Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1148 Black Fire Blooms
It is only three hundred miles from Tamna Island to Wu'axi.

Cheng Mingzhen issued an order, and the whole fleet set sail for Baekje.

In one day, they arrived near the mouth of the Rongshan River. Cheng Mingzhen did not rush into the river, but first anchored on a deserted island on the nearby coast to rest for the night.

When it was still slightly bright the next day, he ordered the fleet to anchor and enter the river.

The fleet went up the river.

When approaching the Japanese fleet, the Japanese were still unprepared.

Lao Cheng was wearing armor and standing at the bow of the ship holding a spear.

"These Japanese never imagined that Lao Tzu would surprise and attack from behind!"

At this time, the surface of the river was not too wide.

On one side are more than 300 Japanese ships close to the city, crowded closely together, they all lowered their sails and anchored, and the Japanese soldiers and sailors on board also went ashore to rest.

On the other side, the Qin Army took advantage of the morning fog to attack, with more than 30 large treasure ships leading the charge, surrounded by more than 100 armed merchant ships.

Killed in a mighty way.

Wei Zhongxian didn't expect the Japanese to be so careless, so he said excitedly, "Today we're going to set fire to Chibi and prepare to set off rockets!"

Cheng Mingzhen hurriedly shouted and waited.

"how?"

"Eunuch Wei thought of a good plan, but attacking with fire is a good plan, but we are now downstream, and the river is narrow. If the Japanese boats are set on fire, our fleet may be endangered. Now the Japanese haven't found us yet. Go around them upstream from the shore, and then attack them with rockets, and you will be accomplished."

Wei Zhongxian couldn't help but wiped his sweat when he heard this. Indeed, the river here is already very narrow. With hundreds of boats on both sides so close, there is no space left on the river.If the Japanese boats were on fire and went down the river at that time, wouldn't it endanger them.

"That's exactly what I mean, go upriver and let the rockets go."

"Father-in-law is smart, I will give the order."

On the river, the Japanese finally discovered the Qin army's ships.

The Japanese were agitated all over.

"Leave them alone, fight for the upper reaches!"

Cheng Mingzhen has experience in suppressing pirates and knows a lot about water warfare.

But right now, it is no different from suppressing thieves at sea. On the sea, the sea is wide and easier to operate. It doesn't matter if you don't have the upper hand.

But now, the river is narrow and there are many boats, the key is to fight for the upper reaches.

The Japanese on the shore yelled and ran towards the boat, ready to board the boat to intercept it.

And some Japanese boats have already raised their sails and are paddling over.

"Still relying on paddling boats, you dare to stop us, what a court of death!"

On a treasure ship, the guards in the cabin have all boarded the deck.

The sailors on the ship continued to sail upstream, but the guards had already drawn the bowstring, and even the crossbowmen had already opened the crossbow window on the side of the cabin, and a gallows crossbow was already in place.

A Japanese boat was extremely crude, and the Japanese sailors with only loincloths paddled vigorously, rushing towards the treasure ship desperately.

There were more than [-] Japanese soldiers standing on the boat, most of them were holding straight iron swords, and a few of them were carrying naginata, which is a long-handled weapon, like a long stick with a sharp knife added to it.Because the Japanese did not know how to make spears, they made this naginata instead of spears.

Facing the huge treasure ship, these Japanese people seemed to have no fear.

"Why are these pirates so crazy?"

In the distance, Wei Zhongxian was surprised on the deck of the flagship where all the ships were guarding to cross the upper reaches.

"It's just ignorance and fearlessness. When they taste the power of my warship, they will know that they are afraid." Cheng Mingzhen didn't think anything of it. In the past when they sailed at sea, they were often robbed by brave pirates, and some of them drove a small boat. Dare to come and rob, but it's just that I haven't suffered a loss and don't know how powerful it is.

The Lushun treasure ship, this is a huge treasure ship with a length of thirty feet, belonging to the top treasure ship, a four-masted ship.

Has three decks.

Not only are there god machine guns on the deck, but also in the cabin, there are many bed crossbows on each side of the ship. When the crossbow windows are opened, there are twelve bed crossbows on one side of the ship's side.

"Don't let the Japanese get close!"

On board, the guards shouted orders.

In the cabin, the captain of the crossbow is commanding the crossbow beds to be in place.

"Don't use the black fire crossbow yet, let's use the ordinary crossbow before we go upstream."

