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Chapter 810 Chapter 829: Bombard Abbas

Li Hao also didn't order to go ashore, because he didn't intend to trade with the Abbasids at all. According to his words: You don't welcome me, I'm not trading with you, I just want to beat you.

That's right, Li Hao just wants to fight them now, but he doesn't want the army to go ashore to fight, because this is the territory of Abbas after all, and if he goes ashore, there is a certain risk. One of the risks, he doesn't want the army to take risks, because this is not a war between the two countries, and there is no need to win. His purpose is only to teach Abbas a lesson. He believes that Abbas will definitely have reinforcements coming. Wait for the reinforcements to come Well, continue to bombard the lesson, don't ask why, just one word - cool!

From noon to sunset, Li Hao sent scouts ashore in small boats to closely monitor every move on the shore. He was sleeping until midnight when someone shouted outside Li Hao's cabin door: "My lord, the scouts have an urgent report!"

Li Hao was startled awake, got up quickly, walked out in his pajamas, saw that it was Chen Haijin, and asked, "Where's the scout?"

"On the deck." Chen Haijin replied.

Li Hao and Chen Haijin walked out of the cabin and came to the deck, only to see two scouts sent during the day salute him: "Your Majesty, the reinforcements in black and big food have arrived."

Li Hao asked: "How many soldiers and horses?"

"About thirty thousand."

Li Hao nodded, and called out: "Telescope!"

Flying Eagle handed the binoculars to Li Hao. Li Hao stood on the side of the ship and looked towards the shore with the binoculars. He saw that the Abbasid army had reached the shore and poured some black things into the sea with wooden barrels. Li Hao is familiar with the strange things, yes, oil!

Li Hao was startled immediately, and shouted loudly: "Send the alarm! All ships! Quickly retreat and withdraw from the harbor!"

As soon as the order was given, all the people on board got busy, and within ten seconds, a gong sounded on Li Hao's boat, and all the large ships shouted to convey Li Hao's order.

All the ships began to raise their sails and anchor, and retreated out of the harbor.

The Abbasids on the shore seemed to have discovered their intentions when they saw the Tang ships, and a general shouted anxiously: "Oops, the Tang people found out that we used Greece to set fire to it. Hurry up! Light it up!"

"But general, the Greek fire hasn't spread to their ship yet. If the fire is started now, we won't be able to go up and pour the Greek fire into the sea!"

The general of Abbas gritted his teeth and hated secretly when he heard the words, he could only shout: "Hurry up, send more people, hurry up..."

When Abbas was dealing with Byzantium, he was defeated by Byzantium with a kind of strange oil on fire. The Byzantines called it Greek fire. As for why it is called Greek fire, no one knows. Maybe this thing came from Greece, maybe it was in the What big event happened in Greece is of great commemorative significance.

And since Byzantium lost to Abbas, the remnants of Byzantium moved westward to Greece, and the formula of Greek fire was also obtained by the Abbasid dynasty. The so-called formula is actually a method of finding and extracting oil, so now Abbas also mastered Greek fire. Most importantly, in Abbas, there is never a shortage of oil, but they have not yet mastered high-tech mining technology.

Li Hao can be said to be the first person in the world to use oil for war. Of course, he knows the horror of burning oil. Since the Abbasid army is going to use oil to burn them, they can only retreat temporarily to avoid its edge.

Li Hao's fleet had just sailed out of the harbor when they saw flames suddenly appear on the sea surface. After the flames appeared, they spread everywhere like a raging fire dragon. In just a moment, they burned blazingly on the sea. Bali sea area.

Fortunately, they didn't seem to have much oil, and because Li Hao's fleet retreated early, the fire was still two or three miles away from them, so they didn't reach them.

After such a commotion, all the people on board woke up, and there were many Confucian scholars on the ships closest to the fire.They were also shocked by this scene. There was such a big fire on the sea. They were a little confused and a little scared. If the fleet retreated a little slower, they would all be buried in the sea of ​​flames.

Li Hao looked at the raging fire with his hands on the side of the boat, his eyes were gloomy and cold. Suddenly, he asked Wu Lei: "Wu Lei, which boat are those rotten scholars on?"

Wu Lei replied: "On ships No. 250 to No. 285, there are ten on each ship."

Li Hao asked: "Are you sure there are no other ships?"

Wu Lei nodded: "Sure, there are no other ships."

Li Haodao: "Give me an order to let ships No. 250 to No. 285 sail east along the coast for fifty miles, and anchor fifteen miles away from the coast, waiting for us there."

"My lord, this is..." Wu Lei looked at Li Hao in shock, he vaguely guessed what Li Hao was going to do.

The corners of Li Hao's mouth were slightly raised, showing a sinister smile, and he said slowly: "There are some things, it's better not to let them see them."

Sure enough, Wu Lei guessed right, Li Hao was going to use the cannon.

Since these cannons were installed on the ship, they have been used a few times in the past few years when they were fighting pirates, and they have never been used again since then. Today, they are finally going to be used. Wu Lei was a little excited and immediately sent an order.

At dawn, the fire was extinguished, and the sea in Yementik Harbor was in a mess. The sea water showed a strange color, and there were dead bodies of seabirds and sea fish everywhere. The coast of Yementik Harbor was also affected by the fire and burned. Some buildings facing the sea were destroyed, but the impact was not significant.

