Chapter 246 Who can help when everyone is betrayed and separated from their relatives? A single tree cannot support Shouchun City!
Looking at the flames that were burning in front of him, Xiong Zang widened his eyes in disbelief: "Is this the Qin Army's black water?"
Xiong Zang had heard of Qin Dynasty a long time ago There are rumors about the army in Heishui, and I have even heard that the Qin army called Ying Chengyu to be the reincarnation of Zhu Rong.
But the former Xiong Zang sneered at this, and was even very angry.
In the records of Chu State, the ancestor of Chu State was Ji Lian, the sixth son of Lu Zhong.
And Lu Zhong's grandfather was Wu Hui, who was named Zhu Rong by Emperor Ku!
The Qin army called Ying Chengyu the reincarnation of Zhu Rong. What does this mean?
What qualifications does the Changan Lord of the Qin Kingdom have to be the ancestor of my royal family of the Chu Kingdom!
So even though Xiong Zang had heard about Ying Chengyu's good fire attack, he only thought it was a public opinion offensive by the Qin State. If Xiang Yan hadn't forced him to do so, Xiong Zang would have even wanted to give up the sandbox on the ship. Throw it away!
Go to hell Zhu Rong’s reincarnation!
Nai Weng is Zhu Rong’s direct descendant!
How could Nai Weng be afraid of the fire attacks from Fang Ma Weng’s descendants!
But today, Xiong Zang finally realized that Qin Jun’s claim that Ying Chengyu was the reincarnation of Zhu Rong was not a public opinion offensive at all.
Looking at the continuously burning flames and the line of fire directed towards the Chu army’s boats, Xiong Zang couldn’t help but doubt.
Is it because of the continuous intermarriage between Qin and Chu that the ancestors lost their way and were reincarnated into the descendants of Qin!
"Dang Dang Dang~"
The sudden sound of clang interrupted Xiong Zang's random thoughts.
Xiong Zang immediately ordered: "Withdraw the troops!"
The Chu army had long wanted to withdraw.
Hearing Xiong Zang’s order, he immediately picked up the oar and rowed back.
However, how could Cen Bian miss this great opportunity?
Cen Bian immediately ordered: "The Chinese army's boats are locked on the river, and the rear army retreats to prepare for battle."
"The front army continues to charge forward!"
Qin Navy It was also the first time that he had gained an advantage in a water battle. How could he be willing to let the Chu army leave?
“Charge!”
"Oarsmen, hurry up! Speed up! Speed up!"
"Close to the enemy ship!"
Under the temptation of military merit, the Qin army's oarsmen rowed their oars crazily, driving the Qin army's boats to chase And up.
The navy of the Qin army kept inserting the cannon into the jar to absorb the oil, and then sprayed it on the Chu army's ships!
Seeing the chaos at the front of the front army, Xiang Yan narrowed his eyes slightly: "How could the Qin army throw fire out?"
"It's quite an ingenious idea."
After pondering for a moment, Xiang Yan said in a deep voice: "Instruct Xiong Ao's troops to step forward on the bridge and respond to the enemy from the side."
"Use the oars to raise the water to Refuse!”
Under Xiang Yan’s order, Xiong Ao ordered his navy to move forward and stand across the river.
Xiong Zang, who was withdrawing his troops, shouted anxiously: "Brother Ao, be careful of the Qin army's fire attack!"
Xiong Ao nodded with a solemn expression: "I know it!"
Looking at the center wing of the Qin army getting closer and closer, Xiong Ao took a deep breath and ordered in a deep voice: "Oarsmen of each boat Listen to the order!"
"Put your oar into the water and prepare to raise the oar!"
"Every boat and gunman listens to the order, fill the jar with water and stand by!"
"Everyone! The boat archers obeyed the order and aimed at the Qin army's center wing, shoot!"
Seeing that the Chu army not only refused to escape, but even formed a blocking formation, three flames lit up on the shore.
Seeing this, Cen Bian immediately ordered: "Stop the front army and send the twenty center wings forward!"
Most of the Qin army's front army boats were stationed, and only twenty center wings were stationed. Still heading upstream against the Chu army's arrows, he looked excitedly at the Chu army in the distance.
"Side boat!"
