Volume 3: The Land of Jingchu Chapter 219 Humanoid Anchor
Huang Zu's navy was at an absolute disadvantage as soon as it came into contact with the first (batch) fleet of the General's Mansion. The three five-tooth large warships were like three surface fortresses, mercilessly pouring fire on the enemy. One ship was more powerful than six!
Seeing this, Su Fei also dispatched the battleships and warships, wanting to use close combat to limit the firepower of the Wuya warship, and even led the ship forward...
However, the Wu Ya warship not only had an absolute advantage in firepower due to its size and carrying capacity, but also had an epoch-making "patter" in close combat. Six warships went up, but four failed to get close, and the other two had their cabins directly smashed. They were then surrounded and boarded by fast oars and flat-boats, and captured in the chaos!
The more fragile fighting ships suffered countless damages.
The worst thing was that the ships in front were smashed to pieces by the thundering poles, which made the ships behind lose their courage and they avoided these three water fortresses as much as possible.
Seeing that the fighting spirit had been lost, Su Fei had no choice but to raise the flag of retreat on the main ship. The sea hawks and the boats followed in the rear, and the warships withdrew first...
However, at this moment, the main ship where Su Fei was, which was also the largest warship, suddenly shook violently.
Su Fei was stunned when he saw this, and looked around quickly, but did not find any collision around him.
Then there was another collision and a slight cracking sound, and... it seemed to come from inside the ship!
Su Fei suddenly became uneasy. At the same time, a captain suddenly shouted, "Here... here! General!"
Su Fei looked over in the direction of the sound, and saw a part of the deck gradually cracking. Before Su Fei could react, there was a loud bang and the sound of water, and a hole appeared in the deck. The river water continued to surge up, and Sun Ce, who was shining with faint golden light and had three pairs of light wings behind him, rushed out from below.
With a wave of the anchor in his hand, the surrounding soldiers were killed or injured. The best outcome was that they were thrown overboard and into the water.
After inheriting the Overlord's Armor, Sun Ce already has some transcendental strength, but he is also affected by the Overlord's Armor. It is very difficult to completely transcend...
However, there was no delay. At this moment, he boarded the ship with a single anchor. As the huge anchor was waved, the wind rose and the water surged, shaking the world.
Zhou Yu was also shocked. In the moment when he was distracted, Sun Ce had already let go and was on Su Fei's main ship in the blink of an eye?
After rubbing the red dot between his eyebrows, Zhou Yu ordered a special attack on Su Fei to support the commander-in-chief!
Sun Ce was also eager for revenge. He only saw the general's flag and thought it was Huang Zu, but he didn't know that Huang Zu had died.
However, his attack did indeed throw Su Fei into disarray - the deck area of the warship determined that it was impossible to form a large formation when besieging a general. To some extent, bravery became more important during boarding combat, and it was a more direct collision of bravery and strength!
Like Sun Ce, there were more than one general who boarded the enemy ships, but only Sun Ce rushed directly towards the flagship surrounded by the enemy.
Just one person killed so many people on Su Fei's flagship that smoke and dust rose up, and the command of other ships also became chaotic.
Sun Ce was seen holding an anchor in his hand and carrying a larger anchor on his back. While fighting with the anchor in his hand, he also threw the anchor on his back directly down.
The big anchor was connected to Sun Ce's waist by a golden chain. After the ship retreated a few feet, Sun Ce was pulled back, but he stood still immediately, with his feet three-quarters into the deck, standing still . No matter how hard dozens of rowers tried to slide, the ship did not move at all and even started to spin.
Sun Ce used himself as an anchor, standing still on the deck, without moving an inch, and still frightened the officers and soldiers on the ship. He single-handedly stopped the captain's ship from evacuating!
Seeing the commander's warship circling in place, although some boats and sea gulls around it came forward to provide support, a large five-tooth warship commanded by Zhou Yu himself, as well as other fast oars and flat-boats for support, also rushed over.
