Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 829 This Is Not Hailing Island, This Is Baijiangkou
Datang's naval force actually had quite a lot of tricks. Although it was a naval force that could only rely on the coastline to float in the coastal waters, it still needed certain tactics and a combination of different ships.

Among them, there are warships such as Louchuan, which are several feet high, equipped with offensive weapons such as catapults, winch crossbows, rackets, and defensive weapons such as parapets, which belong to the existence of giants in warships.

Although he is afraid of strong winds and waves, his combat effectiveness is beyond the charts. He is still very fierce when fighting in the Yellow River.

But the building ships are not the main force of naval battles. The main force of naval battles are fighting ships with a displacement of about [-] to [-] tons in later generations.

The battleship is a duplex structure, so that the sailors can form a ladder-like array on the ship. Whether it is dealing with the opponent's gang battle or using a bow and crossbow to shoot at the opponent, it is very advantageous.

In addition, the sailors of the fighting ship are concealed in the lower cabin and row the boat through the hole, thus ensuring the safety of the sailors and the mobility of the fighting ship.

In addition, there are fully enclosed cabins with cowhide armor on the outside, and boats are also rowed through the holes. They are also equipped with hidden windows to facilitate counterattacks with crossbows or spears.

It is mainly used for raids, reconnaissance, and occasionally for passing messages.

As for the professional command ship at sea, it is a yacht with many paddle beds, extremely fast speed and flexible mobilization.

Generally, about [-] warships are equipped with a yacht, and one person in the water army is Yuhou, who is responsible for dispatching and commanding, observing the wind direction, and judging the enemy's situation.

Finally, there is another kind of warship called walking boat. This kind of warship is equipped with more sailors to ensure extremely fast speed. As for the sailors, a small number of brave and powerful elites are selected.

It is specially used to raid, shock, and even raid the enemy's flagship, taking advantage of the chaos to carry out beheading operations.

. . . .

Kang Chengxun was not from a wealthy family, but a domestic slave of the Wang family. His father had grown up with the great ancestor of Goryeo, Wang Jian, and his relationship was very close.

It was also because of this relationship that Kang Chengxun was able to master this extremely important navy for Wang's Korea.

However, the shipbuilding industry in Goryeo is not very good. Although they are facing water on three sides and have many mountains and extensive forests, in fact, since the Sui Dynasty, the Central Plains Dynasty deliberately controlled the flow of ship craftsmen to the peninsula.

When the Tang Dynasty abandoned the Xiongjin Governor's Mansion, it directly destroyed the port and shipyard, and took away all the boatmen and sailors.

On the mountainous Korean Peninsula, although there are many trees, there are few towering trees, so the ship is not big, and it lacks good hardwood, so the hull is not very strong.

As a result, Koryo's navy had small ships and poor hardness. It was said that there were hundreds of warships, but each ship could only carry 50 people on average.

They all listened to the overwhelming numbers and scared people to death, but when they fought, they were all punks.

Kang Chengxun stood on the bow. This is a sea falcon warship with a wide deck, which can accommodate hundreds of soldiers and carry two thousand materials.

There are wooden boards on both sides of the ship's side to help balance and increase buoyancy. When encountering strong winds and waves, you can lower the boards into the sea to increase buoyancy, thereby greatly improving stability.

However, this kind of ship has a slower speed and although it can carry a lot of people, it relies on the protection of various small boats, otherwise it is easy to be smashed by the enemy with winches, crossbows and trebuchets.

Moreover, there are only one or two large sea falcon ships in Koryo, which will not play much role at all, just like if there is only one Liaoning ship in the later Republic, it will be difficult to form a deterrent.

But at this time, Kang Chengxun was still confident. He listened to Wang Zhao's order and believed that the Beikou did not have many warships.

And even if there were, would it be worth the [-] warships and [-] elite sailors under his command?

Moreover, because Wang Zhao assigned him the main task of supporting the land battle, Kang Chengxun could only sail northwards completely by the coastline in order to keep in touch with the army on land, and it was basically impossible to carry out investigations.