At the command, the Qin army's oarsmen paddled hard in the opposite direction, driving the middle wing to face the Chu army's bridge boat from the side.
"Raise the fire!"
As soon as they entered the attack range, Qin's soldiers put the torch out of the boat.
“Attack!”
With another order, the Qin soldiers picked up their coffins without hesitation and aimed at the Chu army and spit them out.
Xiong Ao shouted nervously: "Pump water! Splash water!"
Following Xiong Ao's order, the paddler immediately inserted the oar into the river and then raised it with force.
The soldiers on the bridge also hurriedly poured water from the altar at the Qin army.
"Wow!"
The water splashed everywhere, and the oil produced by the prongs was not extinguished by the water.
But the impact of the water flow shot a lot of oil onto the Qin army's center wing!
"Our army is on fire!"
"Get sand to put out the fire!"
Many boats of the Qin and Chu armies were set alight by oil. For a time, the soldiers of both armies were in chaos.
Looking at the battlefield with flames soaring into the sky, Qu Huan breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, Shangzhu State had the ingenuity to use water to resist fire."
"If the Qin army's boats were allowed to rush into our Chu navy, In this battle, our entire Chu navy may be wiped out!”
Xiang Yan shook his head: "The general's strategy is only to block it slightly."
"Resisting fire with water is just an expedient strategy to slow down the battle damage, and the damage to our army is still huge. "
"If the Qin army uses this to hinder our army, our army may not be able to move forward along the waterway."
Xiang Yan knows very well that the Qin army's fire attack strategy is limited by the environment. , one's own coping strategies are also subject to the environment.
Xiang Yan’s defensive strategy is not omnipotent.
But Xiong Ao didn't realize this.
Seeing the Qin army's boats catching fire, Xiong Ao laughed loudly: "The strategy of Shangzhu Kingdom is effective!"
"Sirs, encircle and kill!"
The bridge immediately left Military formations protruded on both sides, surrounding the Qin army.
Cen Bian shouted in shock when he saw this: "order!"
"The front and center wing stopped putting out the fire and continued to attack the Chu army with their cannons!"
"Send fifty to the center wing to join the front!"
"Let the front army shout, the only way is to kill Only by bleeding can we come back alive!"
The Qin army's front troops hurriedly shouted in unison, passing Cen Bian's general order into the ears of the front.
"The captain is right. If we are besieged, we will definitely die, so we might as well fight!" "Yes, as long as we can rush out, even if the boat is on fire, we can jump into the water and climb aboard. If other Paoze ships are caught in the Chu army’s formation, the Chu army will kill us!”
"My mother, let's fight!"
Compared with being killed, the ship catching fire became a less important problem.
The oarsman turned the bow of the boat upside down and rowed the oars with all his strength to withdraw the troops.
The Qin army on the center wing also completely gave up rescuing its own ships, and instead continued to launch fire attacks on the Chu army's ships.
The flames are still spreading!
Two quarters of an hour later, the Qin army's twenty flying boats were engulfed in flames and fell into the water.
The seventy bridge boats that the Chu army was responsible for intercepting were all destroyed!
The oil accumulated on the two arks also fell into the water and spread on the river surface, causing large areas of the river to burn.
Looking at the fire in front of him, Cen Bian sighed regretfully: "What a pity."
"Send the order to the entire army to withdraw into Yingshui!"
The Qin army retreated, and Xiong Ao also led the remaining troops back to the Chinese army.
Boarding on the building boat, Xiong Ao handed over his hands in shame: "The last general has failed to live up to the expectations of the Shangzhu Kingdom."
"Please punish the Shangzhu Kingdom!"
Xiang Yan He shook his head: "The Qin army is attacking with such fire, even this general can only resist it, but he has no ability to take the initiative to attack."
"Captain Xiong is not guilty."
Xiang Yan's words sounded like comfort.
But Xiong Ao sounded like Xiang Yan was mocking him.
Why do you dare to do something that even I dare not say I can do!
Xiong Ao was unwilling to continue this topic and asked instead: "The Qin army has retreated. The flames on the river will flow downstream along the river and become a sharp weapon to assist our army in advancing."
"I dare to ask Shangzhu State, if our army wants to follow the trend?"
Xiang Yan said solemnly: "Now our army is located upstream, and fire on the river can open the way forward for our army."
