Great Song Pirate

Chapter 400 Landing at the Estuary
The reinforcements he sent were defeated by an unknown pirate fleet in Sihe Town, which was undoubtedly a blow to Li Xiaowen of Huazhou. He began to re-examine the fighting power of these unknown pirates, and never dared to He underestimated them, and when he thought of the fire-breathing and roaring weapons in the other party's hands, he felt uneasy. If he really found this pirate fleet, he really didn't have the confidence to defeat them.

After collecting the remnants of the defeated army, Li Xiaowen sent out naval ships to sea again. No matter what he said, he had to find the other party as soon as possible. This was his chance to redeem his sins. Soon he received a series of news, warnings from the coastal area Incessantly, the fleet that defeated his reinforcements not only did not flee far away, but began to plunder along the coast of Huazhou. In one day, they attacked several seaside villages in succession and looted a large amount of property Commoner, Li Xiaowen finally couldn't sit still.

"Come here! The envoys of the Chuanhuazhou Navy come to see me quickly!" Li Xiaowen ordered furiously, whether it is tolerable or unbearable. There is no need to go on, he has to do something.

A fleet of more than 30 ships of the Annan Navy was fully loaded with generals of the Annan Navy, sailed out of the Xiangjiang Estuary, and came to the sea. After adjusting its course, it immediately headed for the southern waters. There are all the warships that can be used in Huazhou, but Li Xiaowen looked at this fleet, but there was no chance of winning at all. According to what Rubing said, the enemy's warships were as tall as buildings, at least as big as thousands of stones. The above-mentioned large warships are composed, but each of his warships can only hold thirty or forty soldiers at most, and they can be regarded as a sampan at most in front of the opponent's big ship, but he really has no choice. , Is it just to allow the enemy to plunder casually in Huazhou?He can only pray to God to help him.

Not long after the Annan fleet sailed out of the river mouth, they encountered a fleet approaching the mouth of the Xiangjiang River on the sea. The black skull flag looks so eye-catching in the sun, which makes people feel a little shuddering.

"It's them! The black skull flag! All ships, get ready!" Annan's Huazhou navy general stood at the bow and pointed at the oncoming ships and immediately shouted, so the drums in Annan's fleet immediately burst into loud cheers.

These ships are the ships of the Fubo Army, and the person in charge of these ships is Zheng Guang. He is taking these ships to cruise in this area of ​​the sea according to Xu Yi's instructions, and to clean up those Annan people who are searching for their fleet at sea. In less than a day, they had already killed three ships of the Annan people, and they were sailing towards the Xiangjiang Estuary at the moment. They did not expect to collide with the fleet of the Annan navy here. Zheng Guang was really a little bit Surprised, he quickly picked up his binoculars and observed.

"Close up the ships! Arrange them in a wedge-shaped array, and we will use piercing tactics to separate them! All ships are ready for collision! Ballistas, archers are ready, and jumping helpers are ready!" Zheng Guang quickly issued a series of orders holding up the binoculars. Zheng Guang has full confidence in dealing with the Annan fleet, which is much smaller than them. Despite the large number of ships in the Annan fleet, he really doesn't care about these single-masted grasshopper ships.

The five fast boats gathered together immediately under his command, forming a wedge-shaped battle formation headed by his ship. With full sails, they speeded up and headed towards the Annan fleet on the opposite side. Their catapults were ready, a kerosene bomb was placed on it, and the ignited cotton thread was ignited. The archers also stood at the arrow holes on the side of the ship, and put igniting rockets on their bows and crossbows. .

On the turbulent sea, the two fleets approached quickly, and the soldiers on both sides began to feel nervous. When both sides could clearly see the faces of the enemies on the other ship, the Annan people began to panic, because they saw The opponent's ship is continuing to rush towards them at high speed, and there is no sign of avoiding it at all. The shapes of the ships on both sides are very different. Their ships are much smaller than these ships flying the skull flag. If they collide head-on like this , They will definitely capsize and die, so without waiting for the order of their commander, some ships in the center of Annan's fleet began to turn their rudders and made evasive actions.

"Release the ballista!" Zheng Guang swung his arm vigorously. This time he came out with only a few cannons on his boat. This angle can't exert its power, so he can only use the ballista to carry out the first round. It's a blow, but as long as they rush into the opponent's fleet, it's time for the Thunder Cannon to show its power.

Following his order, a group of black spots flew out of several boats and directly smashed into the Annan fleet. The sight became bigger, and then it landed heavily on some of their ships, and then there was a muffled sound, and then the fragments flew randomly, and a ball of flames rose up, and the unlucky Annan soldiers were immediately burned into a ball of fire. With a shrill scream, they frantically rushed to the ship's side and jumped into the sea. Drowning is better than being burned alive. This is probably the unanimous thought of the people on fire. The fleet of Annan people immediately fell into chaos. .

