Zhenwu Tianxia: Summon Yuwen Chengdu at the beginning

Chapter 238 Naval Battle, Massacre
The crossbow is the only long-range weapon on the warship. There is no artillery in this world, and naval battles are mostly archery and gang battles.

If two fleets meet at sea, the two sides first shorten the distance and shoot long distances with crossbows. After the two ships approach, they will engage in a gang battle.

Most of the soldiers on board are warriors. Although they are only the lowest rank warriors, they can jump a distance of more than ten meters as long as they are tied with a rope.

Therefore, the gang battle does not require a springboard, as long as the triangular hook and the rope are thrown over and pulled, the two sides can fight the gang.

This way of fighting looks rough, but in fact there are still many skills to speak of, such as taking advantage of the wind direction, and whoever can take the upper hand will have the initiative.

At this time, the East China Sea Division had the upper hand. Although the sea breeze from the north was weak, it also brought a lot of power to the ship.

Just after Lu Zhiqing ran into the cabin, the messengers above the ship tower immediately got busy, and the dull horn sounded, and the melodious sound floated on the sea.

As the horn on the ship sounded, the horns of other ships around also responded.

For a moment, the peaceful sea was filled with humming sounds.

Under the sound of the melodious horn, the fleet that was originally traveling in a straight line changed its formation instantly, with warships in front, transport ships behind, and patrol ships interspersed in the middle.

Standing on the ship tower, Lu Zhiqing looked towards the direction of Xiaoyao Island, and saw the black spots sailing out of Xiaoyao Island in the distance, a bright smile suddenly appeared on his face.

"Haha, these idiots dare to go to sea to fight!"

Xiaoyao Island naturally has sailors. Although the number of ships is not as large as that of Donghai Navy, their strength is not weak. After all, they are soldiers living on the sea.

But the problem is that at this time, the East China Sea Division has taken the wind, and the opponent still has to go to sea to fight, which is a bit unwise.

The wind direction is the greatest convenience in naval battles, and whoever occupies the wind direction will have the upper hand.

"General, they are here!" A general next to him reminded.

Lu Zhiqing grinned and said, "Start fighting!"

"Here!"

The general responded, and immediately ran up to the observation deck above.

The dull sound of the horn sounded again, this time the sound of the horn was particularly urgent.

With the sound of the horn, the warships in the front responded immediately.

The soldiers on the deck got busy, putting small boats into the sea one after another. The boats were full of hay and firewood. Cans of grease were sprinkled on the boats. The soldiers stood on the side of the boats, holding torches, waiting for orders.

dong dong dong~~
The roar of war drums sounded.

"ignition!"

"Cut the cable!"

"quick!"

The general on the deck ordered loudly.

The next moment, under the propulsion of the wind, the small boats ignited raging fire and flew forward like rockets.

At a glance, the East China Sea Division actually launched thousands of small boats at one time, and the fierce flames turned the entire sea into a fiery red, turning the sea into a sea of ​​flames.

woohoo~~~
The flames rose and rushed towards the fleet of Xiaoyao Island.

Fire attack should be the most practical method in naval battles. After all, ships are made of wood. As long as the flames are big enough, ships can be burned.

Each warship of the Donghai Navy will be equipped with ten such crude boats. This kind of boat is easy to manufacture and low in cost. It can even be made with some old wooden boards, and a simple wooden sail can be made on it.

It doesn't matter how far they can run, as long as they can run a few hundred meters is enough.

Thousands of ignited boats drifted by mightily, and many boats sank after running a distance of [-] meters. The soldiers on board were not surprised by this. This thing is like this, sometimes a little bigger waves can knock it over.

However, most of the boats still ran hundreds of meters, but only a small part hit the opponent's boat, and most of them floated through the gaps between the boats.

It seems that this trick seems a bit tasteless, but in fact the results achieved are not bad.

But in a short while, more than a dozen enemy ships were set on fire. The key is that when the opponent was avoiding the boat, their own formation was disrupted!
Without Lu Zhiqing's order, the dull sound of the horn sounded again in the sky over the Donghai Division.

The humming sound enveloped the sky and the sea with a chilling aura.

next moment.

The battlefields are full of sails, and they rush forward.

"put!"

A roar sounded on the deck, and crossbow arrows shot out of the air one by one.

