Great Song Pirate

Chapter 650
Kong Qingxi also smiled slightly, nodded and said, "Yes! We cut down all the woods outside the city, and pulled all the trees into the city. These Koryo sticks are only about to use guns to build tents. If you look at the wall of their camp, even the branches are used, and if you look at their formation, there are not even a few cannons in the siege, and there are only a few ladders, and they dare to attack the city I think they are bluffing today, tell the brothers, pay attention to guarding against arrows, let's practice with them first today!"

Under Kong Qingxi's order, the mood of the soldiers on the top of the city has stabilized. Many of them are veterans who have participated in the Battle of Annan and the Battle of Japan, and they are also very experienced, so they all look at it quickly. Out of the weaknesses of the Koryo army, and loudly told the recruits and auxiliary soldiers around them not to be afraid, and quickly stabilized everyone's emotions.

Following Kong Qingxi's order, the soldiers on the top of the city prepared their bows and crossbows one after another, ready to fight.

Compared with the shabby situation of the Koryo army outside the city, the equipment of the Fubo army on the top of the city is much more luxurious. Although for various reasons, they don't have a few thunder cannons, and they don't have many crossbows, but because they have prepared in advance, Using the wood that is not sufficient enough at hand, many trebuchets have been built. In terms of heavy weapons, it can be said that they have an absolute advantage.

Anyway, operating these throwing carts is not a very high-tech job. As long as you have a lot of strength and can pull the rope, you can cast it. As for the aim, the Korean army outside is densely packed, and it is difficult to miss it!What's more, each throwing car is also equipped with a fixed gunner, who specializes in observing the impact of the stone bullets and performing calibration. Therefore, today when the Koryo army attacked the city, Kong Qingxi had full confidence in driving them back.

An Youjin was also very upset. He set up camp yesterday, and he had to send someone to cut wood from a few miles away and pull it back. After working for a long time, he finally set up the camp. I also looked at how powerful their Koryo army was, and only found out here that the Fubo army was not a fool, and had made preparations in advance. Although they were not targeting their Koryo army, they caused them a lot of trouble!
It seems that wanting to break into Liaodong in one fell swoop is not as simple as he thought at the beginning!After An Youjin let the army rest for the night, he realized that the siege was not easy. He couldn't even make some temporary siege equipment, so he had to lead the army with a limited number of equipment. no problem!
In order to capture Kaizhou City as soon as possible, An Youjin dispatched [-] elite troops in the first battle, formed a cascade formation, and advanced towards Kaizhou City. In his opinion, the city walls of Kaizhou City are not tall. Even if he lacked heavy siege equipment, it might not be difficult to fight, not to mention that the number of opponents in the city is really different from his own. In a day, even if he suffers some casualties, he still has to win here.

The rumble of war drums resounded over Kaizhou City, and there was a voice of command from the top of the city, "Ready to load the ballista with stone bombs!"

"Get ready for throwing the car!" "Ready for the archers!"...

Kong Qingxi looked at the Koryo soldiers who were gradually approaching the city, and decided to bring them closer before fighting. There were not many cannons in Kaizhou City, and the number of thunderbolts was also very small. It was just that there was still some gunpowder reserves, but these things, he would not Take it out now, he wants to show these most powerful things to the Korean people at the most critical moment, so under his order, the artillery is tightly protected, and only the most conventional methods are used To repel the Koryo army.

"Hit me!" Kong Qingxi roared angrily after seeing that the dense formation of the Koryo army had already entered the ground of arrows, and waved down the command flag vigorously.

"Let the ballistas go! Throw the carts and let them go! Let the crossbowmen go!" A series of shouts rang out from the top of the city.

The crossbowmen tried their best to pull down the mechanism of the crossbow, and the throwing carts were pulled by the auxiliary soldiers, and they swayed suddenly. Launched together.

A large number of black spots appeared in the sky, cut through the air one after another, and fell towards the Koryo army below the city with whistles...

Since Xu Yi sent Yiqing away, he has been urging the crossbar all the way north. Although he looked very relaxed on the road, his heart seemed to be on fire, and the wound on his body felt pain from time to time. I feel that although he tried not to show it, Hou Cheng, as his bodyguard, could still see Xu Yi's anxious mood from the subtleties, so Hou Cheng had been secretly urging the sailors on the ship to use the fastest Fast speed to Dalian Port in Liaodong.

After another few days of rushing, the Zombie, relying on its fast speed, surpassed many ships heading north, and finally bypassed the Jiaodong Peninsula. At this time, a northerly wind blew up on the sea, causing their speed to slow down immediately. , Xu Yi stood at the bow of the ship with his hands behind his back, feeling the bitter cold wind cutting his face, watching the turbulent waves, his body heaving up and down with the ship, his mood was extremely bad, the more anxious he was, the more he ran into this damn North Feng, the irritability in his heart rose again involuntarily, and couldn't help cursing: "Damn the north wind! It just needs to blow at this time!"

