Chapter 86
What does Gan Ning bastard want to do?
Looking at the fast-moving boats, Jiang Qin frowned deeply and looked puzzled. If he directly attacked the huge Jiangdong naval fleet with these 3,40 boats, it would be tantamount to hitting the stone with an egg.
The main fleet of Jinfan Navy, which was following behind, was at the bottom of the wind. Even if they wanted to attack Gan Ning on both sides, they could not withstand the strong impact of the Jiangdong Navy at the upper end. It is obvious that with Gan Ning's ability, it would never be possible to do such a stupid thing.
But what was he going to do? Jiang Qin raised his eyes and stared at the fleet of boats that lined up in front of him, almost across the entire river. He suddenly discovered something in shock - each ship seemed to be full of things, but the hull was very shallow in water. Obviously, the things loaded were not very heavy, so the boat was astonishingly fast.
At this time, Gan Ning's fleet had already rushed to less than two miles away from Jiang Qin's vanguard fleet. Jiang Qin could even clearly see a rope between the ships connecting each other.
Could it be that Gan Ning was preparing... Fire attack? Jiang Qin's head buzzed, and a thought of extreme horror suddenly emerged.
In such a windy day, such a large number of fast ships, and such a huge fleet on its side, what will happen if it encounters a fire attack?
"Fire! Fire! Fire..." At this moment, countless soldiers suddenly shouted in shock around him. Jiang Qin took back his thoughts and looked forward anxiously...
The fast-moving fast boat was burned almost at the same time, and there was nothing in the cabin. With the strong west wind, the fire quickly became prosperous.
Nearly 40 interconnected clutches rushed towards the Jiangdong Water Fleet like a burning line of fire.
"Jiang Talang, Gan gives you a gift, I hope you don't want to dislike it!" Gan Ning was full of energy and a slightly joking voice came from afar. At that time, others had already jumped into the water.
"Damn it!" Jiang Qin's face turned pale.
The fists were suddenly tightened, and he didn't bother to curse Gan Ning, and hurriedly ordered to deal with the current crisis. This time, the Gan Ning fire was really expensive! Nearly 40 boats were thrown out without hesitation.
But the greater the effort, the greater the rewards.
"Transfer the order, the forward fleet accelerates its advance and faces the enemy fire ships!"
"Transfer the order and hit it, the warships in the rear team turn rapidly. Retreat east. If the enemy fleet stops it, defeat it with all its strength!"
"Spread the team as much as possible..."
Jiang Qin shouted loudly at the top of his lungs and issued orders one after another. On several nearby Mengchong warships, the soldiers of the Siqi flag hurriedly passed the orders out.
After receiving Jiang Qin's order, the warships were slightly surprised and immediately followed the orders, and the entire fleet was very busy.
Jiang Qin's response strategy was incorrect - the vanguard fleet stopped the enemy fire ships, which would cause considerable losses. However, most warships could be preserved, and gains were far greater than losses.
In addition, with the delay of the vanguard fleet, the rest of the warships could turn eastward. But unfortunately, Gan Ning left him with too short time.
The boats and fire boats were sailing as fast as arrows. In the blink of an eye, they collided with the vanguard fleet of the Jiangdong Navy.
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"Bang~!" "Bang~!" "Bang~!"
The first three Mengchong battleships and two boats were first hit by the fire ships, making a loud bang in the sky. The bows of these fire ships were all equipped with iron spikes. Once they hit, the iron spikes would be inserted into the hull and press the two ships tightly together.
At the same time, the huge impact force generated during the collision swept most of the ignition objects in the cabin of the fire ship, and then these ignition objects that were not very heavy flew up with the wind and ignited flames everywhere.
Jiang Qin seized a piece of burning objects flying in and put out the flames. After not caring about the slight burns on his hands, he found that most of the burning objects were hay, rosin, and were soaked in oil, making them more flammable.
In just a moment, 5 or 6 Jiangdong naval warships had already caught fire. The soldiers on the ship were catching fire in enclaves, trying to put out the fire. But with the wind, the flames spread so quickly...
Since most of the Jiangdong naval fleets were sailing in the middle of the river, the 40 fire ships that lined up almost occupied the entire river surface, only nearly ten of them hit the target in the middle. The dozens of fire ships on both wings all fell into the empty space.
