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Three hundred and twenty second chapter offensive and defensive battle

A great revenge is about to avenge, and the resentment is about to stagnate, has begun to spread on his young face.

Looking around, the huge fleet, the 50,000 elite North Korean soldiers, and the mighty military spirit gave Jin Tian great confidence.

"Gao Shun, no matter how tricky you are, I see how you can block my attack from 50,000, hum~~"

Jin Tian's heart aroused a sense of pride.

As he was thinking, the fleet had approached the enemy camp and could not leave the li.

Jin Tian's eyes suddenly gathered, drew his sword and pointed it fiercely, shouting loudly: "Send the order, the whole army will attack, and break through the enemy camp in one fell swoop--" The rumbling sound of war drums soared into the sky, and the sound of trumpets overturned the rolling river waves. The huge array of more than a thousand large and large warships began to advance towards the Beicang Chu Camp located on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

According to prior reconnaissance, Jin Tian learned that Gao Shun also had 20,000 infantry and navy troops and nearly 500 warships under his command.

Jin Tian originally thought that in order to block the attack of the army, Gao Shun would choose to launch all the infantry and navy troops to block the river to death.

But now, Gao Shun's hundreds of warships, 20,000 infantry and navy were all huddled in the Beicang camp, and he did not dare to face his army's attack head-on.

Gao Shun's retreat tactics further added Jin Tian's arrogant capital. He knew that Gao Shun knew that the infantry and navy were defeated and did not dare to fight head-on, so he had to adopt a tactic of defense.

The enemy's fear made Jin Tian ambition so he urged the front army under Jin Hu to hesitate and immediately launch an attack on the enemy camp.

The 20,000 Korean troops ruled by Jin Hu were the elite of the Korean army, nearly half of which were old soldiers who followed Kim Tian’s father to ping the civil strife in Korea.

In addition, the Golden Tiger has hundreds of fighting ships, and countless boats are rushing and walking.

After the flagship order was conveyed, Jin Hu led his former fleet to form an attack formation and advance towards the enemy in Beicang.

Gao Shun was prepared in the Beicang Water Camp.

Seeing that the enemy ship was approaching, nearly two hundred steps, Gao Shun ordered the crossbowman to shoot him in random arrows, and he must not let the enemy ship rush to the water camp.

The drum sounded suddenly, and thousands of crossbowmen who were placing on boats and trestles, pulled the crossbows for a long time and then let go.

Amid the buzzing loud sound, thousands of sharp arrows emerged from the string, holding the wind-breaking momentum, and pounced on the enemy ships that were coming towards them like endless locusts.

The Koreans on the warship had already prepared, and the sword and shield hands on the deck were eager to raise the wooden shield to resist the attack of the arrows that fell like rain.

The crossbowmen avoided the female wall on the side of the ship, avoiding the attack of enemy arrows, while looking at the gaps and shooting arrows to the enemy camp.

After the first round of volleys, the Chu crossbowmen on the shore began to aim at the enemy ship at will and fire freely.

The sound of "swooshing" breaking through the air even overshadowed the sound of war drums. The flying arrows flowed in cold light, intertwining in the air into a net of heaven and earth.

In the rain of arrows, screams rose from time to time. Some Koreans were constantly being shot in arrows, some fell on the deck, and some fell into the rolling river water, and were quickly swallowed without a trace.

In terms of the number of crossbowmen on both sides, it is comparable, but the effect of arrow attacks between the two armies is much different.

The Chu army crossbowmen located on the shore can stand upright and aim at the enemy steadily. They can easily shoot arrows.

However, the Korean crossbowman on the ship was greatly weakened due to the shaking of the hull.

At the same time, the Chu army crossbowmen lined up on the shore and could all throw themselves into battle, while the Koreans on the warship could only concentrate on the bow of the ship and fired arrows. In this way, they would be more likely to be killed by the Chu army's arrows.

The difficulty of attacking the battalion is almost no less than siege.

As the North Korean warships approached, the lethality caused by the Chu army's arrows increased exponentially. When the Jinhu's fleet approached a hundred steps, he had lost nearly 700 soldiers.

"General. The enemy arrows are very close. Our army's advance speed is too great. It is better to accelerate the enemy's camp in one go!" Deputy General Jin Bao shouted.

Jin Hu said with a deep eyebrows: "Gao Shun has no crossbows. I think he must be beside the water camp. Our army is so anxious to rush to the enemy camp. Once we land, we will be devastatingly attacked by the enemy crossbows. Do not be impulsive."

"But--"

When the golden leopard was still waiting to be said, a sharp sound behind him seemed to be coming.

He turned around and saw a blue light coming, and a soldier beside him hurriedly raised his shield to block it.

But when he heard a "puff" tearing sound, the iron arrow that was extremely powerful, and he easily shot the wooden shield through it. Not only did he penetrate the soldier as he was in his chest, but the arrow passing through the chest had not yet disappeared, and he even shot another soldier behind him through it.

Amid the screams, the two soldiers howled and rolled to the ground together like grasshoppers strung up.

That iron arrow was the iron arrow emitted by the copper crossbow. Its strong penetration power was enough to penetrate the most advantageous shield in the world, let alone a mere wooden shield.

When the Golden Tiger and the Golden Leopard were not yet shocked, the second and third iron arrows continued to attack the flagship where the Golden Tiger was as if they had eyes.

With such a terrible lethality and such a high hit rate, Jinhu is the first time in his life that he has seen such a powerful crossbow arrow.