Su Fei saw that the situation was hopeless and was about to jump off the small boat to escape. However, Sun Ce saw that the reinforcements had surrounded the main ship, so he untied the big anchor from his waist and rushed to Su Fei. With a hit from the anchor in his hand, the breastplate of Su Fei's gilded armor collapsed and he fell into the water without a sound!
Before Su Fei fell into the water, Sun Ce finally used the side hook of the anchor to hook up his armor and helmet. He held it in his hand and shouted, "The commander is dead, and those who surrender will not be killed!"
Upon hearing this, the enemy troops scattered even more, and many soldiers on some of the ships that had been involved in boarding battle even surrendered with their heads in their hands.
Huang Zu saw this and didn't care about anything else. He quickly rode back to the water stronghold and personally led the retreat...
However, they were still chased by Sun Ce and Zhou Yu all the way. In the end, the Wu Ya warship was not moving fast against the current, and Huang Zu had prepared a lot of arrows and stones on the cliffs on both sides near the water stronghold, so they were able to "smoothly" retreat to Mianyangkou.
But there were only three warships and more than 20 fighting ships left, and nearly half of the navy suffered casualties - naval battles are prone to high casualties. Firstly, there is water all around, and there is no way to retreat even if you want to run; secondly, the most basic unit in naval battles is the "zoe", which is a warship, and the damage to other warships will have less impact on their own morale.
This can be said to be Sun Ce's greatest victory in the war against Huang Zu. Zhou Yu saw that Huang Zu was well prepared and did not continue to attack...
After both sides withdrew their troops, in stark contrast to Chaisang, which was busy dealing with prisoners, celebrating victory, and looking forward to the next attack, Miankou was filled with gloom.
Huang Zu understood that the reason why Sun Ce and Zhou Yu did not forcefully attack him today was not because they had no way to defeat him, but because they did not want to cause too much damage.
Only with a strong navy combined with geographical advantages can Mianyangkou and Xiakou be infallible. Now his own navy can no longer be considered strong in front of the enemy. As long as the enemy advances both by land and sea and constantly seizes the fortresses on the shore , sooner or later they will be able to push the front line to his front.
Without the support of the navy, it is not a long-term solution...
Huang Zu had never expected that there had been drought in Huainan and Jiangdong before. How could such a large ship be built in secret?
The middle and lower-level generals, both big and small, also knew Huang Zu's mood and did not dare to disturb him easily. After a day, the entire Miankou Water Fort still looked lifeless.
But...that afternoon , amid the bleak clouds, a hint of youthful vitality was rippling.
"My lord, Miss Yueying is here." A lieutenant came in cautiously and said.
"Yueying? What is she doing here? Where is her father?" Huang Zu asked hurriedly.
"I didn't see Mr. Chengyan." said the general.
This lieutenant general was also Huang Zu's family general. Naturally, he knew who Huang Yueying outside the camp was, and who "her father" Huang Zu was talking about.
Huang Zu was a little disappointed when he heard this, but he still said, "Go and bring her in quickly. It's inappropriate for a girl to wait outside the military camp!"
Soon, a woman with blonde hair but her face covered with a white veil walked in from outside the tent. She didn't behave in any way when she saw Huang Zu, and the depressing atmosphere didn't seem to affect her at all.
"Uncle, didn't you say that a general should not show his emotions? Why does the military camp look like a funeral today?" Huang Yueying asked in a crisp voice as soon as she came in.
"Huh, did your father ask you to laugh at me?" Huang Zu said dissatisfiedly.
"No, I came here just because I heard that my uncle was in trouble. My father doesn't know about it, otherwise why would he let me come?" Huang Yueying said.
Huang Zu's expression eased a little, but he still said, "Nonsense! This is a strategic military camp, what are you doing here? Go back immediately!"
"Hehe, I'm here to help my uncle this time." Huang Yueying said with a smile.