Hou Cheng came over, put a cloak on Xu Yi, and comforted him: "My lord, don't worry, with Commander Yang and Master Xue around, Liaodong should not lose anything! The Jin Army may not be able to do anything to us." In the same way, you must know that we have replenished a lot of gunpowder for Liaodong during this period, and our Lei Gong Pao and Hong Tian Lei are not vegetarians, if the Jin people really come to attack, I am afraid they will not be able to eat them and go away!"

"I hope we can catch up with the Jin people in time to fight again! I hope Zaixing and the others can stand up to the Jin army!" Xu Yi said in a low voice without hiding anything from Hou Cheng.

"There is absolutely no problem. You must know that the brothers who are the backbone of our Fubo Army have all rolled out of a pool of blood these years. Compared with the Jurchen soldiers, they are no worse than the Jurchen soldiers, not to mention how many Jurchens there are! There are a lot of them! Some of them are Khitan soldiers and Han soldiers from the Liao people. It is estimated that this time we will encounter soldiers from the Song Dynasty. If there is a fight, we may not be afraid of them! You should rest assured, my lord!" Hou Chengman said nonchalantly.

"I hope! As for our brothers, I absolutely believe that they are not cowards!" Xu Yi said while looking at the rough sea. For some reason, he felt a sense of uneasiness in his heart.

The strong wind blew for a whole day, and many people on the bumpy boat were shaken and fainted. This kind of weather is a bit unbearable even for these experienced sailors. Under normal circumstances, with such wind and waves, the boat has already docked It was berthed, but the Crossbar was still battling against the wind and waves, sailing against the wind in the direction of Liaodong with difficulty. After a day of hard work, the weather finally began to improve, but the brothers on board were all so cold that their lips were purple. Jaws trembling uncontrollably, Liaodong is almost here!
Xue Tu seems to be a few years older these days. After all, he is also an elderly person. Before Xu Yi's order was sent, he received the news of Song and Jin's negotiation. He has been in charge of intelligence for so long. The overall situation is no longer as shallow as before when he was at sea. He immediately realized the huge crisis contained in it. Before receiving Xu Yi's order, he first notified Yang Zaixing and other important officers of the news to let them To start preparations in advance, I also took the first step to organize and manpower a large number of materials hoarded in Dalian Port and began to ship them to the cities ahead.

In terms of the future situation, Xue Tu actually saw nothing wrong, and he also expected that with Xu Yi's character, he would never easily withdraw from the Liaodong Peninsula now, and Xu Yi's order that came immediately also followed. It confirmed his original guess, so after a period of transshipment, the materials accumulated in Dalian Port have basically been distributed and transshipped, and the Fubo Army will continue to ship materials to Liuqiu Island in the future.

After a busy period of time, Xue Tu could finally take a little breath, thinking he could take a break, even Sun Hai was so tired that he could drink a pot just by allocating ships to transfer goods.

Just when they all felt that they could take a breather, news came from Kaizhou that the Koryo army suddenly crossed the border and surrounded Kaizhou, trying to cooperate with the Jin army to stab the Fubo army in the back. Surprised, Sun Haidang was so angry that he jumped into a rage and cursed at the Koreans.

However, they are at a loss for what to do about the current situation, because right now they have very limited troops in the southeast of Liaodong. Even if there are some troops, they are all newly recruited from the local area or from the Shandong area, and they have not yet completed the operation. Training, if these people are used to defend the city, it is still difficult for them to use it personally, but if they are allowed to rush to support Kaizhou and face the elite soldiers of Koryo who are attacking Kaizhou, it may be the same as letting them die.

Right now, Xue Tu has the strongest combat power at hand, only the [-] mixed troops led by Yu Wei who has just been transferred from Liuqiu Island, of which [-] are from Liuqiu Island, and [-] are sent by Naha according to the division. and these people are resting and recovering their physical strength after a long time of sea transportation, and they immediately set off to untie the siege of the state. One is that they are not physically strong, and the other is that their experience and strength are too different from the Goryeo Army. .

Cai Xing wanted to lead the army to rescue the siege himself, but he couldn't do without the training of the new army here. While everyone was still discussing what to do, something happened in Dalian Port.

Someone came to report that a fleet of more than [-] ships suddenly appeared outside Dalian Bay and sailed aggressively towards Dalian Bay. It can be seen from the flag that it is the fleet of Korea. .

This time Xue Tu immediately felt his energy and blood surge, and he almost didn't vomit blood on the spot!The Fubo army started out at sea, what a prestige they used to be at sea, but today they were bullied by Koryo on the sea to their doorstep, not to mention he was aggrieved, the others felt as aggrieved as he was to death.

