Three Kingdoms Eschatology

A Sassanian heavy cavalry raised his lance, and his horse was galloping towards the mound.The slope of the dirt slope was not too steep, so he didn't feel that he was slowing down obviously at first.But when his war horse galloped up for more than a hundred steps, the horsepower obviously began to drop, and the speed also slowed down unknowingly.

At this moment, a Liang Jun Qingqi rode straight down from the slope to meet him.He hastily aimed the tip of his lance at the opponent.Unfortunately, because of the difference in speed, the initiative is in the opponent's hands.

Liang Jun Qingqi was still more than a battle away from him, so he swung the rein from his right front to left front.His lance could only be pointed at the air, and when he tried to turn around and re-point at the target, Liang Jun Qingqi's blade had already slashed across his neck with the momentum of his horse.When the head of the Sassanid rider fell to the ground, another Sasanian also rushed up.Liang Jun Qingqi slashed at him, only to hear a crisp clang, and a string of sparks shot out from the shoulder armor of the Sasanian heavy cavalry rider.He also had no time for Liang Jun Qingqi to withdraw his saber, so he slashed the scimitar in his hand towards the opponent. Liang Jun Qingqi let out a scream, and was immediately chopped off his horse.A smug smile appeared on Sassan Chongqi's face just now, but he was shot off the horse by a heavy arrow in the chest.

Liang Jun's Qingqi Baiqi team twisted into a single strand, and charged down the mound in a cone formation.It is like a dagger cutting into the heavy cavalry of the Sasanian army all over the mountains and plains.According to common sense, it is impossible for them to defeat the heavy cavalry.But they swooped down, much faster than the opponent's heavy cavalry, so they could judge the opponent's position at the next moment, but the opponent could not do it the other way around.Therefore, light cavalry has a huge advantage, which is enough to offset the advantage of heavy cavalry's thick armor.What's more, Liang Jun charged in a concentrated manner, and was covered by long archers on the top of the mound.

These Liang Jun's light cavalry rampaged among the Sassanian heavy cavalry all over the slope, and rushed out a bloody road in a few minutes. Countless Sasanian heavy cavalry riders fell on the bloody road, many of them were Sasanian generals.The entire Sasanian heavy cavalry suddenly lost their unified command, and all the ministries were in chaos.

Under the mound, the fire had already burned, and the camels and cavalry had already rushed to the south.The Sasanians on the mound looked at it, and fled southward one after another.Liang Jun's Qingqi, including Qingqi of the Simmons Mercenary Group, attacked with their tails in their tails, chasing after them for twenty or thirty miles in one go.Finally, he returned to the vicinity of the highland where Wei Yan was attacked, forcing Nejart to withdraw his troops to make a rescue.

After hearing the whole thing, Wei Yan laughed and said, "It's really safe and sound, thanks to Simmons." As he spoke, he saw countless banners and spears rising from the gentle slope in front of him, as if they had grown there. The "woods".

Seeing Simmons, Wei Yan repeatedly thanked him, but Simmons was not very fluent in Chinese, so he could only exchange a few simple greetings.The two then joined forces and retreated back to Pangbo City.After they knew that there were tens of thousands of Sasanian troops in Gwadar Port, they no longer dared to march there rashly, and could only wait for the arrival of the main force in peace.

At noon on the third day, the defenders at the top of the city of Pangpo saw the endless armored soldiers outside the city, and hurried to report to the top.Feng Yu finally led an army of nearly [-] to Pangbo City.

In a typical Persian-style mansion in Pompo City, Feng Yu listened carefully to Wei Yan and Simmons' recounting of their previous battle with Nejjart.After Wei Yan finished speaking, he got up and kowtowed to Feng Yu: "Your Majesty, the minister's poor command of the army led to a great defeat in the first battle and defeated our sergeant. The minister is willing to accept the military law."

Feng Yu waved his hand and said, "Why are you guilty? I underestimated them. I didn't expect the Sassanids to make explosive bombs, and they seemed to be sharper than ours. Also, their invulnerable camel cavalry can indeed A sharp weapon that offsets the advantages of my longbow chariot. Also, they even produced a kind of clothing that is not afraid of fire. If I guess it is correct, the material of this object must be asbestos. In this case, can you use The battle loss ratio is one for one, which is not bad.”