Zheng Guang watched the effect of the first ballista attack calmly, nodded slightly, and expressed his satisfaction with the hit rate of the kerosene bombs fired this time. Now this kind of ballista attack has become a compulsory course for all their ships , It is also one of the current standard tactics of their Fubo army. The troops on each ship have practiced very proficiently, and the ballista players are even more familiar with the ballista in their hands. Although the Fubo army has started The artillery was gradually assembled, but this kind of ballista is still a sharp weapon in the current sea, and it is not outdated at all.

With just one launch, Zheng Guang's fleet caught Annan's grasshopper fleet by surprise and set fire to five or six of their grasshopper warships. At this time, the fleets of both sides were already within reach of bows and arrows. Annan The general of the navy ordered his soldiers to put out the fire with a disheveled face, and at the same time drew out his waist knife and pointed at the enemy ships rushing towards them aggressively, shouting: "Shoot the arrows! Shoot the arrows!"

The archers on both sides immediately began to set up their bows and shoot arrows, and a good show of shooting against each other immediately took place on the sea. For this kind of tactics, it is considered the most common tactics in water warfare in this era. Both sides use the same tactics. The rockets were aimed at igniting the opponent's ships, and the smoky and flaming arrows in the sky shot back and forth, causing a lively scene. But because the ships of the Fubo Army were equipped with guard plates, the Annan Navy The archers tried their best, but they still couldn't cause too much damage to the tribes on the Fubo army ship. On the contrary, because of the tall ships of the Fubo army, the archers of the fleet attacked Annan from top to bottom. The navy soldiers did a lot of damage, and once the two sides started shooting at each other, the Annan people fell into a disadvantage again.

Immediately afterwards, the fleets of the two sides collided heavily, and the ships of the Fubo Army, relying on the advantages of their ships, immediately knocked over a few small Annan warships that could not escape, and the Annan soldiers on board immediately screamed Fell into the rough sea, but at this time the eyes of both sides are already red, how can anyone care about them who fell into the water!Between the ships, the two sides frantically fired arrows at each other's ships. Under the command of their generals, several Annan ships quickly approached the ships of the Fubo Army and began to prepare for close combat. This was their only chance. Their generals knew this very well, so they led the fleet to surround them fearlessly.

Zheng Guang sneered, and shouted to the brothers downstairs: "It's time to let them see how powerful our Thunder Cannon is! Brothers, hit me hard! Kill them!"

Those Annan sailors quickly steered their boats close to the enemy's ship, and many soldiers stood on the side of the ship, ready to jump, but at this moment, there was a sudden roar from the opponent's ship, and those Annan sailors standing on the side of the ship were suddenly frantic. The iron sand that was swept away swept over one piece, and fell into the sea or the ship one after another,...

It took only half a stick of incense to fight the battle, and the fleet of the Annan navy was beaten to pieces. It was not that the Annan people were not brave, but that their enemy's tactics were too weird, and there were too many weapons they had never heard of that made them unable to fight back. They were terrified and caught off guard. They were crushed and beaten from the very beginning of the battle. Amidst the roar just now, the general of the Annan navy who led the boat trying to jump to the gang was shot and killed on the spot by an unknown weapon. Annan's fleet It immediately became a mess, and the fleet that could have acted in unison immediately turned into a mess, fighting on their own.

Zheng Guang is so happy!After a round of bombardment, the opponent immediately fell into chaos, just so that he could clean up the ships of the Annan people one by one. The kerosene bombs were fired accurately, and the ships of the Annan people were lit into huge torches. There were screams of killing and screams everywhere, until the Annan navy completely collapsed, and they all began to turn their rudders and flee towards the mouth of the Xiangjiang River.

Looking at the fleeing ships of the Annan Navy, Zheng Guang gave an order and led the fleet to chase after them. As for the Annan warships that were burned into a ball at sea, no one wants to control them now!Zheng Guang led the boats all the way to chase and kill them. One chased to the mouth of the Xiangjiang River, and then turned the rudder and returned, burning more than 30% of the more than [-] warships of the Annan Navy, and the warships that fled back to the mouth of the river. There were five or six remaining, and the battle ended with the victory of the Fubo Army fleet.

When Li Xiaowen got the news at nightfall, he immediately sat down on his big chair...

After Xu Yiwen heard Zheng Guang's report, he was somewhat unexpected. He was filming Zheng Guang to clear those Annan people's sentry boats, but he didn't expect that Zheng Guang would run into the Annan people's fleet, and he would go head-to-head with each other. After a battle, almost all the opponent's fleet was wiped out, which was beyond his plan. Not long after letting Zheng Guang go down to rest, Li Bo and Jiao Xian also rushed back to the fleet.

After listening to Li Bojiaoxian's report, Xu Yi laughed completely: "It seems that Li Xiaowen, the military envoy of Huazhou, has become a donkey in Guizhou! We have solved all the two groups of soldiers and horses sent out. Come on, isn’t Huazhou already an empty city? Originally, I was worried that it would be inconvenient for our large ships to enter the river, and I was worried that they would be harassed by their navy boats. The navy also sent out to let us solve it in advance, which really made our wishes come true!"