But before Jiang Qin could feel lucky, something even more shocking happened. Because of the connection between ropes, when the fire ship in the middle was blocked, the fire ships on both wings were also affected, and the direction of travel changed rapidly, from the original "one" character to the formation, turning into a formation of geese, and quickly gathered together, like a huge fire mouth swallowing the Jiangdong fleet.
It's over! Jiang Qin did not expect that Gan Ning used ropes to connect the fire ships, which was actually for this purpose. In this way, the fire ships easily broke through the barriers of the vanguard fleet, dispersed the fire that brought destruction to the warships behind, and might even affect the entire fleet.
At this moment, Jiang Qin found that he didn't seem to know Gan Ning anymore, even though the two met and had been fighting each other for more than 10 years.
The Clippers' series of fire attacks? Gan Ning...will he actually think of such a strange method?
"Bang bang bang..." A series of collisions sounded one after another, and more than a dozen warships of all sizes were hit hard by the fire ships that were rushing towards them. Suddenly, flames flew around and flew around. The extremely raging Fire God exerted his divine power to the fullest, bringing disasters of extinction.
"The warships in the rear, turn quickly and retreat eastward!" Jiang Qin's expression was almost crazy, and he roared desperately.
The vanguard fleet can basically be saved. Jiang Qin now only wants to protect the fleet in the rear, and he cannot be wiped out in any case.
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Less than two miles away from the huge and majestic fire scene on the river, Ganning and more than a hundred Jinfan soldiers were fighting the waves and swimming towards the riverside.
Although the river water was still very cold at this time, Gan Ning and these Jinfan soldiers had been getting into the water in winter and had already adapted.
While Gan Ning stepped on the water (Note: The stepping on the water here is a swimming posture, not on the water surface!), he turned his head from time to time to look at the results of the fire attack.
Seeing that the fire became larger and larger and wider, Gan Ning couldn't help laughing wildly: "Brothers, the fish in Jiangdong water have turned into fire fish. Hahaha!"
"It's roasted, it's just enough to fill my stomach. I'm still hungry!" Zhang De, who had been promoted to the army's sarcasm, also laughed and continued Gan Ning's words.
"Hahaha..." The soldiers of Jinfan laughed wildly in unison.
Soon, Gan Ning and others swam ashore one after another, and didn't care about wiping the water droplets on their bodies, and they all rushed to look at the fire on the river.
"Look, another one is burning!"
"Haha. That fighter is burning..."
"Boss, the warships in the middle and rear of Jiangdong Shuiyu seem to be ready to escape. Our fireboats can't burn them!" Zhang De had a good eye, pointed at the river and said loudly to Gan Ning.
"Hehe!" Gan Ning raised his lips and a smile appeared. "The cowhide ropes that implicated the fire boat will be burned out soon. And. Can they just escape if they want to escape? The general and Pang Chanjun had already made arrangements and cut off their retreat..."
"By the way!" Gan Ning suddenly remembered something and said to Zhang De, "Boy De. Send a signal quickly and call the brothers in Ruxu's mouth over. It's time to close the net later!"
"Okay, boss!" Zhang De quickly took out a crossbow and a sound arrow from the waterproof leather bag beside him. He quickly rolled the arrow.
"Swish~~!" The crossbow string vibrated, and the arrows soared into the sky, and the sharp roar spread from afar.
After this battle, the overlord of the Yangtze River was the only one———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
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Fire chases the wind, and wind helps the fire!
With the strong west wind, the fire spread rapidly, and the flying flames ignited one warship after another. Especially the forward fleet, which was surrounded by those fire ships.
Almost every warship was burned, and only a few lucky boats used their maneuverability to slip out of the gap.
The huge fire was raging all over the sky, irresistible, and the surging river seemed to burn with it. The river surface was red and the tumultuous waves rolled straight into the sky.
"Boom~~!" At first, there seemed to be something like saltpeter on the dozens of fast ships that Gan Ning used to cause fire, making crackling sounds from time to time.
"Uh~!" "Ah~!" Many soldiers were unfortunately burned by fire. They quickly turned into firemen. Some soldiers who were bolting paddles in the inner cabin were smoked or suffocated in the cabin.
