Kang Maocai was beaten, and as expected, the news spread to Chen Jun's camp at Hukou on the south bank.

This made Chen Youliang very happy. Frankly speaking, if Zhu Yuanzhang was not taken into account, Chen Youliang's life could be called a cheat. He did not officially join Tianwan until his fifteenth year, but after only a few years of hard work, he relied on the mind of a beast.

Fengxian's behavior continuously devoured the master, and he climbed from a small soldier to the high position of the King of Han.

Who dares not to give a thumbs up and praise, what a hero!

However, there is a person who can restrain him. From the earliest fight for Hongdu to today, both sides have deployed hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses to stand on the card table and make huge bets.

The man named Zhu kept suppressing him and took advantage of him everywhere.

Now there is finally someone who is willing to take refuge in him, and he can use Zhu Yuanzhang's methods on him. Are you gambling? It doesn't matter whether you win or lose. The key is that Zhu Yuanzhang must lose!

The old man Zou Pusheng has indeed seen through Chen Youliang. Compared to the facts, he is more willing to believe in his own wishful thinking. To put it bluntly, he is just stubborn.

"Pass my decree and go to battle tomorrow. I want to test Zhu Yuanzhang's background!" Chen Youliang gave the decisive order, and Zhang Bixian immediately agreed and went down to prepare.

The next day, Chen Youliang sent troops from Hukou Camp. Hundreds of huge tower ships, like a group of giant beasts, meandered over, accompanied by many auxiliary ships.

The huge ships covered the sky and the sun and covered the river.

Even though I had already climbed up and had a good look, I still had a little bit of knowledge about it, but when the fleet actually came towards me, I still felt frightened.

Zhang Ximeng's palms were already sweating.

He was really scared. Water battles are different from land battles. The bigger ships bully the smaller ones, and the more cannons bully the less cannons. There are generational differences in weapons, so you can only be ravaged.

There are still land battles in which a small number can defeat a large number, but when it comes to water, there are very few examples of a weak defeating a strong one.

Zhang Ximeng was also a little confused. He had also laid out a shipyard and produced some ships... But due to the lack of wood, Zhu Jiajun's progress was not fast.

Chen Youliang occupied Huguang and could transport timber and bulk materials from the mountains, but there was also a question. Can ships be built immediately after the timber came out of the mountains?

Obviously not!

Could it be that Chen Youliang has mastered some black technology, or maybe?

Zhang Ximeng and others rounded their eyes and tried hard to observe these buildings and ships.

Chen Youliang's ship is at least fifteen feet long, more than two feet high, and two to three feet wide. The deck alone has three levels.

A large ship can carry a thousand sailors. A large ship of this size can almost be compared with Zheng He's treasure ships on his voyages to the West.

Moreover, all the building boats are painted in bright red color, which is full of oppression.

Although he couldn't see clearly, Zhang Ximeng also knew that on Chen Youliang's ship, there were also weapons such as muskets, artillery, and kerosene, as well as strong bows and crossbows. There was absolutely no shortage of them.

They have all the weapons that Zhu Jiajun has, and there are even more of them.

How to fight this battle?

Frankly speaking, if Zhang Ximeng was the commander-in-chief, he might avoid fighting until he had a bigger ship and was better prepared, and then he would engage in a decisive battle.

But the problem is that the fighter plane is fleeting, so how can you be prepared properly?

So Zhang Ximeng is really lucky that the person who calls the shots is Zhu Yuanzhang, and the ones who carry out the mission are people like Xu Da and Chang Yuchun... As for him, he can just watch the battle silently and let these talented people take you off.

Zhang Ximeng calculated that if his subordinates knew that the god-like Prime Minister was so panicked and helpless, it would probably shake the morale of the army.

But it didn't matter anymore. Everyone's eyes quickly fell on the battlefield, and Zhang Ximeng was ignored.

"In this battle, I will lead the army. You will follow in batches... You must follow my instructions. You are only allowed to move forward and not to retreat!"

Xu Da stood up on the bow of the ship, wearing a strong sword and holding a shield, and actually took the lead to kill him.

As the first commander-in-chief in the army, Xu Da actually assumed the responsibility of the commander. He actually stole the vanguard's job. What on earth was this guy thinking?

If something goes wrong, wouldn't it shake the morale of the army?

Zhang Ximeng frowned slightly, but he quickly understood what was going on.

Seeing Zhu Jiajun taking the initiative to attack, Chen Youliang couldn't help but want to laugh at these people, throwing moths into the fire and destroying themselves! Don't you even look at the difference between the warships of the two sides!

Following Chen Youliang's order, five giant building ships and dozens of warships joined the battle.

On the river, the two sides met each other. At the critical moment of the battle, Xu Da was on the warship. The bright red flags were waving continuously. The entire Zhu family fleet received the order and quickly separated. In a group of ten ships, they attacked.

Go up.

good!

Seeing this scene, Zhang Ximeng almost slapped Xu Da.

The building ships are huge and difficult to maneuver, but the Zhu family's warships are small and nimble. They can use their maneuverability to surround the enemy and bite the enemy to death like a pack of wolves fighting a tiger!

