Chapter 1452: Han Banner World (One Hundred and Forty-Two) Landing

If there were no troop transport ships behind him, Li Quan could have dragged the Chu army warships on the river surface, and then blown up the opponents one by one with artillery after pulling away. But now, dozens of troop transport ships were parked on the river surface a few miles behind him. With the current madness of the Chu army, God knows whether they will launch another suicidal attack. He can only take a more violent attack.

Five warships were lined up on the river surface, blocking the waterway, including the No. 8 warship that was hit by a suicidal attack. At this time, the hull was still floating on the river surface crookedly, and the sailors on the ship were frantically plugging the leak. The remaining four warships rushed head-on to the densely packed Chu army warships on the opposite side with an indomitable attitude.

"Fire, fire!" The captains of the five warships blocking the channel shouted frantically. There were dozens of cannons on the side of each ship. Every volley of hundreds of cannons on the five warships would add countless debris to the surface of the river.

Li Quan's warship rushed to the front. With him as the leader, the four warships formed a triangular cone and rushed forward. At this time, the only thing they could do was a heavy cannon at the bow.

"Fire!" Li Quan's saber fell heavily. As the ship body fell back heavily, a cannonball left the barrel and hit the tower of a Chu ship in front. With a loud bang, the tower was torn into pieces and collapsed with a raging fire. The sailors on the ship ran desperately to avoid the scattered debris, while the lower part of the warship that was hit still rushed towards Li Quan's ship along the water.

"Sink him!" Li Quan roared.

The warship slightly deviated, and the moment the warship going upstream brushed past the warship rushing from the opposite side, the Han warship suddenly turned around, and with a loud bang, the ram of the bow was deeply embedded in the hull of the Chu warship. The warship on the opposite side made a terrified sound of "Ka Ka", and a moment later, it broke from the middle. Split into two parts, the Han warship squeezed out from the middle of the break.

"Fire!" Li Quan, who had just been knocked to the ground, saw that the cannon on the bow of the ship was still firmly fixed on the gun position, and immediately jumped up, picked up the gunner who was still rolling on the ground, and stopped him beside the gun position, roaring.

"Speed ​​up and move forward, forward." Li Quan roared wildly.

His warship rushed into the Chu ship, and the faces of the enemies on the enemy ships were clearly visible.

"All the cannons on the side, fire!" The crazy Li Quan completely ignored the fact that he was only a dozen feet away from the nearest enemy ship at this time, and the enemy's soldiers were holding hooks. Prepare to hook his warship when approaching, and then board and fight.

They didn't expect that the Han warship would lower the muzzle of the artillery at this distance, and adopted a flat shooting without regard for life. The result of dozens of artillery firing at the same time was that one warship on each side was turned into a coffin floating on the water.

With a bang, another Chu warship rushed up. Compared with the Han warship, the Chu warship was obviously shorter than the Han warship, and the two ships collided. The Han warship only shook slightly, but the Chu warship swayed violently from side to side, and the Chu soldiers squeezed on the side of the ship suddenly fell into a ball.

Rows of Han sailors leaned out of the side of the ship, and threw the grenades in their hands like raindrops. The rumbling sound kept ringing, and the Chu warship suddenly became a hell, with blood and flesh, and broken arms and limbs flying everywhere. And almost at the same time. On the Chu warships, grenades were also thrown high up and landed on the Han warships. Explosions sounded everywhere. Dozens of sailors fell in a pool of blood.

"Forward, forward!" Li Quan's left face was scratched by a shrapnel, and blood was flowing, but he was unaware of it. He waved the steel knife in his hand and shouted fiercely.

The artillery of the five warships in the rear was still firing continuously, and the extended trajectory hit the Chu warships farther away, causing thick smoke and blazing fire.

"Send a message to the rear, and the whole army will attack!" Li Quan finally confirmed that the other side no longer had the kind of small boats used for suicide attacks. With a fierce roar, he issued an order for the whole army to attack.

The four warships that could still move in the rear immediately turned their bows and rushed towards the battlefield of the melee. In the rear, the troop transport ship that had been watching from the sidelines could no longer hold back at this time. Amid the shouting of the soldiers, the oars flew and rushed forward at a rapid speed.

Mi Zhuang, the general of the Chu navy, watched in despair as his suicide attack boats were sunk one by one on the river surface, and his main battleships were turning into piles of debris or bonfires burning on the river surface.

"I can't stop it, I can't stop it. It's not that I don't fight hard, I have tried my best." Mi Zhuang knelt on the bow and cried bitterly. Behind him was the water city of Yingdu. The Han navy will definitely come to attack the water city. The longer the time drags on, the more nervous it will be. Mi Zhuang is determined to die. These small boats were collected by him with great effort. Some of them were disposable items that he ordered to be made temporarily. He also spent a lot of money to find many daredevil men, but the result was so despairing that he had nothing to say.

"The whole army will attack and fight the enemy!" Mi Zhuang, howling, gave orders loudly. He had no way to retreat.

