Compared with the light of fire, the feeling of shock is actually transmitted to the human body. This makes people feel the terrifying power of the legendary thunder artifact more clearly than the light of fire.
The Xianbei general was just sluggish for a moment, and this moment of sluggishness...
It soon became a permanent mistake.
The ship shook, and the direction of escape also twisted.
This twist should have a certain chance of getting rid of the pursuers, but soon...
The opponent's big ship turned the helm and turned the moment it noticed that its route was twisted.
And the opponent's turning speed is even a few minutes faster than our own!
They may look like similar ships, but they are completely different inside!
When General Xianbei realized this, the fire finally exploded in front of him...
And the fierce smile on the face of the Tang Army general.
The sword has no eyes.
Chai Shao finally smiled at this time.
He also saw the figure of the Xianbei general on the opposite warship, and this figure was illuminated by a ray of fire.
And the appearance of this fire also means...
The battle was finally won tonight...
Chai Shao took a deep breath, looked back at the ship full of soldiers, and was about to declare victory.
But at this moment...
Chai Shao suddenly realized that something seemed not right...
The moment he turned his head, the general's intuition emerged.
Usually at this time...
The grenade exploded on the bow of the enemy's ship, which should be equivalent to killing the enemy general.
In this case……
Why is the boat so quiet? This is unscientific.
This kind of victory is not even a victory of "power", it is a symbolic victory. You can say that this is the completion of the first step of the army's strategy of going to sea to explore the maritime borders.
Why don't any of the soldiers seem to be cheering, and they are still waiting for me to cheer...
The moment Chai Shao turned his head, he instinctively sensed something was wrong.
This kind of awareness is not a clear idea, but purely an intuitive feeling as a veteran.
And after turning around...
At this moment, Chai Shao suddenly noticed that the busy and gray-faced soldiers around him all looked shocked and stunned.
His eyes were straight, looking somewhere in the dark night...
Chai Shao immediately turned back and followed everyone's gaze to look somewhere in the sea——
The enemy's large ship was on fire, and arrows were no longer being fired - the will to fight had collapsed. Although the sails on the ship had not been lowered, they were basically in a helpless state.
Our own soldiers also saw this, and subconsciously stopped the offensive - both Shenghou and General Chai had confessed that the grenades were made with the royal grain and national taxes paid by everyone, so they should be used sparingly.
So……
At this time, in the vast sea and the long night...
What's going on with those spots of light...
Chai Shao carefully confirmed several times that it was not the fire from a grenade explosion——
First of all, the grenade throwing has stopped, and the opponent's large ship does not have such a thing as grenades, and there is no such thing as "detonation of ammunition depot".
In other words, this should not be the sparks revealed by the burning ship...
Ordinary burning doesn't have that kind of power.
What's more, on the dark sea at this moment, the dots of firelight are very stable.
There are occasional signs of flickering on and off, but from the position and shape of the fire, it is really very stable.
Chai Shao suddenly raised his head and looked at the torch on the top of the mast of the ship that had just been destroyed——
Yes……
This torch is calling others!
Chai Shao immediately picked up the telescope and took a look. When he saw it, Chai Shao took a breath.
At least seven or eight boats approached at the same moment!
Seven or eight ships, all burning with the light of torches, in other words, these seven or eight big ships...
All warships!
Chai Shao immediately understood the meaning of the torch and the other party's arrangement.
This is a routine of casting a wide net, turning soldiers into bandits, and then seizing individual targets to attack land bases and villages!
He is very familiar with this routine. This trick looks new, but the idea has been seen many times. This is the usual way of playing for the Mobei barbarians!
In this case...
Then things are clear.
Offensive and defensive changes!
The seven or eight large ships with burning torches approached very quickly. After all, the two sides were running steadily in both directions.
Soon, not only Chai Shao, but also the messengers and sailors around him, and even Ma Zhou, who had just ran over to ask Chai Shao if he wanted to send the boat out to prepare for boarding, all saw the seven or eight boats that had gathered.
Ma Zhou's expression suddenly changed, "General, this is..."
"Enemy ship."
"Then, then we are now..."
Ma Zhou was stunned for a moment. He had never seen this scene before. Three thousand people versus hundreds of thousands of people before. Wasn't the scene more terrifying than this?
But that’s how human senses are. Hundreds of thousands of people are like a big, big crowd, and three thousand people are like a big crowd. Before the war started, it wasn’t actually that scary. What’s more, the most important thing is that there were still people at that time.
Li Sheng was with him.
It's different now, the comparison of military strength is directly visible to the naked eye...
Want to withdraw?
Ma Zhou suddenly thought of this, but...
As a young man, as a young man serving in the army, if he proposes to withdraw, not to mention that it is not in compliance with the stated military regulations and unwritten principles of running the army, first of all, he cannot accept it psychologically.
When the army comes out, how can it be withdrawn when it sees the enemy?
But in the midst of the dilemma, Chai Shao was a veteran after all. Compared to Ma Zhou, he only struggled for less than half a second before speaking immediately.
"Immediately send an order to the entire army and all sailors to prepare to set sail and turn rudder!"
"Forbidden troops, cheer up and prepare for battle!"
"Still fighting?!"
Ma Zhou was stunned, "General, are we going to fight or withdraw..."
"How can we talk about fighting if we don't retreat? Do you think fighting is a fight?"
"How can we withdraw without fighting? We are all pigs and we are watching you withdraw?"
Chai Shao scolded him, and Ma Zhou immediately understood that he wanted to fight and retreat at the same time.
I still feel a little nervous in my heart, after all, there are too many pursuers following the siege...
But then again, Ma Zhou can only say that this is what he should do now, otherwise, Chai Shao, a veteran, is reliable and can come up with the most stable plan with his quick ideas - this is what a general should do
The most basic and indispensable part of many qualities.
But Chai Shao obviously had more qualities than ordinary generals. He saw Ma Zhou's uneasiness and comforted him with a smile,
"My dear nephew, Prince Bin, you don't have to be nervous about today's situation. This big ship itself is a big shield. Most of us and others are hiding in the hull. Only a few sailors and the Imperial Guards who dropped bombs are left on the deck to fight against our bows and arrows.
It will definitely not be able to effectively kill anyone, so our ship will definitely be safe!"
Chai Shao comforted Ma Zhou for a moment, and then he nodded with a smile.
"You are not afraid of tigers even if you are born with a bull's head. Why should the general look down upon you? Let's just look at the actions of the younger generation."