The Jiangxia navy stopped moving forward and quickly formed a geese formation on the river surface. The so-called geese formation means that the main warship is in the middle, the auxiliary ship and the small boat are on the two wings. This formation is most conducive to surrounding and counter-encirclement, and is used more frequently in water warfare.

The main weapons of water war are still mainly bows and arrows, and also auxiliary means such as stone cannons, fire attacks, etc. However, since the Jiangxia army led the use of tincture oil, tincture oil has become the most sharp weapon of the Jiangxia army, and has successively launched tincture oil weapons such as tincture jars, fire bottles, fire mud braziers and rolling fireballs, making the Jiangxia army more wings.

However, tincture oil appeared first among the Jiangdong Army and the Cao Army, but their tincture oil had not been refined and was far less sharp than the Jiangxia Army.

At this time, it was already evening, which was not conducive to the water war. The Jingzhou naval army also stopped several miles away and confronted the Jiangxia naval army. On the main ship of the Jingzhou naval army, Zhang Yun looked at the other side's fleet coldly. He was experienced and saw that the other side had only more than 300 warships, so he inferred that the maximum number of troops was five or six thousand, and he had 20,000 naval army, which had an absolute advantage in number.

At this time, Sima Feng Yi from another department was worried and went forward to persuade: "Captain, the Jiangxia army's turbulence is sharp, and the river is not good for us. The humble one suggested closing the gate of the water camp to resist the battle. When the Jiangxia army's food is exhausted, they will naturally withdraw their troops."

If Feng Yi advised Zhang Yun before sending troops, maybe Zhang Yun would have considered it, but now the army has come out and is retracting, which has a great impact on morale. How could Zhang Yun obey? He shook his head, "Since the troops have been sent, how can he retreat without fighting?"

"But it's already dusk, and it's just right for an excuse to withdraw."

Zhang Yun waved his hand and said impatiently: "Don't say anything more, what I have decided cannot be opposed!"

Feng Yi had no choice but to retreat. At this time, a soldier shouted: "Captain, the enemy ships have attacked, there are only three!"

Zhang Yun looked at the curtain with his hands and saw three 2,000-stone warships sailing out of the Jiangxia warship group, lined up in a row, slowly heading towards the Jingzhou navy. This can be understood as a single fight on the water, which is a small-scale battle between warships.

This situation is often a kind of mutual testing, which is very common on land battlefields, but it is the same in the water. In addition to testing, it will also occur in some special circumstances. For example, it is almost dusk today, and it is not realistic to engage in large-scale night battles. Either the two sides confront each other until dawn, or to engage in small-scale battles to boost morale to the soldiers of the side.

When one side challenges, the other side can ignore the battle, but this situation is relatively rare. Because if you don’t face the battle, you will let the other party show off in front of your own array, which is not good for your morale. Generally, you will face it.

Zhang Yun immediately said to Deputy Chief Chen Shuo Ling: "General Chen can lead five warships to fight. Be careful of turmeric oil and be sure to defeat the other party!"

"Abide by the order!"

Chen Shuo got off the big ship, boarded another two thousand stone warship on a small boat, and ordered the flag to wave it. Five identical two thousand stone warships sailed out of the Jingzhou navy and sailed away against the Jiangxia army.

Three years ago, when Liu Jing went north to Xiangyang, he used tincture oil to severely attack Zhang Yun. That battle left an extremely deep impression on Zhang Yun, making Zhang Yun realize that tincture oil plays an important role in water wars. Perhaps it was precisely because of the tincture oil of the Jiangxia army that Zhang Yun was quiet for three years.

Not long after, he found out the origin of the tincture oil and sent someone to buy it. He only bought a very small amount of it. The tincture oil has been closely controlled by the Jiangxia army.

But last year, he obtained a fire oil prevention method from the local population, which was to cover it with sand. After several tests, it was confirmed that this method was valid.

It was the piles of extremely cheap sand on the river beach that built Zhang Yun's courage to intercept Jiangxia's warships. But I don't know how long the things made of sand can last?

Zhang Yun stared at the five warships and drove towards Jiangxia's navy with a winged formation. He was also a little uneasy. After all, if Jiangxia had not fought for three years, would there be more sharp weapons?

In fact, this is also the main reason why Zhang Yun decided to fight. He did not want Jiang Xia to suddenly take out weapons that he could not accept, causing him to lose.

The same is true for the Jiangxia Army. Rather than saying that a small-scale battle was a test of the Jiangxia Army, it is better to say that this is an experiment of the Jiangxia Army.

After all, the Jingzhou army is not Cao's army, but a valuable resource for Jingzhou, and Liu Jing does not want to carry out a large-scale annihilation war.

The three Jiangxia warships were led by Li Jun and distributed in the shape of a "哥" on the river surface, quietly waiting for the arrival of the enemy.

Li Jun held a spear weighing 30 kilograms in his hand. Although his martial arts skills were not very high, he was careful in thinking and did things without any leakage. He also had a strong command ability. Liu Jing brought him out this time to let him fight the first water battle of the Jiangxia army.

Li Jun knew the heavy responsibility he was shouldering, and he could only win but not lose in the first battle. Although the drums on both sides rumbled, Li Jun was extremely calm in his heart. He shouted sternly to the Bian Wangbing: "Call me at five hundred steps!"

He turned around and ordered, "Prepare for the catapult!"