There was no overwhelming rain of arrows, because the space between the sky and the sea was too wide, even if thousands of arrows fired all at once, it would not be able to form a dense rain of arrows.

But the sharp piercing sound brought by the thick and long crossbow arrows made people feel chilling.

Dali's crossbow is still very powerful, much stronger than the surrounding royal courts, while Xiaoyao Island and Qingfeng Island are just islands, and their manufacturing capabilities are far inferior to Dali's.

In terms of crossbow range, rate of fire, and accuracy, the Donghai Navy can crush the navy of Xiaoyao Island and Qingfeng Island.

From the beginning of this naval battle, the East China Sea Division was crushing the opponent.

Seeing that the warships on both sides were getting closer, Lu Zhiqing could see the soldiers on the other side's deck, but for some reason, Lu Zhiqing suddenly felt a strong sense of unease.

"not good!"

"Stop attacking!"

"Stop attacking!"

He jumped up suddenly and shouted loudly.

The surrounding generals were taken aback for a moment, but then someone ran up to the watchtower.

Ding Ding Ding! !

The ringing sound of gold replaced the roar of war drums.

But it was too late.

The warship rushing to the front has already made contact with the opponent.

The warships of the two sides were intertwined. Although the number of the opponent's warships was relatively small, many warships were still entangled.

At this moment, clusters of flames erupted from the opponent's warship.

Seeing this, Lu Zhiqing couldn't help shouting angrily: "Damn, these guys actually want to die with us!"

Just now he wondered why the other party went out to sea so recklessly to fight.

Now it seems that the other party obviously wants to die with them.

Once they all rush up, it will burn the whole army.

When the gang battle unfolds, the ships will break down. At that time, the two sides will be entangled, and the ships will not be able to turn or move forward. In the end, they will only be submerged in the sea of ​​fire.

Lu Zhiqing wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, "It's okay, it's okay, this general has reacted in advance!"

He really didn't expect the opponent to be so ruthless, with hundreds of warships as bait.

This trick is really too ruthless.

But he had to admire the other party's decision.

"How many warships we have rushed in!"

Lu Zhiqing asked.

"Here, there are hundreds of ships!" The general next to him replied.

"Depend on!"

Lu Zhiqing couldn't help but swear.

Although this battle is not over yet, the result is already doomed.

All warships rushing past will definitely not be able to return. As for the soldiers on board, it can only depend on their luck.

If they ran faster, they might be able to swim back, or they could swim to the island, but getting on the island would probably be a dead end.

This tactic of killing eight hundred enemies and harming one thousand is really disgusting.

Zhiqing Lu looked at the sea of ​​flames ahead.

As time went by, more and more warships were ignited, and their warships were caught in it, unable to return at all, but the soldiers of the Great Glass Water Division were not cowardly.

Many generals of warships headed straight for Xiaoyao Island when they realized that they could not return.

Only the burnt parts are left, and there is still a chance to fight and maybe have a chance to rush to Xiaoyao Island.

Even if they can't survive, they can fight to death, which is better than waiting here to be burned to death.

Seeing this situation, Lu Zhiqing's face became extremely gloomy. Those were all his soldiers, his warships!

"Go around and log in!"

He said bitterly.

Since this war has already begun, it is impossible to cease the war.

Now he can't care about other things anymore, his only advantage now is that he still has close to [-] warships in his hands, and he can continue to fight.

……

Happy Island.

On a low hill, Ju Landao and Hai Yunxuan looked side by side at the red sea of ​​flames.

"Pity!"

Hai Yunxuan stroked his long beautiful beard and said with regret.

Ju Landao's eyes were cold, and she said: "There is nothing to regret, Dali's strength is far from what we can contend with, it's better to burn it, it's better than leaving it to Dali!"

Hai Yunxuan looked bitter, and said: "But our foundation of more than 300 years has been destroyed like this, I am a little unwilling!"

The hundreds of burning warships are already their property, and now they are all thrown into the sea of ​​fire, how can they not feel distressed?
Ju Landao took a deep breath, turned around and walked towards the rear.

"Let's go, there's no point in staying here anymore!"

What they abandoned was not only the hundreds of warships, but also Xiaoyao Island and Qingfeng Island.

Abandoning their 300 years of accumulated family business, they will give up everything except themselves.

But they can't give up.

