Chapter 16
Chunzhou, Lingnan Road, is located south of Guangzhou. It is located next to Leizhou, which extends into half of the sea. It echoes the cliff across the sea. It is located in the distance. Feng Ruofang takes this as a nest and can be said to have a great advantage in attacking, defending and retreating.
Since the Bohai tribe regained its supplies nine days ago, the Bohai tribe brought troops to the south. In a few days, countless battles broke out in the short sea route from Guangzhou to Chunzhou. With the help of the trade winds and changing weather, the South China Sea ships either turned into pieces and attacked them on a large scale; or gathered into pieces to block them head-on; in short, Feng Ruofang mobilized all means to delay Yu Jian's pace of going south.
Unfortunately, the Bohai tribe protected the baggage and used its troops strictly. With the advantage of most warships, it slowly but resolutely continued to advance south with the method of kingdom. It took nine days. After paying the losses of more than ten warships, the huge and eye-catching "Yu" flag was already flying fiercely against the sea breeze near Chunzhou.
"Send an order to send four clutches to find out the news. Except for the periphery, the rest of the ships fell sails and anchored. The brothers ordered their weapons and rested and waited for a long time to fight the enemy early tomorrow morning!" Looking at the faint sea camp bar in front of him, Yu Jian, who felt a hot stream rolling across his chest, held the shiny barrier tightly and said in a deep voice.
"Brother, what if these turtle sons just keep their heads away, what should we do?" Lu Meng asked when facing the Feng Ruofang's warship curled up in a ball and resting in the water grid.
"Since we have arrived at his doorstep, Feng Ruofang is definitely not such a person; in addition, if he blindly sticks to the water grid, it will be more conducive to our army's combat, and I have the advantage of our troops. I only need to attack and encircle on three sides. The gathering of those people is so close that a fire can completely solve the remaining troops in the South China Sea. Why not do it? Today, this water grid is no longer reliable. The two Fengs have been the strong South China Sea for twenty years. How can I not know this? Brothers have been harassing the enemy for several days, and they are tired of traveling. I will wait until today to rest. A certain family will definitely succeed tomorrow!"
"Brother is so proud!" Lu Meng praised, turned around and said as he walked: "I'll go and tell my brothers to rest for a long time and wait for tomorrow's battle!"
"I'll remind you brothers to be alert. If what I expected is not bad, Feng Ruofang will come to attack tonight!" After a light reminder, Yu Jian looked at the water grid in front of him again, with his eyes so focused and persistent.
"Ruolong, are the four giant ships ready?" asked Kaiyan, the King of South China Sea who was also watching the other party's formation in the water grid. The painstaking efforts over the past few days have made the frost on his temples more than a few stems, which looks particularly eye-catching in the blowing of the sea breeze.
"According to the instructions of my elder brother, he had already condemned him two days ago and was ambushing at the 30-mile corner of the exterior. The commander was the seahorse Huang Wu, and there were fifty-three warships who thought they were guarding him and waited for the official war to begin. The troops and horses would definitely lock Yu Jian's retreat.
"So what about Lin Qigong?" Feng Ruofang asked himself without commenting on this statement.
"Yesterday, Chun'er wrote that she had already set off and now she has reached the Leizhou territory. They are all Clippers! It's like a gust of wind! Tomorrow morning, I will definitely be able to break through from the upper side and join forces! I will definitely not miss the arrangements of my elder brother." At this time, Feng Ruolong seemed to have returned to the years more than 20 years ago. It was the elder brother in front of him who led his brothers to win one battle after another, creating this huge foundation. After this battle... Thinking of this, a sudden heat suddenly arises in the heart of the second owner.
"That's good. Lin Qigong guarded all the way in Yazhou. I can rest assured that the ship heading north... Well! Ruolong, you can quickly go from land to command four giant ships and Huang Wu and others. Remember one thing, no matter how much damage you suffer this time, you must not let Yu Jian go. Otherwise, I will not be able to find peace in the South China Sea. You need to wait until the seven kings have arrived and cover it when the Bohai Sea gathers. You can prepare more giant crossbows and military weapons. You must turn the situation around in one fell swoop." After thinking for a long time, Feng Ruofang said sideways.
"Tonight, the first battle of the attack camp was fought. Our troops were fewer than the enemy. My elder brother was the leader of our side. How could he go to the dangerous place? What if my elder brother went north and I was in charge of this place?"