Six small stone catapults on both sides of the main ship began to squeak!, and a fire pier and a fire pot were installed in the throwing pocket. The so-called fire pier is a good name. In fact, it is to mix turtle oil and soil into a mud state to increase the viscosity of the turtle oil.

Use fashion in a pottery basin, ignite it and smash it out with a trencher, which can be stuck to the sails and the walls of the boat. This is a method that an old navy soldier thought of and is very practical.

The fire pot is a pot filled with tinder oil, thrown out with a trench machine and shattered on the opponent's deck. In recent years, Jiang Xiajun has refined a large amount of tinder oil. Their tinder oil is no longer as viscous and black as before, but is a light yellow and clear tinder oil after refining.

At this time, the gazebo soldiers shouted on the mast: "General Li, the enemy's main ship has arrived five hundred steps away!"

Li Jun shouted again: "Call me two hundred steps away!"

He issued another order, "Prepare for crossbowman!"

On the warship, there were dense sailors on both sides of the ship, holding military crossbows and staring at the approaching ship.

"General, two hundred steps have arrived!" The lookout soldiers shouted on the mast.

Li Jun had already seen it clearly that the enemy's main ship appeared on the left, less than 200 steps away, while the other warship was about 400 steps away on the right. It was obvious that the other party wanted to attack the warship where he was located.

The main warship in Jingzhou had already drifted a hundred steps away, and a soldier shouted: "Cut the sail!"

The sails fell quickly, in order to prevent the other party from burning the sails with tinder oil. The burning sails three years ago left a profound lesson for them. Within a hundred steps, the sails must be retracted.

At this moment, there was a muffled sound of "bang!", and a talc shot out from the Jingzhou warship, drew an arc, fell into the water, and took the initiative. The main ship of the Jingzhou army took the lead in launching an attack, and the arrows shot like raindrops.

On the river, the main ones were bows and arrows, and more than 100 steps apart, they officially entered the attack range. Not only were arrows like raindrops, but the stone cannons installed on the large ship also fired talc at the same time.

This stone bullet weighs more than ten kilograms and is polished very smoothly. It can shoot more than 100 steps away and can break the walls of enemy ships. However, to be truly destructive, it must be within 60 steps. When the Jingzhou navy snatched the stallion, it used this stone cannon.

Li Jun did not order a counterattack. His warship was gradually approaching the enemy ship. The two ships were getting closer and closer, and they were less than fifty steps apart.

At this time, with a loud bang, a talc hit the side of the ship, making a gap in the side of the ship, and wood chips splashed everywhere. A soldier behind the side of the ship could not dodge, his head was shattered by the talc and fell softly to the ground.

Then a few more sounds of collisions were heard, and the talc hit the wall of the ship. At this time, a scream came from the mast. The gazebo hiding above was shot by a runaway arrow and fell off the mast three feet tall, bleeding from the mouth and nose, and died tragically on the spot.

The Jiangxia army did not receive the order to attack and was suppressed by the enemy ship's arrows. The Jiangxia army was in a passive state for a while. Li Jun looked cold and was not moved by the decline in front of him. However, in order to avoid the main ship being attacked, another Jiangxia went up to the enemy ship on the right.

The enemy's main ship and the Jiangxia army's main ship formed a one-on-one situation. The two ships were only more than twenty steps apart. Seeing that the two ships were about to collide, the Jingzhou army's main warship was slightly biased and wanted to pass by the other side. Li Jun was waiting for this opportunity. He immediately ordered, "Start the fire mud brazier!"

The soldiers lit the sludge in the basin with torches. Three catapults fired at the same time. Three lit braziers flew across the air and shot towards the enemy's main ship. The soldiers of the two large ships exclaimed in surprise. The soldiers of the Jingzhou army warship also stopped shooting and looked up at the fireballs flying from the sky.

Deputy Chief Chen Shuo secretly called something wrong. They were just afraid of the other party's turmeric attack. Sure enough, he shouted urgently: "Prepare to put out the sand!"

Dozens of soldiers rushed out of the cabin with sand buckets. At this time, the fire mud brazier had already landed on the ground. One fire mud brazier shot into the river, and the other two fire mud brazier hit the target accurately. One fire mud fell on the deck, and oil and mud spilled out, causing a large fire to ignite on the deck. The soldiers poured the sand on the fire, and they were in a hurry and in chaos.

Another fire mud brazier hit the wall of the ship, and the sticky mud was stuck on the wall of the ship. The fire burned the wall of the ship, and the thick smoke rolled. The ship was suddenly in chaos. Chen Shuo shouted anxiously: "Brush off the things on the wall of the ship!"

More than a dozen soldiers extended a long pole cloth to the fire of the ship wall, trying to remove the oil and mud on the ship wall. At this time, Li Jun issued an order to shoot arrows. The Jiangxia army warships were fired at the enemy ships at once, and the arrows were shot at the enemy ships. More than a dozen soldiers holding long poles were shot by arrows and fell down from the river with screams.

Immediately afterwards, three more fire braziers roared and fired, and another part of the enemy ship wall caught fire. As one after another, the fire pots fell on the deck, the clay pots were broken and the tinder oil flowed all over the ship, and the warship was already a sea of ​​fire.

Li Jun smiled coldly. This was just the beginning. He immediately shouted loudly: "Prepad preparation!"

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Chapter completed!