Chapter 12 7. Attack on Huilong Bay

Compared with the medium-sized ships of the Jingzhou Navy, which were as big as three houses, the Jiangdong vanguard general Gan Ning's warship fleet was like cunning black sharks, breaking through the waves and braving the enemy's secrets. The dense rain of arrows rushed forward at a speed as fast as lightning. Gan Ning, from Linjiang County, Ba County, Yizhou, was originally a Jiangyang thief. He was passionate about fighting and killing all his life. He often led people to rob passing merchant ships on the river, and made sails with the stolen silk and satin. He was very ostentatious, known as "Jinfan Thief".But Gan Ning was also quite skilled in water warfare, and once served under Liu Biao's general and Jiangxia prefect Huang Zu, but Yu Yu couldn't reuse him, so he switched to Jiangdong Sun Quan's command.As a result, Sun Quan realized that he was really capable, so he immediately let him go and appointed him. In ten days, he was promoted from the commander of the commander and the lieutenant of the Pianjun to the post of vanguard general.And because Gan Ning was fortunate enough to meet the Ming Lord, he was also grateful for Dade, and he wanted to make military exploits to reward Sun Quan—and this time the sniper battle with Cao Jun's navy at "Huilong Bay" was about to start, he regarded it as repaying Sun Quan The best opportunity to promote the favor.

Gan Ning, who was at the head of the boat, pierced into the enemy's fleet. He saw a flag with the word "Xiahou" hanging high above the nearest enemy ship to his own, so he guessed it was The ship on which a general of the Cao army whose military rank is at least above the commander of a thousand commanders takes.So, he raised his right hand and made a move to the back of his head. Seeing this, the sailors on the ship immediately flipped their wooden oars, and as fast as lightning, they rowed the warship towards the enemy ship. Seeing that there was still a foot away from the enemy ship's side, Gan Ning held the big knife in his mouth, squatted slightly on the bow of the ship and raised his breath, his whole body flew up like a spirit ape, and jumped up with a "chuck" past.

He was in mid-air, the big knife was already in his hand, dancing like a ball of knife flowers, and the moment his feet landed on the deck, he slashed wildly.The shocked Cao soldiers yelled and staggered around on the bumpy deck, ready to shoot him down—unexpectedly, Gan Ning's body was as agile as a monkey's, and he could twitch and turn like a monkey. Avoiding the opponent's stabbing with several spears, he casually "swiped" a few knives and knocked down several Cao soldiers who rushed up.And behind him, those Jiangdong sailors who have been living their lives on the river with their knives since they followed him as water thieves and robbers have jumped onto the boat and quickly joined the battle group.

The naval guard captain on this Jingzhou warship was exactly the Xia Houru who was knocked off his horse by Zhang Fei's voice in Changbanpo.At this time, he was being bumped by Jiang Tao so that he vomited, squatted on the deck and vomited all over the floor, his internal organs seemed to be turned upside down, and he was extremely uncomfortable-now when he saw Gan Ning and the others fighting one by one, he was still the same It's so frightening that it's so frightening!In a panic, he lay down on the side of the ship and desperately waved at the Cao Jun warship closest to him, calling for help: "Zidan! Zidan! Come and save me!" Cao Zhen could hear it clearly on the neighboring ship.He didn't get seasick like Xia Houru, and he adapted quickly to the turbulence on the boat. When he saw Xia Houru's embarrassment and predicament, he hurriedly ordered the Jingzhou sailors to quickly row to rescue him.However, under the command of Gan Ning, the Jiangdong sailors on Xiahouru's boat had already smashed three or four large holes in the bottom of the boat with a steel ax "bababa", and the river was rushing through the holes. pour in!

Then, Gan Ning whistled, and all the Jiangdong sailors followed him like flying fish, and jumped back into their warship——they quickly paddled their oars and rushed down. One target, only Xia Houru's shrill cries for help and Cao Zhen's deafening cries of war were left in the distance, blown away by gusts of river wind... On the Jiangdong veteran Huang Gai's side, a hundred warships were lined up in a huge phalanx. The bows of the battleships in the front rows were sharp like knives and covered with unusually thick iron sheets.Under Huang Gai's waving of the flag, they rushed forward like fierce rhinos! "Crack", "Bang, click"... There were loud noises that shook the eardrums one after another, and Cao Jun's warships were knocked out by the sharp and formidable Jiangdong warships. The tragedies of reverse pouring and sinking of the ship's hull are repeated and repeated.

Cai Hao's eyes were red from staring at the flagship, and his fists were clenched so hard that he was about to bleed—he never expected that Liu Bei's sailors would have such powerful and sensitive fighting power!Those medium-sized warships of my own were forced to turn around by them, and they also beat them to the ground.He has almost completely lost his control and coordination with them.He stomped his feet and shouted at the messengers: "Send the order immediately, the whole army shrinks the battle line, gathers quickly, connects the boats end to end, without leaving any gaps, and forms a turtle-shaped boat formation at the same time, throwing arrows and throwing stones at the same time." The enemy is on the periphery. When necessary, each team can have three enemies and one, and hit the ship with a ship, and fight to the death!" He had already thought clearly at this time, facing such a flexible and fast enemy ship, he could only carry out a cruel "vicious war of attrition" ", in order to really damage their vitality!

