Three Kingdoms

To clear the obstacles in front of the pontoon bridge, there is actually no need to dispatch a dome ship.

The reason why Zhu Zhi sent the Qiongjialou ship forward was, firstly, to test the endurance of the Qiongjia warship, and secondly, to boost morale.

Strictly speaking, whether it was the catapults and ballistas of Yufu Island City or the mountain city, the number of Jiangdong soldiers killed by direct hits could not be counted, but the casualties caused by such catapults and ballistae would be A serious blow to morale.

the reason is simple.

Human beings always easily fall into depression or despair when faced with things they cannot resist.

When you are tired, destroy it!

Zhu Zhi is a Jiangdong veteran, so he understands this.

If you want to launch an effective attack, you must first boost the morale of Jiangdong's soldiers.

The dome-shaped armored ship can now resist the attack of the trebuchet. Even the dome-shaped armored ship is not completely unscathed, but it can be said to be a big improvement for the morale of Jiangdong soldiers.

At least let Jiangdong's soldiers know that they will not be completely passive and will be beaten, but they are also capable of resisting.

If the Sichuan and Shu army wanted to attack with kerosene bombs, Zhu Zhi wouldn't mind either.

Because at long distances, the hit rate of kerosene bombs is as impressive as that of stone bullets. Stone bullets can be wasted because there are mountains around and gunpowder is mined. It is not too difficult, but what about kerosene bombs?

How many kerosene bombs are cost-effective for a dome-armored battleship?

War is consumption.

The building boat resisted the catapult's stone bullets and slowly approached the obstacle in front of the Yufu pontoon bridge.

In front of the building ship, there were Jiangdong soldiers staring at the long bamboo pole stretched out from the bow.

The bamboo pole is submerged underwater, similar to the mine detector of later tanks. Once the bamboo pole resists the underwater obstacle, it will deform, and at the same time, the speed of the building ship will automatically slow down, so that it will not directly hit it.

After a while, the bamboo pole bent and trembled violently, and the entire ship also shook abnormally.

The Jiangdong soldier who was responsible for staring at the bamboo pole pulled his neck and shouted: "We found an obstacle!" 』

Jiang Dongbing on the deck of the building ship immediately pushed out the wooden stake with the noose from the deck.

There is a thick hemp rope on the wooden stake, which is wrapped around an iron chain with an iron hook on one end.

The water ghost also jumped into the water with a plop.

The stone bullets from the catapults in the direction of Yufu were still roaring unhurriedly, and most likely they would fall into the water.

A dome-shaped ship like Jiangdong is not without any flaws.

For example, the side of a building ship, or the external dome that has been smashed.

But the problem is that the stone bullets thrown by the catapult do not fly horizontally, and the accuracy is not satisfactory.

Without the standard drawings of Huang's workshop and the standard calipers of the craftsman system under Fei Qian's rule, it would not be unusual for the catapult to point east and west and throw elusive stone bullets. Just like today, two or three of the ten shots can hit. This is already a very impressive probability.

Yes, probability.

On the battlefield, sometimes luck is important. In the age of cold weapons, under the salvo of thousands of arrows, one can still stand tall without being hit by an arrow. In the age of hot weapons, despite the hail of bullets and bullets in fierce battles between the two sides, the lucky person who still can't hurt a single hair is not the same. rare.

After a while, the water ghost emerged from the edge of the building boat and waved its arms.

"Back paddle!" 』

Jiangdong Military Academy on the building boat shouted loudly, and then stretched out a lot of wood pulp from both sides of the building boat. Following the flow of the river, the boat was reversed. Under the dual effects of water flow and manpower, the obstacles were removed. The wooden pile was suddenly pulled and creaked.

The thick hemp rope becomes stronger after being soaked in water, and the iron chain and hook provide a stronger pulling force.

The obstacles buried under the water in Sichuan and Shu were pulled out bit by bit.

Seeing that Jiangdong's army was removing obstacles, the catapults of the Yufu side were launched with all their strength. The stone bullets flew over the river like meteors and smashed into the two Jiangdong ships.

The dome armor on top of Jiangdong's warship was smashed loudly.

The cracking sound of the dome armor wood is getting louder and louder, making people tremble with pain.

Amidst the creaking sounds of the tight wooden piles and iron chains, the entire building ship suddenly shook, followed by a stream of turbid river water pouring out from the bottom of the river, and a huge obstacle was nailed to the bottom of the water. Gradually it surfaced.

"good! 』

Zhu Zhi clenched his fists excitedly and shouted loudly.

