I'm a marquis in Datang

Du Qidao: "That's true."

Today's Datang has only one battle left.

Once the Tang army on the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal is defeated and Li Shimin loses his troops, it will be impossible to reverse the situation.

Only defeat.

Shangguanyi seemed quite looking forward to it, and looked relaxed, and continued: "Based on the time, it is estimated that the Tang army will arrive soon. After all, it takes a lot of time for the news to come and go. Right now, we can prepare for the battle. "

Du Qi said: "Let's arrange it."

"Yes!"

Shangguanyi immediately went to deliver the order.

In a short time, the order for the whole army to be on alert was conveyed.

Du Qi was still standing on the deck, waiting quietly.After waiting for a while, Tang Jun did not appear. Du Qi was a little bored, so he called Shangguanyi to play chess.The two sat on the deck, basking in the sun, drinking tea and playing chess, their days were quite leisurely.

After all, there was nothing to do on the boat.

Now that Du Qi and Shangguanyi are playing chess, they can also use it to pass the time.The draft of the warship was very deep. Although it continued to move forward, the warship was not bumped or unstable, as if it was on land.Time passed quietly, after noon, the sun disappeared, and the sky became slightly gloomy.

But it didn't affect Du Qi and Shangguanyi at all, they still played chess.As for such weather, it will not have much impact on Du Qi's army.Even if the weather is gloomy, the cannons on the ship can still fire without being affected by the weather.

"Report!"

Suddenly, on the mast of the warship, a soldier shouted.

The soldiers on the mast of the warship are specially equipped with better binoculars for guarding.Today's telescopes, lenses have

After repeated changes, you can see farther distances, enough to see clearly the scene [-] steps away, and even blurry to see the scene [-] steps away.

After the soldiers shouted, the soldiers on the masts of the other warships followed suit to warn.

At first, it doesn't look very real.Because the two sides were heading towards each other at a very high speed, after a while, the sentry soldiers saw clearly that it was Tang Jun's warship that was coming.Warships of the Tang Dynasty straddled the river and were advancing rapidly.The distance between the two sides has been shortened to about [-] steps in a short period of time.

When Du Qi heard the news reported by the soldiers, a smile appeared on his face.He mentioned a sunspot and said with a smile: "Shangguanyi, this round is over."

Shangguanyi took a look, and said: "Your Majesty's chess skills are superb, and my ministers can't match them."

Du Qi turned his gaze, landed on Xue Rengui who was not far away, and ordered: "Xue Rengui!"

"exist!"

Xue Rengui answered immediately.

Du Qidao: "After passing the order, all the warships will change their formation and line up to form six rows. Each of them will drop anchor and dock. All the artillery will be in position immediately, aiming at the Tang army's warships ahead. If it is on land, we will fire , Li Shimin's people can escape. But on the river, even if they march, they are still living targets, and they can be directly bombarded for a while. After their warships are destroyed, they will be fish on the chopping board, and we will slaughter them."

Xue Rengui said: "I obey!"

For Xue Rengui, this has already been rehearsed, so Xue Rengui is not in a hurry.As his order passed on,

The Jiaolong is at the front, and there are two warships on each side.

The first row of five warships was soon in place.

Immediately afterwards, the five warships in the second row were lined up, and immediately the warships in the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth rows were all in place, and all the thirty warships in the sixth row docked together. It's like arraying on land.

"Six hundred steps!"

At this moment, the sentry soldiers on the Jiaolong shouted again.He is the distance he estimated, and only such an experienced person can directly estimate the distance with a pair of eyes.

The distance was shortened to [-] steps, and there was no action yet for each warship.

Because it is not the best distance yet.

At the same time, the artillerymen were adjusting their angles and measuring

Wind speed and direction, an experienced artilleryman will take into account the wind speed and direction when firing, so that he can aim and carry out precise strikes.

Du Qi was already standing on the deck looking into the distance, with a smile in his eyes.

He could predict that since Li Shimin dared to make such an arrangement, he must actually have great hopes, and even the soldiers he sent were skilled in water warfare.Even for Li Shimin to achieve the goal of the water battle, the two sides may even cause the warship to collide.Because on the side of the Tang army, only when the warships approached, Li Shimin's navy could exert the strongest combat effectiveness.

Unfortunately, Li Shimin is doomed to be delusional.

Undoubtedly defeated.

As the distance got closer, when the distance was less than [-] steps, Xue Rengui didn't hesitate when he heard the sentry report the distance between the two sides, and said decisively: "Fire!"

With the sound of firing, the order to fire was issued.

The messenger immediately waved the command flag, and the messengers on all the warships immediately conveyed the order as soon as they saw it. After a short time, all the artillerymen knew about it, and immediately loaded the shells and fired.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!!"

The sound of cannons one after another sounded at this moment.

On every warship, mortars were roaring, and as the smoke rose, one after another shells had already risen, and then passed through the air, heading straight for Tang Jun's warships.

Chapter 1305 Xu Jingzong is confused

Xu Jingzong is dumbfounded

On the surface of the river, blue waves are vast.

Tang Jun's fleet is sailing fast.The entire fleet of the Tang army consisted of more than fifty warships, and even some small boats behind them. Countless warships straddled the river, blocking the way out on the river. The lineup was extremely powerful.

on the flagship.

Xue Wanjun, Xue Wanche and Xu Jingzong stood together.

Now the three of them had looks of anticipation on their faces. According to Xu Jingzong's plan, as long as they got closer to Xia Guo's warship, the small boats on the Tang Dynasty's warship would launch into the water and charge forward with gunpowder.Once it gets close to the Xia Guo warship, it will be detonated. At that time, the soldiers operating the boat will dive, and Xia Guo's warship will definitely be blown up, causing water leakage.

In the eyes of the three, this is a sure-win situation.

This battle must be won.

Xu Jingzong looked very relaxed, chatting with two brothers Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche.Although Xu Jingzong's appearance looks quite ugly, but Xu Jingzong is very good at talking, his speech and behavior are also very decent, especially good at matching his preferences, so in a short period of time, he gained the trust of Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche brothers.

Brother Xue Wanjun obeyed his suggestion.

Xu Jingzong said: "Xue Shuai, as long as we defeat Du Qi in this battle, we can go northward along the canal, drive straight in, and go straight to Chang'an. This battle has won, and the layout of Xia Kingdom in the Tang Dynasty will also be Complete failure. We, Datang, can turn the situation around."

Xue Wanjun said: "What Junshi Xu said is true, if this plan can be completed, then it will be done."

He agreed with Xu Jingzong's plan.