Great Song Pirate

Chapter 432

The wind and waves on the sea are not strong, which is also an important reason why Zhanren chose to attack Toulon at this time. Otherwise, relying on their boats to walk on the sea will undoubtedly take a lot of risk. Like Di Polo, Zhipeng, as the deputy general of this operation, also set off with anxiety for the hundred warships.

As early as more than a month ago, he had heard about this skeleton army fleet from other people, and heard about how they dealt with the Annans, and this time after receiving King Zhan's order, he almost felt that King Zhan Abu Alan's mind had gone into trouble. It's flooded, and this plague god can't hide, but Abu Alan actually ordered them to attack the skeleton army's harbor. He really couldn't figure out what Abu Alan was thinking.

And this damn Dipolo, he chose to go by land, and let himself lead his troops to go by water, with his own boat manpower, to touch the terrifying skeleton army fleet, it was like letting him take his neck to the tip of his knife Actually, he didn't have any illusions about this expedition at all. He even thought that his expedition this time was simply an introduction for Di Polo, and its function was just to attract the attention of the skeleton army.

It can be said that the tent maker set off with a bellyful of fire. He has not stepped out of the cabin since he boarded the ship. He has been thinking about how to deal with the matter in front of him. This time, he did quite a lot to attack the port of Toulon. Fully prepared, each ship was equipped with a lot of fish oil rockets, and half of the ships each dragged a small boat. The bows of the small boats were fitted with big iron nails, filled with firewood, and splashed with a lot of fish oil and sulfur, etc. The fire starter intends to rush into the port of Toulon when the skeleton army is unprepared, release these small boats, let them hit the skeleton army's big ship, and set fire to their ships. This is the only strategy he can think of Besides, he and these subordinates couldn't think of a better way to deal with those tall skeleton army warships.

The current situation is that they must attack the port of Toulon without the Fubo army finding them, and burn their warships in one fell swoop, otherwise, relying on their ships and manpower, they will encounter the skeleton army fleet at sea The words are undoubtedly courting death. The special envoy who has been to Mee Island is a relative of him, and he has already told him about the terrifying fleet of the Skeleton Army he saw. The skeleton army was beaten and wiped out. He didn't think he was much better than the Annans, at least at sea. He thought he was inferior to the Annans. Now he can only pray for the blessing of his Lord Shiva They can quietly approach the port of Toulon.

But it wasn't too long before they sailed out of the river mouth, and when they were still a long way from the port of Toulon, news came from the sentry boat in front, saying that they had spotted a fast boat with a violet flag approaching them just now, and then soon They were about to turn around and sail away. They tried to chase each other, but the speed of the opponent's ship was much faster than theirs, and they quickly left their sight and headed north.

After hearing the news, Zhipeng felt a strong ominous premonition in his heart. He always felt that the identity of the ship was suspicious. How could he know that it was not the ship deliberately concealing its identity, but the ambush on their violet flag? As for the word "Bo", the people on Zhanrenshao's boat didn't know each other at all, so they didn't know their identities.

The more Chi Zhi Peng thought about it, the more he felt uneasy, and he turned around in the cabin like ants on a hot pot, so his trusted subordinates asked him cautiously: "Why is the general so anxious?"

Zhipeng looked out at the sea from the porthole. Anyway, this boat is full of his cronies, so he didn't care about anything, so he said angrily, "Our King Zhan must have been dazed by the victory during this period, so we can't get out of here." Those who are still alive have to provoke the Skeleton Army now. Who are the Skeleton Army? How can we people deal with it? The Annan people have exhausted their elite navy, but when they meet them, they still end up being wiped out. However, Abu Alan only gave us a few ships and manpower, and let us attack the skeleton army. Wouldn’t that mean we were sent to death? And Di Polo, a bastard, he has long disliked me. He led his troops to go by land, but let us go by water. Does this mean that he wants us to be bait for them to die? I have a strong premonition since I set off, and I am afraid that none of us will be able to go back this time!"

The confidant also said angrily: "I have also heard about the Skeleton Army. It is said that the ships of the Skeleton Army are very large, and their troops are also very brave. What is even more frightening is that they can control the sky thunder. They just used thunder to defeat the Annan people, if this is the case, we really have no chance of winning!"

Another confidant said: "Master General, the people you brought this time are all members of our tribe! If the Skeleton Army is really as powerful as it is said in the legend, can't we just die in vain? If we all die If so, wouldn’t our city-state be the object of others’ division in the future?”

