Chapter 246: The chain of ships

In the first month of the fifth year of Jian'an (192), Ma Yue successfully attacked Jiangling.

From then until March, Ma Yue's 8,000 Xiliang army was stationed in Jiangling City, and the situation in Jingzhou began to show a strange confrontation.

Liu Biao strictly ordered the Jingzhou navy to go through Wulin Port to patrol the waters, so as not to alert the snake. Because once the Jingzhou navy blocked the river waterway, Ma Yue would probably give up his plan to go south to Jiangdong and rage the land of Jingxiang! Liu Biao would rather Yuan Shu's Yangzhou be affected than his Jingzhou become a ranch for horse butchers to run horses.

The Jingzhou army remained motionless and anxiously waited for the Western Liang cavalry to go down the river, but Ma Yue did not seem to be in a hurry to leave Jiangling.

Liu Biao never expected that the Jingzhou army's uncontrollable troops would give Ma Yue enough time to prepare, and Ma Yue was preparing to attack Wulin Port in full swing!

Cao Cao, a hero of a generation, expected almost everything, but he did not expect that Ma Yue would attack Wulin Port!

Attacking Wulin Port is a crazy decision!

Ganning has crossed the Yangtze River (known as too awkward in ancient times, so it’s better to use the Yangtze River) for many years and has unparalleled experience in water warfare. In Ganning’s view, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry has no chance of winning attack on Wulin Port! Unless a fish bubble can grow under the iron hooves of the Xiliang horse and can directly rush out from the water surface, it will be a waste of death.

Facing Gan Ning's doubts, Ma Yue just smiled faintly, but the preparations for attacking Wulin Port never stopped.

From the first month of the fifth year of Jian'an to March, the trees within a radius of 50 miles of Xiling Port were almost cut down, and all the houses in Jiangling City were demolished. The deep courtyards of the gentry and family were also not spared. Tens of thousands of Jiangling people could only live in thatched huts and huts, enduring the pain of cold wind, ice and snow!

The spring is chilly and Wulin Port is silent.

On the lookout, two Jingzhou soldiers were shrank and stomping their feet hard. The river surface in the distance was filled with fog, and it was difficult to distinguish the scenery a hundred steps away.

"Ha..." A Jingzhou soldier put his hands on his lips, sniffed hard, and cursed angrily, "Damn it, it's so cold, there's not even a single hair on the river. Someone who ate Xiongxin Leopard dared to attack the army's village? Hu Laosi's slutch ball clearly made us beat him up."

"Say a few less words." Another Jingzhou soldier frowned and advised, "Beware of the disaster coming from the mouth."

"snort!"

The Jingzhou soldier who was the first to speak groaned, turned around, untied his belt in a trembling manner, and urinated at the river surface under the observation platform. The red sun rose and the golden light was pouring down. The heavy fog on the river surface gradually faded and dissipated, and the originally chaotic river surface gradually became clear.

"call."

The Jingzhou soldier shook the words under his crotch, slowly put them into his pants, swept his eyes unintentionally on the river surface, and then lowered his head to continue lifting his pants. But after a moment, the Jingzhou soldier jumped up like a knife, staring at the vast river surface ahead, and his eyes were filled with indescribable fear.

"Lao Qi, you are crazy about gains and losses!" Another Jingzhou soldier was dozing off. He was shocked by the Jingzhou soldier's actions without warning. He couldn't help but curse, "I was shocked, scared ghosts?"

"Shit..."

The Jingzhou soldiers named Lao Qi ignored it, and only made a very dirty hissing sound from their throats, and their eyes were getting wider and wider, and they looked like they had seen a ghost.

"Lao Qi! You..."

Another Jingzhou soldier suddenly felt a chill on his back.

In the past, many brothers disappeared for no reason while keeping watch. Then, many days later, the bodies of the missing brothers were found in the deserted rocks by the river. There is a terrible legend in the water army village that said there was a water ghost in Wulin Port, which was specially found at dawn before dawn to devour people's souls.

Could it be...

Another Jingzhou soldier resisted his great fear and slowly turned his head mechanically. When he saw that the Jingzhou soldier was immediately sucked by thunder and could not retract his gaze. After a long time, the Jingzhou soldier who called Lao Qi let out a sigh and asked his companion in a dreamlike voice: "Fifth Brother, then... what the hell is that?"

The Jingzhou soldier who called Wu Ge shook his head and was speechless.

In the distance, a huge black shadow was floating on the vast river in front of the Wulingang Naval Camp! If it weren't for the dark shadow slowly squirming forward, the two poor Jingzhou soldiers would have almost thought it was a piece of land! This thing could float on the river like a boat, but it was definitely not a boat!

