Yuezhou Navy, Destroyed!
"Go around to the east and block their entrance into the Yangtze River!!”
At this moment, Zhang Xun's mind was very clear.
He knew what the purpose of this battle was.
The Yuezhou Navy's base camp was at Wentang Gorge, which guarded the main channel of the Yangtze River from Dongting Lake!
It was a place that Zhang Xun had to pass if he wanted to break through Yuezhou's navy defense line!
Therefore, the primary goal this time was to annihilate the Yuezhou Navy!
If he couldn't do it, then it would be best if he could cross the Wentang Gorge before the other party could react. He would go down the river and rush out of the Yangtze River.
Therefore, Zhang Xun had to seize as many advantageous positions as possible.
If things couldn't be done, they would immediately leave. If there was an opportunity, they would chase after him!
It all depended on how Lu Guangyi would react.
Right now, although Zhang Xun had fewer troops and ships, he was the one who had the strategic initiative.
The combination of weight and speed was the power of the collision, while flexibility and speed were the guarantee of the initiative in the battlefield.
At the same time, a scorching arsonist and a one-mile-long torsion-type rock launcher were fired.
Large galleons with torsion-type engines and incendiary bombs. In a short period of time, he would be invincible on Dongting Lake.
Of course, when the Tang army summed up their experience and began to develop the means of long-range projectile, Zhang Xun naturally would not think that the Tang people were stupid. In fact, these methods were not difficult to replicate. With the technical ability of the Tang Dynasty, they could replicate it in less than half a year.
At that time, the galley would sacrifice its load due to its excessive pursuit of speed and become an object of elimination.
However, that was all in the future.
The current Yuezhou Navy had no means to threaten the thirteen galleys that were roaming Dongting Lake.
Therefore, Zhang Xun had to take advantage of this opportunity to maximize the value of these thirteen galleys. In the next stage, Zhang Xun did not plan to continue making galleys.
When he reached the surface of the sea, he needed a big ship that was more suitable for sailing on the sea.
Now, for Lu Guangyi, these thirteen galleys were the source of all his pain.
Thirteen galley ships were blocking the river mouth, which meant that his five hundred warships could not advance or retreat.
"Fire platoon! Set fire!"
Now that Zhang Xun's fleet had blocked the river's mouth, although the water flow of Dongting Lake was slow, it would eventually flow towards the river's mouth.
Lu Guangyi's fire raft, with the help of the water current, would definitely be able to force Zhang Xun back!
Soon, Yuezhou's navy deployed more than a hundred boats, which were piled with dry firewood and other flammable materials.
The sailor desperately swayed and followed the river.
Facing the opponent's tactic of setting fire to the boat, Zhang Xun was not flustered. There were many tactics to deal with the arsonist platoon, and Zhang Xun had done a lot of research on them.
"Left Army, listen up!!”
Zhang Xun ordered!
Soon, the four double-decker galleys on the left slid forward rapidly!
The remaining nine ships remained where they were.
" What kind of regulation is this?!"
Lu Guangyi frowned.
"This…"
Qian Deye was also confused. He was a scholar who had read the Four Books and Five Classics. At most, he had read military books like Sun Tzu's Art of War.
There's nothing in these military books about how to deal with an arsonist.
"Viceroy, look! Someone's starting a fire!”
Just as Lu Guangyi and the others were confused about the other party's intentions, a young general beside him suddenly shouted.
In front of them, a raft was set on fire, followed by a second, third, and fourth raft.
In the blink of an eye, like dominoes, a large area of the lake was set on fire.
"Damn it! The thief is trying to lure us into igniting the fire in advance!”
Guangyi Lu slammed the side of the boat and roared.
However, they were on the surface of the water, and there was no way to send messages on horseback. They could only rely on various flags to send orders.
Moreover, the message that the flag could convey was very simple.
Waving the red flag, he lit a fire. Therefore, there was no order to not light the fire.
"Hahaha! As expected!"
Zhang Xun laughed loudly.
The pirates of the Black Tiger Navy also laughed.
Once the fire started, it would never stop.
Yuezhou's water army was basically giving them a free performance of a campfire on the water…
In naval warfare, the tactic of setting fire to the enemy was common in the history of Eastern and Western naval warfare, but it was rarely effective.
At most, it was a way to destroy the enemy fleet's formation.
This was because after the arsonist ship was set on fire, its own power would disappear.
After all, no one could row on a burning ship.
After the fire was lit, the sailors on the arsonist ship would jump off the ship and escape. The fire ship could only rely on the current to float.
"Left Army, retreat! Form a single column and circle around the arsonist ship!”
Su Yan continued to order.
The soldiers quickly maneuvered the ships skillfully. According to his orders, the thirteen ships quickly changed their formation and became a column with the head and tail connected.
From afar, it looked like a giant centipede.
"Advance! Go to their side! Hurry, hurry, hurry!"
Zhang Xun urged!
The left side of the ship was facing the right side of the enemy fleet.
This way, it would be extremely difficult for the enemy's hundreds of warships to turn around and face the enemy with their bows.
On the other hand, he would be able to maintain the same state as the other party. Then, the Yuezhou navy would be completely passive and be beaten up.
Zhang Xun's ship and catapults were not much ahead of the Tang army in terms of technology, but now they showed a crushing attitude.
This was the huge difference in the tactical thinking of both sides in water battles!!
Soon, the 13 agile galleys circled to the side of the Yuezhou navy fleet.
Just as Lu Guangyi and the others were confused.
Peng peng!
More than a hundred incendiary bombs flew out!
This time, there was no need to even test fire!
The warship ahead blotted out the sky.
No matter what, he could hit his target.
"Ah!"
"It's so hot…"
"Fire! Fire!"
More than a hundred incendiary bombs rained down from the sky. The Yuezhou Navy's fleet fell into chaos!
Lu Guangyi sighed.
By now, the fleet structure was already in chaos. Hundreds of ships were colliding with each other. This fleet had already lost its commander.
When an army lost its commander.
That was chaos, followed by fleeing.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The thirteen galleys maintained a firing frequency of one round per minute.
Every time, more than a hundred incendiary bombs would make the chaos even worse!
"Retreat! Retreat to River Heart Island!"
On a five-tooth ship, Guangyi Lu gritted his teeth and said.
When the other ships saw the flagship retreating, they followed suit.
"Maintain a distance of one mile, maintain the formation, and don't chase too quickly!”
Zhang Xun immediately ordered.
His face was filled with excitement.
He knew…Yuezhou's navy was finished!
From today until the Tang Dynasty rebuilt the Yangtze River Navy!
The entire Yangtze River would be his world!
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