Gan Ning looked at his own warships that had turned into balls of fire on the lake and said in a deep voice: "Send the order, the entire army's warships gather together and prepare to face the enemy!"

His measure was a helpless move at the moment. The Liang army ships loaded with items were slow to move. They could not run past the opponent and could only face the enemy head-on. Gather the warships into a group so that the opponent would not have to use their speed and flexibility to encircle and annihilate their battlefields and break them one by one. Moreover, the power of the crossbows projectiles fired from the ship-based crossbows on the dense ships would be amazing.

Sure enough, with the sound of drums in the Liang army's fleet, thousands of stone bombs were shot out from hundreds of warships, and overwhelming black shadows appeared in the sky. The Ganning flagship was rushing around the seven or eight river-line warships in the front, as if hail was falling, huge waves and water columns splashed on the water.

At the same time, with the continuous loud bangs, each warship was shot five or six times. Huge stone bombs either penetrated the deck, penetrated the sideways, or broke the masts. Some warships began to pour into the lake water and slowly sank. Some turned into wood wreckage piled on the lake surface.

Huo Jun, who was escorting the formation in the rear, immediately saw the way and ordered: "Our warships should not face each other head-on, and should not get too close. Instead, they should cruise around them, and then take the interval between their crossbows firing, and gradually break inward. At the same time, they will look for their flaws and attack."

After the military order was passed for half an hour, Huo Jun's warships no longer rushed straight towards the Liang army naval division, but lined up in a row and circled around the Liang army naval transport ships that were crowded into a group.

At this distance, the enemy ship looks only the size of a bathtub, and it is cross-cut. Moreover, the sky is completely dark, and it can only rely on the moonlight and vision. In this case, the crossbow can no longer use the last projectile landing point, and estimate the next projection parameters, and the hit rate of the crossbow cannon has dropped to nearly zero.

Linjiang warships gradually approached the Liang army with a spiral-like trajectory. Whenever the Liang army fired a round of crossbows, the Linjiang warships took the time window for Liang army to load the projectiles and quickly advanced to a distance.

Gan Ning's face became heavy, and he knew in his heart that although the warships of the two armies got closer and closer, the hitting of his own crossbows would slightly increase. However, this increase in hit rate was not enough to suppress the enemy ships from rushing quickly in close range.

Moreover, the Liang army's warships were extremely bulky and gathered together, and it was extremely difficult to turn the direction. When they shot the Linjiang warships that were spinning around them, they had to form a formation similar to the land infantry formation, which greatly reduced the density and power of the crossbow bombardment. Therefore, it can be expected that when the Linjiang army approached a certain distance, a charge could break into the Liang army's fleet. At that time, the Liang army navy had to fight close to the deck with the Linjiang navy. What's bad is that soldiers who are good at deck-mounted battles were all assigned to those combat ships, so there would be no surprises in the result.

Gan Ning said with a pale face: "All soldiers in the army are in their hands, ready to fight against each other!" On the other side, Huo Jun also ordered with serene confidence: "Prepare to raise the red light!" When Huo Jun's flagship raised the red light, it means that the entire Linjiang Navy's army raided at full speed.

At this time, a personal guard soldier beside Huo Jun suddenly shouted: "General, look at the large number of unknown ships appearing behind our army!"

Huo Jun was shocked and thought to himself whether it was the Liang army warships that were lured away by him. But it was impossible to count the time, and even if they turned around and came back, they would not appear in the direction behind them.

He turned his head and looked at it in the moonlight. Sure enough, he saw the overlapping sailing warships. Most of the ships were just small ships, less than sixty battles away from his fleet. Although he could not estimate how many ships there were at the moment, Huo Jun was sure to have at least two hundred.

Moreover, Huo Jun was sure that although it was not a Liang army's warship, it was not a warship of his own, and it was even more impossible for a warship of the Wei army, because the Wei army had not yet established an inland water naval division. Huo Jun was a little familiar with the flags on the ship. He suddenly remembered that this was the flag of the destruction of the Wu naval division. How could there be a naval division left by the Wu state on Pengze Lake?

Huo Jun didn't have time to think about it, and shouted in a changing voice: "Transfer a certain military order, raise the white light, and the entire army evacuated! Withdraw!"

He was about to wipe out the Liang army, but the entire army was about to evacuate. Of course Huo Jun didn't want to do so, but he had no choice. If he didn't retreat now, he would attack the Liang army's fleet as planned. Although he caused considerable losses to the Liang army in the end, he could only wipe out his entire army when he was attacked from front and back.

A white lantern rose on Huo Jun's flagship, and at the same time, the soldiers kept blowing the horns. Huo Jun's warship turned the bow one after another and fled to the southeast. Of course, Huo Jun's flagship ran in the front.

Huo Jun didn't know what was going on with the fleet, but Gan Ning, who was told in advance, naturally knew who it was. It was Sun Shangxiang, the princess of Wu State, who led the fleet to pick up Gan Ning. Her small ships that came down from the Gan River were extremely flexible and fast, and they rushed over in a short time after riding the wind and waves.

At this time, Huo Jun's fleet also fled. Only two warships that did not receive military orders in time and were surrounded by warships. After a fight, they ended with soldiers from the Linjiang Navy kneeling on the ground and begging for surrender.

Sun Shangxiang went from the springboard to Gan Ning's flagship. Gan Ning hurriedly greeted him, clasped his fists and said, "General must be the one sent by Princess Sun to pick up Ying. Gan Ning thanked him for his rescuing. Can you ask Princess Sun where is now?"

At the moment, Sun Shangxiang had taken off her white women's clothing, put on a white battle robe, put on a silver armor, and put on a silver helmet. She also wrapped white linen around the armor, which meant that she was wearing mourning for her mother and brother. At first glance, she was just a heroic young general, but she couldn't tell that she was a woman.

Hearing Gan Ning's question, Sun Shangxiang smiled, revealing two dimples, and then he clasped his fists and said, "General Gan Ning doesn't need to be too polite, it's Sun Shangxiang, the princess of Wu State."

Gan Ning heard the silver bell-like sound, and after a closer look, he realized that the other party was a woman. His face turned red and he quickly apologized: "Princess, please forgive me for being awkward, don't blame me."

When the two talked, the Liang army warships that had been lured away had returned.

Sun Shangxiang said: "General Gan Ning, there is currently a shortage of food in Nanchang City. We should hurry up and send these food and grass safely to avoid the long night and dreams. After emptiing the food and grass, we have more important things to do, which is to completely wipe out the thief Liu Bei's thief on Pengze Lake."
Chapter completed!