Wei Yan was overjoyed when he heard Feng Yu say this.The expression was still worried and said: "But our generals are like ministers, and every battle is like this. How can our Daliang Tianjun conquer the thousands of miles of Sassanid Kingdom with only 10 horses?"

Feng Yu smiled slightly and said, "Fortunately, I also brought some new gadgets with me this time. Don't you see that the Gan Ning Fleet escorted here has hundreds of thousands of ships, but only my guards from the Royal Forest Army Legions are coming. But these ships did not come empty, but full of these new things. It’s just that they haven’t been tested in actual combat, so I didn’t plan to spread them to all legions from the beginning.”

All the generals in the lobby cast puzzled and curious looks at Feng Yu, which meant they were asking, what novelty.Feng Yu naturally knew what they meant, so he stood up and said to the generals: "All you come with me, let you see and see."

At this time, there were military camps everywhere inside and outside the city of Pangbo, but Feng Yu's personal guard army was in the open space in the northwest corner of the city.He led the generals to an open space in the barracks that was temporarily used as a school ground, and then whispered a few words to a battalion captain of his personal guard.

Not long after, a group of soldiers came to the school field.First, a group of people set up the ballista and light the brazier.Then a flock of sheep was herded in the distance.

Everyone thought it was strange that Feng Yu wanted to "roast the sheep" with explosive bombs.Just when they all wondered what was so strange about this, a fireball was ejected from the ballista and landed in the flock of sheep.After hearing a bang, everyone saw something incredible.The flames burned into a ball, but they were smaller than the flames of the commonly used hot bombs. What was surprising was that the sheep fell into a pool of blood.

Dian Wei was the first to scream: "The sheep were obviously not burned, so why did they die?"

Feng Yu laughed and said: "They were not burnt to death, but blasted to death. This is an explosive bomb, not a fire bomb. After it hit the ground, it exploded immediately, and the cracked fragments and the iron filings hidden inside The broken nails fly out at high speed and can damage surrounding targets."

These generals sighed endlessly, but Dian Qing still probed to the bottom and asked: "Your Majesty, can you explain the principle for me."

Feng Yu replied: "Do you still remember how we relied on the biogas digester to repel the enemy in a Wubao in Nanyang in the early years?"

Dian Qing suddenly realized: "It turns out that the methane gas was used to explode?"

Feng Yu shook his head and said: "It's not biogas, but the principle is similar." He held up a blasting bomb and continued: "It's only filled with [-]% naphtha, and the rest is filled with airtight air, and there are iron filings and iron nails in the interlayer. This is equivalent to a miniature biogas pond. It will explode when it encounters fire. Of course, this principle is easy to say, but it is extremely difficult for us craftsmen to realize it. It took several years of research and development to figure it out."

Chapter 863: Dark Clouds Overcome the City

When Feng Yu finished introducing the explosive bomb, everyone thought it was over.Watermark advertisement test Watermark advertisement test Another soldier brought up a wooden box. When the box was opened, everyone found that it was full of "nails".Feng Yu motioned everyone to take some in their hands and observe carefully, only then did the generals realize that these were not nails, but a strangely shaped barbed wire.

Feng Yu explained: "Although I didn't expect the Sassanians to have heavily armored camel cavalry who are almost invulnerable, I know that they are used to fighting with camels. So I specially designed this kind of strange barbed wire. You should know, The hoofs of horses and camels are completely different, horses can hit horseshoes, but camels cannot. And this kind of caltrops are specially made for camels.”

Wei Yan said happily: "With this thing, their iron-clad camels became useless. Those iron-clad camel cavalry got off their mounts and let them wear heavy armor like a bastard. Fish on a chopping board."

Zhao Yun next to him also said: "Actually, the iron-clad camels can be completely restrained by the blasting bomb alone, because there is no armor protection on the belly of these camels, so after the blasting bomb hits the ground, the flying iron filings will hit these camels. Kill. Of course we don’t have so many ballistas, but this is an auxiliary option to restrain the Sassanid camel.”

Feng Yu smiled slightly and said: "Speaking of ballista, I will show you a new type of ballista."A soldier of the Guards came up with a long object wrapped in sackcloth.Everyone watched intently as the sackcloth was lifted, revealing an object.Looking at the shape and the parts on it, everyone guessed that it was a kind of throwing utensil.Because there is an obvious part on it that is a thick rubber band braided.

