Great Song Pirate

Chapter 440 Centipede Ship

"I think the reason why Zhanren came back in a big defeat this time is because they didn't have any precautions. The victories in the past few days have made them relax their vigilance. If they plan in detail before attacking, even if the elephant formation is broken, With their strength, at least they will not lose to the Annan Army, they are a little too underestimating the enemy! I am afraid that this time the King Zhan will suffer, and the loss of the Zhan people will definitely not be small!" Yang Zaixing likes to analyze the battle situation, saying his opinion.

"Never mind them! If you want me to say that now is the right time for us to raise our troops, we might as well leave now and go to Dazhanhaikou for a visit. While his illness is killing him, let these arrogant Zhanren also Always remember our horror!" Lin Xiong rubbed his hands and laughed.

Lin Xiong's words were immediately echoed by several other people, and they all asked Xu Yi to immediately send troops to attack the Zhanren who occupied Dazhan Haikou. Occupying Haikou, Zaixing will be the main force, in your opinion, should we send troops now?"

During this period of time, Yang Zaixing hadn't read less about military books and war strategies, and even borrowed Xu Yi's set of martial arts classics, read it thoroughly, and after hearing Xu Yi's question of his opinion, he immediately went out to the wall hanging on the wall. In front of the map on the map, I looked at the map and replied to Xu Yi: "The general thought we had better wait a little longer. According to the news we got, the Zhan people have gathered more than [-] soldiers and horses in Dazhanhaikou. There are nearly [-] sailors. Their purpose of doing this is obviously to deal with us. Once we are settled, they will attack the Annan people's flanks from the sea. Their navy is basically not a concern for us. , but we have a limited number of infantry after all, the infantry that can be dispatched this time is only about a thousand people, and killing one thousand enemies will hurt eight hundred. If there is a fight, once Zhanren wakes up early and concentrates on attacking our infantry, I am afraid that our losses will not be too small. Now that Zhanren is newly defeated, at this time, they must not have enough soldiers and horses at hand If I were the king of Zhan, I would definitely not come to attack Toulon at this time. Instead, I would mobilize the soldiers and horses assembled at the mouth of Da Zhanhai, send troops from the flank, attack the Annan people's flank, and divert them from continuing to attack south. As long as King Zhan is not an idiot, he will definitely do this to re-mobilize troops and horses for them to fight against the Annan people, so the general thinks that we should wait a little longer and wait until the Zhanren infantry that occupy Haikou is dispatched. Send out troops, and we will surely take Dazhanhaikou in one fell swoop!"

After Xu Yi heard Yang Zaixing's words, he nodded immediately and said: "Zaixing is right, you guys should read more military books at ordinary times, Zaixing has analyzed the situation very thoroughly, and this is not the best time for us to send troops. If we send troops at this time, the loss will definitely not be too small. We are no better than them. After all, we have limited manpower here and cannot afford such a big loss. No matter what we do, we must be fully sure before we can do it. You continue Get ready, we won't be too late to do it until the Zhan people in the big Zhanhaikou move!"

The generals were also convinced by Yang Zaixing's analysis. After all, he was a famous general, and his analysis of the situation was indeed not comparable to them. Everyone admired Yang Zaixing very much, chatted with him and left Xu Yi's residence, and then went back to work on their own. up.

The situation was exactly as Yang Zaixing expected. Two days later, the eyeliner they set up at Dazhanhaikou sent back news that the Zhanren soldiers and horses there began to gather, and they rushed westward under the leadership of the general. It is going to attack the flank of Annan's army, but there are only about two or three thousand soldiers and more than 7000 navy troops left in Dazhanhaikou, still guarding there.

After getting the news, Xu Yi immediately made up his mind. After summoning all the generals, he issued an order to send troops. Xu Yi's request was very simple. People will never forget this lesson!
After the generals responded with a bang, they immediately started to act. The sailors and soldiers boarded their respective warships one by one. Nong, as soon as he heard the order to go out, he quickly assembled and started boarding the ship with their chief.

Xu Yi took Cui Yan, Daniu and other personal guards and boarded his battleship Zongheng. Before boarding the ship, he once again asked Yang Zaixing to be more careful. After Yang Zaixing bowed and agreed, he expressed his gratitude to Xu Yi. Then he turned around and went to mobilize his infantry and began to prepare.