Even the largest three-story ship in Wulin Port seems insignificant than the black shadow in front of it. It is impossible for such a huge ship to exist in this world. Since it is not a ship, what else can float on the water? A terrible idea flashed through the minds of the two of them at the same time - a water ghost!

It turns out that the water ghost is so huge!

"Ghost~~"

The two Jingzhou soldiers exchanged glances and screamed at the top of their lungs.

The two shrill long howls shattered the silence of the Wulingang Naval Army's village as if they were dead. The next moment, the endless sound of trumpets and the fierce sound of war drums had already resounded through the sky. The sleeping naval soldiers were awakened one after another, hurriedly put on the hangout, and drove out of the Dazhai team and began to form a formation.

"What's going on?" A small navy school rushed to the observation deck and shouted loudly, "What's the ghost called?"

"General...General." The two Jingzhou soldiers said tremblingly, "You... look ahead."

"Huh?" The Navy School turned around suddenly, was shocked when she saw it, and said in a lost voice, "Oh my God! This... isn't I dreaming, right? This... such a big ship!!!"

"Huh, the boat?"

Two Jingzhou sailors turned their heads in fear and found that the huge black shadow had approached a lot, and the outline gradually became clear. Only then did they realize that it was indeed a huge, unparalleled giant ship! Or rather, it was not a ship, but a chain of ships fixed and connected together!

The river is flooded, and the cold wind is like a knife!

A bloody wolf flag was floating in the wind at the bow of the ship.

Under the banner, Ma Yue stood solemnly with his hands on his back. The strong wind of the river swayed the thick black cloak behind him, and it made a sound, revealing a scarlet lining, which was as sad as blood under the illumination of the rising sun. Dian Wei held a pair of dark iron halberds and Gan Ning held a nine-ring sword in his hand, just like two killing gods standing by Ma Yue.

Behind Ma Yue, five thousand elite Xiliang were wearing iron armor, holding a saber in his hands, waiting for the battle!

More than a thousand large and small ships were wrapped in countless crisscrossing iron chains and wooden piles, riveted together, and formed into a tightly connected whole. A solid wooden frame was fixed on it, and thick wooden boards were laid on the wooden frame, which eventually formed a large chain ship that was enough to accommodate tens of thousands of Xiliang soldiers in a formation and fighting!

There are no sails on the boat, and such a large and clumsy boat cannot be pushed forward by sails.

The ones pushing this huge chain ship were the prisoners of Jingzhou, or the oars in the hands of the prisoners of Jingzhou. A total of two thousand Jingzhou prisoners of war were cruelly drilled through their collarbones, and they were arranged in two rows of iron chains, and they were placed on the left and right sides of the chain ship. Under the threat of the Xiliang soldiers' whip and sabers, pushing the chain ship to slowly sail forward.

Red Cliff!

It was Chibi who gave Ma Yue the inspiration.

In the Battle of Red Cliff in real history, Cao Cao adopted the strategy of a series of ships offered by Pang Tong because the Northern Army was not accustomed to water wars, and connected the ships into a whole with iron chains, avoiding the disadvantage of the hull shaking due to the flooding of rivers, but also brought a catastrophe to the 830,000 Cao army.

If you copy and write military techniques, no matter how perfect the tactic is, it may cause a catastrophe.

On the contrary, if you learn and apply it, the most failed tactics in history may bring about a refreshing victory! Tactics have never been the ultimate factor that determines the outcome, and people... are the decisive factors that affect the outcome. The series of ship plans once destroyed Cao Cao's 83 army, but today... it will help the horse butcher rewrite history.

In front, the Wulingang Naval Camp is already far away.

A trace of solemn aura burst into the corner of Ma Yue's mouth, and he said to Gan Ning: "Attack speed, move forward!"

Gan Ning clasped his fists and then turned around and quickly climbed up to the platform behind him, raised his right arm and said loudly, "Lord has orders, attack speed... move forward!!!"

"Dongdongdongdong..."

With Gan Ning's order, the two rows of drummers on the left and right sides of the bow immediately accelerated the rhythm. The drum beats suddenly became rapid, and the prisoners of Jingzhou were forced to speed up the speed of swinging the oars. If someone was a little slow, the Liangzhou soldiers who were patrolling the side would whip him without hesitation.

The slow-moving serial ships gradually began to accelerate, crushing towards the Wulingang Naval Village like a mountain.

Wulin Port and Jingzhou Navy Dazhai were already in chaos at this time.