Feng Yu said, "This is an individual ballista. In fact, it is more appropriate to call it an individual slingshot."

As soon as Feng Yu finished speaking, someone couldn't help asking: "Slingshot? Aren't the shields of our spear and shield soldiers equipped with bows and forks? Besides, don't we have portable ballistas?"

"This is much more powerful than the slingshot on the shield. In fact, the slingshot on the shield can only deal with unarmored or thinly armored enemy soldiers and cavalry. But it is like a decoration for heavy armored cavalry like Sasanian Although the portable ballista is lighter than the conventional ballista and is easy to move and set up, it still cannot be used by conventional infantry. The improvement of the vulcanization process has the power not inferior to that of the individual ballista."

Feng Yu began to operate while talking, and saw that he closed and closed a foldable lever a few times in a row, and then stretched the rubber band that was as thick as a little finger until it was only as thin as chopsticks.Then he pulled the hanging knife, a miniature crossbow gun nearly three feet long flew out, and landed on the ground nearly a hundred steps away. The whole crossbow gun was inserted two feet deep into the soil, which shows its power .Feng Yu closed the lever a few more times, and shot a crossbow gun again after only a few breaths.It turns out that this thing can shoot semi-automatically.Looking at the magazine on the launch slot, it should be able to hold five rounds of this miniature crossbow.

Zhao Yun exclaimed: "If every infantry is equipped with this thing, it will increase our army's long-range attack power by more than several times."

Feng Yu nodded slightly and said: "Yes, although this thing is not very accurate, it can completely replace the spear guns of our spear and shield soldiers. In the future, they don't need to carry three or four spear guns. It's just that although this thing is used as a crossbow It is light, but with its crossbow gun, it is still much heavier than three or four spear guns. Therefore, the infantry has to carry a lot of weight every day, so the ostrich must be popularized in the infantry battalions of all legions."

All the generals understood Feng Yu's intentions. They dared to eliminate the standing weapons in the hands of the spear and shield soldiers---spear guns, and only use large shields and two-foot short knives in melee combat.

Zhao Yun quickly said: "My lord, our infantry's conventional equipment has been used for more than [-] years. Now that it is suddenly replaced, the combat mode will also be greatly changed, and the soldiers may not be able to adapt. What's more important is that... this has not been done before. The actual combat test. Now that the war is imminent, is it too risky to do so?"

Feng Yu said: "Zilong is very thoughtful. Of course I will not take this risk. Otherwise, before setting off from Xihekou, I will change the whole army. Now only my personal guards are equipped with this thing. After this expedition against Sa After Shan’s battle has been tested, the entire army will be equipped. However, unless it is my personal guard army, I can add another army to test the equipment.”

As soon as the generals heard this, they asked for orders to test their own legions first.In fact, everyone wants to be the first to try something new.Especially that Wei Yan, the most active.He said to Feng Yu: "Your Majesty, the infantry of the minister's legion are all equipped with ostriches. If you don't give this to me, who else can I give it to?"

But in the end Feng Yu still didn't give it to him, and said to him: "If your loss is not so huge, you should let your army equipment first. But now your soldiers and horses have been damaged by as much as [-]%, definitely not. I have to find someone Full regiments to do it."

In the end, Feng Yu chose the Dianwei Corps.At any rate, [-]% of the infantry in this regiment use ostriches instead of walking.

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At the end of the summer of the fifth year of Wenzhi, Liang Jun's [-] troops set out from Pangbo City, and the soldiers divided into groups and went straight to Gwadar City.At the same time, Liang Jun's Lin Tao Fleet also set off from Xihekou and headed northwest to the sea off Gwadar.

In Gwadar City, the four doors are closed.Nejjart has received information that Liang Guo's army is attacking from land and sea at the same time.He had already climbed out of his fast horse and sent an urgent message to Ardashir who was far away in Persis.It's just that the current route from Gwadar to Posis has to go west, so it's unlikely to get a response in the short term.