The ship carrying the Confucian scholars had gone west overnight, and Li Hao could safely use the cannon.He ordered the fleet to sail into the harbor again, lined up, and the Abbasid army on the coast gathered on the coast one after another, and moved out many wooden barrels to pour oil into the sea water.

Now Li Hao is not afraid anymore, and continues to let the fleet move forward while getting ready for battle.

All the big ships turned around, facing the coast sideways, and lined up for a distance of twenty miles. All the gun ports were opened, revealing the dark muzzles, and aimed at the shore.

The Abbasid army didn't know what those black muzzles were. They were still pouring oil into the sea water. The oil spread with the sea water, and it was three miles away from the warship.

Li Hao said lightly: "Fire."

"Fire!"

"Fire!"

...Countless voices conveyed Li Hao's orders.

"Bang bang bang..." All the fifteen cannons on the left side of the main ship were fired within three seconds. This is a scientifically improved cannon, which has been perfected. .

They were only six miles away from the coast at this moment, and the artillery shells exploded on the coast quickly. I saw flowers suddenly exploded on the shore of the harbor, the pier was instantly destroyed, and thousands of troops were blown to pieces by the artillery fire. The wooden barrels with oil were blown to pieces, oil was everywhere, ignited by artillery fire, the flames raged, and the entire harbor instantly turned into a sea of ​​flames and purgatory.

This is just the beginning, because the other warships haven't fired yet.Li Hao's main ship is just a signal to fire, one round is enough, and then it will be handed over to other warships.

All the other warships opened fire, and the entire Abbas [-]-kilometer coast seemed to be suffering from doomsday catastrophe. The artillery fire raged, the ground trembled, and the carpet bombing filled the Abbas coast with gunpowder smoke. The entire Abbas Empire seemed to be They all trembled under Li Hao's gunfire.

It was the first time for Li Hao to see so many cannons firing together. Even he was shocked by the scene. It turned out that those in the war movies were all lies. After all, they were fake. A hundred times more terrifying.

"My lord, isn't this...too cruel?" Wu Lei couldn't bear it anymore, after all he is not a cruel person.

Li Hao raised his eyebrows and said, "Have you forgotten how much Abbas asked us for?"

Wu Lei didn't dare to answer, he knew that when Li Hao was in this state, it was best not to contradict him.

Li Hao continued: "Abbasi asked us for a docking fee of more than 300 million guns. I don't have that much cash, but it doesn't matter. My shells are very expensive. One shell is 300 guns. If it is [-] million guns, it is [-] shells. Send them ten thousand shells."

"Ten thousand... pieces!" Wu Lei was dumbfounded.

Li Hao raised his eyebrows and said: "This time we brought [-] shells, and there are [-] shells in Liuqiu. With so many shells, we should keep them. Since the Abbasids want them, why not give them some?" .”

Wu Lei had nothing to say, and obediently conveyed Li Hao's order to each warship, firing a total of [-] shells.

Even the soldiers were a little shocked. A hundred shells could almost eliminate these enemies. Why did they fire [-]?

Finally, the artillery fire stopped, but the gunpowder smoke on the shore was still filling the air.

After waiting for a long time, the gunpowder smoke finally dissipated. Everyone looked at the shore and was completely stunned. The harbor had long disappeared, and there were no buildings on the shore. They couldn't find it. Under the carpet bombing, there were only minced meat, and there were no corpses. The scene was beyond words. Apart from shock, they were still shocked.

On the main ship, Wu Lei was shocked for a long time, and finally said: "My lord...do you want to go ashore?"

"No, let's go." Li Hao turned and left the side of the ship, walked to the rudder wheel, steered the wheel himself, and said, "Go west along the coast, next, we need to fill in the chart completely, the next destination is the Red Sea! "

Li Hao didn't come here this time to destroy Abbas, but just to teach them a lesson, and leave after the fight, why go ashore?Still counting on trading with them?
The east of the Arabian Peninsula is the Persian Gulf, and the west is the Red Sea. On the chart drawn by Wu Lei, there is the Persian Gulf, but there is no Red Sea. Since Li Hao wants to complete the chart, he must go to the Red Sea. The latest routes and charts will be sent to each ship, so that all crew members, soldiers, including those Confucian scholars know where they are now. In fact, those Confucian scholars are also drawing charts themselves, but they are not professional after all. Yes, the coastal charts drawn are really various, with great differences. After comparing them with the charts sent by the main ship, they all nodded in conviction. They have to admire these people who have sailed all the year round. .

On the third day of August, Li Hao's fleet began to enter the Red Sea. After entering the Red Sea, they sailed along the coastlines on both sides, drew coastal maps, and determined that the west of the coast was Egypt.

At the end of the Red Sea is the Gulf of Suez, and their fleet can enter, but they cannot enter the Suez Canal ahead.

Although the Suez Canal is world-famous and is the main route connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, the current Suez Canal is just a prototype. The history of the Suez Canal can be traced back to the [-]th century BC.However, the project was too large, and several excavations failed, and then it was abandoned.

Li Hao and Wu Lei took a hot air balloon and flew all the way over the abandoned Suez Canal, observing with binoculars. After returning to the ship, Li Hao made an important decision to spend money to hire a large number of Egyptian coolies to dig the Suez Canal.

(End of this chapter)