Here, Zhao Kuangyin and Chen Huo received orders from Nobunaga Murong, and immediately loaded more than ten thousand cavalry from Zhedeyuan's troops on board, and the army also moved south along the coastline.

. . . .

Southwest of Pyongyang, Hailing Island, is the focus of coastal defense on the entire peninsula.

Wang's Koryo set up a navy Hailing Town here, with 600 sailors and [-] warships stationed here. It was regarded as an important coastal defense town in Korea at this time.

Kang Chengxun led the warship all the way to the north and walked quickly. At this time, the slight trade wind came from the southeast, which was beneficial for the fleet to go from south to north.

When Kang Chengxun saw that Hailing Island was right in front of him, he immediately ordered people to raise the flag, and asked another large fighting ship in front to raise the cage and send the watchman to the mast for observation.

The lookout saw the red bird flag flying high on a white background in Hailing Town, Hailing Island from a distance, and there were more than ten small boats in the distance also sailing towards the fleet with white flags, and immediately issued a safe model.

Kang Chengxun ordered people to observe so cautiously, not because he received any news, but just to confirm safety as a routine.

Therefore, seeing the white flag symbolizing safety raised by the battleship in the distance, he immediately ordered all the ships, big and small, to lower their sails and prepare to enter the naval port of Hailing Town for repairs.

At this time, the trade wind began to swell, and it would be difficult to enter the military port without lowering the sails a little.

Especially for big ships, you must lower the sails in advance, otherwise a sudden gust of wind may blow the boat to the beach for you.

Zhao Kuangyin personally stood on the main flagship Danghai, and dozens of warships passed messages back and forth between the flagship and the rest of the ships.

As for Hailing Town, it had already been raided by the Great Zhou Fleet. For the sake of [-]% safety, the one who went ashore to control Hailing Town was directly led by Zhede himself to attack.

"Pass our military order, first use the warships to disrupt the formation of the bandit army, and then select the battleships to rush forward, and the elite soldiers to hide behind the battleships, wait for the enemy's chaos, stick to their big ships, and wait for the building ships to complete their circle before attacking. Sweep out the thieves and fight here!"

Just as Kang Chengxun ordered the ships to lower their sails, the sound of golden drums beating faintly could be heard in the distance.

He turned his head and looked around, but the land of Hailing Island blocked his sight, so he couldn't find anything.

Suddenly, as if a ray of sunlight shone through the dark clouds, in the direction covered by Hailing Island, large ships with at least a thousand materials flashed in front of Kang Chengxun from behind the distant islands.

The sound of the golden drums singing seemed to suddenly grow louder at this moment. These warships that appeared strangely did not use sails, but their speed was surprisingly fast. Qiqi rushed towards Kang Chengxun's fleet.

I was fooled, Beikou has a fleet, and there are quite a few of them!
Kang Chengxun was startled, he hurriedly shouted loudly: "Send a signal to keep those warships from approaching."

At this time, Kang Chengxun suddenly remembered that before he saw the Beikou fleet, there were still many warships from Hailing Town approaching, and there might be fraud among them.

But it was too late. These five warships were the sharp knives that broke into the Korean fleet. Now that they had reached a position where they could fight, it was up to the Koreans whether they approached or not.

Rushing into the front of the warship, Hai Dayu glanced at his younger brothers Hai Erxie and Hai Sanxia. The three brothers let out a roar at the same time, and the dark muscles on their bodies erupted with huge energy. They flicked their hands desperately to stick out the wooden pulp from the pole hole, so that it seemed that they were almost waving afterimages.

The three brothers of the Hai family were not Han Chinese, but Baishuilang from eastern Zhejiang and Fujian, that is, Dan people of later generations.

In this era, these ethnic groups formed by a mixture of Baiyue and Han criminals have not yet fully integrated into the Han people, and they are the targets of exploitation everywhere.

But now they have obtained a channel that is not wide, but it can indeed go up, that is, to contribute to Emperor Zhang's conquest of Koryo and Wa, and to continue to sail eastward in the future.