In the port that is closely connected with the city, there is not a single ship.Nejjart knew that there were thousands of warships of the Liang Army moored at the mouth of the West River, and it was impossible for the Liang Army to attack Gwadar without using them.There are only more than a hundred warships in Gwadar Port every day, and it is impossible for such a small number of ships to compete with the girder fleet with nearly a thousand ships.If they go to battle, they can only end in annihilation of the entire army. If they don't go to battle, they can only be blocked in the inner port of Gwadar, and they will not be able to play any role from beginning to end.

So he simply transferred the warship docked in Gwadar Port first.Let them go to Shirov Port in the Persian Gulf and ask the Sasanian Navy there to come to support them.Half of the warships of the entire Sasanian Empire were there.

Before Liang Jun's Western Fleet arrived, the army on land had already overwhelming the city like a black cloud.Nejjart, who got the news, hurried to the top of the city and looked into the distance.I saw countless soldiers and horses divided into several groups, swimming in the wilderness like a river.Liang Jun summed up, except for infantry, chariots, and elephants.There are also huge hot-air balloon airships floating in the sky. They are dragged by war elephants and move with the army.There are also Liang Jun's soldiers in the airship basket as lookouts, watching vigilantly the movement within a few miles above the ground.

Chapter 864 Only Naval Reinforcement

Northwest of Gwadar City.Watermark Advertising Test Watermark Advertising Test Suspended in the air is a huge monster, which is the largest hot air balloon airship in Liang Junzhong.In the basket of the airship, stood Feng Yu, Zhao Yun and several other generals of Liang Jun.

They overlooked the earth from the height of nearly two hundred battles.The weather was fine, and the cities and camps on the ground could be seen clearly.Even a wanderer the size of an ant can clearly see it with the naked eye.

Zhao Yun pointed down from the side and said, "Your Majesty, we have now investigated the enemy's situation clearly. There are seven enemy camps, large and small, near Gwadar. The closest to Gwadar is three miles away, and the farthest is only nine miles away. Their camps seem scattered, But in fact, they are divided into two groups, which are distributed in a triangle with Gwadar City, and serve as horns to protect the east and west wings of Gwadar City. In this way, when a battle occurs, they can support each other, one point is attacked, and the other two points are attacked. They will come to support them. Most of these camps seem to have a maximum size of [-] to [-] soldiers and horses. Only the center camps of these two camps are relatively large. If they are full, there should be tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Now we have already set up our battalions to cut off their communication with each other. Only in this way, we cannot concentrate our forces to attack Gwadar City. At most thirty thousand soldiers and horses will be released to attack the city.”

Feng Yu said indifferently: "[-] feet are enough. According to my observation, there are only less than [-] soldiers and horses in their city."

At this time, Wei Yan who was on the side said: "I beg Your Majesty for orders, and I am willing to be the first to attack the city, and take the humiliation of defeat."

Feng Yu shook his head and said, "No hurry, we still have to wait for our Western navy to arrive. After they arrive, we will attack by land and water, and we will be able to get twice the result with half the effort."

Zhao Yun's eyes hesitated for a moment, and finally he couldn't hold back and said: "Your Majesty, according to the time you issued the military order to the Western Fleet, they will have to wait three or four days at the earliest. If we can't quickly capture Gwadar Hong Kong, will Persis, who has gathered a large number of troops, send a large army to help?"

Although he was speaking in a questioning tone, he was actually reminding that if he did not seize the time to capture Gwadar, Persis, who had gathered more than [-] troops, might march south at any time, and the consequences would be disastrous.

Unexpectedly, Feng Yu still said indifferently: "Zilong, you don't have to worry. The Sasanian army of Persis will not go south. Because according to the time, our army from the north should have entered Persis's place under the command of Zhou Yu." Sestan province. I believe that the emperor of Sassanid will definitely concentrate his forces to eat up our northern route army and then go south to attack and annihilate our army with Gwader Sasanian army. "

Wei Yan asked at this time: "But Your Majesty, how can you be sure that Persis' Sasanian army will not divide up?"

Feng Yu said with a chuckle: "Because they have suffered consecutive defeats before, they are not confident that they can defeat us if they divide their troops. Although Gwadar City may be captured if they do not divide their troops, they think that at least the North Road will win. If they divide their troops, They will worry about losing both ways. Besides, the city of Gwadar is strong, with more than 3 defenders, which is not a small number, and the emperor of Sassanid still has a fluke mentality of being able to defend it."