The same batch of warships once again raised the skeleton battle flag high, and under the eyes of the residents of Toulon, they slowly sailed out of the Bay of Toulon, facing the hunting sea wind, and headed towards the big city in the south in a zigzag route. Drive towards Haikou.

Several Cham people here quietly turned around, left the pier, disappeared into the jungle in the south, and disappeared.

And the Zhanren navy stationed in Dazhanhaikou is also rebuilding the wharf of Dazhanhaikou at this time. It used to be their territory, but now it is completely devastated when it returns to their hands. After the last looting by the Skeleton Army in Hoi An Town, it has long been turned into a ruined ruins. They can helplessly start repairing the pier here, but they don't know when they will be able to restore the prosperity here.

A Zhan rushed into the water army camp quickly, and after seeing the general Puara here, he shouted in panic: "The skeleton army of Toulon suddenly left the port. According to the report from the Zhan there, they They are coming to attack us!"

Puala, who was instructing the sailors to repair the pier, felt his heart jump a few times. Ever since he arrived here, he had heard so many rumors about the Skeleton Army. It has been in decline, but their navy has never been defeated by the Annan people's navy. No one knows that the sailors of the Zhancheng people are tough sailors, so they have never been afraid of anyone at sea, but Some time ago, he heard that Zhizhi Peng led a fleet of hundreds of warships to attack Toulon, but not only failed, but ended up with the whole army wiped out. What made him even more shameful was Zhi Zhipeng actually led his men to surrender to the skeleton army, embarrassing the faces of sailors who thought they were the strongest in the world.

Although the people here spread the horror of the skeleton army, Puala has always been skeptical. The skeleton army is from the Song Dynasty, and he also knows that the Song people can build the largest ships in the world. The ships of the Song people have always been the largest on the sea. Good ship, he can't deny this, but he doesn't think Song people are the best sailors in the world, in his eyes, only they are the best sailors in the world, he secretly dissatisfied, this time he was occupied The king was transferred here from Zhancheng. He knew exactly what King Zhan wanted him to do. Since arriving here, he has started to train the naval forces from all over the world. If it was not for the suppression of King Zhan, he would have gone to sea long ago. , went to find the skeleton army for a decisive battle, and today he finally heard the news he wanted to hear, this time he didn't have to ask Zhan Wang Abu Alan, this time it was the skeleton army who overestimated their abilities and sent it to the door. No wonder him, he wants to lead what he thinks is the strongest navy in the world, to meet this frightening skeleton army in legends, so that they can also see how powerful the sailors are. The shame of defeat.

"Sound the horn immediately and order all the sailors to board the ship immediately. Let's go to sea to meet those arrogant skeleton army fleet!" Puala dropped the matter at hand and immediately shouted to the soldiers.

As a result, there was a rush of horns on the Dazhanhaikou pier. The busy sailors were stunned for a moment, and then they reacted immediately. They dropped their work and headed towards their respective The ship galloped past, and Puara ordered that after the horn sounded three times, those who did not board the ship would be punished with death. They ran wildly and rushed onto their respective warships. Although the scene was chaotic, it made people feel a little excited.

With the sound of war drums on Puala's boat, the Zhanren ships gathered at the wharf of Dazhanhaikou set sail one after another, forming a mighty fleet, heading out of the river mouth, and the infantry on the shore also got After receiving the news, they flocked to the mouth of the river one after another, and began to set up defenses at the mouth of the river. A series of catapult trucks were erected. In their view, with these catapults, no matter how powerful the fleet is, they will never want to break into their estuary again, unless the opponent has wings, otherwise, don't even think about it .

The invincible fleet of the Fubo Army headed by the Zongheng sailed towards Dazhanhaikou in a zigzag against the wind. Regarding this attack on Dazhanhaikou again, everyone on the whole was very optimistic, so there was no one in the fleet before the war. The tense atmosphere, people are in a very relaxed state, talking and laughing one after another, they don't pay attention to Zhanren at all, but this is not surprising, after all, the last time they met Zhipeng , took them all down without any effort, and he didn't suffer much loss, that's why it happened. Even Xu Yi felt that there was nothing to worry him about. Looking at some customs here, when it comes to occupying people, I even laughed out loud. It turns out that occupying people is women who are superior to men and men are inferior. The wife and uncle at home have the final say, and the status is the highest. Men live with women. Song that is unimaginable.