"Pu" and "Pu" keep jumping into the river to avoid Zhurong, the devouring land.
Jiang Qin, who was lucky enough to drive the ship away from the sea of fire, looked back at the fired warships in the east, and felt as heartbroken as a knife. But the development of the situation no longer allowed him to hesitate any more sadly————Many fire ships have begun to float towards the west.
"Hurry, retreat back and stay away from the fire!" Jiang Qin shouted loudly and ordered.
The warships that were already scared by the fire in front of them and were still safe were in panic and turned their bows one after another. There were inevitably collisions and collisions. Several boats were even sunk directly by their own warships.
"Set your sails and go east at full speed!" Jiang Qin had already jumped back to his original commanding ship and shouted in a loud voice, "Prepare for battle to prevent the enemy fleet from blocking it!"
"Dou~Dou~!" The dull horn sound quickly passed Jiang Qin's order. The soldiers on each warship ran around the bow and stern. Soon, the warships opened all the sails and began to speed up to retreat eastward, gradually moving away from the fire.
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The main fleet of Jinfan Navy, which had been following 5 or 6 miles behind the Jiangdong Navy, quietly approached the distance.
Seeing that Jiang Qin's fleet was attacked by fire, Xu Yin, the commander of the navy and local commander of Ganning, urgently ordered the fleet to stop advancing and issued another order at the same time.
"Tell all ships to throw wooden rafts into the river, and be sure to pay attention to the direction." The horn soldier quickly passed the order.
The formation of the main fleet of Jinfan Navy was relatively scattered and widely distributed, occupying almost half of the river. Among them, all large and medium-sized warships were arranged in front, while small boats were arranged behind the formation.
After listening to Xu Yin's order, the soldiers on the forefront's large and medium-sized warships quickly moved, lifted up the strange wooden rafts placed on the front deck of the ship, then looked at the direction and carefully threw them into the river.
"Pu" "Pu!"
Countless wooden rafts were thrown into the water one after another. The wooden rafts were made of thicker trees, and one end was sharpened. When thrown into the water, they were pointed at the tip.
What's even more strange is that there are several large stones tied to the front and back ends of each wooden raft. Once the wooden raft enters the water, the large stones sink into the river, straighten the tied rope, and then stabilize the position of the wooden raft, so as not to drift around with the river.
Soon, more than a hundred wooden rafts blocked most of the river. Then, Xu Yin led the fleet to retreat quickly...
When Jiang Qin's fleet rushed over, it was the scene of more than a hundred wooden rafts locking across the river.
"Is there such a trick?" Jiang Qin felt that his eyes were dark and urgently ordered the fleet to stop moving forward.
But despite this, several warships were too fast to hold back, and they hit one or even two wooden rafts heavily. The waterline of the bow was immediately knocked out of the hole by the sharp wooden rafts, and the rolling river water poured into the boat along the hole.
"Hurry, hurry, push these wooden rafts away and separate the road!" Jiang Qin shouted anxiously.
The soldiers on the warship took out poles and spears, trying to push the raft aside.
However, after the wood raft is soaked in water, it is already quite heavy. Adding the front and back ends as fixed large stones is quite difficult to push. Moreover, the wooden rafts and wooden rafts are inevitably colliding with each other during the process, and the effect is not ideal.
At this time, the group of fire ships that were unmanned behind were approaching Jiang Qin's fleet under the influence of wind and water flow.
The rafts had not been pushed open yet, but the fire had already arrived. The flying burning objects, taking advantage of the wind, crossed the river and landed on some warships one after another.
Since each warship has sails, the flammable canvas will immediately burn once it is touched by burning objects.
Because it is blocked by wooden rafts during rapid travel, the warships are closely connected, which provides great convenience for the spread of fire.
Jiang Qin looked at the rapidly spreading fire, his face pale and his heart was ashamed. Under the careful design of the enemy, the Jiangdong naval army had no way to advance and no way to retreat, and his complete defeat was already in front of him.
"All ships dispersed to the wings, looking for gaps to retreat..." Jiang Qin issued an order almost powerless.
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Chapter completed!