded by my warship immediately. If there are too many ants, it depends on how long your flagship can last."
At this time, Fu Gong's flagship was only more than half a mile away from the Wu army's flagship, and more Eastern Wu warships had rushed towards the Han army's flagship, and the howling feather arrows completely covered the Han army's period. However, when the Eastern Wu warship was about to surround the Han army's flagship, the Han army's flagship suddenly burst into thunder, and countless sharp stone iron corners were sprayed out, storming towards the Eastern Wu warships rushing towards them. The Eastern Wu soldiers on the deck were caught off guard and suddenly screamed and fell down. Many people were still covered in blood and blood.
After catching the Wu army soldiers off guard with the difficulty of loading, the Han army flagship quickly rushed through the gap through the encirclement that the Wu army ship was about to form, and continued to rush straight towards Lu Kang's flagship, which was less than a hundred meters away from the enemy ship.
"Protect the flagship!"
It was still at this time that the Wu army ships surrounding the Wu army flagship began to worry and turned their rudders forward to try to stop the Han army flagship. However, unfortunately, at this time, the southeast wind, which was not very large today, weakened even more, seriously affecting the speed of the Wu army ship located downstream. Only a few paddles were rowing forward with manpower to stop the Han army flagship. The Han army flagship, which had a clear advantage in tonnage, did not dodge or dodge, and directly hit the two paddles directly, not only knocked over, but also broke into a gap from the paddle boat and continued to rush towards Lu Kang's flagship.
"Master-in-chief, should you hide?" Lu Yan asked Lu Kang quickly.
After glanced at the limp flag, Lu Chao replied: "It's too late. I'm ready to fight in the near-side battle. Don't be afraid. We have many ships, and even if we fight in the near-side battle, we will definitely win."
"Boom!"
With a loud bang, finally, the Han army flagship that was going downstream hit the bow of the Wu army flagship, knocking the Wu army flagship with a smaller tonnage backwards. The whole ship shook, and the Wu army soldiers shouted, and the Han army soldiers cheered and threw out hook ropes one after another, hooking the Wu army flagship's ship side, ship tower, mast and other objects. Then, they dragged it hard against the rain of arrows, so that the two ships could be integrated.
"Prepare for the fight!"
Lu Yan roared and immediately drew his sword to protect his father. The soldiers of the Wu army followed suit and quickly lined up a dense crowd to protect Lu Kang, but Lu Kang was not in a hurry, because Lu Kang had already seen clearly that the other Han army warships that followed and protected the Han army's flagship were all stopped by other Eastern Wu warships. At present, only the Han army flagship ship rushed to his front.
That's not all. While the Han army's flagship hooked the Dongwu flagship, several Dongwu warships also hooked the Han army's flagship at the same time, and then quickly approached and could start a battle to seize the siege immediately.
Without any hesitation, many Han soldiers immediately jumped onto the Wu army flagship like dumplings, swung their swords to attack the Wu army soldiers who protected Lu Kang. The Wu army soldiers fought hard to stop them and launched a close-up bloody battle with the Han army soldiers. Fu Gong finally turned around and shouted in the cabin: "Kingmen, look at you! Target, Lu Kang's head!"
The first dead soldier who was trained by Fu Gong rushed out of the cabin, rushed to the bow of the ship with a torch and a shield, quickly observed the situation of the enemy ship, and then jumped onto the Wu army flagship without hesitation, and rushed directly to the Lu Kang place. Many Wu army soldiers saw that he was not carrying weapons, rushed up to pick up the cheaper one after another. While blocking the Wu army's attack with their shield, they put the torch on their chest...
With a sneer, a Wu army soldier's spear stabbed into the body of the dead soldier from the side. However, the dead soldier not only did not cry out in pain, but instead opened his hands, turned his head and smiled slightly from the Wu army soldier, and said softly: "See you in the underworld."
"Boom!"
Chapter completed!