"My lord! The forward sentry ship came to report, and a large number of occupied ships poured out of Dazhanhaikou, coming towards us!" Cui Yan was doing what he should do faithfully, and found the sentry ship coming ahead. The signal sent back reported to Xu Yi who was joking.

Xu Yi frowned slightly when he heard this, waved his hands to make the guards retreat, and said with some doubts: "How did they know our whereabouts so quickly? Oh! I understand! Order the ships to start Get ready!"

The standard bearer in the vertical and horizontal bucket waved the small flag in his hand vigorously, and conveyed Xu Yi's order. At the same time, the drum of the vertical and horizontal began to be beat, and the atmosphere in the fleet finally became dignified. The brothers on board They began to put away their smiling faces, and stood on their battle positions one after another. After all, the battle is about to start, and this self-consciousness is still needed.

"Instruct the ships not to be careless. I heard that the Zhanren Navy is no worse than the Annan people! Don't be careless and lose Jingzhou! All ships should try their best to use our long-distance combat advantages and stop entangled with their ships!" Xu Yi suddenly realized that his performance today was a little too careless, and a trace of vigilance rose in his heart, so he hurriedly sent an order.

After receiving Xu Yi's order, the captains of the ships also became more serious, put away their underestimation of the enemy, and began to remind the brothers on board.

"Turn to the open sea and seize the upper hand first!" Xu Yi gave the order to turn the fleet according to the standard naval battle mode. Now under the headwind, once they engage in battle, it will be difficult for their original speed advantage to be brought into play.

The fleet immediately turned to the open sea under the leadership of the Zongheng, and headed towards the Cham Island outside the mouth of Dazhanhai. Picked up the machine crossbow, because the news from the sentry ship said that the number of opponents exceeded their original estimate, and the size of the ships far exceeded two hundred. No one dared to take it lightly in a battle of this scale.

When the fleet had not yet reached the sea off Dazhanhaikou, only a few islands appeared on the sea in the distance in the telescope, and Xu Yi found a shadowy island on the sea antenna on the right side of their fleet. Black dots, as numerous as ants.

"Attention all ships, a large number of enemy ships appeared on the right hand side, the fleet changed into a double front arrow formation, the Jiangbei ship was in the middle, and the other ships followed the rear, pay attention to cover the two wings of the main fleet!" Xu Yi immediately issued an order to change the formation Order.

"Sun Hai! The main fleet will be under your command. Wang Zhi's troops will cover the left wing of the fleet, and Zheng Guang's troops will cover the right flank of the fleet. Let's start!" Xu Yi told Sun Hai who was staying on his ship.

Sun Hai immediately bowed to his command and took over his command of the main fleet. The fleet began to turn again, sailing towards the occupying fleet that appeared in the distance with the crosswind.

As they approached, Puara in the Zhanren fleet finally discovered the fleet of the Fubo army. For him, his heart was full of shock, although the news from Toulon in the early stage has already shown that the skeleton army The size of the fleet, but after seeing the Skeleton Army fleet today, Puala and his sailors were still shocked by the gradual appearance of the fleet.

Although the number of ships of the opponent is far less than the number of ships under his command, any ship in the Skeleton Army fleet far exceeds their largest warship, and what shocked them even more was the giant ship in the middle of the Skeleton Army. In their eyes, it is simply a giant. Compared with it, their own ship is as pitiful as a kitten standing in front of a lion. Puala has already put away his underestimation of the enemy at this time, and began to re-examine the This skeleton army's fleet is gone.

From the perspective of the wind, Puala knew that he was at a disadvantage. The opponent had obviously discovered their whereabouts in advance and took the initiative to seize the upperwind position. Although there was a little side wind, for their occupying fleet, the skeleton The military fleet has already taken advantage of the wind direction. They want to continue to seize the limelight. It seems too late now. From this point of view, Puala knows that the opponent is definitely a master who is good at naval warfare. He has never started a war. He lost a game first, which made him somewhat depressed, but although the skeleton army fleet was tall and majestic, Puala didn't think that he would definitely lose because of this, he had his own ideas.

"The sailboat spread out to both wings, outflanking the enemy ships from both sides, the centipede boat speeded up to meet it, and quickly leaned up to board the ship for close combat! Now is the time for us to be loyal to King Zhan! Everyone must not take half a step back! Come on! " Puara ordered loudly.