"God, the bloody wolf flag!"

"The Xiliang Iron Cavalry is the Xiliang Iron Cavalry of the horse butcher! My eldest brother was in Jiangling and before the city broke, he saw such a blood-colored wolf flag."

"God, that big ship is starting to accelerate!"

"Oh my goodness, it hits!"

Chain of large ships.

The coldness at the corner of Ma Yue's mouth became stronger and stronger. He waved his hand gently to Gan Ning and said in a calm voice: "Sprint speed... move forward!"

Gan Ning clasped his fists, turned around again and quickly climbed up the platform, raised his right arm and said loudly, "Lord has orders, sprint speed... move forward!!!"

Dozens of drummers howled, swinging hammers like rain, beating on the marching drum like death.

In an instant, the dense drum beats, which were as dense as rain, had soared into the sky. Driven by the horse whip and sabre, the prisoners of Jingzhou also waved the wooden oars in their hands as desperately. The clumsy chain of ships finally completed the final acceleration and hit the gate of the Wulingang Naval Army's village as fast as possible.

"Crack!"

With a crisp sound, the observation deck outside the main gate of the Navy Dazhai was first broken by half. Three Jingzhou generals plunged into the cold river water wailed. The huge chain of ships continued to rush forward with powerful habits, and easily knocked down the barrier of the Water Village fence with a devastating momentum.

"Scratch...puff!"

The continuous sound of brokenness sounded, and more and more ships anchored in the water village were collided and squeezed by a series of large ships, and then were knocked through and crushed by the sharp and sharp hammers on the bow of the series of large ships. The panicked Jingzhou sailors fell into the water like dumplings.

"Lingling..."

Gan Ning waved the Nine-ring Sword in his hand fiercely, and a pleasant chant suddenly sounded. In a flash, a total of 800 Jinfan thieves had gathered behind Gan Ning. At this moment, Gan Ning had only had a burning murderous intent in his eyes. Before today, he had never known that water battles could be fought like this, and the Jingzhou Navy Village in Wulin Port could be defeated in this way!

"Brothers~~" Gan Ning held up the Nine-ring Sword, turned around and looked at Dian Wei like a wolf, and said to the sky wolf, "The Western Liang Iron Cavalry is good, and we Jinfan Thief are not good at it!"

"Aoao~~"

The eight hundred Jinfan thieves responded with three shouts, and their momentum was like a rainbow.

"Interesting." Faced with Gan Ning's aggressive provocation, Dian Wei slowly crossed the two iron halberds, and his murderous intent was revealed in his eyes, "I will not lose to you unknown juniors."

"boom!"

With a loud bang, the fast-moving serial ship finally hit the port of Wulin Port heavily. The forward rushing suddenly stopped, and the huge hull turned around unstoppably. Dian Wei was standing on the bow of the ship holding a double iron halberd in his hand. When he was about to find an opportunity to jump onto the port to fight, he suddenly felt his foot slipping, and he fell from the side of the serial ship with a sloping sound.

"Puff!"

Dian Wei's heavy body fell on a small boat, and a loud noise suddenly made, and the hull of the boat also shook violently. Unfortunately, Dian Wei had just stood up, but he felt his feet slipping and then falling heavily on the deck of the boat. On the boat, two Jingzhou soldiers saw the opportunity to take advantage of it, so they howled and stabbed them.

Dian Wei roared and blocked the halberd. Unexpectedly, the boat shook again. Dian Wei's iron halberd was tilted again and could not stop the pricks of the two Jingzhou soldiers. He heard two slight sounds, and then his shoulders cooled down. The armor-swalking beast on his shoulders and the armor-swalking armor had been removed in whole pieces.

"hateful!"

Dian Wei was furious and suddenly stood up. He roared and stabbed at the two Jingzhou soldiers. The two Jingzhou soldiers stomped their feet hard, and the hull of the boat tilted sharply to one side. Dian Wei's feet became weak, and his huge body suddenly came over, staggering back to the side of the boat, and one step further out to plant the cold river water.

“Hey hey…”

Dian Wei waved his arms desperately, trying his best to maintain balance, but things didn't go as expected. As soon as he exerted his feet, the hull of the boat tilted even more violently, sending him into the river.

"Puff!"

Dian Wei waved his hands twice in vain, and finally inevitably fell into the cold river. Poor this evil man was a tiger on the land, but when he got into the water, he immediately became a shrimp. As soon as he fell into the water, he abandoned two large iron halberds and slapped the water surface with both hands, trying hard to float up, but the harder he tried, the more he sank the whole person.
To be continued...