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In the pale skylight, on the river surface that was far away from Jiangling, countless sail shadows appeared from behind in front of Chen Jun. Chen Jun shouted loudly in the formation, and ordered orders were issued in an orderly manner. The crossbowmen and shield soldiers stepped forward alternately and formed a defensive array on the boats. They stared at the enemy who were getting closer and closer. With a "buzzing" vibration, dark clouds composed of feather arrows suddenly rose, sweeping towards the Chen Jun ship formation on the other side! Thousands of feather arrows tear the air and screamed in shock!

When the first enemy ship appeared on the cold mist-covered river surface, the war broke out immediately!

"——Shield!!" Chen State dispatched elite troops this time, and was well prepared. The enemy would use such tactics. As they expected, almost at the same time, several roars of exhaustion came from Chen's ship.

A row of Chen army raised the large shield and strided forward, pushing the shield on the edge of the ship. The crossbowmen stepped back in unison. Beside them were soldiers holding shields. Just as the rain of locusts was about to slap down, the shield was raised, closed like a turtle shell, firmly blocking the remaining Chen army under the shield. The feather arrows were like raindrops, hitting the shield violently.

Screams and muffled groans echoed in everyone's ears. Occasionally, a few arrows would happen to drill in at a tricky angle, and immediately a life was told under the arrow. The soldiers who luckily avoided the past took over the post, gritted their teeth, held their shields tightly, and waited to survive the rain of arrows.

No matter how strong the shield is, it cannot prevent hundreds of crossbows from shooting at this side. At the same time, several or dozens of arrows shot into the shield. Although they have not shot through the large shield, at such a close distance, the feather arrows rush down, and the combined power of the arrows is definitely not small, just like hammers hitting the shield with force. As long as there is a slight weak force, it will not be able to hold on.

In winter, the water level has actually dropped. The boat is slightly more stable when it is sailing on it, but there will still be a slight shaking. At this time, the wind blew on the river surface, and the shaking feeling is even more obvious. However, most Chen Jun is familiar with the water nature and is used to this state of wandering and uncertainty. He can stand firmly by taking a little step forward.

They were wearing big shields, crossbowmen hid underneath, waiting for the rain of arrows to pass, and they could fight back soon...

Finally, the buzzing of the feather arrow disappeared, Chen ordered the shield to be lowered, and the crossbowman was ready.

The crossbowmen were in front of him, regardless of the hands that were blown red by the wind, spread their bowstrings and placing feather arrows. At the distance that had been visually measured in advance, the bow body was raised up to a certain angle. Before the bowstrings were sent out, a buzzing sound of the bowstrings rebounded from the opposite side came. Chen Jun raised his head in surprise, his arm was frozen there, watching another dark cloud rising opposite, and dense arrows hit like locusts and raindrops!

"—Why are they so fast?!" Chen Jun was a little rioting, and then immediately responded, and the shields were re-arranged. Fortunately, the shields on the edge of the ship did not withdraw, blocking some feather arrows. However, it was already a beat too late at this time. Many people had no time to find shelter. They were shot through the thin leather armor by the scattered arrows on the spot, and many casualties were killed and injured. The general Chen Jun had a blue face and shouted loudly: "Stay! Stay!!"

The first confrontation was declared to be defeated, which would somewhat hurt morale. If it were an ordinary army, it might be impossible to say that they would be completely courageous and their positions were in chaos at this moment. However, Chen Jun was well-trained and actually suppressed the positions. The remaining soldiers were quickly gathered up. As the fleets of both sides approached, Chen Jun had already organized an effective crossbow counterattack, with shields arranged in front, and crossbowmen behind, and both sides shot at each other at the same time.

Although Chen Xu was not as brave as Chen Baxian, he was still more capable of governing. He knew that Jiankang was not a place to be safe and had a war with the two countries of the Northern Dynasties, so he chose elite soldiers and strong generals and did not dare to slack off for a moment. He hid his edge and sharpened for several years. Today is the time to draw his sword! On the vast river surface, the Chen State warship was like a giant beast that cuts waves. The river water on both sides was cut open, and the white waves surging, colliding straight towards the Zhou army warship!

