The World of Yellow Sky

In anger, Cao Cao marched into Bianshui, Xingyang with Bao Xin, Bao Tao and Zhang Miao's general Wei Zi.

However, they were ambushed by Dong Zhuo's general Xu Rong. The two sides fought fiercely for a day. Cao Cao and Bao Xin were injured, while Bao Tao, Wei Zi and others died in battle.

Later, Yuan Shao and the Han Dynasty turned against each other. Cao Cao and Bao Xin served as the county guards of Yanzhou as internal support, and helped Sun Jian capture Yanzhou.

So this time the important task of guarding Donglai County was also handed over to Bao Xin by Cao Cao.

The soldiers under Bao Xin's command can indeed be called elite, and Bao Xin also has a general named Yu Jin under his command.

During the Wuchen Rebellion, he defended the general He Jin and broke out of the siege, and also made a lot of contributions in the two battles of Qingxu and Qingzhou, and became famous in Qingyan.

There are more than 8000 troops under Bao Xin's command, so it should be no problem to swallow up this newly landed army, and the landing troops of the Ming army are obviously very flustered now.

Zhou Yu felt at ease. The current situation of the Ming army did not seem to be a problem, and they took the lead.

The Ming army had already taken the bait and fell into their encirclement net.

"Send an order to slow down Bofu's ship a little."

Zhou Yu looked at Sun Ce's warship which was getting faster and faster, feeling a little helpless.

Sun Ce was able to listen to his suggestions before, but this time Sun Ce was almost dazzled by hatred.

Although he received the news that Xu An was on the Liaozhou, Zhou Yu was actually very cautious. He wanted to wait for the Ming army to go back and forth many times before launching an attack.

At that time, regardless of whether Xu An is captured or not, the balance of sea power can be guaranteed.

In Zhou Yu's mind, even if he can't catch Xu An, he just needs to control the sea power so that the Ming army can't land in Donglai County.

But Sun Ce insisted on attacking, and Sun Ce couldn't listen to his advice at all.

He has known Sun Ce for many years, and he can understand Sun Ce's anger, and he also knows that Sun Ce will not listen to any Chinese words spoken at this time.

So he chose to board the ship with Sun Ce, at least with him, even if there were any problems, he could solve them in time.

Otherwise, when the problem comes together and Sun Ce, the chief general, loses his mind, it will be bad.

Zhou Yu sat on the barrel, holding the rope that fixed the barrel next to him, and let out a breath of foul air slowly.

There are too many things piled up at the same time, and there are too many things that he needs to carry on his shoulders.

The naval divisions of Xuzhou and Yangzhou have jointly trained and sailed many times in the waters east of Xuzhou. He was the commander of the fleet at that time.

Now it can be said that there is a lot of cooperation. He feels that the sea and the river are completely different, and the tactics must be completely different.

Fighting in the ocean, I am afraid that they are not the opponents of the Ming army, and the Ming army's ships are tall, and the army was built very early.

Even if they are chasing after them, it is difficult to compare, and the Ming army is far ahead in shipbuilding technology.

The Embroidered Clothes Messenger watched the Ming warships draw patterns many times on the coast, and reported the information.

There are various indications that the speed of the Ming army's navy is developing rapidly.

The quality is really incomparable. Building a large ship requires a lot of military expenditure, and now the country is in financial difficulties.

Most of the tax raised by the emperor on the aristocratic family's tax increase and the land clearing was provided to the army, but very little could be used for the navy.

If there are not many good trees in Xuzhou and Yangzhou, local materials can be obtained.

Sun Ce's prestige in Yangzhou is high enough, and it doesn't take much money to mobilize Shanyue, and he can use a lot of free manpower. Now the size of the Han army's navy is probably only a few hundred.

Now the total number of Han army sailors has exceeded two hundred.

However, among the more than 200 warships, many of them are small boats.

And these boats are the solution Zhou Yu came up with.

These small boats are loaded with dry grass and dry firewood, and are prepared with oil. When fighting, they pour oil on them and go straight to the enemy's line.

In August and September, the summer wind is prevailing, and the Bohai Sea is mostly southeast or south wind.

Attack from the east, and then send another fire fleet to attack from the north. With the help of the wind, the small boats are extremely fast. As long as they get close to the big boats, they can be burned, so that the weak can defeat the strong!

However, Zhou Yu was still not completely at ease about this.

Naval warfare is no different from land warfare, and even river warfare is far from naval warfare.

Although it is near the sea, it is similar to the battlefield of river water warfare.

But commanding the armies in river water warfare is relatively simple.

It is extremely complicated to command the army in naval battles.

When the time comes to fight, we can only rely on the captains of each formation to give orders and cooperate with each other. The test is the impromptu reaction.

Zhou Yu gripped the rope tightly, feeling the shaking of the warship, his eyes were fixed on the Ming army ship that was slowly approaching them not far away.

Most of the ships of the Ming army were large ships and huge ships. This is an advantage, but sometimes it is also a disadvantage.

Compared with the speed of the ship, the Han army is faster.

By the time the Ming army reacted, the Han army navy had already gotten a lot closer, and when they hurriedly sailed northwest, they were pulled closer for a while.

The waves are bursting, and the seagulls are lingering.

The waves are rough, and thousands of sails are competing for the current.

Zhou Yu stood up slowly, holding the rope tightly, his eyes gradually became appraised.

Live like a man.

When you meet a confidant, you entrust the righteousness of the monarch and his ministers externally, and bond the love of flesh and blood internally.

Words must be done, plans must be followed.

Blessings and misfortunes are shared, and honor and disgrace are shared.