Jiangdong soldiers also cheered.

After having successful experience, Jiangdong soldiers continued their efforts and successively cleared two wooden piles buried under the water. However, almost all the dome armor on the top of the building was smashed, and even a huge crack was smashed on the top. Crack, then reluctantly dragged the pulled out underwater wooden pile and drove out of the range of the catapult on Yufu Mountain in Sichuan.

Zhu Zhi waved his hand and ordered the craftsmen to carry out emergency repairs on the damaged building and ship domes.

As Jiangdong's warships withdrew, the whole river was filled with cheers from Jiangdong's soldiers...

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Gan Ning found Zhuge Liang angrily.

"Engage!" Why don't you let me attack? Gan Ning felt very unhappy when he saw Jiang Dongjun showing off his power, "I can kill those two ships with just one charge!" 』

Zhuge Liang heard Gan Ning's words, but he did not answer immediately, but still lowered his head and drew something.

After a while, Zhuge Liang seemed to have finished the painting. He put down his pen and waved to Gan Ning to move forward. "Look, is this structure the same as the one on the Jiangdong Tower?" 』

Gan Ning was stunned for a moment, then stepped forward and saw the pattern on the table, which was the dome structure of Jiangdong Tower Ship.

"The deck of Jiangdong is quite ingenious..." Zhuge Liang said with a smile, "It seems that the style is mainly made of bamboo and wood, but it can also be made from local materials... Not bad, not bad..."

Zhuge Liang pointed to the drawings and asked Gan Ning some detailed questions.

Gan Ning looked at it and found that it was indeed somewhat similar to the domes of Jiangdong's ships that he had observed at a closer distance, so he also said the same thing. But what he was even more curious about was why Zhuge Liang had to pull out the armor in Jiangdong. Obstacle and not angry?

Zhuge Liang smiled and didn't answer, just asking Gan Ning to calm down.

Gan Ning was helpless and had no choice but to withdraw.

Faping walked up to Zhuge Liang and asked in a low voice: "Engagement, you..."

Zhuge Liang glanced at Fa Ping and said, "The energy of soldiers should be accumulated and nourished." 』

Fa Ping was stunned, "So, you did this... intentionally?" 』

"Xingba... more rough, less refined..." Zhuge Liang whispered, "The problem is, maybe Xingba is... deliberately rough, but as time goes by, he just forgets to be refined... It should be noted that the success or failure of everything depends on Tie in the details. If you don't pay attention, disaster will occur. The ancients said, "A slight difference can make a difference a thousand miles." This is true. 』

Zhuge Liang felt that Gan Ning actually had a subtle side.

Just like Zhuge Liang asked Gan Ning to look at the drawings, Gan Ning could also tell the details.

If Gan Ning is really a careless person, then when faced with Zhuge Liang's drawing of the Jiangdong Tower ship dome armor, he probably couldn't tell any details.

Zhuge Liang knew that Gan Ning was not hiding anything on purpose. It might be because of certain things that led Gan Ning to feel that pretending to be a rough person could protect him better and reassure his boss. But the problem is that a person can pretend to be a certain character for a long time. If you wear a mask for a long time, it will probably affect its own personality, just like wearing a mask on your face for a long time, and you will think that the mask is you.

"This is even more true in a battle formation. My lord's great cause has not yet been accomplished, so we should pay attention to the vast and minute details, and understand the big picture by observing the small details. Zhuge Liang said slowly, "It's like fine iron turning into steel. It needs to be tempered." Examine with caution, consider carefully, avoid roughness and strive for refinement. Only in this way can you expect the great road. If Jiangdong is defeated, he should pursue him. If he does not fight with precision, how can he be responsible for his great mission? 』

If it's really rough, it's okay, but if it's just pretending and then it becomes a habit, that's not a very good thing.

Zhuge Liang glanced at Fa Ping and said, "Gan Xingba must realize this on his own, and don't encourage it." 』

Fa Ping was stunned for a moment, then he handed over his hand and said, "Please remember this, my subordinates." 』

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Seeing that the Qiongjialou boat was effective, Jiangdong Army tried to speed up the removal of obstacles in the river.

But the problem is that Jiangdong Army's dome armor structure is only made of bamboo and wood. It only absorbs the destructive power of stone bullets through interlayers, and cannot truly completely resist stone bullets. Under the attack of the trebuchet, most of the dome armor structures will be damaged. After the damage, the damaged dome armor must be removed and a new dome armor added. This leads to the Jiangdong Tower. Extension of ship preparation time.