"Since Yu Jian has come from thousands of miles away, hey! How can you let him down? Besides, since you know that our troops are insufficient and I am not here, isn't it a shame for the men to be so hard that I am not here? I have decided on this matter. It is better for you to go north quickly." Feng Ruofang, who was concentrating on the other side's ship formation, urged without looking back.
Seeing that his words were not adopted by his elder brother, Feng Ruolong could only bow heavily and turn around and leave.
Watching the formation on the ship, thinking for a long time, just as Feng Ruofang was about to turn around and return to the cabin, he saw Feng Yu, the distant nephew who was in charge of the orders on the ship, rushed forward and said, "Uncle, uncle! Guangzhou Governor Cui, Lord Cui, has arrived outside the water grid!"
"Oh! What did he do here?" After hearing this, Feng Ruofang turned around and walked forward to greet him.
"The war here is in danger, and the adults should not be on the dangerous ground." After greeting, Feng Ruofang complained slightly, saying that this is true and false. For him, at this time, he did not want Cui Po to come here, so that he would not be distracted by his safety; in addition, he was afraid that his young mind would interfere in the war with his fingers.
"My brothers, Gu'an, fight bloody battles with the enemy day and night. I am unable to greet him in person due to the barrier of water and land. I feel ashamed for a long time. Since I am mooring on the shore today, and there will be bloody battles tomorrow. My temple chief may not be able to come to reward the army to watch the battle. Mr. Feng, but please rest assured. This time, I am the official who has his own ship to watch the battle. He will never interrupt the war between the two sides. In this way, I should solve the worries of the 'chaotic army'!" The sailors on both sides greeted with smiles. Cui Po said in a few words that completely dispelled Feng Ruofang's concerns.
Immediately, at the order of the governor Cui, a group of soldiers who accompanied the rewarded soldiers immediately put more than a hundred fat pigs in the Shuizha camp and divided hundreds of jars of fine wine. After a meal, the heroes of the South China Sea fed and followed Feng Ruofang's general order to enter the camp to rest. Jinghou went to fight tonight.
As soon as the reward of the army was completed, the governor said nothing else. After bowing to Feng Ruofang and parting, he brought his people to the customs temple shipyard.
"Sir, don't look at the small ship. Although this ship is only eight thousand stones, the material is enough to reach tens of thousands of stones. At the junctions of each part, the ship is fixed with two mortises and mattes. It is even covered with three mature cowhides, which is extremely protective. The movements are also designed according to two wheels, and the bottom of the ship is mostly coated with tung oil. If the matter is wrong, if the adults want to escape... move him and don't want to catch up with the ship. Even if there are one or two light boats that can be rushed, there should be no problem with retreating the enemy." Wang Hua, the leader of the craftsman who sent Cui Po on board, finally held back the word "escape".
Cui Po, who grew up in the north, didn't know whether this ancient warship was good or bad. He just came to see the exquisite and thick ships everywhere. Especially the cross "big wooden crossbows" on both sides and the two "general cannons" installed on the front and rear ships made him feel much more at ease. He turned his head and saw Wang Hua's confidence-filled appearance. He had always known him and relaxed his heart three times, and praised him repeatedly: "No, good, indeed, good ship!"
After checking the wheelmen and guards led by Li Siwei, Cui Po, Li Boyuan and others who rushed from Guangzhou had a meal and went back to the cabin to rest. Jinghou's night battle was coming.
The lingering southeastern trade wind blows, and the sound of sea birds "gulls, gulls" chirping. This day, the South China Sea is extremely peaceful and peaceful.
Time passed like flowing water. Seeing the golden crow falling west and the jade rabbit rising east. In this quiet night, a slight noise occurred at the water grid in Chunzhou for a moment, then saw black shadows coming out of the camp, lined up in front, middle and back three formations, rushing out to sea with the sound of striking water.
"Enemy attack..."
"Enemy attack!" These two shrill shouts became the first prelude to break the quiet night. Then, the huge wind lights in the Bohai Sea formation lit up one after another, which turned the night sky of the South China Sea into a cold red that stretched for dozens of miles.
