Traveling through the divine eagle: the first sword of Quanzhen

Chapter 358
Li Qingwei stood on the deck, and looked at the Mongolian camp on the other side of the river. At this time, the Mongolian army had already sounded the battle horn.

The camp of the Mongolian army was preparing for the battle in an orderly manner at this time. The Mongolian centurions and ten commanders also returned to their positions, and then monitored the big ship on the Huaihe River that they had never seen before.

Li Qingwei stood with King Rong, and Li Qingwei immediately ordered: "Shoot them a round and test the power of the cannon."

After receiving Li Qingwei's order, the navy officers and soldiers went down to the cabin.

Then the hatch containing the cannons was pulled open instantly, and ten cannons were pushed out.

Li Qingwei designed twenty cannons for this ship, ten on each side, divided into upper and lower floors, with five cannons on each floor.

This was deliberately omitted by him. Zheng He's big ship could hold twenty guns on one side.

He didn't want to give Song Jun such strong equipment. Now Song Jun only needs to be able to protect himself or carry out a small-scale counterattack.

Although the Song Dynasty was very powerful in force, he couldn't hold back his wealth. If his fleet was really configured according to Zheng He's voyages to the West, it is estimated that he could really carry out an amphibious landing operation.

He is also thinking about the future. After all, after he beats the Mongols away, these naval warships may be aimed at his "Tang Army".

After all, "there are no permanent friends, nor permanent enemies, only permanent interests."

In order to compete for benefits, the biological brother still has the disaster of being in the wall, not to mention himself as an outsider.

Li Qingwei looked at the camp on the other side, and then immediately ordered: "Fire!"

Following Li Qingwei's order, ten cannons fired at once, and the shells landed in the Mongolian military camp one after another.

The Mongolian army also launched a counterattack immediately. The archers, catapults, and artillery fired all at once, but the gunpowder Li Qingwei used was more advanced than theirs. Their bows, arrows, artillery, and catapults could not hit the ship of the Song army. Battleship, this ship was completely out of range of them.It can only hit the Huaihe River and splash a burst of water.

Li Qing smiled and continued to order: "Start the boat! Then fire the cannons one by one according to the way I taught you. Blow up his watchtower for me! Destroy their artillery barracks."

Following Li Qingwei's order, the huge ship moved, and then the artillery on the upper and lower floors fired one by one as the ship moved, hitting the two watchtowers of the Mongolian army one after another.

Destroyed the artillery and trebuchet erected above.

The military flag planted by the Mongolian army on the barracks was blown off by the artillery of the Song army.

At this time, King Rong was pawing beside the boat, watching the scene in front of him with his only remaining eye, and couldn't help clapping his hands and applauding.

The Song army on the other side of the river watched this scene from a distance, and kept waving flags and shouting, beating drums to cheer.

However, just after Li Qingwei's two rounds of volleys ended, the Mongolian navy sailed over from the river. At this moment, the observer sitting on the mast and looking out said, "Report to my lord! The Mongolian navy has come out!"

At this moment, Li Qingwei walked to the bow of the ship and saw more than a dozen warships approaching them.

Li Qingwei still didn't panic, he said: "Turn the rudder and point the artillery towards their warship. When it gets closer, fire!"

The sailors turned the rudder according to Li Qingwei's command, and turned the big ship sideways.

At this time, the Mongolian army was going smoothly, and their ships were light boats and fast boats, and they soon came within the range of the artillery.

The soldiers of the Song army immediately fired according to Li Qingwei's previous order, and the ten cannons fired another salvo, and the shells mercilessly hit the small broken boat of the Mongolian army.

The first salvo sank five ships, disrupting the formation of the Mongolian warships on the water.

At this time, the Mongolian army's warship received an order, all members dispersed, and then divided into two groups to outflank the two wings of the Song army's large ship.Dodge the artillery on the big ship.

Li Qingwei said with a smile at this time: "Small skills! Full rudder! Turn the boat sideways."

