The enormous warship moved slowly along the Yangtze River. Armored soldiers ran back and forth across its vast decks, their shouts rising without end.
The warship carried several hundred armored soldiers and had three levels. This vessel was the mainstay of Wei's navy, known as a tower ship.
Tall, sturdy, and spacious, its only drawbacks were its slow speed and the difficulty of turning it around.
Guanqiu Jian stood at the highest point of the tower ship, gazing into the distance.
Dozens of large tower ships surrounded Guanqiu Jian's flagship. Their mighty procession all but cut off the entire river, while smaller vessels of every kind surrounded them. Some scouted, some carried messages, and some rammed the enemy, each serving a different purpose.
Previously, naval formations had centered on tower ships, with various supporting vessels assigned to them to form fleets that fought as independent units.
This time, however, Tang Zi had changed their tactics. He had gathered all the tower ships together and placed the scouting vessels at the very front, departing from their previous methods.
Many generals had questioned this.
The main reason was that the Wei people had already suffered once for gathering their large ships together.
When a surrendered general from the Wu Kingdom asked them to put all their large ships together, certain things inevitably came to mind.
But Guanqiu Jian paid no heed to any of this. He trusted Tang Zi exceptionally deeply and had given him almost complete authority over their movements.
Tang Zi was busy making deployments.
He changed their formation frequently, causing the generals no end of headaches.
Guanqiu Jian, however, cooperated fully, sitting aboard the warship and calmly watching the distance. Tang Zi was aboard the same ship.
This was not because Guanqiu Jian distrusted Tang Zi. On the contrary,