The river is no different from the sea, although there are waves, but the ups and downs are not too big. For the crossbowmen on the [-]-foot treasure ship, it is no different from the flat land, and it is condescending to the small Japanese boat.

The Japanese are still rowing fiercely.

"Why are there so many windows on this boat?" one Japanese asked another.

"Perhaps the ship is too big for ventilation."

Before the words were finished, large crossbow guns suddenly shot out from those portholes.

The powerful hangbed crossbow is ratcheted, and its power is extremely powerful, and it can shoot seven hundred paces.

Dozens of crossbow beds on the side of the Lushun fired at the small boat in salvo, and almost all of them hit the boat at a distance of only a few dozen steps.

Just now, the Japanese who were still asking why there were so many windows heard a loud scream, and the next step they were hit in the chest by a giant crossbow.

The big crossbow gun as thick as an egg hit the man's chest and pierced him directly. There was a huge blood hole in the chest, and the man died on the spot.

That simple Japanese boat, which was not too big, was hit by so many crossbows at once, and many seams were pierced on the hull of the ship, and it immediately began to leak.

As for the dozen or so sailors and more than 20 Japanese soldiers on board, most of them were killed or injured.

Ghosts and wolves were howling on the unlucky Japanese boat. Just now they were thinking of jumping on the big boat, cutting down the people on board, and looting everything on board.

Unexpectedly, in just one round of attack, they pierced through the boat, causing more than half of the people to be killed or injured.

"Stop shooting, look for the next target."

The crossbow captain shouted and stopped the crossbowmen who were about to continue loading the crossbow guns.

With such a small boat, the salvo just now was a waste.

on the top deck.

The crossbowmen stood on the side of the ship, holding crossbows in their hands, staring ruthlessly at the Japanese people on the sinking ship, watching them helplessly jumping off the ship.

But they will not let them go.

The Japanese who fell into the water splashed the water, trying to swim to other boats.

However, the crossbowmen who had locked on them already pulled their crossbow triggers, shooting and killing these arrogant Japanese soldiers one by one.

On the surface of the river, clusters of blood flowers bloomed.

The pirate gradually stopped struggling, and slowly sank into the bottom of the river with fear and unwillingness on his face.

The drums of war beat.

The fleet of the Qin army is sailing up.

The Japanese were still screaming and boarding the ship, rushing one after another trying to intercept and surround the big Qin ship, wanting to board the ship and seize it.

But the small Japanese boat couldn't get close to the big treasure boat at all.

But in a short while, more than a dozen Japanese ships have been sunk.

The Bohai Fleet finally sailed to the upper reaches of the Japanese.

Seeing more Japanese ships scrambling to catch up, Cheng Mingzhen stood on the deck and laughed.

"These stupid Japanese, don't they even understand the art of water warfare? My Daqin fleet has already seized the upper reaches of this narrow river, and they are still chasing after each other in a group, so they are not afraid of fire?"

"Maybe they don't read much and don't know about the burning of Chibi in the Three Kingdoms." Wei Zhongxian said with a chuckle.

"Then I can't blame other people. After the next reincarnation, remember to read more books."

Cheng Mingzhen waved his hand.

More than 30 god machine guns on the upper deck of the big treasure ship finally got the order.

The gunner took out one after another black fire bombs from the box, which were filled with stone resin from Yan'an and other real estates. Once ignited, it would become a black fire that was difficult to extinguish.

During water battles, it is extremely powerful to attack ships.

The black fire bomb was put into the throwing basket, the fuse was ignited, and then thrown out by the magic gun.

After drawing a beautiful arc in the air, it fell into the Japanese fleet scrambling to catch up downstream.

The black fireball fell on the Japanese boat, the leather bag burst, and the black oil in the bag splashed like black flowers blooming.It's just that the flowers are not beautiful, even a little dirty.

The next moment, the black flowers were ignited, and the Japanese boat burst into flames.

The combination of flames and black flowers immediately ignited a fierce fire.

The Japanese hurriedly picked up water to water it, but a bucket of water rushed on it, not only did not extinguish it, but made the flame rise higher and the fire became more intense.

The Japanese shouted, calling for more water to be poured.

But the more watering, the bigger the fire, a Japanese boat was soon wrapped in flames, burning blazingly, and those Japanese people couldn't escape and were swallowed by the flames!

(End of this chapter)