Shi Gang did not expect that he would be able to participate in the battle after being appointed as a grain transport officer.

Or a water battle on Dongting Lake.

He was worried and excited.

There is no general who is not eager to fight, this is their ladder of promotion.

Shi Gang wasn't worried about his battle, even if he died in battle, he was mentally prepared, but he was worried that the grain ship would be intercepted by the Shun army.

Zhao Shuai is still in Nanhu County. Without this batch of food, the life of tens of thousands of brothers in Nanhu County will be difficult.

It doesn't matter if he is defeated or killed in battle, but he can't lose this batch of food.

If you want to keep the food, you must first fetter the Shunguo navy.

Let's fight!

Xu Fan has more than 30 large warships, and they are still complete warships.

However, Shi Gang only had ten ships, half of which were filled with food, so he was at a considerable disadvantage in terms of speed.

The ballistas and stone cannons on Shi Gang's boat were not at full capacity, and they did not have an absolute advantage when facing Xu Fan.

So where did Shi Gang have the confidence to defeat Xu Fan?

There is only one case where this result is possible.

Xu Fan and Shi Gang fought on board, and Gan Jun fought Shun Jun on board.

The soldiers of the dry army can't exert 100% of their combat power on the shaking warship, and the soldiers of the Shun army are better than the soldiers of the dry army. Half a month of training still has some effect.

However, their own combat power is not as good as that of the dry army, and fighting on the ship is a struggle.

Shi Gang thought that the only way was to join the ship and fight in close quarters, but how could Xu Fan not know his own advantage.

When he caught up, he could see that Shi Gang's boat was not running fast, especially after it dispersed, the speed slowed down by three points.

"Hey, the difference in speed of the ship is the difference between heaven and hell!"

Xu Fan didn't do anything else during the half month of training, he only did two things.

Let the soldiers practice fighting in formation on the ship;

Let the soldiers practice operating the bed crossbow on the ship.

Now that his boat was faster than Shi Gang's, of course he had to use the method of flying a kite in a long-distance battle.

Shi Gang looked anxiously at the warships of the Shun Army that were encircling but not approaching.

"Shungou, a group of cowards, if you have the ability to fight with Lao Tzu, I will take your head off and kick it like a ball!"

Shi Gang's body is not majestic, and his face is not rough. It seems a bit inconsistent to say this sentence from his mouth.

Shi Gang's voice floated far, far away on Dongting Lake, but it didn't reach Xu Fan's ears.

Maybe it floated by the ear, maybe it was blown away halfway.

On Xu Fan's flagship, the flag officer kept issuing orders, opened the distance, and shot with the bed crossbow.

More than half of the more than 30 warships of the Shun Kingdom were able to attack Shi Gang's ship, and the rest could only keep looking for positions and shoot a few crossbow arrows from the gaps between friendly ships.

Shi Gang bravely stood on the deck of the flagship, ordering the herald to keep delivering his orders.

"Counterattack!"

"Breakout to the south!"

"Priority attack the enemy ships in the south, focus on shooting, and sink them!"

It is better to cut off one finger than to injure his ten fingers.

As long as the damaged warship does not sink, it can still display considerable combat power, unless the bed crossbow on the ship happens to be destroyed.

It was a good choice to break the surface with a point, because Xu Fan didn't want to fight Shi Gang in close combat, so he didn't have the warships from other directions come up to entangle him immediately.

Fighting out of encirclement is afraid of fighting, as long as you are entangled, even if you can break out, you will suffer heavy losses.

Shi Gang caught Xu Fan's weakness, and he led ten warships to rush southward.

The Shunguo warship in the south is not to be outdone, the general didn't let us fight you, but we are not afraid of you rushing over.

"Stand back, keep your distance!"

"Shoot me the front boat, whoever rushes to the front will shoot!"

"The boat that is at the front of the fire!"

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Gu Yu also reacted very quickly to the Shunguo navy, and wanted to break through with a point, okay, then I will focus on attacking your frontmost point.