In addition, in order to pull out these obstacles from the river, these Jiangdong building boats must operate in the river while carrying stone bombs, so only a small number of building boats can take turns to come forward, otherwise large-scale building boats will be gathered together, which will increase the number of buildings. The hit rate of Yufu Sichuan and Shu Army's trebuchets.

At the same time, even if there is a dome armor structure, some lucky stone bullets will inevitably avoid the dome armor of the Jiangdong ship and directly hit the weak points of the ship, such as the ship's side plates, or the bow and stern. Once such a position is hit, one can only withdraw from the battle sequence immediately and rush to the rear for repairs.

Fortunately, Jiangdong's army brought a large amount of repair supplies and tools, and a semi-dry dock was temporarily set up behind Jiangdong's navy to repair the ships.

Zhu Zhi was obviously not willing to use all the big boats to cover these underwater obstacles in the river, so he only dispatched four big boats at most, taking turns to salvage each boat for half an hour, regardless of the harvest. No matter what, it must return for repairs.

The advantage of this is that it is naturally safer and safer, it will not be too aggressive, and there will not be too many casualties.

But what followed was that the progress in removing the obstacles was not fast...

Zhu Zhi dragged the obstacles under the river little by little, while Gan Ning's claws were a little numb.

Gan Ning did not have armored warships. He first tried to use small warships to drive forward the Jiangdong warships, but the Jiangdong opponent also had small warships to escort him. The key is that Jiangdong still had many warships arrayed outside the attack range of the Sichuan-Shu trebuchets. , the catapults on the mountain of Yufu Mountain City could not hit these Jiangdong ships in the rear formation, but these Jiangdong ships could hit the Ganning warships that came to harass.

Even if the accuracy of Jiangdong's ships cannot match that of Yufu's catapults and crossbows, if there are more of them, they will always hit a few hits, leaving Gan Ning's men helpless. Even weapons with big yellow crossbows and grenades cannot compare with Jiangdong's. The battleship's catapults and ballistae have a long range.

Unless they send out building ships or water ghosts to fight with the opponent head-on.

But Zhuge Liang disagreed.

After a busy day, Jiangdong was not able to completely prevent Jiangdong from clearing underwater obstacles. Instead, he managed to get in several ships and dozens of soldiers.

This made Gan Ning very depressed.

Gan Ning rushed to Yufu City again, but this time he did not see Zhuge Liang, only Faping.

After listening to Gan Ning's complaints, Faping smiled and said, "General Gan, you don't have to be like this." Jiang Dongjun's busy day only removed some underwater obstacles..."

"But once the underwater obstacles are cleared, Jiangdong's army can directly attack the pontoon!" Gan Ning almost gestured to Faping with chicken claws, "At today's speed, Jiangdong Army will be able to clear most of the underwater obstacles tomorrow!" Where is our kerosene? ! 』

Faping nodded, "Then what?" 』

"Then the Kodong Army will attack the pontoon!" "Gan Ning didn't understand what Fa Ping meant.

Fa Ping thought in his mind that he also wanted to explain something to Gan Ning, but Zhuge Liang's order was in front of him, so Fa Ping could only smile and said, "General Gan, please be patient... think more, think more." Think about it...I still have things to do here, and I need to take inventory over there in the logistics department. Farewell, farewell..."

"You..." Gan Ning watched Fa Ping walk away and scratched the back of his head helplessly. He crossed his arms and stared at the pontoon bridge and the Jiangdong Navy boats in the distance.

Why is Zhuge not in a hurry?

why is that?

Could it be that...

With no one to give him any hints, Gan Ning's own mind finally started to spin.

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Jiangdong's army achieved some results on the water, but there were no advantages on land.

Zhu Ran, who was trapped in a situation where there were soldiers in front and pursuers behind, had no other choice but to attack forward.

The reason why he chose to move forward instead of turning backward was because he found that the array in front seemed to have some loopholes...

At this moment, I can only make decisions based on instinct.

Zhu Ran was mixed in the array of Jiangdong soldiers, and his position was slightly behind. He reached into his quiver and took out an armor-piercing arrow, clamped the tail of the arrow in the tiger's mouth, and placed it on the bow.

He did not fire his bow immediately, but followed the guard shield in front and waited for the opportunity.

In Mr. Luo's writing, Zhu Ran was an experience package given to Zhao Yun. He was directly stabbed to death by Zhao Yun with a single shot when they met. He didn't even have two more lines, but in fact Zhu Ran's martial arts skills were not bad.