"The crossbow is set up in front of the formation, irritation oil is hung, and shoot!" Chen Guangchu shouted with a roar of his neck, announcing the official opening of the war. With his shout, accompanied by the roar of thunder, hundreds of five-foot crossbow arrows with irritation oil bags broke out into the air and rushed straight to the front warships in the Bohai Sea. Then he heard a series of muffled sounds mixed with shrill shouts. Before this powerful siege giant crossbow, the Bohai ship covered with thick cowhide was pierced like paper and was immediately pierced. The irritation oil bags hung on the crossbow arrows were piled up with huge force and burst, and the smooth grease splashed and sprayed.
"General's cannon, load, launch!" Three giant crossbows shot out, and the formation in front of the South China Sea where the night attack was attacking was no more than 300 steps away. With Chen Guangchu's order, dozens of huge round stone bombs were immediately ejected into the air, drawing a perfect elliptical curve, hitting heavily at the enemy ship, which immediately aroused a series of shrill screams.
"Get on the rocket and shoot!" With a command, a spark of light rose from the ship in front of the South China Sea, which was even more sudden, and shot directly towards the enemy ship on the other side. It was lit and sprayed with tinder oil. In an instant, it reflected the night sky like a prairie fire. In this sudden fire, the "thump, plop" sound of the pirates diving and escaping have been ignored.
"Turning wheel, the front formation spirals!" Chen Guangchu faithfully issued the last order for the first wave of harassing battle. Then, amid the sudden sound of stepping on the water, forty warships in the front formation suddenly accelerated and doubled, and swirled from left and right roads to the back formation. The heroes on the ship still did not forget to take this opportunity to shoot two more rounds of rapid arrows.
With a number of forty, one harassment destroyed more than twenty ships and destroyed them. On this night, the first wave of raids in the South China Sea was perfect!
As soon as the front line was bypassed, the squadron immediately went up in sequence, and the standard four steps were still the standard. Feng Ruofang's arrangement at this time was to fully exert the cooperation between the ships and the power of long-range weapons.
Above the 9,000-stone ship, Yu Jian concentrated his mind and saw every detail clearly, and murmured: "The old fox is so patient. Such a good thing can be tolerated until now." Then he ordered: "The fired ships in front of the front do not need to be rescued. All brothers dive to escape. Those who are not on fire must not retreat half a step back. After the ships in the middle array put the 'collision boats', they spread left and right to squeeze the enemy's cruising space; they asked the hand to work hard and fight close to the enemy's side; the warships in the back array must not have any abnormal movements without my order."
After this urgent change of formation, the situation between the two sides changed again. Taking advantage of the night, many light boats and sharp heads were released. The Bohai Middle Array ships took advantage of the fire ships in front of the formation and immediately dispersed around after leaving the formation. With the help of the numerical advantage, they formed two scattered lines on the left and right to encircle Feng Ruofang's troops.
Because they had to worry about the enemy ships on both sides, the South China Sea ships had to distract themselves after completing three attack waves. The remaining ships in the Bohai Sea, which had been under great pressure, immediately rushed forward and spread out in a row. At this point, the South China Sea raid officially ended and the two sides entered a regular naval battle between ships.
"Feng Ruofang is really old! If he was not too conservative in this attack, he would not engage in this "serial attack" of Lao Shizi, but the three formations attacked the Bohai Sea from the right side at the same time. The results of the battle would definitely be much greater." Not far from the left of the naval battle center, the governor who was covered with charcoal ink was sitting like a black ghost, as the sea water gently rolled and peeked at everything on both sides. On the deck of the night wind, Cui Po and Li Boyuan dressed in dark clothes were evaluating the battle situation with interest.
"What the young master said is," Li Boyuan, who smiled faintly in the dark, responded and said, "However, this kind of tactic is too risky. If a sneak attack fails, Feng's troops, which are obviously less than Feng's troops in Bohai, will be divided and surrounded by the enemy. In the battle tonight, Lao Feng, who is at a disadvantage, is not annihilated the enemy. He just wanted to stir up Yu Jian and drag him to dawn. When the enemy fights in the middle of the night and is ineffective, with the help of heavy fog, two reinforcements will be surrounded by two reinforcements. In the meantime, he is mostly a new force. When the fog rises, it is difficult for the enemy to understand his weaknesses and reality, so naturally he will not be able to avoid chaos. The most exciting part of this battle is the arrangement of "flowering on all sides". If the young master's idea is that a sneak attack cannot be done, he will be surrounded and annihilated by Yu Jian in a separate way. How can Lao Feng's plan be heard?"
Chapter completed!