Under the night, there were many ships on the river. The Zhou navy entrenched in the five continents is now full of its nests, and is fiercely striking towards Xisai Mountain on the south bank of the downstream. Two lanterns lit up on many warships. From behind, it looks like a few strings of lanterns stretching endlessly.

It is not easy to march at night, and it is even more difficult to sail at night. It is okay if you have a few ships alone. As long as the shipworkers are experienced, they are not afraid of hitting the reefs, or they may avoid accidentally hitting the sandbank in the river. However, a large fleet is deployed together, that is a big problem.

Therefore, the Zhou army warships adopted preventive measures: two lanterns were lit on both sides of the fleet, so that the ships on both sides of the fleet could maintain formation from beginning to end, while other warships were honestly sandwiched in the middle.

Of course, the lantern is fixed and the front end is not transparent, and the light looks not obvious in front of the fleet. In this way, except for the leading warship, the ship following behind it can see the ship in front clearly.

Wuzhou is located in the upper reaches of Xisai Mountain. Now it is the northwest wind blowing in autumn. The Zhou army used both sails and sails, so the speed was very fast. Not long after the Huangshiji beacon tower on the south bank was ignited to warn, the main fleet had already crossed the Huangshiji River.

"I haven't slept so late, I'm quite dedicated." Yuwen Wen turned around and looked at the ignition lights on the river bank on the right and praised, that was the Chen Jun camp in Huangshiji. It's a bit noisy now. I think it's the garrison preparing for the war, and there are several small boats moored on the shore but dare not move.

"Master Lang, please do not be too close to the side of the ship when you are on a boat at night." Zhang Yu reminded on the side that it is easy to bump into the naval warship if it is close to it. It will shake the hull when it is bumped. If it is shaken, some people will easily fall into the water.

Some people include Yuwen Wen. Although he knows how to water, he is still half a bucket of water. Zhang Yu knows that it is very dangerous to fall into the water at night with heavy armor. It is okay if it is in a calm pond, but now it is on the Yangtze River.

The wind and waves are strong and we are wearing armor. Even if we can barely float on the water, it will not last long. The warships that followed one after another will not be good. No matter how good the water quality in the navy is, they will be careful when sailing at night, let alone half a bucket of water like Yuwen.

Yuwen Wen returned to the door of the cabin, which was located at the middle line of the warship and was a little far from both sides. He was a sensible person and would not deliberately joke about his safety. However, hiding in the cabin would damage his image, so he still stood outside the cabin and watched the warship move forward.

The autumn harvest is not over yet. Even if there are still many things to do after it is over, it is said that it should be cultivated and nourishing, but Yuwen Wen couldn't sit still. Taking attack as defense was his strategy. Since Chen Guo was bitten by him, he would never heal.

Taking advantage of your illness to kill you, this is Yuwen Wen's way of dealing with things. Chen's naval army was severely damaged, but he could not transfer the Bazhou naval army upstream, or transfer the main force behind Jiankang's downstream guards. Now the section of the river from Xiakou to Wuzhou is under the control of Zhou State, so he will have to use it 100%.

Chen Jun is stepping up the construction of warships. Although skilled sailors are not so fast to replenish, the number of warships is also very difficult to increase. Yuwen Wen, with the strength of a state, is difficult to compete with the Chen State's Yingzhou, Jiangzhou, and even Bazhou. It is impossible to play the arms race for shipbuilding.

The Xiangyang navy in Xiangzhou was stationed in Hankou. Their task was to stare at Xiakou on the other side and to guard against the Chenguobazhou naval army in the upper reaches of the river to help. The navy in Huangzhou General Administration was stationed in Wuzhou, and the other part was stationed in Wukou downstream of Hankou. They wanted to guard Huangcheng, Huangzhou Prefecture, which was upstream of the river.

As a result, the shipbuilding pressure in Bazhou was also very high. Wuchang, opposite the river, was also rushing to build ships day and night. According to the military information we found in detail, the warships built by the other party in Fanhu had already reached a considerable scale.

Chen Jun from Xisai Mountain was not idle either, and Jiangzhou downstream was even more idle. Although there was only a boat and someone needed to be able to fight, Yuwen Wen did not want to sit idly by and watch the situation deteriorate day by day.

Most of the main forces of the Zhou army in Shannan were concentrated in the north to fight against the Sui army. The main forces of the Huangzhou General Administration Office had to serve as strategic reserves. If the situation changed, they would be used as firefighters to "rescue". It would be unrealistic to recreate the scene of going south in April.

It is inconvenient for our main force to cross the river, but the other party is furious. He can also use the tactics he used to Chen State. As the saying goes, "Use his way to do it again." Xiyang City is located on the edge of the Yangtze River. It is recorded on Chen Jun's revenge list, either ranked first or second.

Yuwen Wen was not afraid of the other party's attack, but after all, the Xiyang area was full of his jars and jars, and he finally had a good start to farm, so he couldn't withstand too much trouble. For this reason, he had to defend his family business and prevent thieves, so his troops would be nailed to Xiyang and could not go anywhere.

There has never been a reason to guard against thieves for a thousand days. Since the thief doesn't come, he will go. Anyway, Liangzi has already formed, so he doesn't care if he fights unannounced and launches a sneak attack.

Chen Jun made Wuchang like a hedgehog, so this time Yuwen Wen had to attack Xisai Mountain downstream, where there were also heavy troops and water and land. According to the detailed work, there was also iron chain across the river.

"What's not playing with iron ropes across the river!" Yuwen Wen looked at Xisai Mountain, which was already close to him. "You dare to send assassins to Xiyang assassination, come out to face it immediately, kowtow and apologize!"

