The first shell had already been loaded. The gunmen pulled the fuse and with a "boom", the boat body shook straight. [】As the cannon was out of the bore, the cannon was seated vigorously, and the tail hit the vertical plate at the rear end. The vertical plate sat back with the base plate, and the horizontal block under the base plate compressed the spring in the long grid, and it rebounded before it could be finally rebounded. The gunmen on both sides could not see what was happening under the base plate. They only knew that the cannon had finished firing, and then bounced back after sitting back. They should never drag the cannon back to its original position.

"Recharge, load quickly!" As soon as the cannon rebounded in the smoke, the cannon leader shouted at the top of his throat, and had no time to pay attention to whether the shell hit an enemy boat outside the chain.

‘Boom, boom, boom…’, the flagship of the team where Bu Liang lives fired the guns, and the remaining gunboats followed. The flames sprayed out from the muzzles of the twelve fifteen pound cannons and the thunder emitted the Qin army a mile away shocked the Qin army. They did not expect that the Chu army actually moved the witchcraft to the warship. What they knew before was that the Chu army moved the witchcraft to the sea boat.

Twelve artillery pieces, twenty-five Qin army warships sailing rapidly. Some of the shells hit the warships, while others were lost because they were not aimed. Those who hit the warships, the shells passed through the warships longitudinally, and the wood chips splattered at the same time, and blood also splattered. However, as Zuokai said, the shells had limited damage to the warships, and could only break the boat and not sink the boat. The shells that penetrated the warships jumped and sped on the surface like stones, and flew to the flagship before falling.

Seeing this scene, Wu Ji's smile even more, but Zhao Ying was sweating on his vest. He suddenly thought that if the two armies fought in Mianshui, these twelve warships carrying witchcraft would definitely have killed him!

"Retreat! Retreat!" The sound of cannons was not distinguished from the enemy and us, which shocked everyone. Bu Liangju finally calmed down from panic. Taking advantage of the sound of the Qin army's rushing towards the sound of cannons, he quickly issued a quick retreat order. The gunboat boat was facing the enemy at the stern, and retreating quickly was actually moving forward. The thugs in the cabin did not understand the panic that had just been experienced on the deck, and he quickly took a quick departure after hearing the order and drove away from the place.

As soon as the flagship of our team retreated, the remaining eleven gunboats retreated quickly. At this time, the cannon sounded again, and the artillery guards who had loaded the next shell pulled the fuse again, and the artillery roared again. At this time, the warships between the two sides were dozens of meters away, so it was naturally impossible to lose such a close distance.

All twelve shells hit the target, and several shots passed directly from the top of the deck, cutting off the huge mast and killing several armored soldiers. The remaining shells hit below the deck, and several shots were incorrect and passed directly. The correct shells hit the twenty-seven swordsmen and then flew out of the boat.

A whole row of slingers was killed by shells, blood, brain, minced meat, human intestines..., and suddenly turned Zhou Cang into a hell on earth. The slingers were either frightened and paralyzed, or escaped from Zhou Cang like a life-desperate and rushed to the deck. Unfortunately, the soldiers on the deck drove them down again.

"Let it go!" The cannon sounded again. The big-wing gunboat entered a state of combat. Although the gunboat was running away, it did not escape with all its strength, but maintained a distance of one or two hundred meters from the enemy boat, and then slammed the enemy boat at this distance.

It is not a warship chasing a gunboat, but several warships chasing a gunboat. Thanks to the rebound of the buffer device, the gunboat can load at a faster speed, and at the fastest time, it can fire three to four shells in a minute.

The sound of cannons rumbled and echoed on the calm surface of the lake. The waterfowl on the east and west sides of the lake were all startled, and flew away in groups. The smoke of gunfire when the cannons was fired blew south, spreading half of the Chu army's boat team. The soldiers were excited as they smelled this smell and kept looking forward to the flagship.

The position of the Qin army was not blocked by gunpowder, and the generals could see the entire battle clearly. Zhao Ying finally understood why the Jing people's warship had to face the enemy with the stern of the boat. He could not row and row quickly, so he could not face the enemy with the bow; the stern of the boat was facing the enemy with both sides in the same direction, so that the iron bombs were shot continuously and bombarded the enemy's boats. Among the twenty-five chasing warships on his side, five of them had stopped, six were shot slowed down, and the remaining fourteen did not dare to chase them again, but kept a distance from the gunboat.

"Ming Jin!" Zhao Ying did not hesitate and quickly asked the warship to retreat to the array.

When he heard that the Qin army was singing Jin, Bu Liangju, who did not want to end the battle so soon, ordered a turn to the enemy, and fired artillery while chasing these enemy boats that were retreating. At this time, the battle formations of the two armies were five miles apart, but neither side rushed forward with drums. Only twelve large-winged gunboats and twenty-five Qin army warships fought between the two long formations.

Previously, the Chu army warships fired their artillery while retreating, but now the Qin army warships retreated after being shot. The battle situation seemed like a wonderful drama, including the Qin army soldiers, both sides were fascinated by it. When the twelve large-winged gunboats got closer and closer to the Qin army flagship, the boat officer directly turned the bow of the boat and aimed at the flagship to fire the fire, the Qin army woke up. The Jing people wanted to sink their flagship.

Seeing this, the warships protecting the flagship rose and advanced forward, but the feather flag on the flagship suddenly pointed and the flagship began to retreat. The sails rising from the two rows of warships in front could only fall, and together with the more than 20 warships pursued by the large-wing gunboats, more than 70 warships protecting the flagship were retreating together. Looking at the Chu army's flagship, the center of the Qin army's array suddenly collapsed, breaking a gap of half a mile long.

