Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 236
The horn sounded across the sea, deep and hoarse, like the breath of a demon.Mobu Lianxiong raised his right hand and ordered loudly: "Lower the sails, all oarsmen are in place!"

With the sound of the order, the deck of Monobe's warship was in chaos, and the speed slowed down.This shows that the front team has discovered the traces of the enemy fleet. The generals agreed that once the enemy ship is found, they are only allowed to use the oars and lower the sails, so as to avoid being ignited by the various arsonists of the Tang people during the battle.

Lianxiong of the Ministry of Things looked towards the direction of Zhouliu City. From this position, he still couldn't see the figure of the big city clearly.However, he could see the figure of "Gaotianyuan", she was the only Japanese ship with sails.Prince Zhong Daxiong and Emperor Qiming sailed from Asuka to Chikushi on this ship, preparing to cross the sea and expedition to the Korean Peninsula. This time, he handed over the ship to Abe Hirov, because Abe Hirov commanded The reinforcements had gone to Rencunshan Castle, so the ship was boarded by the supreme commander of the Japanese fleet, Kamimono-kun Chiko.

Monobe Renkuma is very familiar with Takamahara. It has two masts, two hundred oars, and the bow is wrapped in gold leaf. Apart from the oarsmen, there are two hundred armored soldiers on the deck.With the technology of Japanese craftsmen at that time, it was impossible to build such a huge warship. In order to build this ship, Prince Zhongdaeong paid a large sum of money to the Baekje craftsmen he invited. pretext.

The horn sounded again, Monobe Lianxiong listened attentively, his face became gloomy as the sound of the horn continued.According to the information contained in the sound of the horn, the forward of the own fleet has already started fighting with the Tang people. The sound of the horn is urging the teams to speed up, catch up with the front team as soon as possible, and confront the Tang people.Lianxiong of the Ministry of Objects hesitated for a while, and said loudly: "Send the order, keep the speed of the boats, organize the formation, don't rush forward!"

The mouth of the Baicun River.

The six long Tang boats were fighting at least twice as many Japanese boats as their own. In fact, there were even more Japanese boats. However, the current at the entrance of the Baicun River was so fast and strong that it knocked the Japanese boats to and fro, and it was difficult to maintain the team. In order to avoid the entanglement of the long oars with the adjacent friendly ships, the Japanese ship had to keep the distance between the hulls wide enough.The long boats of the Tang people were more flexible, stronger and larger than the Japanese boats.They maintained a tight formation and protected each other's sides. They used crossbows and scorpions to launch rockets and flying stones from a distance, and hit them with bow angles near them. Japanese ships were constantly sunk or set on fire by them. Floating corpses and the wreckage of ships, most of which belonged to the Japanese.

"Good kill, don't let one go!" Cui Hongdu roared, the paddle blades fluttered on the water surface, making a rhythmic sound of hitting the water, and the sound of swishing came from time to time, it was the archers who were heading towards the front not far to the right. A Japanese ship shot—to be precise, only half of the ship, the Tang army captain's attack angle broke it in two, half of it has sunk, and the remaining half of the unsheltered deck is full of desperate people, it is the best living target.People kept being shot by arrows and poured into the river, blood overflowing, dyeing the river surface around the broken boat a lifeless brown-red, like rust.

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The long sound of the battle horn seemed to be urging the Japanese to continue their onslaught, and more Japanese boats broke through the turbulence and rushed towards Cui Hongdu.This time the battle line was lengthened. Obviously, the commander of the Japanese wanted to detour from the two wings, and then surrounded Cui Hongdu's fleet and wiped it out.

"Ming Jin, Ming Jin, turn the oars, retreat, retreat!" shouted loudly.The soldiers behind him hurriedly beat the gong beside him vigorously, and the crisp sound of the gong resounded across the river.The oarsmen of the Tang army quickly began to paddle in the opposite direction. The long boats of the Tang people used the bow as the stern and the stern as the bow, and sailed upstream against the current.

The retreat of the Tang army fleet without a fight inspired the morale of the Japanese, and they also urged the oarsmen to speed up their speed in an attempt to catch up with the enemy ships not far away.The rapid drumbeat seemed to be beating on everyone's heart, the long oars rose and fell, the bow broke through the waves, and moved forward. Cui Hongdu looked back at the Japanese boat that was chasing closer and closer, and said with a smile: "Hurry up, go faster! Then catch up with your grandfather!"

The narrow river course from the sea is now vast, and the figure of Zhou Liucheng has gradually climbed out of the horizon.Seeing their own flag still flying on the top of the city, the Japanese's morale was greatly boosted.They yelled loudly, urging the oarsmen to catch up with Tang Jun and kill him to death.

Tang Ren's own team finally appeared, with a total of 120 warships, divided into three rows, the largest and strongest [-] ships lined up in the first row, and the last two rows consisted of [-] ships each.Cui Hongdu's long boat disappeared into the gap between the ranks, and the first rank of the Tang army moved forward slowly, neatly like a shield wall.

A group of swaying firebirds took off from the battleship of the Tang army, rushed to the highest point, and then fell under the pull of gravity. The river submerged most of the firebirds, but some of them landed on the Japanese boat.The warriors on the deck who were about to board the ship were in a mess. They splashed water clumsily, but instead, a bigger flame was stirred up. The flames licked all combustible things such as cables, sawdust, clothes, etc. Soon, this Several boats lost power and became horizontal on the river.

But this was only the beginning. A second wave of attacks followed, this time with a rain of arrows, stone bullets, and short darts. A Japanese warrior was hit by an arrow and fell over the side of the boat and fell into the water. He struggled to resurface. , the skull was crushed by the flying long oars and sank back into the water.The river washed the blood off the long oars and pushed the boat on.

"Beat the drums, blow the horn, hurry up, we are not opponents with bows and crossbows, let's fight side by side!"

The sound of the drums and horns became more urgent, and the Japanese oarsmen had already tried their best. Compared with the samurai and soldiers on the deck, they were much better if they were covered by the deck, but the diffuse fireworks and screams were the best. stimulant.The Japanese fleet broke through the rain of arrows and fire bombs, and rushed towards the first array of the Tang army.

"Pass down the order, if there is no military order, no filming is allowed!" Master Sun Ren said loudly.

"As ordered!"

Following the hurried footsteps, the loud voice of the herald sounded on the deck, and Wang Wenzuo turned his head. The rackets erected on both sides of the warship looked like giant arms. This ancient Chinese unique water warfare weapon was actually a spear. A long wooden pole with a heavy object tied to the end, erected when not in use, and suddenly let go when the enemy ship approaches, and the heavy object falls from a high place, smashing the enemy ship.Obviously, the larger the ship and the higher the number of layers, the stronger the number and power of the rackets that can be equipped.There are more than [-] racket sticks on the big boat under his feet, and the huge stone at the end hangs above the head, which is daunting.

(End of this chapter)