"But after entering Yingshui, the Qin army could have stayed upstream and used fire to drive our army into encirclement."
"Why did the Wei navy die? Did Captain Xiong forget it now? "
"If we can't defeat the Qin army's art of fire attack, how many casualties will our army have to pay to reach Shouchun City?"
"If Lieutenant Xiong can crack the Qin army's fire attack technique, he can travel by water."
"If not, the waterway will be blocked!"
Although Cen Bian used only The water battle plan that Ying Chengyu made casually and was shelved was not something that Xiong Ao could solve.
Xiong Ao could only ask again: "Then our army wants to go ashore and march by land?"
Xiang Yan nodded and said: "This is the general's intention."
"Please ask Lieutenant Xiong to come ashore immediately to be the vanguard of our army and turn to the southwest to speed up the march!"
Xiong Ao pointed to himself and asked in disbelief: "Is the last general to be the vanguard?"
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"The last general's troops have suffered a lot in the water battle, and the military morale is gone."
"How can the last general's troops be the vanguard again!"
Xiang Yandan The voice said: "This is the general's order!"
"Please obey Captain Xiong!"
"If Captain Xiong does not obey, the army will not be able to march!"
If Xiong Ao does not serve as the vanguard, Xiang Yan will not be able to afford the troops to go south to rescue Shouchun City .
If the King of Chu were to question him in the future, Xiang Yan would say that it was because Xiong Ao did not obey the general's orders, which caused the army to stagnate.
Can Xiong Ao afford this responsibility?
Xiong Ao was born in the Chu royal family, and with the support of Chu King Han, he was able to serve as a captain in the regular army.
Xiong Ao has no clan support behind him, and the King of Chu wants him to die, so he has no choice but to die!
Clenching his teeth, Xiong Ao's angry voice burst out from between his teeth: "Wei!"
Seeing Xiong Ao's men coming ashore, Qu Huan said softly: "Please go up to the pillar. Please be more careful in the future.”
“Looking at Captain Xiong Ao’s attitude, he seems to have a lot of resentment in his heart.”
"After this battle, Captain Xiong Ao will inevitably attack Shangzhu Kingdom."
Xiang Yan said quietly: "I hope he can return to Shouchun City alive and have the opportunity to attack this general!"
>Xiang Yan could have not sent his family to Shouchun City, but Xiang Yan did it anyway in the hope that the King of Chu would give him sufficient trust.
Xiang Yan believed that he had reached the limit of what a noble general could do.
But this does not mean that Chu King Han can use Xiang Yan’s family to threaten him!
Guo Cang's threat touched Xiang Yan's bottom line.
Xiang Yan had to start thinking about whether to change the king of Chu like other noble leaders.
Before replacing the King of Chu, the first step is to weaken the direct army of the King of Chu!
The king of Chu Han is using Ying Chengyu's sword to eliminate dissidents.
Isn’t it possible that Xiang Yan was using Wang Ben’s sword to weaken King Chu Han!
Qu Huan was slightly startled, then shook his head helplessly: "The king's move is indeed disgusting."
"Forgive me to be honest, compared with the young master's mind, after all, the king is still a little behind."
Xiang Yan glanced at Qu Huan.
After pondering for a long time, Xiang Yan finally spoke: "Can I ask you, Master, to bear the cud to protect my descendants of the Xiang family?"
Qu Huan smiled and said, "Young Master, to bear the cud, will definitely be willing to do his best to protect the Shangzhu Kingdom. ”
Xiang Yan nodded slightly and said, "I would like to thank the young master on behalf of my general."
"Order!"
"Xiang Qian led my private soldiers of the Xiang family to turn to the northeast, circle the father's city, and then go south. "
"Once Shouchun City is destroyed, follow the order of Young Master and be sure to rescue the Xiang family's children in Shouchun City!"
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Time passes slowly.
The reinforcements that King Han of Chu and Li Yuan had been waiting for had not yet arrived.
Only one flying stone after another arrived at Shouchun City!
Looking at the east wall of Shouchun City, which has suffered many cracks and the upper part of the city wall has collapsed, Li Yuan's eyes were splitting: "Why haven't the reinforcements arrived yet!"
"Xiang Yan Want to rebel! ”
(End of this chapter)