The hull of the Zhou army warship is narrower than that of the Chen State warship, and it is not enough. If you hit it head-on, you will suffer a great loss. Chen army was working hard, but the leading Zhou army ships suddenly ignited a raging fire in front of the front!

"...They attacked fire!" Some soldiers finally got lost and looked at the surging rivers flowing by the ship hesitantly. Zhou's way of killing 800 enemies and losing 1,000 on their own was stunned for a moment. In the hazy firelight burning the sky in the distance, dark clouds rose again and shot densely. Several warships led by Chen State finally lost order and collided with the flames!

The sound of collision of the cabin being smashed, the sound of the golden iron of the knife and axe being chopped, the roars and screams of the two armies fighting each other... These sounds echoed on the river surface and drifted far and far away. On the large-toothed ship in the center of the Chen army's ship formation, all the generals of Chen State were gloomy in their faces. The moment of the collision, the Chen State declared defeat, and the Chen State was a downfall. This was not a major blow to the powerful army! The one-eyed veteran Zhang Zhaoda, standing at the top, was watching the battle situation on the railing, but his face was expressionless, but the empty eye sockets on the left eye seemed even colder and more terrifying.

After a while, someone asked, "General, how should Zhou's arms attack be dealt with?"

Zhang Zhaoda sneered at the corner of his mouth: "Hmph, Lu Teng's skills are so poor. Just a few warships attack fire, I want to stop me?" He waved his whip and pointed directly in front of him. It seemed that the flames could not stop the veteran's gaze. "They only have a dozen warships, and against the wind, the fire cannot hurt my army! Since these people who are not afraid of death are blocking in front of him, then... hit them!!"

When the Zhou army and Chen army were fighting hard, the warships behind seemed to be unable to see the Zhou army's fire attack tactics, and directly joined the battle situation. They collided with the Zhou army's fire ships that arrived later. The wood chips flew over, the hull broke, and the sails on the deck were cut in the middle by this terrible force! After all, Chen army was even stronger, and the ships they used were all large warships, which were not as heavy as the Zhou army's. Perhaps the Zhou army's fire attack tactics were

It did play a certain deterrent role in Chen Jun's psychology, but Zhang Zhaoda, the commander of Chen State, did not believe in this evil, and saw through the essence of the Zhou army's strength outside and the middle. When the war reached this point, Chen State still had the strength, but the Zhou army had already taken the position of unsuccessful success. In this first round of battle, the Zhou army was proud for the time being, but the Chen army's strength was not damaged. The lion was still a lion, and the rabbit was still a rabbit, and there was no change in the strength comparison.

On the contrary, with the order of Zhang Zhaoda, the commander of Chen State, the Zhou army was in an extremely dangerous situation!

The Chen army's large ships often smashed the Zhou army's ships in one encounter. Even if they were affected by the spreading fire, it would not matter. The Chen army still had the strength to fight with the Zhou army while sending people to control the fire. The Zhou army's situation took a sharp turn and fell from the peak into the abyss. They all fell into fierce battles. At the same time, Chen's toothed ships rushed over on both sides, completely locking the retreating way.

Chen Jun was well-trained, moved with the sound of drums, and moved at the same time, cooperating with each other. The Zhou army warships on the river were hit and sunk one after another. In less than two quarters of an hour, Chen Jun's eyes were empty.

There were only a few ships that were about to sink on the river, and the flames were not extinguished, and smoke rose into the sky...

Zhang Zhaoda saw that the Zhou army on the river was swept away, but did not order to cross the river to land on the river. Instead, he ordered the army to change direction and retreat to a bend of the river more than 30 miles away, and stationed on the spot. The generals were puzzled, so Zhang Zhaoda only replied lightly:

"Our country is attacking with all its powers, and Lu Teng will definitely fight with me. The water battle just now is a proof of... Lu Teng is brave and strategic, and he will definitely not let me land so smoothly. I will take a look first and then make a decision."

Immediately, several ships were ordered to visit the shore. In the evening, only two of the warships were left. The Chen soldiers, who were covered in embarrassment, reported what they saw, "The Zhou army set up camps, look at buildings, stockpiled heavy troops along the coast, and camps along the river, stretched for several miles!"
Chapter completed!