Chapter 272 Annihilation

Boom boom boom!

Hundreds of rune cannons were fired crazily, bombarding the transport ships continuously.

The rune cannon, after several years of research, the power of the cannon today is much stronger than that of the earth in the nineteenth century.

The cannonballs flew out one by one, and the solid ones fell down like jack balls. Even a warship made of iron and wood could not stop it.

As for the blooming bomb, it is even more terrifying. As soon as it touches an object, the flame bursts instantly.

The water army has been built for more than ten years, and the combat power that broke out this time is terrifying.

The power of these rune cannons is not inferior to those of the magic group under Yuan Shu's command, and these rune cannons have many advantages over the monks of those magic groups. First of all, in terms of durability, they are far better than those The monks who nourish the soul are much more durable.

In an instant, the river was filled with gunpowder smoke and fog.

Yuan Shu's soldiers, like dumplings, kept falling into the river, and some of them struggled to swim towards the two banks.

The Xuzhou army ignored this, as the distance between the two sides of the river is dozens of miles, and in this river, although there is no danger at sea.

But in the river, there are also some fish that are quite ferocious, especially those river carps, which are also very ferocious.

Fish that eat meat are very cruel.

Falling into the river, there is no rescue, unless the strength is good, and there are people who have practiced at the fifth level or above, otherwise, they are almost dead.

"Hey! Raise the flag and surrender!"

Xuzhou's warships continued to attack, and finally Yuan Shu's army couldn't hold it anymore. After all, no one can die generously in the face of death.

Most of the soldiers were arrested by force.

There may be those who are willing to die for Yuan Shu, but they are definitely not these low-level soldiers.

When a transport ship raised its flag to surrender, countless transport ships began to surrender soon one after another.

Facing the surrender, Xuzhou's generals did not order any more attacks. After all, although they kill impermanently, they will not kill for no reason.

On the battlefield, they will not be merciful, but once the enemy surrenders, they will not kill prisoners.

Firstly, the killing of prisoners is unknown, and secondly, under the influence of the lord, these enemy prisoners are also laborers.

When the war ended, it was already evening, and the river gradually calmed down.

On the main ship, Xuzhou's scribes and generals gathered together, their faces full of excitement. They had gained a lot from this battle.

"My lord, please make amends and let Yuan Shu run away."

As the commander of the water battle this time, Gan Ning had a serious expression on his face.

"Haha! Xingba, get up!"

"It's not your fault that you didn't catch Yuan Shu. Yuan Gonglu is not a fool. If he encounters danger, he will definitely leave immediately."

Su Fan shook his head. He didn't expect to be able to catch Yuan Shu. If they were on land, they would still have a chance. Relying on Huang Zhong and the others, they would keep chasing him.

But on the river, Huang Zhong and the others can only take a boat, it is impossible for them to fly on the river.

This is also the defect of the general.

The way of the flesh body is indeed powerful, but sometimes, its flaws are also obvious.

However, Su Fan didn't care too much, it was already very good to win such a big result today.

"Destroy twelve building ships and three hundred and fifteen warships."

With the detailed battle situation, everyone's face showed a look of excitement.

At this point in the battle, Yuan Shu's vitality was seriously injured, and more than one-third of his navy was wiped out.

Especially this warship, according to their investigation, Yuan Shu didn't have many warships under his command.

In addition, of the millions of troops he brought from Yuzhou to attack Sun Jian, less than 50,000 can escape now.

Among them, 200,000 elite soldiers were either buried in the river or became captives.

Such a loss would definitely make Yuan Shu go back and vomit three liters of blood.

After this battle, Yuan Shu's strength dropped drastically, even though he could quickly recruit millions of troops.

So what, the millions of troops can only be mobs without any fighting power.

Whether it was weapons or armor, Yuan Shu would definitely be in short supply at this moment.

There will be no one in the south who can stop Su Fan's progress.

As for Liu Biao in Jingzhou, although he is not weak, even if he joins forces with Yuan Shu, he is still no match for him.

Compared with Su Fan's navy, Jingzhou's powerful navy is definitely not enough. If you want to say whether Yuan Shu's navy is strong or not.

If Su Fan's is not counted, then in the world, he is also one of the strongest troops.

After all, when Yuan Shu was fighting Jingzhou, the naval army was also the focus, and he also spent a certain price to build it.

Facing Su Fan's warship, Yuan Shu's navy had no resistance at all and was defeated.

Even if Jingzhou's naval army is several times that of Yuan Shu's, for Su Fan, that's all.

In this era of water warfare, there are actually not many tactics. Most of them use archers to attack from a distance, and then rush to the opponent's warship to fight.

But Su Fan was different. Su Fan's warship was equipped with quite a few cannons and catapults. This kind of long-range strike far surpassed these people.

Before you and I got close, 30% of our combat power was wiped out, and when the two armies came face to face, the morale of the two armies was also extremely low.

In the ancient army, if 10% of the troops died in battle, they were considered good if they survived the battle, and if they survived 20% of their deaths in battle, they were considered elite.

And more than 30% of them died in battle, and those who can still fight to the death are really elite soldiers. In the entire history, such troops are very rare.

How many elites are there in Jingzhou's army, and how many elite soldiers can be trained in Jingzhou, which has not had a war all year round.

Before Yuan Shu attacked Jingzhou, Jingzhou was completely passive in defense, and there was no reason to fight against it at all. That is to say, although Jingzhou has soldiers and horses, many of them are recruits. Even if there are veterans, they have not fought for ten years. .

Jingzhou could only hide in his own territory, and it was impossible for him to assist Yuan Shu.

"My lord, from now on, you can take advantage of the victory and pursue it. Now that Jiujiang is in one piece, it can be said that you are defenseless."

"Taking Jiujiang and taking the Huai River can attack Runan and threaten Yuzhou."

"The other side can start from Pengcheng, and go both ways."

"Annihilate Yuan Shu in Runan in one fell swoop"

Yuan Shu's army was wiped out, and everyone felt that the opportunity had come. Yuan Shu's current strength had been weakened to the extreme, and it was the best time for them to take advantage of the victory and pursue it.

Su Fan saw that everyone was full of fighting spirit.

Nodding his head, he looked at Xun You and the others. Before again, these people had already deduced everything and made several responses.

Now, they have achieved the greatest results on the Yangtze River, so the plan is even simpler.

There is no need to worry about it at all.

Even if someone in Jingzhou saw his lips were dead and his teeth were cold, it would not be so easy to rescue Yuan Shu.