Feng Yu's guess was right. Two days later, a galley clipper sailed into the inner harbor of Gwadar City.The clipper brought Nejjart back.The reason for taking the sea route is very simple. The land route to Gwadar City was cut off by Liang Jun.

Nejjart unfolded the letter paper to see what Ardashir meant.It is impossible for Persis to send any reinforcements to Gwader in a short time.Because the North Route Army of the Liang Army has arrived at a place less than a hundred miles away from Persis, Ardashir is personally directing a battle to wipe out the Liang Army in the north before he can go south to join forces with Nejar Gather and annihilate the Liang army in the south.

Seeing this, Nejjart was startled.I don't know when the battle of Bosis will end. If it drags on for a few months, how can I resist the onslaught of tens of thousands of Liang troops?When he read all the letter paper, Fang felt a little relieved.Because Ardashir said later in the letter that he would instruct the navy in Shirov Port to go east to the Persian Gulf and reinforce Gwadar Port. Contain the troops of the Liang army and relieve the pressure on Gwadar.

Nejjart murmured in his heart, thank God, with the main naval force from Shirov Port as reinforcements, as long as the command of the sea is maintained, half of Gwadar City will be defended.

Time passed quickly, and two days passed in a blink of an eye.At dawn on this day, Nejjart, who was sleeping soundly, was woken up by his own soldiers just after dawn.Nejjart jumped up from the bed in shock, and said while dressing, "Is it Liang Jun who launched the attack?"

"Report to the governor, a large number of ships were found on the sea outside the city, and they must be Liang Jun warships!"

Nejjart didn't even have time to put on his armor, so he rushed out of the mansion gate and ran towards the top of the southern city wall.He overlooked the sea facing southeast from the head of the city.Sure enough, on the sea in the distance, densely packed are the silhouettes of the masts and sails of warships under the rising sun.Only from the silhouettes of those ships, it can be seen that they are Liang Jun's warships.

Nejjarte said anxiously: "Not good. The Liang army has not launched an attack on Gwadar for a long time. It must have been waiting for this fleet to come. Then the sea and land will attack together. It is impossible to protect Gwadar!" He hurriedly paced back and forth at the top of the city , muttering "But why hasn't our fleet come to help!"

At this moment, he suddenly heard an exclamation, "Look, there are also a large number of fleets coming from the west!" Nejjart hurriedly came to the wall again and looked southwest.Sure enough, there was another mass of dark ships rushing towards Gwadar, with many sails and flags.Nejjart repeatedly confirmed that these ships were indeed his own warships, and shouted excitedly: "Great, our fleet finally arrived in time."

At the same time, Lin Tao, who was sitting on the flagship, also spotted a large number of warships coming from the west, and quickly confirmed that they were enemy ships from the Sasanian side.Immediately order all warships to enter the battle state.On the surface of the sea, the conch horn sounded one after another, and the flag bearers on the masts of the warships struggled to raise their flags.All the battleships in Liang's army came to the front and lined up to head towards Sassan's fleet.

Sasanian's nearly a thousand warships were also lined up in a short period of time.Then the sailors on their ship saw some small black dots in the sky. These black dots were the stone balls fired by the ballista on the Liang Jun warship. Splashes that are several feet high.

At this time, the nearest ships of the two fleets were still separated by more than two hundred steps.The Sassanian navy did not have the habit of loading ballistas on warships. They still used the classical Mediterranean naval warfare tactics-ramming and hand-to-hand combat.

So at this distance, only Liang Jun could fight them, but they couldn't fight back.However, it was extremely difficult for Liang Jun's stone bombs to hit the target, and the distance between the two fleets was getting closer and closer.

Chapter 865

The sea to the south of Gwadar City was calm, but thousands of fast-moving warships drew white marks on the sea.watermark ad test watermark ad test

The two galley warships on both sides at the forefront happened to rush towards each other face to face.Both sides made a gesture of unwillingness to evade and want to die together.The eyes of the generals on both sides of the ship were as big as copper bells, staring at each other's warship.It seems that he wants to swallow the other party alive.They all knew that once the two sides collided, both warships would be reduced to dust, and there would be very few survivors.The two sides were getting closer and closer, and it was less than twenty battles away. The watchmen on the masts of the two battleships also hugged the masts tightly and closed their eyes.The soldiers standing on the deck preparing to take over the gang for battle also turned pale and sweated profusely.

