() When Xun Guanniang and Xi Jian's 15,000 troops set up camp in the north of Guangling City, Tao Kan also personally led 20,000 troops who had just left Jiangling and walked down the river by water. The news that Guangling was besieged

Tao Kan's heart was burning. He knew that he could count on the armies around Guangling to lend a helping hand. Unless the sun rose from the west, he would have to rely on himself to save Tao Zhan's life.

Therefore, Tao Kan forcibly recruited civilian ships, which made the people complain, but they had to do it. He had no choice. The navy could not be built in just half a year. So far, the Jingzhou Army has only built a dozen fighting ships.

. He was not as good as Jiang Yan who was upstream. Jiang Yan started a year earlier and had a large amount of funds sent by Yunfeng in time, so he could ship out the ship very quickly.

"Master, look quickly, there is a ship following behind, it should be the Liangzhou Navy!" Mao Bao suddenly reminded him, with a hint of envy and a hint of vigilance in his voice.

Tao Kan, who was standing on the bow of the ship, quickly came to the side. He turned around and saw that about ten miles behind, a fleet of hundreds of warships was sailing down the river, riding the wind and waves all the way at extremely fast speeds, giving people a sense of majesty.

Awesome feeling!

All the ships have pointed noses and pointed bottoms, and have rather weird shapes. Some of them are equipped with thick iron cones at the bow waterline. The leading handsome captain is about 50 feet long. A large flag with the word "Chiang" is fluttering in the wind.

The general length is about thirty feet, with more than ten small cockroaches vaguely visible at the very end.

Looking back at myself, although there are more than 500 boats, densely packed occupying most of the river, they are basically civilian boats, or boats and boats. The dozen or so fighting ships are mixed in among them, and it is almost impossible to distinguish them.

, it’s really incomparable!

When Yunfeng passed by Jiangzhou last year, he witnessed the attack effect of the galley battleship. Therefore, after returning to the voyage, he suggested to Jiang Yan to stop building stern ships. The functions of these two ships overlapped, and they were both responsible for assault missions, but their performance was very different.

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In terms of size, maneuverability, and defense-breaking effect, warships and warships are far superior to those of the 艨艉. The 艨艉's advantage lies in seizing beaches and breaking attacks in diving areas. However, once the crossbow is installed on the ship, the 艨艨艉's only advantage will be eliminated immediately.

For bubbles.

On this trip to reinforce Haimen, if it weren't for the insufficient number of ships, Jiang Yan might not even be willing to bring the stern.

Tao Kan couldn't help but have a hint of envy in his eyes. Immediately afterwards, his expression changed drastically. It turned out that his own ship had occupied the main channel in the middle of the river, and the Liangzhou navy did not dodge.

There is no doubt that with just one blow from the thick iron cone on the other side's bow, your own boat will be shattered into pieces!

Tao Kan quickly shouted: "Hurry up and signal, let the boats behind you slow down and go around!"

The flag bearer immediately waved the flag and hurriedly sent out flags one after another. However, the Liangzhou Navy seemed not to notice. There was no sign of slowing down!

The distance of ten miles on land was not that far, but on the water it was even more instantaneous. He saw the Liangzhou battleship behind him not slowing down and stopping. Tao Kan couldn't help but cursed angrily: "Damn, you are really arrogant!"

However, after scolding, the Liangzhou Navy made it clear that they were using their large boats to go rampant, and their own boats were not as good as others, so who could they blame? Tao Kan did not expect to be able to fight with the opponent with only five or six hundred boats.

not to mention

Due to the confrontation with Yunfeng on the river last year, the relationship between Jingzhou and Qin has been broken. The only thing left is who will shoot the first arrow. In this case, Liangzhou cannot be expected to give it to itself.

Good face.

"Quick, give the order, move to the side and get out of the waterway!" Tao Kan had no doubt that the Liangzhou navy would really rush in, so he had no choice but to scream loudly, feeling extremely aggrieved. He thought that he would have conquered Guangzhou back then.

At that time, even though he was not a nobleman, how could anyone dare to be disrespectful to him? However, what can he do now that he is inferior to others?

The width of the river near Jiangling is about two and a half to seven miles. Although the flag bearers kept raising flags and more than 500 boats stretched for several miles, it is not an exaggeration to say that the boats were crowded with each other in such a narrow water surface. In a short period of time,

It is undoubtedly very difficult to give up the main channel in the center of the river.

The Jingzhou ships obviously also discovered that there was a big ship chasing behind them. Panic spread like waves immediately, especially near the main channel. Some ships collided with each other, and there were endless bangs and bangs, and some small boats even screamed in surprise.

The sound tumbled into the river, and for a moment, calls for help and cries came from afar.

"That's too much!" Although Mao Bao's face turned green with anger, he couldn't think of it. Not to mention that ships were inferior to people, and the 20,000 troops who went to Guangling to rescue this time were not specialized naval forces, but just greedy.

The waterway is convenient and can only be reached by boat. If you have to make a comparison, it is roughly equivalent to an infantryman on horseback. It is the same reason that he can ride a horse but cannot shoot a bow and arrow on a horse.

Seeing that there were only about a hundred feet left, the Liangzhou navy was about to break into the formation. Although Tao Kan and his apprentice were sweating profusely, they could only watch helplessly. Their ship had no fighting power except for shooting arrows backwards.