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The Zhou army warships were coming in full force, and the Chen army in Xisaishan woke up from their sleep. When they were hurrying to fight, the Zhou army's vanguard warships were approaching the Hengjiang iron chain. According to the common tactics used in this era, the next fire ship should be released to burn the iron chain.

At the end of the Three Kingdoms, the Jin army took a boat from Bashu and attacked the Eastern Wu. It is known in history that "the Western Jin attacked Wu and defeated Xisai". At that time, the Wu army pulled up the Hengjiang iron cable, and the Jin army prepared many large torches, poured sesame oil and placed them in front of the ship. When they touched the iron cable, they lit the torch and burned it.

Therefore, the Chen army in Xisaishan hoped that the Zhou army would do the same, and then buy time for the navy to go out to adjust its formation to meet the enemy.

The choice of attack in the early morning did make Chen's soldiers react a little slower. The Zhou army's warship came very quickly because it was smooth sailing. The warships in Huangshiji were too short for the time being. The main reason was that the warships were a little troublesome. After leaving the water camp, they had to turn around Xisai Mountain, so the Hengjiang iron chain built by Chen's army was full of materials.

It took a lot of time to burn it. In order to ensure the effect, they conducted special experiments. They used a large torch to burn iron cables of the same thickness, and finally took nearly two incense sticks to burn it. This was enough for the Chen State navy to line up.

Therefore, the Chen army's warships were busy but not in chaos. The soldiers rowed in an orderly manner and advanced to the water camp exit in an orderly manner. At this time, we must not be in chaos, otherwise we would block our own way.

"Hurry up, get your weapons, and prepare your bows and arrows!" A general shouted loudly, and the soldiers were all a little sleepy. Zhou Jun chose to attack when dawn was about to break out. This was the most sleepy time, and many people were awakened in their dreams.

But this is nothing. In order to prevent the Zhou army from attacking, they made a lot of preparations. Even the practice of not being allowed to have fire in the military camp at night has been changed. In the past few months, torches or lanterns will be lit in the main areas of the camp as soon as night falls.

This is true for both the water army camps and the camps on the shore. Even if the consumption is quite large, it will be stormy and rainy. In order to let the soldiers see the path clearly when attacked at night, so as not to run around like headless flies, and the soldiers cannot find the generals and the generals cannot find the soldiers.

Especially in the navy camp, soldiers who spent the night on the shore slept near their warships, leaving people on the boat for night and bows, arrows, swords and guns in the cabin. All measures were to deal with emergencies, and now they came in handy.

As soon as the trumpet sounded on the mountain, the trumpeter on duty at the foot of the mountain also blew the trumpet, and the generals on the night in Luying Village immediately sent their subordinates to get up everywhere. From the general to the soldiers, they quickly figured out what was going on, so as not to cause a farce of roaring in the camp.

The Luzhai in Xisai Mountain is a village where the village is connected to Xisai Mountain in the north and the mountains in the south. When Huangshiji goes to Jiangzhou by land, they must pass through Xisai Mountain camp. Although they are not afraid of the Zhou army attacking by land, they still gather together to defend the village.

The Zhou army attacked seemed to be a water route, but it was necessary to guard against land routes. If the other party used a strategy of striking east and attacking west, using warships to attract attention, and then the large group of people came ashore to steal the camp, which would be a bad idea.

While Chen's army was mobilizing water and land, the Zhou army's warships had already begun to attack the Hengjiang iron chain. Several Chen's fast ships were approaching. They were all a little surprised to see that the other party did not seem to plan to light a torch and burn the iron chain.

"Do they want to chop with an axe? How long will it take for such a thick iron rope to cut!" A soldier wondered. These ships were the fast ships on duty tonight, so they could be dispatched immediately when there was a warning, but Zhou Jun's movements made them confused.

Because night battle is about to break out and there are many enemies and we are few, these Chen army warships naturally dare not light the torches to avoid turning into targets. They muster up their courage to stick them on them to harass them, and steal them with the crossbow arrows that have been put on the strings.

Looking back at the water camp, his warships had already started to move, and they could be out of the camp to form a formation in a while. No matter how you look, it was Zhou Jun who was in trouble, and then the other party started to move.

Their warships directly aimed the bow at the iron cable, and some people used hooks to push the iron cable high. After the bow passed under the iron cable, they let go. The iron cable with the thickness of their arms lay on the deck.

He was lying under a large guillotine.

The mechanisms on the Zhou army's warship were a bit weird, which was more appropriate to describe them as large guillotines. There were more than one ships with this mechanism, and several ships were lying on the deck in this way. Each iron cable had three ships to "serve". It seemed that Zhou Jun wanted to use the mechanism like a large guillotine to cut off the iron cable.

"This... how is this possible? Such a thick iron chain is not a hemp rope!" Chen Jun soldiers felt incredible. Zhou Jun lit a torch on the warship. They barely saw the scene of the iron chain being cut with a guillotine.

"No matter how much, rush up and put it..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard several loud noises coming one after another. During this period, he was mixed with the crisp sound of metal. The soldiers of Chen Jun looked at the scene in disbelief: the three iron chains in Hengjiang were actually cut off by Zhou Jun!

The iron cable was cut off, and the remaining iron cables on both sides instantly sank into the river surface. The main warships of the Zhou army arrived later. They bumped into the single-minded Chen Jun's clutch, and directly knocked over the fragile boat with their huge hull.

The soldiers who fell into the water struggled on the water surface. In front of them, countless Zhou army warships flocked toward the Chen Jun Water Village at the foot of Xisai Mountain. At this time, the front of the Chen army's main warship had just left the water village.
Chapter completed!