Is it really feasible?" Xiong Jing looked at the red wall on the stern deck of Chaos. Just now, when Zhao was lined up, the Chu army sailed into the unblocked Niushou Water and measured the water depth.

"Report to the king, the water depth is fine." Hong Liu nodded deeply. He believed in his subordinates' sense of responsibility. "The Chaos-level water is only 100 feet long, while the water depth of the Niu Shu is more than 100 feet long, which is enough to sail."

The only difference between two feet made Xiong Jing hesitate. One ft and four feet must be the deepest water depth in the center. Once a deviation occurs, the gunboat will be stranded. It is already autumn. You cannot expect a heavy rain in the world to rise once, and then the stranded ship can get out of the trap. The gunboat enters the Niushou Water, and you must be prepared to strand.

"King, if I don't go into Niushou Water to block the Qin people, the Zhao people's military formation will undoubtedly be full of the ink." Hong Mou led his men to Niushou Water to measure the depth of the water. He also saw the circular formation that the Zhao people could not call the array. Fortunately, the Qin cavalry rushed to the east of Niushou Water. If he ran directly to the Zhao people who were crossing the water, the military formation might have scattered.

"King, if there is any stranding, you can also pull the gunboat out. There are ropes on the sea boat." Hong Shu added.

"It's not that it's stranded, how much gunpowder consumes?" The gunboat volley was amazing, but every cannon sound would make Xiong Jing's heart tremble.

For 32 kilograms of naval guns, each shell consumes 1175 kilograms of gunpowder. A volley is 141 kilograms. If the volley is fired ten times, one ton and a half of gunpowder will be gone. If it gets stranded, it can be pulled out. This is not a big problem, but how much gunpowder will be consumed with gunboats to block the Qin army? Each cannon in the fleet is only equipped with 200 gunpowder of gunpowder. Once these gunpowder are used, the fleet will no longer have gunpowder.

"I would like to ask the king not to worry. After this battle, I will go to the Port of Seleucumu Blair and will definitely return with sulfur!"

Hong Shu once again emphasized that he could seize sulfur. Xiong Jing was not as confident as him. Although there was no absolute fairness in the war, he always felt that it was not fair to ravage the Qin army with artillery, which did not conform to the principle of the king's actions. But apart from using gunpowder, he really had nothing else to rely on.

If there were really gods in this world, perhaps gods would prevent the Chu people from obtaining sulfur. This was his premonition, and his premonition was basically correct: within a few years, the Red Valley went to Wublai Port in Persian Gulf to get nothing; the Chu area also found nothing;

We went to Yingzhou and Yizhou to find the volcanic belt. Yingzhou did not find the volcanic belt. Although Yizhou found the brittle brittle, he did not report it because of someone's selfishness, and he got nothing. He spent 30 million drake silver coins to buy 120 tons of sulfur, with the help of the Sogdians, and with the help of the Sogdians, the brittle brittle land had been occupied by the Qin army. Even if we knew that the brittle was in the Donghu land, the Chu army could not obtain it.

The war is getting bigger and bigger, the fight is getting more and more cruel, and more and more trends show that the Qin and Chu armies may be in a cold weapon battle without gunpowder in the future. Although Xiong Jing cannot see this future, he has this feeling.

"Twenty rounds!" He spat out a number coldly, which was the result of his inner struggle. "Each gun cannot exceed twenty rounds."

"I will definitely not exceed twenty shells." Hong Chuan bowed solemnly. Seeing that Xiong Jing had no explanation, he ordered: "The fleet sailed into Niushou Water!"

"The general has an order, and the fleet sails into Niushou Water." The duty officer on the deck quickly sent the order. Under the violent north wind, the sails above their heads blew and blew. Once the sails turned, the Chaos, which had more than 500 tons, lightly sailed to Niushou Water ten miles away and entered the Zhangzhou area. Following the flagship, the other five gunboats one after another, starting anchors and heading north.

The Chu army was in action. At first, the Qin army mobilized all its strength to stop the Zhao people from being intercepted. However, when the Dayi warships sailed one after another to the south of the Zhang River and entered the Niushou River, the Qin army's attention gradually focused on the east.

"Where is the location, and how deep is the water of the bull's head?" Wang Jian asked the adviser beside him.

There will be seventy-two wings, which is the standard configuration of the general's shogunate. There are three people in the right place, responsible for the situation of the three armies, the news of the interests, the distance is dangerous and the water is dry, and the mountains are blocked. Wang Jian asked, and the leading local adviser immediately appeared in front of him. "Reported to the general, the water of the bull's head is more than one meter deep, so it is okay to travel a warship, but it is not possible to travel a sea boat."

"Is there a certain number?" Wang Jian asked again dissatisfiedly. "Where can't sail on a boat in the water of Niu Shu?"

The water level of the river is not fixed, but changes from time to time. Niushou Water is far away from the battlefield. During this period, no one was sent to measure the depth of the water. All we know is to estimate the numbers. Wang Jian asked this question and the three of them could not answer immediately. As for where to boating, the warship was not as good as six feet of water. The Niushou Water can boating in this section.

The right place was speechless, not because he was not responsible, but because Wang Jian asked a question far beyond his scope of responsibility. Fortunately, Wang Jian did not punish him, and he has always been tolerant of the people around him.