Therefore, among the sailors belonging to Henghai Town this time, nearly [-]% are Baishuilang. They dream of making contributions in this battle and gaining the status of becoming a normal fisherman, so they work extra hard.

The resounding battle song of Dan family resounded in the warship, the three brothers Hai Dayu and a dozen Baishuilang in the boat rowed the warship fast.

At the same time, the soldiers squatting in the closed cabin on the second floor, holding wooden single crossbows and naval battle spears, continuously output through the crossbow holes. If the ship is fast, they will use crossbow arrows, and if the ship is slow, they will use spears.

And the bows of these warships are all equipped with not very sharp, but very destructive collision angles, which can be regarded as a sharp water warfare weapon.

For a while, one or two hundred Korean warships were crowded in the bay that was about to enter the port, and those who were hit by the warship capsized on their backs. Many sailors were shot or stabbed to death on the ship before they understood what was going on.

These dozens of tons of warships are naturally considered small in the Zhangzhou navy, but in the Korean navy, it is different, because most of the warships of the Koreans are small gadgets of tens of tons.

Compared with them, the warship is not small in size, and its speed is even faster. It is still a closed ship and covered with thick cowhide armor mixed with porcelain powder.

This is completely equivalent to a heavily armored soldier crashing into an unarmored militia formation.

The Koreans howled and shot arrows or hit with hammers, but it didn't work at all. They tried to deal with it with sticks and kerosene, but the speed of the warship was too fast to dodge the damage.

In the naval battle of the Central Plains, there are many ways to deal with warships, the main thing is to have big ships.

Like building boats and fighting ships, these big ships can completely condescend to smash or burn the warships in a predictable way, and they can even use the winch crossbow to launch a large crossbow to penetrate the hull.

At the same time, the sides of these large ships are very high, and the warships cannot harm the people on board at all.

But the Koreans have few big ships and no winches and crossbows, so they have no way to deal with the warships!

As soon as they came into contact with each other, Kang Chengxun was taken aback. If you want to hedge, there is no such warship as the warship in Goryeo.

The naval army is a big money burner in later generations, and it was also in ancient times.

For example, such a warship has a closed cabin and is wrapped in cowhide armor. It cannot be used for other purposes except for combat on weekdays.

What is this battleship!This is a gold-swallowing beast that runs on the water. Those who are not rich in family and business can't afford it at all.

Goryeo’s warships are usually used for transportation and other functions. Many of them are even fishing boats that are converted and used as warships. Naturally, there is no such kind of money-burning and single-purpose warships.

However, it was not completely hopeless. After a short period of panic, Kang Chengxun ordered all the small boats to approach the big boat, or simply approach the shore, and use the big boat and small boat to form an formation to deal with these scurrying warships.

But it was his decision to wait.

Seeing that the Goryeo warship voluntarily gave up its maneuverability in order to defend against the attack of the warship, Zhao Kuangyin waved the banner, and the sound of the golden drum turned into a simple and high-spirited war drum.

More than a dozen battleships with a displacement ranging from [-] to [-] tons were all dispatched. The sailors rowed the warships desperately, and the skilled operators took advantage of the ups and downs of the waves to steer the big ships forward.

Although the sea was choppy, the soldiers in simple leather armor and in a triple formation lined up tightly together. Although the hull was still shaking from side to side, they hardly moved at all.

"There are more than fifteen warships, all of which are huge ships!" The lieutenant beside Kang Chengxun screamed.

At this time, it is expected that this unit has become popular throughout East Asia, because it can better reflect the performance of sea-going ships than stones.

According to the conversion at this time, one thousand materials is equivalent to about 330 to 350 tons. Compared with a group of small loaches of 300 to [-] tons, a fighting ship of more than [-] tons is indeed very large.

Amidst the exclamation of Lieutenant General Kang Chengxun, the battleships were getting closer and closer, the soldiers of Henghai Town on the Dazhou side let out loud battle howls, and the Koreans let out cries.

