Chapter 580

"Good!"

Zhang jaw ambitiously said: "now the first two steps of our army's planning have been completed as promised. Zheng Fang led his army to hold on to Yuyang for three days, which bought time for our army and defeated the spirit of Jingzhou army. He ordered the Ming Dynasty to lead 5000 iron cavalry from Wuguan to the South. As long as the Jingzhou Navy arrived, you will be able to break it under my command."

Fazheng took the lead in opening his mouth: "we are willing to defeat the enemy with the general."

Led by Li Yan, all the generals on the left and right stood up one after another. With the sound of clasping fists, they said in a loud voice: "I wish to defeat the enemy with the general!"

...

on the Han River, there is a huge navy warship, among which there are hundreds of small and medium-sized frigates, such as Pang and zoge, surrounded by a three-tier fighting ship in the middle of the river.

The sharp bow of the ship is like a long sword chopping waves. When the incoming river meets the warship, it is divided into two parts. The flag and flag inserted on the warship are blowing in the wind. The officers and soldiers of Jingzhou Navy standing on the deck hold swords and spears, which are majestic.

On the Bank of the Han River ahead, a cruiser was surprised to see such a huge navy warship. It was obvious that he had never seen such a huge thing chopping waves in the water. However, the Ranger quickly responded and immediately turned the horse's head, pulled the horse and left. Obviously, he went to report the military situation.

"Governor Cai, there is a Nanyang soldier in front of him. Seeing our army, he fled."

"No harm." Cai Mao waved his hand and said, "our soldiers are like a rainbow. Now it's only a short distance away from Wancheng. The enemy will know nothing about it. As long as they win Wancheng, the general situation of Nanyang will be determined."

Cai Mao was very confident about seizing Wancheng, because Wancheng, like Yuyang City, was built on the Bank of Hanjiang River. However, Nanyang army had no formed navy fleet, while Jingzhou navy was crossing the river and Han Dynasty. With the help of Navy warships, it was easy to win Wancheng.

Jingzhou Navy all the way, gradually the outline of Wancheng finally emerged in front of tens of thousands of Jingzhou soldiers. Compared with Yuyang County, which is weak in defense, Wancheng is much stronger and tall. After all, Wancheng is the seat of Nanyang County, and it is also a rare big county. The high city wall is more than two feet high, and there is an arrow tower every ten steps. The city is covered with Nanyang soldiers in full clothes, waiting for the battle.

Cai Mao was so ambitious that he waved the flag in his hand and cried out: "the whole army is ready to cover Wancheng with Navy warships. After landing, the soldiers will attack the city immediately. No mistake is allowed!"

"Zhongye, you lead the team yourself, understand?"

Wen pin said, "governor Cai, many of the officers and men under his command were killed and wounded in the Yuyang siege. I hope that governor Cai will reward them with money and food to teach them to fight with all their heart."

Cai Mao eyebrows a frown: "capture Wancheng, its own reward."

"Cai Du!" Wenpin did not step back. He insisted: "there must be brave men under the heavy reward. It can be seen that rewarding the soldiers before the war is not a bad thing to stimulate morale. Moreover, the officers and men who broke the Yuyang city did not get anything. It's good to ask governor CAI to reward them."

"Well, I'm glad to see money." Cai Mao snorted discontentedly and had to say, "well, in this case, the soldiers will be rewarded with 100 yuan each. If they break through Wancheng, there will be another reward."

"Thank you, governor CAI."

When Wen pin retired, Cai Mao couldn't help humming.

"Hum, it's really a group of poor families and grass-roots people who ask for money at any time. It's really rude."

"Hehe, Zhongye is a valiant general. It's worth paying him to fight." Zhang Yun said with a smile: "as long as we capture Wancheng, is it not how much money and food we want?"

Cai Mao's face was gloomy and nodded.

On the top of Wancheng City, generals such as Zhang jaw and Li Yan all appeared on the top of the city. Looking at the magnificent Jingzhou navy fleet in the Han River outside the city, I was quite moved.

"Jingzhou Navy is really extraordinary." Zhang jaw sighed: "this will be from small to large, but at most I have seen dozens of boats. These three-story warships are really unheard of."

"Hehe, the general is a northerner, so he doesn't know." Li Yan said with a smile: "as the so-called Southern boat and North horse, the southerners are just like the northerners on horseback. Jingzhou has always been a land of rivers and lakes with crisscross networks of lakes. Many people travel by boat. Liu Jingsheng is in Jingzhou, and his navy fleet is of great strength. I'm afraid that less than one-third of the Jingzhou Navy is on this expedition. "

"One third?" Zhang jaw was slightly surprised: "so, Jingzhou army has at least three or four hundred warships?"

"Not bad." FA Zheng went forward and said: "the number of Jingzhou Navy is not a small number. One of the Navy officers supervised by huangzu of Jiangxia and Liu Jingsheng must have left a part of Navy guards in Xiangyang. The number of Caimao's sailors on this expedition is definitely not more than one third of Jingzhou's, or even less."

"Unfortunately, if we had a navy fleet, we would have to leave all of them." Zhang jaw sighed: "it's a pity that most of our troops are northerners. They are good at riding and archery, but they can't hold boats."

FA Zheng said with a smile: "ha ha, general, don't worry, the general has already supervised the building of Xuanwu pool to compile and practice Navy in Luoyang? After another year and a half, when the general pacifies Hebei and herdsmen go south, they will certainly order us to supervise the construction of the water army. ""Good!" Zhang Maxiao Hao said: "when that day, I would have been herding horses to the South and drinking horses and Yangtze River with you!"

"The enemy Navy warships are coming. Please step back at once."

Li Yan stepped forward and explained: "when the last general was in Yuyang, he had experienced the tactics of Jingzhou army. The Jingzhou army marched in both water and land, and the Navy warships covered the city's head with rain of arrows in the water. The arrows were dense like rain and had great lethality. Please step back temporarily. "

"Good!" Zhang jaw calmly said: "Zheng Fang has the experience of fighting with Jingzhou army. What he said can't be wrong. We will retreat for the time being." Many generals and soldiers of Nanyang army immediately followed the orders and retreated behind the women's wall. At this time, the Jingzhou navy fleet had already stormed towards the head of Wancheng city.

"Governor CAI has orders to shoot the arrow!"

Thousands of Jingzhou Navy bowmen and crossbows stood on the deck and all the floors, aiming at the head of Wancheng city. With the release of the bowstring holding the arrows, the dense rain of arrows seemed to change greatly. A rainstorm came down from the sky and washed Wancheng city hard, hoping to shoot Wancheng into a honeycomb.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Thousands of arrows fell from the sky at this moment, as if the rainstorm swept down, covering the whole city. Almost every gap was covered by a huge rain of arrows. The gaps between the wall bricks were filled with arrows. If someone had just stood among them, they were afraid that they would be shot directly, and the three layers of heavy armor could not resist it.