The Fuso soldiers finally came to their senses and looked at their battered and bloody companions. Many of them dropped their weapons and ran towards the cabin.
Three ships were smashed through the decks, and the cabins were filled with water. Not long after, they slowly sank into the water.
"Damn it, what on earth is this?" Ichiro Oda cursed with an ugly face.
"General, we must either speed up and get closer to the opponent or retreat quickly, otherwise if this continues, many warships will be sunk." Matsubara Hidenori quickly reminded.
Oda Ichiro was a little hesitant. He had been frightened by the catapults of the Tang army, but he was unwilling to retreat like this.
"Send the order, speed up, get close to the opponent, and fire arrows at the same time to interfere with the opponent." Oda Ichiro gritted his teeth and ordered.
Following Oda Ichiro's order, Fuso's warships quickly approached Datang's warships, and at the same time arrows filled the sky were shot at Datang's warships.
However, the warships of the Tang Dynasty were very tall, and Fuso's bows and arrows could only hit the ship's deck, but none of them caused much damage to the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.
No order was needed from Liu Rengui, the officers on the warship knew how to give the order to fire arrows at the opponent in counterattack.
The Fusang people had nowhere to hide. The archers outside the cabin suffered huge losses under the bows and arrows of the Tang soldiers.
Oda Ichiro's lips twitched, but he did not order a retreat. After two rounds of arrows, Fuso's warship finally approached Datang's warship.
Liu Rengui saw this scene and said coldly: "Put down the shooting pole!"
The racquet pole is a large water warfare tool. It is a weapon that uses the kinetic energy gained when a heavy object falls from a height to crush enemy boats approaching one's own warship.
The invention of the shooting pole was inspired by the trebuchet.
The trebuchet throws stones, while the racquet pole is equipped with a huge boulder at one end and is dropped from a high place. The impact force is greater than that of the trebuchet.
Just as Fuso's soldiers were preparing to build wooden planks to attack the Tang Dynasty's warship, the shooting poles on the Tang Dynasty's warship began to shoot down Fuso's warship.
"Bang!"
The rod hit Fuso's warship, making a huge noise.
One of Fuso's warships was hit by three shooting poles. Although it was not shattered, it was directly overturned by the huge impact.
In just one round of fighting, Fuso lost dozens of warships.
Matsubara Hidenori turned pale and said: "General, we are no match for the Tang Dynasty. Please order a retreat immediately."
Just the trebuchet and shooting pole had already shattered the fighting spirit of the Fuso people.
Oda Ichiro came to his senses and said quickly: "Retreat quickly!"
The soldiers on the Tang warship quickly pulled up the shooting pole, fixed it, and started shooting again.
After two rounds of fighting, Fuso lost nearly a hundred warships. At this moment, the order to retreat came, and Fuso's remaining warships quickly turned around and retreated.
Just as the warships of the Tang Dynasty were about to pursue them, Liu Rengui ordered not to pursue them.
It's not that Liu Rengui didn't want to pursue, but he understood that the opponent's ship was small and much faster than his own, so he couldn't catch up even if he wanted to.
Liu Rengui ordered the battlefield to be cleaned.
The Fusang people retreated in a hurry and did not care about the soldiers on the destroyed warships. All of them were captured by the Tang Dynasty.
From the prisoners' mouths, Liu Rengui learned that the fleet that attacked this time was sent by Fusang.
After cleaning the battlefield, the Fuso people's fleet had already disappeared. Liu Rengui was not relieved and sent out scouts to prevent the Fuso people from coming back before ordering the fleet to go back.
After landing, Liu Rengui ordered people to pick out some officers among the prisoners, wrote a memorial, and ordered people to send the memorial and the prisoners to Chang'an.
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Lin Xuan didn't know that there was a naval battle between Datang and Fusang, and he was training soldiers every day.
After some consideration, Cheng Yaojin put Lin Xuanlai in charge of commanding the infantry in the infantry camp. Not only that, he also ordered Cheng Chumo and Yuchi Baolin to be deputy generals.
The heroic guard is temporarily commanded by Xue Rengui.
The reason why Cheng Yaojin made this decision was that the Zhuge Liannu was invented by Lin Xuan, including the tactics, and no one knew it better than him.
Whether the infantry can hold on is related to the victory of the entire war, so Cheng Yaojin has to be cautious.
Sha Boluo led his troops and stopped fifty miles away from Cheng Yaojin's camp.
After setting up camp, Shabolo summoned his generals and leaders of various ministries to discuss matters.
"Everyone, the scouts have come to report that the Tang army is camped fifty miles away. The cavalry and infantry are divided into two camps. Do you think we should attack the infantry camp or the cavalry camp first?" Sha Boluo said, looking at everyone.
"Qi Jin, I think we should attack the cavalry first. As long as the cavalry can be destroyed, the infantry are nothing to be afraid of." said a tribal leader.
"Qi Jin, I think the infantry should be eliminated first. If the infantry is eliminated first, the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty will be frightened and lose all will to fight. In this way, a lot of losses can be reduced." Another tribal leader put forward a different opinion.
Sha Boluo's heart moved. Strength means everything in the grassland. He is strong and has his current status. If he loses too much to deal with the Tang Dynasty, it will not be a good thing for him.
"I have decided to kill the infantry of the Tang Dynasty first, and then deal with the cavalry. I will rest one night today and launch an attack early tomorrow morning. At that time, I will lead my troops to attack the infantry camp, and you can prevent the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty together." Sha Bo.
Luo said.
The cavalry has an advantage over the infantry, and he has 50,000 people, while the other party has more than 10,000 people. Naturally, he will not give up such a good thing to others.
You know, Han slaves are very popular in Turks.
"yes."
"The Han people like sneak attacks the most, so you must pay attention to defense at night." Sha Boluo explained.
At this time, Cheng Yaojin also received news of the arrival of a hundred thousand Turkic troops.
When he learned that a hundred thousand troops of the Western Turks were camped fifty miles away, Cheng Yaojin also considered the possibility of a sneak attack.
After hesitating for a while, Cheng Yaojin gave up his plan of sneak attack.
The sneak attack is nothing more than causing chaos among the Turks and disturbing the opponent's military morale, but cannot cause much loss to the opponent.
After the opponent's sneak attack, they would be more cautious in dealing with Datang.
On the contrary, if there is no sneak attack, the other party may think that they are afraid of them and do not have the courage to fight them, and may become more careless.
Early the next morning, after eating, the Turks broke out and headed towards the Tang army camp.
Once the number of people exceeds 10,000, there will be a sea of people.
What's more, there are 100,000 people, and they are cavalry. There is no end in sight, which puts a lot of pressure on people.
Lin Xuan felt that the soldiers around him were breathing heavily, but did not say anything.
A few miles away from the main camp, the Turks divided into two groups. One group headed toward the northern camp, while the other group rushed toward the southern camp.
The charge of 50,000 cavalry was deafening. Many veterans of the war could not help but turn pale and hold the weapons in their hands tightly. Only in this way could they feel a sense of security.
Although Shabolo looked down on the infantry, he did not launch a direct attack. Instead, he surrounded the entire camp and fired continuously.
The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were all experienced veterans and did not need to command at all. The soldiers in the front row raised their shields and blocked a large number of arrows.
Even so, many soldiers were still hit by arrows.
"Ah~"
Lin Xuan did not rush to reveal his trump card, but ordered the archers to counterattack with bows and arrows.