()When Xun Guanniang and Xi Jian's 15,000 troops set up a camp in the north of Guangling City, Tao Kan also personally led 20,000 troops to leave Jiangling and walked down the river. The news of Guangling being surrounded made Tao Kan feel burned. He knew that he would expect the troops around Guangling to lend a helping hand. Unless the sun came out from the west, he had to rely on himself to save Tao Zhan's life.

Therefore, Tao Kan forced the recruitment of civilian ships, which made the people complain, but he had to do it. He had no choice but to do it. The navy was not built in just half a year. So far, the Jingzhou army has only built more than a dozen fighting ships. He was not as good as Jiang Yan in the upstream. Jiang Yan started a year earlier, and Yunfeng sent a lot of money in time, and the ship was very fast.

"Master, look, there is a boat coming from behind, it should be the Liangzhou navy!" Mao Bao suddenly started to remind him, with a hint of envy and a hint of jing.

Tao Kan, standing at the bow of the boat, hurried to the side, turned around and saw that a fleet of about a hundred warships ten miles behind was about a fleet of about a hundred warships, riding the wind and waves all the way, with a very fast speed, giving people a majestic feeling!

All ships have pointed tips and bottoms, with strange appearances. Some of them are equipped with thick iron cones at the bow waterline. The leading man is about fifty feet long, with a large flag with a character named Jiang flying in the wind. Other warships are generally about thirty feet long, and only the tail can be seen more than ten small ships.

On the other hand, although there are more than 500 ships, which occupy most of the river surface, they are basically mainly civilian boats, either the boats and the steed boards. The dozen or so fighting ships are mixed together, and they are almost impossible to distinguish, and they are really incomparable!

Last year, when Yunfeng passed by Jiangzhou, he witnessed the breach effect of the sailing warship. Therefore, after returning to the voyage, he suggested that Jiang Yan stop building the voyage. The functions of these two ships overlap, both of which are responsible for assault tasks, but the energy difference is huge. The size, maneuvering, and breaching effect of the voyage are far superior to the voyage. The advantage of the voyage lies in the diving area to rob the beach, but once the voyage crossbow is installed on the ship, the only advantage of the voyage will be shattered.

If it weren't for the insufficient number of ships to reinforce Haimen, Jiang Yan might not even want to take the ship.

Tao Kan couldn't help but feel a hint of envy. Then, the face changed drastically. It turned out that the ships in the square occupied the main channel of Jiangxin, and the Liangzhou navy did not dodge or avoid it. They rushed straight. Tao Kan had no doubts, just relying on the thick iron cone on the bow of the other side. With just one blow, the small boat in the square immediately broke into pieces!

Tao Kan quickly called out loudly: "Check the flag, slow down the ship behind and go around the side!"

The flag bearer immediately waved the flag, and the flag verbs were rushing out. However, the Liangzhou navy seemed to have not seen it. There was no sign of slowing down at all!

The ten miles on the land were not far away, but on the water surface, it arrived in an instant. Seeing that the Liangzhou warship behind did not slow down and stopped the ship. Tao Kan couldn't help but curse: "Damn it, you're really arrogant!"

However, no matter how much he scolded, the Liangzhou navy clearly relied on the big ship to rush around. If his ship was smaller than others, who could he blame? Tao Kan didn't expect to fight the other party with just five or six hundred small boats. What's more, because he faced the scolding with Yunfeng on the river last year, Jingzhou and Qin were torn apart. The rest was nothing more than who would first shoot the first arrow. In this case, Liangzhou could not be expected to give him a good face.

"Hurry, send the order quickly, dodge to the side and give up the waterway!" Tao Kan had no doubt that the Liangzhou naval army would really hit the scene, so he could only scream helplessly, and felt extremely frustrated. He thought that when he was in Guangzhou, although he was not a gentry, no one dared to be disrespectful to himself? However, what can he do now that his own strength is not as good as others?

The width of the river near Jiangling is about two and a half to seven miles. Although the flag bearer repeatedly raised the banner, more than 500 ships were continuous for several miles. However, on such a narrow water surface, it is not too much to say that the ship is squeezed by the ship, and it is undoubtedly very difficult to give up the main channel of the river in a short period of time.

The Jingzhou ships obviously also discovered that there were large ships chasing behind them, and panic spread immediately like water waves, especially near the main channel. Some ships had already collided with each other, and there were endless bangs. Some small boats even rolled into the river in awe of exclamations. For a moment, crying for help and crying came from afar.

"It's too much!" Although Mao Bao was so angry that his face turned blue, he couldn't imagine that he wouldn't mention that the boats were not as good as people. Moreover, the 20,000 troops who went to Guangling to rescue this time were not specialized naval forces, but they just wanted to take a boat with water. If they had to make a comparison, it was roughly equivalent to infantry riding horses, who could ride horses, but it was the same as that of not being able to shoot arrows immediately.

Seeing that there were only a hundred feet left, the Liangzhou navy was about to break into the formation. Although Tao Kan and his disciples were sweating profusely, they could only watch their ships, except for arrows backwards, had no combat power.

Just as Tao Kan was struggling with whether to order arrows to be fired, the Liangzhou warship that was chasing behind him stretched out hundreds of large oars at the same time on both sides, and rowed neatly in the opposite direction. In the waves, the speed was reduced to the same as the ship!

"This" Mao Bao was stunned for a moment and felt relieved. Looking at this amazing Yimu, he didn't know what to say.