Li Qingwei wanted to let the Mongols know that they were thinking too much. In the original imagination of the Mongolian navy commander, such a large ship must be difficult to turn.

They can take advantage of the turning gap of the big ship, use small boats to surprise around the big ship, and then continuously use the speed of the small boat to outflank the big ship, and finally hook the big ship with iron claw hooks, and board the big ship under the cover of archers.

But I didn't expect that the helmsman just turned the rudder wheel in his hand gently, and Song Jun's big ship could easily turn around. After all, the design concept of this ship was nearly a hundred years ahead of them.At this time, the Mongolian army's fleet had copied to the two wings of the ship in two ways.

Before Li Qingwei gave an order, the gunners in the cabin began to fire at the Mongolian warships on both sides of the hull.

This round of salvo sank another four or five warships of the Mongolian army.

At this time, Lieutenant Fen Shui ordered to raise the sails, and the big ship began to chase the Mongolian warships that turned around from both sides.

Although the small boats of the Mongols were very fast, the three sails of the big boats were all raised, and under the conditions of smooth wind and smooth water, the thrust received was much greater than that of the small boats.

It quickly caught up with the few remaining small boats, followed by another round of shelling, and all the remaining few boats were bombed and sunk.

The flagship of this small fleet ran to the front of the big ship, but the small ship was just a mantis in front of the big ship, and was directly hit, sunk and overturned by the approaching big ship.

Seeing that he had wiped out a navy of the Mongolian army with a single ship, King Rong looked up to the sky happily and laughed.

King Rong patted Li Qingwei on the shoulder and said, "His Royal Highness King Wei has made another great achievement this time! After returning to the court, the old uncle will definitely play the Holy Spirit and reward His Highness King Wei generously. His Royal Highness King Wei is really the guardian of our Great Song Dynasty." god."

Li Qingwei said humbly: "Old uncle has won the prize. Since I eat your salary, I will naturally share your worries. But we can't come here for nothing. Right now, the enemy's Huaihe Navy has basically been wiped out. Why don't we take advantage of the victory and pursue it and directly bombard it?" Their water army camps, sinking all their warships, big and small, can also relieve some pressure on my Song Dynasty."

King Rong smiled and said, "That's right! Colonel Fen Shui! Follow His Highness King Wei's wishes!"

After receiving the order, Lieutenant Fenshui immediately turned the direction of the sail, then turned the bow of the boat, and ordered the soldiers to bring the boat to the Huaihe Water Village of the Mongolian Army.

At this time, the Mongolian army camp was already in chaos. After all, their navy was wiped out without even touching the "skin" of the enemy ship.

Now that the enemy ship is coming towards them, they are naturally afraid.

When they were within the firing range of the artillery, Lieutenant Fenshui ordered to fire. The Song army's artillery shells poured into the Mongolian army's camp like anger, and their warships docked on the Huaihe River, whether they were completed or not, of.All were sunk by the Song Army's big ship.

Moreover, one of the cannonballs hit the gunpowder depot of the Mongolian army. In an instant, the gunpowder depot caused a violent explosion, and the flames soared into the sky.A moment later, with the evening wind blowing, the surrounding reeds were ignited, and then spread to the Mongolian camp.

The wind borrows the power of the fire, and the fire borrows the power of the wind, so it burns bigger and bigger.

Moreover, the Mongolian army's water village is connected to the dry village, and the fire quickly spread to the dry village. The Mongolian army is constantly transferring grain, grass, gunpowder and other materials in the dry village to minimize losses.Then organize the remaining officers and soldiers to evacuate as soon as possible.

In the camp, there were still many Mongolian soldiers who were in a panic and had no time to escape. They were burned to charcoal alive by the fire, and the horses that had no time to move were also burned by the fire, neighing continuously.

The soldiers of the Song Army watched the fire from the other side, all clapping their hands and cheering.

Li Qingwei and Rong Wang were standing on the deck with a glass of wine each, looking at the soaring flames on the shore.

(End of this chapter)