This exclamation made Ma Zhou stunned for a moment.
What's going on...what happened?
All of a sudden...
However, Ma Zhou instinctively felt that something was wrong. There was clearly some kind of panic in this exclamation!
I rushed out to take a look, and then...
really.
Another group of large ships came to attack, coming from the direction...
It’s actually the direction of retreat!
Ma Zhou had just approached Chai Shao to propose running a steam engine. Although Chai Shao objected forcefully without any explanation, he was a leader among young people after all, and his response was very quick...
Immediately, I felt bad in my heart.
Now when I look at it, it’s really here...
In an instant, a gust of cold air rushed from the tailbone to the sky, and Ma Zhou's mind went blank for a moment.
this……
How can this be done? The other party's ship gathered really quickly...
This is too fast, next step...
Do we have to fight with so many ships?!
But just when Ma Zhou was stunned, a call suddenly came from behind him.
Chai Shao's face was solemn and his eyes were earnest.
"King Ma Bin, now is the time for you to be in a daze? Go and give the order immediately and start the steam engine!"
Ma Zhou was sobered up by Chai Shao's warning.
At this moment, he suddenly understood why Chai Shao had refused to order the steam engine to be turned on for such a long time.
It’s not that Chai Shao doesn’t understand the steam engine or something, but that he has been waiting for this moment!
But now that the intercepting pursuers appeared again, it was the right time to turn on the steam engine.
Ma Zhou immediately ran frantically on the big ship and shouted, spreading the order throughout the ship.
Start now, start immediately!
…
the other side.
Yeon Gaesumun was still looking at the battle with a smile on his face. Although there was a smile on his face...
However, if you look closely at his eyes, you can see that this person is extremely calm and actually neither sad nor happy.
This was still the case even after seeing the torch light spots appearing in the distance.
Compared to Yuan Gaisuwen, Jieli Khan and others were more enthusiastic at this time. They all noticed that there seemed to be something approaching in the distance...
After this blurry halo swayed and gradually became clear, Jieli Khan and others suddenly became excited.
It's reinforcements!
To be precise, they were not reinforcements in the traditional sense, but Yeon Gaesomun's accomplices who were bandits who only made a rule that they must rescue when they see a torch, and then came to harvest grass and valleys together.
But anyway, this strategy is finally working now.
The fact is that under the current conditions, even if a large ship goes to sea, it is difficult to go too far away from the coastline. To put it bluntly, in the end, it will still operate along the coastline of China.
Therefore, under this strategy, it is really easy to gather together, because the distance is not that far away in nature, and it is not difficult to see the flickering light of the torch.
At the same time, this arrangement was dispersed enough to effectively prevent the Tang army from gathering the entire army for a frontal attack.
Thinking about it this way...
Everyone, including Jieli Khan and Zheng Xuannian, the counselor beside him, realized that all this was Yuan Gaisuwen's idea, and they were immediately impressed.
Now that the intercepting soldiers have arrived, this Tang army's warship seems to be in the bag.
And if you're lucky enough, you might actually be able to catch it after a while...
But soon, Zheng Xuannian and others, who subconsciously wanted to say something, discovered that Yeon Gaesumun's face finally became extremely serious in a rare way, and his eyes had a cold look.
It seems that it is not the Tang army that is being chased, but our own side!
Naturally, everyone did not dare to say anything at this time. No matter what the mystery was, after all, he was the general of Goguryeo, and Goguryeo was currently the proprietor of the Turks.
However, compared to counselors like Zheng Xuannian who were scholars, Jieli Khan acted much more chicly.
When I had doubts in my mind, I asked directly.
"The general is about to make a great achievement, why are you looking so sad?"
"hehe."
Yeon Gae Su Wenpi sneered with a smile,
Looking at the naval battle scene in front of him, his face finally became a little ugly.
"Winning a battle may not mean winning a battle. Winning for a while may not necessarily win a battle... What's more, Goguryeo lost three big ships tonight, three!"
Yeon Gaesumun gritted his teeth and looked cold, obviously unable to accept this result.
But Jieli Khan and others couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.
"What's wrong, General? I'm going to capture the Tang Army's ship soon..."
In the eyes of Jieli Khan and others, wouldn't it be enough to just put down the boat and row the oars to catch up at a burst of speed?
The opponent's counterattack has obviously weakened...
However, everyone still did not ask this question, and then everyone was glad that they did not ask, otherwise it would be a joke in a literal sense.
The opponent's ship has become faster.
"...Don't you see it?"
Yeon Gaesumun lowered his head and let out a long sigh...
"The Tang Army's ship resisted extremely fiercely from beginning to end, but it just stopped its firepower. The Han Army has become fierce and fearless since Li Er came up. How could they easily give up? They are sure to escape."
"ah?!"
Jieli Khan, Zheng Xuannian, and Yili Zhenyinan were shocked when they heard this.
What's going on?
Escaped?
But……
Isn’t the sail already hoisted on the top of the sailboat opposite?
Although everyone doesn't know how Li Sheng was able to secure the extra sail tightly to the top of the mast, it seems to be very stable and has a large area, far better than nailing clothes to the mast here.
Added sail surface.
This is true for a while. The distance is indeed getting farther and farther, but the warships that have been visited twice are already close enough.
Not to mention anything else at this time, as long as the other side puts down the boat and paddles to charge, they can catch up with the opponent with this explosive speed.
The reason why they didn't do this was just because the opponent had been throwing the legendary thunder weapon and shooting arrows to cover it up, and everyone was afraid of this suppression and didn't dare to attack.
Now that people have given up fighting and retreating, why don't we quickly let the boats rush?
but……
This idea seemed very clear, but as soon as the idea came up, everyone suddenly realized something was wrong.
The Tang army's ship moved faster...
It’s really getting faster, and not just a little bit faster!
Among the waves in the dark night, there was a dull and loud sound like the footsteps of some giant beast, which was breathtaking.
Jieli Khan and others were stunned.
What happened?
What happened to Tang Jun's ship...
Why did it suddenly become faster, and what was happening with the roar of this giant beast...
This boat is incredibly fast.
As he watched, with speed visible to the naked eye, he directly distanced himself from the chasing fleet here and headed straight for the intercepting ship...