After Zhipeng heard this, he slapped the table angrily, and the water glass on the table was immediately knocked over and fell to the deck. He gritted his teeth and said, "It's a good idea, let us die in vain. Carve up our territory, this plan is really good, we can't just die in vain, you guys immediately call our people over separately, if we fail to sneak attack successfully, if we encounter the skeleton army fleet at sea, don't fight with us. They fought hard, immediately controlled the ship, killed the sailors on board, escaped as much as possible, if not, we should simply surrender to the skeleton army, being a thief is better than dying in vain, don't blame us for not giving them our lives for their unkindness Already!"

Several subordinates agreed immediately, and slowed down the fleet under the pretext of summoning the commanders of the ships to discuss matters. The leaders of each ship were recruited to the ship that made the tent. After listening to the order to make tents, they all nodded and agreed, and then returned to their own ships, each found a few trustworthy subordinates, and after some explanations, the fleet continued to sail towards the port of Toulon. go.

Sun Hai led more than 20 warships, with him as the main force, and Wang Zhi and Zheng Guang as the two wings. The fleet sailed out of Toulon Port and headed towards the south. They had nothing to worry about, because they had already They knew that Zhanren's warship was really nothing. After they had the experience of fighting against the Annan Navy last time, they are now much more familiar with dealing with such things. They have full confidence to easily solve this The occupant fleet that attacked their port of Toulon was another great victory, so the morale of the men in the fleet was high, and there was a relaxed atmosphere, as if they were not going to fight, but to catch fish.

Half a day later, their fleet had encountered the turning sentry ship, and learned from the sentry ship that the enemy fleet was not far away from them, so everyone in the fleet began to prepare for the battle, and the gunners The medicine packs and various ammunition were moved out of the cabin and placed next to the artillery and ballista, while the archers had placed bundles of arrows beside them early on, and hung up the strings of the crossbow. Everything was carried out in an orderly manner, and there was no fear of the upcoming battle.

"Order the fleet to turn to the southeast and seize the upper hand!" Sun Hai stood on the Pioneer and loudly issued his first order after departure.

The flag bearer immediately waved the small flag and conveyed his order. Under the control of the sailors, more than 20 warships began to turn to the open sea. Now the sea is blowing due southerly. If they do, it will be very unfavorable for them, they will inevitably bump into each other head-on, and they will inevitably get entangled with each other for near-board combat. It is guaranteed that the situation that occurred during the Mae Island naval battle will happen again.

After the last naval battle on Mei Island, Xu Yi gathered these generals together and reviewed their gains and losses in that naval battle. Everyone agreed that they should not easily use the collision method when the opponent's ships outnumbered them. They entered the opponent's fleet in such a way that their own advantages of long-range firepower were not fully utilized. Instead, they were delayed by the opponent, entangled together, and paid undue losses. They should try their best to use their own long-range firepower. advantage, do not fight close to the opponent, rely on the double-layer strike of artillery and ballista to consume the strength of the opponent, adopt unfair tactics, let the opponent only be beaten, completely destroy the opponent's fighting spirit, and then use their ship Using the advantage of speed, chasing the opponents, and then using the method of impact to defeat the opponents one by one, then their losses will be greatly reduced.

After this summary, these generals are now familiar with this method of warfare, and they all understand what Sun Hai is going to do, so they all cooperate with his dispatch, and the fleet maintains a neat formation, and gradually sails to the east. face wider waters.

The sun was shining on the sea, and the visibility was quite high. After they sailed for a certain distance, Sun Hai and others took the monoculars that Xu Yi distributed to them and began to search the sea. Advantage, they can find the opponent first before the opponent can see them, and then choose their most favorable time to launch an offensive. Now they all admire Xu Yi's pioneering work, and they have long regarded this clairvoyance as their most important baby.

Finally, through the crystal lens, they vaguely discovered the Zhanren fleet in the west of them, sailing slowly to the north, but at this distance, the opponent hadn't noticed their fleet at all, and still Dazed and unaware, they continued to their destination according to the original course, Sun Hai and the others all showed smug smiles.

"Commander Sun! Commander Wang sent a message saying that he asked to lead his fleet around to attack behind the enemy fleet, please reply!" The lookout shouted loudly to Sun Hai from the bucket on the mast.

"Answer Commander Wang, tell him that I agree with him, and be sure to ask him to cut off the enemy's retreat, and leave this matter to him!" As the general of the fleet, Sun Hai has command power, so Wang Zhi must act Subject to his restraint, Sun Hai agreed to his request.

So after getting Sun Hai's consent, Wang Zhi's troops immediately left the fleet and headed southwest, and Zheng Guang also sent a message, asking Sun Hai and the others for their next move.

After observing the Zhanren fleet with a telescope again, Sun Hai looked at the sun in the sky, so he made a decision to attack: "The fleet stays in column, please Commander Zheng to cover our flanks, raise our skull flag, and we will start to attack." Let's do it! The ships are ordered not to engage in boarding with each other, and they must keep their distance, and use our thunder cannons and catapults to destroy the opponent's ships as much as possible, and no one must violate the order!"