Today's Ju Landao is very clear that with their strength, they cannot compete against Da Li, even if they unite with many forces in the southeast islands, they cannot compete.

After the change of the new emperor and the old emperor, Dali did not fall into chaos and weakness as they expected, but became stronger.

After the Battle of the Imperial City ended, they were destined to lose everything.

Hai Yunxuan looked at the rising sea of ​​flames with a distressed face, and finally left.

The two galloped towards the south on horseback, and everything behind them had nothing to do with them.

In the south, on the south coast of Xiaoyao Island, they have also prepared more than a dozen ships, which are the basis for their future survival.

From today onwards, they are the homeless wanderers in this sea.

Maybe in the future they can find a surviving island, or they can also snatch an island.

But Ju Landao knew very well that they feared that they would not be able to survive on the southeastern islands.

Because Dali is building a more powerful warship, Dali's little emperor is watching the southeast islands covetously.

……

Dusk hour.

When Zhiqing Lu landed on Xiaoyao Island, he was so angry that he almost didn't jump up.

"These bloody bastards, shameless bastards!"

"They actually ran away!"

"A group of cowardly rats!"

He swore.

The anger in my heart spewed out like a volcanic eruption.

Before coming here, he was full of expectations for this battle, seeing it as an opportunity to show off his talents.

In the end, the battle was fought, but he was put together.

It's nothing more than being slapped, at worst, it's just a matter of getting it back, but the other party actually ran away.

They all ran away, leaving only a group of poor people in Xiaoyao Island, and nothing else was left.

Even the house was set on fire by the other party.

Even the houses of the poor people were burned by them.

It's just so bad.

"General, what should we do next?" A general asked.

Lu Zhiqing's face was gloomy, with a cold look in his eyes.

"How many people are there?"

"Probably tens of thousands. Those people are so hateful. Not only did they burn down all the houses, they didn't even leave food behind, but only these people were left behind!" the general said angrily.

"Kill them all!" Lu Zhiqing said.

"What!" The general suspected that he had heard wrong.

"I said kill them all and leave no one behind!" Lu Zhiqing said through gritted teeth.

"It's not appropriate!" the general said hesitantly.

"What's wrong? They are not the people of my Dali, they are the slaves of those bastards!"

"What's the use of keeping them? Let them waste food?"

Lu Zhiqing glared at the general angrily.

The general's expression froze, and he could only say in a loud voice: "The last general obeys orders!"

The people of Xiaoyao Island and Qingfeng Island are naturally not the people of Dali, they are the descendants of the noble servants of the previous dynasty, and they have been breeding here for more than 300 years, and they are still just servants.

In Lu Zhiqing's view, these people are useless and waste food.

Although they carried a lot of food at this time, it was the military food of the soldiers. Could it be that he was asked to hand over the military food of the soldiers to these enemy servants?

It's better to kill the matter directly.

It's also easy, and at the same time, it can relieve the hatred in my heart.

The battle at sea was not tragic, but the massacre on the island was extremely tragic.

The soldiers of the Donghai Navy slaughtered for a day and a night, and the slaughter did not end until the end of the third day.

In order to clean up the mess, they stayed on Xiaoyao Island for another three days and buried all the corpses.

It's not because of their good intentions, but because this Xiaoyao Island will be Dali's territory in the future, and it may be the residence of their East China Sea Navy in the future, so it must be cleaned up.

Xiaoyao Island was cleaned up, and Zhiqing Lu went to Qingfeng Island with murderous intent.

The situation on Qingfeng Island was even more miserable, as nothing was left behind, only a group of poor servants.

Moreover, several days had passed since Ju Landao, Hai Yunxuan and the others left. These servants had no food, and they were all starving.

In fact, the servants on Xiaoyao were lucky, they died early and did not go hungry, while Qingfeng Island was starved for several days, but still did not escape the butcher's knife.

More than [-] slaves were killed by the soldiers of the Donghai Navy.

Ye Gucheng and Huang Yaoshi followed all the way, and they could see clearly, but they didn't stop them, because they didn't have the command of the navy, and they couldn't even order Lu Zhiqing.

Although Qin Wei asked the Donghai Navy to cooperate with them, in fact Lu Zhiqing was the main general.

Their mission is to deal with the innate warriors of Xiaoyao Island and Qingfeng Island.

(End of this chapter)