Just when he yelled out this series of orders in an almost hoarse voice, Yu Jin, who had been standing dejectedly beside him, suddenly stretched out his hand and patted him heavily on the shoulder. Cai Mao turned his head angrily, but he saw that Yu Jin and the messengers seemed to be nailed to the deck, their eyes were fixed on the river in the northeast direction, and they could hardly move their bodies like a pendulum. Trembling in self-control. Cai Mao was stunned, and hurriedly followed their gazes, and couldn't help being stunned——as the mist on the river surface was slowly broken away, covered with a piece of golden sunlight, a flame-red "water tower" The castle" is gradually emerging like a giant whale...

He opened his mouth wide, and murmured to himself, "Oh my—it's broken! It's broken!" The "Flame Castle" gradually enlarged in everyone's field of vision, gradually revealing its true face... It was a huge ship...a ​​huge ship five stories high! Behind it, more than 20 smaller buildings also slowly protrude... "Then... what kind of ship is that?" Yu Jin's voice trembled extremely - compared with that giant ship, Cao Jun's medium-sized warship can only be regarded as a child in front of the giant. Cai Mao's face was pale, and he said with a sad smile: "No wonder these warships are so tricky today! It turns out that they are not Liu Bei's sailors, but Jiangdong navy..."

Suddenly, he suddenly raised his voice, using an unusually loud voice to conceal the extreme panic in his heart: "General Yu—do you know? This is the flaming five-toothed ship that Zhou Yu, Zhou Gongjin, the governor of Jiangdong! The biggest ship in the world today, the biggest ship we've ever seen in our lifetimes!" The fierce battle between the Cao Jun Navy and the Jiangdong Navy in Huilong Bay lasted for six hours, and it was not until night fell that the two sides retreated with gold. The outcome of the two sides is: Cao Jun's vanguard fleet was sunk with 189 warships, 163 warships were damaged, and the casualties (including those who capsized and drowned) totaled more than 6,800. , 1,400 sailors were captured, and almost the entire army was wiped out; the fleet on the Jiangdong side was sunk with 65 warships and two building ships, and damaged 175 warships. There were more than 2,300 casualties of sailors (including those who died of drowning when the boat capsized), and more than 320 sailors were captured. Basically, it can be said that the result of "one for four" was achieved.

This battle dealt a heavy blow to the morale of Cao Jun's navy, so Cao Jun's navy had to retreat to the Wulin Water Village on the east side of Dongting Lake to hold on.And the Jiangdong water army also came after them like a giant python, and set up camp in the Chibi area on the opposite bank of Wulin Water Village, facing each other across the river. The battle between the two sides in this battle was clearly seen by Cao Cao and his subordinates who rushed to Puqi Ferry with tens of thousands of horsemen at that time, climbing a hill. And it was from this battle that Sima Yi deeply felt that Jiangdong's advantages in ships, equipment and water warfare skills are unrivaled in the world today; Carry out comprehensive and in-depth systematic study and research.Facts have proved that the role of unilateral military superiority in water warfare on the river is always secondary; in order to truly win the victory of water warfare, not only "large investment and great effort" in the recruitment and training of sailors are required , Great work”, must also correspondingly establish a large, long-term, sophisticated and deep ship manufacturing system.This series of concepts about the law of water warfare later deeply influenced many fundamental measures of Sima Yi when he was in charge of the army in Jingyang two states more than ten years later.As a result, when Wei Wendi Huang Chu launched his army to attack Wu, he commanded thousands of skilled craftsmen recruited from all over the country to build 38 five-yalou boats on the Yingshui River in one go while staying in Xudu.

At that time, he was standing on the high rock on the top of the Jiang'an hill, and he also saw Zhou Yu, the governor of Jiangdong, who was standing beside Zhuge Liang on the top platform of the flagship of the Wuyalou ship.His majestic posture like a jade tree facing the wind, and his calm and majestic demeanor, like a bright electric light, shone into Sima Yi's heart from afar - once again he couldn't help feeling deeply about the wealth and excellence of the talents in this world. So much!It turned out that on this big stage of thousands of miles of land, in the corners of the east, west, north, south, and large and small, there are all kinds of heroes who are not inferior to myself and Zhuge Liang.Once again, he deeply felt the insignificance and ordinaryness of himself in this vast and vast universe!It seems that the "protagonist" who shines like a bright moon in this wonderful water battle on the great river will always belong to this suave Jiangdong Mei Zhoulang who is good at playing the piano and playing the violin!As for himself and Zhuge Liang, they will only be able to retreat behind the scenes and become a supporting role that casts a bright halo on Zhou Yu.After all, besides Zhou Yu, there seems to be no other suitable candidate for standing on the front stage of the current situation and brightly illuminating the wonderful sky of the Battle of the Navy...