klisemfg Chapter 769: The Final Tragedy of the Chu Navy
Chapter 769: The Final Tragedy of the Chu Navy
Pang Lei hurried over, stood behind the Southern King, clasped his hands and bowed, saying,
"I would like to thank His Majesty the Southern King for saving me. I will never forget your great kindness."
King Nan said coldly without even turning his head.
"As the commander of an army, your martial arts skills are really too poor. From now on, sit at the same table with Yu Huatian."
Pang Lei was very upset. He was a civil general, not a military general. He didn't need to fight the enemy in person, so why did he need such high martial arts skills?
The Southern King said again,
"Observe the battlefield carefully. If you need me to charge anywhere, just let me know."
Pang Lei said hurriedly,
"Um... Your Highness, our army is already confident of victory. There's no need to charge again. Besides, a small boat is not as good as land. It's difficult to stand firm and exert force."
King Nan pointed at the headless corpse on the deck and said,
"If this man can reach our flagship with a small boat, why can't I?"
"Your Highness, can you sail a boat?"
"..."
"Can you swim?"
"..."
King Nan turned around and walked to the back of the boat, taking a small boat back to the shore, not wanting to embarrass himself in front of the person who was eating at the same table with Yu Huatian.
Pang Lei chuckled and continued to observe the battlefield with a telescope.
At this time, the two armies upstream and downstream had basically wiped out the enemy's large ships. The wreckage of those large ships was floating on the water and heading downstream.
There was also a fierce battle between the small boats. The large ships of the Yan army also aimed their firepower at the small boats of the Chu army, bombarding them indiscriminately. The small boats suffered terribly, and many soldiers on the small boats deserted and rowed towards the south bank.
The enemy troops on the east and west sides fled, leaving only the enemy troops in the middle still resisting stubbornly.
These Chu troops were led by Zhou Yun himself. Except for the three medium-sized ships and dozens of small boats around the flagship, all other ships were sent to the front line by Zhou Yun to fight the Yan army to the death.
The price of fighting to the end is the annihilation of the entire army.
They fought from morning to evening. The Yan army lost a lot of small boats and several medium-sized ships were captured by the enemy, but none of the large ships were captured.
The main reason was that the large warships were all in the rear. Except for Li Qun, no enemy ships broke through the Yan army's warship defense line. The attack range of the enemy's large ships was far shorter than that of the Yan army's large ships, so the Yan army's large ships were unharmed.
The battle reached evening, the sun was setting, and the red sunset glow dyed the surface of the river red, which contrasted with the flames on the water.
Most of the Chu army's warships were equipped with kerosene, which caught fire when attacked by the Yan army's artillery.
In addition, kerosene is lighter than water, and the oil floats on the water surface and also burns fiercely.
The Chu soldiers who fell into the water were burned as soon as their heads emerged, and they could not breathe after going under, so many of them were drowned.
Some of the lucky ones were rescued and captured by the Yan army, or swam to a place without fire to breathe.
On this day, the soldiers of the Chu army truly felt what it meant to be in the extremes of ice and fire.
A general ran up to Zhou Yun and shouted,
"Marshal, the entire army has been annihilated! Retreat quickly! The Yan army's flagship has turned around and is heading towards us!"
Zhou Yun's eyes were bloodshot as he stared at the Yan army opposite him, gritting his teeth and shouting,
"Retreat? Where do you want me to retreat to? Tens of thousands of naval troops are gone just like that. The Yangtze River can no longer stop the Yan army.
How can I have the face to face the people of Jiangdong?
If I don't retreat, I will die on the battlefield!"
Zhou Yun drew his sword and roared loudly,
"All troops, listen up! Full speed! Charge forward and sink the enemy warship!"
"A real man defends his country! He deserves to die! Kill!!"
The generals behind him were also aroused and roared loudly,
"Fight the Yan army!"
"Brothers, charge forward and knock them over!"
"Loose sail, row forward, row forward!"
Under Zhou Yun's command, the only remaining flagship was speeding forward at full speed. The boatmen below shouted slogans and rushed forward desperately.
At this time, the large ship in the center of the Yan army had completely changed direction, with its bow facing south.
All the large ships formed a crane-wing formation and aimed at the Chu flagship from three directions.
This is a dragnet. Once you break in, there will be no hope of escape!
This is a dead end. There is no way to live towards death.
Looking down from the sky, the densely packed Yan army warships opened up like a big bag, waiting for the last Chu navy to come and die.
The flagship, with three medium-sized ships and dozens of small boats, cut through long waves on the water like sharp swords and arrows, and rushed forward without hesitation.
Pang Lei looked at the warship with a telescope and gave the order:
"All artillery capable of aiming and firing, aim at that flagship and fire!"
The gun barrel began to aim.
Zhou Yun was getting closer and closer to the Yan army. They overturned many of the Yan army's small boats and rushed around like a ferocious beast.
"Push all the kerosene, light the flagship, rush over, and burn them!"
Zhou Yun has gone completely crazy.
This is a fight to the death.
Once a warship loaded with kerosene is ignited, the flames will spread rapidly.
It is not known whether the Yan army’s warships can be burned, but their own ships must be burned first.
Hundreds of soldiers on the flagship gathered at the bow and stern of the ship, poured kerosene in the middle and ignited it.
boom!
In an instant, the ship was engulfed in flames that shot up into the sky.
Under the illumination of the flames, Zhou Yun and the soldiers rushed towards the Yan army with determination on their faces.
This was the last tragic moment for the Chu people.
The blazing ships also indicated the complete decline of the Chu navy, and buried this country that had been passed down for hundreds of years.
Hundreds of Chu soldiers were fearless and went to their deaths bravely.
The last warship of the Chu people failed to hit the big ship of the Yan people.
After overturning dozens of small boats, countless cannons bombarded the flagship.
In just a few seconds, the flagship was shattered into pieces, and Zhou Yun himself was hit by the shells and fell into the water in pieces.
On the river, only a piece of wreckage remained, burning fiercely and submerged in the water.
On the shore, Yan Fuyao, Shen Changgong and others saw this crazy scene of the Chu army.
Yan Fuyao murmured,
"After this battle, the Jiangdong people will no longer be called rats. The Chu navy has washed away the centuries of shame that the Chu people have endured with their heroic deeds."
Shen Changgong didn't say much, but he thought in his heart that the director was still a good person. First, Xiang Qu would rather die than cross the river, and then Zhou Yun was ready to die and went to his death bravely.
All of this represents the bloodiness of the Chu people.
But he was not in a position to praise the other party for preferring death to surrender, because many of his men were once enemies and surrendered generals.
If I say it, it will inevitably make them feel uncomfortable.