The commander of the Sasanian galley finally couldn't hold back his breath and said: "Turn the rudder quickly! The left oarsman stops paddling!" Before he could finish his words, there was a thumping sound from the stern of the ship. It turned out that a sailor couldn't bear the fear , the first to jump into the sea to escape.Immediately, the Sassanid battleship turned sharply to the left, and the sailor who jumped into the sea was immediately sucked into the bottom of the ship.

The two battleships passed by quickly, the distance between the ship's side and the side of the ship was less than ten feet.The long oars of both rowers could even touch each other.At this moment of lightning and flint, several fireballs flew out of Liang Jun's warship, which were explosive bombs fired from the ballista installed on the side of the ship.

At such a short distance, there is no reason why the projectile that is almost directly fired cannot hit.A fiery bomb landed on the deck of the Sasanian warship, setting off flames several feet high.The other three rounds got into the cabin through the portholes protruding from the oars, and a raging fire ignited immediately after bursting.More than a dozen oarsmen were burned to the ground on the spot. After running a few steps in the cabin, they fell into the flames. One by one they fell on the middeck.

Although the cabin is not completely airtight, the violent combustion of the explosive bomb can consume a large amount of oxygen in the cabin in a short period of time, and produce a large amount of poisonous gas, which eventually suffocates most paddlers to death.Only two oarsmen survived as they poked their heads out of the porthole for the first time.However, they only survived for a few seconds, and then one of them was pierced through the head by a javelin, and the other was shot into the chest by an arrow.

They were not killed intentionally by Liang Jun, but were killed by Liang Jun's javelins and arrows that came like a torrential rain.When the warship of the Sasanian army turned rapidly, the sailor soldiers who were preparing for the battle on the deck immediately staggered, and the weapons, javelins, and crossbows in their hands were naturally unable to hold firmly.At the same time, the soldiers on the deck of Liang Jun's battleship all threw their javelins and released their arrows.

So within a few minutes of the ship being lost, groups of Sassanid sailors and soldiers fell in pools of blood on the deck, not even two out of ten.The Sasanian admiral of this battleship was also nailed to the deck by a javelin.The Sasanian warship also turned into an empty shell floating on the water surface and spinning around in place.

More than a hundred steps away, another small Liang Army galley named Chongdou also encountered a large Sasanian galley.Different from other battleships of the Liang Army, this Chongdou ship was not equipped with any ballistas, and it was not even equipped with soldiers.Hitting enemy ships with an underwater ram is its only means of combat.This is the reason for the name of the Chongdou Ship.However, the bow of the Chongdou Ship is built extremely strong, and at the same time, its small size and light load also make it extremely flexible and fast.

At this time, the Sasanian galley opposite the Chongdou also lost the courage to collide at the end, and turned desperately to one side.But it was still too late, the dashing ship galloping at high speed almost collided with it head-on, and the underwater ram was inserted from its bow.

With the sound of crackling and cracking wood, the Sasanian warship was almost split in half longitudinally. At the same time, the bow of the steel structure of Liang Jun's fighting ship was also severely deformed and shattered into pieces.

The sailors and soldiers on the deck of the Sasanian battleship who were about to jump over to fight were thrown into the sea by the severely sloped deck.The lookout soldiers on the mast were even thrown dozens of battles away, and hit the mast of a Liang army galleon impartially, and were instantly smashed to pieces.

The oarsmen in the cabin were even more tragic. Under the action of inertia, nearly a hundred oarsmen were all squeezed to the bow of the ship, and the people in the front were crushed to death on the spot.Some people were smashed into two pieces by the ramming angle of the bow of Liang Jun's Chongdou ship.The entire cabin was a bloody mess, and then a large amount of sea water poured in, filling the cabin in a few breaths, and no one could escape.