Just when Tao Kan was struggling with whether to order the arrow to be fired, the Liangzhou warship that was chasing after him stretched out hundreds of large oars on both sides at the same time, and rowed neatly in the opposite direction. The water waves were flying, and only

In just ten short seconds, the speed was actually reduced to the same speed as the other ship!

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

Tao Kan's reaction was completely different, as if he had been teased, a nameless anger surged to the top of his head, and he immediately snorted: "Don't you think you, Liangzhou navy, are going too far?"

Not long after, a veteran of about fifty came to the bow of the handsome ship. Tao Kan recognized this man as Jiang Yan, the naval commander of Liangzhou and the general of the building ship.

Jiang Yan chuckled and said: "Why did Tao Jingzhou say this? Why did our army go too far? I am very puzzled!"

Tao Kan suppressed his anger and said: "We have sent out a flag, why don't your troops slow down?"

"Huh?" Jiang Yanqi asked: "How come you didn't slow down? Look? Didn't it slow down? Did it collide with your ship?" As he said that, he rolled his eyes and looked at the still chaotic river ahead. Jiang Yan

With a knowing look on his face, he stroked his beard and said with a smile, "Tao Jingzhou shouldn't be mistaken.

Do you think I am bullying the small with the big? It is no wonder that our warships have excellent performance, and the deceleration is only a matter of seconds. It is enough to be tens of feet long. Tao Jingzhou, you are thinking too much, haha~~ Also, please rest assured,

I have no intention of attacking Jingzhou until I receive the edict from my great king."

Tao Kan felt ashamed and angry for a moment. If Jiang Yan had no intention of teasing him, he would not believe it even to death. But the implication was already clear. How could he go if he was frightened?

Blame others? If you want to blame, you can only blame yourself for not knowing the goods and new warships. You are a complete idiot.

Tao Kan unconsciously looked up at Jiang Yan. His shame and anger had not faded away, and he felt an uncomfortable feeling in his heart. He had no choice but to take a standard fighting ship, not counting the height of the mast, which was about two feet, and Jiang Yan

Yan's handsome ship also reached a height of three and a half feet, regardless of the mast, especially the thick black iron cone on the bow, which was pointing towards itself like a finger holding up the sky!

Forcibly suppressing his discomfort, Tao Kan grunted: "What do you mean by your Liangzhou naval force leaving the station without permission from the court?"

Jiang Yan said bluntly: "It's okay to tell you. I have been ordered by King Qin to rush to Haimen and ask Tao Jingzhou to give up the waterway as soon as possible. Han Yong from Qingzhou will send troops to Haimen at any time. We don't have the patience to wait behind 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 asked sternly: "Our army also has a court order to reinforce Guangling, why should we give in? If Guangling falls, can you afford it?"

Jiang Yan said lightly: "This is really strange. What does this governor have to do with whether Guangling falls or not? This governor is only responsible for the safety of Haimen. Tao Jingzhou, you just clearly signaled to move to both sides, why is there no movement now?

Could it be that they deceived each other because they saw that the governor was easy to talk to?

?Forget it, the governor kindly stopped to give you a moment to evade, but you pushed even further, no wonder I didn't give you face!" With that, he raised one arm, and the flag bearer waved the flag, and a large number of people poured out of the cabins of each ship.

The archers and crossbowmen are all ready!

"Get out of the way!" Although Tao Kan was trembling, he made the wisest choice. If he didn't take a step back today, he was afraid that all 20,000 people would be surrendered in the river before they could fight Murong Xin.

"Well, those who know the current affairs are heroes! Tao Jingzhou is really wise. No wonder he was appointed as the governor of Jingzhou from a county official with only a slight body!" Jiang Yan praised casually.

Surprisingly, Tao Kan restrained his anger and just stared at Jiang Yan with a cold expression.

Jiang Yan accepted it calmly, but there was a sense of joy in his heart. He was deliberately giving Tao Kan a blow. If he was not eager to reinforce Haimen, he was even thinking about whether he should take this opportunity to deal with Tao Kan smoothly? However,

Yunfeng did not issue an edict to start a war with Jingzhou, so Jiang Yan had to give up this tempting idea and turned his attention to the chaotic river ahead.

The river in Jiangling is far wider than the river that can only swim twenty or thirty miles downstream. However, the section where Jiang Yan chased Tao Kan just passed a sandbar. The river is about four miles wide, and the main channel can only carry four to five warships in parallel.

Boat.

About an hour later, the Jingzhou army finally gave way to the center of the river, and the Liangzhou navy immediately formed a long and thin line and headed straight downstream.

"The shame I suffered today will be repaid twice as much tomorrow!" Mao Bao said harshly as he watched the Liangzhou naval forces drifting away.

Tao Kan slowly withdrew his gaze and said coldly: "I, Jingzhou, will have to take action with the Qin State sooner or later, and Wenqiao downstream must also be on guard. Once our army successfully rescues Guangling and returns, we will immediately seize every moment to train our troops.

There can be no slacking off, otherwise we will definitely be defeated and killed! Another point, you also saw the Liangzhou battleship just now, what do you think?"

Mao Bao frowned and said hesitantly: "What is the performance of the Liangzhou battleship? Since we have not fought, we don't know. However, he changed the flat bottom to a pointed bottom. Although it increased the draft, it was not conducive to movement in the shoal.
Chapter completed!