Make the points blunt, and see how you can break the surface!

Shi Gang didn't have a good way to deal with this. He only had ten ships, and there must be one at the top.

Life and death are fate, wealth is in the sky!

rush!

Shi Gang's flagship is not at the front, it is the second echelon.

If the warship in front is sunk, his flagship can also rush up to act as an arrow in the first place.

At this time, as an arrow, the fighting spirit on the Qianjun warship rushing to the front was high.

"The general is right behind us. Whoever said that the grain carrier can't pierce the enemy's formation, go!"

The soldiers in the cabin shook their hands with all their strength, and the soldiers on the deck manipulated the bed crossbows and small ballistas with all their strength, constantly attacking the enemy ships ahead.

The Shunguo navy was not to be outdone, for a while there were constantly whizzing crossbow arrows flying over the battlefield, and finally shot into the ship's plank or fell into the lake.

That is to say, the depth of this water area exceeds the diving depth of ordinary people, otherwise there must be many water bandits coming here to salvage crossbow arrows.

The crossbows and arrows of the Qian Kingdom are more than two meters long, and at least one meter is made of fine iron, which can be used as a long spear.

A little remelting can also be used to make other weapons.

Xu Fan and Shi Gang didn't care about the consumption of crossbow arrows at this time, and the crossbow arrows shot by both sides created a huge flowing net in space.

Looking down from the sky, it was obvious that Shi Gang was more willing.

First of all, the material preparations of Qianguo are more abundant than that of Shunguo, especially the supplies for water warfare.

If it wasn't for Shi Gang who didn't expect to be intercepted, and with half a ship of crossbow arrows, he wouldn't be afraid to fight Xu Fan's navy in a long distance!

The crossbow arrows on the warship led by Shi Gang are slightly insufficient now, but he is not stingy at all.

"Shoot all the arrows on the boat!"

"Shouldn't you **** now and save it for the Chinese New Year?"

Shi Gang is very clear~lightnovelpub.net~ If you can't successfully break through, no matter how many arrows you leave behind, you will only be able to serve the enemy.

Xu Fan especially wanted to keep Shi Gang, but he obviously had more considerations.

His enemy is not only Shi Gang, but also more dry troops.

And now there are not many piers on the south bank of Dongting Lake that are still under the control of the Shun army.

The next time Xu Fan returns to Nanhu County to replenish supplies will be a more complicated matter.

So he still has some restraint on the unlimited use of crossbow bolts.

It was because of his courage and heroism that Shi Gang was not wiped out by Xu Fan in the first place.

But the loss was heavy.

Shi Gang's insistence was meaningful. He attracted the attention of most of Xu Fanshui's army, and made the grain ships full of grain more hopeful to evacuate.

At the same time, it also bought a lot of time for the Imperial Guard Camp and Shenwuwei who were catching up from Dongting County.

Xu Fan was filled with pity and anger when he heard the reconnaissance ship's report of the discovery of Qianguo's reconnaissance ship.

Just a little bit!

Xu Fan gritted his teeth secretly as he looked at Shi Gangbu with only three ships left in front of him.

Hold on a little longer, sink them before withdrawing!

The reconnaissance ship of the Gan army has just been discovered. Maybe the main force of the Qian army has not yet gone to the lake?

Xu Fan thinks that this possibility is still very big, so he decides to take a risk and try.

"Keep chasing, Lu Ning, take the boat and keep an eye on the back, if you find the main force of the army, report immediately!"

"yes."

Xu Fan left five ships for Lu Ning, and continued to pursue Shi Gang with other warships.

At this time, Shi Gang didn't know what happened next, even if the Shunguo Navy lost a few warships, he couldn't find out.

Because he didn't have time to look back at the Shunguo navy that was chasing after him.

Shi Gang has only one thought now, run!

If Xu Fan is not allowed to catch up, he will not lose this battle!