I am a commoner, but I will lead the empress to unify the world

The Yan army's attack range was very long and its firepower was very strong. The two sides were only two miles apart, but several warships of the Chu navy sank one after another.

The Chu navy's central army withstood the Yan army's firepower. Because the wind was blowing from the north, they did not raise the sails, but relied entirely on manpower to row the boats.

Zhou Yun was on the flagship in the rear, constantly watching the battlefield, receiving information transmitted by the small boats, and commanding the battle.

The scale of this battle was forty miles from east to west, which was definitely invisible to the human eye. Zhou Yun did not have a telescope, so he could only rely on scout ships to convey information.

Seeing the central army's warships being attacked by the Yan army and suffering heavy damage, Zhou Yun immediately said,

"Don't stop! Give the order! Charge forward! The big ships will throw kerosene, and the small boats will use the kerosene to ram the enemy ships and burn them all!"

"charge!"

The sound of drums was heard and the ships launched a charge.

"Hey! Yo! Hey! Yo!"

The boatmen, in the stuffy cabin, were shouting slogans and rowing vigorously and rhythmically.

When rowing, everyone must exert and retract force at the same time to ensure that the oars cut through the water at the same time, moving the boat forward.

The Yan army's central ships were lined up in a row, firing shells continuously, sinking the enemy warships before they entered the range of the catapults.

The small boats protected the front of the big ship, and the soldiers on them were holding bows and arrows, ready to attack the enemy's attacking boats.

The Chu army's small boats were very fast. Under the frantic paddling of the navy, they roared and rushed towards the Yan army with barrels of kerosene.

Seeing this, the Yan army's small boats also rushed forward, shooting arrows at the enemy to prevent them from approaching the large ships.

Both sides shot arrows at each other, and the Yan army fired artillery at the enemy.

Arrows are not invincible. The Chu army's small boats rushed to the front of the Yan army's small boats and ignited the kerosene in the barrels. Even if they could not burn the large ships, they would at least burn one or two small boats.

The general on the medium-sized ship, who was in charge of the small boats, shouted,

"Hold on! The small boats must move forward to hold on! We must not let the fire get close to the big ship, or everyone around will die!

Hold on, and kill them!"

The general also commanded the middle ship to charge forward to resist the enemy's fast boat attack.

The enemy's large ships were slow-moving and were completely vulnerable to the Yan army's battleship-like ships.

Under the barrage of artillery fire, the large ships of the Chu army collapsed one after another, and the kerosene on them leaked out. When they encountered torches, they burned themselves.

When Zhou Yun saw this scene, his heart became heavier.

He was still too idealistic. The small boat could not be equipped with a catapult, and the kerosene it carried would be intercepted by the small boats of the Yan army.

The large ship could be equipped with catapults, but it ran slowly and was sunk by the Yan army before it got close.

Now he can only pin his hopes on the boats upstream and downstream.

On the general platform on the shore, Yan Fuyao, Shen Changgong, Ma Ling and other generals were watching the battle in front of them.

Even Yu Ziling came with a big belly, and everyone stayed away from her for fear of crowding her.

Yu Ziling looked at the scene with a telescope and said,

"It was so shocking! This was the largest naval battle in the history of the world. Thousands of ships and hundreds of thousands of soldiers from both armies were fighting on the water.

Coordinating large and small ships with each other is more difficult than dispatching the army and requires more tactics.

I am truly fortunate to be able to witness such a large-scale naval battle in my lifetime."

Shen Changgong laughed, put his arm around her shoulders and said,

"In the future, when the world is unified, we will pool our national strength and build large seagoing vessels.

I will take you to the West to visit the countries in Southeast Asia and the West and experience the customs of all nations.

Let all nations know the glory of our Great Yan Celestial Empire, and let all nations come to pay tribute to us!"

"Okay, by then, the kids will probably be grown up, and we'll be free to go out for a walk."

"Well, let's all go. When the time comes, if those countries behave well, we will establish diplomatic relations with them and exchange what we have. If they disobey and cause trouble, we will destroy them."

"You're just thinking about the war."

"Hahaha……"

Everyone can feel relaxed.

Originally, they were worried about whether the Yan army could defeat the enemy, but when they saw that the Yan army's warships could defeat the enemy so easily, they were relieved and smiled.

Even Zhang Han, Nie Bei and others wanted to go on the big ship to take a look and were eager to try it out.

Then, Shen Changgong looked towards the battlefield upstream on the right.

Upstream, the Chu army's second fleet had completely bypassed the Yan army and was preparing to attack the Yan army downstream.

However, at this time, the right army of the Yan army was fully prepared and did not even need to turn the rudder. The enemy would run towards the muzzle of the gun on their own.

As soon as the Chu army arrived at the firing range, the large ships of the Yan army decisively opened fire.

One after another, the cannonballs flew through the air and hit the Chu navy warships.

For a moment, those large ships that had not yet had time to turn the rudder were directly hit by the Yan army on the weakest side.

A large hole was blown in the side of the ship, and the boatmen and sailors inside suffered heavy casualties. The river water rushed into the ship.

The keels of some large ships were directly broken. The ships were forced to turn their rudders, and the hulls were broken into two pieces, and the people on them fell into the water one after another.

There was a large ship whose mast was broken by cannon fire. The mast collapsed and killed many people. The sailors on it were so scared that they jumped into the water and swam towards other ships.

The Chu navy upstream was in chaos, but the warships farther away had completed their turn.

They set sail and rammed the Yan navy downstream.

"Fire! Fire! Don't let the enemy ships get close!"

The general of the Yan navy roared loudly and ordered the artillery to fire more vigorously.

Among the enemy's one thousand warships, there are more than one hundred large ships.

Dozens of ships were destroyed by the Yan army. The wreckage of those large ships blocked the surface of the river and were directly knocked away by the ships behind, moving forward fiercely.

Some Chu soldiers who fell into the water had no time to be rescued and were directly hit on the head by the big ship and died.

"Save us!"

"Lower the rope ladder and let us go up!"

"We also want to kill the Yan thief, let us go up!"

Some sailors tried to climb up by grabbing the barbed wire, but just when they were halfway up, the warship was hit by the Yan army's artillery, tilted to one side, and knocked them into the water again.

The movement of the large ships was severely hindered, and instead some small boats of the Chu army rushed to the front of the Yan army and engaged in fierce fighting with the small boats of Yan.

They shot with bows and arrows, stabbed with spears, and attacked fiercely with rackets.

The intensity of the battle in the water is no less than that on land.

Someone dies every minute.

Some of the Chu army's death squads set fire to their small boats, rushed towards the Yan army's warships with roars, and then set fire to one or two of the Yan army's small boats.

The Yan army jumped into the water again and turned the boat over to put out the fire.