Li Bo also laughed, pointing to the topographic map near Huazhou that they drew today and said: "I think this Huazhou military envoy must be very panicked now. There are not many, and the city wall of Huazhou City is not tall. It should not be a problem for us to take it down. We only need to control the river mouth area and land from here. The distance to Huazhou City is only about fifteen miles away. , I touched the shore today and took a walk here. From here to Huazhou City, the terrain is flat without too many obstacles, and there are basically no troops defending in the direction of Huazhou City, and there are many mountains to the west of this place. Even if we take After leaving Huazhou, it may not be easy for the Annan people to come to the rescue soon, my lord, what should we do?"

Xu Yi looked down at the map they brought back, and immediately made up his mind, and said to Li Bo: "Command all the ministries that we will immediately enter the river mouth tomorrow morning, dock in the river mouth, and take down Huazhou!"

Li Bo immediately nodded in agreement, turned around and went out to deliver the order.

In the early morning, the Xiangjiang Estuary is a peaceful scene, thousands of hectares of clear waves, clean and soft sea sand, sparkling sea under the sun, a peaceful world, endless green corridors, the same color as the sea, and silver belts on the coconut bank. Dress up this place as a paradise on earth, and a fleet of dozens of huge sea ships slowly sails from the distant sea, heading towards the mouth of the Xiangjiang River.

A few fishermen on the shore who were mending their nets looked up and watched this strange fleet slowly approaching. In the morning light, the sun shrouded the fleet in a halo until they could see the fleet clearly. After the sails of the dark clouds and the flags waving in the wind above the masts, they immediately panicked, because the flags on these ships represented death, and the hideous black skull flags showed their identities. These fishermen Immediately dropped the sampans and fishing nets on the beach, and ran towards their fishing village, shouting in panic all the way: "The skeleton fleet is coming! The skeleton fleet is coming!"

The fleet sailed non-stop into the mouth of the Xiangjiang River. The bow of the ship pierced the sparkling water, crushing the peace here like a giant beast. The armored men on the battleship stood upright, and the weapons in their hands glowed in the sun. It was cold, and the Annan people near the mouth of the river fled in panic, but they didn't know the purpose of this fleet.

After the fleet entered the river, some fast boats immediately scattered and controlled the entire river, mercilessly cleared away the fishing boats that hindered their progress, and firmly controlled the entire river mouth, followed by a large cargo ship with a square head and flat ground , slowly docked on the north bank of the river, and then a series of wide springboards were placed on the side of the ship's side, and groups of men in black armor boarded the river bank in an orderly manner under the command of many officers.

These black-armored soldiers were quickly assembled into square formations on the river bank, and then began to line up on the river bank under the leadership of the leading officer.

Then from the wide springboard, some vehicles that were shining with a faint green luster were slowly pushed down, and gathered on the river bank, and then some mules and horses were also driven off the big boat, and were harnessed on these vehicles, under the control of the driver. An array is formed among these arrays.

As more and more ships docked, the armored men on board rushed out of these huge ships, and were organized into square formations on the shore, and batch after batch merged into this formation, and finally formed A battle formation composed of two thousand soldiers and horses gathered together like a torrent. There was no confusion or resistance during the entire landing process.

Xu Yi also boarded the river bank under the escort of Li Bo and others. Several generals in full armor rushed to Xu Yi, and the first general in black armor with a bright silver spear came out and clasped his fists and shouted: "The Fubo infantry has completed its formation, please review it, my lord!"

Xu Yi looked at the majestic and upright army in front of him, and couldn't help feeling deeply moved. He stepped forward to the front of the array, and shouted to them: "Brothers of the Fubo Army, listen, today you will show the world our When the Fubo army was famous, to the west of you was Huazhou City of the Annan people. There were jewels there! There were gold and silver there, and there were women! If you go there, it will be yours! I want you to snatch them all and let Annan From now on, people will always remember the prestige of our Fubo army!" Sometimes shouting slogans is useless, Xu Yi now prefers to use this kind of naked temptation to agitate his soldiers, and even he himself finds himself getting more and more tired. The more conscious the pirates are.

Although there were no bold words in Xu Yi's words, they expressed the aspirations of these people. They came out this time for revenge. They came out this time to let the world know how powerful their Fubo army is. These soldiers immediately shouted: "I am willing to serve the Lord! Kill them all!"

"Yang Zaixing, Lin Xiong listen to the order!" Xu Yi shouted passionately at this moment.

"The last general is here!" Yang Zaixing and Lin Xiong immediately stood up and replied.

"I ordered you to capture Huazhou City before sunset, can you do it?" Xu Yi asked them loudly.

"The general obeys the order, and the humble official will definitely take down Huazhou City before sunset!" The two immediately replied loudly.

Xu Yi nodded in satisfaction, waved his hand and said, "Let's go!"

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