There is a thin layer of haze between the sky and the earth. Although it is not as thick as it is, it can make people feel like a layer of veil covering it, hazy and not very real.

Liu Xinda stroked the flagpole on the fortress, and his hands were wet, which was dew. At his feet, he extended far to both sides was his Yellow River defense line. All the soldiers were already in their place, as the core of the entire defense line. On this ten-mile-long defense line, with the fortress he is currently in as the center, more than ten fortress-style fortresses tightly guarding the way the Tang army advances. A total of 30,000 square meters of Lu Army will rely on the Yellow River here to fight to the death with the invading Tang army.

Looking up at the other side, the fog made him unable to see the other side clearly, but the dull, sound of war drums after sound was clearly heard. He could feel the opponent's army approaching the Yellow River defense line.

A cavalry rushed downstream and arrived at the fortress. The knight raised his head and shouted, "Report to the general, five miles downstream, an enemy warship was found."

Almost at the same time, another rider rushed over in the upstream direction.

"Report to the general, our navy has arrived!"

Liu Xinda let out a long sigh.

The war must have begun with the battle for control of the water. If the navy wins, then the Tang army's plan to cross the river will become a terrible.

This is the ideal ending.

"Beat the drum and cheer for our navy!" he said sternly.

Liu Xinda lacked any confidence in land operations. The Tang army under Li Ze's command has been fighting for many years, while the Pinglu army's earliest battle was when it fought against Li Ze, who was far inferior to that of Li Ze's current force in Dizhou several years ago, and it turned out to be a complete defeat.

Now, the gap between the two sides is probably getting bigger and bigger.

Now the Tang army is not only the Zuo Xiaogu of Qin Zhao, but Li De's rangers and the Zuo Weigu under Chen Changping's reign have also arrived in Dizhou. Not to mention the Zuo Xiaogu, Li De's rangers alone are enough to make Liu Xinda frightened. This is a powerful brigade that fought with Zhang Zhongwu and Tubo army.

The only thing you can expect is the navy.

The Tang army's navy was only built in the past two years, but the Pinglu navy has always existed. According to information, the Dizhou navy had only more than 30 large and small warships, while the Pinglu navy had as many as hundreds of ships of all kinds.

By controlling the waterway, this war will be invincible.

In the mist, the sound of war drums on the warship became clearer and clearer.

A beam of sunlight penetrated the haze and landed on the fortress. The haze that enveloped the heaven and earth disappeared without a trace in an instant. The river channel and the other side of the river were clearly presented in front of Liu Xinda in an instant.

On the other side, the Tang army's military formations were like black reefs, standing on the field, with a population of about 10,000. On the river channel, the Tang army warships were heading upstream in the downstream, with dozens of small warships accompanying them.

And upstream, the dense Pinglu warships were flowing downstream. Looking around, the sails of the Pinglu warships were almost everywhere in their sight.

The right time and place!

Liu Xinda felt that every pore was filled with excitement and the wind was rising, but the Pinglu warship went down the wind, while the enemy warships were going against the current and against the wind. Even though I didn’t know much about water warfare, Liu Xinda also knew that this form was simply too beneficial for the Pinglu warship.

"General Liu, the enemy's ship is so fast, so weird!" A deputy general next to him suddenly said.

Only then did Liu Xinda notice that the enemy's warships were indeed going against the current, but their speed seemed to be faster than the ones that were going downstream. Originally, he expected that the battlefield where the two sides collided would be right in front of his fortress, but now, the Tang army warships were passing through their fortress directly in front of their fortress, while the ones were still nearly two miles away to reach.

Seeing the ten large enemy warships suddenly accelerated and threw away their small boats, Liu Xinda suddenly remembered some of the records in the war history he had read.

"Cars and ships!" he exclaimed in dismay.

Li Hao stood steadily on the command platform of the first battleship like a statue. The black cloak on his body floated high back by the oncoming wind, revealing the bloody red inside.

Looking at the Pinglu warship rushing towards him, he sneered.

No matter how many sheep there are, they are sheep, and no matter how few wolves there are, they are still wolves.

The Tang army's warships adopted the latest technology and combined vehicles and ships with slaughter ships, giving them a perfect combination of speed and firepower. Unlike Pinglu's warships, all of which were flat-headed ships, the Tang army's warships were all prism-shaped bows, which were as sharp as a knife, and were equipped with long collision angles. The warships under the command of Li Hao are themselves reduced versions of the naval warships.

"Send all ships to prepare for battle!" he said coldly.

Above the divine dou, the flag bearer waved the signal flag in his hand, and the war drums rumbled on both sides of the podium.