Inside the Chongdou ship, Liang Jun paddlers also flew forward under the action of huge inertia.But they have seat belts made of rubber bands, and they fly a few feet and are pulled back by the seat belts.Even so, their viscera and six internal organs were like overwhelming, and some even vomited continuously.Sea water also flooded in from the broken bow.They quickly unfastened their seat belts according to their daily practice.Evacuate from the stern.There was already a secret door there, and it was already opened at this time.The oarsmen filed in, passed through the secret door and jumped into the sea one after another.

On the sea, only two hundred battles away from Gwadar Port, a multi-masted galleon of the Liang Army was fighting fiercely with a galley warship of the Sasanian Army that was rushing towards it.When the general of the Sassanid army saw this big guy at first, he couldn't help but gasped.Later, it was discovered that this kind of boat was not equipped with a large number of oarsmen, and it sailed entirely by wind, which seemed slow and cumbersome.

He commanded his galley warship to fight with the opponent in a zigzag line.The purpose of this move is to avoid the bombardment of the giant ballista on the bow of the opponent's warship, and the second is to go around to the opponent's side to initiate a lateral impact.In this way, it can cause maximum damage to the opponent, but it can minimize the damage of its own warship.

Finally, while going around, the bow of his galley was aimed at the side of Liang Jun's galleon at an almost right angle, and then rushed towards the galleon at a rapid speed.General Sassanid became proud. After ten or so breaths, the sailboat as tall as a hill would be smashed into two pieces. Even if it couldn't be broken into two pieces, it was 100% certain that it would sink.

However, at this moment, he discovered that there were dozens of holes suddenly appearing on the side of the opponent's galleon which was nearly three battles high.In fact, it was the firing hole of the ballista that had just been opened.Sixty ballistas mounted on the sides fired stone and explosive bombs in unison.At a distance of less than ten battles, these projectiles flew towards the Sasanian galley in a nearly direct way...

Chapter 866 Unrealistic decision

Among the sixty projectiles that came in intensive bombardment, most of them were stone bombs, and a few were hot bombs.Watermark advertisement test Watermark advertisement test Almost all of them hit the Sassanian galley warship, and the battleship was hit like a honeycomb in an instant.A few stone bullets even pierced the upper deck and then the bottom of the ship.At the same time the naphtha pots on the deck shattered and burst into flames.

The sailors and soldiers on the deck holding the cables tightly, as well as the oarsmen in the cabin, unfortunately stood on the flight path of the stone bomb, and turned into a puddle of flesh in the blink of an eye.The entire galley warship suddenly lost speed.In the end, the dilapidated Sasanian warship still collided with Liang Jun's galleon, but it only caused the latter to tilt slightly, and then returned to normal.

At the top of the city, Nejjart, who was full of hope, looked at the sea full of fire and smoke, wreckage of warships, and ships chasing and colliding with each other, but his expression became more and more ugly.Even if Nejjart doesn't understand naval warfare, he can see that his navy is completely at a disadvantage and will be defeated in a short time.

Sure enough, more than an hour later, more and more warships of the Sasanian Navy were sunk or destroyed, and some warships began to try to leave the battlefield and flee in a panic to the distance.Some were heading directly towards Gwadar, and the Liang Army warships that were chasing after them fired ballistas at them.

A general under the command of Nejjart reminded: "My lord, our navy has been defeated. We need to open the city gate quickly and let them enter the port to hide. In this way, we can still keep some ships."

Only then did Nejjart recover from his daze, turned his eyes away from the sea, and sighed: "Send my military order, quickly open the water gate, and let our naval ships enter the inner harbor."

The sluice gate of Gwadar City was opened immediately, and those warships that had retreated from the Sasanian rushed into the inner harbor one after another.In the panic, several collisions occurred, almost sinking the ship.

Nejjart saw the Liang army warships chasing up behind him, and worried that his own warship sank under the gate and the gate of the water gate could no longer be closed.In desperation, he didn't care that there were still many ships evacuating towards the inner harbor outside, and hastily ordered the gate to be closed again.

The Sasanian warships sailing towards the gate saw this, and the soldiers stood on the deck and started cursing.They turned the direction of the ship in a panic, trying to escape to the open sea.However, the outer circle is full of Liang Jun's large and small warships, how can they escape?In desperation, these ships hoisted white flags on their masts one after another.