In order to avoid being hit by misfortune, Jinhu had to retreat again and again and hide on the side of the ship.

At the water camp in the north bank, Gao Shun, who was watching the battle at the horse, looked at the more than 30 crossbows that were launching * not far away, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

The thirty crossbows with long range, high lethality and high accuracy were a gift specially tuned by Gao Shun from Xiangshan to prepare for the flagship of the Korean army.

If ordinary crossbows, or even crossbows, are ordinary rifles and machine guns, this crossbow can be regarded as a sniper rifle in the era of cold weapons.

Once upon a time, Gao Shun used the powerful crossing power of the crossbow to easily break the shield formation of the Jizhou soldiers, but now he has to use the accuracy of the crossbow power to snipe the flagship of the Korean army from a long range.

More than thirty crossbows and iron arrows several feet long roared away. The terrible lethality was beyond the reach of flesh and blood.

On the Jinhu's flagship, screams were endless, and soldiers were constantly penetrated by iron arrows, and even those soldiers hiding in the cabin were shot through incredible.

Faced with such powerful crossbow arrows, the upper layer of Jinhu's flagship quickly became a mess. Whether it was the crossbow handler or the flag bearer, he did not dare to show his head at all. He could only squat or lie on the deck, pressing down his body as low as possible, so as not to be unfortunately penetrated by the powerful crossbow arrow.

As soon as the flagship was in chaos, the rest of the North Korean warships that were attacking began to show signs of unstable morale.

"General, the enemy's crossbow arrows are too powerful, and they seem to be shooting at our flagship. What should we do now?" Jin Bao shouted in panic.

Jinhu looked up at the arrow attacking everywhere, frowned, and said in a deep voice: "This kind of strong attack is not a solution. Send the order quickly, let the entire ship retreat and reorganize the formation and wait for another battle."

The golden leopard was anxious to climb up the upper deck with his body and conveyed the Golden Tiger's order.

The flag bearer had to risk a huge danger and waved the flag to death to convey the order to temporarily retreat to the ships.

The order was passed down, and the ships were as if they were amnesty. They turned around and quickly retreated from the area covered by the Chu army's arrow rain.

Gao Shun, who was watching the battle on the shore, saw that the enemy ships began to retreat, so he did not waste an arrow and immediately ordered the arrow to stop attacking.

As the arrow rain gradually subsided, Gan Ning, who was commanding the infantry and the navy, and the deputy general who was commanding the Han army, rode his horse one after another, with a little excitement on his face to repel the Korean army.

"General, the enemy will retreat. Why not take this opportunity to order the infantry and navy to attack and take advantage of the situation to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop." The deputy general shouted excitedly.

"Xingba, what do you think?" Gao Shun turned his gaze to Gan Ning. After all, Gan Ning had the most say in terms of water war.

Gan Ning glanced at the direction of the enemy ship's retreat, "Although the Koreans retreated, the last general looked at the formation of their last general. It seemed that the commanding Jinhu was quite capable of commanding troops. Even if our army attacked, it might not be able to defeat the enemy. However, if the general wants to attack, the last general should do his best."

At this time, Zhang Bao said: "Jin Tian uses the Golden Tiger as the vanguard. Half of the warships under his command have not been thrown into battle. The last general speculates that Jin Tian must have the intention to lure our army to attack. According to the last general's opinion, it is best to stabilize the camp and not be moved."

Zhang Bao's analysis was deeply loved by Gao Shun. At that time, Gao Shun ordered all battalions to continue to be alert and were not allowed to order and attack.

In the middle of the river, the North Korean fleet that had reorganized its formation finally breathed through the rain of bullets.

When Jinhu returned to the bow of the ship, he saw a large body lying on the deck. There were still many soldiers on the wall of the ship. They were nailed to the wooden wall by the iron arrows of the Chu army. Their condition was terrible.

Looking at the soldiers' miserable situation, Jinhu's face turned gloomy and gritted his teeth, "Gao Shun, this dog thief, has such a powerful weapon, which is really hateful."

"General, the enemy's arrows are too powerful. Our army is afraid that it will be difficult for us to break through the enemy's arrow net. This battle is not easy to fight." Jin Bao said worriedly.

The golden tiger stood at the bow of the boat with his sword in his hand. The face that was no longer young was as heavy as iron, and his eyebrows were grimly contemplating.

A fierce arrow battle, although there was no force, the golden tiger was already covered in hot sweat.

At this moment, the wind suddenly rose, and the wind blew from behind, which shocked him and a cold war.

"The south wind is blowing..."

Jinhu turned around and enjoyed the comfort of the river breeze stroking his face. A hint of joy suddenly flashed in his eyes.

"This wind came just right, and it was breaking through the enemy camp, right now."

The golden leopard was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized it, and couldn't help but show surprise.

Jin Hu turned around suddenly, rekindled his fighting spirit, and said sternly: "Send the order quickly and order all ships to prepare to set fire ships."

The order was passed, and a boat full of firewood, turf oil was quickly driven forward from the back formation.

More than thirty fire ships were soon laid in front of the entire fleet.

The Korean army had made sufficient preparations for this large-scale attack on Beicang, and the fire ships carried fifty or sixty ships with the army.

Now that the south wind is getting heavier, the experienced Jinhu keenly seized this opportunity and planned to launch a fire attack on the Chu camp on the north bank with the force of the south wind.

A quarter of an hour later, the reorganized North Korean fleet took thirty ships full of flammable materials as the front drive, and took advantage of the wind to launch a re-attack towards the Chu camp on the north bank.
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