Two warships rushed up from the rear, Li Hao's flagship was at the front, and the two warships were about ten feet behind, forming a cone. The other two warships were just in the gap between the three warships in front.

The winch was pulled to the tightest, and with the officer's command, a huge rock as big as a millstone flew up from the bow of the ship and swung toward the Pinglu battleship in the distance.

The flagship where Li Hao was located took the lead in firing. The two warships on his left and right sides immediately flew up huge rocks.

The two warships in the rear began to accelerate, while the two warships on both sides of Li Hao slowed down slightly. The four warships changed their front and back positions in a flash. There was also a huge howling sound from the other two warships that caught up, and two huge rocks flew out.

Liu Xinda watched helplessly as five huge rocks as big as millstones fell into the Pinglu warship that was sailing rapidly across the opposite side.

There was no time to hide, and no room to hide. Several warships had suffered a heavy blow from the stone bullet weighing hundreds of kilograms.

"Photo the ship!" Liu Xinda almost howled.

He never expected that the powerful warship that had appeared in the history of war would appear alive in front of him.

Stone cannons were also installed on Pinglu warships, but the range was only more than a hundred steps at most, and the power was not great, so it was difficult to cause a fatal blow to the warships. Pinglu warships relied more on traditional combat with help.

Obviously, his navy robe did not expect to encounter such a heavy blow above this distance.

A Pinglu warship was shot on the bow, and the bow suddenly sank downwards, and the entire body was immersed in the water. The stern of the ship was raised high, and even the rudder was exposed to the water. The sailors on the ship screamed like dumplings and fell into the water.

The ship was pierced into the water with a sudden blow. It was obvious that his bow had been severely damaged, and the worst was still behind. When his stern fell heavily, the entire hull had deviated from the original channel with the current. A warship next to him happened to be below him. The stern fell heavily, and the warship also suffered a great disaster.

Another small warship was smashed straight into the middle by a stone bullet. It sank cleanly, and the bow and stern raised upwards at the same time, and it broke from the middle.

The third warship that was shot was hit at the tail, and the rudder part was smashed to pieces. The entire ship was completely out of control. It was spinning on the water surface, colliding from time to time to time against other ships passing by at high speed.

With just one round of attack, the vanguard ships of the Pinglu warship were already in chaos.

The Tang army's small warships had completely landed behind. They lined up in two neat rows, closely following the battleships in front, while the ten large warships kept changing their positions so that the stone cannons on the bow could be continuously fired.

Only Li Hao's warships remained first.

"Falling sail!" Seeing that the Pinglu warship on the opposite side became closer and closer, Li Hao once again issued an order.

The sails of the ten warships thrust and all fell down.

"Prepare to impact, solid!" The roar of an officer came from the warship. All the soldiers on the warship firmly grabbed everything they could catch around them, squatted slightly, and prepared for the impact. At this moment, only the soldiers in the bottom cabin who were desperately stepping on the wheels did not have to worry about these, because they were already fixed on one position.

A loud bang of impact sounded.

The huge waves soared into the sky and landed on the deck with a thunder. Li Hao grabbed the railing in front of him with one hand, leaned forward, and looked ahead excitedly. The tall warship was in front of him, and a Pinglu warship was smashed into pieces by his car. At this moment, his warship was crushing over the wreckage of the broken warship.

"Satisfactory!" he shouted excitedly in his heart.

Countless feather arrows shot from the enemy warships on both sides, and several shields were immediately raised in front of Li Hao, with tinging sounds endlessly. The ship gang was filled with feather arrows from both sides.

At the same time, the Tang army also raised the crossbow in their hands and fought back to both sides.

Another loud collision sounded, and the Tang ships on both sides once again collided with the Pinglu warships in front of them.

When the Tang Army Navy warships were built, they introduced keels in an era, which made their warships much stronger than those of Pinglu. The warships specially made for combat were completely incomparable to the large number of warships transformed with civilian ships like Pinglu. At least in terms of the power of the impact, it was a competition of two levels.

Gasoline bombs were thrown from the warships. With the explosion, one Pinglu warship after another ignited a fire. Although rockets were shot onto the Tang warships, these rockets had no power at all for the Tang warships that had already fallen sails. The hulls were all fire-proof, and the only thing they feared was the sails.

But the Tang army's warships did not rely on wind power. Without sails, they still maintained strong momentum.

Liu Xinda stood on the fortress and watched helplessly as the Tang army warships easily destroyed the vanguard fleet of the Pinglu Navy like tigers entering a flock of sheep.

The Tang army on the other side heard a cheer that shocked Jiuxiao.
Chapter completed!