The Tang Dynasty started from saving Empress Changsun

298 Sea Battle
At the same time that Li Daoyan put down the rebellion, there was also a small-scale naval battle near Chikuzi Island in Fusang, but enough to be recorded in history.

One of the warring parties is the Datang Navy and the other is the Fusang Navy.

Comparing the strength of the two sides, the Datang Navy has a total of [-] warships, and the Fusang Navy has more than [-] large and small warships.

As a result of the battle, all 25 large ships in Fusang were destroyed, more than [-] small and medium warships were lost, and only more than [-] small ships scattered and escaped.

On the other hand, Datang won a complete victory without any loss.

The cause and process are really lackluster. Datang frequently travels to and from Zhuzi Island, and hooks up with the descendants of the Zhuzi Kingdom. Such a big move cannot be hidden from people.

Fusang soon got the news.

At this time, Emperor Shumei was in power in Fusang Kingdom, but he was just a puppet, and the real minister Soga Ezo was in power.

Su Wo Ezo reacted very quickly, and sent his son Su Wo into the deer to deal with the matter, and said:
"You need to be careful on this trip. If Datang really wants to covet Zhuzi Island, you can keep all those people as hostages depending on the situation."

However, he still underestimated his son's violence, Su Worulu directly ignored the previous words, and only remembered the last sentence.

When he learned that Datang had only seventeen ships, he directly ordered his navy to launch an attack.

The commander of Datang's fleet is none other than Liu Rengui, who entered the high-level attention by virtue of the cannon range formula.

In the face of Fusang's fleet, the honorable representatives who came to inspect the site were terrified, but they didn't show it because they were afraid of losing face.

Feng An's son, Feng Zhidai, was also in the crowd, and he secretly regretted that he had let someone else come if he knew about it.

Takeuchi Miyake, the prince of the Chikushi Kingdom, was trembling with fear, but he was also fidgeting, and said, "Angel, what should we do? Why don't we escape by boat first. When the army of the Celestial Dynasty arrives, we will fight back."

Liu Rengui nodded and said, "Everyone, please get on board."

Everyone thought that he was going to run away, and heaved a sigh of relief and quickly boarded the ship.It's just that those who defected to Takeuchi Miyake were pitiful and were directly abandoned.

However, everyone soon discovered that the battleship was heading in the wrong direction. Those who did not go in the direction of Datang actually charged towards the Fusang fleet.

Everyone was shocked, did they want to surrender to the enemy?

They hurriedly found the captain to inquire about the situation, and the captain told them to listen to Captain Liu, and conveyed Liu Rengui's words:

"Let's watch the show, gentlemen."

Everyone was in a state of dismay, performing?What are you doing?How to surrender?
But they had no choice but to hop on the spot when Liu Rengui was on the other boat.

Then they watched a magnificent show.

Datang's warships are specialized sea ships, which are more stable on the sea surface. The disadvantage is that they are slower than flat-bottomed boats, but the new sails make up for this shortcoming.

During the Song Dynasty, sea trade flourished, and navigation technology made great progress, and sail technology was one of them.

The earliest sailboats could only borrow the wind from the front, not the wind from the side.When going out to sea, you will calculate the season and set off when the wind is favorable.

If you really can't borrow the wind, you can only row the boat with your hands.

The new sail can adjust the direction of the sail according to the wind direction. Except for the headwind, the wind in the other seven directions can be borrowed.

So the Fusang Fleet was surprised to find that the Datang warship, which was about to die, drew a beautiful arc and came to their side when it was only three or five miles away from them.

Those who don't understand HNA are fine, but those who know a little bit of navigation knowledge have their eyes widened in surprise. How did the other party borrow the wind from the side?
Although the commander of the Fusang navy was surprised, he responded immediately.Drop the sails, turn around, and chase.

However, with the level of communication in ancient times, it is too difficult for more than a hundred ships to complete a temporary U-turn.

Some of the ships have already turned to pursue the Datang battleship, and some have not yet received orders.

Just a simple operation caused the formation of the Fusang navy to fall into chaos.

"Okay, it's really exciting. Captain Liu's achievements in the future are limitless." Feng Zhidai, who knows water warfare best, couldn't help clapping and applauding.

Even though the others didn't understand water warfare, as long as they knew a little about military affairs, they knew what was going on, and they couldn't help applauding.

However, at this moment, "Boom boom boom..." sounded like thunder, and clouds of smoke rose from several warships nearby.

At the next moment, "Boom boom boom... boom boom boom..." Fusang's more than ten ships running in the forefront were smashed and sank.

More shells fell into the water, causing huge splashes one by one.

Takeuchi Miyake was frightened and paralyzed to the ground, pointing at the gunboat as if seeing a ghost.

This group of honorable representatives were taken aback at first, but they quickly realized that it should be the legendary cannon.

Feng Zhidai controlled the panic in his heart, and praised: "Sure enough, it is indeed a sharp weapon that can change the war. Cannons and warships are so well matched."

The representative of the Yuwen family is Yuwen Shiji's grandson Yu Wennuo, who also exclaimed: "I have heard that the artillery is powerful, and I know the rumors are true when I see it today."

Others also expressed their praise one after another, and at the same time affirmed one thing in their hearts, the trend of Datang ruling the world is unstoppable.

The Fusang navy was also frightened, and their morale plummeted.But after all, he is a well-trained elite soldier, so he still bites the bullet and rushes up.

However, they walked by oars, while Datang's warships could use sails to take advantage of the wind from the side, and the wind was obviously stronger than manpower.

The Datang warship drew an arc again, aiming its side muzzle at the Fusang warship, and a new round of shelling began.

Only five warships were sunk this time, but three of them were large ships.

The big ship with three thousand materials was destroyed and sunk, and the visual impact it brought was very huge.

Coupled with the mysterious and unknown weapons, the morale of the Fusang navy completely collapsed.Many soldiers shouted God's punishment, and some warships had already retreated and fled.

However, the characteristics of the ship are here, the acceleration is relatively slow, and it is also very slow to stop.

When Datang's gunboat launched the third round of bombardment, they took control of the ship, and seven more ships were sunk.

The general of the Fusang Navy was very brave and ordered to continue the attack.

But in situations where he attacked while others retreated, his flagship became the rafters.

Liu Rengui didn't know that the enemy commander was on board this ship, but he knew that it was a big ship and it was the main battleship.

Immediately said: "Kill this ship."

At least twenty guns were aimed at the ship, sending it to the bottom of the sea in one round.

With the loss of the flagship, the morale of the Fuso navy collapsed completely, and the remaining ships fled in all directions.

Seeing this, Liu Rengui also realized that he must have caught a big fish, and immediately ordered to disperse the pursuit.

This pursuit lasted for more than two hours, and finally ended with Datang's victory.

After leading the crowd back to shore, Liu Rengui smiled and said, "Are you satisfied with this performance?"

Takeuchi Miyake couldn't wait to say: "It's wonderful, it's really wonderful. It really deserves to be the Heavenly Army. I, Zhuzi Kingdom, wish to submit to the Tang Dynasty forever and ever."

(End of this chapter)