Chen Huo had already taken over the command right now. After all, he was a famous navy general, and he was much more professional than Zhao Kuangyin who became a monk halfway through.

Seeing that the other side had lost its maneuverability, and most of the small ships were crowded around the big ship, Chen Hui directly ordered one of the [-] battleships, the main force, the Hengbo, to rush forward, close to the Koryo Seafalcon, and output the rest. Fighting ships attack the remaining large and small ships.

Kang Chengxun also saw Chen Hui's intention, but he still had a chance to choose.

Due to the power of naval battles at this time, Chinese hard sails cannot sail against the wind with jibs like Western soft sails.Therefore, despite Chen Huo's good arrangement, whether the big ship can reach the predetermined combat position still requires a certain amount of luck.

"Commander, An Lang will raise the flag and let us withdraw to the south!" Before Kang Chengxun could make up his mind, General An Lang on another battleship had already made a choice for him.

"Commander, let's go quickly, Jianghua Bay can't be lost, if we all fold here, it will be dangerous to open the capital."

Although the battle had just reached a fever pitch, the lieutenant around Kang Chengxun knew that there was no suspense in this battle.

Not to mention the dozens of fighting ships on the opposite side, it was very difficult for them to deal with the warships on the opposite side alone.

"Commander, haven't you figured it out? This fleet is definitely not owned by the Northern Bandits. This is the Central Plains court coming! We must quickly notify the king and keep Kaijing."

The deputy general's furious roar, like a thunderclap, immediately made Kang Chengxun aware of the seriousness of the problem, and he shook the sweat from his hands in shock.

"Yes, the king must be informed, all the sails are lowered, and the falcon wings are put away, let's go south."

"The mantis arm is like a cart!" Chen Huo snorted coldly, and he snorted coldly and waved his hand at the Goryeo warship that suddenly jumped in on the opposite side.

In an instant, the battle drum on the Hengbo rang, and a dozen sailors turned the sails, and the battleship began to slowly roll across.

The starboard side of the Yokohama is equipped with four winch crossbows, and then... there are three bronze cannons with black hole muzzles!
This is the polarization that quickly emerged after Zhang Wei invented the artillery. Under the advice of Luantai, the Privy Council, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry of Zhongshu Province.

Now in Zhang Zhou's army, artillery has begun to be developed in the direction of tiger crouching guns and nine-section guns.

In the navy, they began to build heavy artillery in order to replace winch crossbows and catapults.

General An Lang ordered his soldiers to intercept him with the determination to die. He was actually the real core of this Koryo navy.

So he immediately thought of the consequences that Jianghuawan would not be able to defend if they were defeated. He wanted to use his feat to provide Kang Chengxun with a chance to escape.

Therefore, when the Yokohama began to turn the hull sideways, General Yasuro also ordered the sailors to bring the battleship closer to the Yokohama.

The winch crossbow can only be shot once after dozens of breaths, and one shot is no more than a spear crossbow. Although the lethality is great, it is definitely not as good as the damage caused by ten thousand arrows after approaching.

But soon, he discovered something was wrong, because besides a few winch crossbows on the opposite starboard side, there was also a somewhat oversized, round hollow long tube.

"Fire!" Chen Huo yelled, the artillery commander blew on the fire pocket, and quickly ignited the fuse before the sea water splashed up.

There was a loud bang, orange flames gushed out from the muzzle, and stone bullets the size of a baby's head flew out, passing by the deck of the Korean battleship at an extremely fast speed, causing countless noises. screams and spurts of blood.

These unlucky Koryo archers were gathering together, and before they had time to shoot their arrows, the shells directly plowed a bloody path in the crowd.

Of course, compared to the sudden crushing of more than a dozen people, what frightened them most was the coercion from this unknown weapon.

General An Lang was also taken aback, but he immediately realized that this must be a weapon similar to a winch crossbow, only more powerful.

"Scatter, scatter, archers scatter and shoot!"

General An Lang adopted the safest method. They were so close that it was impossible to avoid them, but they could spread out to reduce casualties.