One heart and one mind, common exploits.

Even if there are mountains of swords and seas of fire ahead, since Sun Ce is going, he will definitely follow.

"Bang the drums and cheer for our army!"

On the battleship, the steady and powerful sound of war drums sounded slowly, slowly spreading to all directions.

Standing at the bow of the ship, Sun Ce stared intently at the approaching Ming warship not far ahead, and at the ocher-yellow banner that gradually became clear in his sight.

At this moment, the faint sound of war drums sounded in his ears.

Sun Ce was slightly taken aback, and looked behind him.

The source of the sound came from Zhou Yu's ship.

Sun Ce subconsciously laughed.

"Strike the drums and respond to the flagship!"

"Our army will win this battle!"

There is a tacit understanding, no need to say much.

Although he was far away from Zhou Yu, Sun Ce already understood what Zhou Yu meant.

Zhou Yu told him with the sound of drums that he would support his decision, no matter what the road ahead...

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

The high-spirited drums of the Han army echoed continuously on the surface of the Bohai Sea.

The morale of the Han army is rising, and most of the Han army's sailors are sailors from Yang and Xu states.

Sun Ce's reputation in Yangzhou and Xuzhou was like thunder, and all the soldiers on the warship admired him.

At this moment, Sun Ce's ship is right in front of the fleet, taking the lead, how can people not feel excited and admired and respected.

The distance between the Han and Ming naval forces is shortening, and the Han army navy from the north is also encircling them. You don't need a telescope, you can already see the Han army's warships.

On the Liaozhou, Gongsun Kang was full of tension, staring at the raised cliff in front of him, not even daring to blink.

As long as they crossed that cliff, their way forward would be unobstructed, and they would not be forced to stay offshore like this.

Gongsun Kang looked nervous, but it didn't affect Xu An's mood in the slightest.

"After turning the cliff and sailing for half a quarter of an hour, turn around and meet the enemy in the north!"

"Mr. Dao?"

Xu An's order shocked Gongsun Kang.

"Mr. Dao, we shouldn't meet the enemy at this time. We still wait for the main force of the fleet to come and fight the enemy decisively."

"It's okay."

Xu An raised his hand with a firm tone.

"This is the best place to fight."

"This will be the burial place of the sailors of the Han army!"

"This is the cemetery I carefully selected for the Han army navy."

Gongsun Kang was slightly taken aback, not knowing why.

"Keep your bearings and keep going."

Xu An didn't explain further.

This is indeed his carefully selected battlefield.

Here he prepared a great gift for the navy of the Han army, a gift that could destroy the entire navy of the Han army.

The main forces of the Haidong and Liaozhou fleets have now received the information and are rapidly approaching this side. They only need to hold on a little longer before they can wait for the encirclement of the army and completely wipe out the Han army navy.

In the era of cold weapons, water battles are not on rivers, but on seas, so it is difficult to end the war all at once.

Under his feet was the largest warship in the entire Ming Dynasty Navy, and even the bow corner was covered with iron sheets.

Ships also use the most advanced technology, which is made of superimposed layers of sheets, and is joined by tenon and nails. When two ships collide, most of the other ships are destroyed.

There are hundreds of skilled warriors on the warship, it is like a sea fortress, it is difficult to conquer at all.

The only thing that might be dangerous to it is the fireship, but if it is really so easy for the fireship to attack, then why do they require big ships and huge ships, why do everyone just build fireships.

Although it is not easy for a large ship to turn in, and the speed of a smaller ship is slower, a large ship can be sunk with a bed crossbow at a relatively long distance, and the surrounding escort warships are not for display. Difficulties.

Liaozhou is now the real overlord of the sea.

Moreover, the ships that Xu An brought this time included three large ships of [-] materials and six large ships of [-] materials.

There are a total of ten giant ships, and the rest of the warships are flexible and light frigates to guard against fire ships. There are also warships specially loaded with armored soldiers and known for their transportation capabilities. The powerful warships guard Liaozhou. side.

If a ship breaks into the formation and wants to take the Liaozhou directly, these two frigates full of armored soldiers can build a barrier for the Liaozhou.

Even if the enemy has already boarded the Liaozhou, they can support the Liaozhou.

Xu An stood at the bow of the ship, and he could already hear the faint sound of war drums on the Han army's warship behind him.

However, Xu An didn't care about the sound of the Han army's drums, and even his expression didn't change.

At this time, the morale of the Han army was like a rainbow, and there was no way to change the situation of the war.

Morale is only one aspect, the real war is all-round competition.

National strength, soldiers' training, officers' quality, logistical supplies, impromptu response, strategies, morale...

In all of these, the Han army has no way to compare with the Ming army.

The summer wind gradually picked up, and the southeast wind blew the sails, pushing the Liaozhou over the raised cliffs.

The warships of the Ming army also followed the Liaozhou across the cliff and entered the sea behind the cliff.

Ming Jun's eyes suddenly brightened.

At this time, the navy of the Han army was less than a few hundred steps behind, and it was about to catch up in an instant.

Following the tail of the Ming army navy, the Han army navy finally crossed the protruding cliff.

And just when the attention of the Han army navy was on the fleeing Ming army navy ahead.

Jin Wu slanted westward, and the shadow of the mountain fell into the sea.

Five warships with ochre-yellow banners and many small boats with banners and curtains also rushed out along with them.Already from the shadow of the cliff.

"call out--------"

The shrill whistle resounded all over the cliff in an instant.

Gan Ning stood at the bow of the ship, holding a halberd in one hand and a rope in the other.