"The Jing people's sea boat is about to enter the Niushou Water to meet the Zhao people, what's the matter?" After retiring the advantage of the territorial position, Wang Jian looked at the shogunate counselors. There were five counselors, but these five people and their confidant Liu Chi all looked at Wang Ao. Wang Ao was a disciple of Wei Liao, the national lieutenant. If he could not think of any plan, then they had no other better plan.

"Report to the general, don't block the witchcraft. Our army should avoid the Niushoushou River and intercept the Zhao people between the Fushou River and Niushou River." Wang Ao had no good idea. The power of the gunboat is obvious to all. Sending Qin troops to the waterside to die is something that a fool can do.

"But the Zhao people go first, and our army will come later." Wang Jian shook his head. The Qin army was already mobilizing. It would take a long time to cancel the previous order to accept new orders.

The army is the weakest in marching state. Between the Shui River and the Niushou River, that is, between the Zhao army and the Chu army. If the Chu army entered the Niushou River landed on the shore and attacked themselves with the Zhao army, the consequences would be unimaginable. The correct way is to let the Zhao people go first and then pursue them from behind, so that they can get rid of the Chu army behind them.

"This..." Wang Ao could understand Wang Jian's concerns. The Chu army's warships were quickly entering Niushoushui. At the previous speed, they landed very quickly and could fight immediately once they landed. If the army formation was not deep enough and long enough, it would be difficult to resist their attack. It was a safe way to pursue the Zhao people from behind, but the result was that King Zhao escaped safely because he was already running in front of the common people.

"How can you let King Zhao escape to Chu?" Zhao Zhi, the guardian who had been cold-faced, spoke out. Under the military merit system, the generals were afraid of hard fighting, and the guardians wanted to supervise them.

"However, our army's array is not intact, if it is attacked by the Jing and Zhao people..." Wang Jian smiled bitterly and looked at Zhao Zhi.

"Our army was attacked by the people of Jing and Zhao. If it wins, it is good. However, if it fails, the general will be reduced to his title; if the king is angry, he will be punished." Zhao Zhi had no expression. How to use the army is the matter of the king and the Guowei Mansion. The losses caused by the leader are the matter. This is the incompetent command of their command. "The king has already ordered that King Zhao should not escape to Chu. Will the general want to resist the king's order?"

"The last general dares not." In addition to laughing bitterly, under the gaze of Zhao Zhiwang Ao, Wang Jian changed his previous order and asked the Qin army to intercept Zhao people between Niushou and Shu.

The Niushou water was deep, and the Qin cavalry did not cross the river. The infantry rushed towards the Niushou water, intending to force the cross to the east coast before the Chu army's warship cut off the Niushou water. Their speed was obviously faster than the warships on the water surface. All infantry were blocked by the Chu army's warships on the west coast of the Niushou water by the Chu army's warships.

The commander came running, and the soldiers of the soldiers paused slightly and turned to the south. The Qin army's array was a little chaotic because of the forced crossing of the water. Now, if you want to force your troops to reach the northwest of Cheng'anyi, thirty miles away, the queue became even more chaotic. From a distance, you can only see the plain full of Qin army soldiers running, and you can't see the array at all.

At this time, more than 300,000 common people in Handan had just crossed the water. The chaos caused by the water made the round formation no longer form a round formation. The most deadly round formation, the 50,000 Zhao army around the outer part of the deadly round formation, had become disintegrated by the nobles.

The great circle formation split into several small formations, and 50,000 soldiers of Zhao army protected their most trusted Pingyuan Jun and Pingyang Jun. The common people also gathered to the array where the two were. Those nobles who had no prestige and no good reputation could only rely on their own servants and servants. Only Sima Shang commanded the only small soldiers left by his side to protect the weak old and weak, and walked at the end of the military formation.

In front of the common people's formation, the formation of the king's soldiers ten miles away was galloping like the Qin infantrymen. The Chu army's boats entered the Niushou River and shortened the marching distance of the army. As long as they ran for another fourteen or five miles, they could join the Chu army on the west bank of Niushou River. But no matter how fast they were, they were not as fast as the Qin cavalry. The Qin cavalry, ordered to block the east bank of Niushou River, did not cross the water, and they appeared on the flank of the Wangshou River. The biggest function of the cavalry in the military formation was to stagnate, and the army was stagnated to wait for the infantry of their own sides to approach.

Ten miles away from the west bank of Niushoushui, when the Qin cavalry was attacking, the running Zhao army kings had to stop on the spot and reorganize the array. More than 60,000 horse hooves rumbled past the army. The Qin army knights who appeared this time were all wearing stirrups. They were no longer arm crossbows, but riding bows. Arrows flew over, and some black-clothed palace guards who raised their shields were caught in the arrows.

The arrows could not fly in the center of the round formation, but the concubines, temple people, and palace maids were still screaming in fear. Zhao Qian did not cry like before, but he held the hand of his mother tightly and did not notice that his mother was trembling.

When the Qin army plundered the formation, the people were about to rush to Niushoushui again. However, the Qin cavalrymen rushed back a hundred steps away and then rushed past the other side of the circular formation. Obviously, they were going to nail the Zhao army to death here.
Chapter completed!