Liang Jun warships approached soon, and under the scolding of the deck soldiers, the Sassanid ship stopped sailing. The sailors and soldiers boarded the deck with bare hands, kneeling down with their heads in their hands.Liang Jun soldiers quickly boarded the deck and took over the ships.

Feng Yu also watched the naval battle from beginning to end on the beach two or three miles away from Gwadar City.He is still very satisfied with the result.After the naval battle.The warships of the Liang Army were all moored on the sea near Gwadar City. At the same time, someone landed in a small boat and got in touch with the Liang Army on land.Only now did Feng Yu know that all of the more than [-] warships of the Sasanian Army were destroyed or captured in this battle, except for more than [-] that escaped.However, Lin Tao's fleet only lost more than [-] large and small warships, which can be described as a big victory.

Feng Yu immediately summoned all the generals to announce his decision: "Misters, our Western Navy has arrived. I am determined to launch a general attack on Gwadar after noon today. The reason for this urgency is because the weather at sea is unpredictable. , There are many risks for our warships to berth outside the port. Therefore, I am determined to capture Gwadar Port as quickly as possible, and I hope that I can sleep in Gwadar City tonight."

The generals fell silent after hearing these words, and Zhao Yun's face changed slightly. He knew that even though Liang Jun's troops had an overwhelming advantage over the defenders in the city, and their equipment was excellent, it was almost impossible to conquer Gwadar City in such a short time.In fact, everyone thought the same as him, but no one stood up and advised Feng Yu for a long time.

Zhao Yun waited for a while and saw that no one spoke, stood up and kowtowed to Feng Yu, "Your Majesty, I have something to say." Feng Yu didn't speak, but stretched out his hand, and raised his palm slightly upwards.This means to let Zhao Yun speak directly.

"Your Majesty, although our army is strong, our morale is strong, and our armor is fine. However, the city wall of Gwadar City is as high as five battles, and the walls are all piled up with huge stones. There are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses as their horns, and they will come to support them at any time when they are attacked. Such a fortified city can only be attacked when it is bombarded with siege equipment repeatedly to destroy the fortifications of the city wall. If our army is too hasty, we will use ants to attach The law of the city may cause heavy casualties. Please think twice, Your Majesty."

Feng Yu smiled slightly and said: "Zilong is indeed an honest person, he dares to say things that may displease me. What Zilong said is indeed reasonable, but I will not use the method of ants to climb the city to capture this city, let alone His city walls are tall, even ordinary walls, it is difficult to use our traditional siege techniques. Because they have asbestos, that is, fire-resistant clothing made of fire cloth. So we covered the city with hot bombs and drove away the defenders Can’t even do this.”

After hearing Feng Yu's words, the generals became even more puzzled.Wei Yan asked first: "Your Majesty, but...but we don't need to climb the city to attack the city, so we can only blast their city wall. But such a strong city wall, even with the best and largest trebuchet, it is impossible to do it in a day." break it?"

Feng Yu laughed again, and said, "That's why I waited for Lin Tao's Aiqing's fleet to come here before I could start attacking the city." He cast his eyes on Lin Tao as he spoke.

This Lin Tao had just landed on land from the flagship in a small boat.After hearing Feng Yu's words, he immediately responded: "Your Majesty, do you want me to use the large sailboats of the Western Navy to attack the city? Although my fleet does not have the siege ships like the Central Plains River Navy. But some of the large sailboats are indeed equipped. The siege elevators. But Your Majesty... But the walls of Gwadar City are as high as five battles, and it is as high as six battles against the sea. Even the elevators loaded on the largest sailing ships cannot reach the top of the city..."

Feng Yu shook his head and said, "No, you misunderstood my intention. I didn't intend to use the navy to ascend the city, but to use your warships to directly destroy the water gate and even the city wall of Gwadar City."

Lin Tao's expression became even more complicated. Feng Yu had already guessed what he was thinking, and continued, "Don't worry, I don't want you to bombard the city walls with ballistas on warships. I naturally know that with those ballistae on board, No matter how long it takes, it is impossible to break through the walls of Gwader City, I have another method..."

Chapter 867 Besieged From All Sides

Nejjart returned to the city mansion with deep disappointment.In the big battle outside Gwadar, the Sasanian army was defeated and almost wiped out.This means that in addition to facing siege from three sides on land, Gwadar City will also face attacks from the sea.