As a result, the warships of the Fubo Army began to raise their sails, and immediately speeded up, forming two columns and rushing towards the Zhanren fleet.

Zhan Ren's fleet has been on high alert ever since they encountered that strange fast ship. The soldiers on each ship stared wide-eyed and searched vigorously towards the sea. Now they are all tense as if their nerves It was as if it was about to collapse, and they secretly scolded themselves for being unwise to occupy the king, and let them do this kind of life-threatening business.

Finally, a sharp-eyed soldier who occupied the easternmost outermost ship in the fleet suddenly saw a faint sail in the direction of their east, so he immediately shouted in shock: "East! Look to our east! Do you see a fleet of ships approaching us?"

Following his call, the brothers on the boat put up awnings and began to face the sea on the east side. The sparkling light on the sea affected their sight, and many people did not see the fleet he called, so They all laughed and said, "Did you get frightened by the skeleton army? Why didn't we see anything?"

The soldier who yelled continued to watch carefully towards the sea to the east, ignoring those robes who laughed at him, and after looking at him for a while, he shouted again: "That's right! Absolutely can't be wrong, let's go east. There is a fleet of ships coming towards us! Tell the general! Hurry up!"

At this time, two more people finally saw the fleet he mentioned, so they shouted together with him: "That's right! We saw it too, there is indeed a fleet coming towards us! Hurry up and sound the horn." ! Something is wrong!"

With their yelling, more and more people began to discover the fleet they were talking about from the end of the sea level, so finally amidst the yelling of the officers on their ship, the trumpeter desperately blew the alarm bell. horn.

The horns made of buffalo horns gave out a low sound, and their sound immediately spread throughout the Zhanren fleet, and the still sulking branch pontoon's heart suddenly tightened when he heard the sound, and he strode out of his cabin , asked: "Which ship sounded the alarm?"

"Reporting to the general, it's the horn sounding from the ship on the easternmost side! It seems that they have found the enemy in the east!" A confidant answered him anxiously.

"Damn it! How could it be in the east?" Zhizhipeng said as he walked quickly to the height of the ship and tried to look east. At first he didn't see anything, but after a while, he immediately Shouted: "Beat the drums and send the order, the fleet is heading east! Get ready for the battle! Quick! The archers are on the deck and ready! Quick!"

Following his call, the war drums on the ship immediately rang, and his ship also began to turn, aiming the bow at the east side, and the rest of the ships also started to turn. They really couldn't understand why The enemy fleet will appear in their east direction, what a hell, so the uneasiness in the fleet began to turn into fear, Zhipeng sighed in his heart, their only chance of victory may be lost like this up.

As time passed, the two fleets finally began to approach. Zhanren archers stood on the side of the ship one after another, nervously picked up their bows and arrows, and made preparations for the battle. Their feeling is shocking besides the shock. Many of them have never seen such a big warship. Compared with these tall warships flying the skull flag, their warships are like giants in front of giants. Babies are as pitiful as their morale, which was not high at first, plummeted again. Many people began to pray silently in their hearts, hoping that their Lord Shiva would bless them to escape and ascend to heaven in this battle.

At this time, Zhizhi Peng finally understood why the Zhan people who had been to Mei Island were so afraid of this skeleton fleet. The difference between the ships of the two sides was indeed too great. He did not have any confidence in this battle. Now when he saw the opponent's fleet clearly, he was even more determined to lose.

He suddenly found sadly that the boats full of firewood he had tried to get were not only useless, but had become a drag on them. Under such a wind, he could not use these fireboats effectively. The ships that came to attack the opponent greatly slowed down the speed of their ships, so they hurriedly shouted: "Order the ships to immediately cut off the fire ships that are dragging behind, we turn around and retreat to the land immediately! Hurry up! !"

So the soldiers in the Zhanren fleet, who had just made preparations for the battle, cut off the small boats dragged behind their boats, and then immediately turned the bow again, turned to the land direction, and then raised all the boats Sail, and start sailing towards the land.

"What are they Zhan people doing? How did they see that we didn't come to meet us, but pointed their ass at us instead?" Sun Hai frowned and muttered to the subordinates around him while watching with his binoculars.

"Haha! Zhanren was frightened by us, he is going to escape!" Several subordinates also lay on the fence and pointed at the Zhanren fleet that was turning around and leaving in front, laughing loudly.

"Fuck! Do you still want to run when you're here? How can there be such a cheap thing? Order the boats to chase after me! Don't let them run away! Commander Zheng please copy to their right, let's cast a net to catch fish!" Sun Hai Putting down the binoculars, he ordered loudly.

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