However, this time he fell again, because Chen Huo laughed three times, "Change the hail bombs! Let them have a try."

Hail means hail, which is a term used by Zhang Zhou to refer to shotguns or grapeshots, which means hailstones falling from the sky.

No sooner had the Korean naval forces dispersed than the howling hail bombs hit them. Among these bullets were polished stone balls, iron balls, hard wooden thorns, and even caltrops boiled in golden juice.

If the Koreans stood together as before, in this era when the kinetic energy of the artillery is insufficient, I am afraid that the lethality would not be too great, but they are scattered now, which happens to be the most perfect target.

Countless hail bombs whizzed by, like a gust of autumn wind blowing through the courtyard full of fallen leaves, almost all of the hundreds of archers who had been standing sparsely just now fell to the ground.

Some were hit, and even if you ate one of the hail bombs that flew out at high speed, your bones and tendons would be broken immediately, and your intestines would be pierced.

Those who were lucky enough not to be hit were naturally frightened to the ground, so there was such an exaggerated scene, as if the gun directly killed hundreds of people.

Not to mention the Koreans, even the artillery commander who fired the cannon was stunned. He couldn't help but look into the muzzle, a little suspicious that he wasn't firing the cannon just now, but used sorcery.

Only two rounds of six artillery were fired, and the situation of the battle was already like this, so what a fart it is to line up and shoot!Chen Huoling waved his flag, and he was already ready to jump. The soldiers roared and came to the side of the ship and stood up.

With a bang, the two ships collided violently.

With this force, the soldiers threw out countless grappling hooks, pulling the two ships together, and then, in the undulating waves, set up a plank that looked unsafe, and rushed towards the opposite battleship without hesitation.

. . . .

On the other side, Kang Chengxun, who fled south in a hurry, was also on the bow of the sea falcon, screaming.

Because Yuhou, the capital of the Great Zhou Navy, and Guo Yanzhen, the son of the former Wuyue founding hero Guo Shifu, had led two building ships headed by Danghai and more than forty other walking ships to block him by the trade wind.

It turned out that when the war broke out, Zhao Kuangyin ordered Guo Yanzhen to lead the building boat to detour to the south, and after finding a downwind position, he went north again and directly attacked the Koryo navy from front to back.

Although the sea falcon ships of the Koreans were large, they were still not enough to look good compared with the big Zhou Zhou ships. The sides of the building ships were already higher than the sailors standing on the sea falcon ships.

Moreover, the Danghai and other large ships came with the wind, could adjust their direction flexibly, and their speed was guaranteed. They crashed into the Korean fleet like a bull.

The Koreans on the Haifalcon desperately used their long poles to push the Danghai farther, but it was of no avail.

Even the waves set off by the Dang Hai directly sank the countless Korean boats following the Sea Falcon.

As soon as the two sides came into contact, the racket on the tower boat was condescending, and it used the principle of leverage to hammer the hull of the sea falcon ship, and within a short while hammered the sea falcon ship with five or six holes.

A large number of elite archers were also shooting condescendingly from above, and the sea falcon ship was even more unable to parry, and a large number of sailors and sailors were shot to death.

The only counterattack they had was to throw out their grappling hooks in desperation, hoping to climb up to the ship and fight.

But this is completely delusional. They often climb halfway up before being knocked down into the sea by the giant galleon in despair.

At the same time, countless kerosene cans were thrown from the upper ship, not to burn the sea falcon ship, but to burn the nearby Goryeo boat.

These small boats are like babies in front of the big boats, as long as they are hit, they will immediately ignite a ball of fire.

As for the racket stick, it is even more convenient. When the stick goes down, even the person acting as a boat directly hits the water, which is completely crushed.

Half an hour later, the Koryo navy almost completely lost the ability to resist, and only then did the walking boats behind them quickly move forward.

A large number of elite Dazhou sailors broke into the interior of large and small ships in the sea, and the cruel hunting and beheading began.

And the fate of the Goryeo navy is the same as that of the battered sea falcon ship. The only option left is to be dried up.

(End of this chapter)