The last few Chu warships raised their sails and headed forward resolutely.

"Open fire!" Looking at the Chu army warships approaching rapidly from the opposite side, Li Quan showed a sneer on his face. With blood all over his face, he looked extremely ferocious. The commander's flag flying on the Chu army warship made him know clearly that if the Chu army warship was sunk, the water battle would come to an end.

Two warships crossed the ship, and dozens of cannons fired at the same time, all targeting Mi Zhuang's command ship.

Mi Zhuang's body flew high into the air. At the last moment, his eyes saw the flag of the Great Chu still flying on the wall of Yingcheng, and a few tears fell silently.

With a splash, he fell into the cold river water. His ship had now become a pile of debris on the river surface.

The Chu army's warships could no longer be seen on the river surface. The river surface was full of the debris of warships or the heads of people lying on the ground. The Han soldiers were using hooks to hook the Chu soldiers who fell into the water onto the ship. As soon as they came up, they tied them up and stuffed them into the bottom cabin. What appeared in front of them was already the water city of Yingdu. On it, next to the towering catapults, the Chu army was running in panic. A moment later, a pack of explosives with a ignited fuse flew high up.

However, the position where Li Quan's warship stopped was just beyond their range. Li Quan watched coldly as the cannonball fell powerlessly in the air and then fell into the middle of the river. A moment later, there was a loud bang in the middle of the river, and a big bubble swelled up, splashing water upwards, and then turned into nothingness.

"Aim at their trebuchets and destroy them!" He said coldly, raised his hand, and pushed away the personal soldiers who were about to bandage his wounds. This battle was extremely dangerous, all thanks to the navy's firepower being countless times more fierce than the opponent, and the warships being much stronger than the opponent. However, even so, the ten three-layer warships he brought were also riddled with holes, and two of them had completely lost their combat effectiveness and became rags floating on the river. Even if they were towed back, they could only be burned as firewood. This was something he had finally found from the navy. After this battle, it would take another year or two for the inland navy to restore its former strength. The only gain was that the soldiers had greatly matured after this battle.

The artillerymen on the warships no longer had to worry. They took their time to aim and fire. The pleasure of being the only one who could hit you was truly incomparable.

Above the water city, explosions occurred one after another. Tall catapults overturned and collapsed, and finally no more explosive packs were thrown out from inside.

Small boats sailed out from the warships. The sailors moved forward cautiously, exploring the channel for the warships. Behind them, the warships slowly followed the small boats forward.

"There are iron chains under the water!" The soldiers on the boat shouted. Immediately, several soldiers wearing water jackets jumped into the water, dived to the bottom of the water, floated up to take a breath, and dived again. This happened three times. When they floated up again, their faces were pale and they couldn't speak. They just nodded repeatedly. The people on the boat pulled them aboard in a hurry. Someone immediately handed them a pot of strong liquor. After a few gulps, their faces finally turned a little red.

The underwater obstacles were cleared little by little. The warship fired while moving forward. After a small boat full of explosives rushed up and detonated, the gate of the water city of Yingdu opened in front of the Han army.

There were bursts of cheers on the warships, and Li Quan's warship took the lead and drove in.

Chu Palace, Guanghua Hall, a Chu soldier stumbled in.

"Prime Minister, Grand Commandant, it's bad, Shuicheng has been lost, General Mi has died, the Han army has captured Shuicheng, and its land forces have landed from Shuicheng. Yingdu has been broken, the city has been broken!"

Huang Xie sat back on his chair heavily, his face pale.

Qu Zhong stood up, picked up his helmet from the table and put it on: "Brother Huang, although Shuicheng has been broken, the other troops of the Han army have not broken through our city. I will lead people to Shuicheng and block them immediately. Your Majesty, I will leave it to you."

Huang Xie looked at Qu Zhong who was determined and nodded with difficulty.

"If I die, the military command of Yingdu will be handed over to Bi Xuan." After leaving this sentence, Qu Zhong strode out.

After breaking Shuicheng, what appeared in front of the Han army was the inner city of Yingdu. As the bottom of the troop transport ship heavily touched the river surface, rope ladders were lowered from the ship, and the soldiers of the Marine Corps swarmed down along the rope ladders. This marine corps was transferred by Gao Yuan from the Han army. It has a very complex composition. The vanguards all came from the overseas territories of Fuso. After the navy conquered the four islands of Fuso, thousands of marines were recruited on the islands. After these extremely poor island warriors became Han soldiers, they followed the navy to fight everywhere. They were known throughout the navy for their extreme cruelty. They were also the first troops to land after the navy captured a place.

They were not afraid of death in battle. Their only thought was to gain military merit and then get the opportunity to settle in the mainland of Han. This was the promise made by the naval commander to them. The four islands of Fuso are too poor now, and it is said that the mainland of Han is full of gold, silver and treasures. After returning from this transfer, after seeing the prosperity of Cangzhou, Fenzhou and other places, they became more determined in this idea. (To be continued.)