Even if Sun Haidang was furious, he immediately jumped up and rushed to the pier, summoning his men to leave the port to fight to the death with the Koryo navy. Now his heart is full of bitterness, because he now knows that the navy in his hands can be said to be in extreme danger. In a weak state, during this period of time, in order to prepare for the war on land, and considering that the Jin people have almost no available navy and decent ships, in order to prepare for the counterattack of the Jin people, Sun Hai spared no effort to use almost all the people the navy could call. After the light was turned off, there were only those who could maintain the sailing left on each boat, and almost all the rest were sent by Yang Zaixing.

They almost dismantled all the weapons on the ships, and they all supported Gaizhou or Liaoyang Prefecture. Speaking of his navy ships, the number of ships is huge, but most of the ships now travel to and from the Great Song Continent Between Shang, Liuqiu Island, Dulong Island, and Liaodong, the warships are not warships now, and the whole thing has changed to a cargo ship!The naval army is now completely empty, there are not many ships that can really be used for combat, and there is a serious shortage of crews. What makes him vomit blood is that there are almost no ships in Dalian Port.

But now he can't choose, because this time they are blocked here by others. If they don't fight, they will open the door and let the Korean water army directly invade Dalian Port. All the existing ships in the port will be handed over to Korea. People don't say, and Dalian Port, an important rear transfer base in Liaodong, may also fall, and some of the supplies that have just arrived are also given to the Koreans for nothing. If there is no need to fight this battle in Liaodong, I am afraid that it has already lost. .

So Sun Hai has no choice, even if he knows that going to battle may not please him, he can only fight hard, whether he wins or not, even if he dies at sea, he must do a good job for Xue Tu and Cai Xing on land To prepare for the fight, buy some time.

At this time, the sailor brothers on the boats at the pier also heard the warning, and they were all taken aback. They were in a panic and didn't know what to do.

"Brothers, board the ship! Let's go and stop those sons of bitches, the Koreans!" As soon as Sun Hai arrived at the pier, he immediately yelled at the subordinates who were running on the pier.

"But the commander! We don't have enough manpower on the ship now! There are not many soldiers on each ship, and the crossbows and thunder cannons are almost demolished! How can we fight when we go out?" A panicked captain hurriedly reminded Sun Haidao.

After Sun Hai heard this, he grabbed the captain's chest and cursed: "Damn! Are you still the captain of our Fubo army? I know what you said better than anyone else! Could it be that they are sitting here because they don't have enough manpower?" Watching the damned Koreans come in and drag our ship away? Occupy Dalian Port? Let the Koreans cut off the retreat of our brothers in front? Fight if you can! Hit, and die with them! As long as there is one person standing here today, there is still one alive, and the Koryo navy cannot be allowed to enter the bay! Let me all board the boat, the Fubo army has no cowards!"

The captain was scolded by Sun Hai, so ashamed that he wanted to plunge headfirst into the sea and forget it, so he turned his heart and immediately gave a military salute to Sun Haili and shouted: "I was the wrong commander, the Fubo army has no cowards! Even if it hits them, we will sink them, I am willing to be a pioneer ship!"

Sun Hai looked at this red-faced subordinate, and knew that what he said was serious, so he reached out and patted his shoulder, and only said a few words: "Good brother! Do as you say!"

Under Sun Hai's instigation, those sailor brothers who were a little flustered on the pier also became bloody. Think about it, they have been bullying others at sea for such a long time, when have they been bullied by others!Now that something like this has happened, how can the navy of the Fubo Army be a shrinking turtle?So these brothers screamed and rushed to their respective boats.

The boats were operated by these people, and the sails were raised one after another. The people on the pier pushed their boats away from the trestle bridge with tears in their eyes. After the boats left the shore, some people grabbed the cables and swung onto the boats. I don't want to stand on the shore and wait to die. Anyway, today is going to fight, so I board the boat and go to sea, and fight with the Koreans together.

Sun Hai glanced at the accompanying ships, feeling sad for a while, unexpectedly!A navy with such a strong Fubo army will also encounter such a situation. It is because they did not expect the hand of the Koreans. Otherwise, how could such a situation happen?
There were less than 20 ships of various colors accompanying them to the sea to fight, and each of these [-] ships had only a few dozen people. All the tactics they used before are useless today. There are more than [-] ships including Sun Hai’s Pioneer. A few thunder cannons, and even ballistas were dismantled from the rest of the ships, let alone the thunder cannons!

Such a fleet faced more than a hundred warships of the Goryeo Navy, and there was no way to use any tactics. Everyone knew that they had no choice but to collide.