If it is arranged as a normal battle, it will not solve the dilemma of being surrounded before and after.

Zhu Ran needed to quickly break through the encircling army formation in front and fight his way out.

Zhu Ran felt that the soldiers blocking the way in front did not have time to set up some traps or rockfalls, but just formed an array at the entrance of the valley. At the entrance of the valley, you can clearly see some traces of felling trees. It was obvious that they were preparing to do something, but unfortunately they were interrupted by Zhu Ran's arrival.

It turns out that the harassment of those small troops before was just to delay their own pace and create time for these soldiers to ambush and build up?

Zhu Ran couldn't help but feel a little lucky that he was not too entangled by those small troops at that time.

Otherwise, what will happen if we arrive one day late?

Zhu Ran couldn't imagine it.

The arrows flying out from the front array were like huge swarms of bees flying past, falling densely from the sky.

Zhu Ran lowered his head and huddled under the guard's shield.

A beeping sound was heard.

Mixed with screams, exclamations, and heavy breathing.

Closer.

Zhu Ran's queue moved forward against the arrows from the Sichuan-Sichuan military formation in front.

The crossing is narrow and difficult to unfold.

Most of the Ba people who came with Zhu Ran did not have armor, and a few had leather armor, but they could not withstand arrow attacks, so Jiangdong soldiers wearing iron armor could only take the lead.

Zhu Ran must create a breakthrough opportunity as quickly as possible, otherwise...

Arrows rained down.

A few arrows missed the protection of the guards and landed on Zhu Ran.

The armor on Zhu Ran's body was of relatively high quality. When the arrow fell, there was an angle between it and the iron plate of the armor. Then most of them ricocheted, and only one of them stuck in the gap between the armor plates on Zhu Ran's shoulder. Inside, it was swaying in the wind with its tail feathers proudly held out.

Zhu Ran moved around secretly and found that it was not too much of a problem.

The guard wanted to step forward to help Zhu Ran remove the arrow, but Zhu Ran stopped him with his eyes.

The most important thing about the shield array is its integrity. Now, if one of the guards leaves his position and a gap appears in the shield, it may become a target for the opponent's archers to focus their fire in an instant...

Closer!

Zhu Ran listened and counted. The archers in the Sichuan-Sichuan Army Formation fired continuously, the intensity began to decrease, and the intervals seemed to become longer.

The military formations of both sides are getting closer...

It's now!

Zhu Ran shouted loudly, stood up from behind the shield, and suddenly pulled out the bowstring.

The bowstring rang, and the energy accumulated on the back of the bow was instantly released at the tail of the arrow.

The arrow flew out rapidly, and the arrow shaft made of birch wood was slightly twisted in the early stage due to the huge force. It was like a tea-type man and woman seeing money, pretending to swing twice, and the arrow body was balanced on the tail feathers. Down, it quickly became stable, and immediately went straight to the target.

Zhu Ran's arrows mixed with the arrows of other Jiangdong soldiers, cut through the air, and gathered into a strong wind, hitting the archers in the Sichuan-Shu army formation.

Jiangdong soldiers are good at water warfare.

In water battles, bows and arrows come first.

Therefore, most of the Jiangdong Army's shooting skills are passable.

Zhu Ran kept using his hands and fired more than ten arrows in a blink of an eye.

The Jiangdong soldiers beside him also fired rapidly under the cover of shields.

The arrow flew across the distance between the two sides' formations in the blink of an eye, and then landed on the archers behind the Sichuan-Sichuan formation!

That's right, Zhu Ran did not target the Sichuan and Shu soldiers holding shields blocking the crossing. Instead, he targeted the first wave of counterattacks at the Sichuan and Shu archers who were further away!

This sudden counterattack caught the Sichuan and Sichuan archers who were leaning to the rear a little off guard.

Those who reacted faster hurriedly hid their bodies behind trees or rocks, while those who moved a little slower were hit by arrows and screamed, regardless of whether they were hit in vital parts or Non-vital injuries such as hands and feet will make it difficult for these Sichuan and Shu archers to pose any long-range threat to Jiangdong soldiers in the future.

Even if they were not hit by the arrows of Jiangdong soldiers, those Sichuan and Shu archers hurriedly avoided, interrupting the rhythm of these Sichuan and Shu archers, which gave Jiangdong soldiers a short gap to allow those Sichuan and Shu archers to attack. The Ba people with no armor or less armor pounced directly on them, fighting together with the Sichuan and Shu soldiers arrayed at the entrance...