As long as you find the right method, defeating the enemy is not difficult!

But just when Zhang Ximeng was feeling very excited, many stone bullets were thrown from the huge ship and struck them in a graceful arc.

A stone bullet almost touched the bow of Xu Da's boat and fell into the river. If he had moved forward a little further, Xu Da would probably have become a meat pie.

Zhang Ximeng's heart suddenly shrank, don't just get beaten, fight back quickly, why didn't Xu Da fight back?

But a scene that disappointed Zhang Ximeng appeared. Xu Da didn't seem to see the opponent's stone bullets, but just ordered the ship to move forward and approach the enemy as quickly as possible.

Zhang Ximeng looked at it again and again, and he seemed to understand.

No wonder Chen Youliang is obsessed with large warships. Even though this huge warship has ten thousand shortcomings, one advantage is enough to cover up all the shortcomings.

The building ship is tall and has multiple decks, and weapons can be placed on each floor.

Therefore, one large ship can carry as many trebuchets and cannons as a dozen small ships combined, and because it is located high up, it has a longer range and is more powerful.

Facing such a behemoth, the boat has no other choice. It can only stand a chance of fighting by approaching the opponent with a desperate attitude.

But it's not that easy to get close to such a big guy full of weapons.

Zhang Ximeng stared at the battlefield on the river with his eyes wide open. Suddenly, a wooden pole several feet long fell from a building ship. At one end of the wooden pole was a huge hammer.

Shoot the pole!

Zhang Ximeng had seen this thing in Ruxukou, and now he saw it again with his own eyes, the power of the pole.

I saw a Zhu Jiajun warship being hit head-on.

The two soldiers standing in front were instantly smashed to pieces, the wood on the bow of the ship was broken, and a huge hole opened up. The river water poured in and the ship sank.

After a while, it disappeared, leaving only a few broken wooden boards floating alone.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Ximeng's face was extremely solemn, and he finally understood the reason why Xu Da took the lead.

Although the building ship is huge and difficult to maneuver, as long as you can get close to the building ship, there is a way.

But the question is how to get close?

The other party is obviously a tiger showing its teeth and claws. Normally, he would walk around when he sees it, but now he wants to approach him actively.

Every time you get closer, you have to risk your life, and you can be buried in the river at any time, with no bones left.

Don't talk about getting close to each other, whoever is willing to die will die, I won't go anyway!

If the coach hadn't taken the lead, why would he have asked his men to risk their lives and move forward with all their might?

Of course, war depends on clever calculations and strategies, but in the final analysis, it depends on people to execute it... Take the tactic of using small boats to deal with large ships. Zhang Ximeng can talk about it on paper and deduce countless ways to win.

But when it comes to the actual battlefield, soldiers still have to face the difficulties and pounce on the enemy with small boats without hesitation... No matter what the outcome of the war is, for many young soldiers, their lives will end at any time.

To the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, these people are only a small part of the thousands of soldiers, but for every soldier, life is only once, and once lost, it will never come back.

Zhang Ximeng stared at the battlefield and looked at the turbulent river. He seemed to understand something. It is a major military matter. No matter how strong the country is or how strong the military force is, one should not start a war lightly.

Any war must be carefully weighed and taken seriously. To start a war hastily is to play with human lives! Even a superpower cannot sustain the consumption of a few meaningless wars.

Zhang Ximeng did think a lot at this time when he could only think and could not do much.

In the future, these ideas will be transformed into the entire country's foreign policy, thus having far-reaching influence.

But at the moment, the protagonists of the battlefield are still Xu Da and the soldiers.

Xu Da risked his life and got in front of a building boat.

What greeted him was a dense barrage of crossbows, pouring down from the upper, middle and lower decks towards his warship.

Xu Da could only wave his shield to protect himself, and at the same time gave a decisive order to attack the building ship... The nine small boats all risked their lives and shot bows and arrows at the building ship from all directions.

As a matter of fact, several ships actually aimed their bows at the belly of the building ship and rammed it.

Bang bang bang!

The violent collision caused Zhu's army to spin, and some soldiers actually fell into the river.

But the seemingly huge building ship was also injured.

The wooden hull kept making cracking sounds, and the soldiers of the Chen Army on it were actually frightened. Some even threw away their weapons and ran backwards, forming a mess.

Seeing the opportunity, Xu Da actually ordered his subordinates to erect a ladder and hang it on the deck with an iron hook. Then he took the lead and rushed onto the building ship and started a hand-to-hand fight with Chen Jun.

"Kill, rush with me and seize this ship!"

Zhu Jiajun's soldiers were so inspired that they risked their lives and rushed to the deck, facing Chen Jun, slashing and killing them wantonly. Weapons clashed, bones were broken, and screams... Various sounds were intertwined and transmitted out with the help of river waves. It was so far away that everyone, including Zhang Ximeng, could hear it clearly.

The cruelty of war is enough to make anyone feel terrified.

Zhang Ximeng frowned and stared at the big ship that Xu Da had almost grabbed... There was something wrong with Chen Youliang's big ship!
To be continued...