Under such circumstances, basically everyone knows that going out this time can be said to be a narrow escape, or even ten deaths. There is almost no possibility of defeating the enemy, unless the opponent's ships are made of sampans or paper. of!But is that possible?

This is a battle to the death, this is a battle to the death, there is no going back, Sun Hai's mouth is bitter, but he can't back down, because behind them is their important land in Liaodong, and if they lose this place, Liaodong will be It's over.

"Order the ships to prepare kerosene. Once the ship is damaged and it seems impossible to get out of trouble, set fire to the ship! This is our Fubo Army's ship. Even if it is burned, it cannot be left for the Koreans!" Sun Hai said. After ordering, he picked up the binoculars and searched the sea, and quickly locked the northeast direction with the lens, because there was a large sail shadow there.

"Enemy ships are found ahead! There are more than a hundred of them!" The guards beside him loudly informed Sun Hai of the semaphore sent by the ship in front.

Sun Hai gritted his teeth and ordered: "Every ship is ready, what's the use, the fleet shrinks, use the Pioneer as the front arrow, switch to the front arrow formation, turn to the left! Get the upper hand!"

With the waving of the flag bearer of Kai Kai, Sun Hai's order was quickly conveyed, and the captains of the ships faithfully carried out his order, and the fleet immediately began to shrink, and changed into a frontal formation, and followed closely. Pioneer, start turning.

Standing on the tower of the handsome ship, Pu Yuhuan felt a little complacent. This time, he finally didn't have to work under his cousin Pu Yinjian. He could finally lead such a large fleet to fight at sea!
He is also a descendant of the Pu family, but he has been oppressed by his cousin Pu Yinjian all the time. Started to attack Liaodong, but Pu Yinjian refused to agree to anything, and urged Li Ziqian not to provoke the Fubo army, otherwise, it would bring serious disasters to Koryo. A group of pirates, to put it mildly, they are the righteous army of the Great Song Dynasty, not the Great Song Dynasty!What are they afraid of?

Of course, Li Ziqian didn't take Pu Yinjian's words to heart. Instead, he reprimanded Park Yinjian, took away his military power in the navy, and handed over the military power to Pu Yinjian's cousin Pu Yuhuan. This is the time for him, Pu Yuhuan, to have a good time. Therefore, after getting Li Ziqian's permission, Pu Yuhuan immediately assembled warships in Kaesong, mobilized more than 1 elite water troops, and then sailed out of Kaesong in a mighty manner, rushing towards Liaodong.

Judging from the report given by the Jinren, Suzhou Guan is now an important logistics base for the Fubo Army in Liaodong. Almost all materials sent from the south to Liaodong are basically unloaded at Suzhou Guan before being transferred to Liaodong. Therefore, the first target Pu Yuhuan chose to attack was Suzhou Pass. In his opinion, as long as Suzhou Pass was taken, it would be tantamount to choking the Liaodong Fubo Army's throat. After passing the Suzhou Pass, the supply base will be lost. At that time, the Jin people will pounce from the north again, and the Fubo army in Liaodong may be completely wiped out.

And since Suzhou Pass is the transfer station of the Fubo Army, there must be a large amount of supplies hoarding there. If you take it there, you must be able to get a large amount of supplies. Another windfall.

He suddenly remembered Pu Yinjian's explanation before leaving, and sighed that he must not be careless. The Fubo Army is not someone to mess with now. The leader of the Fubo Army, Xu Yi, is a capable person. They Fubo Army There are weird weapons that are hard to guard against. If you can fight, you can fight. If you can't fight, you'd better return it as soon as possible.

Pu Yuhuan felt a little funny when he thought about it, Pu Yinjian was very courageous before, but now he has become so timid, isn't he just a bunch of pirates?Where can it be so great?He had also heard of the Fubo Army before, because the Fubo Army used to have a fleet that did harm to the coast of Koryo, but every time they sent troops to chase after them, they were either beaten to pieces or couldn't even catch their hair. They have been harmed by them for more than two years, and they failed to take the pirates of the Fubo Army. Now it is finally time for them to avenge themselves. If they can’t beat Suzhou Pass, then what face do they have to go back to Kaesong? !

"General! You can already see the land ahead, Suzhou Pass is not far from here!" A lieutenant came over and pointed to a black line that appeared on the sea level, and said to Pu Yuhuan, interrupting Pu Yuhuan's thoughts.

Pu Yuhuan stood up straight. After going out to sea for the past two days, the wind and waves were very strong, which made him a little uncomfortable. He always felt a little sick. If the generals below knew that the general was a little seasick, it would be embarrassing!

"Very good! Speed ​​up, get to Suzhou Pass as soon as possible, and catch them off guard! Hmm...? Where is it?" Pu Yuhuan asked suddenly, pointing to the distant sea.

(End of this chapter)