In order to fill this vacancy, all the Qin army warships, which were ten miles wide, were all paddling backwards, and they were moving closer to the middle while they were in an attempt to fill the vacancy in the middle that appeared to avoid enemy gunboats.

"Zuo Ao!" After seeing this, Jing Gui let Lu Lijing in his hand land and looked directly at Zuo Kai.

The battle of more than a dozen or twenty warships had nothing to do with the overall situation. Now that the Qin army's flagship retreated and the entire army retreated, this was a big deal. Zuo Kai had no time to answer Jing Gui. He turned to look at the strategist beside him and asked in a deep voice: "How fast is the speed?"

"The Qin people have not yet sailed, and their speed is five knots." Zuo Kai asked about the speed of the Qin army. The strategist understood what he meant, and finally estimated the distance and time of the pursuit, "Eight miles, half a quarter of an hour can arrive."

"Beat the drum and go!" This time, Zuo Kai no longer hesitated and quickly ordered an attack.

"Beat the drum! Go ahead!" The military order was still issued. The impatient general only saw the flagship flag pointing forward, and the warship rushed out at full speed. After a few boats, the sound of drums on his own side rang out.

"The Jing people attack me! The Jing people attack me!!" The flagship was attacked by the Jing people's witchcraft warship, and had to retreat, causing the entire army to retreat. Now the entire Chu army rushed forward with a drum, and the Qin army's warship was in chaos. Looking at its own flagship, the flag followed and pointed, and the golden sound did not stop hitting. The boatman had to accept his fate and shouted to the hand under the deck: "Give it speed! Give it speed!!"

Against the wind and the current, there is still a sail. No matter how hard the paddle is, it will only have a speed of five or six knots. In less than half a quarter of an hour, the Qin army warship will be hit like a thunder in six minutes. Zhao Ying on the flagship also felt that he was in an unfavorable state. The retreating warship would only be passively hit and could not be hit actively. But if he did not retreat, the flagship would have to face the muzzle of the Jingren.

Perhaps it was because of hesitation, perhaps it was because of the safety of the eldest son Fusu, or because of something else. It was not until the Chu army's warship rushed to a mile at full speed that Zhao Ying took the initiative to shout: "Beat the drum! Attack!"

The towering flags quickly returned to their fingers, and the drums were also struck hard. The Qin army, which was retreating faster, changed direction, and the entire army rushed forward. In the half-mile-long gap in the center of the military formation, the second row of warships rushed forward quickly in the fire of the large-wing gunboats, missing the gunboats to fill it. The remaining warships continued to retreat with the flagships, and fled north as the gunboats chased the whereabouts of the gunboats.

The Qin army retreated, and the entire Chu army was not clear about how the Qin army's flagship continued to fall sail and flee north, which already implied the defeat of the Qin people. The generals shouted excitedly, and the Jing crossbow on the deck began to be launched, and the archers also posed arrows on the string. Faster than the Chu army, the Qin army, who was on the wind, began to shoot crossbows and archers as soon as they entered a hundred steps.

Arrows are difficult to cause substantial damage to the warships, but arrows flying over the warships of both sides also killed and injured many soldiers. The Qin army had a large number of warships, with a distance of only ten meters and a distance of about fifteen meters, which made it difficult for the Chu army to adopt the tactic of oar breaking. Two hundred boat officials were thinking about how to hit and sink the enemy ship without being hit and sunk by the enemy ship.

"Collection of the oars!" Before the impact, both ark officials shouted to collect the oars. The wooden oars were raised with splashes and quickly entered the boat warehouse. Then there was a violent shaking. Most of the Chu army warships hit the enemy boat with their more skillful boat driving skills and convenient steering, but some of the Qin army warships that were not hit took advantage of this gap to collide with the Chu army warships. Tons of tons of water were poured into the boat, and the broken warships gradually sank.

"Drop the oars, drop the oars! Drop the oars quickly!" The Chu army that hit the enemy boat was about to retreat. The soldiers on the Qin army warship took the opportunity to hook the Chu army warship with a hook sickle, and then crossed the boat's side to fight with the Chu army.

The Chu army was full of swords and shields in the water battle, while the Qin army was a spear shield. As the shield and shield collided, casualties continued to fall on the five-meter-wide deck. Blood dripped into the Zhou Cang through the thin deck. The soldiers paddling in the Zhou Cang also picked up the swords and shields and wanted to join the hand-to-hand combat on the deck. However, there were already people on the five-meter-wide deck, and no matter how many people under the Zhou Cang were, they could not rush up.

"The Qin people hooked me!" Jing Gui looked at the Jing family warship and hit the Qin people, and also saw the Qin people hit him. After the collision, most of his warships were hooked by the Qin people with hook sickles, and the Qin people's armored soldiers jumped to fight again, so that only a few warships could escape unscathed.

"The Qin soldiers are not as many as me, so they will not win." The warships on the water either sank or fighting. Following the north wind, the soldiers of the two armies could hear clearly on the flagships.

"Report——! The Qin people are around me! The Qin people are around me!" The lookout on the mast saw the latest movements of the Qin people and shouted loudly.

No matter how wide the Chu army's array was, it was not as wide as the Qin army's formation. The two armies collided, and the Qin army, which had no Chu warships in front of them, continued to move forward. The Chu army was hooked, and the left and right wings bent inward, forming a semicircle. Even so, it still could not stop the detours of more than 100 Qin army's warships. These warships were bypassing the obstacles of the left and right wings of the Chu army and preparing to attack the back of the Chu army.
Chapter completed!