So nearly a hundred sailboats immediately followed his instructions and spread out towards the two wings, and a large number of fast boats without sails began to meet the fleet of Fubo Army under the vigorous oars of the sailors on board.

Xu Yi quickly noticed these fast boats without sails in the telescope, so he began to observe carefully. These boats are very distinctive, with low and long hulls. It is cut high and raised, and the mast is equipped with a large scull to control the course of the ship. Each such ship is roughly seven or eight feet long, with twenty oars on both sides moving at the same time. Many archers or sailors with knives seem to be used for close combat. There is a bed crossbow on the bow. It can be said that a ship of this size is already armed to the teeth. Such a fast boat is very flexible on the water. It looks like a centipede lying on the surface of the water, and the speed is very fast.

This is the first time Xu Yi has seen such ships used in naval battles. He was somewhat surprised, but after a closer look, he found that although these ships looked small in front of his own ships, they had their own advantages. Generally speaking, large sailing ships are more difficult to deal with. They rely on the flexible and low shape of the ship, which is very difficult to attack, which limits the effect of their long-range firepower. After seeing this, Xu Yi immediately sent an order: " Inform the captains of the ships to pay special attention to the fast sailless ships occupying the front, and be careful not to let them get entangled. The first round of shelling must kill a large number of these ships! They are very dangerous!"

Sun Hai had also seen these Zhanren's fast boats at this time, so he watched them carefully and said to Xu Yi: "These boats are Zhanren's unique centipede boats, which are difficult to deal with among their warships. I have heard people say that when they are fighting the enemy, they often rely on the flexibility of this kind of centipede ship to suddenly approach the enemy ship and shoot arrows or board the ship to join the ship, and even use fish oil cans to attack the opponent's ship. The Annan people have suffered from these centipede boats before, so although the Annan people on land have always had an advantage, the Annan people on the sea seem to have never taken too much advantage. We really have to be very careful about these centipedes that occupy people Boat!"

After hearing Sun Hai's words, Xu Yi's face also turned serious. For the warships of the Fubo Army, if they were described as lions on the sea, then these centipede ships were hunting dogs on the sea. The advantages in numbers and their own flexibility are really difficult to deal with!After Xu Yi thought for a while, he immediately ordered again: "Order the captains of the ships to prepare fire oil tanks and palm mines immediately. Once the enemy's centipede ship breaks through our firepower and approaches our ship, use these two things to deal with it condescendingly." They, don't let them get on our ships, you must be ruthless!"

Cui Yan immediately and faithfully conveyed his order, and the captains of the jumping helpers of each ship who received the order immediately began to move out a batch of kerosene bombs for ballistas and a small amount of palm mines and kerosene bombs from the cabin. They are now in sufficient numbers. Most of the palm thunders are handed over to Yang Zaixing's infantry for use. The number of equipment in each ship in their fleet is very limited. It seems that they have to use these treasures today. After picking up these things, I put them in my convenient position and prepared.

Standing on his warship, Puala looked at the Skeleton Army fleet approaching them, and suddenly began to feel uneasy. He hadn't heard the rumor that the Skeleton Army would control the sky thunder. He used to sneer at it. He thought it was a rumor, but after meeting the skeleton army's fleet today, he suddenly became worried about this matter. If the rumors were true, would he still be able to win the naval battle?At this time, he felt that he had no bottom in his heart.

"Order the two-wing sailboat to approach the enemy fleet first, entangle them with rockets, and slow down the centipede boat first, and immediately rush into the enemy group after the battle begins, stick it up, and bite them to death!" Puala adjusted his tactics again, Using his usual trump card, he made the worst plan and decided to sacrifice a group of sailboats to pave the way for the centipede ships to approach the enemy.

(The centipede ship here has nothing to do with the centipede ship in the big sailing game or the centipede ship in the Ming Dynasty! I hereby explain it! Some readers have suggested that the progress of the recent calls has been too slow. Geda, please explain that Toulon is located in Annan and At the junction of Champa and Champa, a balance must be achieved. Otherwise, they may not be able to gain a foothold here with their military strength. That's why the Fubo Army assisted Annan in repairing the Champa. As for the development of the plot, Pidao will consider it! Thank you for your support, today I will present a [-]-character chapter, please sponsor a few more monthly tickets!)

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