Tao Kan's reaction was completely different, as if he was teased, and a nameless anger surged up to his head, and he immediately snorted: "Don't you think your Liangzhou navy is too much?"

Not long after, an old man in his fifties arrived at the bow of the handsome ship. Tao Kan knew this man, Jiang Yan, the governor of the Liangzhou naval army and the general of the tower ship.

Jiang Yan laughed and said, "Why did Tao Jingzhou say this? How did our army go too far? I'm very puzzled!"

Tao Kan held back his anger and said, "We have whispered the flag, why don't your army slow down?"

"Huh?" Jiang Yanqi said, "Why didn't you see slowing down? Look? Didn't this reduce? Did you bump into your ship?" As he said, he rolled his eyes and looked at the riverside that was still relatively chaotic in front of him. Jiang Yan showed his understanding and stroked his beard and smiled: "Tao Jingzhou wouldn't mistakenly think that this governor would bully the small ones by bullying the small ones? No wonder, our army's warships are excellent, and slowing down is only a matter of a blink of an eye. There are dozens of feet enough. Tao Jingzhou, you have been thinking too much, haha~~ Also, please rest assured, I haven't received the imperial edict from my king, I have no intention of invading you Jingzhou."

Tao Kan was both ashamed and angry for a moment. He wanted to say that Jiang Yan did not have the intention to tease him, but he would not believe it even if he was beaten to death. But the implication was clear. How could he blame others if he was frightened? If he wanted to blame, he could only blame himself for not knowing goods, not knowing new warships, and a full-blown leopard.

Tao Kan unconsciously looked up at Jiang Yan. Before she could get rid of her shame and anger, she felt uncomfortable again. There was no way, she was riding on a standard fighting ship, regardless of the height of the mast, and Jiang Yan's handsome ship also ignored the mast, and the height of the mast was three and a half meters. Especially the thick iron cone on the bow of the ship was as dark as a gale, demonstrating to herself like a finger!

After forcibly suppressing the discomfort, Tao Kan groaned: "I haven't received the imperial edict in the court. What do you mean by your Liangzhou naval army leaving the garrison?"

Jiang Yan said politely: "It's okay to tell you. I am under the imperial edict of the King of Qin to rush to Haimen to help Tao Jingzhou. Please give up the channel as soon as possible. Han Yong of Qingzhou will be sent to Haimen at any time. We don't have the patience to follow you!"

"You!" Tao Kan's face suddenly turned red. Jiang Yan's words were extremely contemptuous, no different from a slap in the face!

Mao Bao took it and shouted sternly: "Our army also has an imperial edict to reinforce Guangling. Why should we give in? If Guangling is trapped, you may be able to bear it?"

Jiang Yan said lightly: "This is so strange. What does Guangling have to do with me? I am only responsible for the safety of Haimen, Tao Jingzhou, you have clearly put out a banner and asked to go to the sides. Why is there no movement now? Could it be that I can't bully each other when I see that I am willing to speak? Well, I am kindly stopping to give you a time to avoid it, but you are getting more and more aggressive. No wonder I am not giving face!" As he said that, he raised his arm with one arm, and the flag bearer waved his flag. A large number of crossbowmen poured out from the cabins of each ship, all of whom were waiting for it!

"Get out of the channel!" Although Tao Kan's hair was trembling, he made the wisest choice. If he didn't take a step back today, he was afraid that these 20,000 people would have to be told to the river without waiting to fight Murong Wei.

"Okay, those who know the times are heroes! Tao Jingzhou is indeed wise. No wonder he was appointed as the governor of Jingzhou by a county official just because of his cold body!" Jiang Yan praised casually.

Surprisingly, Tao Kan calmed down his anger and stared at Jiang Yan coldly.

Jiang Yan accepted it calmly, but a hint of pleasure came from his heart. He deliberately gave Tao Kan a warning. If he had not been in a hurry to reinforce Haimen, he was even wondering whether he would take this opportunity to solve Tao Kan? However, Yun Feng did not issue an edict to start a war with Jingzhou, so Jiang Yan had to give up this tempting idea and turn his eyes to the chaotic river in front of him.

The river surface of Jiangling is far from the width of twenty or thirty miles downstream. The section where Jiang Yan chased Tao Kan had just passed a sandbank. The river surface was about four miles wide, and the main channel could only be four to five warships in parallel.

After about an hour, the Jingzhou army finally gave up the heart of the river. The Liangzhou navy immediately lined up into thin strips and rushed straight downstream.

"He will return it twice as much as he is now!" Mao Bao lost a harsh sentence as he watched the Liangzhou navy gradually drift away.

Tao Kan slowly withdrew his gaze and said coldly: "Jingzhou will sooner or later fight with Qin State. Wen Qiao, who is downstream, must not be guarded. Once our army successfully returns to rescue Guangling, immediately seize every moment to train the army. You must not be slacking off, otherwise you will be defeated and killed! Another point is that you have seen the Liangzhou warship just now. What do you think?"

Mao Bao frowned and hesitated, "What can Liangzhou warships be able to do? Because they failed to fight, it is unknown. However, he changed the flat bottom to a sharp bottom. Although it increased the draft depth and was not conducive to action in the shallows, it was undoubtedly more stable and stronger. The disciple looked at the pointed hull carefully and seemed to be faster than our square head boat. I wonder what Master, what do you mean?" (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!